Gone Hiking- Be Back Soon

My (super smart) brother-in-law told me over Christmas that just sitting on the couch being pregnant & 'lazy' was equivalent to me hiking all day- energy wise. I guess it has something to do with my body being the host for God creating another HUMAN- but i don't know. (*Sidenote: This is not to say that my other brother-in-law is not "super smart". He just doesn't have his PhD... yet... Gotta differentiate somehow; We'll just call him "plain ol' smart" for now.) Anyway, the point is I am totally buying into it. It helps that my doctor said the same thing, but mostly because I can't really seem to stay awake for long periods of time. And, by long periods of time, I mean like 3 hours. At work I literally have to get up and walk around for a while, hum to myself, make lists (of no importance AT ALL: the order in which i like my shoes, what i am going to do after work, how i could rearrange my closet, etc.) You get the picture. I can't have caffeine to help so it is pretty much a disaster. Also, for someone who is used to about 5-6 hours of sleep every night for the last few years, going to bed at 8:00 has been a huge change. For example, at dinner tonight:

K: You wanna go see a movie after dinner?
N: Yes! Awesome!
-we eat-
N: *yawn* What time is it?
K: 7:30, why?
N: Can't make the movie. I'm falling asleep right here.
-end scene-

And, last night I was out by 8. This is crazy business. My nausea and actual sickness has been in full swing. Pretty much right on time every day. It used to be a mid-morning thing and now it is every night. Riiiight before bed. It's now routine to come home, eat dinner, get sick and go to bed. I thought that switching my pre-natals to night would help but I am beginning to realize that they aren't the problem. It's this growing 'green olive' in my tummy! (One whole inch!)

In other news, Alabama won the National Championship on Thursday!!!!!!!!! For those of you who don't know (and, how do you not know?!) K is a HUGE Alabama fan. This was definitely a good year for him- in football and other news; you know, the getting a wife and baby kind. It was so much fun to watch him watch the game. It was definitely a roller-coaster of:

excited>serious>really serious>change-clothes-because-this-isn't-usually-what-I'm-wearing-when-I-watch-the-game>fist pump>dancing>serious>can-everyone-stop-talking>excited>serious>natalie-put-the-pom-pon-away>dancing>yelling>fist pump>dancing>yelling>smiles.

One reason that K really wanted this win was because he has decided to "tone down" his love for the Tide so he can devote more time and energy to his baby-to-be. He really wanted to "go out" on top. I say, "We'll see in September" :) Love him.

So I don't know how to end this post because its kind of a random one. To keep with that theme, here's a random picture that I found on Kraig's desktop:



See? Has nothing to do with anything. Boy, does he make me laugh.

Until next time,
The Guff