Today I felt reasonably good. Still, it sucks to wake up each day just knowing I'll probably feel sick for the next 14 hours or however many before I go back to bed. Blah. I love pregnancy, but I do not love the first trimester. I'd love to be one of those women who never experiences a bit of morning sickness. Wouldn't that be wonderful? Well, I do have a friend who never has had morning sickness but would have horrible heartburn. I imagine that would be just as bad. I know there are women struggling with infertility who would like nothing more than to be experiencing my morning sickness, so I don't want to come across as ungrateful. It just seems that moms never get to whine and complain about feeling sick, and I'm taking this opportunity on this blog rather than complaining to Cory every night. See, isn't that considerate of me?

So now that you've all figured out that I feel icky most of the time and aren't happy about it, I'll leave it at that and stop complaining for the next four weeks or however long until I'm past it.

Ella is sleeping - has been since a little before 7 - which probably means she'll be awake soon and up late. Her favorite words of late are Cole and Accalia. She can't quite pronounce Accalia - sounds more like Accase or Accalie - but she never misses an opportunity to connect them with something that's happening. She loves to pick out crayons or markers and tell me which sibling would like it.

The other day Cole said: "I can't wait for it to be summer again so the neighbor girls will play." It's true. It's been months since we've seen them. How can you live right next door to one six-year-old and two five-year-olds and never see them? They can't play inside our house and vice versa, and apparently they don't want to play outside either. Even after all of the snow, we didn't see them at all. Our lawn was trampled with boot prints and covered with snow angels, but theirs remained untouched. Maybe they're dividing their time with their other parents or something. It's just really odd.

I really need to do dishes and clean up a million different things, but I doubt I'll actually get to any of those tonight.