A Star is Born

The Girl had her first dance recital. She was lovely and did a terrific job. It was very hot and crowded and she got a little distracted by a crying baby, but for the most part she was very attentive to her teacher.

Update

Well. Both babies are now about 5 lbs each. Exactly what they should be if they were singletons. But they are both breech again. It's most likely too late for them to change, so I will probably have a c-section. I have my next reg appt next wed, so I will know more then. But both babies look very healthy.

Nursery

I've mostly finished with the nursery. It just needs some babies. So here are some pics.









It's a very quiet room. And to explain some of the things, the gown and bonnets were made by my mother for P. The silver cup was mine and has my name engraved on it. Splitcat has one, too, and I am looking for it so I can add it. The pooh bear in the chair was splitcat's when he was little. He gave it to me when I was in college to keep me company. The afghan is also from college, my roommate was working for the World's Largest Gallery of Afghans and got it for me. It says "It's so much friendlier with two." I am thinking of painting this on the wall where the crib is. It's rather appropriate for twins. I have some picture frames and a snowglobe from my collection that I would like to add, but I need some sturdier shelving. Once the twins are sleeping through the night I will probably remove the chair. I may make some minor changes, I love to rearrange things, but I think this is it until the twins arrive.

I have an ultrasound tomorrow. So I will try to remember to update.

Still Alive, Still Pregnant

Sorry I have been so lax in posting. I Haven't had much to say. I tried the other day and ended up ranting because I was mad at something totally different than what I was writing about, so I didn't post it. Mostly I've been tired and cranky. I went out the other day and when the girl went looking for me she asked splitcat why momma wasn't in her bed. I was at the movies enjoying Pirates of the Carribean. Oddly enough, I didn't find it as dark as the first one, but apparently everyone else thinks it is alot darker than the first one. I liked it.

Yesterday we finally got some of our excess furniture removed. It made our living room feel so much bigger. Things still are not arranged exactly as I would like, but it's getting there. I hope to have some pics of the nursery up in the next few days. It's turning out nicely.

I have my next ultrasound on Wed. This should determine if I need a c-section or not. Hopefully not. I had a reg check-up last wed and everything was fine. Except for me being ready to be done with this and have babies to look at. It is getting very painful to sleep. Turning over requires a lot of effort. At least I'm getting used to getting up in the night. I can't believe I'll be 34 weeks this week. It seems like I've been pregnant for at least 2 years.

It's time to feed the masses, I'll try to do better this week.

A slow week

It's been a slow and quiet week. Yesterday I took the children to the free movies at the mall. We saw Curious George. Some of you may remember last year's trip to the movies. This time went so much better. The boy and I had a discussion before we left that it was okay to be a little scared, but to just hold my hand and squeeze if he got scared, not start wailing loudly. He agreed so off we went. When we walked in I knew everyone would be clamoring for drinks and popcorn, so I promised that if we made it through the whole movie we could go out to lunch, and come back next week and get snacks. Amazingly enough everyone accepted this with no argument. They showed a preview of Meerkat Manor, and I was asked a lot of questions which a: were easily answered if you were listening, or b: you had to be an expert on Meerkats to answer. This prompted me to remind the boy that I had never seen the movie, so I didn't have the answer to any of his questions. Although this may seem a little harsh, he is a relentless questioner of every minor detail (he's definitely the type to grow up and go to dragon con in costume with all the minute details of whatever his favorite thing is). I was still asked a lot of questions, but mostly ones I could answer. The girl spent the middle portion of the movie fending off sleep. She just couldn't get comfortable enough. So we made it through to the end, and as promised I took them to lunch, and as an added surprise we went to the bookstore and each bought a new book. I got P. the first Curious George, since he liked that monkey, E. got a My little Pony Book, and I got The Midnighters 2: Touching Darkness . I spent most of the rest of the day in bed. The heat has been yucky.

I got bitten on the belly by a mosquito yesterday. Even my long shirts aren't long enough any more.

They will be here soon. It's hard to believe. I still have a hard time imagining myself as the mother of 4.

I'm not sure what to blog about, so I apologize in advance for anything boring.

Friday afternoon while splitcat was mowing and the girl was napping, and I was trying to nap, the boy grew bored of his lego and joined me for some conversation. He told me he had a dream that morning. Thinking he wanted to share, I asked what it was about. I can't tell you, he said. It was an angry dream. I tried to get him to explain what an angry dream was, but he wasn't telling. I asked him why he couldn't tell me, and with all seriousness he gazed out into nothing and said, "because a dream is a wish your heart makes." Perhaps we shouldn't watch so many Disney movies(since this is a line from a Disney song).

The girl still loves her dance class. She dances through her day. She reminds me of when I was little and would dance through the house. I toned it down though when in the first grade I was twirling in the hallway at school and seriously sprained my pinky by hitting it on the concrete wall.

The twins continue to try to tunnel through my skin. Well, at least that what it feels like every time they move. We are a little closer to choosing names, but still not 100% sure.

Splitcat will be gone during the day this week for an AP Institute. It will be weird to have him gone. Hopefully I can keep up with the kids. They will be at their grandparents tomorrow, so it will be quiet.

I guess that is all. I'm too sleepy to think any more.

Dr.

I tried to post this the other day but it didn't take, so I am trying again.

All is still well with the twins. Baby B is growing well, so there is no concern. I have another ultrasound in 4 weeks. Baby A is about 4 lbs and B is about 3lbs 7ozs. The coolest thing was that we were able to see that they have hair. So no news is good news.

What I like about my house

A short meme from 4boydad.

List five things I like about my house. In no particular order:

1. It's the home we brought our children to after they were born. I am hopelessly sentimental. Those are memories that cannot be replaced.

2. I concur with splitcat about our downstairs living room, it's one of the main reasons we bought this house.

3. Our yard. it will probably be the thing I miss most if we ever move. I don't necessarily spend that much time outside, but I like knowing it is there.

4. Location. Splitcat likes that we are close to food and the interstate. I like that we are very very close to all the shopping you could really need. I would like to live a little closer to my family, but we are still within 30 minutes of them.

5. It is truly a blank slate. every room has needed to be updated/renovated. And we still have 2 more to go.

Hopefully Splitcat will soon tell the story of our "crack house." He's been threatening to for a while. I'll just say we had a lot of old men and teenage boys looking for the previous owners son after we moved in. It was kind of odd since we are in a pretty middle class neighborhood.

I hope everyone has had a lovely 4th of July. We hung out at my sister in laws, leaving the children behind. The boy thought he'd be brave this year, but watched us twirl our sparklers from behind the sliding glass doors. OUr neighbors are setting off fireworks in the street, so it is occasionally loud. On the way to my sil's we listened to the final minutes of the world cup game beteween Italy and Germany on an am Hispanic radio station. It was really quite entertaining. We didn't understand much, but definitely got it when Italy scored. The commentator was much more into it than the ones on t.v.

I've a dr.'s appt tomorrow, so hopefully everyone is growing well.