Update

As my due date rapidly approaches, I can't help but be more and more intrigued by what these girls are going to look like. Will they look alike? Completely different? Like Kyle? Like me? Neither of us? I am DYING to know! It's hard to believe they won't be adorable by looking at the above pics. And can I just say how fashion forward my mom was by putting me in leg warmers? Let's just hope they get their hair gene from my side seeing as how Kyle was bald until he was 4. But he sure was a wittle cutie pie.

Many of you continue to ask how I'm feeling/how things are going with the pregnancy, so I thought I'd give a quick update. I am 29 weeks, and starting to feel very much pregnant with twins. I really have been pretty active throughout the day, walking several miles most days, running errands, etc. The heat of summer has worn me out somedays, forcing me to sit in the air conditioning towards the end of the day. However, this past week (mostly when I would go walking) I started to notice more contractions (not the painful kind-the stomach-tightening type) which is very normal for this stage of my pregnancy. I brought this up to my doctor the other day, and he suggested that I cut back the walking a bit since I don't need to be doing anything to risk going into pre-term labor. I also start going to see him every 2 weeks for the next 4 weeks, and then it will jump up to every week. Yikes! These girls continue to get more and more active every day. It seems like I feel them constantly kicking and moving around, which is by far the best part of being pregnant. The stretch marks have made their way onto the bottom of the belly, and I'm sure will only multiply from here on out. :) Sleeping becomes more and more difficult, and I'm pretty lucky to get 4-5 hours in a row, which isn't a huge deal since I have all day to nap whenever I want. I suppose this is another way God prepares us for the soon-to-be crazy sleeping schedule.
We are rapidly accumulating everything we will need for the girls-especially clothes! Sometimes I think I will just want to play dress-up with them all day to ensure they get to wear all of them.

I still cannot fathom what it will be like looking into their faces, and feeling the love and responsibility of caring for 2 little baby girls. I'm thrilled and petrified beyond belief.

Kyle and I continue to be so thankful for all of your prayers as we finish the last leg of this pregnancy and beyond. We know so many of you are equally as excited to meet them. :)

Good Advice

I follow this amazing, famous blog that I'm sure many of you know about and probably follow, as well. If you don't follow her, you should. Now. Not only does she have the most charming and warm sense of humor, she writes about anything and everything, and also has the most delicious recipes you've ever eaten in her "Tasty Kitchen" section of her blog. Oh, and she lives in Oklahoma! If Kyle and I ever moved back to Taloga (although I don't foresee this ever happening), I would want to be as cool of a country gal as she is.

Anyhow, she has lots of fun posts, but I thought this particular one was delightfully charming and exceptionally true. I vow to try to live by these rules as I blog from this point on. I was initially very skeptical about ever starting a blog in the first place because I truly did not think anything in my life was exciting enough for others to read about. My reasoning in the first place was to "vent" and journal about the journey of infertility. However, 2 months later that whole journey seemingly came to an end! I suppose now it's just a very random collection of cute things I find online, home decor items I desperately want, thoughts about impending motherhood, and any other thing I think someone else would like reading. I'm sure in 2 or so months, anyone who cares to read this blog will be inundated with some pictures of some cute twin girls. Oh wait, who am I kidding? This blog will probably cease to exist upon their arrival.

In addition to these great blog guidelines, I would also add a 12th rule to this list: If the point of any one of your blog posts is to attempt to make others envy your life in any way, no one probably wants to read it (and you know if you do this or not). Please let the blogger writing this post know if any of her posts become too much cheeziness to handle.

Thanks and happy blogging! :)

Full House

I stumbled upon this blog not too long ago when I was googling twin nurseries. This woman is a mother of twin girls AND triplet boys! If I wasn't scared to try for a third initially, I'm now officially petrified. This room she designed for her growing twin girls deserves an Oscar if they gave them out for insane decorating on a budget, thus fully eliminating the "I don't have time" excuse for everyone reading this. She did this whole room for, are you ready? $250! I can only hope to have an equally charming space for Sophie and Campbell someday. Here are a few pics...

Dads of Twins

So my sportscenter-loving husband was talking about this incredible tennis play from the U.S. Open the other day. I decided to youtube it so I could see the "Federer betweeen the legs shot" myself. And, it's pretty incredible. But what really caught my attention is what the sports announcer says right after the play-"I guess when you have twins, you don't worry about that kind of stuff." Say what? So I googled it and, low and behold...

he is a daddy of twin girls. I immediately shared this information with Kyle to reinforce that "cool guys" have daughters...especially twin daughters. Although I'm 99% certain his initial ambivalence about 2 girls has turned into excitement.

Anyways, here's to twins. :)

Fixating...

I don't know if it's pregnancy, not having a job, not having my own house to take care of, or all of the above, but lately I have had this bizarre tendency to obsess over things related to my house. I think I do this because pregnancy makes me slightly neurotic, and also because I feel like my life will be consumed by diapers, bottles, and all things baby in a few months-which will leave me with little to no time/concern for what my house looks like after we move in. And, we won't exactly have money to burn on household decorative items I want. I so desperately wish I was one of those people who is patient enough to decorate their house little by little, but I'm so not one of those people. So, consider this my "cramming session."

My recent obsession of the week has been curtains. I think that curtains really complete any room and add so much warmth. I have a tendency to be really picky when it comes to these while at the same time being somewhat economical. I don't have to tell anyone reading this that curtains add up quick. I know I will end up having some made due to awkwardly sized windows in our house (cha-ching, cha-ching). So my plan is to spread out ordering/making these over the next several months so that they are ready to hang when we move in. Crazy? I know. Here are a few ideas...

Sigh...I'm in love with these curtains for our kitchen. But, as luck would have it, they do not make one wide enough to fit the middle window. I don't know why I keep torturing myself looking at them. Since I'm thinking these will have to be made, hopefully I can find a similar fabric to this.

I really am leaning toward something pretty simple for our living room. I like the above ones (and not only because they are on sale right now at PB) in this color, ivory, or green.

And I just really like this little tie back from Ballard's. Since we are going to do something pretty neutral in the living room, I'm thinking about getting these to spice up whatever curtains we do get.

Kyle is taking the day off tomorrow (yeah!), and we plan on doing some major decision-making as far as house interior goes. So I'm sure I will be making a similar post later on about tile, faucets, carpet, or something equally as exciting.

Pray for me...

Oh, fall....

I might be wishful thinking, but hopefully it will happen soon...I dearly, dearly want fall to be here. Not only will the cooler temps make me giddy with excitement, there are just SO many things to love about the arrival of a new season, especially the upcoming one. And, let's be honest, I'm super psyched to be able to wear clothes that cover more of my body these days. :)

I was going to do a whole post and list about things that excite me about fall (pretty leaves, cardigans, pumpkin scented candles, wishing I could order everything out of the pottery barn catalog...), but then I came across this post from a blog I follow, and she so eloquently and picturesque-ly captured the reasons I'm excited.

Happy almost fall!

Judge away...

Dear pregnancy:

You take away sushi, alcohol, unpasteurized cheeses (Ok, I don't know what these are but don't think I eat them), roller coasters, sleep, advil, my sexy body (Ok, if I had one before, it would be gone), and I'm sure other things I can't think of. If you want to know the truth, some days I want someone to give me a trophy or public recognition for doing good things for my body 24/7. While pregnancy is incredible and a gift, it's also not for the faint at heart. One thing I refuse to give up, that many pregnant women would cast me off into the group of women that abuse prescription drugs and cocaine while pregnant for drinking, is coffee. More specifically, iced coffees from Starbucks. Truth be told, judgers, if you do the research, as long as you do not consume more than 300 mg of caffeine a day (2-3 cups of coffee), it is totally and completely fine (if I remembered how to "cite" a work in a research paper, I would here). But still, I've seen many a noble preggo proudly display her cup of decaf as if to show the world that she refuses to expose her fetus to the evils of caffeine. Perhaps I say all of this to make myself feel better. Perhaps you will now tell your friend about "this girl" you know that drinks (gasp) caffeinated coffee frequently while with child. But while you're doing this, I'll be at Starbucks. And a little more perky, at that.

Cheers. :)