My Sweetheart

Cory woke up this morning and shut the door behind him so that I could sleep in. I was really sick last night after YWs, I think I threw up everything that I'd eaten that day...my "morning sickness" is really an all day thing but it is especially bad in the evening. So anyways, I had left all the dinner dishes out and the rest of the house was a disaster as well. I do what I can and that is it, so my housecleaning is really suffering. Anyways, I woke up right before it was time for Cory to leave for work. He had done all the dishes, cleaned the kitchen and living room and he'd gotten breakfast going. I couldn't believe it!! He has been so amazing about helping me cook dinner and take care of the girls at night. I feel so bad because he has to come home from work and do more work. I am so thankful for such a thoughtful husband!!

So he called to check on me this morning and to let me know that he'd forwarded me an email he thought I might be interested in. This was the article...

A dozen pregnant women wanted - for ballet

By Kate Kelland 1 hour, 55 minutes ago

And to prove it, Balletlorent is recruiting 12 pregnant women to star in a dance production alongside six professional ballet dancers.

"MaEternal" will be performed in the northern English city of Newcastle in May and is offering the 12 who get through the auditions "a chance to share with an audience the beauty of what it means to carry the life of another within you."

Artistic Director Liv Lorent, who, coincidentally, is pregnant herself, says she has always been keen to combine trained dancers with people from all ages and stages in life to make her ballet productions richer.

"I've done projects in the past where I have invited all sorts of people -- children, old people, builders, footballers doctors, all sorts -- to take part," she told Reuters.

"This is another development of a long-held wish to mix up the different physical types in my choreography. The shape of people changes the way they move, and I like that very much."

She notes the stark contrast between the typically lithe light and muscular physique of a dancer, and the softer, rounder contours of a pregnant woman, and delights in it.

"You can't get a 25-year-old size 8 ballet dancer type body to move with the weight, the gravitas or the sheer cheerful spirit a pregnant woman," she said.

Lorent promises that no previous dance experience is necessary to audition for a part in MaEternal. The only requirement is that anyone wishing to take part should be up to 32 weeks by the time of the performance on May, 14. Beyond that, she says, the risk is too high of unplanned dramas on stage.

As well as recruiting 12 pregnant women, Lorent has also signed up Lynn Campbell, an active birth therapist who runs pregnancy classes in and around Newcastle, to advise on the movements and abilities of expectant mothers.

"Pregnant women do sometimes feel heavy and weighed down by all the changes, but sometimes they also feel fascinating and beautiful and amazing," Campbell told Reuters.

"Culturally we don't always have the words to celebrate the beauty of pregnancy, and although people are often fascinated by it, they don't know how to express that, so the say things like "Aren't you big!"

"So this is a real opportunity for pregnant women to be seen in a new way."

How awesome would that be!!! It could have been my dream come true! Unfortunately, I won't be far enough along... but it was the thought that counted REALLY BIG!!!