Baby Bandit

Welcome, Bandit to the Felda residence! 

This is Bandit (formerly known as Lurch), he is a three month old American Bulldog mix and is full of spunk and energy. He is just what we needed! He is here to help us learn some extra responsibility before Baby Felda comes into our lives; taking care of a puppy is just like taking care of a baby in a sense. 

We have baby gates set up so he has his own little section of the house (the hallway and the kitchen) until the cats warm up to him being here and until he is potty trained. He is doing pretty well with his potty training! He already knows to go potty outside and has only had two accidents since he has been here! I am rather impressed. He goes back in for his last set of booster shots at the end of this month and to make sure his incision from his neutering has healed alright. Always spay or neuter your pets!!

He went on his first car ride today as well! Brian and I had to go down to Orange Park and pick up the baby gate from Babies R' Us; it is the closest one to us and was about an hour drive. Bandit isn't a huge fan of car rides, particularly because he doesn't understand what is going on. But we hope to change that very soon! I can't wait to take him to the beach when he is all healed up! 

I also picked up a little something for myself while at Babies R' Us. 

That's right, Preggie Pops. 

I have experienced my first batch of extreme nausea and it isn't fun. A friend of mine had told me about these and when I saw them I figured, "What could it hurt?". They surprisingly help calm the nausea and they are pretty tasty as well. My favorite so far is Sour Raspberry. 

I had also read some positive reviews for Burt's Bees Mama Bee Belly Butter and I wanted to try it. I opened  it up expecting it to smell like cocoa butter and was prepared to be hit with nausea, but I was impressed to find out that it has no fragrance! My sensitive nose was thanking me. I tested it out on my forearm and liked the way that it felt, so I think that it is worth keeping and trying on my belly. 

Now, as I have mentioned before, I'm not the smallest girl out there; I have battled with weight gain and weight loss my entire life. So, yes, I have a few stretch marks because of that and I am anxious to try this product out on them. It is supposed to help stretch marks and help prevent them as well; which is exactly what I am looking for in a product. I am keeping my fingers crossed that it does the trick. 

Week five is over half way done and I have dealt with an increase in symptoms!

I have had two cravings this week, one was buttered toast and the the second was a meatball sandwich. I have been having a lot of whole grain toast with light butter for breakfast and snacks, and I don't mean toasted, I mean TOASTED. I like it to be darker than what I usually have it at, but not burnt!

Thank goodness my good friend, Magan helped me cure my meatball sandwich craving. A huge thank you, Magan! I owe you big time!! Let's just say I inhaled an entire foot long of meatballs from Subway in less than ten minutes. Can we say piglet?! 

I also learned that I can no longer eat black olives. I put one in my mouth and gagged! I had to spit it right out! This is rather depressing because I love olives. I just hope that I can still eat green olives! 

Perfume is no longer a necessity for me either. My nose is just so sensitive that I don't have the desire to put it on. I can still wear body spray, but perfume is just pushing it for me because it makes me nauseous. I really hope that doesn't last because I love smelling pretty. 

Well, I can't wait to see what the end of week five brings me!