Each year I look for some sort of homemade gift to make for clients and co-workers. This year I couldn't pass up the homemade Bailey's recipe I found! I LOVE Bailey's and coffee! It seemed to be a hit and most people were shocked when I told them how easy it was to make.
Here is the recipe.
I was a little concerned about the raw eggs myself, but most of what I read said that anything dangerous is killed off my the alcohol.
HOMEMADE BAILEY'S IRISH CREAM
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3 eggs
1 can sweet condensed milk
1/2 pt. heavy cream
2 tbsp. chocolate syrup
1 tsp. vanilla or almond extract
1/4 c. milk
1/2 to 1 c. irish whiskey (I used Jameson)
Place all ingredients in a blender. Blend for approximately
2 minutes. Pour into a container and chill for about 2 hours
before serving. Must be kept refrigerated. Yields:
approximately 1 1/2 to 2 quarts. Great to serve around the
holidays.
I also packaged this in frapaccino bottles and wrote on the bottle. Turned out so cute!
Friday, December 28, 2012
Tuesday, December 18, 2012
New Year Goal Setting!
It's my favorite time of the year! Yes, Christmas, but also goal setting time! I'm such a dreamer and a planner that I love having my whole year in goals outlined before the year begins. I use these worksheets each year with my clients and ask them to complete them and make 2 copies...one for me and one for them to share with a friend or family member who will hold them accountable! For some reason just sharing your goals with someone else really makes it real and makes you want to follow through. As the year goes it feels great to check things off the list! I love setting goals in all areas of your life, not just fitness or nutrition. Please feel free to share these with your friends!
http://www.scribd.com/doc/117251604/Year-End-Reflection-Worksheet-11
http://www.scribd.com/doc/117251671/Setting-Goals-for-the-New-Year-Edited
Merry Christmas!!
http://www.scribd.com/doc/117251604/Year-End-Reflection-Worksheet-11
http://www.scribd.com/doc/117251671/Setting-Goals-for-the-New-Year-Edited
Merry Christmas!!
Wednesday, December 5, 2012
I'm almost back!
I'm so behind friends! Thanks for being patient. I'm overwhelmed lately with working, kids, the hospital...its crazy! I just want to say, thank you for all the thoughts and prayers. I finally feel confident that Adison will come home and be a healthy baby. Eventually! For now I'm just content that she is growing in the hospital. I'm not pushing the date of her discharge because I know she needs this time to get bigger. You can follow her journey on our caringbridge site. This has really taken my time away from my blog...sorry for those not interested in the baby!
http://www.caringbridge.org/visit/adisonholdmeier
I am slowly getting back to working out. Again...I'm trying to find the time and energy for it, but its really tough! Plus...I'm exhausted and I know I need the rest too. I'm trying to get my milk supply up so I'm pumping every two to three hours and its really hard for me at night!! No crying baby...just an alarm. I know I need rest, so exercise is taking a back seat right now. I got a great workout in last night with my fitcampers and I'm gonna be pretty sore! I felt like my legs might give out going down the steps last night! Wow!
Thanks for your patience. I'll be back at it soon!!!
http://www.caringbridge.org/visit/adisonholdmeier
I am slowly getting back to working out. Again...I'm trying to find the time and energy for it, but its really tough! Plus...I'm exhausted and I know I need the rest too. I'm trying to get my milk supply up so I'm pumping every two to three hours and its really hard for me at night!! No crying baby...just an alarm. I know I need rest, so exercise is taking a back seat right now. I got a great workout in last night with my fitcampers and I'm gonna be pretty sore! I felt like my legs might give out going down the steps last night! Wow!
Thanks for your patience. I'll be back at it soon!!!
Saturday, November 3, 2012
Preemie Awareness
I read this on a preemie facebook page that I recently found and I really liked it. I guess partly because it made me feel normal that everyone else has these same feelings. Its all so unfamiliar that you sometimes don't know how to handle it all. For me it's just one day at a time and I try not to focus too much on whats really happening. I have no control. It is what it is and now we just have to handle it as it comes. Thanks again for all the support mommas! Soon I'll be back to posting about health and fitness. Right now this seems to be consuming my life!
Prematurity Awareness~ During a normal pregnancy that goes to term, parents have time to work through various stages of planning and anticipation as they prepare for their babe’s arrival. When your baby is born prematurely, that all suddenly changes.
Joy, grief, fear and despair—you experience the range of emotions. The dream of the perfect birth and all of your well-made plans are disrupted. Even if you’ve been confined to bed rest for some concerning complication, even when you know your chances of going “the full 40” are slim, early labor still shocks most women.
With a premature birth comes the realization that you’ll be separated from your baby while he/she’s in the NICU—the neonatal intensive care unit. Returning home to face an empty nursery inspires bouts of inevitable anger, fear, depression and anxiety. For most couples, the earlier the gestational birth, the longer these feelings linger.
Expect to be stressed and short-tempered from lack of sleep. Expect to feel jealous of other parents who have big, bouncy full-term babies. Expect to feel overwhelmed. The process of grieving “what might have been,” and facing the fearful, unknown future for your preemie tests the resolve of even the strongest couples. The good news is so many preemies survive and go on to live normal, healthy lives. (written by a fellow preemie mom)
Prematurity Awareness~ During a normal pregnancy that goes to term, parents have time to work through various stages of planning and anticipation as they prepare for their babe’s arrival. When your baby is born prematurely, that all suddenly changes.
Joy, grief, fear and despair—you experience the range of emotions. The dream of the perfect birth and all of your well-made plans are disrupted. Even if you’ve been confined to bed rest for some concerning complication, even when you know your chances of going “the full 40” are slim, early labor still shocks most women.
With a premature birth comes the realization that you’ll be separated from your baby while he/she’s in the NICU—the neonatal intensive care unit. Returning home to face an empty nursery inspires bouts of inevitable anger, fear, depression and anxiety. For most couples, the earlier the gestational birth, the longer these feelings linger.
Expect to be stressed and short-tempered from lack of sleep. Expect to feel jealous of other parents who have big, bouncy full-term babies. Expect to feel overwhelmed. The process of grieving “what might have been,” and facing the fearful, unknown future for your preemie tests the resolve of even the strongest couples. The good news is so many preemies survive and go on to live normal, healthy lives. (written by a fellow preemie mom)
Sunday, October 28, 2012
CaringBridge
I want to thank everyone who has kept up with the blog and prayed for us over the last couple weeks. I have been overwhelmed with the amount of messages and nice gestures we have recieved!! Its so touching. Thanks for reading our story. I decided to go ahead and start a CaringBridge site for Adison as both a journal to look back on and as a sort of therapy for me. I didn't want to clog up my site with all updates on Adison, so the site will be nice. So many people have asked for updates and I haven't been able to get back with everyone personally, so it will be nice for others to know where to go to get updates. Adison's site is http://www.caringbridge.org/visit/adisonholdmeier/journal
We greatly appreciate all the love and support during this difficult time! Go Fit Mom will be back soon! Starting to feel a lot better although I have to say, I'm not a fan of the c-section!! I know for sure my recoveries with vaginal deliveries were a bit easier than this. It's really hard, as I've said before on bed rest, to take it easy and do a lot of resting! Especially when you have little ones.
If you have suggestions or tips for me I'm all ears. I haven't been able to even do much research and reading on c-sections because I can't use my laptop in Adison's room. It really limits you to books or magazines.
Thanks friends!
We greatly appreciate all the love and support during this difficult time! Go Fit Mom will be back soon! Starting to feel a lot better although I have to say, I'm not a fan of the c-section!! I know for sure my recoveries with vaginal deliveries were a bit easier than this. It's really hard, as I've said before on bed rest, to take it easy and do a lot of resting! Especially when you have little ones.
If you have suggestions or tips for me I'm all ears. I haven't been able to even do much research and reading on c-sections because I can't use my laptop in Adison's room. It really limits you to books or magazines.
Thanks friends!
Monday, October 22, 2012
Kangarooing
I had been hearing about this "kangarooing" thing since a week ago when Adison was born. Before then I had no clue what it was? Kangarooing basically is holding your preemie baby to your bare chest and cuddling them. I've heard there are so many benefits for the baby as well as the parents, including regulating babies HR and helping mother's milk supply.
I found a good article http://www.prematurity.org/baby/kanga-kaia.html
We all know the power of touch and we know the bond between mother and baby. It was the most amazing feeling to get to hold my baby for the 1st time today! It was so emotional yet the best feeling in the whole world. I was also astonished at the amount of milk I pumped immediately after I held her! I have been averaging 15-20 ml with each pumping. No lie, I pumped 40 ml right after holding her!! OMG...I couldn't believe it! I can't wait to hold her tomorrow!
I found a good article http://www.prematurity.org/baby/kanga-kaia.html
We all know the power of touch and we know the bond between mother and baby. It was the most amazing feeling to get to hold my baby for the 1st time today! It was so emotional yet the best feeling in the whole world. I was also astonished at the amount of milk I pumped immediately after I held her! I have been averaging 15-20 ml with each pumping. No lie, I pumped 40 ml right after holding her!! OMG...I couldn't believe it! I can't wait to hold her tomorrow!
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| Our first little family photo! |
How Preemie Moms are Chosen
a friend emailed this to me the other day! Thanks Karin!
How Preemie Moms Are Chosen~
(Erma Bombeck)
Did you ever wonder how the mothers of premature babies are chosen?
Somehow, I visualize God hovering over Earth, selecting his
instruments for propagation with great care and deliberation. As he
observes, he instructs his angels to take notes in a giant ledger.
"Armstrong, Beth, son. Patron Saint, Matthew.
Forrest, Marjorie, daughter. Patron Saint, Celia.
Rutledge, Carrie, twins. Patron Saint...give her Gerard. He's used to
profanity."
Finally, he passes a name to an angel and smiles.
"Give her a preemie." The angel is curious. "Why this one, God?
She's so happy."
"Exactly," smiles God.
"Could I give a premature baby a mother who knows no laughter? That
would be cruel."
"But does she have the patience?" asks the angel.
"I don't want her to have too much patience, or she'll drown in a sea
of self-pity and despair.
Once the shock and resentment wear off, she'll handle it.
I watched her today. She has that sense of self and independence so
rare and so necessary in a mother.
You see, the child I'm going to give her has a world of its own.
She has to make it live in her world, and that's not going to be easy."
"But Lord, I don't think she even believes in you."
God smiles. "No matter, I can fix that. This one is perfect She has
just the right amount of selfishness."
The angel gasps, "Selfishness?! Is that a virtue?"
God nods. "If she can't separate herself from the child occasionally,
she will never survive.
Yes, here is a woman whom I will bless with a child less than perfect.
She doesn't know it yet, but she is to be envied.
She will never take for granted a spoken word.
She will never consider a step ordinary.
When her child says momma for the first time,
she will be witness to a miracle and know it.
I will permit her to see clearly the things I see--
ignorance, cruelty, prejudice--
and allow her to rise above them.
She will never be alone.
I will be at her side every minute of every day of her life
because she is doing my work as surely as she is here by my side."
"And what about her Patron Saint?" asks the angel, his pen poised in
the air.
God smiles. "A mirror will suffice."
(Erma Bombeck)
Did you ever wonder how the mothers of premature babies are chosen?
Somehow, I visualize God hovering over Earth, selecting his
instruments for propagation with great care and deliberation. As he
observes, he instructs his angels to take notes in a giant ledger.
"Armstrong, Beth, son. Patron Saint, Matthew.
Forrest, Marjorie, daughter. Patron Saint, Celia.
Rutledge, Carrie, twins. Patron Saint...give her Gerard. He's used to
profanity."
Finally, he passes a name to an angel and smiles.
"Give her a preemie." The angel is curious. "Why this one, God?
She's so happy."
"Exactly," smiles God.
"Could I give a premature baby a mother who knows no laughter? That
would be cruel."
"But does she have the patience?" asks the angel.
"I don't want her to have too much patience, or she'll drown in a sea
of self-pity and despair.
Once the shock and resentment wear off, she'll handle it.
I watched her today. She has that sense of self and independence so
rare and so necessary in a mother.
You see, the child I'm going to give her has a world of its own.
She has to make it live in her world, and that's not going to be easy."
"But Lord, I don't think she even believes in you."
God smiles. "No matter, I can fix that. This one is perfect She has
just the right amount of selfishness."
The angel gasps, "Selfishness?! Is that a virtue?"
God nods. "If she can't separate herself from the child occasionally,
she will never survive.
Yes, here is a woman whom I will bless with a child less than perfect.
She doesn't know it yet, but she is to be envied.
She will never take for granted a spoken word.
She will never consider a step ordinary.
When her child says momma for the first time,
she will be witness to a miracle and know it.
I will permit her to see clearly the things I see--
ignorance, cruelty, prejudice--
and allow her to rise above them.
She will never be alone.
I will be at her side every minute of every day of her life
because she is doing my work as surely as she is here by my side."
"And what about her Patron Saint?" asks the angel, his pen poised in
the air.
God smiles. "A mirror will suffice."
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