I love this quote

So, today I got this quote in an email from Kate and I thought it was so nice. Plus it came with a few pictures of the first 120 days of a Panda Bear's life - which was so cute! So, I had to share and a first and last picture of the Panda :)

"Remember Life is too short to wake up in the morning with regrets,
so love the people who treat you right,
Forget about the ones who don't,
And believe that everything happens for a reason. If you get a chance, take it.
If it changes your life, let it.
Nobody said life would be easy,
They just promised it would be worth it."

Oh the Pain!

Okay, so after speaking to my good friend Lisa today she told me I had to blog about our discussion. This weekend - and really all week leading up to this weekend - I have been having horrid heartburn. I have never experienced anything like it. Tums is not working either.

I was in so much pain on Friday night that when I came home from Blockbuster I started crying. My supportive Jai tells me that he "is going to tell my son how much pain he put you through" lol. But, then he made me warm milk (which actually stopped the burning for an hour or so).

I read the baby book and it says that they believe that heartburn has to do with hair production. The more hair the baby has the more heartburn is caused. They say it's an old wives tail that actually seems to be true. So, although last week according to the book the baby has "sprouts of hair, eyebrows and eyelashes (with no pigment, just white)" I think that he actually may be causing me heartburn. So, the last two days I have thought about how to avoid heartburn which, tonight, culminated in me looking up foods to avoid when you have heartburn (which is about every fruit that I enjoy - especially the pomegranate that Jai and I have been eating recently- I also can't have strawberry jam). This site was very helpful - http://www.manageyourheartburn.com/food-acidity.php

I told my Mom today that basically Iwould be avoiding eating after 6:30pm and I would try to walk for 10 - 15 minutes after dinner at least on the tred mill and make sure I don't sit down right after I eat (e.g. do the dishes). This kind of preplanning around my meals is somewhat annoying. My Mother suggested eating my big meal at lunch and breakfast and have something really small like yogurt for dinner. No more chocolate either PS! Well, hopefully this doesn't continue for the next 3 months!

Rocking the Vote

Today my bambino and I voted at 6:15am! My baby's first voting experience :)

He seemed excited - moving all around :)

Maybe he can smell the change!

The Baby Brain Drain

After a long weekend of traveling to Massachusets and having Friday off I decided to be productive today. I woke up about 9am (so really 10am DST) and cleaned the whole apartment then decided to cook lasagna. I met Jon and Dennis for some Paneras, returned a sweater I bought Jai to TJ Maxx and then went grocery shopping. So, usually I would tell you I hate grocery shopping (well, because I do and I feel like I never know where the money goes). However, today, I ended up loving my shopping experience at the Islandia Stop and Shop!

I shopped for about an hour today and then came home got on the computer, chatted with some folks and started making the lasagna I had planned to make for the week. Well, a number called me that I didn't recognize and left a message. Ends up it was the manager from the Stop and Shop telling me they found my purse in a cart in the parking lot. Luckily everything was still in it! They had tried to find a number for me and called several numbers in my purse they found to no avail. Finally they found a piece of paper with a name and number scribbled on it (a vendor from work) who was able to give them my cell phone number (thank God he didn't delete it after the event in September!). I don't know when I would have realized that I was missing my purse (probably Monday morning when I was ready to go to work and I would have had the BIG one!) but, I think it's great that people are still so nice and go out of their way to help someone else. So, thanks to the cashier who found it and Krystal and Ron the managers at the S&S!

Going back to class!

I woke up early this morning (well, 7:30am which lately has been early for me, especially after doing laundry late yesterday). It is a beautiful day out and I am thinking I will go for a walk and then scrap book my god daughter's 1st year book.

But first, I decided I should look through the information I got on Friday from my mid-wife regarding prenatal programs. I threw out a few - the Bradley Method and Hypnobirthing - both of which seemed too difficult for me regarding information, cost and concentration - lol.

So, then I found two places I was interested in, one inparticular. So, I went on line to the Childbearing Family Alliance, Inc. It seems all inclusive, however of course there are no prices on line (never good). But, who knew there were so so many classes to take when pregnant. I just emailed for information about 4 classes at the CFA (http://www.familycfa.com/index.htm) - Childbirthing Preparation Program, Breastfeeding A to Z, Newborn Care Class, and Infant and Child CPR. But, I am thinking that it would be nice to have a one shot deal on these classes. The midwife says that hospital classes are okay but, not really in depth enough (that's probably why they are free). Then I am also hoping that I can meet some people that I can hang out with because what am I going to do for 3 mos. at home - I mean I am sure it will go fast.

So, the bottom line is that I am suprised at the amount of classes that are offered - however, I do have to say that I am excited to do it because I am they type that likes to be prepared ;)

The Almost Apple Picking Day

Today three of my friends and I went apple picking on the North Fork of Long Island. Sadly, there was no apple picking, we were a week late! We went to Lewins Farm and had lots of fun checking out the produce and then looking for other farms that might allow us to apple pick and then eventually coming back to Lewin Farms. We got a ton of apples, veggies etc. After that we went to the famous North Fork Lobster Roll. It was delicious. On the way home I fell asleep of course because - well, because I feel like taking a nap every day :) - then I went home. Two pies and apple sauce later I still have a few great apples left for eating throughout the week.

What fun to have friends that will go apple picking with you and enjoy a great fall day!

The Bambino's Clothing from Daddy

This is what I came home to last night after a long day of work and the Homecoming King and Queen Contest rehearsal. Jai brought home a ridiculous amount of clothing for our son most of it from his sister's son who is a year and a half and has outgrown these. There are a pair of brown shoes that are mocassins with lambs wool inside - SOOOO Cute! And my favorite shirt is lying on top of the middle pile as well - a little Kenneth Cole brown striped button down! Then it took us 30 minutes to go through the clothes and separate them in to age groups. I don't think our child is going to be wanting for clothing that's for sure!