Cupcakes to pancakes

Wow! What an exciting week :) Honestly, life has been such a whirlwind since I found out I was pregant. BUT- seeing the first ultrasound, hearing the baby's heartbeat and the amazing feedback we've received tells me- I'm having the best week ever!

I really want to try to blog more so that I can remember this being pregnant thing and see how things change :)

So, I hear all about this morning sickness thing- yep, only hear about it. Leave it to the fat chick to have ZERO morning sickness. Sure, some mornings I'm a little queasy. I've yet to throw up though (or shrew up as our Mexican tour guide said- that costs $20).

I have, however, had some interesting food aversions. Well, let me back-up. The first thing I looked at when I found out I was pregnant was what foods to avoid. What was the first thing? QUESO. That's like telling a bird to avoid birdseed or a shark to become a vegetarian. No QUESO?!? Apparently, it's a soft cheese- unpasteurized- listeria? So I gave it up. I also gave up lunch meat, Crystal light, sweet tea and diet sodas. (Yea-that wasn't much of a sacrifice).

My gym BFF, Brenna, kept telling me she ate it with her twins and they are ok, but being nervous Nellie. I avoided it. Then I saw the doctor. I brought out my list of questions:
-what kind of prenatal vitamins should I take?
-when am I due?
-how often will I see him?
-can I have QUESO?

Apparently, US QUESO is safe. It's the QUESO in Mexico I should avoid (duh!). I also heard him say avoid Whole Foods... Or maybe just their fresh cheeses. WHEW!!!!!!

Anyway, aversions. At first, I didn't want any sweets. I was skipping the most important part of a meal- dessert. That was sort of hard to hide when I went to Pink with my gym gals. We celebrated my birthday at the restaurant with a brownie that's probably to die for, but I only took a couple of bites. I didn't even go out and buy every new bag of jelly beans available. Last year, I think we bought 10-15 bags of different jelly beans. Heck- I haven't even had a Cadbury Creme Egg.

Fortunately, that phase passed. Now I'm in the breakfast food phase. I start my morning with a Whataburger egg sandwich and my lone source of caffeine for the day- one small real coke. I could probably eat pancakes for every meal...or Waffle House. Of course I am settling for cereal and Toaster Strudels :)

The idea of anything fast food beyond egg, cheese and some bread sounds disgusting. Okay- except Taco Bell. Donuts and bacon sound amazing. Then there are the things that just hit me wrong. Example- Full Moon chicken tenders and Full Moon ranch. They just gross me out right now.

I've been craving spaghetti, poached eggs, peanut butter and jelly and my moms chicken casserole... Not together, of course. I've also found that those little Reese Easter eggs (not the big ones, the 2 bite ones) calm an upset stomach. So does yogurt- but Reese eggs are more fun ;)