Needing some tweaking

This Mom’s food intake needs a bit of a face lift.  Not a complete makeover, but a few tweaks.  Living with my sister has brought on late night brownies, Saturday morning homemade bacon, egg and cheese biscuits, and a little ice-cream…okay, a lot of ice-cream.  It has been fun, with a slight resemblance to when we lived together in Athens, but we need to clean up our diet a little in the next few weeks.  Otherwise my skinny jeans that I bought in a weak moment while day-dreaming about fall, boots, scarves, and pumpkin spiced lattes, won’t fit when the cooler weather arrives. 

With a very busy little man in my life, packing up our old house, the last vacations of summer, a new school year, and moving into a new living environment, things have been a little hectic.  Feeding Wills three, healthy meals a day has been my focus and priority in the food department.  With all of that said, I’ve had little time to think about what I’m going to eat and much less time or the desire to always choose the healthiest option. 

Over the past month, I’ve traded in my egg sandwiches on whole wheat English muffins or oatmeal for sugary cereal, outlawed my afternoon snack of Greek yogurt and fruit, and my kashi crackers in hummus have strangely resembled Doritos.  Dinner, especially while moving, was quite a few frozen pizzas.  My night cap dessert has changed from a glass of milk with a small squeeze of chocolate to a bite or three of cookie dough or ice-cream.  Have no fear, there have still been plenty of whole grains, lots of fruit, a green monster or two, plus a couple of veggies (salsa counts, right?)  

But the overall image of my daily food intake has been a little off.  Not horrible - just not normal, for me.  I’m ready for some changes.  I’m getting the hang of being a part-time stay at home mom and teacher, the daily preparations and challenges, and I’m ready to get back in a healthy routine...including the new yoga studio that is less than 2 miles away!  I am pumped! 

I was in charge of dinner tonight.  I made a super simple chicken enchilada recipe with small corn tortillas, chicken, light sour cream, light cream cheese, enchilada sauce, green chilies, and a little bit of sharp cheddar cheese.  I would have added black beans to up the nutritional value, but the boys weren't too excited about that idea.  Oh well.  It was a hit, and no one even mentioned the high fiber, yellow corn tortillas (instead of flour) or the lightened up chicken mixture.  

These aren't the prettiest (in fact, they look awful) nor the epitome of health food, but they tasted delicious, were light and filling, and made my family happy. 

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Dear sweet blog of mine,

Absence makes the heart grow fonder…right? 

My little boy is not so little anymore.  He turned 10 months old on July 25th.  Time is flying by!

He is such a good boy,  loves to eat, loves his mommy, his daddy, and really loves his puppy dog.  At his 9 month appointment (I know…I am way behind!)  he weighed 23 pounds and 10 ounces and was 31 inches long.  He is in the 95th percentile in weight and over the 100th in height.  I didn’t even know that was possible!

He loves to eat and is one healthy boy!  He is feeding himself most of the time and eats any kind of fruit (bananas, blueberries, strawberries, peaches, watermelon, cantaloupe), a lot of green beans, avocado, grilled cheese sandwiches, black bean and cheese quesadillas, whole wheat waffles and pancakes, green monsters, Greek yogurt, puffs, yogurt melts, and the occasional spaghettios and fish sticks. We can’t fill him up! 

He is crawling all over the place and pulling up on everything.  He loves remote controls and telephones.  His favorite tricks are dancing and waving.  As soon as he hears music, or the word dance, he starts bouncing up and down.  And he waves Bye Bye to everything. 

His sleeping schedule is just like his mom’s.  He is not a night owl; bedtime is 7 pm.  And he loves to wake up early; he starts talking at 6 am, and William gets him up about 6:30. 

I am back to work, part-time, and LOVING the new schedule.  It is the best of both worlds!  I am hoping that my blogging picks back up, but I’m not making any promises.  I am loving the challenge of feeding the little boy and us healthy foods and would love to write more about that experience and a few new recipes.  We’ll see. :)

My sister and brother-in-law have graciously opened up their home to us while we remodel our new house.  It is a lot of fun, and I am  treasuring the time we are getting to spend together and the time Wills is getting with them.  He is crazy about his Aunt Sissy and Uncle Tone!

If you're still reading, after all this time, Thank You!  I hope to share a little more of us, our adventures with an almost one year old, and our strives to be a healthy eating family all through my love of writing and the beauty of words.


Here are a few pictures of our summer of beach trips, days at the park, Jimmy Buffett, reading books and hanging out with Finnster.