The Best Baby Shower - August 25, 2012

My sweet friends and sisters in laws hostess a fabulous shower for me! It was what every pregnant girl could wish for!

Amazing  foods and drinks which included:

• Tomato and roasted garlic mini tarts
• Homemade chicken empanadas
• Grilled asparagus with aioli sauce
• Fresh strawberries with home made cajeta
• Watermelon and mint skewers
• Margarita Cookies
• and ....my favorite ...Chocolate mini-cupcake with citrus icing and chocolate ganache

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Incredible attention to detail in all the decor - Check out the peanut decorations that match the invitations 

Great time catching up with good friends

And... a loot of gifts for Baby Ech!

Thank you all! It was simply amazing!

Food Cravings - August 2012

Do you have any food cravings? I get this question a lot so, here are a few things that I have craved over the last 28 weeks!

• Around week 12 or 13 all I craved was Doritos accompanied by Dr. Pepper!  Yes, I know not precisely the healthy foods that I’m supposed to eat while pregnant. But, that’s what sounded good for dinner, yikes!  I also experimented with Doritos and bean dip. No, not home made.  It had to be the kind that comes in a can! Thankfully the junk food cravings only lasted for about two weeks, but during this time my sweet sister in-law Amanda made sure I had a good stash of my cravings!

• Some cravings have been constant, for example any vegetable that has lots of water such as cucumbers, celery or jicama. Another constant craving has been cottage cheese with peaches, some days that is the only thing that sounds good in the mornings.

• Grapefruit, which I have never really enjoyed has been another constant craving. Full wedges of grapefruit or anything grapefruit flavor, yum! I even found grapefruit flavor gummy bears!

• During the dead heat of the summer, we were eating tons of fruitbars/popcicles, but mine had to be loaded with Tajin. Strawberry, Mango, Lime and Watermelon fruitbars all  loaded with, yum!  Tajin is crushed peppers, and it is a popular condiment in Mexico, but now is available at Walmart. It is also all natural, so I felt ok eating it.

• And to top it off... confession time... I have also been craving Lucky Charms, the question is have I given into the craving and the answer is … YES! I have bought a few boxes of Lucky Charms! Hopefully this craving won’t last for long!