"She's Large!"

Have you ever seen the old "Popeye" movie with Robin Williams? It is a classic. And it happens to be one we've watched several times with the kids over the past year. The reason is two-fold. Firstly, once the boys saw even a few minutes of it, they were hooked. Secondly (and most important) is because of the song "He's Large" that Olive Oyl sings about Bluto. If you don't remember, the girls are making fun of her for being engaged to Bluto. They've been engaged several times and each time Olive Oyl has broken it off, and now she's trying to tell herself the reasons why she's going through with the wedding this time. Unfortunately, the only reason she keeps coming back to is the fact that he's so darn big.

Well, I must say that during the past several months, I can relate to Bluto. Not the part about being a bully, or being able to grow an amazing beard or even having a nemesis who is unusually infatuated with quickly consuming vegetables in times of grave danger, but I can completely relate to the part about being LARGE!!!

Over the past 8 months, I have grown quite a lot. I'd like to say I'm one of those ladies who you can only tell is pregnant from the side, not the back. Not so. In fact, this has been my most difficult pregnancy. I have been more nauseous, more exhausted, more uncomfortable and more large than during any other pregnancy. And since we've watched "Popeye" I (and consequently the children) will sometimes walk around the house affectionately singing "Because She's Large!"

But the good news is, only two and a half weeks left! In a very short time, life can get back to "normal"? Or at least we can begin to get used to what normal will look like for us and 4 children! We are very excited at the arrival of Baby Girl (still unnamed), and I am quite excited about getting back to the gym!

You really should check out the movie, or at the very least, check out the song on YouTube. And then imagine my children singing it to me! It's all in good fun, although we finally told them we had to stop, because we didn't want them starting to sing it to random people in Walmart who might actually be overweight. So now, Elizabeth looks at me and sometimes sings her new song: "Because She's Medium!" Now there's a tune I can get on board with!!!