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I grew up in Small Town, Nebraska, feeling sheltered by the 'safety' of it all. When I moved to Big City, Nebraska, I felt like the world was my oyster. However, I soon felt like there was much more for me Out There... I moved to Chicago, thinking I was done with this 'little' state. It took living in a true big city to realize that Lincoln is just an oversized small town... and it's where I belong! I'm blessed to have a wonderful husband who understands me and all my oddities. My kids are young enough to still think I'm cool. Beyond that, who cares, right?

Tuesday, July 25, 2006

Family Photos




My older brother and his family was in town recently for our parents' 40th Anniversary party, which was a great success, I believe. Earlier in the day, we all went in for family portraits, and this cool place we went to actually printed up our pictures the same day! (Only about 15 minutes later, in fact, AND they gave us each a disk with our pictures on it, as well!) The place was called Portrait Innovations, and if you ever need portraits done, you should see if there's one in your area. They're very reasonable, quite professional, and they did an excellent job!

Back in the saddle... sort of!

Oh my gosh, it's been over a month since I last blogged. I am so lazy! Actually, no, I'm just tired all the time from makin' a baby! I'm finally over that first trimester (I'm 15 weeks right now), so in theory, I shouldn't be as tired as I was. Funny, I'm not experiencing that Golden Phase I remembered from my first two pregnancies. I don't feel quite as drained, but I have to say, there's still nothing that sounds as good as a nap! Everything's going well with the pregnancy, though. I'm bigger than I would've thought I'd be, this early on, but the midwife said at my last visit that she only heard one heartbeat in there. So it must just be a "third pregnancy" thing, where my body is pretty much going through the motions... it's an "expert" at this stuff now. Whatever! I haven't been having any fun, strange cravings. I do seem to want more fresh fruits and vegetables than usual. More than that, though, I seem to have aversions to food. I can't stomach the idea of pork chops, which I usually enjoy quite a bit. I'll sit down in front of other things, and I lose my taste or desire for them less than half-way through. It's frustrating, trying to make up weekly menus. If I had my way, we'd eat tomatoes, cucumbers and watermelon every night!
I do have a couple of fun quotes. The #1 fun quote for now is one Josie made when her Daddy was dishing up some ice cream for her: "Do you know what's better than ice cream? Family." Not to be outdone, Lindsay had this to say, earlier that same day, when we were pretending to be running from Pirates: "My most important treasure is my sister, Josie." These girls are out to make me cry, I tell ya!