Merry Christmas, Happy New Year, Happy Hannukah (sp) blah blah blah blah....have I missed anything?  Did any of you happen to see December go by because all I know is I woke up and it's 2003!!  What the heck??  I come back off vacation and have 150 emails and guess what?  Most of them are from Xanga pages.  SO, try as I might I will NOT get to read all of them.  I am sorry everyone but I don't think I have to tell YOU how fast last month went by.    Kevin started forcing me to Christmas shop and the dogs were demanding cookies and the list goes on! 

Shew.....so, here I am anyway.  I will make my best effort to go back and catch up on blogs but can definetely say that from here forward might be a little easier!   However, I am happy to see that so many of you were still able to keep going with your Xanga entries.  I feel like I never kept my head out of the fridge and chocolate out of my hands long enough so I don't know where you guys got the willpower!

I'll keep my update short and sweet as to not bore you with the past months boring junk.  Christmas, we split the week between Columbus, OH and Chicago.  Both places were fun but I was glad to get home to my own bed. Also, I had last week off work to catch up on cleaning and laundry.  I needed the time!  I have been doing very well in the gym however I have picked up some weight.  Part could be because of the holidays but not more than a couple pounds.  You see, we found out the day before Thanksgiving that we are going to have a baby so darn it I must eat to feed this child.  You don't know how that kills me to have to eat.  I mean, it is really torture to ask for the second helping of pie or to eat a grilled cheese sandwich in the middle of the night to fulfill a craving.  Darn it....sigh....if I MUST!    Okay, for real, I only eat when I am hungry.  I try so hard not to tell myself that I "have to because I'm eating for 2".  I have done pretty good but in reality it is a little annoying to eat about every two hours (was that out loud?).  I never thought I'd hear myself say that but I feel like a grazing cow out in the pasture if you can picture that.  Mmmmm, maybe you better now.  So, I have no restrictions on me and am in the gym still and live life as normal!  I had my first of many ultrasounds (doc says there'll be multiple this time) and saw the heart beating and they say I'm about 10 weeks along.  It's hard not to be excited and I feel myself getting a little more nervous the further along I go. But, one day at a time is all I can say.  We've got a long way to go! So, okay that's all the news (for real, that's IT?) I have for now so I will let you go and keep you posted.  I'm off to do some much needed catchup on your sites! Have a great day!