Organizing!

With the twins coming soon, we had to get some sort of organization done in our tiny house. As you all know Tim is not handy. I am but not with stuff like this. So my dad and brother came over to help us out. It is great to have a family that knows how to use a hammer! So as you can see we look organized now. I don't have before pictures, but trust me we had a mess on our hands! This is our closte in our downstairs bathroom, the only closet we have downstairs. It is behind the door. I had a curtain up and it was just a regular closet to hang jackets, we kept the litter box in there and the vacuum, etc. We ended up getting MIRRORED closet doors and for half the closet they did all shelves. This side is kept closed and my dad put a cat hold in the middle wall so the cats can get to their litterbox and hopefully the messy litter stays in there instead of on the tile!

The top part of the closet.

Okay, now this is where the mess was. To the right is a very nice window seat, that collected CRAP! basically everything that was on these shelves was just piled over there. Now it is a nice NEAT place where Sarah can keep her toys. The TV was in this corner and we just moved it to the center of this wall. It actually makes our living room look bigger. LOVE IT! The bottom shelf will be where I keep diapers and wipes handy for the twins.

week 31 pictures

Here are a few pictures at 31 weeks. I am huge!!

30 Week Update

Well we have made it to the 30's! Everything is looking good. The Dr. will deliver me anywhere between 34 and 37 wks. So only 4-7 more weeks! I am starting to get very excited!

My Aunt Donna and her family were in town this weekend for Bunko. They had a little brunch on Sunday for Tim and I. We received a very nice double stroller from their whole family. So sweet of them! This stroller is so cool! There are so mnay different ways you can have the babies in it. I love options! We also got some cute clothes from Ted and Heather and my parents got us the carseat we wanted. We already had one, so now we are set and can leave the hospital! Tim is going to get the seats installed next week.

Other than that we are doing fine. I am still working but will probably stop working 2 weeks before the babies come. I can't wait! Until next week....

So Proud Preschool is Teaching my Child Something!

So today, Tim called to tell me Sarah had to tell me what she has learned in school. I was a little worried at first becuase you never know what she is going to bring home that she has learned from the other children! So Sarah gets on the phone and recites The Pledge of Allegiance! I could not believe it! I asked her if they say it everyday and she said yes. Whoever is the "Kitty" of the day (she is in the Kitty room) gets to lead the Pledge for the class. So cute! I don't think I knew the Pledge until I was in elementary school! The things kids learn today!

On another note, Sarah came home from school and has told us that she has a boyfriend! Yes a boyfriend! Do you beleive this!!?? His name is Andreas. I asked her why he was her boyfriend and she said because she fell off the slide the other day and he helped her. So cute!! But she is way too young to have a boyfriend!! I think I may have a Diva on my hands!

29 Week Update

Well another week is gone. And I am still pregnant. That is good though. Dr. J, the high risk OB said everything looks the same. Nicholas weighs 3 pounds 7 punces and Vanessa weighs 3 pounds 1 ounce. I was worried about the difference, but the dr. says it is normal. From what I have been reading I will go through a growth spurt the next few weeks. We need them to be at least 5 pounds. My twins buddy, who I met through a support group, is 3 weeks ahead of me, her twin boys are about 4 pounds each. Such a difference a few weeks make. My cervix is shortening which is good and I am not dialated yet. I go back in 2 weeks. I see Dr. G on Monday. I am still working, although it is getting harder everyday. By the afternoons I am so tired. We actually got home early today from the dr. and I was able to take a quick 20 min nap and I don't feel as tired. I may have to do that at work on a break. We do have a small couch in an office.

Sarah is doing well as usual. She has staerted going to school full time and loves it. So does her teacher Ms. Jennifer. When I do go out on maternity leave and I do not need to be on bedrest, we will take her out of school. The expense is something we do not need to spend and I think she will enjoy being home with me and the new babies when they come. She is such a good helper already. She has told us numerous times that she will not change stinky diapers, daddy will do that. I wonder if daddy knows this? Fine by me! Well that is all for now. I will update more next week, maybe with more pictures!

We have the Names Picked Out......

Wouldn't you like to know what they are???? Oh okay, we will tell you. Now, these names are NOT set in stone. So be ware, we may change them.

Baby Girl can now be referred to as Vanessa Elizabeth. Vanessa was a name my mom said she always liked. And when she told me I thought, hhhmm that sounds like a good traditional name, but I wasn't so sure. It definatly has grown on both of us. Elizabeth is Tim's Grandma Betty's real name. And I used it as my confirmation name. I have always loved that name. And it just flows with Vanessa.

Baby Boy can now be called Nicholas Charles. Nicholas was a name we were going to name Sarah if she was a boy. Both of us immediatly loved that name. Charles is Tim's Grandpa Charlie's name. We wanted the babies to have meaningful middle names like Sarah does.

It was definatly very hard to come up with 4 names! Sarah was so easy to name! I would have loved the same first inital but it dodn't turn out that way. Vincent was another one of our choices, but neither one of us really LOVED the name, like we did with Nicholas.

The twins have been referred to as Ike and Tina, thanks to my very creative brother, this whole pregnancy. But since we are not African American we thought those were not the names to stick. You should hear some of the other names that were suggested to us. Out favorites were Princess and King, courtesy of Sarah.

So there you have it: Nicholas and Vanessa.