The reason I hate leaving my house lately...

(Other than it wears me out, haha;)

Store clerk: "When are you due?"

Me: "July" (didn't bother to say mid July because I didn't want anymore comments...)

Store clerk: "Oh..."
(continues to check me out)
"So are there two in there?"

Me: ( A little annoyed, I mean come on, are you calling me fat? ((ps, I know I am huge, I just don't like random strangers reminding me of that))) "Yes"

Store clerk: "Oh good! I had a girl in here earlier smaller than you"

Me: (So?? Maybe she was due later, maybe it was her first, maybe I like to pig out) "That's nice."

Store clerk: "Good thing you are due in July and not later, it will be so hot"

Me: (No kidding lady, and WTH? there are TWO of them in there!! I am already hot and miserable ALL.THE.TIME. Besides, June and July are still flippin hot) "Yeah, good thing."


End rant. Thanks for listening;)

Oh, but then I went to the quilt shop and they were much nicer about it. They asked when I was due and what I was having so I told them the details. Then they tell me how much they would love to have twins, always sounded like such fun... I will let ya know in a few months...

Three!

Happy birthday to my little man! It is crazy to think three years ago I was holding him in my arms for the first time. He is (usually;) such a joy to have in our family.



I asked him what he wanted for his birthday, and he said flowers and balloons... Well, we got him a couple of trains and a t-ball set, and sweet Abby wrote him a story and drew him a card. It is funny to watch him hit the ball, he refuses to hold the bat with two hands, doesn't believe Ben when he says it will work better the right way. Doesn't surprise me, he is probably the most stubborn kid I know!!


*Now, let's plan to have the babies in three weeks, that way all the kids' birthdays will be three weeks apart and save me stress down the road, haha. (Well, so long as they are healthy and ready ((no nicu!!)) so it will most likely be more than that;)

Did it really surprise anyone?

I went to the MFM today. It has been confirmed, if these little munchkins stay in me as long as they should, they will be giants. They are looking great and measuring in the 75th and 50th percentile... so nowhere near as big as Abby, who was in the 85-90th percentile (depending on height/weight), or Jack, who was in the... wait for it... 95th percentile!!

Side note, I just took Jack in and he is now in the 75th percentile. He must have lost his baby fat:)

So anyways, Baby A is at 3 pounds 11 ounces, and Baby B is at 4 pounds 9 ounces. The tech scared me for a minute when she had B at 4 pounds 15 ounces, but the doctor measured again and got less... so he said it was probably user error the first time. It is a big jump for B because last appointment she measured 5 ounces less than A. Of course, these are just guesstimates, but still! He said to expect at least 7 pound babes. (BTW, that is pretty big for twins;)

I am so excited because I ordered a necklace from thevintagepearl.com. You need to go check out this site, amazing! AAAH! I can't wait for it to get here. I have been eyeing them for a while, but they are more than I really wanted to spend, but I finally found a coupon code for it so it's mine now! (So if anyone is interested, I have the code for it... not sure how long it is good for:) I will have to post a picture of it when it gets here. I am not a big jewelry person, but I thought it was so cute. It has all the kids name around it in a circle. Which brought up a dilemma... Since I am ordering it before the girls are here... how do I know which one will be named what? Baby A is for sure coming out first... but which name will she get? I made the final decision based on how the four names sounded best in a row, so I guess that is what she will be! So there:)

They make me laugh.

Abby and Jack had been in the pool nearly all day. We were having a leftover dinner night, and they requested sandwiches. So I went inside to make them (Abby HAD to have grape jelly, and Jack HAD to have strawberry, can't make it easy on me. haha:) So when I went back out I found them loading their table and chairs in the pool. Love it. Abby has a book of stickers and they think they are really cool because they are gold. She uses them on EVERYTHING. They put them on their face and told me how sad they both were:)

They both happened to be wearing green this day, and Jack told me "no one can pinch me, I am wearing green. No one can pinch Abby, she is wearing green. Mommy, everyone will pinch you! Go wear green mommy!" Can you tell he remembered St. Pattys day?

So cute I could die!!!

I am so ridiculously excited about the MAJOR project I just finished up today. I have put in exactly one week on these little babies and it was soooooo worth it! I knew it was going to be a huge task, but I don't think I realized how time consuming it would be... Though, if I hadn't screwed up so many times it would have gone much faster... probably would have finished two days ago!! I became besties with my seam ripper... and hope to never have to see her again! (it's purple, so it is a she, right? :) I think this is my favorite project to date, though the pettiskirt for Avree was pretty close up there. My girls will be so stylin:)

Shhh... I (er, Ben) need to put the seatbelts back in this one. He was awesome. I tried for about a minute to take each one apart (the hardware) and got so frustrated, he stepped in and stopped the not so silent angry words. They are a lot more complex than you would imagine!!

It is kind of hard to see in the pictures, but the blue material has flowers in a slightly darker blue.

Total hours... probably 15... I usually don't do projects that can't be finished in one naptime, I will end up losing interest, but this one I HAD to finish... Can't bring them home without their seats, haha.

Busy, busy.

I have been so busy:) Good though, passes the weeks until I get to hold my girls. I did my sister-in-law's bridals, then shot my brother-in-law's wedding, got some sewing done, doctor appointments, then all the usual crap like cleaning and grocery shopping, haha. Anyways, it has been an eventful week and a half.

I am behind on the editing of the wedding, but they are honeymooning for two weeks, so I got time, right? I didn't realize how much work it was to shoot a wedding. Amazing experience, and fun, and all that... but wow. Maybe it is also because I am six months preggo? Yeah, that could contribute a little. I was able to use Ben's uncles camera for the wedding, which is way better than mine, so it was pretty exciting. (for me anyways, no one else cared, haha)

Went to the doctor the other day and everything is looking good. I have the lowest risk type of twins, so that is nice. Though he said after my next visit I will be seen twice a month until thirty ... two? (I think, maybe 34) weeks then it will be weekly. That is just my regular ob, not my specialist. So in the end I will end up seeing a doctor twice a week?! At least now I have been able to space them out so it is every 3-4 weeks. And I know I shouldn't complain because it is neat that I get to have so many ultrasounds, but man, they go on for so long! (at the MFM) It takes at least 45 minutes with the u/s tech and then the doctor comes in and checks it all again. They do really in depth measurements to look for growth or changes from the last time. I guess that is what I get for being high risk . I have had six so far, one at each visit. So with lots more visits ahead=lots more u/s. Though at least I am able to know they are healthy and growing correctly! Small price to pay for peace of mind. Thanks for putting up with my rambling:) Though I guess I don't know anyone actually read it all, hahaha.

Happy St. Patrick's Day!

The kids woke up to a note from "their friend, the leprecauhn". Abby was so excited. She read it to Jack at least ten times! The silly leprecauhn hid the bar stools in the bathtub, turned their milk green, left them a box of Lucky Charms, and green cupcakes. Jack hated the milk at breakfast time. He cried if it got near him. haha. Well, for lunch he was excited for it.