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Yup, that's about how I feel.  I did find out that I've been anemic and I think that I'm definitely starting to get my energy back which has been no small thing.  I can't just take a pill since I already have problems with my digestive track.  So I've been using more high iron, mostly plant based, foods to increase it and it's been working.  It definitely takes more effort than just popping in a pill but I think in a sense it's more effective and healthier.  I think that's where all my extra energy has gone lately though. 

So starting a blog at the beginning of pregnancy is not easy if you are going to post every day like I keep hoping... haha!  Life is funny!  :)

Ug...

Can I just say that the last couple weeks have been harder than expected.  I thought I was going to miss the bad nausea of morning sickness but it seems like I'm either going to end this first trimester with a bang or even worse it will get worse throughout the pregnancy.  I'm being hopeful and waiting for it to come down in the next few weeks but I guess we will just wait and see.  Right now everything is hard because I just want to sleep and try to keep whatever I've eaten down.  Not the best way to get anything done around here, but I'm learning that since everything is hard to do, I'm trying to stay grateful for the fact that I am getting some things done, like laundry... even if that means washing and drying but not ever making it out of the basket till it's worn... :)

General Conference weekend!

Wow!  What a weekend!  Our office room was taken over by a welcomed guest so I'm afraid I didn't blog but now that it's empty again I'm back.  I love conference weekend but I have to admit it is much harder with little ones.  Especially since it happens right at bed time for them here.  We like watching it live if possible but I need to find a way to get the kids more into it.

As a child we always went to church and sat in the dark chapel.  We were expected to be reverent and listen as much as possible.  I remember feeling like I was being slowly tortured to death but as I grew older I started listening and the more I listened the more interesting it became and the less like a weekend long torture session it became.  We've tried doing little booklets for the kids but I'm afraid that at their age it's just going to be more torture and less interesting...

I wish I could pick a talk that was my favorite but I feel like the ones that I did here were amazing and there were quite a few that I didn't really get to listen too because of juggling the little ones.  I guess I'll just have to get more thoughts out as I review them one by ones over the next 6 months.

This weekend I made it through conference! :)  I think I even came out better than some of the previous conferences that were more frustrating and less uplifting with the kiddos.  So as small as that is I'm quite pleased with it.  :)

Being a slacker

Ah, I guess I've taken a week off of blogging and I hadn't been going very long.  Not really a good start for my goal.  I haven't done anything major either so it's probably ok that I took a bit of a break.  But since that's what this blog is about then I kinda missed the mark too. 

Today I didn't do anything amazing.  I did do something important the last few days though that I have continued to do today.  It's probably one of those more important things I could be doing.  My oldest has had a bit of a time getting into Kindergarten and had a rough adjustment at first so I put a lot of attention on him for the last little bit.  I realized a few days ago that my second is struggling with all the lack of attention which is really more like added attention to #1 and not #2.  So I've added more attention to #2.  I let my husband snuggle the baby at night and put #3 to bed while I snuggled #2.  It's been really good.

 I feel like I've been growing more distant with her and this has been very rejuvenating for our little relationship.  I've gotten even more hugs and kisses and Eskimo kisses which are not usually acceptable to give her but she has loved them and given them.  I've put extra effort into it and it's paid off in a way I guess I didn't really expect.  She's been happier and less temper tantrums for sure!   It takes effort to give the extra little loves here and there but with #4 coming in May I think I need to get as much practice as possible now because I get the feeling it's going to be even more needed soon.