News from the pregnant lady...

Lots of people ask me how I'm feeling. I have to say that so far, this pregnancy is much easier than with Lilly. Even though I don't always sleep well, I haven't had very many migraines. With the exception of the first 10 weeks, I feel better now than I have in years (wow, that makes me sound old!). I hope I grew out of my migraines. I think I finally grew out of my acne so anything is possible, right? Speaking of skin, I am starting to feel like I need to shed this skin and grow another layer. This baby seems bigger than Lilly was. I feel like a balloon that's been blown up to just about the right size like, I don't need to get any bigger--but I have a little less than three months left. There's time to grow, but do I have room to grow? I've added an extension in my maternity pants and am trying to make it through the winter in my regular coat. Spring better start tomorrow. Overall, all is well.

Lilly is recovering from a cold and eye infection. She was explaining rather loudly to the rest off the sick kids at the walk-in clinic, "That pink fish is gonna die! That fish is gonna die!" Of course, saying it once isn't as good as ten times. We tried to tell her that the doctors take good care of the fish but she wasn't buying it. Maybe the fish needs some antibiotics, too!

I think this stems from when Glenna's dog, Gabby, died. They took her to the badlands to bury her. Every once in a while, Lilly would mention the dog. She started talking about Gabby more often at home. I tried to tell Lilly that maybe she shouldn't talk about Gabby at Glenna's house because that might make Glenna sad. One morning, when I was dropping Lilly off, she says "They put Gabby in the twunk!" That tipped me off that she may be asking questions. She mentioned Gabby so often at our house that I felt like I needed to say something to Glenna about it. She said that Lilly comes up to her and says, "Gabby died!" five or six times a day (Kind of like, "Mommy, you're tummy's really, really big!") Glenna is very understanding but I can't help but feel bad. Lilly doesn't really get it and gets stuck on topics like two year olds do, but sometimes I do wish she came with a mute button. :-)