A hope for your body..

My darling son,

Your mommy is a little "radical" you might say. Your Gma Karen like to call your mommy "bohemian". Mommy likes to think of herself as a free thinker..

Mommy has recently (within the last two years) become interested in food (I know shocker right!?) and where it comes from and what it does to the body and how it makes the body feel. Now Mommy is very much about feeling (and you will learn this as you grow my dear) and as part of feeling how her/my body feels/felt after eating meat it became VERY evident that it was meant NOT to go into her/my body.

Well, my darling, then you came along! And you, mijo, are your Daddy's son! Your Daddy is VERY much a carnivore. Note: Mommy in defense of Daddy's carnivore side has been very open to trying all/most of Mommy's vegetarian and vegan food! You, little man, have slowly started to realize that the food that Mommy doesn't (yes I do NOT) eat bland/gross food! Mommy's palate (which hopefully you will inherit) CRAVES flavor!!

My hope for you (and for our family) is to eat to feel good about ourselves. To have our bodies tell us that what we ate gave us energy, and helped to balance us rather than hinder us. My hope for us all is that we learn to know and feel our bodies and what they tell us.

I hope this for you.

Te quiero, mijo.
Tu mama

Hopes & Wishes

My Darling Baby Boy,

Last night as I tried so hard to fall asleep (and failed miserably!) my thoughts kept being drawn to you. This is my wishes and hopes for you:

I hope you are healthy.
I hope that you have a strong sense of self, like your mommy.
I hope you have a great sense of humor, like your daddy.
I hope you have a strong belief, like your G-Gma!
I hope you have a strong love of people and animals, like your Great-Granma Annie.
I hope you always know that family isn't only blood!
I hope that you always dream big!
I hope you that you always keep an open mind to new things.
I hope that the small things in life always amaze you.

I am sure that Daddy has his own list too. But that is part of mine.

I love you little man!
Mommy

Week 25

My Darling Little Man,


I know I have been telling you all about you lately, but I am gonna take a detour.


I want to write a little about how you are making me feel. And mostly, it's tired. I sleep on average right now about 10-12 hours every night. I know I like my sleep but I am starting to think that I get too much of it! I haven't had much energy lately - though that could be because of my job.. But who knows.


I have also, felt like I have been getting beat up a lot lately because someone (*cough*) you (*cough*) doesn't want to stop moving! Most of the time you only move around a lot when we are with Daddy. But other times its when I give you something you want or I give you sugar lol!


We have a doctor appointment tomorrow afternoon so I am looking forward to seeing you tomorrow!


I love you baby boy!
Mommy