How Far Along? 18 weeks
Weight Gain: About 5 pounds
Maternity Clothes: I own a few maternity items. I am mostly still trying to fit into my old clothes. Most of my pants and skirts don't zip up though, so I just wear really long tops to cover it...ooops. 
Sleep: Sleep is pretty much nonexistent at this point. I wake up every hour and have to re-position my self. I'm not used to sleeping on my side. Its so uncomfortable. I am thinking about getting a pregnancy pillow soon. Naps have been my saving grace. They are the only time I can sleep without waking up constantly.
Best moment this week? Taylor has been so nice to me bringing me breakfast, making me dinner, and helping clean the house. I feel so lucky to have him.
Weird pregnancy moment? I have been having the weirdest dreams. Every morning I wake up and am so weirded out! They feel so real though. I just want them to stop. 
Movement: I can feel like baby moving around sometimes. Baby is really active at night when I sit down to unwind. He or she also started moving around when I was listening to hymns yesterday. It was so cute. Little baby is going to be a singer just like mama.
Food Cravings: Cereal with lots of milk. Tangerines (I eat 5 a day I think). Peanut butter and jelly sandwiches with a huge glass of milk.  Nothings better. I have also been wanting balanced meals. Something with starch and veggies and protein and fruit and salt (love salt). If I feel like I haven't had one of those components throughout the day, I feel off balance. 
Anything making you queasy? Working. Nothing makes me more nauseous. 
Gender: We find out February 1st. 5 more days!! Taylor is pretty convinced that baby is a girl. We will see.
What I am looking forward to: Finding out the gender of this baby!! I am going crazy seeing things I want to buy for our nursery and can't until I find out what gender this baby is. I also can't wait to refurbish this crib I bought for $60. Such a steal!

I am super excited to be starting a food diary on my Instagram and Blog. I wanted to start this journey off with my favorite lunch/dinner. This recipe is perfect for anyone who wants to eat healthy, but not substitute for amazing taste and price.

Stuffed Sweet Potato

  

Ingredients:

1 Sweet Potato
1/2 Avocado
Handful of fruit

Directions:

Wash sweet potato and stab several times with fork or knife for even cooking.
Wrap in foil and put in crockpot.
Set crock pot to high and let cook for 3-4 hours.
Oven cooking (425 degrees for 1 hour).
Dice avocado and side of fruit
Take sweet potato out of crock pot and cut down the middle (caution the sweet potato will be very hot). Mush the potato and top with a small slice of butter and sprinkle with salt. Top it off with all that avocado and enjoy!

Anyone who knows me well, knows I love to travel. I love experiencing new people and the exciting cultures they share. When an opportunity to head up to Jackson Hole presented itself, I could not resist. We decided to surprise my best friend, Nicole, with a trip up there for her 21st. She has always wanted to stay in a cabin up there, but we are poor. So finding a place to stay was pretty difficult. All the cabins we were looking at were around $300-$400 a night. I wasn't going to spend that much money on a cabin. So we went on AirBnb. My favorite travel website in the world. You can find the best places to stay for super cheap. I highly recommend using it. I have yet to have a bad experience. The place we stayed out was so adorable. It was a cozy blue condo located just outside of Jackson in Driggs, Idaho. It was beautiful. We stopped off at a few trails along the way and took pictures. I literally have never seen a place more beautiful in my entire life. Getting to experience a new state with my best friends was the greatest experience. I think my husband realized he was in trouble and married a girl full of wanderlust. See you again colorful trees, and delicious sweet potato fries.