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I am pregnant!

It frustrates me when people say," we are pregnant".  Let me just be clear, I am pregnant  and nothing about my husband is.  I am gaining weight, I don’t fit into my "normal" clothes,  once in awhile my back is aching, I feel like I am constantly carrying around a cantaloupe evolving into a watermelon, and my crying hormones have been turned on in full force.  Now, I will say that my husband does have to deal with me as these issues all arise and this is no easy task but he is a great support and encourager.  Enough said.

Waddler

I am waddling around today, because I am pregnant?...  Oh no that would a normal good reason for waddling.  I pulled a real swift move at the gym today and now I feel like I have been riding a horse for the past 20 hours or at least what I think it would feel like if I were riding a horse.  I don't ride horses.  I digress.  I am walking on the treadmill; a nice normal pace.  I get distracted by one of the TVs hanging to my right.  I have my iPod on so I don't have a clue what is being said, but it is always fun to speculate.  Left foot decides to move off the rotating treadmill belt, right foot continues to move, quickly, to the end of the treadmill.   Left foot planted solid in one spot, right foot  moving away, really far, too far away from left foot...  This is what gymnasts call a split. Oh yes, a split indeed but I am no gymnast.

Things I want to do this year.

1. Read more books not related to being a better, stronger, mature mother.  It's not that I am suddenly a supermom and don’t' need anybody else's recommendations on motherhood, I just need a change.  I am off to a good start with this one.  I just finished reading a Walk in the Woods.  I highly recommend this.
2. Cook better meals for my family.  This involves some organization skills on my part.  I need to make a list of all the items I need from the food store before going.  Making this list involves knowing what we will be having for dinner every night.  This one will be a challenge.  I tend to wonder around the food store grabbing items that never really  come together to make one great meal.
3. Cut my children's hair more often.  This has never been a priority for me especially since for so long they didn’t have much hair to cut.  I now often notice them constantly attempting to remove the hair that has grown into their field of vision.
4. Send out the 2007 Christmas cards before Christmas 2008.  This is the first year I decided to send out cards and here they still sit in my house unwritten, unaddressed, unsent.
5. Run 2 miles without stopping once.  This may seem easy for most people but not me.  I have never in my life been able to run.  I have struggled with asthma most of my life and couldn't run 2 minutes without feeling like I was dying.  This will be a challenge especially pregnant and then with 3 kids.  I like to set my goals high.

When you're tired...

you're tired.

The Answer is No.

To my friends and family who I know read this and have been asking.  I will not find out the gender of our baby.  Like the other two, this one will also be a surprise, wouldn't want it any other way.

Dinner Conversation

At dinner Korben asked this question, Did someone shoot out some gas?  I smell something.

Daddy: Not me.
Kenzie: Not me.
Mama: Not me.
Korben: I think maybe I did.

Mystery Solved.