Time Savings, grr!

This whole fall back daylight savings has me so thrown off.  Cooper wakes up early thinking it's potty time and lately I haven't been sleeping in general!  Woke up to pee twice last night and woke up probably 8 times after that... ugh. 

Over the weekend Ryan took me to Books A Million and we got about $60 in pregnancy items -again.  I got this real cute pregnancy journal that I put babies first pics in so that they don't get lost or damaged.  I started filling it out month by month too, I feel weird knowing I'm almost 11 weeks - so almost out of the 3 month zone!  I don't feel like it yet... but I'm sure once 8 months comes I'll be like "okay im tired of this crap now!".

I also got that What To Expect/Eating Well book... I wanted something with healthy recipes after talking to a friend of my brother who had her baby in July.  She stayed amazing while pregnant, literally ALL belly.  I envy her, so I got tips from her on what to do -- she kept healthy snacks (dried fruits, cut veggies, string cheese, organic crackers) on hand so when she had a craving, she reached for those instead.  Too bad Halloween came first!  I'm up almost 7 pounds now, miserable!  My doctor wants me to gain 30-35 max.  My mom would like me to peak at 30 lol... I guess I'll be doing a 2-3 mile walk today with leslie sansone (of course toned down so I don't hurt myself).  I wish I had a treadmill it would make it a lot easier, it's just too cold right now (30 when I woke up at 7am!) and I'm a crybaby.  Maybe some store will feature one real cheap on Cyber Monday :)

Anyways in the book the recipes looked incredible.  Last night I made the Mexican Tortilla Soup, it was delicious!  It had the right amount of spice (instead of the plain diced tomatoes I used spicy chile tomatoes) and Ryan had two bowls of it!  It made 4 servings and I had about 1 bowl left that I saved for lunch today.  Then today for breakfast I made a Citrus Berry Blast smoothie from the book, it has calcium fortified OJ, white grape juice, perrrier sparkling water and I used mixed frozen berries instead of just blueberries.  I also added in a heaping teaspoon of flax seed for that extra OOMPH.  It's so refreshing, a great way to start my morning.

Only 25 more days until I go back to the OB... but you know what that means?  I have to get FIVE vials of blood drawn before then!  Ughhhh.... they always have a heck of a time with just ONE and last time they took two and I felt so woozy after that.  This time I'm making Ryan go in with me so he can see the crap I go through, I think we'll go to the lab near us instead though, hopefully they are better.  I think I'll go on a liquid fast or something to make it go faster, any tips?  LoL no one can ever find my veins, no matter how hydrated I am... last time I peed twice while there I was so full of water.