pickles and pregnancy

You know there is that pregnancy cliché about craving pickles....

Well, I've never really had many craving while pregnant with Javan and haven't so far with this one either but....

If I am feeling hungry for a snack at night I usually eat pickles.. it has nothing to do with the pregnancy...it just happens to be a great low carb snack and the vinegar is really helpful in keeping my numbers down in the morning.

I try to keep all of my higher carb foods before dinner :-)

Today was an interesting day. I was awoken with Javan complaining because it was too dark in his room. I told him to just turn the bathroom light on but I could hear him just standing in the hallway.  So, i went to check it out.

He was just standing there in there dark .... trying to figure out what to do because NONE of the lights were working.

I  told him it looks like the electricity went out and to go back to sleep. His reply:

" but, mommy, will my fan work. I'm SO HOT..."  I didn't think about the lack of AC with no electricity. So, we all packed up and slept in the basement.

The electricity didn't come back on until 6:00 tonight. 16 hours later!

So, we ate out at every meal since we didn't want to open the fridge/freezer and let cold air out. Which, for me, is NOT easy. Since last weekend I had a VERY bad experience with a chicken wrap and a salad with bacon... (169 - 2 hours later) i've decided not to stray from my usual salad at restaurants and was super careful about my carbs (you never know where added sugar and carbs get thrown in there without you knowing).  I did get to enjoy an apple and a banana today for my carbs - pretty awesome since I don't usually get 2 fruits in one day! Jackpot!

So... anyway, I was a little hungry this evening...

and so began the little chuckle about my pregnant self's desire for a pickle snack :-)