Kaitlin's signature closed mouth smile!

Needless to say we have had a really busy couple of months. February and March have flown by. There are so many things that have happened I will give you the highlights.

• Julie came to visit the beginning of February. We loved getting to see her and really appreciated her help with the babies. We miss you Julie and Andy.
• We blessed Kaitlin and Samantha and enjoyed having both grandparents and lots of Aunts and Uncles. Benj did a wonderful job and have beautiful blessings and the girls where both very quiet through the whole things.
• Samantha and Kaitlin started to smile and make all sorts of cute noises.
• Samantha is super strong and is usually stiff and likes to stands straight up.
• Kaitlin likes to cuddle and bat away at her toys.
• Kaitlin is getting longer and longer with very expressive big blue eyes. Samantha has the cutest baby rolls all over and will give you the biggest open mouth smile.
• Both girls are sleeping 8 to 9 hours straight and then another couple of hours a night!
• The girls are getting close to 4 months old!
• Jason took a gymnastics class and a music class at the rec. center. He loved ever second of them and now knows how to walk across the balance beam, do tricks on the bars, do somersaults, and has the best dance moves around. He just started a sports adventure class. Every week he learns how to do a different sport. So far he has learned how to play soccer, basketball and t-ball. He loves it!
• Jason is mastering the the sounds of letters and loves to pick apart words and tell you the letters he hears.He also loves to rhyme and to tell us how to drive around town. He has a great sense of direction and can tell you if you need to go straight, left, or right. He is usually right.
• The beginning of March Benj took his big cumulative test for his masters program. He needed to pass this test in order to graduate. After two days of grueling testing he passed with flying colors. He now has a couple more weeks left and he will graduate with his masters! Too bad we do not live closer to Boise State so he could walk! Good job honey!!!
• Benj is also in his last trimester at work and is already looking forward to summer break. He has been teaching an after school web design club for some students and is also working hard at his last class at Boise state where he has to make an educational video game.
• As for me I have been mastering the art of feeding two babies at a time, one nursing and one eating from a bottle, or both nursing or both with a bottle. I am getting really strong arms from carrying two car seats around. I am also getting really good at changing lots and lots of diapers fast. I have learned that if I go out in public I have to cover the girls up with a blanket or else I get stopped every 5 minutes by someone who wants to stare at them and tell me about some distant relative or friend of a friend who has twins too. It is nice to have such admired babies though. I sure love all of my children.
• We got to spend spring break in Washington enjoying family. We loved staying out in the Lloyd's new "cottage" and Jason especially loved seeing all his grandparents. The girls did wonderful on their road trip and slept the whole way there and back. We even got to see my grandparents who came up from Utah to see the babies. It was nice to visit with them and have them meet the girls.
• We also got the spend a week with Bryan, Ily and the cousins the last week of March. It was so fun to see them. We spent Easter with them too and got to dye eggs. Jason sure misses his cousins.
• On top of all of these things we have been doing we bought a house! We officially closed on the house last week, but it has been a busy couple of months making it actually happen. We found an older farm house in Hillsboro. It is a 4 bedroom 2 bathroom home with lots of room for us to spread out. We are so excited for more space and for our own place. We have grand plans of all sorts of fun things we are going to do to it this summer when we have more time. For now we are very busy painting, cleaning, packing, and buying appliances.

When I installed office furniture as a college student I was introduced to the manly world of dewalt drills. Well, we might be getting a house with endless opportunities to fix things so I had to jump at the chance when a good deal came up on a used dewalt 18 volt drill. Projects anyone?

Big brother!
Samantha
Samantha and mommy
Samantha
Kaitlin
Sisters!
Samantha

We had a growth ultrasound today so we found out how big these girls actually are. They are both 6 pounds 7 ounces! They are big for 36 weeks which is even bigger for twins. I hope they come soon!

The car seats are in the van. Our hospital bags are packed. The crib is set up. The dresser is packed with all sorts of cute girly clothes. The house is as organized and as clean as I can get it. I have enough diapers to last us at least a week.... maybe...

I am 35 weeks and a few days and feel like these babies could come any time! 36 weeks is average time for twins to come so I have almost made it to my goal. I now have to see the doctor at least once, sometime 3, times a week. Between stress tests on the babies, ultrasounds, and doctor visits I am a regular there.

The babies for the last month or so have not changed positions. Baby A is breech sitting down low and Baby B is transverse curled up under my ribs so I will most likely have a c-section. My doctor tells me that he will not schedule a c-section until I am 39 week so January 13th will be the day unless I go into labor before that. I really really really hope I go into labor before that :-). I am having a lot of contractions so I hope that means it is sooner than later.

Each baby at this point is getting closer to 6 pounds and are around 18 inches long and are doing great ( I will tell you their exact stats next Wednesday after another growth ultrasound). I have been lucky to not have to go on bed rest. I am measuring far beyond 40 weeks and have been now for about a month and I am just super duper uncomfortable, having a hard time sleeping, and dealing with everything else that comes along with being ginormously pregnant. All in all though things are going really well and we are super excited. It is so weird to think there are really two babies in there, though recently it feels like arms and legs everywhere. I sometimes think they are fighting because both will just start kicking and pushing like crazy. The poor things are probably defending the little room they have left.

Oh and I think we have committed to names though we are not sure who is who yet. Samantha and Kaitlin. Got any ideas for middle names? Picking two first names was hard enough!

Twice the sweet outfits

And cute curly hair

Two precious baby girls

I will be 31 weeks in a couple of days and I think I am starting to get really nervous for these little girls to come. My goal is to make it until 36-37 weeks so the count down has started.

I was talking to Benj yesterday telling him how scared I was and that I am worried I will not be a good mom to 3 children all of the sudden. Jason walked over to me, patted my head, and said “Don’t worry mom, take a deep breath. It will be ok because you’re really nice.”

At least he has faith in me!