DECEMBER!!!

I just LOVE this time of year. I LOVE counting down the days until Christmas. I love baking and cooking and EATING all the yummy goodies! I love decorating and wrapping presents. I love thinking about how my daughter will react to her gifts. I love the time of family. I LOVE the possibility of SNOW!!  I love it all! I am so excited!
I visited my midwife last week. I FINALLY got to meet with my midwife the one who will deliver this baby, hopefully. She delivered Peyton, and she is a mom of one of my friends growing up. Anyway, I talked to her about my concerns with running and other things. I actually started running again shortly after the last post. I just slowed down, and I am running on the treadmill with no incline. It is making a huge difference. It makes me a happy camper.
I am finding many similarities and differences with my pregnancies. I am bigger sooner. I am bigger!!! I am probably bigger because I can't get enough candy this time around. I was pretty good with Peyton. Although, I have to say that I LOVED ice cream with her. I LOVE candy (esp. Reese peanut butter cups) with this one. So, I have to contribute my excess weight gain to that and TRY to cut back to only 7 pieces a day!! ha!!! Ok only 4...:-) No, I bought candy for Christmas....do you think it lasted a week???? No, but I refuse to buy more until Christmas week because I KNOW where it will end up! We shall see if I can resist!