resolute resolved

As the end of the year approaches I am reminded of the New Year Resolution I made for myself and now that you know where my mind is at we can all party! No, um, my resolution was to support smaller businesses, local companies, stores where I can go up to the owner and ask things like "How come you never put this on sale?"I like to grab babe and stick her into bed with me in the morning for one reason and one reason only, she always says "you're hot mama". Thanks for the versatile award Angie.

ALRIGHT

Load me up I'm ready to go. No, I haven't packed a bag but I travel light on purpose. Okay, maybe you could pack the tent as I don't plan on coming home until the air quality improves. You see, I really miss breathing, it's one of my favorite hobbies and I'm very good at it, normally and I'd really like to be able to do it again.
Babe did it! She puckered up properly and planted a wet one which is so awesome because the head butts were getting to be a bit much.

Help me to um... help me.

Anybody own a make your own sticker machine? I know right! I think there might be a size limit as to the items you can turn into stickers but how much fun on future rainy days does this sound. Sticker the planet! Ahh! I need a sticker book, no um, ha ha ha, I mean, babe needs a sticker book. This gift is for her *wink*wink*.Learning the days of the week only holds interest as to how it applies to uncle stopping by and when she can go again to gymnastics.

prep x2

So I'm reading this and this. I'm now on a free three month trial membership to our local moms of multiples club. I'm eating like a woman who hasn't seen food in a year. I think I'm officially gearing up to get down and there's just no stopping me. Still haven't told the cat. He won't be impressed, crying babies aren't his forte.
Babe knows, well as much as she can know. She likes to rub my bump and say "baby belly" but she does the same thing to Boyfriend and herself, hmm.

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I'd apologize but you really had to see the look on Babe's face when I told her she could type up the post for today which is apparently the alphabet song, twice.

night folks beware

Now that I am finally awake I would like to tell you all a deep, deep very dark secret from the bottom, well the bottom of the bottom. I can no longer stay up past ten o'clock at night and remember what I've done. For some reason I think Cracker Jacks were involved and maybe a Disney movie but I can't be sure about anything.Babe received a new stuff animal, a lion. It's huge and super soft and to say we are drowning in toys is an understatement. We just make Toys R Us look empty.

here kitty kitty

I guess if I add up all the naps I take and potty break interrupted sleep at night I think it amounts to about 14 or 15 hours a day. So, to answer your question yes, I am turning into a cat and no, I don't mind the belly rubs too much and maybe I have been clawing folks to get more food but I promise that will stop in March.It's amazing. Just one blueberry in the hands of a two year old can do that much damage. Clothes, carpet, furniture, skin, bedding, the list continues to grow.

potty slam

It's not I can't believe I just had to say that or I can't believe there's a need to say that because at this point its I can't believe I have to keep telling you over and over, "Sweetheart stop trying to make the cat sit on the potty with his face." It's now a spectator sport. Viewers place your bets. Will the cat be able to wake up in time
to see her running at him full force with her BabyBjorn in hand or will babe win this round demanding that the cat now "wipe boody kitty".

Must have

So we went to our local baby specialty store and we're proven correct, it is impossible to fit 3 car seats, any style, make and model into the back seat of our car, silly wheel wells. So I guess item #1: car, #2: additional crib, mamas scared of SIDS, and #3: extra bundles of stored up sleep, they're packaging that now right?
Not sure what's more fun, the fact that babe needs a sewing tape measure to play outside or the fact that this morning a squirrel stole it.

a little somethin' somethin'

Babe's favorite video so far....

there is

something really important I'd like to tell all of you. FOG! We have some and its super pretty. October... where are you? I know you're hiding behind that tree throwing leaves. You better rake all those up when you're done because I'm not going to, such pretty air moisture, perfect for hiding say Easter eggs or something.
Red alert, red alert, man your battle stations, teddy bear is missing. Everyone stop what you're doing and look, everyone except babe of course.

when Mother Nature attacks

Run! Or, you could hop around like a crazy monkey more specifically a squirrel who has hit the illegal drug department at its own local big tree knot hole and bound around backwards on two feet but wait, mother nature's watching and um she has a sense of humor too. So about those random down pours, Muh ha ha ha ha.
The short version: let's just say when ALL of babe's toys are taken out and left on the floor something magical happens that no guest can ignore.

school of thought

Some places say the 2nd trimester begins at 13weeks others say 14. I'm going to go with when my nausea ends. Of course if I get to 28weeks and I'm still really ill it might be time to move ahead and claim 3rd trimester status anyway. We shall see. We plan on throwing Baby Party x2 the end of January, should be cold and awesome.Babe sings. Ohhhhh she can sing songs you know, songs you don't. The next door lawn care professionals enjoy her concerts to no end.

Between the Folds

I've been watching Boyfriend try to fold fitted sheets for about twenty minutes now. I just don't have the heart to tell him that they're supposed to look like a smooshed mess of fabric when you've done it properly. Laundry day is sooo awesome. Even the cat gets interested enough to take a nap on the non-folded portions.Babe is reverse engineering the folded shorts as fast as she can while I just get to sit back, watch with great pride, and smile. Fridays are hard folks.

hypothetical happenings

Suppose my allergies keep me from being able to breathe and thus smell which does assist the nausea a bit but has one maybe newly discovered down side. Now, what if I was playing with babe in the back yard and stepped on a big pile of fresh cat business and didn't even realize it. The phone rings I run into the house, maybe.
Followed close behind is babe who may or may not of said, "Mama's stinky" causing me to look down and make a face to which babe screams "NASTY!"

I think it's time...

Time to thank Boyfriend, for all the extra random grocery shopping, for taking over ALL of my chores and responsibilities, for allowing me a second nap when he comes home from work in the evening, and for those really tough days, calling in sick or taking babe to work with him and continuing to make me laugh and smile throughout it all.As we take a long look at my leg; Ouch boo boo. No honey that's just a mole. Mole boo boo? No it's just a mole. Hi mole mama!

EUREKA!!!

I found it and in the last place I needed to look. The black hole, I've located its awesomeness and what was there, well the cloth napkins and the cat of course. Between the keyboard and the canned goods there it all was including to my surprise a tiny childlike bowl of cheerios. So, where is it, i'll tell you, under our bed, in the exact center.
The ear piercing shriek, babe has got it down. It's loud, it's painful, it freaks out all creatures big and small and just in time for Halloween.

get your learn on

We've been researching early education programs for babe because the good ones either have the world's longest waiting list or go by lottery. There's always private school but 75 grand a year would only get her to 6th grade. Still can't figure out how Mark Twain never let schooling interfere with his education.
What does it look like when babe shoves a whole of a half of a banana into her mouth? It's not pretty, there's dancing, a few giggles, and some "muhffmaa".

This is me... 3 months preggo.

We'll be finding out the gender(s) and telling everyone the day we know because that's how we roll. I still maintain that it's a boy and a girl. We will name them right away too but that we'll keep to just our family since the kiddos won't be old enough to turn to me and say "mom, I don't want every detail of my private life public."
This daily episode of Discover is brought to you by great grandma's rocking chair; Wheee, thump, wweeeee thump, wheeeee, thump, ahhhhhhhhhh.

Weekend plans...

I need to take a couple belly photos because I haven't yet, prune the far back left tree also known as Langston, figure out the appropriate milk to ice cream ratio for the ultimate milk shake, get Boyfriend's preliminary baby name list out on paper, and celebrate the 12 week milestone with spicy food and exotic fruit deliciousness.
Babe was given her first little motorized train and now I can say with great pride that it too is now potty trained and likes to poke the cat.

People are fun

and a little crazy but I can handle crazy it's just the whoa you're nuts that worries me from time to time. Wackadoos I full stand clear from while odd jobs and the eccentric are fun to take out in public. Obviously I feel most at home with the random and unique but the quirky with a sense of humor have my heart as well.Babe now sings her abc's to sleep and I would have recorded it for you but it was over the baby monitor and she sounded a little like baby C-3PO.

it rained!!!!

Ahhh weeeeee yaaayyyyy! Okay this is awesome for a multitude of reasons; 1) I get out of watering the lawns now for two more days. 2) It cleansed the air a little and I can almost sort of not quite breathe, I'll keep trying. 3) Its cold enough that I finally don't look crazy for wearing my black maternity pants, the only ones I own.
Aw yay, zippers. Babe gets to wear her favorite Halloween hoodie which is only her favorite because of the really big zipper.

Twin Update!

Both babes looked awesome measuring ahead at 12 weeks effortlessly showing off their stretching skills. Machine didn't have a heart beat measuring thing but the doc was way super happy and informed me that I'm now out of the dangerous miscarriage preggo with twins zone. Still can't tell if they are fraternal but that's okay.
Sorry the photo is so washed out. Babe on the left is sort of sitting up waving the hands while babe on the right is face down; a top of the head shot.

The thing about long weekends

is sometimes even though you have more time to do stuff you get even less done. Not sure why this is or even how to change it. So, all that being said, who wants to come over for some good ol' fashioned laundry folding? Yeah, so good news is I have another doc appointment tomorrow to look at the twins. Yeah babies!"More tape mama" and we all know what that means... cat?...hello cat?... where are you?...RUN!!! ... save yourself!

rule #74

Quit watching scary movies before you go to bed while on crazy-vivid-dream-sleeping mode. Eep, so in my dream there were zombies and um they were quick and it was scary cause hello how fast can I run when I'm nauseated, have terrible allergies, and pregnant with twins. Yeah, so, um only certain parts were accurate.
There goes babe, sans underpants kicking a ball into I don't know where, running, curls flying, smiles beaming, t-shirt sun kissed, and all.

tick tock

I have no idea what happened to yesterday. Was there a yesterday? Can you physically not just literally prove it? Maybe I skipped it. Maybe in an effort to speed up time and space through calendars and clocks I've found a way to time travel.... but wait, I only skipped one day. Time travel, you're a tease and now we know it.I wonder if babe time traveled to. I asked her about yesterday and all she would admit to is the over consumption of tea by two of her stuffed animals.

a wee bit fruity

The twins are now limes which fits my current craving of (mom you may want to sit down for this one) fruit. Yep, and I've hated fruit for forever. Mmm bebes love bananas, definitely Boyfriends kids. Every night I juice an orange, an apple, a peach and a nectarine and drink it so yes, I am rocking the maternity pants already.
I think it's awesome that babe has the foresight and intuition to realize that the twins are definitely going to need a two foot tall T-Rex action figure.

Dear NASA,

As elaborate scavenger hunts are my witness this house has a black hole. It isn't very large and has some sort of self timer that spits the items back out into plain sight for all to remain confused. Its favorite snacks as of late are our cloth napkins and the cat. Yeah I know, I thought it was a little random too even for this place.Babe has discovered the holy grail of stalling tactics, she just poutingly (this needs to be a word folks) looks up at me and says, "nuggle mama, peeese".

Of all the things I've lost in life...

I miss my ability to breathe through my nose the most. Die flowers die! Oh, ahem, sorry, my behavior is uncalled for but if you could hear me attempting to breathe you might say "ahh you poor thing, did you just snort Mr. Snuffleupagus up your nostril?" and maybe I have which would totally explain all the fuzziness.
The monkey likes the dinosaur but she prefers Elmo who is pretty much a loner while teddy bear loves EVERYONE thus concluding today's episode of Wild America.

Everybody sing...

Boyfriend prefers to sing the woman bit = hilarious.

Babe prefers to scream at each animal = awesome.