FEED ME!!

No, I don't feel like some crazy monster from a movie, but my stomach is keeping me busy eating like one!! Hey, a girl's gotta do what a girl's gotta do, right?!

I feel super blessed because I have felt pretty good throughout the first three + months of pregnancy, considering all the symptoms that can occur. So, I can't complain...but I can poke fun at myself!

Besides fatigue my other symptom would have to be that I feel like I can't eat enough! I have always been a breakfast enthusiast ("It's the most important meal of the day!"), and those who know me well know that when I am hungry I can get a little cranky. And with pregnancy those sentiments have been definitely reiterated for me!

Some mornings I have to eat right when I wake up...I usually make a b-line to the kitchen for some juice or fruit. And then I eat my real breakfast around 7:30 before I head to work. I used to be able to make it until noon for lunch, but things sure have changed! My co-workers will hear me rustling around in my office, eating trail mix or a granola bar for a mid-morning snack. My desk drawers look like the insides of a snack machine!

Here is a list I'll call "Courtney's Cravings:"

• Cheese-especially mozzarella or provolone! We have a stash of string cheese at home that I visit often.

• Oranges-juice, popsicles, the fruit itself...can't get enough!

• Chicken strips with Honey Mustard-Weird one...never been a huge fan, but for some reason it sounds good all the time! I have even contemplated it for two meals in a row :)

• Other sour treats- lemonade, cranberry juice, lime popsicles, and Starburst jelly beans (since it's Easter-time, this craving may be seasonal :)

And last, but definitely not least:

• Taco Bell-Kayla, you're rubbing off on me! I've always been a Bueno fan, but that restaurant is a little out of the way from our house. I even called my sister, Lynnlee, one night to ask her what we ordered from Taco Bell this past summer after a concert we went to: cheesy, bean and rice burritos...mmmm, healthy right?

I have read that cravings (and food aversions) can change throughout pregnancy, so I'll be sure to keep you posted. And speaking of aversions, I have not had too many of those yet :) At the rate that I'm going, I just hope that our baby is getting lots of nourishment (and good eats)!