Food Network and The Baby er..Learning Channel

I've noticed since my belly has popped out with the presence of this new little being inside, that my taste in television has reverted back to babies and food. Whereas nap time used to consist of folding laundry and watching A Haunting on the Discovery Channel, I now settle in front of Ray-Ray and A Baby Story. In my non-pregnant days I cringed at A Baby Story and these crazy women trying to deliver their babies with no drugs and screaming at the top of their lungs. The sound of the crying baby brought the nails back to the chalkboard - it was torture just to see it as I flipped through channels. But now...now Sarah and I watch and wait for the baby to arrive. We get excited as the birthing process nears it's anticipated result - I sob and Sarah says, "Baby crying, baby sad" as the little one makes it's appearance.

The cooking shows are a bit different because they seem to inspire me. I am encouraged and motivated that as long as I keep my menu diverse and my family eating new and fun foods, all will be alright. And really, I think it's helping me. If I can remember that what it comes down to is my little family and making our own happiness, it will matter less what goes on all around us. Yeah, money is tight and our future seems uncertain sometimes with the way the economy is going, but Rachael Ray made a killer eggplant steak meal with some fantastic orzo pasta salad, and darnit if it didn't make us all a little happier when I made it too. (I haven't made it and frankly, that is what's on as I write this, and I plan to try to orzo salad - without the feta...grrr)

This morning Sarah got a baby bottle out and put it to my tummy and said, "Mama, Sarah feed the baby." It was pretty darn cute, hopefully her little sibling takes to a bottle better than she ever did. Maybe Dad will get a chance to feed one of our children with a bottle at least once in his life. The wee one seems to have experienced a growth spurt and rarely let's me forget it. I love it that I'm carrying this one a little higher because I really FEEL pregnant and I LOOK pregnant. I can push on my tummy now and feel a bum or a head or a back or something - I push it around and it changes positions for me. Pretty fun that we're already interacting...I am excited for our little arrival when I'll be sobbing and Sarah will be saying, "Mama, baby crying, baby sad..."