Backwards momma...

So I am being stubborn and thinking about skipping all the "Classes" that they make you take for birthing a kid out.  I have talked to countless mothers who said it was all a waste of time.  I am going the more non-traditional route of being pregnant....NOT GOING NUTS, NOT STRESSING, NOT READING EVERY SINGLE RULE, LAW, AND DO DO DO DON'T DON'T DON'T LIST---i am being cool and seeing the bigger picture of women birthing for thousands of years and if they can do it, so can I. 
I am taking precautions and preparing for all the important stuff---just not being psycho like a lot of the people I see at the OB's office every month!!!
What I am taking the most serious is Breastfeeding.  Been really learning quite a bit from this website

http://www.llli.org/

Jesse and I feel this is very important and one thing that I will work tirelessly to make happen for my child. 

To each their own....and god bless being on your own road to parenthood!!  I will NOT conform!  :)

Simple and Natural....

I want nothing over the top for my pregnancy---depending on the sex, I just want earth tone clothes and items that are soft all natural fibers.  I hate nothing more than the frilly, flowery, over the top crap I see everywhere for babies!!  It's just way to overwhelming for the senses...I want peace and love for our child.  NO PATTERNS!!!  Just a natural...healthy....soft....and cozy environment!!

Here are some websites that I am digging right now~

http://www.babyearth.com/one-pieces-bodysuits.htmlhttp://www.earthmamaangelbaby.com/


http://www.allnaturalbaby.com/

http://www.happyhippie.com/directory/kids.htm


http://www.burtsbees.com/natural-products/baby-mom-washes-soaps/


http://www.purerest.com/Organic-Baby-Kid-Clothing/Newborn-Infant

Cravings!

So far my pregnancy has been super easy and really NO sickness or hormone changes (yay me!).   Cravings have been all health food---Fruit is number one, can't get enough LOVE LOVE LOVE fruit!  Steel Cut Oats is another big one, also yogurt and nuts of any kind. 
I have seem to be lucky in the fact that none of my craving are typical "weird" stuff (i.e. pickles -yuck- & ice cream) but I am enjoying Jesse's potato's with onions, peppers and over medium well eggs served on top....with lots of ketcup!!!  I can eat that everyday!


Being pregnant has been nothing but a joy for me.  My boobs are huge and my pants don't really fit anymore but I have been taking it all in stride.  Positive and happiness is an everyday thing at our house!

I am no one special; just a common woman with common thoughts, and I've led a common life. There are no monuments dedicated to me and my name will soon be forgotten. But in one respect I have succeeded as gloriously as anyone who's ever lived: I've loved another with all my heart and soul; and to me, this has always been enough.~ 

Quote of the day....

sometimes I read random blogs from random people just to see what I will learn from someone else....and I always do take something away!!  Like this quote---it is easily one of my new favorites.  So true!
Loves~

'A waiting person is a patient person. The word 'patience' implies the willingness to stay where we are and live the situation out to the full in the belief that something hidden there will manifest itself to us. Patient living means to live actively in the present and wait there. Impatient people expect the real thing to happen somewhere else, and therefore they want to get away from the present situation and go elsewhere. For them, the moment is empty. But patient people dare to stay where they are, waiting.'

 

 

Flutter!!!

Today was an exciting day for me....it's the first time I felt Bean "flutter"!  It's amazing because I have been reading that this should happen anytime now (not to be confused with flatulence) and what it should feel like.  "People" describe it as popcorn popping in your lower belly...but mine felt just like lighting bugs in a jar, fluttering around--wanting to escape!  It tickled and sorta made me nauseous but very happy! 

Slowly this reality is becoming more real....and here in a little more than a month, we will know what Bean really is.  Then we start the 'getting ready' process!! 

More to come......

People, like trees, must grow or die. There's no standing still. A tree dies when its roots become blocked. A human being becomes mentally and spiritually, and eventually physically, dead when the circumstances of his life keep him from achieving. Psychologists and sociologists spend their lives trying to patch up individuals and institutions that have stopped growing. -- Joseph Shore

Music is life....

Such is life....

                                                     

My Life is so blessed.......

"If one feels the need of something grand, something infinite, something that makes one feel aware of God, one need not go far to find it. I think that I see something deeper, more infinite, more eternal than the ocean in the expression of the eyes of a little baby when it wakes in the morning and coos or laughs because it sees the sun shining on its cradle."

~Vincent van Gogh

“Life is full of beauty. Notice it. Notice the bumble bee, the small child, and the smiling faces. Smell the rain, and feel the wind. Live your life to the fullest potential, and fight for your dreams.
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"Don’t ask what the world needs. Ask what makes you come alive, and go do it. Because what the world needs is people who have come alive.”

Baby Bean...13 weeks!!

"Overcome the devils with a thing called love."
~Bob Marley
 

Baby Bean~



Jesse and I have a little something going on.....