Monday!

Good morning! I am sitting here, trying to talk myself into doing something, but don't really know where to start - there is so much I could do after the weekend. Yesterday, it seemed as if Erin was into anything and everything! She has discovered she can reach the light switches now and loves to go downstairs to Amber and Brooke's room! Lots of fingernail polish, hair goop, soaps, perfumes - you name it it's there -makeup! She comes upstairs looking a fright sometimes! Yesterday, she came upstairs with green goop in her her - I thought it was glue at first - no just hair glue to help with styling. I washed her hair a few times and by the time we got to church last night, she still had some hard crusty stuff in her hair! So, on my grocery list is a hook and eye for the outside of the girls' room so I can keep her out of there when they aren't in there! She loves to play with the bath beads as well - but those aren't as easy to get out of clothes (lestoil worked, yay!). Now she is making beards out of bubbles in the tub next to me! She asked for a banana earlier in the week and said "Yum Yum - deliciouso" (thanks to Dora). That was funny - she says it all the time now that we laughed at her! The kids were gone for the weekend. Jeremy went to the property to cut 2 trailer loads of wood for the fireplace and the rest of us stayed home and relaxed. I actually made 4 loaves of homemade spelt bread yesterday while Erin was napping. I love homemade bread. Jeremy usually does a lot of the work, but I tackled it by myself yesterday while he was gone - turned out pretty good! I love being home but now am at the point in my pregnancy where putting my shoes on is tough - I have been retaining water and everything feels tight and swollen! I have to wear heavy special hose for my veins and after I finally get those on, I feel like a nap - I'm always worried my water might break from bending over trying to get the hose over my ankles. Most days, I give up and just make sure I sit down and put my feet up more often! I imagine it's quite entertaining for those watching! Anyway, it's hard to feel motivated and do some of the things I normally don't have time to do! At church last night, I had a couple of - can't believe you're not due til February! Or, you're still here? I'm like, yeah, I have 7 more weeks to go! Makes me wonder what I'll look like then! I told Mr. Munson that my New Year's resolution is to lose weight in the next few months!:) I just hope to be able to fit into my work clothes somewhat by the time I have to go back in April! This baby sure moves a lot, though and I enjoy every minute of it - maybe not so much in the night when she keeps me awake, but it's reassuring! Erin didn't move this much! I will tell the kids to put their hand on my belly to feel her moving and the second they put their hand there, she stops moving - how does she know it's not my hand??? So, they have to be content with just watching her move! Isn't that funny?! Oh, please pray that my sick leave pay gets straightened out soon - I took the extension forms in on December 19th to the doctor and no one filled them out, so I haven't gotten paid since Dec 21st. I have to call their office today to make sure they were filled out and sent in. Then, hopefully the benefits dept at work will process it quickly and get my checks back on track and caught up! Christmastime isn't a good time to go without money for too long!

Well, I suppose that's enough rambling for now - have a great day and praise God for the warmer weather - I told Erin we'd go outside later and do a little cleanup of the yard since we can see it again - still have pumpkins sitting out there from Thanksgiving that need to be gotten rid of as well as stuff the dog has strewn around!