July 4th

We wish you all a happy and safe 4th of July!

















(this picture was taken with a milkbone in my mouth)

Traipsing around the internet...

you can find some pretty neat stuff. Click on the video to make it bigger.

Appt and other stuff

I had a reg ob appt today. Everything is good. I took E with me. I think she would have been more impressed if we had an us. We heard the heart beats and she said, "I think they're fighting." I asked the doctor about my uterus getting really hard. He told me it's due to muscles being stretched and them wanting to go back to where they were. I'm glad it wasn't anything major.
We have gone through through the office. Garbage has been thrown out and items to be taken to the Sal Val have been put aside. We are going to go through all the rooms in the house and get organized. I want to be ready for when the babies come.
We ordered blinds for all the bedroom windows. I am super excited about this! They are room darkening shades. The master bedroom will be a Roman shade. E's room and the nursery will have honey comb shades. I believe the shades will all be in by August.
Off to read Ha.rry Potter and get some zzzz's.

Yay for A/C!

Yesterday was hot! Today it's another hot one with a chance of thunderstorms. My parents brought back a hula girl years ago when they went to Las Vegas. I have her up in the new car with some velcro on the dashboard. The only thing is, when it gets hot the adhesive melts and well, take a look:


Hula girl up
























Hula girl down


















Stay cool today girls!

Hanging out

It's been almost a week since we found out Baby A and Baby B are healthy boys. I still can't believe M was right!
I can feel them moving again. It's very reassuring to me.
I had another ob appointment and my incision is healing well and the heart beats were 144 and 153. So much for that old wives tale that boys have heart beats below 140.
I thought of a word that we haven't used before: sons. We are going to be parents of sons. I'm still amazed that we will have two boys.
E and I picked out some clothes and bibs. It was very cool to pick out stuff for them. I've been looking online for nursery stuff; bedding sets and wall decorations. I would like two different sets but I'm not sure if I can find ones that complement each other. P.ottery Barn has a beautiful Madras plaid set. I love plaid--it's one of my favorite patterns and it's a Mighty Mighty Bosstones song "Bad in Plaid". I know it's a long way off but I like to check out all my options. I'm a planner and a tad ocd.
I spent some time at the cottage with Chachi, her friend from work and his son. We ate, talked and watched S.einfeld. The cottage is just so relaxing. When I first arrived I went with Chachi and her mom to look for buried treasure. Her mom had a nifty metal detector set to find money or jewelry. All we found was a rusted trough. Oh, well.
Now it's time for a bowl of frosted Ch.eerios and D.eadliest Catch.

High risk appointment

Great news--both babies are healthy and growing beautifully!!! We were at the office for over 2 1/2 hours. It was a marathon visit.
Of course the best part was seeing them. We spent an hour getting to see them. The us tech took pictures of their bones, spines, noses, hearts, etc. One is measuring 16 weeks and the other is 16 weeks and one day. It was a huge relief to see them and to know that they are healthy. I was so worried about the effects of the pain meds and anesthesia on them.
They weren't shy about showing us what they were either:









































We are so very blessed and lucky to have two healthy babies.

Strawberry picking and other goings on

This weekend was super busy. Friday we spent some time at the campground with Chachi. Very relaxing. It's just a cute little laid back place.
Saturday after leaving the campground we went to visit my parents.
Sunday we went strawberry picking. 26 lbs! I made 3 batches of jam. I was crazy and now am super tired.
We finally got an appt with the high risk folks!! This Wednesday we will meet with the genetic counselor, doc and physician's assistant. And we will be having our Level II ultrasound. I hope they are growing ok. Bonus-I hope to find out their genders.

I love this enamel bowl. Thanks Dad!



















Almost 30 jars of jam.