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enchiladas plus rice and beans
April 26, 2021

Getting Close + Weekend Eats

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Hello, hello! 

We are getting down to the wire over here – I’ll be 36 weeks pregnant with baby number 2 in a couple days! Time feels like it’s moving more quickly now. We have our 36 week appointment later this week when we’ll find out if baby is head down, or if he’s breech like his big sister was. We’ll see! 

I’m feeling pretty uncomfortable and exhausted these days, and getting really excited to finally meet our little boy soon… and also to no longer have a bowling ball smushing my bladder. 🙂 

I’m not feeling up for exercise besides walking and suuuuuper gentle and short prenatal yoga online videos, but lucky for me the spring weather has been lovely lately for getting outside!

pink flowers with deep blue sky

Belly is large and in charge these days, no mistaking it.

35 weeks pregnant walking with iced tea

Riese is getting SO excited about her little brother coming soon… and also thinks it’s hilarious to put stickers all over my belly, as seen in the photo below with some enchiladas, rice, and black beans. 🙂 

enchiladas plus rice and beans

Matt and I spent pretty much the entire weekend working on getting ready for baby – I feel like all of a sudden time moved quickly and we were like, “Yikes, we need to get our acts together!”

We got all our old baby stuff out, and got Riese’s car seat moved to one side of the car (instead of the middle) so we could re-install our old convertible car seat (for infants + younger toddlers). This involved a fun game of “where are all the random newborn inserts for all these products we have?”

I posted about that on Instagram and was comforted to hear that we are not the only disorganized ones who had a hard time finding all the newborn odds and ends once the time came!

Our infant car seat + the bottom newborn insert were in the basement storage, but the head cushion newborn insert was randomly in an upstairs closet. Whoops! 

infant car seat

We also washed the covers on all our infant gear like our bassinet, the play mat, etc. We’re using all Riese’s old stuff and figured it could use some refreshing!

Matt also got the blackout curtains installed in the baby’s room, and we did some other prep in the baby’s room, too. I’ll share an updated picture soon, but we are pretty much there with the nursery now!

installing blackout curtains in baby's room

And lastly I found my old postpartum/nursing gear and washed all that.

I still need to go through and organize it and put it away, but we are getting there! Going to pack our hospital bags this week too. 

postpartum gear

In bummer news, the pull out couch we ordered for guests to stay on (since our guest room got turned into baby’s room) came and it wouldn’t fit up the stairs… just an inch or two shy of being able to make the twisty turn. Ugh!

Bummer since it was really pretty and we ordered it back in December and now we’re kind of out of time (we wanted to have it now because Matt’s parents will be coming down once baby is here and staying for a bit to help out)… any recommendations for pull out couches that fit up small/twisty stairs?!

I’m going to work on a new pregnancy update post that includes my maternity leave plans/what to expect on the blog over the next few months, so stay tuned for that next week!

Anyway! We did a lot of eating out (either outside at restaurants, or ordering food) this weekend since we were so busy tackling the house stuff, but Riese did help me test out a new recipe that will be on the blog on Wednesday: lemon ricotta pancakes.

toddler helping make pancakes

They are delicious and were a hit with all three of us. Excited to share the recipe in a couple days! 

lemon ricotta pancakes

Leftovers the next morning with some yogurt, slivered almonds, and papaya (I’m OBSESSED with papaya lately, so juicy and delicious):

more pancakes plus papaya

We also had some random leftovers/throw together meals, too. This was a rice and quinoa bowl with some feta, wilted spinach, avocado, and fried eggs. 

eggs with rice, avocado, wilted spinach

Last night Matt had a soccer game so Riese and I went and hung out at my parent’s house for part of the afternoon, then ordered pizza for dinner from Pupatella, my Arlington fave. Yum.

Their salad with grapefruit and apple was really good, too – I wouldn’t have thought to put grapefruit on salad!

pizza from pupatella and salad

The other big excitement this weekend was I got my second vaccine shot on Saturday morning! Woo!

I was worried I wouldn’t feel great but my arm was actually way less sore than it was last time, and I didn’t have any other symptoms besides just being super tired… but I’m basically always super tired right now so it was hard to tell what was vaccine and what’s just normal for 36 weeks pregnancy. 🙂 

vaccinated pin

Feeling relieved to have that done. Matt gets his second one this week, too!

And now, I will leave you with a couple deals from around the web (affiliate links, FYI):

First, for you Beautycounter fans, they are running one of their rare sales right now –  now through tomorrow (April 27th), get 15% off site wide (with some exclusions) and if you spend $250 or more you’ll get 20% off. 

I really love their lipstick for when I want to feel fancy, and their eye makeup brushes are lovely, too. They also have a great (and timely) nourishing hand serum that is also a hand sanitizer – win/win so your hands don’t get super dry from all the sanitizing! 

Their sunscreen is also our absolute favorite – it’s not included in the 15% off sale, but it will count towards your $250 for the 20% off. Matt and I use it and we put it on Riese, too. They have a lotion version, a spray version (LOVE), and a stick version which is amazing for wiggly toddler’s faces!

It’s all excellent non-nano zinc oxide sunscreen free of biologically harmful chemicals like avobenzone, oxybenzone, paraben, phthalates, PABA, 1,4 dioxane, and UV chemical absorbers – and it’s reef friendly, too. Plus, it doesn’t leave you looking like you put white paint on. 

And second, Blue Apron is currently running a flash sale, too!

Today through May 2, use this link to get $100 off over your first 5 boxes, plus you’ll get 3 months of free premium access to the Calm meditation app (which I’ve used before and love). 

Zara the cat says: have a great day and don’t forget to rest. 🙂 (I love when she curls up in my leg nook like this!)

cat sleeping in leg nook

See you back here Wednesday with the pancake recipe! And in case you missed it, be sure to check out my Non-Fiction Reads book post from Friday, there are lots of other great book ideas in the comments, too! 

- anne
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21 comments
  • Ana April 26, 2021 · 12:48PM:
    Gosh, not long now! Smart of you to get organized so it’s not a mad scramble later. That’s a bummer about the sofa bed 👎. I remember we once had the same situation with a queen box spring, ugh. I like Riese’s “belly art.” 😂
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  • Kris S April 26, 2021 · 1:20PM:
    Woohoo! Vaccine #2! Glad you didn't have a strong reaction :) Riese is so cute as the sous chef! Love how into cooking/helping she is, and lemon ricotta pancakes sound delish, I'll keep an eye out! Good work on that last minute nursery work Matt, way to go! I'm always impressed by anyone who is handy, lol!
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  • Stephanie April 26, 2021 · 1:26PM:
    I literally laughed out loud with the stickers on your belly. I’m due about a week or two ahead of you with a boy, and my daughter who is about 2 months older than yours does the same exact thing to my belly! Also, in regards to your couch, we had a similar situation - a couch wouldn’t fit around a corner in our house. So I found upholsterers who came and took the back off the couch, got it into the room and then put the back of the couch back on. At the time it cost $400 in MA but I didn’t want to buy a new couch! Just wanted to mention in case that’s an option for you.
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    • Anne
      April 26, 2021 · 3:43PM:
      Sadly we had to have the delivery crew take it back since they couldn't get it up the stairs :( Oh well! Too funny about the belly stickers! Congrats on your soon to be arrival! :)
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  • Jessica April 26, 2021 · 2:14PM:
    We have an IKEA couch that pulls into a full bed. It's the Friheten sleeper sofa - it's great and comes in different pieces, so easily moveable up stairs!
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    • Anne
      April 26, 2021 · 3:43PM:
      Ooo great tip, will check it out, thanks!
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    • Elaina Swartzlander May 1, 2021 · 12:16PM:
      We have the same one. It’s not the comfiest but looks great and is versatile!
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      • Anne
        May 2, 2021 · 11:02AM:
        Comfy enough for a few days stay, I hope? Still thinking we are going to go for that one, just waiting to hear back from our original couch company to make sure we can figure out a refund situation first!
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  • Jamie Dowd April 26, 2021 · 2:15PM:
    IKEA has some pullout sofa options and, since you assemble it, there shouldn't be a stair issue.
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    • Anne
      April 26, 2021 · 3:43PM:
      Great idea - I'll look into them!
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      • Olivia April 27, 2021 · 6:58AM:
        I will also put in a vote for ikea! We are in old town so had similar space constraints with narrow stairways. We really like the one that folds down flat into a queen bed. Almost more comfortable since there isn’t that metal bar that is usually down the center of pull outs.
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        • Anne
          April 27, 2021 · 11:37AM:
          Awesome - what's the name of the one you have that folds flat into a queen?
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          • Olivia April 27, 2021 · 5:19PM:
            The friheten! I see someone else also recommended it.
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            • Anne
              April 28, 2021 · 9:27AM:
              Excellent, thanks - I think we are going to go for it!
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  • Marcee April 26, 2021 · 10:02PM:
    Hi Anne ,,,,, Very exciting time for you! I've been following your blog for many years. Guess I missed some posts along the way. Didn't know you had a kitty cat. What ever happened to the 2 pups? I remember them. Just wondering. Best of in the coming days ahead. You are just about all set to have the ❤ baby and bring him home!
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    • Anne
      April 27, 2021 · 11:42AM:
      We've had our cat Zara for 8 years now, almost as long as I've had the blog! :) She used to be featured quite a lot, but I guess I haven't posted many photos of her recently! Re: the dogs, we have one dog, Freyja - I show pictures of her occasionally! She has spent a lot of the pandemic with my parents because my dad LOVES her and since he was working from home instead of traveling a ton he wanted a walking buddy. So she's living her best life getting love from the whole fam right now! Our other dog sadly didn't work out - I was heartbroken but she bit a number of people who tried to come to our home, and we were about to have Riese and knew that wasn't going to be a sustainable situation. Thankfully she was adopted by another family with no kids who lived out in the country and had lots of land and also had 2 other dogs, one of whom was also aggressive so they knew what they were getting into. We miss her a lot but it was 1000% the right call with a newborn on the way.
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  • Roadrunner April 26, 2021 · 10:54PM:
    Wow, time flies, Anne, almost there. Well done on all the prep. Looks like you are almost there! And love the stickers! 😉
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  • Christina April 27, 2021 · 7:20AM:
    While not CHEAP... these Bo Concept Xtra ottomans convert into single beds. We have two that we use for guests. They are AMAZINGLY confortable (I slept on one for 4 months) and we can push two together if needed and use full or twin sheets. We realized that having a full time guest room was a waste of space... and that was before the pandemic. You can get the covers made out of many fabrics. Not a fast option... but a great one. Good luck! https://www.boconcept.com/en-us/xtra/552006030313001.html
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    • Anne
      April 27, 2021 · 11:36AM:
      Great, will check it out - thanks for the rec!
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  • Kath
    April 27, 2021 · 9:59AM:
    Yay for vaccine #2!! I'm glad you didn't get sick. I have heard so many stories and I'm so curious to know how I will react.
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    • Anne
      April 27, 2021 · 11:36AM:
      It seems very hit or miss, to be honest! Hope you feel okay!
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