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Not a whole lot has changed over the past week. I was getting pregnancy headaches so I decided to blame them on lack of sleep. For two weeks I slept in until about 6am. But when I did this I fell way behind on my blog. I found myself writing my feature columns a day or two later and post dating them (like I am now..shhh it is really Monday morning). With a fresh jar of Tylenol Rapid Release Gels in my medicine cabinet I am ready to wake up early again and get caught up.

I can not write when I am distracted. I just can't concentrate. The only way I can sit down at my computer and write is if nobody is in the house or if they are all still sleeping. I could stay up late like most of you probably do, but I have to get up by 6 am every morning. And sometimes Conan wakes up around 4 or 5am. So when 7pm rolls around I am crashed on the couch. It never fails. I just don't have the energy late at night like most people do. I used to have a ton of energy at night, when I was in college. But now I have kids. I swear kids change everything.

My kids wear me out. Maybe I am getting old. Here is a little advice for those of you who do not have children yet. Have your children while you are still young. Children take up a lot of energy. And I've noticed my energy level going way down as I've been getting older. Maybe there is something I can do about it. If I could add something to my diet to increase my energy I would. By the end of the day I am just drained. This fourth pregnancy has been tiring me out as well.

So here I am drinking a cup of coffee at four in the morning. I'm going to make sure I cut myself off at two cups because I know that caffeine isn't very good for you or the baby when you are pregnant. But if I am going to get up this early I need my coffee!

The kids have been doing fine. Ciara beat up her brother the other day. She pushed him and scratched his ear and face. I should have taken a picture after it happened. But with her tough personality I'm sure this won't be the first time. I talked to her about it afterwards and said that when she hurts her brother like that it makes Mommy sad and it makes Jesus sad. I told her that Jesus is in her heart and he knows when she isn't being nice to her brother. So we'll see if this sinks in.

Courtney had a nice birthday on Friday. Her party was Saturday. She wanted to just have a few friends over and we only invited them by word of mouth. When Chris and I asked her on Saturday morning how many friends were coming she said only one. She wasn't certain about her school friends. So I told Chris to call his parents and sister and invite them over. I couldn't bare to have a party for Courtney with only one person there. Fortunately everyone in Chris' family was able to make it and we had just enough pizza to go around. I think Courtney had a good time.

I found Conan's splash guard for his potty. So now I have to make time every day for the wonderful world of potty training. I thought about making his potty training journey into a meme for other parents who are also potty training. We'll see. I know that he is ready because whenever Ciara goes potty he asks to go as well. Hopefully I will reach my goal of getting him into pull ups by the time the baby is born. I have six months to go. I promise when he gets up this morning I will put him on the potty chair with his breakfast in front of him and Dora on television. From experience I know this works.

Chris is working five days a week now. Somehow the hours add up to 32 but I don't know exactly how they do it. He is back at his usual stores.

Yesterday I took Courtney to a nearby music store to get a beginner guitar book. Chris had an old guitar that we gave her for her birthday. She was thrilled! Now I just hope that she takes the time to practice! I also applied for a job at the store. We'll see. It would be nice if I got a part time job. That way I could pay for the groceries and we could save a little more each week. I also got some shaker eggs for Ciara. And the little ones are already fighting over them! I need to go back there and get a couple more for Conan.

Tell me about your week. I would love to hear it! Be the first one to participate in this meme. I promise I will edit the button and put the code up on my sidebar. You can publish your Weekend Reflection post on Fridays, Saturdays, or Sundays...or if you are lazy like I am Monday morning and then post date it! Join in the fun. I dare you!

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