Numbingly Cold

So this is the life we live now, where you can wake up one early October morning and find a dusting of snow on the ground! Joe whispered in my ear as he was leaving for work early this morning, "if you look out the window you can see it's snowing like crazy..." And sure enough it was really coming down. By the time Brendan and I got up at 8:00 most of it had already melted. It's supposed to get up to 45 degrees today so I'm sure it will all be gone by this afternoon. But hey, snow in October? I guess that's life in Bend. The mountains are already white. The temperatures have dropped so significantly. Joe keeps saying it's just a prelude of what's to come...

When Brendan woke up and saw the snow he immediately asked for his hat. Nevermind that it's the one from last year that barely fits and we weren't even going outside. He just wanted to wear it around for fun. What a silly guy...

Counting Down

Is it just me or did I suddenly get bigger?! It feels like she's grown a ton in the last month (or maybe it's all the chocolate and ice cream I've been eating...) In any case, I like this picture. And guess what... I took it myself. Tired of the husband who rolls his eyes when I ask him to take my monthly pregnancy picture. I figured... FINE... I'll take it myself. And *voila* it turned out better than any of the ones he took! Not bad for a tripod and a self timer (I won't mention how many I deleted before I found the two that I liked best...)

I'm feeling somewhat better than I have in the last couple of weeks. Maybe it's because I finally quit jogging altogether. I think I was in denial, telling myself that couldn't be the reason I was aching all over. But a few weeks without jogging (biking and elliptical instead...) and what do you know... my joints don't hurt nearly as bad. The contractions are still persistent. Worst at the end of a 12 hour shift at work. But nothing I can't handle for the next couple of months. We'll see what the doctor says...