More Pregnancy Bummers...

10. Not being able to breath when bending over to pick something up, unload the dryer, put socks on, or paint my toenails.

9. Having to pay someone to paint my toenails.

8. The constant sensation of having to pee.

7. Being the last of all my prego friends to have their babies.

6. Feeling like a beached whale when trying to turn over in bed 12 times a night.

5. Not being able to sleep on my back.

4. Having students say things like, "It looks like your baby is ready!"

3. Always feeling out of breath.

2. Heartburn, but hopefully this means a hairy baby.

1. My fat face!!

Happy V-Day to Me!

The Diaper Bag

I love this bag because it's smaller than the one I had for Laney, and it's more purse-like. It's also glazed so you can just wipe it off. I've looked at it three or four times, and I finally just went for it! I'll just tell Chavis he' s off the hook for Valentine's Day since I bought myself something!

Memories...

Laney & Kamry
Valentine's Day Four Years Ago
Wow, time flies after you have a baby, but why does it seem to go by so slowly when you're pregnant??

It's All Good!

I am so glad that my back pain issue has gone away. I was beginning to think I would be stuck with it for the next 9 weeks. I don't know what I did to make it go way, but my principal had a brilliant idea. He told me to have one of the kids walk on my back. Did he want me to lie on my stomach while someone walked on my back?

An E-mail From Jodi Picoult!

(I took this pic while waiting in line for Jodi to sign my book last March.)

I have struggled finding a good book to read lately. I'm not loving Olive Kitteridge. So yesterday I e-mailed my favorite author, Jodi Picoult. Her new book comes out next month. I know she loves Alice Hoffman, so I asked her which book I should read. I was so surprised when she e-mailed right back today and said, "Try Turtle Moon."

Top Ten Pregnancy Bummers of the Day

10: No tanning beds!
9: The guilt I feel after every Diet Coke I drink.
8: The guilt I feel after every cookie I eat.
7: Increasingly uncomfortable tight clothing. (Because of the cookies.)
6: Heartburn and throwing up in my mouth.
5: Enormous but unattractive boobs. (Thank goodness for Spanx bras.)
4: Hideous leg veins.
3: Getting on the scale at the Dr.'s. (Sometimes I don't look.)
2: Very little sleep and dragging my sorry butt to work.
1: The pinched nerve in my lower back that causes stabbing pain with every step and makes me walk like an old lady!