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Happy Saturday everyone! Happy Weekend.

We went to a family birthday party today and the weather was beautiful. The temperature read 74 degrees as we were driving out there. Just gorgeous!

Our family will celebrate several birthday parties at one time and mine was one of them today. This is a little photo of our four-year-old son putting a bow on my head. It was nice enough to go bare foot. Im not sure how many days are left like this, but it was nice to still be able to wear open-toed shoes.

I decided to cut up some of the honey crisp apples that we picked at the apple orchard last weekend and serve it with natural peanut butter instead of cake.

It was a hit! Because everyone ate it up.
I will admit, though, that I did eat some sugar free pumpkin pie (not the crust), some mint chocolate pie ( and not the crust either) and some mint chocolate chip ice cream.
Boy, am I glad tomorrow is a new day, folks!!!

Here are a few preggo pictures for you...

Im just glad this shirt still fits over my belly.

oh, and the next picture...

Always a sure sign that Im very far along is that I can use my belly as a table for my cups.

See?

This is a little cup of my tincture of raspberry leaf tea extract with a little water.

Well, I hope you are all enjoying your weekend too!

Getting ready for this birthday party felt like a major feat for me, as Im sure it does for everyone involved. But, from here on out, I feel like the weekend schedule lightens up significantly and I can relax a little and focus on finishing getting the house and everything ready for the baby.

Just today, my husband pulled up the white bassinet from the basement and were washing everything up for our son.

There are still things going on the rest of this month, that will basically keep me busy enough that Im not constantly "waiting" for the birth, but not so busy that I cant get things done that need to be done.

Oh, and I have a question for you all.

Can you guess what kind of music my husband says I start listening to as the "end" draws near?

And, yes, I started listening to that music about three days ago.

Have a good one!

Sincerely,

Sunshine Mama

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Apple Muffins And Sleepy Sunshine Mama

Hi folks!

How is everyone?

Im sleepy so this will be another quick post. But I did include a few pictures of the apple muffins I made on Tuesday. Its the same recipe as the Blueberry Muffins except I put in about five or six cups of apples instead of the blueberries.

My husband liked these so much that he wanted to....

(this is the true test of good food)...

he wanted to bring some to share at work.
Well, I am flattered!
I do think these would have tasted even
better with cinnamon, but maybe next time.
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Other than that, I bascially gained back the weight I dropped the other day.
Whatever!
But I will say on a positive note, that Mr. Lovely is getting milk-a-plenty
which is the most important thing...
And I am feeling stronger and lifting heavier weights at the gym.
Tonight I put on my gym clothes and then tacked on a long sleeved t-shirt and
them, count em....put on three sweatshirs to battle the cold on the run to the gym.
The run felt great!
My running legs are coming back!
So, I must get some sleep now!
I have a special outfit planned for Mr. Lovelys photo shoot on Thursday
And...I just might reveal his new flower name.

Ta Da!
And Take care!
Sincerely,
Sunshine Mama

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