yellowbug says:

I have previously written about peoples' funny comments to me which I thought were endearing and quirky so far. This last week, some of those comments crossed into the "that's none of your business" category. Pre-pregnancy I never posted one picture or video of what I do at CrossFit. Frankly, it's awkward to me to ask my coach, "Can you video me making funny faces and grunting while lifting this man wight? Thanks." But since I'm still lifting and doing CF during my pregnancy, I am proud of myself and wanted to show "the world" (i.e. Facebook) what it looks like for a pregnant woman to do CF. (b/c it's becoming more and more comical) With my first video, I had all positive comments. Lots of women my age really wish they would've continued working out during their pregnancy and vow to do so the next time around. Lots of women were so sick, they couldn't even think of working out. Since I've had s...

One thing I have become acutely aware of since finding out I was pregnant is a little thing called  PROTECTIVENESS. Now, we can be protective of our family and spouses, but ultimately, if they are adults, they can take care of themselves and we often just have to give any worry we have for them over to the Lord so we don't go crazy. Now, protectiveness for one's child, I have found, is completely different and no doubt it will only amplify over time. When I first found out I was pregnant, I was around 5 weeks along and Matt & I were driving back from the lake. We hit the eye of a vicious thunderstorm just outside of Lubbock. Now, I'm used to thunderstorms and driving in them. This was different. It caused us to pull to the side of the highway, narrowly missing the ditch to our right, and hoping we weren't hitting the car in front of us who had also pulled over. The rain was torrential to where we couldn't see a thing, and then th...

I heard stories, before I was pregnant, about how people would go up to pregnant women and feel their stomach or make comments like, "You know what causes that, right?" (To a mother of 3) or "It's a girl. I'm always right." (How exactly do you follow up with that?) I've had a few questions that I ponder afterwards like, "What do you a want?" I know this is a common question, and while my first instinct is always to answer with the cliche, "We just want a healthy baby" (b/c ultimately that's all you really want), I often answer with, "We need some boys in our family." I feel like if I say,"I want a boy" and I have a girl growing inside of me that she'll feel neglected. I know that sounds silly, but I want her to know from conception that she is wanted and loved no matter what she is. If it IS a boy, then that's great too, b/c we really are outnumbered in our Neufeld clan wi...

Well, it has been one year almost exactly since I have last posted. Wowza!  I seem to post during especially exciting times in life. Since I live a very normal life consisting of work, church and family, I don't often have a lot of interesting stories to share. I shared about my journey through engagement and early marriage. And then I shared a bit during a rough patch in marriage. And now I'm going to share during a very FUN time in marriage! PREGNANCY!!! Now, if you are one of those women who were or are very sick during your pregnancies, you're not gonna want to read my updates. I have had THE most pleasant pregnancy EVER! Like, seriously, the most dramatic symptom I've had is hormonal swings coupled with exhaustion and only wanting orange juice. On that particular evening, I cried to Matt that I didn't think I'd be able to do this for another 7 months. HA! That evening I realized I really was an adult now. That I was in a...