hunger

I have been ravenous today. I ate breakfast at 7am, had a snack at 8:30, a snack at 9:30 and by 10:45 I was ready to eat my hand. This hunger thing is getting out of control!! I decided to go to Chick-fil-A for lunch at 11 and my coworker gave me a coupon to buy a combo and get one free. I was like, what am I gonna do with two combos?!? Well, I got back to the office at 11:40, ate my nuggets and fries and was finally satisifed...until 2. Then I ate my other combo (more nuggets and a fruit bowl). And I am sure that by 4:30 I'll be ready to eat again!

Anyway, I just had to tell all of you how crazy this whole hunger/frequent eating thing is making me! Cereal has become my best friend at home. Jeff and I used to go through 1 gallon of milk a week. Last week, "we" went through almost three whole gallons simply because of the loads of cereal I have been eating!! Nuts, huh?

Okay, that's all I have to say. I hope you all are having great days and that you are not near as hungry as me!! :-)

pregnant

In case you don't already know...Jeff and I are having a baby!!!!! It is due on April 26, 2007. If my Mom has her way it will be born on April 27 just to keep the weird number thing alive that me, my brothers, and two of our cousins have going (i.e.: I was born on the 20th in 1980, Chip was born on the 1st in 1981 and Ted was born on the 3rd in 1983). Mom hasn't mentioned this yet, but I can just hear her saying it with her nose all scrunched up the way it gets when she is being cute! :-)

Anyway, the pregnancy experience has been interesting so far. I have not had morning sickness yet but have been pretty nauseous. I never thought brushing my teeth would make me want to hurl...pregnany has enlightened me. I also never thought water could give me heartburn...learned a new one there too! I have been EXTREMELY tired and Jeff has been fantastic at picking up the slack for me. Oh and here's a tip: don't talk to me about food -- it will likely cause me to make a horrible face...that kind of face that you don't want to associate with the fabulous edible item that you are trying to tell me about.

I already have something to blackmail my future child with, too! I somehow picked up a stomach bug two weeks ago. I was out of commission for 2 days and on the first and worst day of the illness I fainted. And I don't mean that I swooned in some chick flick romantic kind of way. I mean I blacked out and fell from a sitting postion onto the floor face first. I rug burned my face!! The wounds are slowly healing, but I have a feeling they will be pregnancy battle scars (the beginning of many to come, I am sure) that will never fully go away.

All in all, things have been interesting. My family is beyond excited and that makes me so happy! Jeff has been awesome so far as I am sure he will continue to be. :-)

I will try to update more frequently (but no promises)!