Eating and Drinking During Labor (or as I like to say "Birthing Time")

Generally during a woman's birthing time at a hospital she is forbidden from eating or drinking. Most hospitals just give a woman a cup of ice chips. At my first two births I was not allowed to eat or drink and with my first birth I was not even allowed to eat AFTER I had my baby. I never even considered it an option and never even really thought about why eating and drinking was not allowed. That is until I attended Hypnobabies. In Hypnobabies they encourage you to eat and drink. This helps keep your energy up for the task of birthing a baby. If you are hungry or dehydrated your body is less likely to be able to energy to birth your baby and you are more at risk for c-section. Recently I have heard of some hospitals (mostly births attended by a midwife) allowing women to eat and drink. This is a smart thing!

The moderator in the Hypnobabies' Yahoo group, Sheridan, posted a lot of great information about eating during birthing time. Click here for more info.

Ethan Caught a Fly!

I was sitting at my computer and Ethan says "What do I do with it?" and I said "Do with what?" And I look at him and he's holding a fly between his fingers. I said "What is that? (then realizing what it was) Where did you get that? Did you catch it or was it already dead?" Then I see that it is not dead, but moving! He caught a fly! Gross!

He injured it some how and it couldn't fly, so it was just sitting on his finger.

Love those big brown eyes!

St Patrick's Day

I guess we have a family tradition of making green pancakes for St Patrick's Day. Audrey let me know she wanted me to make them about a week before St Patrick's Day.

green pancakes and green hashbrowns

more green goodness!

Ethan eating his green food!
Audrey enjoying her green food!

Getting Flowers

Getting gifts is always fun. Especially when you've had an unusually stressful day. Having a new baby after 5 years has been quite an experience. Isaac is a good baby, but after getting shots last Tuesday he was pretty much cranky for the rest of the week. Thursday I was stressed with him crying and the messy house and just everything. TJ told me he was coming home early. I was glad because Isaac was screaming and he just wanted to be held and I couldn't make dinner very well carrying him around. Almost an hour after TJ told me he was coming home he wasn't home! I was irritated and worried all at the same time. I thought he could hold Isaac while I made dinner or make dinner, atleast something to help!

I had dinner done (I can't ever remember what I made at this point) and was setting the table. In walks TJ carrying a bouquet of red roses! I wasn't irritated any more and said "Oh flowers! No wonder it took you so long to get home! Thank you!". He also stopped at the bank and got his car wash. It was nice of him to get me flowers. They were wrapped really nicely so I had to take pics of them before I unwrapped them and put them in a vase.

Tagged!

I was tagged by Erin and Sherry. Erin asked me to post my favorite pictures. Here they are:
This picture was taken at Isaac's birth. It's a blurry picture, but I just love it. I love the way TJ is holding me while I give birth to our child. Such an amazing experience!


Right after Isaac was born!











We were camping at Fish Lake and I hurt my foot. I had it propped up. Audrey was copying me. She's so cute!

So funny! I love this pic. Ethan grabbed the bronze gorilla's nipple!

Sherry wants me to post my 3 favorite things besides my husband, children and soda (which I don't love):

1. My Heavenly Father, Savior Jesus Christ and his church. The church has always been a constant and strength in my life. It has helped me to keep perspective of what really matters. When I feel like I can't go on I remember that I am a daughter of God and that no matter what he loves me.
2. My mom. She's an amazing person and has been such a great example of strength to me. She is always true to what she believes, no matter what.
3. Doing websites. It gives me a chance to just be me and do what I like. I love helping other people make their dreams of having their own business come true.

Pecan Pie for Valentine's Day

My husband loves pecan pie. For Valentine's this year I decided to make him a pie. Our oldest son's birthday is on Valentine's Day and my husband was sick. He wanted me to wait to make his pie till he was feeling better. That way he could taste and enjoy it. Last night I made the pie. I decided to take a picture of the pie and post the recipe. Mostly just so I could post something on my blog :). I like to make my food look pretty. Pecan pie is one of my favorite creations, it looks so nice!

Pie Crust
This pie crust has a story. I got the recipe from Kim at ScrapBiz. Follow the link to read the story. Since I started making this pie crust I always have people tell me how good it is. I really love it too!
1lb Butter
8oz pkg cream cheese
3 3/4 cups flour

Mix with a mixer on low. Divide into 6 equal portions (I do about 4, I like a thicker crust). Refridgerate for 15 minutes. Roll out and make pie!

Pecan Pie
1 1/4 cups pecan halves, chop 1 cup arrange 1/4 cup
4 eggs
3/4 cup corn syrup
1 cup brown sugar (for a less rich pie - 1/2 cup brown sugar, 1/2 cup white sugar)
1tsp vanilla
1/4 cup butter melted

Combine eggs, corn syrup, sugar, add butter and vanilla add pecans. Pour into unbaked pie shell. Arrange unchopped pecans on top. Bake at 400 for 10 minutes lower heat to 375 and cook for 30-50 minutes till toothpick comes out clean.

Enjoy!