Lunchtime

Haven't you heard that it is better to take your time eating, in order to feel full earlier than you normally would, so that you don't overeat? Well referring to this statement it may be hard to understand my choices regarding lunchtime. My kids usually hurry to eat so that they can go play. I try to help encourage them to not hoover the whole meal down as fast as they can, but they are kids and ultimately will do what they choose. Lunch, however, they have come to find out is right before nap time. so they are really good about dragging lunch on for at least an hour. just to not have to go to take a rest any sooner than they have to. Annoying I know. So I have been implementing a timed lunch. After all don't they have timed lunch at school. So I am just preparing them for school right? Who knows. Anyhow, kids are a lot smarter than they want you to think they are.

August

So today I am 27 weeks along, and I feel huge! These twins are moving tons. Hopefully they are just playing and not fighting. For those of you that don't know the twins are identical boys. We have no idea what we are going to name them. We have some good choices to choose from though.
Last week we went to McCall, Idaho for a family reunion and we had so much fun! We stayed in a cabin right on a lake. The kids absolutely loved it! Ryan also got to ride a jet ski for the first time. I think he liked it a little too much, he wants one now.
After the reunion we drove to Oregon to visit Ryan's mom and dad. It was really good to see everyone. We all had fun!
Hopefully in 11 weeks we will see the babies, healthy and strong! The kids are really excited to see the new babies! I am having so much fun being a mom! I can't wait for the next two to come!

Should I be worried?

While I am so excited to have twins, I can't help but think of my fate for the next few years. I mean Tyler just turned 4 two weeks ago, so that would give me 5 kids 4 and under. Hmm, that will be pretty interesting.
For those of you who were wondering, I am due in November. Yea, that is a really long ways away! I already get really huge when I am pregnant, so it will be an even bigger treat to see me pregnant with twins! Ty is really excited and asks me every day if the babies got cut out of my tummy. (I have C-Sections and we tried to explain them to him.) The other two I think are oblivious to anything that doesn't deal directly with them.
At my next check up in a month they should be able to tell whether I am having identical or fraternal twins, so I will keep you posted.

We're Pregnant! (Well, I am at least)

So We are expecting again! We went to our first doctors appointment yesterday, where we saw our ultrasound. We saw one cute little baby, then they moved the ultrasound and saw. . . .TWO babies! Oh my goodness we are having twins! I am so excited and couldn't be more thrilled!

What a Fun Halloween!

Oh my goodness, this Halloween was SO fun! (Hanna kind of looks like she has a humpback, whoops! She is still cute though!) (Don't mind the living room, its pretty messy, shocking I know!) Ry and I were taking the kids trick or treating at the river and were having so much fun. We went with my sister and her cute kids and my parents. My dad went as Donald Duck. Everyone had a blast with candy and face painting, it was great. (I really didn't get any good individual pics of the kids did I. Well I have some good videos, I hope that makes up for it. We couldn't figure out why this Halloween was SO much fun at first, but then it dawned on me, for the last TWO Halloweens we have been at Primary Children's Hospital with Ethan. Yea, the hospital as fun as it may seem to get a big bag of candy that someone donated to the hospital. (Which is amazing by the way that people give so much to those kids! Thank goodness for charity and service! People amaze me with their little kind acts of giving.) Anyhow the real deal is just so much better! We had an elephant, a cow ( Which was kind of sentimental because the nurses made Ethan a little cow costume on his first Halloween), and a lady bug. What a blast we had this year! We carved the pumpkins with the kids names this year just to mix it up a bit.
Yea for no snow this year during Halloween!
I have been working on my mom's quilt for Christmas and I would say that I am almost halfway done. Here is a little sample of one of the squares that I have just recently finished. I have found that I really like to embroider. Hope she loves it!
Hope all of you are doing well!

It Just Matches

I know that it is not Thanksgiving next, but it was the only background that I could find that would match my cute kiddos. Seth bought them these shirts in New York when I went to visit in August. They really like them. Isn't Hanna's cookie monster shirt fitting?
I finally just broke down and bought an elephant costume for Ty. He is really excited and tells everyone he sees that he is going to be an elephant. Ethan is going to be a bumble bee. My mom made the costume for my brother when he was little. It is super cute! Ethan will look extra good in it with his super skinny legs! Hanna is going to be a lady bug I think. The kids will have fun this year, but it will be hard to tell Ethan that he can't have any candy! I think that I am just going to get him a very special toy, or maybe just some coconut treat.
Ethan by the way has gained 1 1/2 lbs. in the past month! I guess the g-tube at night is the way to go for now! He also got his first "little boy accident scar." That may be confusing, but what I mean by that is all of his scars are from the hospital: central lines, surgeries, etc. And about two weeks ago he fell and had to get stitches, though it was sad we were excited that he just gets to be a little boy now!
Hanna does still weigh less than Ethan, surprising I know! I will post pics of Halloween next week. Enjoy the weekend and be safe!

Happy October!

Things are going good so far this month! I accidentally pulled out Ethan's G-Tube this morning. He screamed in pain. I felt like the worst mom in the whole entire world. You know such a good start to the fall. I have a love/hate relationship with G-Tubes. Yes they save lives, but they are such a pain for me and Ethan. I will throw a huge party when they finally take it out!
Other than that things are good. Ethan is gaining weight well. Thankfully Hanna still weighs less than him, not by much though, by only a few ounces. I wish that it could turn into fall without having the cold come along with it! I love the colors of the trees changing, and the whole season, just not the cold!
Tyler has decided that he wants to be an elephant for Halloween. Great! Except that the ones on the internet are not that cute and I don't know how to sew an elephant! Any suggestions?