Michael Buble and Shania Twain

It's growing on me.

Merry Christmas!

"This Christmas, mend a quarrel. Seek out a forgotten friend. Dismiss suspicion and replace it with trust. Write a letter. Give a soft answer. Encourage youth. Manifest your loyalty in word and deed. Keep a promise. Forgo a grudge. Forgive an enemy. Apologize. Try to understand. Examine your demands on others. Think first of someone else. Be kind. Be gentle. Laugh a little more. Express your gratitude. Welcome a stranger. Gladden the heart of a child. Take pleasure in the beauty and wonder of the earth. Speak your love and then speak it again."
- President Howard W. Hunter, "The Gifts of Christmas," First Presidency Christmas Devotional, 4 Dec. 1994.

Postpartum

Can the next three and a half weeks hurry up? I am dying to go running again!

75 Christmas Cards

You won't believe how fast we blew through them. We might just need 100 next time. It's a pretty good life to have so many people to love!

The Other Problem With a December Baby

The weather hasn't been too bad, so we've still be able to go on (short) walks, so that's not it. The problem is that it's been a few weeks to I'm finally ready to start seeing people, but almost everyone I know is gone for holidays!

Laugh All You Will

I just bought these from Costco for $20, and I am so happy about them. Yes, they are Skechers shape-ups, just like the ones all my aunts wear. I am one of them now!

The Problem with a December Baby:

How am I supposed to get skinny again when everyone keeps giving me Christmas treats?

Mother/Son Date

The other night my boy and I went to the store just the two of us. A little over a week ago that was life, not a special date, but already I felt like I was missing something (like another child). It's so strange how what was normal just a few days ago just isn't anymore.

Happy Due Date!

Thank you, baby, for being here over a week! It's been wonderful.

Thoughts for myself: Weighing myself this morning was about the dumbest thing I've ever done in my life. What was I expecting? Geez.

Big Life Changes

After something big happens to me (like Baby 2!), I feel like I have to get reacquainted with everyone and everything. Even friends I saw the day or week before she was born I feel like I haven't seen in forever and have to catch up with because such a big thing has happened to me since I last saw them.

Two Years in a Row

I can't believe I made this mistake once again: not buying enough Brach's candy corn at Halloween to decorate my Thanksgiving table with. Stores get rid of it all before Thanksgiving, and it's not worth it to buy other types of candy corn!

My Gmail is Snowing!