Update on mom & Kids

First, my mom did not start radiation the other day. She will start that after the holidays. She gets her mold done next Monday though (I have no idea what that means - perhaps I need to read through my old posts to see if I wrote about it before when she had breast cancer). She did get her shots and the IV though. She did not like the shots and commented that she could see why I hated the shots for IVF (hers were in her butt).

And onto the kids. Lately, Ben & Ella have been saying "Chris! Mas! Lights!" everytime we see some lights on a house. One day Benjamin said he was getting bigger and wouldn't say that anymore, but he does.

I haven't mentioned before but Ben & Ella can both write their names. Ben can write his full name of Benjamin. :-D They also know how to spell stop - and apparently, Nicholas can too as he joined in last night when we were spelling it. Maybe he just knows that P comes after O as we sing the alphabet a lot.

Last night, we went to surprise a friend on his 40th birthday by singing happy birthday to the tune of "we wish you a merry christmas" - my kids were quite cranky when it was time to go to bed and were screaming at the top of their lungs. I attempted many different songs, but the one that calmed them down was this happy birthday song. :-D Just one time through and they were calm and on their way to sleeping. :-D

Nicholas was picking something up the other day and said it was heavy. We asked him if he was strong and he said "I strong!". It was rather cute. He continues to tell us these things. He also is saying 'mon' for "c'mon".

Ella these days wants to dress like me. If I am wearing tennis shoes, she wants to wear tennis shoes. If I am wearing black shoes, she wants to wear black shoes. This is a problem since her black shoes no longer fit her. During the week, she doesn't see me so this usually isn't a problem, but on the weekend, it can be. At night, if I am wearing a long sleeve shirt, she wants to as well. It is quite sweet and I should enjoy it while it lasts (thought at times, it can be frustrating - like with the black shoes).

In other news, why do they make one season of a show only 6 episodes long. Seriously! I want more Walking Dead episodes and I have to wait until freaking October! Oh well, at least in June or July - next summer - we'll have more True Blood. What to watch until then? Since my DVR is 90% full, I'm sure I will have no lack of things to watch and perhaps I should watch The Blind Side that I have borrowed from the library 3 times now.

I recently started going to a chiropractor. I've had two adjustments now and it has felt good. I think soon I should go for a massage too...

That's all for now.

A Variety of Topics

The massage yesterday was good though I’m not sure if I’m a big fan of the prego-pillow that was used. It was certainly nice to lay on my tummy, but toward the end there, the need to go to the bathroom was so strong that it made things a bit uncomfortable but I didn’t want her to stop the massage. Getting up from the pillow wasn’t exactly easy either. I think if I go a next time, I will ask to be massaged while lying on my side.

Tonight is the 2nd night of the 3 week-long series on keeping comfy during pregnancy. This week, the PT is talking about the pelvic area. Next week’s class will be better as we will actually do exercises.

A week from last night, my husband will take his last final this quarter and officially be on his spring break – I am so very much looking forward to that. Last night, he came home early and it was nice to have him there. We went to bed at the same time last night, which during the week that never happens. Our baby boy was moving around a lot last night and my husband got to feel him move. There really is nothing like that feeling – I was actually giddy feeling those movements. Our baby girl moved a little bit, but nearly as much as her brother. I love these babies so much – I can’t wait to see them again on the ultrasound.

My husband and I have been thinking of names lately and I think we might have our names, but we also want to have back-up names, so to speak, in case we see our babies and we think the other names fit them better. We probably won’t share the names until they are born as we want to keep something that only Jon and I know (though a couple people do know what their middle names will be).

Just a little while ago, I was looking for blogs of parents of twins so I can get an insight as to how their lives have been. I found quite a few listed on this site. While looking at some of the blogs listed, it made me start to think about a conversation I had with a friend a while back on whether I would change my blog name to something else once the babies come (if I even have time to blog). I feel like I should start a new blog (while continuing to link to this one) with a new title to something more centered on the babies than my struggles with infertility. Have others thought about this once their babies come?

Massage & Babies

Tonight…I have a massage. I am very much looking forward to this massage. I hope I like the person I’ve selected. It’s good timing too as last night, just as I got through thinking I hadn’t had a Charlie horse in a while, I get a Charlie horse in my right leg. OMG did that hurt – I screamed out in pain that Sophie perked up her ears and looked at me in confusion while Oliver came over to me to check me out. I was really wishing Jon was home and a few minutes later, he walks in the door – I quickly got him to start rubbing my leg as I felt I couldn’t move.

Before that, I was lazily lying on the couch watching TV and felt something good. I was feeling both babies move around. What an awesome feeling. I tend to feel them a lot more when I’m lying down, so I wish I could leave work, go home and lay down.

For lunch today, I walked over to a craft store to find a scrapbook as I want to put together sometime documenting this pregnancy. I cannot find a scrapbook I like anywhere, and I really need to find one soon or it just won’t get done! Anyone know of good places or websites that sell nice scrapbooks?

I got an invitation to a baby shower in the mail yesterday and it is the cutest invitation I’ve seen in a long time. It’s got this safari theme to it (as the baby room has a safari theme) and shaped like a big postcard. I’m looking forward to this baby shower, as I’ll get to meet a support group friend’s baby that she adopted a month ago. He’s such a cutie!

Well, I can’t think of anything else to write about.

Today's ramblings

Yesterday, I got a bunch of boy clothes from vanpool girl – mostly 1
year and under clothes, but some even bigger than that. There was a
lot and I haven't gone through it all, but what I did see was in very
good shape and didn't seem all that worn. I need to go through all the
clothes we've received and separate them into sizes so I know exactly
what we have and what we still need.

I made an appointment with a massage therapist who works out of her
home which is just on the other side of the freeway from me. The
appointment isn't until next Tuesday, unfortunately, and because this
was the best time available to both of us, I have to reschedule a
dinner I was going to have with a law school friend that night.

Tomorrow night, I'm going to a pregnancy exercise class – it is on
Wednesday nights for 3 weeks. I'm interested to see what exactly they
have us do. I guess tomorrow's class is all about "babying" your back - which is rather good timing. Tomorrow, I'm also going to have lunch with one of my
bosses and her friend that has boy/girl toddler twins. It will be good
to hear about her experience with taking care of twins. Then on
Thursday night, the last multiples class at UW. This one is on newborn
care of multiples.

Well, that's all for today.