Thank You, Oh Wise Blog Readers

Slowly the house is getting back in order. Cinderella Lovely and I cleaned and vacuumed the master bedroom this morning. The dust bunnies were getting ferocious but they are back under control now.

Sweetness had a doctor's appointment this week. She weighed 8.8 at birth and at three weeks she was 9.12 so she's gaining weight at a good rate. She was 100% in her height and 77% in her weight. Despite her wimpy birth weight I guess there is still hope for her to fit into our tall family. I don't know how most people feel about it but I can't wait to find out how tall my kids are going to be when they are grown. Being 6-1" myself I have to wonder if my daughters are going to be as tall as me or even taller. I just hope we can afford to keep everyone dressed when we get to that point. Buying tall clothes is expensive!

I took the opportunity to weigh myself while we were at the doctor's office. I gained about 30 pounds with the pregnancy and I have 12 pounds of it left to lose. Apparently all those cookies and ice cream I ate the last month of my pregnancy didn't do me any favors. At this point I only have one pair of jeans and a couple pair of sweat pants that I can fit into. Now that I am feeling better (thanks to all of you) I am going to start walking. Today was supposed to be the day but it was too cold and windy outside to take the kids out and Heaven forbid I get to go by myself.

Really, thank you for your advice when I wasn't feeling well. I started taking iron like you all suggested and was feeling much better after just two days. Now that I think of it that was probably one of the reasons why the end of my pregnancy was so hard. I stopped working out three weeks before my due date because I didn't have the energy to keep up with it anymore. I was able to workout right to the end with my others so I couldn't figure out what my problem was this time. I should have gotten your advice back then!