Getting Ready for Baby!

Or.....LACK thereof! I have been waiting for nesting to kick in and it's not.  I have a nesting dysfunction. It's broken.  There is so much we need (after 3 boys using all the same stuff we need a lot! car seat, double stroller, a breast pump, socks, diaper bag, ect) and so much to do. 

I need to get the swing, bassinet, and pack N play out of the garage, washed and set up.  I need to wash and sort all the newborn/baby clothes, organize the baby's room which is such a hazardous area at the moment with all my photography props and equipment stuffed in the closet.

AND....I need to figure out where the baby is going to sleep.  In our room for a few months, yes.  But after? Sigh. Idaknow.

Reece sleeps in the crib in Shane and Cody's room, but all of Reece's clothes are in his room/the nursery.  I don't have Reece in his room because it's at the front of the house with a big window and it scares me to have him in there.  Ok I know I'm crazy. 

Anyways, so much to do.  5 weeks to do it in. 

Thanks for reading this lame, unproductive post. 

What I feed my active husband-on a budget

As you can see my husband is not skinny, but just right. (And handsome. Don't look too long mkay?) 

He is exactly what he should weigh according to his life insurance company (170 lbs).  Lucky him. 

Although his family thinks he's too thin LOL ;-) 

He's so active, he has always worked construction or physical labor. He walks all day around 80 acres. Plus he lifts weights on his lunch break. 

So I HAVE to feed him a lot of calories!! Since we aren't rich, (shocker right!) I try to give him a lot of inexpensive healthy calorie and fat packed foods like coconut oil, olive oil, eggs, ect.  And he never ever eats lunch out. If I don't make him a lunch he doesn't eat. He's stubborn ;) 

Here's a typical day and just about what I gave him today. 

Breakfast: 3 eggs scrambled cooked in 2 Tbsp organic coconut oil, 2 pieces if toast with 2 tbsp butter, and an orange sliced.  

Total calories: 701 total fat: 62 total protein: 24 grams 

Lunch: Turkey Sandwich w an egg on it. (3 slices turkey, mayo, cheese, mustard.) if I have spinach & avocado those go on too, today I didn't.   

Chips

Peach

Granola bar

Pumpkin bread w butter 

Protein powder (he drinks after work out)

Total Calories: 1,290 calories, 51 g fat, 102 G protein 

Dinner: 1 1/2 c spaghetti w Italian sausage & marinara sauce 

Veggies sautéed in olive oil

Milk 

Fruit for snack (sometimes he eats ice cream or cereal at night too but I'm leaving that out). 

Total: Calories 1066, 43 fat, 24 protein 

Total for the day: 3057 calories, 156 fat grams, 151 protein grams 

I should be giving him more protein (about 20 g more). I'm gonna work on that :) 

Wasn't that an exciting post? 

My mom is coming today so I must go fold and iron laundry on the guest bed. Hubby and I are heading to a work thing tomorrow so she is watching boys for us. Yay for grandmas! 

Love ya all thanks for reading :) 

Anyone else have an active hubby and or boys that you have to feed a lot? 

A few good things.

Yesterday I got up 15 minuets earlier, made my bed, brushed my teeth, combed my hair, and got dressed.  When I walked out to the living room my husband was SHOCKED.  LOL! He wakes up usually a whole hour before me because he works on his Sunday sermons.  I started boiling eggs,  switched the loads of laundry, made my husbands lunch, served him breakfast, then had time to pray, read my bible, and work on some blog stuff! Whoot!

My husband said he was impressed, and he kept kissing me :) haha.  I guess my unbrushed teeth/coffee breath wasn't that appealing before.  Don't judge.

My Pastor's wife has said, wives should get dressed before their husbands leave, so their last memories of us aren't in a bath robe while they head to the office with cute dressed women.  I always thought, "Well that's just too hard. I have babies. I'm sleeping, I'm tired, it's too early, he better not notice any ladies at work... ect."  My thoughts are so meek. I know.

But hey, I'm realizing, it's really not that hard to throw on a comfy dress and freshen up. It doesn't even take long.  I just need to add to my "Home wardrobe" knit dresses and skirts and comfy, cute outfits.  I actually got a cute plum colored maxi yesterday at Ross for $12!

Plllluuuusssss.... I'm a MOM to all boys.  Modesty at home will be an issue soon. Should I be walking around the house in a little nightie???? Oh boy, I laughed out loud. I don't wear nighties!  I wear ridiculous flannel pj's and an over sized shirt with no bra. Let me just throw in there that since I've extremely pregnant at the moment I also sleep with tons of pillows strategically placed around me.  Man, my poor husband.

Anyways, it's already to the point where the two older boys can't be in my room while I'm changing.  "Mom, why do you have to wear that thing (bra)? Do I have boobs?" after questions like that I realized...oh crud, you're getting older. Get out of my room!

This morning I got up even earlier (because I thought I heard Reece yelling "Mommy!" but he was sound asleep in his crib, yay!) so I made my bed, brushed my teeth AND showered!! Yes!

Even though I still haven't nailed down a schedule, I realized just adding in a couple things I want to do, (like the dishes at night, getting dressed right away, ect) they will eventually become a habit.  Wow, I'm finally growing up!

Here's some Pinterest inspiration for my "Home Wardrobe".  Bahaha totally kidding about the bunny heel slippers. Could you imagine?

What do you wear all day? When do you get dressed?