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darla texted me this morning and asked for an update on the pregnancy, kids and cory so i thought i would put on the blog for all to read. i know you are all very excited.

PREGNANCY.....
i am officially 38 weeks one day pregnant and pretty miserable. i can't complain too much, because despite all the drama this time around has been a more positive experience than some of the others. now that is still not saying much. i do not like being tired all the time and wondering if this is what i might feel like for the rest of my life. the bright spot in my day is my run with my buddy jen or cory and sometimes little hazel, but the energy and life if feel during the run does not last for the rest of the day. i know some may think that i should save my energy for other less selfish endeavors like caring and feeding my family, but even on the rare days i don't run i don't have the uummff to do what i should. my lack of mothering is very evident as ALL of my children are having behavioral issues at school. that's right even my quiet little wilohm and bennett have been getting into trouble for talking and distracting behavior. and poor jack, who has always been very sensitive to how i act, has turned into a disgruntled teenager a few years early. yuck!! cory has been wonderful, totally supportive and loving as always taking up all the extras i have let go. he really is amazing, i am the luckiest girl alive. i did have a energy streak last week when my friend introduced me to a new chemical free line of cleaning products. i cleaned my house from top to bottom and even did the windows. AMAZING!! now i know that my sisters are very concerned that i am not going to wait for them to have the baby because i am dilated to a 3, am effaced and have contractions constantly. but not to worry little harris is very happy inside and so i will have to wait, wait, wait. ok enough whining. now on to........

CORY.........
he is my favorite subject right now! after 5 years with the family business he has hung up the construction project manager role and has traded it for a much geeker role. something that i am very happy about. he now sits in his upstairs office working on his computer for hours and hours and hours and hours at a time. he has started his own web designing company and computer help company as well. i have a few friends that wonder why i am not scarred to death having a husband start something from scratch with not much of an income, but i have so much faith in cory's abilities. he is the smartest man i know (sorry guys). he loves what he is doing and is doing a wonderful job of teaching himself all the skills that he has had to let go since graduating from college. i did love columbia steel and that dave was such a wonderful boss, but this fits cory so much better. i can see him being able to grow so much more in a creative/technical field. oh and the very best part of all..........he has started running. i know and i didn't think he could get any better, but he did. he has finally found the joy in running or at least the joy of the feeling after he goes running. it is a dream come true. now on to.........

THE KIDS.........
well i kind of told you about them before, but it is not all bad. they are all doing very well in school academically and for the most part are good little babies that are soooooo excited to meet their new sibling. jackson is playing the trumpet this year and seems to have his dad's gift of music. he just got done with wrestling and he is AWESOME. very scrappy! and boy can he run. we went 3.5 miles last saturday and he didn't even break a sweat. benny is taking a break from soccer for the spring, but is taking a hip hop dance class (which i am not the hugest fan of but she has fun) and piano. she is doing wonderfully at both, because she is bennett and she is wonderful at everything she puts her mind to. she however is not good at entertaining herself. wow, it makes me a little crazy. with jackson who can read for hours and draw for hours more it is very hard to keep benny happy around the house. she would play on the computer forever but she is a little too smart for her own good and we are afraid that it would become an unhealthy obsession. wilohm has gotten very loud. that whole middle child not wanting to be forgotten thing is very apparent. he went and spent the weekend with mom and dad for his birthday and LOVED all the attention. since the olympics he has become obsessed with snowboarding and because that is not really an option he has turned to skateboarding. so cute! hazel is either a dream or a nightmare depending on the minute. unless you ask cory and then she is always a little dream come true. she loves, loves, loves, that her biggest fan is home now so that he can ooh and haa at everything she does. i do have to admit that she has gotten much better. she loves the days when she gets to go to work with danna. she feels like a very big girl visiting with gerda and playing with the puppy. she told mom the other day, "i know you don't like 4 year old girls, but i know you like me!". he he.

ok so that is where we are here in the great bg. sorry so long and boring but it has been ages!
love.......me