Newlywed, Newly Veg!

Hey guys! Sorry for going MIA last night!  Spending all day up the hospital birthing babies will make a girl tired! 

After we got back from the hospital, we actually headed right back out and met up with some of my family for some delicious Mexican food.  Whenever there’s something to celebrate, my family always seems to end up at a Mexican restaurant. 

Last night, we went to Cantina Loredo, a kind of high-end, more gourmet Mexican restaurant.

My food was SO good last night.  I had portabella and goat cheese enchiladas:

You can’t tell from the picture, but these two enchiladas were STUFFED with mushrooms and creamy, creamy goat cheese.  Such a delicious combination!

Ugh—I’m sorry to say that when we got home, I basically ate my weight in Girl Scout cookies!  Whose idea was it to get those cookies anyway?!?  Oh yeah…mine! 

This morning, I got back on the healthy train—nothing else you can do, right?  Ryan and I went for a three mile run…well, we probably ran about two miles and walked one.  We hardly ever run together, mainly because I like to go further and faster!  But, I really enjoy having a running partner, and Ryan wants to start running more consistently, so I think we’re going to do it more often.  After we got back home, he headed inside and I kept going for another mile or so, so I probably covered about 4.5 miles altogether.

We showered and headed back out to pick up some lunch at Earthereal to take over to the hospital. 

I got my favorite: combination tacos with soy “meat” and avocado.  Yum!

They don’t normally come with pickles, but I put in a special request!

Apparently last night’s Girl Scout Cookie-palooza wasn’t enough for me, because I enjoyed two of these, post-taco:

Still looking as cute as ever:

I think Ryan’s ready to be a dad!!! What do you think?!? 

It was supposed to rain today, but it is BEAUTIFUL!  I’m loving this weather!

I’ll be back tonight with a dinner post!  Hope you’re having a great Tuesday!

Hey y’all!  It’s been a long day, but a great one!  Sophie Rose entered the world at 3:18 this afternoon!  She weighs 7 pounds, 11 ounces (easy to remember, right?), and has a FULL head of dark hair!  She’s beautiful…not that her favorite aunt is biased, or anything. 

Katherine started having pretty intense labor pains and got an epidural around 11:30, and by 2:30 they were ready to start pushing!  All in all, everything went really well…it ALMOST makes having a baby look easy…almost. 

Around noon, we took a quick trip to Sunshine for some lunch, where I got a veggie burger with avocado (which I forgot to photograph until I was about a third of my way into eating it! Oops!):

Then, when we got back, we waited around for a few more hours, and before we knew it, we were welcoming a new member to our family!  May I present…Sophie Rose:

Isn’t she just beautiful?

Proud Papa:

We had an instant connection:

…and then the water works started (mine, not hers!):

Well, okay…she had some too:

First-time Grandma:

What a great day!  I’m so glad that we were able to come down and be here for the birth…it is such an emotional, once-in-a-lifetime experience.  It really makes you appreciate family and the ones you love!  I can’t wait for a lifetime of special moments with my new niece!