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Hello everyone! I just thought I would let everyone know about this fun series I'm starting that will include a link up each week. I am 30 weeks pregnant with baby #2 (as of today) and so for 10 weeks I will be sharing info on some of the ups & downs that can come with bringing home a new little. This series will be fun if you're pregnant with your first, second, or if you just like to think ahead or reminisce. I can't wait to get started. Here are some of the discussions we have to look forward.

1. Preparing Your FurBaby
2. Preparing Nursery & Registering
3. Birth Plans
4. Making Time for Marriage - Happy Valentine's Day!
5. Packing for the Hospital & Car Seat Installation
6. Preparing an Older Sibling
7. Easy Freezer Meals
8. Preparing for Birth

If you are a blogger and interested in guest posting, I am currently looking for writers. Also the link-up will be baby themed, so any baby post will surely add to the fun!

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So since I am pregnant, I wasn't able to do the juice cleanse (which I knew going into this review), but the Hubby is trying to win a bet at work to lose weight so I asked him what he thought about trying a juice cleanse. My Hubby is very competitive and will do anything (except cheat) to win. So I thought this opportunity was something that would be right up his alley.


That's a lot of juice!

He had some reservations going in. Like would he be able to eat? Would he need to stay by the bathroom? Could he go to work and normally function? I honestly didn't have all the answers for him, so we did some research and he decided to give Skinny Limits a try.

Skinny Limits standard 3-day juice cleanse kit includes 18 bottles of juices total, in varying flavors and fruit/vegetable combinations. Each day he drank six 16oz bottles of juice. The ingredients in each type of juice are listed below:
• Pure & Simple (Green Juice): Kale, spinach, parsley, cucumber, apple, and lemon.
• Balance (Green Ginger): Kale, spinach, parsley, cucumber, apple, lemon, and ginger.
• Green Firefly: Kale, spinach, parsley, celery, cucumber, apple, lemon, and pineapple.
• Scorpion Lemonade: Lemons, agave nectar, cayenne, and filtered water.
• Crescent Moon: Raw cashews, vanilla bean, cinnamon, agave nectar, coconut oil, himalayan sea salt, and filtered water.

Hubby said they all tasted pretty good except the Scorpion Lemonade. He said you could tell that was the one for the cleanse part.

He took a picture of the order he had to follow and I made sure to pack what he needed for work.



Skinny Limits juices are completely natural and raw, made without pasteurization or processing. Plus they are vegan and gluten-free! All Skinny Limits juices are made fresh to order and delivered immediately after being produced. All juices must be refrigerated immediately upon arrival. The retail price of a 3-day Skinny Limits juice cleanse (18, 16oz bottles) is $147.

We made a HUGE mistake going in. Hubby didn't eat the way he was suppose to going into the diet. You are suppose to eat fresh, plain Jane foods. Not a lot of carbs and very light. We had spaghetti for dinner the night before. HERE's how you start a cleanse right.



Since we didn't set my Hubby up right from the start, he only managed to do two days of the cleanse. On the second day, we did have a normal dinner because he said he was done. But I think he did pretty well after a day on the cleanse. And I honestly was proud of him to just try it out for me.

I received this product for free from the sponsor of the Moms MeetSM program, May Media Group LLC, who received it directly from the manufacturer. As a Moms Meet blogger, I agreed to use this product and post my opinion on my blog. My opinions do not necessarily reflect the opinions of May Media Group LLC or the manufacturer of the product.

I received a prize pack from General Mills through MyBlogSpark in order to share this information. All opinions are my own.



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I am 29 weeks pregnant today, officially in my 3rd trimester as of last week. The baby is about the size of squash, either acorn or butternut depending on who you ask. Or even a small pumpkin according to my side bar ticker. Either way, baby seems to be about 2 1/2 lbs and around 15 inches long. :)



I have been having a little trouble to keep up with blogging as of lately and that's mainly due to the holidays, but also slightly due to the fact that I had my 28 week check-up on Monday and besides having SweetPea there plus having to keep her entertained while I took the the 1-hour glucose test again, I found out that we had until delivery to pay $3,000 and then they took my blood pressure...

My husband has a plan to pay for delivery (why they didn't tell us sooner, I have no idea), so that's not a problem, but I still have to go back earlier than scheduled to make sure my blood pressure comes down. Hubby is on vacation next week for his birthday (he's turning the big 3-0) so I won't have to bring SweetPea this time. I think that stresses me out when I have to bring her as well.

I have been doing a great job about my weight but I have noticed I gained the most the week before my appointment. If you have been following my blog for a little bit, then you know I had pre-eclampsia with SweetPea and my doctor told me at my 24 week check-up that although controlling my weight can try to help, I am high risk just because I had it before. She said she has seen just as many under weight women have pre-eclampsia and it effects all women of all sizes. There really is no pre-exsisting conditions that determine it, although over weight women are at higher risk of developing it.

So I am a nervous wreck. I did discover that second hand smoke can contribute to high blood pressure. Just thought I would throw that out there for anyone reading this that knows someone who smokes.

I do have some swelling and have been having some headaches as well. I really hope I don't get pre-eclampsia again and have to go on bed rest this early.

For anyone interested, we are still team green, but I have been having lots of dreams lately that I'm holding a little boy, so who knows. :)

I will try and update after my appointment. And I hope you all are having a Happy New Year so far! :)

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