TO expose or NOT to expose

My mother in law wanted to see a picture of how much my belly has grown. So tonight I had Chris take a picture. Not the most flattering pic but I figured the only people looking at my blog are my cute little friends who would just giggle at my protruding belly. So here I am...hanging all out for you to see. And to think, I have a few more weeks to go and they will both gain half a pound a week. Whew! I will be adding a few stretch marks to the ones I already have. The joys of pregnancy!

workin' hard or hardly workin'

We have been trying to get our house in order since we moved in and it has been one project after another. We are also getting ready for these babies to come. We decided to put wood floors in and get rid of the carpet and laminate tile. Chris started ripping up the tile tonight and the kids were there cheering him on. Tristan even put on his tool belt on for the occasion. Chris gave them a little lecture because they were hammering in the glue he had just scrapped up. We also decided to paint the babies room fun bold colors. We are using the Ten. Titans blue, red and grey. Not that we are fans...we just like the colors. The kids were BEGGING to grab a paint brush and help so I brought in the time out chair and said "have at it!" I was busy washing up the car seat covers and putting them all back together. Eliana insisted that her baby doll get buckled in. Tristan wanted to carry it around and Eli wanted to cover it with a huge blanket. I told them soon enough there will be two new babies and they can each give plenty of love and attention without having to fight about it.
At the end of each day I can see where I am falling behind on my normal chores and kick myself for not having the energy or ability to stand long enough to get things done. I can hardly reach the sink because this dang belly is in my way! I spent an hour cleaning the kitchen and it wiped me out for half the day. I can't wait to get my body back so I can keep up with the normality's of life. Of course nothing will be normal after having twins. Ahh...the anticipation is driving me crazy. I will be 35 weeks next Wednesday and after that if I go into labor they will arrange the c-section. I am hoping to have them around 37 weeks. That means just 3 more weeks to go!! SO, we have a lot to get done in 3 weeks. I better get to workin' hard instead of hardly workin'.

Christmas morning

T'was the morning of Christmas and not a creature was stirring...except for the pregnant lady who can't seem to sleep! As I was trying to fall back asleep on the couch I remembered that we had two presents that hadn't been wrapped and were still in the garage! I didn't think I was going to be able to get to them without opening the garage door but I managed to stumble and squeeze my way around without killing myself. So here I was stressing to get these presents wrapped at 6:30 am hoping my kids wouldn't wake up and catch me in the act. Thankfully I got it done and then had to twiddle my thumbs until the household decided to wake up. I heard them mumbling so I went upstairs and brought them down. It was great to see their faces when they saw what Santa had brought during the night. It is funny that Tristan didn't even notice the BIG green tractor right in front of him he was too focused on Eliana's Dora scooter. We transported all the presents to the living room and put piles in front of the kids. They had a blast opening up all the goodies. Eli's favorite was her kitty cat in a cage grooming kit. Tristan couldn't put down his toy shotgun. After the morning fun came the Fighting ALL day long over toys. Can't we just all learn to share?? Well, I love the Holiday season and all the joys it brings but I was quite weary from all the chaos as well. Today I did my after Christmas shopping and stocked up on lights for next year. Now I am ready for bed. Good night friends and family. Hope you too had a wonderful Christmas filled with the love of Christ and family to share it with.

Tis' the Season

We have been busy with the Christmas chaos getting everything just as it should be for the special day. Christmas Eve we had our Family Home Evening. Chris told the kids the nativity story and let them put all the nativity people where they belonged. Eli loves to listen to stories and soaked it all in while Tristan was too busy playing with the statues. He is a typical 2 year old boy! IT was finally time to bake cookies for Santa. Eli wanted to make M&M cookies so there was no arguing with that. The kids love to help in the kitchen. They fight over who gets to pour what into the mixer. Tristan practically yells at me to stop the kitchen aid when he thinks it is the perfect consistency so he can stick his little fingers in there to test it out. I don't think Santa objects to germs...so we set out the cookies on a plate and a large cup of milk. The kids went to bed fairly easily. Maybe it was because I told them Santa wouldn't come until everyone was sleeping. After we were sure they were asleep is when we began playing Santa's little helpers. Well, if you can consider me (little), more like a fat jolly helper. Ho, ho. ho.

Santa creeps Tristan out!

We went to a brunch with Santa on Saturday. Eli was so excited to see the jolly ol' guy but Tristan wanted nothing to do with him even before we arrived. As soon as St Nick walked through the door Tristan bolted underneath the table and stayed there until he took his place in his green chair for storytime. Santa (mom) gave the kids a wrapped book. Eli had to deliver Tristans to him because he was still apprehensive. Ever all it was a fun activity. The kids made ornaments, colored and ate yummy foods. We still need to write our letters to Santa before it gets too late! So much to do with too little time (and energy.)

Reality strikes!

OK, today at the commissary a complete stranger, a cute old lady, came up to me and actually asked if I was having twins!!! I must really look huge for someone to be so bold. I am getting a little nervous. I am 32 weeks and just started having braxton hicks. I never really had them with Eli or Tristan so it is wierd for me. Thankfully my parents are flying in tomorrow through the holiday. Chris thinks I should be on bed rest but if I did, reality would set in quickly as to how much I do around the house and with the kids to keep life functioning. I will post a picture of my belly when I can get someone to take a decent photo of me.