September 2011

September was boring.  Just ask my kids.
I didn't take any pictures, but I took a nap every day.
The baby is doing great, and as long as I take that daily nap I won't have as many contractions.
Pre-term labor is normal for me, and I usually end up on bed rest anyway.

I always have really strange dreams while pregnant.  Here is one of the silliest:

I dreamed Miriam told me she needed to lay an egg in her bathroom and it would take 19 hours.  I told her to do it in my bathroom so her siblings could still use that bathroom.  Some time later, we were in her classroom at school (except it was HUGE with about 60 students.)  It was the first day of school, and Miriam's egg (about 12" in diameter) was sitting on the teacher's desk in the front of the classroom in a huge container of warm water.  Cracks began to appear on the shell, and the next thing we knew, it exploded open.  A purple/blue chicken came out.  This chicken had a human face, long blond curly hair to its waist, a big butt, and immediately expanded to about 7 feet tall.  The "chicken" had a bubbly obnixious personality and had to be escorted from the room.  Miriam sank in her chair during the whole event and looked like she might die if anyone revealed she lay the egg.  Evidently, all young girls were starting to lay eggs, and the "chicken people" population was rapidly growing.

Seeing Miriam's expression the morning after as I told her about my dream was priceless.