Well hello there, 2013!

It's been a while -- 2012 threw quite a few curve balls at me!

I had a crazy year of grad school

S moved here from Orlando

my mom was in town for 6 weeks

We got married!!

My dad was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer...

and we decided to have a baby :-)

With all of that going on I need some kind of release, so I've decided to give the blog another try :-)

Since S and I found out we are having a baby, we've been making a lot of very concerted efforts to organize our life a bit more.  That started with making weekly meal plans and shopping lists.  We have so much peace of mind every week and it really has made our lives so much easier!

I know it's Wednesday, but this is our meal plan for this week :-)

Monday - Spaghetti & Meatballs (S makes the BEST meatballs!)

Tuesday - Chicken Lettuce Wraps

Wednesday - Crock Pot Black Bean Soup (This is a Tone It Up Recipe...find it here!)

Thursday - Greek Avocado Quinoa Salad

Friday - Leftovers

We also plan snacks, lunches, and breakfasts into our shopping list.  Most days I eat lots of fresh fruit with Bare Naked Vanilla granola on top, sometimes with greek yogurt and flax if I'm feeling really ambitious. Otherwise I make a shakeology protein smoothie with milk, a banana, peanut butter, and ice :-)  Both give me so much energy and keep me going so long as I remember to drink more than what I think is plenty of water.  This has been my biggest challenge all through pregnancy!  Especially on rainy days like today when the barometric pressure drops, I get the worst headaches!  One of these days I'll figure out a fancy and user friendly way to post our grocery shopping list!  We use the app AnyList and it is SOO wonderful!! I love it because I can share it with S and we can both update it in real time. 

I hope everyone is having a lovely Hump Day! XO