The Buerglers

How far along? 29 weeks 2 days How big is baby?   Total weight gain? 19.5 pounds.   Comment: I have been very self  conscious  about gaining weight this pregnancy. I went through a lot last year working through body imagine, food addiction, and emotional eating issues. Seeing that weight creep back on has been really, really hard for me.  Until.. the other night I was changing into my pajamas and caught my reflection in the mirror. On the scale I weigh the same as I did January 1, 2013 when my journey began.  However, seeing my belly now containing life absolutely brought me to tears. I've been blessed with such a gift!  It was so healing to see my body as life-giving instead of as the enemy.  Maternity clothes? I wasn't going to buy anything else, but Babies R Us was having 70% off their maternity clothes last week, so I bought one more long sleeved shirt on a whim. It's kind of my new favorite! Stretch marks? Nothing new t...

Unless you've been living under a rock you have heard of the mockery made of the city of Atlanta by ya know, everyone, including  Al Roker and Jon Stewart . "How did they no know?....... The Weather Channel is actually located IN ATLANTA!" In our defense there was a chain reaction of poor decisions, like not pretreating the roads nor calling off school.  On top of our preexisting inability to handle situations like these.  Our city is sprawled. It's hilly.  It has a lot of really big highways. We have 3+ million people that commute in and out of the city each day. About 6 million people total.  And like 7-30 trucks equipped to handle the salting and plowing. The snow storm came in faster and harder than anticipated the day before.  School was called off between 10am-12pm for 12pm-2pm dismissals. But it was too late. We already had an inch of snow in parts of the suburbs. Add people who don't know how to drive in snow, 3 million cars on the road and ...

A week ago today I set out to start potty training our sweet Evie.  Between her usual days off from school and the holiday weekend, Evie had 5 days home with me.  Perfect timing.  Panties, two kinds of potty seats, treats, stickers, and potty books. We were ready! A few people questioned me on her readiness since she's just 26 months old.  I assured them that if she picks out her own diapers and tells me when she's going then she's clearly ready to potty train. Friday afternoon we started in on the "fun".  Evie was doing great.   We quickly progressed from just sitting on the potty to get comfortable to running to the potty while she was in the act of going.  This continued for 3 of the 5 days. Day 4... I knew! I knew! was going to be the lightbulb day.  It was just going to click and we'd be home free. Ha! Day four is when I learned a tremendous amount about my personality but also my daughter's. It was now Monday and Evie woke up su...

Go Flyers! 25wks 6days Twin Day! 26 wks How far along? 27 weeks 2 days How big is baby?  Total weight gain? I think I'm holding steady around 16-17 pounds.  Finally eating healthy-ish the last two weeks helped a lot!  Maternity clothes? I started this pregnancy down a size from the last one, but I am starting to fit into some of the clothes from when I was pregnant with Evie without them looking too frumpy.  But on the downside, I don't really fit in any of my non-maternity clothes any more.  I have my eye on this shirt that I might get, but we'll see. Stretch marks? Nothing new this pregnancy. Belly button? It looks like a cinnamon roll, or a gnarly knot in an old oak tree Exercise.  Really making an effort to walk, have dance parties with Evie, and even YouTube a few mini workouts.  Thanks to everyone who f riended me on FitBit - You're keeping me motivated to not be a lazy pregnant lady! Sleep .  Back t...

I finally decided to compile my favorites from this pregnancy.  These are my most texted, tweeted, blogged, and bragged about items while expecting Baby Buergler #2.  Enjoy! ONE. Body Pillow Affectionately known in our house as "J-Lo" ...I don't even remember the story.  I bought this with Evie because I didn't want a body pillow that also served as a head pillow. This was all I could find at the time.  3 years and several washings later, I can't sleep without it! TWO*.   Honest Organic Belly Balm I wish this was available with Evie. It's an organic, all natural balm to slather up your belly and dry skin, especially in the Winter.  I wanted a more natural option than a lotion, and REAL cocoa butter is a pain to soften. It smells so yummy too! THREE*.  DHA/ Omega-3 Eric and I have been on the hunt for the perfect fish oil for 3-4 years. The cost/value/fish taste combination has left us empty handed.  When Honest Co release...

One of my New Year's Resolutions was/is to have one fun outing with Evie a week.  This could be as simple as a walk to Starbucks, or as adventurous as the Zoo or Aquarium.    Today was the perfect storm to accomplish one of the activities on our list: ride MARTA downtown to visit Daddy's office and have a lunch date.  The weather was not too chilly, not raining, and I am not super painfully pregnant yet. Eric and I told Evie last night about her surprise adventure.  When we told her she was going on a train ride she literally ran around in circles and started jumping with glee.  Today the moment we boarded the MARTA car, she was yelling "chuga chuga chuga choo choo!" for all the world to hear.  She was so excited!  She loved looking out the window for cars, trees, and clouds. She was really well behaved and followed all my instructions on my first request.  Whew!  Once we got to Eric's building there was just enoug...

One. I have really enjoyed January.  It's been super slow pace around our house, but also, back in the school-work-nap-dinner routine.  I had no idea how badly I need routine in my  life until having a one year old forced me. It's made a huge difference in my productively, sleep, and moods.  And that doesn't even include all the benefits of raising a toddler in a routine environment...kids crave routine too! Two. Evie and I have been obsessed with clementines this winter. Like almost a box a week.  My theory is that our bodies crave the extra Vitamin C to help us stay healthy in the Winter.  So far it's worked for Evie! Three. The last few weeks have forced Eric and I to have some difficult conversations. Stuff that gets brushed under the rug during that first year of wedded bliss, and stuff that gets put on the back burner while raising a newborn.  But thank God for His infinite wisdom and goodness in prompting us to finally have these conv...