Life just got a little easier...

So last week sucked! I wasn't feeling well at all. I had a cold that came with a sore throat and a nasty cough (which I'm still trying to get rid of). And while by the end of the week I was feeling better, I got a pleasant surprise when I woke up on Friday. Somehow, I managed to contract pink eye. Yes, that infection that is passed around at daycare, the disease I had not had in at least 15 years. And it was a bad infection. I mean, puss coming out of my eyes bad (sorry if that was too graphic).

I went to an eye doctor here. And I didn't even mess with an optician. I went straight to the big eye doctors (we apparently have a center here that is one of the best in the country... who knew!). The doctor was nice, took one look at my eye and said yep, that's a really nasty infection. Gave me a prescription for antibacterial eye drops (I will not go into the panic I had about taking those while pregnant...). Then he told me I had to basically sterilize my house to I didn't get reinfected (it was that bad apparently). This involved washing all the sheets and towels in hot water, wiping down surfaces (including remote controls and computers) with antibacterial wipes, and getting rid of ALL MY MAKEUP!

What!?! Seriously? Do you know how expensive makeup is? And some of it I didn't think I could replace here, since it's all natural stuff I purchased at a whole foods back in MA. And then some Clinique stuff, which I wouldn't buy at the moment since we're trying to stay practical and save for the baby. So anyway, I did what the doctor said and threw out everything, including all my expensive brushes. And then I headed to Walmart, ready to be dissapointed.

To my surprise, Almay now has a line of natural makeup. Yay!!!
No parabens or nasty stuff like that. I have no idea how good it is, since I wont use it until I know the infection is completely gone. But I'm excited I don't have to go all over the state trying to find natural beauty products. I spent way too much at Walmart yesterday replacing all my stuff. But at least it was a lot less $$$ than if I had actually replaced it with the stuff I bought at Whole Foods or Clinique. I'm not a big fan of Walmart, but sometimes they just make life easier. And at least they are starting to carry this all natural beauty stuff (they actually have a great section in the one here in my town) as well as organic foods.

I'm feeling a lot better, and my eyes are no longer leaking or bright red. I will gladly throw away my makeup and spend $75 if I avoid getting pink eye again. Not fun!

Baby on the move!!!

Boy this baby likes to beat me up! And I love it! He's crazy... especially at night when for about an hour I can feel him constantly kicking and flipping. He's gotten so strong that you can actually see my whole belly move when he kicks. DH has been able to feel it a few times, but I've been able to feel it on the outside every day for a few weeks now. It's amazing!

I've been really bad about taking belly pictures. I'll try and get DH to take a picture tonight and I'll post it tomorrow. I'm getting huge! It's probably weird but I'm happy that I'm getting big because at least at my shower next weekend I'll look pregnant rather than just fat. I'll be almost 28 weeks.

And speaking of our LO on the move, we got our stroller in the mail yesterday! It's from my grandparents and my aunts and uncles. And I love it. I'm so glad I spent the time and energy in doing the research. It's so light and it literally took me 3 minutes to put together. All I had to do was snap in the wheels and the shade. And it's pretty :-)It's a Baby Jogger City Mini. It's 15lbs and has a one pull fold. You literally pull up on one handle and it folds in half. It takes up hardly any space when folded. I'm also going to buy an attachment that makes it so we can just snap in our car seat. Again, it's sad that I'm so in love with all this baby stuff! :-)

Updates

So my baby has a place to sleep!!!!For the life of me I cannot figure out why I get so excited about something I myself will never use, or wear in the case of clothes. We decided on a Graco Pack N' Play for the first few months. It'll be in the bedroom. Not shown in the picture is the mobile and the changing table that comes with it. I put it together a few nights ago to make sure everything was working correctly, but it's now safely back in the box and in the closet :-( I can't wait until it's out permanently.

DH's aunt and uncle bought it for us this past weekend when we came to visit. Very nice of them. We also had a great time visiting with them and his cousin and his wife.

In other news my grandma (who I'm really close to) has told me she will be coming to visit for a few weeks right after the baby is born. YAY!!!! That means my MIL will come later, probably about a month after the baby is born. This works out so much better for me!

Score!

So, before getting married and moving to India and then Indiana I spent 4 years in central MA. It was while I was in graduate school. The town was a small town, but there were 5 colleges in the area, one a major state university, so there were a lot of nice amenities, activities, and cultural events in the area. It was also very diverse. And since most people living in the area were a part of academia, the population tended to lean towards being environmentally friendly, dare I say "nutty/crunchy". There were food co-ops, organic restaurants, farmers markets, and of course, a Whole Foods.

I can honestly say that on a daily basis that is what I miss most about living there. I quickly learned from my new friends and neighbors the benefits of living an organic and all-natural life style. I started shopping at Whole Foods and organic farmers markets for everything. And while I was doing this for health and environmental reasons, lo and behold I LOVED the food available there. And I started to LOVE cooking with fresh ingredients.

In India there was no such thing as organic. But at least it was easy to cook with fresh all natural foods (even if the produce wasn't that great... probably because they didn't use a lot of chemicals which was fine with me). But at least I knew it was for only 7 months. I was looking forward to coming back to the States. I really missed Whole Foods.

Well, we get to this middle-of-nowhere town in northern Indiana and of course there is no Whole Foods!!! The only two choices available in terms of food was Kroger and Walmart. Granted we've been doing ok, since the Kroger has a decent organic section, but I was still desperately missing my Whole Foods.

Well this weekend we got a tip from some new friends on a grocery store in a nearby city called Fresh Market. The minute I walked into the store I was in love. It's not a Whole Foods, but it's very similar, selling a lot of organic and whole food products. I cannot tell you how excited I was about this. I'm only sad that it took four months to find this wonderful place. But really it's no wonder since it's in this tiny plaza on the edge of the city. But now that I've found it I'm supper excited about grocery shopping today.

Quilt Finished!!!

So today I spent the afternoon finishing the quilt for our little one. It's small, since we'll be using a co-sleeper for the first couple of months. I decided to make it myself, since there really isn't any cute bedding out there for co-sleepers (at least that I've found).

Now before you see it, please remember that this is one of my first sewing projects EVER. And I've never made a quilt before.
I'm pretty happy with the way it turned out.