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my folks were up for a few days and it was a good visit, although the entire time i kept hearing 'quack, quack' come form my father lips every time he saw me walking. yes, i'm waddling.  ya know it doesn't help that i've had hip problems since birth and already have a bit of a swagger...add to that my increasing girth and a painful pelvis issue...those tend to make one waddle a bit...oye!

this morning i found out that i've only gained 24 pounds so far...pretty good...they tell you that a healthy pregnancy weight gain is 25-35 pounds.  so, i'm right where i should be.  which was a nice thing to remember after seeing the scale about crack underneath me this morning at the dr's!  HA!  no, it didn't. now, that would devastate me!  

but what made my day even brighter than finding out that i'm not a lard?  getting an email from my brother telling me how great i look after seeing the photo my father sent out to the entire family.  a  photo he took in target when he thought i looked particularly large....nice 

but what a wonderful comment from my brother, who would prefer to tell me that when he was outside the other day he was surprised to see that there was an eclipse...but then he realized it was just my stomach that was covering the sun.  yes, he really told me that in my last pregnancy.

i love looking at my pregger body.  i think it's cool. and i surprisingly don't feel huge and yucky...but what i do feel is tired and run down.  so to hear i look cute or good or really anything other than huge, or wow!  are you having twins? ...it's sure a nice thing to hear.  

so thank you, to all of you that have commented on how cute i look.  it truly is a wonderful thing to hear.