It's funny--I spent so long on the fence about kids but these days it's like someone flipped a switch and I'm ready NOW.

I've got another 11 weeks to go. I'm trying to use that time to clean up my habits so I'm ready to model good behaviors for my children.

My biggest goals are to begin regular exercise again and to lose 10% of my body weight before we start trying.

I used to walk around my neighborhood for most of my exercise but I have exercise-induced athsma and the cold weather really aggravated it. Now instead of going to my doctor and getting a new inhaler or using our ellipical trainer I just kind of stopped exercising. Good plan!

Watching my mom's condition has really made me realize how valuable a strong and well-conditioned body is.

My mom came home on Dec 29th and there has definitely been a period of adjustment but she's developing a system for most things. The house renovations are dragging on and it's been more complicated than we thought to get her a power chair but we're slowly making progress.

To complicate matters DH's mom has also taken seriously ill. She may not be with us for much longer--it's really hard to say. So now we're trying to make trips out to see them in Ohio when we can.

It's never dull around here. We're going to Walt Disney World at the end of the month and I just can't wait! I'm ready for a break.