Vegetarian?

**update**

Maybe this will be my food blog too?

My first vegan meal starts today for lunch. I had...

-some hummus
-with pita
-soy chips
&
- a banana

It was yum.

For dinner I'm making veggie burgers on pita with green onions and mustard
and maybe some puffins cinnamon cereal with banana pieces for dessert.

This is kinda fun..

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Today is my official start to vegetarianism!

Why? I've been eating pretty vegetarian throughout this pregnancy because I can't have lunch meats and most of the organic lunch meals I get are all vegetarian and I haven't minded it in the slightest, so I know I can do it. Obviously there's a lot of health benefits to it to and also because of the meat industry and the way they are run. I'm all for free range chicken and grass fed cows but that's so hard to find so I'm just cutting it out entirely. Watch food inc. and you'll see exactly what I mean about the meat industry being just nasty and shady and downright disturbing. No way am I supporting them by giving them my money.

 I just ordered a vegan cook book too that's supposed to be really good. I'm really excited to try it out.

The only thing is, I think I may still do seafood. I don't have any issue with fish, shrimp, clams, etc.  Oh and eggs.

I don't know what you'd call it, but it's pretty much just meat.  And don't worry, I'm still going to be getting loads of protein for the baby whether it's tofu, beans, or whatever. The baby's nutrition is not going to suffer from this decision. I love hummus and falafel and all that god stuff.

I'm really excited about this though. Can't wait to try out all these new foods and see if it's something I can realistically (pocketbook wise too) do.

Here goes :)

A poem

This is a poem I wrote for my creative writing class about pregnancy. It got good feedback from my classmates (:



I feel my belly move
it's a baby that's awake
it carries it's own groove
like a drum that makes a quake

I hear the little heart
as it swishes to and fro
like an ocean wave part
always fast and never slow

I see him kick about
through my skin they go
like mountains poking out
it's my baby, this I know

I never thought I could feel so cramped inside my own body.

Just sitting for a half an hour or so makes my ribs sore and I feel like I need to just layout and STRETCH. And he's still got over a month left to double in size. Well, that's if he turns out to be a 8 lb baby. The doctor said she thinks he'll be on smaller side because Chan and I are kinda small haha I'd rather a tinier baby than a big one though! ouch.

I was thinking the other day of all the things I'm going to do with him and I can't wait! He is going to be so incredibly loved by his mom and dad <3 I can't wait to find out what his interests are. I know that will take a few years but I'm so excited. Dinosaurs? Astronauts? Painting? Animals? I don't care what he likes (as long as it's safe). I know I'm always getting excited and interested in something, buying some books and learning about it, and then changing my mind. So if he's anything like me there'll be a lot of that (:

I'm just so excited. Just to meet him! Even though I know him already.  I know when he likes to wiggle the most during the day, I know what song gets him kicking, and how he sometimes likes to punch to a beat. But I want to know what his laugh sounds like. What his smile looks like. The shape and color of his eyes and to see his little hands make a fist.



Oh March
please, please come soon.

What Week 31 Has Brought Me

- Intense shortness of breath! Sometimes it feels like my lungs have shriveled up and I can't get a good inhale OR exhale. It feels like I'm rolled up in a tight ball. It happens randomly too, it's really strange. and not at all comfortable!

-A little anxiety. The baby could be here (and be full term) in just FIVE WEEKS. That's insane.

-Nesting. And by nesting, I mean buying baby clothes. Baby gap has all of their winter stuff on clearance which is perfect because that's what I need for his newborn stuff. I got the cutest one piece fuzzy bear coat with a bear hood/ears and paws <3 I love it. That's what he's wearing home (over his coming home outfit, which is equally adorable).



Yikes, 40 weeks is coming up fast.
I can't decide if I want it to speed up or slow down..

:)

Look at those strong baby kicks!!

Today

food

Breakfast:

pb & j and lots and lots of organic milk :d

Lunch:

-Mixed greens

1 squeezed lemon, olive oil, salt and pepper, 1 garlic clove

-Hummus

whole wheat pita bread

-peach fruit cup & a capri sun (natural)

it was gooood. except I put a little too much lemon juice in my dressing haha it was so sour, and I like sour. 

I spent the morning doing homework, editing my baby registry, and looking up wall designs for nurseries and different themes. I haven't picked one yet.. I really like this 

 for behind the crib or something. I like the forest-y simpleness of it. 

but I also like more baby stuff like this:

but it's kind of difficult when I don't know what letter his name will start with yet... I love the A, E, I, O, P and W. They're so cute.

Tonight Chan and I are going to see BB King in Canada! I like jazz (: and the baby will get to hear some too. Can't wait.

Have a good weekend!



-Jessi

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- Jessi