Well, Annie's sick of looking at the picture of my dress (which looks better on me, by the way), and has requested a new post. I can't think of a single thing to talk about other than how fat I've gotten this pregnancy or how messy my house is, none of which is interesting to you. So here is a list of things I like, to counteract Annie's list of things she hates:

• my babies' squishy faces
• Dreyer's Almond Prailine ice cream
• The Killer's "Sam's Town"
• the smell of that pink Baby Magic lotion
• getting emails (which I never get any more, by the way!)
• re-reading Gone with the Wind
• being in the middle of a good book, with a lot left to read
• getting dressed up for a date (far too rare!)
• going out to eat
• Pei Wei's Honey Seared Shrimp
• my upstairs laundry room
• my walk in pantry
• sitting outside under a tree when it's not too hot and not too cold
• playing games with my family
• snuggling my husband in the morning while ignoring our crazy children jumping on the bed around us
• phone calls
• Hot Tamales (Annie, you think you ate a lot of Swedish Fish this winter? Last year I ate 15 POUNDS (three 5 pound bags) of Hot Tamales all by myself from October through January.)
• hearing Rylee spontaneously say she loves me
• Avery's rare spontaneous kisses
• watching the Masters (I know that's weird, but it seriously is the most soothing, therapeutic thing ever)
• musicals
• old movies
• talking to my mom on the phone
• watching my husband play with my kids
• riding a bike (the last time I did so I was 8 months pregnant with Avery, holding an ice cream cone in one hand, and cruising down the boardwalk at Newport Beach. It wasn't a pretty picture, but it sure was fun.)
• going to bed at 9:00 pm
• laughing
• Avery's "pretty smile"
• listening to Rylee's conversations with her toys
• seeing an "A" on an essay I wrote back in those college days
• touring model homes
• caramel popcorn