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Alright. I'm not as tough as I let on. (Ha! Understatement, per chance?) I'm not tough enough to take all the crap "pro" bloggers take. But I'm also not tough enough to stay away as long as I thought I would. I miss you guys. I do. Is that lame? Do you hate me for liking that some of you like me? Everyone likes being liked, right? I'd go online and read all you guys' comments and it was nice to just sit for a while?but I'm ready to come back?if you'll take me. I'm sorry I was being so prissy to you, Internet, and everyone else. Bill told me I was acting like a little girl who dropped her ice cream cone on the sidewalk. (Has that ever really happened in real life, by the way? I think it only happens in cartoons or in old movies?) Anyway, I'm really sorry for being "Pouty Magee" over here. That wasn't cool. I wanna keep doing this. Hope you guys will continue to check in with me from time to time. Don't know what kinda schedule I'll be on-Nell's getting really uppity in there-but I'll definitely be posting a couple times a month?or thereabouts.

I'm on pink cloud nine these days, thinking about my Nell. I can't wait to have a little baby girl around here. It's starting to feel like a football locker room in these houses lately. Sarah's been hanging out with Scott SO MUCH (which isn't bad, I'm just saying?she's home for meals and family home evenings and that's it) and Teenie's?going through the phase where it is not cool to be hanging out with her mom(s). And then?there are the boys. And the boys?and the boys?so many boys. I swear Wayne and Raymond are HUGE and Aaron and Lester are becoming such boys! They smash things now, and love cars that either go fast or have big wheels. Lester's talking, practically rapping. Aaron's favorite thing on earth is the garbage truck. Bill took him out into the driveway on Tuesday morning to watch the garbage truck come down the block. It was so cute. His eyes were open almost as wide as Bill's smile. It was a sweet little moment. I wish I'd taken a picture?but I was vomiting in the kitchen sink at the time. (Yes, that's a complaint. I'm complaining here?it happens. Let me have it every once in a while.)

So I can't wait for her to get here. One more month! Yes! Nellynellynellynelly! Can't wait! I love singing to her, usually for a few minutes before we take our naps. I hope she's not disappointed in me once she's born and has to hear me sing to her "in person" or whatever. My voice stinks. But while she's in my belly, and doesn't know any better, I like to think she loves my vocal stylings. Before the nap?in that great quiet time as we're drifting off, I sing, "I'll let nothing separate us" by my mom's all time favorite singer, Otis Redding. That's a good one to wind down to. But then, when we wake up, usually in a pool of sweat, I sing Nelly's "It's gettin' hot in herre" because my girly's name is Nell (Nelly), because I've loved that song ever since it came out, and because it is, in fact, hot in herre all the time!

I'll give more of a family update next time. I just wanted to say hello, I'm sorry, and I'm back. I hope that's ok. Roman's trial is starting in the next few months so that's got everyone on edge, but Bill wants us to try to stay out of it all?which is hard on Nicki and easy on me. But, again, I'll get into all of that next time. I'll attach some ultra sound pics of Nell so you can introduce yourselves. I love the one of her sucking her thumb! Come on! How amazing is that? She's so super-duper, it's incredible. Next check up is on Friday. After that, only a few left before I got that little muffin in my arms, finally. Everyone's really excited. Bill's "all a-glow". It's cute. In such a great way, when a baby's on the way, Bill gets so family-ish, it's awesome. Not that he's not like that during the other times, but when we're counting down days to a new one, he gets so giddy and happy and fatherly. It's adorable. Anyway, tootles for now. Good to be back. Please come hang out with me on the www-internet-web. : I miss you!