Bring on the food.

At this stage in my pregnancy my life revolves around food. The sickness only hits about once a week or so now, so I'm eating everything in sight.

As soon as my feet hit the floor in the morning, I head to the kitchen. Well, first I head to the bathroom - I am 7 months pregnant, you know. Then I fix our breakfast. This morning I treated Izzy and I both to some of daddy's Fruit Loops. The man has an unhealthy fascination with sugar cereals. I wanted us to eat something that would leave us quickly, because I thought my dad might be coming over at lunchtime.

I call him around 11:30, because I'm starving, and he ate breakfast late, so he's skipping lunch today. I am feeling pretty good today, so I make Izzy and I a kick-ass lunch. First I reheated some asparagus for Izzy, but he wouldn't eat any. Don't blame him - it was canned in the first place. Ick. Then I sliced him up some grape tomatoes and strawberries. While he was munching away, I fixed us up a yummy fresh fruit salad: pear, banana, black raspberries, blueberries, and strawberries, tossed in fresh-squeezed lime juice. Izzy thinks I'm a chef extraordinaire. I also heated him up a cup of ravioli's. But at least he had fresh fruits and veggies too.

Then I made my own super sandwich - sourdough bread on which I spread freshly made kalamata olive tapenade, topped with fresh basil, fresh mozzarella, and fresh tomato slices, sprinkled with unfiltered olive oil and fresh ground sea salt. Can we all say yum together???

Followed this by chips and dip. Why can't I keep it all healthy? I'm such a sucker for junk food.

I've just now finished my afternoon snack - three mini-Reese's peanut butter eggs and a glass of milk with Ovaltine malt in it. I'm making up for losing everything for the first six months of this pregnancy. And all in just four short weeks.

I go to the ob on Friday. I won't be surprised if I've gained 5-10 pounds since my last appointment a month ago. But damn if it hasn't been good eating.

P.S. I just ran spell check and finger clicking got too fast, so it changed Ovaltine to ovulation. So if I hadn't caught that, you all would be wondering what ovulation malt was and why I was drinking a glass of it.