I love my little family, ready for another member though!

So I am to the point in my pregnancy where every day feels like one big exercise in waiting. I definitely want Liam to cook for at least three more weeks, but I still feel like the waiting is relentless. It's not just the waiting, but the waddling, the fatigue, the achy bits, and other unmentionables.

Nevertheless, I am still in good spirits, and I am really enjoying my family these days and cherishing the last few weeks I will have alone with my husband for many, many, years. Don and I have been spending our time in lots of wonderful deep discussion, long (slow) walks, and lots of laughing, sometimes at each other, but most of the time at our crazy animals. They sure do add to the flavor of the household.

My family is experiencing pregnancy with me in a way that has really surprised me! The other day as Don and I were out walking, I stopped, turned to him and said, "now why are YOU waddling?" He stopped, thought about it, and said, "well, I don't know, I think it's the only way I can walk as slow as you!"

Marley who normally bounces around the house first thing in the mornings, has been a lazy dog these days. She has completely adopted my energy level, and when we go for walks together, she is perfectly content to let the leash be slack and walk as slow as her pregnant mommy. What a good girl she is.

Sasha is just a bad kitty. She has been trying to prepare both of us for parenting by crying loudly in the middle of the night for Don and I.

Anyhow, things are peaceful and happy at the Speedie house. The latest update on the pregnancy is that I think I have started having practice contractions. I guess that's a good thing, although they are pretty uncomfortable.