Today I was thinking about the births of my daughters and actually becoming excited to give birth again! It is of course quite a journey going through labour but also a very beautiful and spiritual experience if you allow it to be.

One thing that came to mind that made me laugh is that while in the late stages of labour with Rebekah I threw a bunch of stuff into a plastic grocery bag before heading off to the hospital. This led me to remember about my sister telling me how she used a plastic grocery bag to put all the her things in that she wanted to carry on the airplane with her.

Who needs Eagle Creek luggage when you can re-use plastic bags?

We probably won’t need to do any packing when I am labour this time around because we are planning a home birth!

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Yes! It is true! I am 10 weeks pregnant and due on June 1st!!!!

With all the exclamation marks, it is obvious that we are so excited to have a new family member.

Come June 1st, Sariah will be 4 and Rebekah will be turning 3 in July so it seems like a good age difference to me!

The pregnancy so far as been a lot easier than Sariah’s was but not as easy as Rebekah’s. With Sariah I felt sick for six weeks and with Bekah I only felt sick for 3 days. The nausea is what actually made be go out and buy a pregnancy test!

This time I felt sick for 2 weeks (from weeks 7 through 9) and unlike the other two pregnancies I haven’t had any acne. I also can’t stand the look and smell of meat. Even when at the grocery store I feel sick walking by someone with chicken in their shopping cart. Another difference is that I started gaining weight at 6 weeks whereas the first two times I never gained any weight until the second trimester. At least I don’t have to worry about getting an acne treatment.

I am not going to jump to any conclusion that because of this difference I am having a boy. Because I was only sick for 3 days with Rebekah I thought she was a boy! I guess every pregnancy is different regardless of the gender.

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Since JJ and I got married we lived in a couple of apartments that came with cable and I decided that I would much rather live without cable.

A few months ago we got a coupon in the mail for $40 off a converter box which made it $9 to buy one. We had the coupon lying around for a couple months and then we decided that we would rather watch General Conference on TV instead of the computer so we went ahead and a bought a converter box and antenna.

We get good reception and and about 15 channels. The great thing is that we have only watched tv twice since conference weekend.  I was worried that we would start watching too much TV but I guess we are too busy for to watch much so that is good. And I don’t let Sariah and Bekah watch anything until after they take a nap. There are no appropriate shows for them at that time so they watch a library movie and some days they forget about their movie because we are busy doing other things in the evening but the movie is so nice for when I’m cooking dinner!

Another reason for our lack of  TV watching could be that there is no room in our living room for tv stands so the TV is in mine and JJ’s bedroom, away from a ‘public’ area.

Now I just need to cut down on my internet time!

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JJ and our daughters are off trick-or-treating right now and I’m at hope baking our Soup In A Pumpkin and wondering if any trick-or-treaters will come to our neighborhood. I am hoping to get rid of my bowl of candy so I don’t look like I need Solo Slim. I am feeling kind of sick of sweets now so I’m sure with that, I’m not going to be eating much candy for awhile.

JJ said that he is going to find a ‘richer’ neighborhood to take the kids around, I personally think it would be more fun to take them around to our neighbors and church friends homes. Here is a picture of them before they left.

Sariah and Bekah wore their Unicorn and Elephant costume which is good because they are nice and warm!

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For almost a year my 3 year old has loved pink and dresses. Now my 2 year old is the same way. Just a month ago we couldn’t put a dress on Rebekah without her crying but now she cries to wear her frilly pink dress. Bekah likes lots of colours so at least everything doesn’t need to be pink.

This Halloween they planned to wear their Halloween costumes that used to be my little sister’s – a unicorn and an elephant.

However on Tuesday they would not wear them to the Library, they wanted to wear their dresses. The same with the Joy preschool we do with some friends. So we got them Tiaras or “princess crowns” as they call them and they were princesses for the church Halloween party last night!

I wonder what they will be like as teenagers? Wanting acne treatments at the first sign of a pimple?

I’m fine with them wanting to wear makeup or get their ears pierced in their early teens but there is no way I am buying overpriced clothes for them!

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