I am so proud of how well we did on Project: Food Budget for this week! Weekly Budget – $75.00 Actual Spending – $69.70 This week, we are enjoying: Monday (01/16) – Crock Pot Santa Fe Chicken Tuesday (01/17) –…
Bump Progress – Week 26
January 8th, 2012-January 14th, 2012 How big is baby? Well, I was right. We’re still an eggplant this week! Baby is 13.6- to 14.8-inch and 1.5- to 2.5-pound range. The Bump notes he is developing his senses this week, which I also…
Project: Food Budget – Week 1
We went grocery shopping for this week last weekend. We had a $25.00 American Express gift card from Christmas that we used toward the bill, so it put us under our goal… but I’m not going to include that for…
Learning how to food budget
I decided to participate in a challenge I stumbled across last week. It’s called Project: Food Budget and was created by Emily Levenson. This challenge began in October of last year (feels weird to refer to 2011 as last year!) but…
Bump Progress – Week 25
January 1st, 2012-January 7th, 2012 *No 25th Week bump photo, unfortunately, so instead here’s a comparison between 14 weeks and 24 weeks!* How big is baby? I can hardly believe it, but we can finally say goodbye to the papaya and…
Bump Progress – Week 24
December 25th, 2011-December 31st, 2011 How big is baby? Going on our third week of being a papaya. Who knew that fruit was so versatile? How I’m feeling? Much more relaxed now that we are done traveling for the Christmas season….
Bump Progress – Week 23
December 18th, 2011-December 24th, 2011 How big is baby? Looks like he’s the size of a papaya still – probably on the higher range this week of 11.8 inches and 20.8 ounces. I never did get that papaya to taste-test. How…
Bump Progress – Week 22
December 11th, 2011-December 17, 2011 How big is baby? This week, he is the size of a papaya! He is about 10.5 to 11.8 inches and weighs about 12.7 to 20.8 ounces. As a side note, I have never even seen…
Bump Progress – Week 21
December 4th, 2011-December 10th, 2011 *No 21 Week photo this week – completely had no time to snap one, unfortunately. Instead, I’m comparing a photo of me from March of this year – on my 27th birthday! – and the…
Bump Progress – Week 20
November 27th, 2011-December 3rd, 2011 How big is baby? He is the size of a cantaloupe. It’s getting serious now that we’re in the melon family! He is 10.2 ounces and 6.5″ long. Phew! How I’m feeling: This week I’m feeling…
Bump Progress – Week 19
November 20th, 2011-November 26th, 2011 How big is baby? He is the size of a mango! Seems like a decrease over last week’s sweet potato, but they must be going by ounces this time instead of inches but who knows. He…
Bump Progress – Week 18
November 13th, 2011-November 19th, 2011 How big is baby? Baby is the size of a sweet potato – quite an improvement over the onion from last week! Baby is 5.6″ and 6.7oz. Slowly but surely, baby, slowly but surely. How…