No, I'm not getting fat...

I've managed to keep up with my goal of exercising 3 to 4 times a week. However, I haven't lost a single pound! ARGH.

What's worse? My clothes are also feeling tighter!

Of course, some explanations might be I'm cheating on the food end of things- but I believe my calorie count has been cut in half.

So, you might ask yourself, is this because of her thyroid? Nope- that was checked just last week and it's right on (Whew!)

Now, I might really be depressed at this point, but the reason for all this gaining in inches and lack of weight loss is because we are expecting our

FOURTH Daughter

on August 31st.

Originally I'd planned to do a whole April Fools joke on my blog. But, it's been so hard to keep quiet about this pregnancy (and it seems not just for me!) that news leaked out.

Ironically, our other three daughters didn't find out. I'm not sure how that worked... But tonight for Family Home Evening we told the girls they were going to have a new sister. Miranda, not unexpectedly, didn't know what was going on. Zoë and Megan were SUPER excited! Their eyes were shining, their little bodies were dancing, and they were cheering about having a little baby sister. Megan immediately suggested the name Annabelle, and Zoë, not be outdone, resuggested the name Veronica (she recommended it for Miranda's name, too).

Travis said he got to pick out the baby's name, but they could make all the suggestions they wanted. As an aside to me, he said we really just needed to recycle the old list of names. I thought we might add a few like Hepzibah. He countered with Bertha. I don't think either of those names will make the short list.

I would post "pictures" of our up-and-coming daughter, but you'd have to cross your eyes and stand on your head to really see anything. I was just so glad to see that all her anatomy was in the right place- four chambered heart, head & brian look normal, tummy and bladder bubbles, legs and arms and feet and hands, umbilical cord with good flow. Everything looked great.

Now, I just wonder- will she look like her sisters? Eyes of clear blue? or green? or dark blue-green? Hair of straight blond? curly brown? "adult-like" dark brown? Average in height or tall? Will she be similar to one of her sisters? or all her own? (Maybe she'll have curly blond, or shocking red hair!?)

I'm glad that I'm in the second trimester, I've managed to NOT gain any weight (which is my goal since I'm grossly overweight). I'm truly full of gratitude that the Lord has blessed us, so far, with a healthy baby girl.

Of course, now the hard part... waiting for what seems like an interminable amount of time for her to arrive!

Oh, and in honor of this being our fourth daughter, I changed most of the blog colors to pink...