| THIS & THAT (ME BEING RANDOM) : |

i feel a little ramble coming on:
first of all holy superbowl!  my home was/is filled with excitement over the patriots winning it all this year.  what a game--- i thought we lost is for a second there but *phewph*... i am a bonafide converted boston sports lover (thanks, hubs).  this may sound a little wacko of me but i love that we lived in boston when the bruins won the cup-- i walked down boylston; the parade path, on my way to work and the energy was undeniable & electric.  i loved that the red sox were in the world series around our wedding and when they won the game on our big night our DJ played sweet caroline and all our bostonian's went wild. the following day they won the world series while we were still on our wedding high with family and friends. today i can say our baby will be born the same year the patriots won the superbowl... maybe i'm being cheesy but these memories stick.  i so wish we could get to the east for the pats parade.

    

+ always representing boston sports (and drinking beverages).

moving on...
i got acupuncture for the first time today and it was amazing.  i've always been fascinated with it but never felt a need to get it done.  after the go, go, go of san antonio this weekend my body was feeling it.  so: my appointment went something like this // fill out paperwork, go in for a consultation, got rubbed down in my spots that were in pain, got the needles in my legs, arms and ear and then took a nap for 30 minutes.  oh boy, unbelievable.  over the weekend i also connected with a holistic nutritionist and a chiropractor who both recommended acupuncture.  i am feeling great but plan on going to see her weekly to re center myself.  the holistic nutritionist also went over some foods i should and shouldn't be eating during my pregnancy.... woah eye opener.  stay tuned for my little health journey lifestyle change i'll be on.

+ ordered these two cookbooks that were recommended to me by a friend which go pretty hand in hand with what the nutritionist told me.

and finalllllly tomorrow we have a doctors appointment- we hope to be able to find out if we're having a boy or a girl.

+ this pregnancy is flying by!  i can't believe i'm close to the half way mark.  seems like i just snapped a photo of this bad boy.

so that's that. i hope you all had an awesome weekend and have a great week. xx

| HOLY MIA + BIG OL NEWS: |

i totally went on a MIA spree. you can't do that when you are trying to have a loyal group of followers on a blog.  well, the reason for the season? i am pregnant!  wahoo(!!!!!) still not a good excuse for the lack of missing person report that should of been filed.  the first trimester knocked me down..like bad. thankfully, I wasn't sick but I was beyond exhausted 24/7.  I am 16 weeks today: have tons of energy and feel like my pre-pregnancy self.. so: i'm backkkk for like the 27th time.
xo

took this idea from c&c // look for once a month bump dates.

ps: i'm super excited about my own fonts! weeeeee.

have a great weekend!

| MONDAY BLUES: |

oh man.. now that the holidays are here i'm ready to admit I totally 100% procrastinated on shopping, been sick, been cold (#socalproblems), been lazy, been cuddling charlie, been making one million excuses to not blog, be a good wife and get some dinner on the table sort of funk-a-dunk.  ok, i'm ready to snap out of it and kick life in the butt. capisce? ugh, thanks for sticking with me.  here's to a good week.

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