She's HERE!

Well, Therese is going to be one happy camper when she gets home from school today--her American Girl Doll arrived today!!!  When we were going to school this morning, she said a prayer that her doll would come today.  She asked me to, and I answered, 'You do realize that God might not have any influence over the postal service?!'

I got a lot of miscellaneous stuff done today--bills paid and mailed, banking, filled gas tank (ughh--I passed a place by where it cost $3.09, then when I finally stopped for gas, every place was $3.15!), got stuff to make lasagna for my Mom's birthday next Tuesday.  Also picked up supplies for Maria's school recipe assignment.

Back home and TIRED.  I hardly slept at all last night.  I had the worst post nasal drip that continually tickled my throat, forcing me to cough until tears were streaming down both cheeks.  This happened all through the night.

We're coming up on almost 2 straight months of continuous snow.  I don't remember a snowier winter...ever.  I am surprised to say this, but so far, it hasn't gotten to me.  I still enjoy it (except for when it impacts driving) and think it is awfully pretty.

I'm eating dill pickles.  I crave them every so often...and if you're thinking I'm pregnant...Hahahahaha!  I'm well into my 40's, so I'm pretty sure it is just that I like their taste.  They are a 'free' food, too, they don't have much in the way of calories, and no fat.

Maybe I'll write a series of posts on pregnancy.  I loved being pregnant.  There's nothing quite as special as when a baby moves inside the mommy and she can feel the little knees and feet pushing out against her tummy.  I used to love to 'grab' them, and they would recoil.  So cute!!  Oh, and when they get the hiccups, how sweet!  I could feel them 'hiccuping'!  The two things I didn't really appreciate were the nausea (mostly in the beginning months) and the hard time I had sleeping towards the end.  With Therese, I stayed sick to my stomach throughout the entire 9 months!  Whenever I saw something that was even a tiny bit disgusting or smelled 'off', I would be heaving.  Oh, that is horrible.  The only consolation was that nausea signals a high level of pregnancy hormones, meaning the chances of a miscarriage are much lower.

I remember being so hungry the last 3 months of my pregancy (again, with Therese), but I could only eat a teeny portion of food.  Otherwise I'd end up with the worst hearburn all night long.  When she was born, I weighed less than I did when the pregnancy started.  I actually LOST weight!  (I had been 120 at the start, went down to 115!.)

Oh, and the cravings!  When I was expecting Ian, I ate an entire box of ice cream sandwiches in ONE day!  Jacob was born one week to the day after Valentine's Day, and I baked John a chocolate cake as a Valentine surprise.  If he got one slice, he was lucky because I devoured most of it!

Oh well, look for more pregancy tales in my next bloggie...time to do something productive here!!  (Like, maybe take a nap!)

HUGSxxxAnnie