Merry Christmas!

Just wanted to wish you all a very Merry Christmas! Please remember to take time to enjoy yourselves and those you love. Be safe and have fun!

Oh, and please take the new poll on the left to guess Peanut's gender!

Love,

Beth & Dave

4 months today

I still feel huge for being 4 months pregnant - but oh well. I just thought I wouldn't look this big until like 6 months....At least I'm feeling good physically!

Oh, and yes, I was in the ladies room at work - ha ha!

Times are a changin'

I wanted to post 2 updated ultrasound pictures. The second one (which I affectionately call "alien baby") honestly freaks me out!

While confined in my room this weekend to avoid Dave's poker party guys, I was cleaning out some things and came across some old pictures. This one is of my high school graduation in 1992 (that seems like forever ago) with my oldest friend Jen and our moms.

This one is from about 1997 at Christmas with another best friend Angie. I can't get over how skinny I used to be!

2 noteable notes

#1 - I did it! I got my butt on the treadmill last night. I am going to try to start out every other day for 20-30 minutes and eventually (like in 3 weeks) work my way up to daily for 30 minutes. Just let me say how out of breath I was - sheez! Not that I really pushed myself, I just got my heart rate up.

#2 - I am officially addicted to this Aveda body wash. It smells so relaxing and I think I found the only body wash I'll use the rest of my life!

Off to by my TP, milk & bread in anticipation of the big snow to come tomorrow!

O Christmas Tree

How did we get to less than 2 weeks before Christmas? None the less, I think we're ready. Most of our gifts have been purchased, and all of those have been wrapped. On Monday we went to our traditional Christmas tree farm and picked out a Christmas tree. The smell is so wonderful that I wish we could have it up all the time. It's hard to get a good picture because the Christmas lights look like they are floating on the tree unless I have a background light on, and then the light is too bright in some shots. Sign me up for a photography class I guess! And now you know why we leave all the important pictures we can up to Cyndy & Paul!

On the pregnancy front, I'm 15 weeks along today and feeling well. Lots of stretching going on in there - the other day I sneezed and felt like I was going to break in half from the pain! Poor Dave - I startled the heck out of him when I screamed (well, it hurt!). I saw the doctor about the cysts and they are just going to keep an eye out for them, but there isn't much we can do right now and they aren't worried. I want to start exercising but am finding motivation just as tough as it was pre-pregnancy. I'm supposed to walk 30 minutes a day. Now, we have a treadmill in the basement, but when I get home, I'm typically so tired I start dinner and then lay down to rest. We'll see how that goes. But I have to tell you that I have big plans to exercise to lose weight after the baby is here! Shhh - don't ruin this for me with the truth about how I'll have no time, less energy, etc. Ignorance is bliss!

I'll see if I can get a semi-flattering belly shot to post this week. Have a good week everyone!

I'm HUGE

It is way too soon to start feeling this big, but holy crap I am a whale.

And sad now.

I'm only going to get larger - ugh