My Carnivore Husband

Yesterday Jeremy and I celebrated our 7th wedding Anniversary. 7 years! Where did the time go?! It seems like such a big number to me, but it hasn't felt that long. I am so lucky to have found my soul mate. As a child I saw the dysfunction of my parents' relationship, and vowed that I'd never get married. But I am so glad I changed my mind! I would be missing out on so much. What I didn't realized as a child, was that every relationship is different.

To celebrate our anniversary, we decided to go to Tony Roma's, our favorite restaurant. We had 30 minutes to wait for Jer's parents to join us, so we chatted until they arrived. I wasn't surprised to hear him talk about how he thought about what he'd be ordering all day long. And I admit, I was also thinking about what he'd be ordering. I was even less surprised that he wanted steak and ribs. "Ooooh" he says. "Adding shrimp is only $3 more". He just didn't believe me when I told him he didn't need 3 meats for dinner.

We've had conversations about this before. He just can't get enough meat. Sometimes, when I make small chicken breasts for dinner, he wants me to add another meat to the meal. Ha ha. What a man. Hey, don't get me wrong, I love chicken, fish and beef too. But there's such a thing as too much to me.

So, you're probably thinking, "why don't they just make more for dinner. Then he can have seconds." That would be great for him, but it could get quite expensive and add a lot more to both our expanding waste lines. One thing I have learned in my 7 years of marriage is that I can add fresh biscuits or bread to any meal and he is satisfied.

When we finally ordered at Tony Roma's, he looked as though his dreams were crushed when he only ordered steak and ribs. Next time, I think I'm going to keep my mouth closed. An extra meat (or two) every now and then wont hurt.

Pregnancy Thoughts

During times where my body is obviously showing pregnancy symptoms - I do a lot of thinking. Here's the short version:

- Living off mat leave from E.I. will be difficult - but manageable
- Ahhh, it's such a comforting thought to know I wont have to be around my co-workers for a whole year after my baby is here.
- Do I want a girl or boy? Hmmm...I actually am fine with either one. Asuming I do have only one in there. Twins run in both our families. Yikes!
- I love knowing that my family is so excited for us. I think at times, they're more excited than I am. But that will change once I actually see our little one in an ultrasound, and once I feel it moving. Right now I just feel under the weather.
- Jeremy will be a great father. I can't wait to see that play out.
- I'm happy knowing my child will know and love their grandparents. I never knew mine well, and saw the ones in Ontario very little.
- After being a mom to my 2 youngest siblings, I can't wait to be a mom to my own children. It warms my heart to think about it.
- I no longer have to be annoyed at everyone having beautiful children while I have none. Ha ha.
- Someone asked me the other day if I "should be doing that". My response was "I'm pregnant, not dying." I know it's important to take care of myself right now. And I'm doing just that.
- I need new clothes - but I refuse to buy new ones, knowing I wont fit them in a month or so. This is where Value Village comes in.
- Labor is a little scary to think about, but for me what's even scarier is knowing that my boobs will only get bigger from here. Crap.
- Now that I'm in my 11th week, I don't have to pee as often. It's nice to get up only once per night as opposed to three or four times.
- Craving milk and then orange juice is bad. Also, after consuming said cravings, jumping on an exercise machine just mixes it all up. This is also not good.