The only way to accurately summarize my feelings at this point----FATNESS!! I thought pregnancy was supposed to be a thing of beauty. Evidently, not for me. Instead, my body looks like a fat, little sausage stuffed into clothing and my complection resembles that of an adolescent---far from glowing. Chris has been great, he at least tells me I look great, etc., but I am not sure his words are satisfying. I am looking forward to this fatness being over and a true sign of pregnancy to unfold as I have no belly to truly speak of. I just look like I ate too many donuts. I still haven't told many people at work of our expectant arrival. I guess I don't know exactly how to bring it up. I have a number of people that I talk with on a regular basis, but our conversations are somewhat superficial. I am sure with time, the news will spread. I did tell a few of my students. Two of my students thought I should combine their names to make our child's name. The result would be: DeLorena. Quite a name!
The Halloween festivities are in full swing here. We attended a "Fall Festival" at my school on Thursday evening and today we enjoyed a "fall festival" at the girls' school. We've managed to keep their costumes a secret until Wednesday when Claire spilled the beans. She was doing so well at keeping the secret, I almost thought she wasn't our child for awhile ;) Claire dressed as "Pinkalicious" and Mya was a cupcake. My Mom and Dad bought Claire the book, "Pinkalicious" for her first birthday. It has been an on-going hit with our girls. They both have the entire book memorized. It is such a cute book where this girl named "Pinkalicious" loves pink. She eats too many pink cupcakes and turns pink, which she is thinks is simply beautiful then red, which is less than favorable. She eats her vegetables to turn alleviate her pain. In the meantime, her little brother is envious and devours the last one, then turns pink too. It is a ...
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This thing might finally work! I don't know how, but it does! I was just gonna say how much this blog reminds me of Bridget Jones's Diary!Haha.