Cravings

Cravings are the funniest things. I have not had any funny cravings like ice cream and pickles but I thought it would be a good memory for my kids to see what I craved when I was pregnant with them.

With Payton...I was at work one day and all I wanted was grilled cheese sandwiches! So on the way home I stopped and bought everything to make them and came home and had grilled cheese sandwiches. Keep in mind that I didn't even know at the time that I was pregnant but my cravings were strong!!
side note: I thought it was funny because there were 3 other girls in my department at work that were pregnant and I would listen to their symptoms and their cravings, etc...and one day I thought, hmmmm I feel that same way. So I took a pregnanacy test and it came back negative. Then I went to the doctor and sure enough...I was pregnanat.)
Anyways, both of the pregnancies I have loved carrots!! In the first couple of months I would eat a ton of carrots. I didn't eat a lot of crackers, just carrots. I also had a very strong craving for certain drinks. This has been with both pregnancies. with Payton, I wanted lemonade, Grapefruit juice and cran-grape in that order. We would have to make stops at the gas station just to get a lemonade before we would go somewhere. I would also go to Sam's Club and buy the big gallons of ruby red grapefruit juice!! I also could not get enough watermelon and strawberries! I have been a big fruit and vegetable fan with both. My downfall with Payton was french fries. I am not a big fast food fan but I loved french fires for the first bit of my pregnancy. I think it was that they were fast and I could hurry and eat them so I wouldn't get sick. But I could not eat pasta with Payton, in fact I still do not have a love for pasta. Funny thing is that is Payton's favorite thing to eat!!

With this one it has been kinda funny all I wanted in the beginning was salad and peaches. I think that is all I ate for the first 3 months. Then I have started to have cravings for things that I have not eaten for a while or that I don't eat at all...sorry honey the craving for red meat or a Whopper from Burger King still is not there. The first thing that I wanted was lemon-lime Gatorade. I HATE Gatorade, I never have liked it but I have definitely become a fan this pregnancy. The next thing I was addicted to were sunflower seeds. I must have needed the salt. I also wanted peanut butter, I have not had a peanut butter sandwich since at least high school, if not longer. I also made my in-laws bring me some sourdough bread from Trader Joe's in Vegas. They have the best bread!! I really wanted it to make tomato sandwiches! There is nothing better than a fresh garden tomato on sourdough bread! YUMMY!! I have also wanted root beer and caffeine free diet coke, this is funny to me since I don't drink carbonation or really either drink. I have wanted vegetable tempura with this one as well. So I made it for 2 nights in a row and I was good to go....I have also craved these chicken tacos that you get from Costco...unfortunately the Costco's around here do not carry them, believe me I have been to many. You can only get them in St. George. So thanks to my mom and dad they have been keeping me stocked!! And funny, I have not had a craving to get on a treadmill or an elliptical. This has also been the case with both pregnancies :-)

I laugh at the things that I have craved!! Luckily I have a GREAT husband who indulges me and will run to the store and pick up whatever I need. Thanks babe, Your the BEST!!