jamba juice ~ i love you ~

i am a big fan of jamba juice. i love that my safeway has one, i get one every time i am grocery shopping.
its approx $3.50 for the small one. my favorite flavor is Strawberries Wild with a daily vitamin boost.

Jamba Juice is genius, they have come up with a frozen bag for $2.50.
all you do is buy the frozen bag, and a bottle of apple juice.

poor the contents of the bag into your blender @ home and add 8oz. of apple juice.
blend for 60 seconds, and ta da. you have got your very own 16oz glass of jamba juice.

for less than the cost of buying it at the actual jamba juice counter, and you can make it when ever you want. i often find myself wanting one at 8pm, and they are closed. now that doesn't matter. i can make my own in one minute. anytime of the day!!!

i'm drinking mine right now. and it tastes just like the real thing.
you should go to your local grocery store and buy a bag, try it, and let me know what you think.

xoxo

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baby update

i haven't posted a new blog in a month or so. we have been so busy this summer, and we will be even more busy in the coming weeks. i love keeping busy, and taking Ryan to fun exciting places weekly. I'm spoiling him this summer, since this summer is the last summer he will be an only child. i love spending every day with him, he brings such joy to my life. everyday he learns new things, and teaches me new things.

now update about baby in my belly:
as you probably know by now baby b. is a BOY!
and John, Ryan & I are so excited!
baby boy still has no for sure name.... we are pretty sure on a first name, but no middle name yet.
baby b. is healthy and happy and growing and kicking me all the time. he is very active, and i think he wants to break out. but he has to wait till Nov 15th (i wouldn't mind if he came out a week or two sooner)

as for me, i went to doctor yesterday, i still haven't gained weight, which makes me happy. i have plenty of fat to share with baby, no need to gain more. i have been eating better and exercising more. i plan to keep this routine once baby is here.
as of yesterday i am on bed rest/ disability leave. my cysts are causing more pain each day, as baby gets bigger and puts more pressure on my ovaries. so i will not return to work until well after baby is born.
this is a huge weight off my shoulders, i am always worried at work that just by working i will harm myself more. i act like I'm fine, i work just the same as i would when I'm healthy, i don't want sympathy, or to be treated like I'm disabled. so by working my butt off i cause myself more pain.

i talked to doctor about having a c-section so she can remove the cysts while baby is born, but she said no. having a c-section may be more harmful to baby and me, there are possibilities of bacterias harming us, and if there are complications with the cysts it could also hurt baby.
so i will have the baby naturally, and 6 weeks after baby is born, i will have surgery to remove cysts.
not what i wanted (but its what's best) . this means i will spend several weeks fully healing from baby being born, then right after several weeks of recovering from surgery. all during thanksgiving & Ryan's birthday & Christmas.  this holiday season will be exciting since i will have a new baby to love, but at the same time its going to be the hardest holiday season i will probably ever have.
but I'm strong, and stubborn, and i have John and Ryan loving me and supporting me every step of the way. I'm lucky to have them, and I'm so grateful.