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37 Weeks

And here we are... I've made it! I am now considered full term! Thank goodness! This little girl can make her appearance any time now and I'd be thrilled. Lucy asks me every so often, "Mom, can you push the baby out of your tummy yet?" She cracks me up...during her dinner prayer tonight she prayed that her baby sister would play dress up with her. She's always picking out dresses at the store for her baby sister. To say she's excited to meet her is an understatement!
As far as her name goes...we have been mulling over names for months and months and couldn't find the right name. As of a few days ago, we thought we had it. We were about 95% sure we were going to name her this, but after trying it out on a good amount of people we kept getting the same negative response for the most part. And if cordial, respectable adults were giving us that reaction we could hardly imagine what little stinker kids on the blacktop would call her!!
It was at about 4:30 am on Saturday when the "bolt of lightning" hit and we now have a perfect name for this little girl! Finally! (You'll just have to wait and see!) 
It makes me all the more anxious and excited to meet her!

Ooooh...What the Heck!

Still Here!

Oh yea...hey! Remember me? Still around. My reason for being MIA?
I'm tired.
Just tired.
Can you blame a woman? Especially one with two highly energetic, attention demanding children.
But believe you me when I say I think about blogging all the time. It's something I love and I miss doing it regularly. But when I actually think I have energy to sit down and write, my feet somehow instead find their way walking to the couch where my body flops with exhaustion. And the funny thing is that when I review my day, I feel like I hardly did anything! My kids were at least dressed and fed, we spent time outside playing, maybe walked to the mailbox and back... oh yea, and I'm growing another baby full-time.
I'll be 35 weeks tomorrow. I can hardly believe it. I don't know if I want time to speed up or to slow down. I want my body back along with my energy (oh, and sleeping on my stomach!), but three kids?! I think I'll vote for time to slow down.
In other news, we are loving where we live now. I actually open my blinds every morning without worrying that someone is walking by right next to my window and seeing a helpless mom with two kids all by herself. Or hearing extremely loud music with inappropriate lyrics rattling the walls of my home. Or the druggy neighbors. Or the yelling of arguments just steps from our front door. Or random grocery carts that end up right outside our home....Did I mention the frequent showing up of cop cars and helicopters?
I think you get the idea.
It's peaceful here in our new neighborhood. I love my husband a million times more for moving us. He really deserves some kind of recognition because a move was the last thing he needed on top of school. And he moved us knowing that he would now be commuting to school instead of a quick hop, skip and a jump to campus. I love him. So much. And I think he can tell that our new environment has made a world of difference for me. I'm not as depressed (not that I was ever really depressed), but I am much happier on a day to day basis. At least I can tell a difference in myself.
Life is good great.

31 Weeks

Between moving, a funeral in Utah, and everyone being sick, it's been quite a whirlwind over here.
Nevertheless...baby girl keeps growing! I swear she must be testing the elasticity of my uterus because she is constantly pushing and kicking against me SO HARD! So hard that she causes me to verbally squeal out in pain!

It's hard for me to believe that we are on the last stretch of this pregnancy. Too much to do, not enough time! One of which is to teach my son that he doesn't need to constantly be attached to me. (drives me crazy!)
His world is quickly going to be turned upside down. He won't know what hit him!

Knowing When to Quit

Goals are such good things to have. When you are really committed to a goal, it pushes you, challenges you and makes you do things you thought you couldn't. For the last five weeks, I have been diligent on the goal I set (mentioned here) and I have to say, I'm pretty proud of myself so far. It definitely has been more work and has pushed me out of my comfort zone.
But I've realized, it's time to quit/postpone my goal. The reason being is that I've got things on my list that are higher in priority like:
1) MOVING! Like, starting today! Yes...we're crazy enough to be moving again, but it's time we get out of this rough part of town and to a place where things are better all around. (I am SOO EXCITED!)
2) I'm going to be starting up preschool for Lucy. Got to plan lessons and what-not.
3) And just being a better mom in general. Spending more quality time with my family and getting our family life organized. I'm on an life-organization kick right now.

This sure doesn't mean I'll be stopping my photography...you'll still see plenty of that. It's just going to have to take a back seat for now. And to be honest, it feels good to stop what I'm doing, realize what's more important, and move forward with that rather than finishing a goal just to say I finished it.

I know I can accomplish my goal. But I also know when to quit.
Right now, my family is my goal.

"Mom, I just thinking..."

"What are you thinking about, honey?"

"Getting married."

"Well, you need to get bigger and you need to go to school first."

"And then get married!!"