Food Inc and other documentaries

I've become a big fan of documentaries, I think in part to Netflix "Watch Instantly" not having a shortage of them! Well, I've heard tons about Food Inc. and had been putting off watching it until last weekend. Tom and I have watched our share of animal/food mistreatment shows (mostly on Gordon Ramsay's "The F Word"). He's far from vegetarian, but along the lines of Food Inc. encourages people to know where your food comes from and to buy locally. The surprising thing about Food Inc is that it focuses a lot on the treatment of employees of these giant "industries". Very interesting, so if you haven't seen it, SEE IT. It's really well produced movie, lots of information, not just shock value.
We also watched "The Business of Being Born" which was supposed to be about health care and why women are choosing home births. But it definitely wasn't well made, and didnt really have any compelling arguments that would make a woman think twice (believe me I'm 9 days away from a scheduled repeat cesarean) about a hospital birth. In fact, the main woman they are following goes into preterm labor, with the cord wrapped around the infants neck, and the infant also has had restricted growth and therefore needed an emergency cesarean! Which is exactly why I'm all for medical intervention! I am in full support of midwives and doulas and natural birthing options but when you're talking about an infants life "err on the side of caution." Even if it's 1% of the time that a woman has complications, that's not a risk I personally would take. Enough about that :-)

Squadron Picnic

Last Friday we went to the squadron picnic. They have adopted a pet pony (not sure why) but this was Carter's first experience with any animals other than household pets, and zoos. He did really well, much to my surprise.

It was a fun (but short) time. This pregnancy is chugging along. It seems like all the ladies I know, due around the same time as me, are feeling contractions, going into labor, or already have their babies! I have to say, I'm a little jealous but have to wait for Granny and Grandpa to come. I guess in the back of my mind, I was hoping to go into labor and have an easy VBAC but this little (or big) guy has plans of his own...at least so far. 9 days to go, so we'll see!

Website

Last week I worked on our website...you can check out our new pictures here

www.thomasandfaith.com

Big Brother

testing out all the freshly washed gear :-)

I wonder how many times in the past month I've uttered the phrase: "No, buddy, that's for baby brother". Poor kid, he's in for a rude awakening!

Mascarpone Filling Tart

The recipe can be found here.

Farmers' Market!

And here's the goods! I'd never heard of Pluots before moving to California, maybe that just shows how little I've ventured outside my local grocers before, but they are delicious! I've learned that you need to pick these a little firm or eat them the same day, otherwise they get pretty mushy. White nectarines- these bad boys are unbelievable! These have been my latest pregnancy craving. And here in Nor Cal they are HUGE! Peaches- a staple in our household. Raspberries- since berries are getting more and more sparse at the farmers' market, if I see them, I get them! They are great for baking, although Tom has been snacking on them too much for any real baking. Strawberries- I had a plan for a mascarpone tart which is why I bought so many, but I've also been enjoying these with some Zinfandel chocolate we bought a while back and Rutherford Grove Winery. Birdseed Raisin Bread- This was an impulse buy and while it was good, it dried out to quickly :-( And butternut squash- I'm going to push my luck and try it out for the second week in a row with my picky toddler...wish me luck :-)

Tom was amazed at how big the strawberries were, so he took a picture. Yes, that's a quarter to show how big they are!