Proposition 11

Lately I have felt very discriminated against and have decided to propose a proposition 11. In this proposition I am hoping to achieve equal rights for tall pregnant women who wear size 11 shoes. Yes I said 11.

You wouldn't believe how hard it is to find long maternity jeans! The longest I have been able to find have a 34" inseam, but I need at least a 35". When I was pregnant with Adalynn I was able to wear capris, but this time it will be a little too chilly. Does the maternity industry think that tall women are unable to get pregnant? Or if we do, we don't want to wear pants? Gosh I just don't understand!

It is also pathetic how many shoe stores do not carry size 11. I was at the mall with my mom recently and we were both looking for shoes. We went into one of those cute little shoe stores, but of course they only carry up to size 10. To those who have tiny feet and average length legs probably won't understand, but I was so irritated! I know that I am not the only women (or even girl) out there that wears this astronomical size! I am so sick of asking people if they carry 11's and having the workers give each other "the look" like I am this freak of nature, or the other response that I hate is when they whisper "eleven?" back to me like I said a bad word. This isn't something new to me, I remember back in Primary when our class went bowling and the worker didn't believe me when I told him what shoe size I needed. Lets just say I was seriously scarred. Intense therapy has helped me overcome that difficult time in my life, but I still say something needs to change! I say to all of those long limbed, larger footed women out there, lets stand tall together and fight for the equal rights we deserve!

Mickey Mouse or a Baby???

Spring of this year we were planning to go to California in October. We were going to do it all: Disneyland, Sea World, the beach, and Universal Studios. We had everything planned and were ready to start buying tickets and making reservations, for some reason though I just didn't feel good about going. I had no valid reason, but we canceled our trip. I was really bummed about not going and tried to come up with a reason why, I thought of everything from our plane would crash or a family member would die, or even maybe we were supposed to have a baby. Trent and I talked about the last reason and decided to start praying about it. Our initial plan was to start trying for another baby when Adalynn turned two, because 3 years seemed like the perfect age difference between children, both Trent and I are still in school, and we live in a two bedroom condo that is small enough already. The Lord, however, had different plans and we both knew that a child was waiting to come. I must admit that I was scared to death and not totally thrilled with the whole idea. I had almost made it back to my pre-baby weight and had just finished nursing so I was really looking forward to going shopping for new clothes. I was also having dumb back problems again and Adalynn was getting busier and busier. Still we had received our answer and decided to start trying for a baby. Both of us were shocked to learn that I was pregnant only weeks later. Although I get very overwhelmed at times I am very grateful and excited to welcome a new addition to our family. I feel very blessed to be pregnant and have seen how painful the opposite can be. Next week is when we were were supposed to take our trip and we have decided to go on a marvelous Halloween Staycation that we are very excited about! To answer the title of this entry I have to say "Sorry Mickey Mouse, but we chose a baby instead!"