Pregnant Rambling (That's right, I'll blame it on pregnancy as long as I can!)

I'm 29 almost 30 weeks... and so OK. I know I look pregnant at this point. But, really...

Girl 1: Mrs. Hale, your belly is so big!

Girl 2: Yes, you know, we were so worried about Mrs. Bass. (Mrs. Bass is also expecting)

Me: You were?

Girl 1: Yes! I mean, your belly went from here to here (imagine her showing about a 2 foot growth) and Mrs. Bass' belly only went from here to here (imagine her showing about a 2 in growth). Right now, you look like my mom did right before she had my little brother. (Reminder: I am not due until Feb. 8)

I say: Well, you don't need to worry, Mrs. Bass' baby is perfect, and everyone's belly looks different when they are pregnant, blah, blah, blah...

I'm thinking: WHAT?!? Seriously? Can I get a break?

(We actually ran into Mrs. Bass as the girls were telling me this, and we both had a good laugh! Mrs. Bass is a petite woman, and her belly has definitly grown more than two inches! I may still look huge... but I don't look like I'm about to give birth, right?)

Kids really have a way of keeping me humble.

So, Sean is away deer hunting and it's just me and Jet here at the house. It's a little lonely. Even though Sean just wants to watch football and surf the internet either on the laptop or his phone (he's not picky) I still like him here. You know, someone to talk at.

On another, much more fun note, I am getting so excited about the holidays!! I swear I may be one of the only adults in the world who thinks about Christmas and my heart skips a beat! I get butterflies when I think about Christmas lights and cookies and egg nog and ham and all the side dishes and chocolate and stockings and decorating!!! I love all the holiday parties and the dressing up and gift giving and getting! I love Christmas!! I also love Thanksgiving- I'm really looking forward to sweet potatoes and jalapeno corn casserole! And stuffing! And cranberries! And having three days off of school! I can't wait to start baking cookies. I already made 240 chocolate covered cherries last weekend. I loved every minute of it. I ate about 10. I have also been having my fair share of hot chocolate lately- the cooler weather begs for it! I will no doubt make some tonight.

And now I really have nothing of importance to say (and I'm not quite sure anything else I've written is all that important) and I'll be logging off. Maybe I'll come up with something interesting to talk about soon... probably not. I'm just totally consumed with being pregnant and all, so I'm getting totally boring.