today we met a friend of Cara's in the South End, we walked right by Jonathan's door, we were all a little sad that we couldn't just ring the doorbell and say hi. so to make it better...
we went blueberry picking (no action shots because it was raining)
while Will and I were finishing dinner, Auntie Cara took care of feeding the little man. she is a natural. I am told that Judy tried to a post a comment to the effect of how natural Cara looks with Ruben, to add to that fire I decided to post this picture.
i met a new friend today, my bestie introduced me to him over the interwebs, but today we met in person. entertainingly enough he also knows a friend of mine from school. so we all went out for brunch,what fun!
so the little man and i have been working on breast-feeding and while we had a rocky start, things are progressing very well. latching and sucking happening, in the right order! i am also pumping to make sure he gets enough to eat and to stimulate more milk production. this is will's first time feeding our son (it was 4:00 am) i have never loved my husband more!
what is CSA you ask? community supported agriculture, i answer. we joined the stillman farms CSA and today was the first pick-up the bounty was plentiful despite it being early in the season. we got radishes, golden beets, argula, swiss chard, strawberries, spinach and lettuce. i am excited to play with greens in my cooking! (ok i'll be honest i'm excited to taste the things that will makes with the greens!)
i love summer fruits. i would eat nothing but fruit if my digestive system would allow it. in this bowl is one quarter of a watermelon we got at costco last week. self control is not having cut the whole thing and eating it in one sitting.
this morning i had breakfast with two of my-brothers in law and husband and there was something missing. . . saul
a little over a week ago, will and i went out for dinner followed by ice-cream at jp licks. while there we got jackson a treat as well its called "Cow Paws" its basically honey/peanut butter flavor sorbet. every time we open the freezer he gets excited and as you can see when he gets a couple licks in he gets cross-eyed.
when will and i planted these little seeds, i'll be honest, i didn't really expect it work. I mean
tonight will and i went on a date we went to cafe d in JP and then followed it with a visit to JP Licks, where they have coffee as their lactose free flavor this month! while the line was long at least this cow (vaca in spanish) kept us company.
so a long time ago (read one month-ish or so) i sent my bestie some breakfast treats, for the full story go to her blog. anyway i meant to take a picture of her announcing my greatness to everyone but i kept forgetting today i finally remembered.
this is what two people who ate a lot of bread look like before they go to bed.
tonight we had to go grocery shopping. why? well i am almost out of milk and also the sale on the seltzer was ending today. we didn't leave the house until 8, but we ran into two friends at two of the three stores we visited. we noted that both these people have kids and work full-time so late evening grocery shopping is where its at. a fun little glimpse into our future. also regarding the seltzer, we bought 39 bottles, my husband thinks i am crazy, but he let me fill up a whole cart just with seltzer, because everyone knows you always lose a fight with a pregnant lady. oh also these are the bags we used to go shopping, we didn't bring a single new paper or plastic bag into the house! al gore would be proud.
my father-in-law loves this cake, luckily plums are coming into to season and i am able to make it again. this is what was leftover after three people had some for dessert and my father-in-law took what was "needed" for his lunch. 
those of you that know me, know that i love me my seltzer. i could drink gallons of the stuff all day every day. it soothed my nausea, it fulfills my daily water requirement, its like a miracle. today we were out shopping and stop and shop had a sale. 3 for $1. (normally its anywhere from $0.60 to $0.80 a bottle) it was as if the heavens had opened and i could see the manna falling at my feet. this incredible bounty was only made better by the fact that, they had already received their kosher for passover shipment and the sale applied to that seltzer as well (normally upwards of a $1 a bottle). well we stocked up 15 bottles for me and 12 for passover (i daresay there will be another trip back to the store to get another dozen or so before the sale goes away!) so dear reader you tell me unhealthy love or just a gal who loves her some seltzer.
lactose intolerance! we went to whole foods and how they tempt me i mean does a grocery store need a gelato bar at the entrance? how does it get worse? my favorite flavor combo, dark chocolate mint was beautifully displayed, oh cruel world! i did try one of the sorbet flavors and it was good, but it was no dark chocolate mint gelato.
one of the best things about being pregnant is that when i told my dr i was eating a lot of ice cream and she said great what a great way to get your calcium! so more ice cream for me! also i heart breyers for their lactose free vanilla ice cream. also jp licks has one flavor a month but its not always a good flavor so its nice to have a solid back-up that costs way less money
