enJOY it
an archived personal and craft blog from Elise Blaha Cripe.
Category: pregnancy
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Three years ago today I married my very best friend. Our wedding was a big party and probably one of my favorite days ever. I remember, leading up to the wedding, that I made a big deal that this wedding wouldn't be the "best day of my life." How lame it seemed that your wedding…
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I found this recipe for almond butter pancakes on Pinterest and happily, all of the ingredients looked like something I could eat while in my GDM diet. Trouble is, I don't really need another breakfast option (my nut granola is working out well – heads up, I now make my batches with just 1/3 C…
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The best part about being diagnosed with gestational diabetes is that I am now eating the cleanest and healthiest I have ever eaten in my life. I can't complain about that. I hope & pray that in eight weeks we are blessed with a healthy baby. I know that in eight weeks, I'll be a…
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photo processed with Afterlight for iPhone. dress from Nordstrom. I have become a little…emotional. Things that make me cry in no particular order: seeing newborn baby photos on my instagram feed (and there are approximately one million these days), whenever anyone mentions how much they love their mom, noticing my finger tips have bruises from…
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I have been maintaining a gestational diabetes diet for about three weeks and will have more to say about it later, but so far, I have enjoyed experimenting with some new recipes to see what will help keep my blood sugar low but still fill me up. This is one of the first and I…
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I flew up to Sacramento Friday evening and was catching up on blogs while we waited for my mom to go out to dinner. During my browsing, I saw that my friend Ashlee was hosting a pop-up portrait session in a flower field near her house on Monday. A fifteen minute photography session?! In pretty…
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So far, gestational diabetes is not a big deal. I have had a week of finger sticks. A week of eating my normal diet. And a week of the most shockingly normal blood sugar levels. The only stressor has been making sure I remember what time I finished eating so I know it's been at…
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I am happy to be here. I am happy every day that we get a little bit closer to meeting our baby girl. I am happy every day that she stays put and my belly grows. This pregnancy has not been as easy as I hoped. Nope. There was the CPC scare, which in the…
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tank top is j.crew, navy and white striped sweater is gap. Today I am so thankful for my tiny valentine. This little lady, who I have never met, has already stolen my heart. She's my favorite and I don't even know her yet. The emotional roller-coaster that comes with waiting to become a parent is…
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Tuesday evening, Paul got home from a run and shouted upstairs, "Babe, the sky looks amazing, want to come see?" Always, Paul, always. I grabbed a blanket off the back of the couch and we half walked half ran down to the beach to catch the final moments of the sunset. The sky was amazing.…
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