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A brief history of Gwen's entry into the world (for record-keeping purposes). :-) Gwen was due Nov. 8th. I was done being pregnant about October 8th, thanks to the many Braxton-Hicks contractions! Anyway, Sunday November 4th in the afternoon around 5pm, I had a major contraction that I was worried was the beginning of the real labor. But alas, it was not, so I went to church with the 4 kids (since Tim wasn't feeling well all day) and I took my shift in nursery. After service, my parents came over and we talked for awhile while my Dad massaged my feet and legs. That night (Monday morning actually) I woke up at 1:31am suddenly and in a lot of pain with a contraction. So I said "Tim, I think this might be the real thing". Well he never moved, just continued to snore. So I laid there watching the clock. Sure enough, 9 minutes later I have another huge contraction. So during it I'm trying to tell Tim, who's not wanting to wake up. Finally I like yell at him ...

I love having my birthday. Really, I try to be mature about it, but I just love it & look forward to it. I want to tell everyone I see or talk to that day that it's my birthday. I know that's what 8 year olds do, but still! So today I had breakfast brought to me in bed. Then my 3 older kids brought their breakfast in my bed too & we all hung out & ate & talked. Then we had mostly a normal day with a few breaks. We took a break to play some musical chairs blindfolded. I'm mature enough to know I'd get hurt doing that, so I was in charge of the music. But then it was just plain musical chairs & I joined in. Later in the day we all played some Wii together. Then we went to church & I got sang to and saw my wonderful friends. We went shopping and bought me a new kitchen faucet (a fancy one!). When we finally got home after 9pm, we ate the delicious dump cake that my daughter had made me and I blew out my candle after my wonderful family sang to me. T...

After a fantastic and amazingly blessed Christmas break, we start school up again today. I also am starting on my kitchen renovation. I'm so excited about the fresher looking kitchen I hope to have in a week. As for the school, not so excited, but it's something that needs done and is good to get back into a routine. That means I had to make a menu again. I made a menu for 2 weeks and now have my grocery list made (already bought the chicken & beef on sale at Safeway last night though). Don't really enjoy grocery shopping, let alone with 4 kids, but it's just part of life. :-) I thought I'd post my menus just for fun... Monday - Breakfast: banana muffins & protein bar Lunch: Fish sticks, carrots & chips Dinner: meatloaf, broccoli & bread. Tuesday Breakfast: granola bars Lunch: sandwiches Di...