Weekend Fun!

Last weekend we had a short but fun visit from our dear friend Staci and her daughter Katrina. After making our way through all of the awesome baby goodies they brought us, we started our time together by taking them out for lunch at Who Song and Larry's to celebrate Staci's birthday. Lunch was great, complete with some singing for the birthday girl!


After lunch we went to OMSI since Katrina is a big fan of science museums! She was so excited to see it all, and even swam with dolpins in the virtual ride machine. After spending a few hours exploring everything OMSI has to offer, we headed outside along the waterfront to watch the boats and get some fresh air.

The next morning Skip had to head off to work, so it was just us girls for a few hours. After Katrina's bath (at which time she wanted to play Hide-and-Seek, which we managed to do thanks to the shower curtain and liner) her and I played with Play-Doh. With a little bit of help from Aunt Sarah, Katrina made this masterpiece:



The visit was way too short, but it was so nice to see Staci and Katrina at least once before the babies are born! Hopefully they'll get back down in a few months to meet our little ones :)

Pass the oxygen please!

It has happened, I have run out of room for these babies to grow "up" and they must now do the rest of their growing "out". I can feel my baby girl's bum every time I lean forward, pushing against my lungs. It'll be slip-on shoes from here on out, although it's been over a month since I've worn shoes that required tying! I have an appointment with my doctor tomorrow and will get my belly measured, so we'll see how much I've grown in the last two weeks. I was measuring 35 weeks at 27 1/2 weeks, so we'll see where I'm at now at 29 1/2 weeks!!

On a good note, the babies have been quite active the past few days. Last night when I was laying in bed with my belly sticking up towards the ceiling they were both moving like crazy, and Skip saw my belly moving for the first time. I think it was little weird for him to think that it was our babies making my stomach move, but it was neat for him to see something so cool!

Big, Bigger....

As my second trimester comes to a close, there is ample evidence that these babies are growing well! At my appointment last Thursday, each baby was weighing in at just over 2 1/2 pounds. They both measured right at 27 weeks and 4 days, which is exactly where I was at that day, so they are each still growing as if they're the only baby in there! Oh, and I also found out that I'M measuring at 35 weeks, so I grew a whopping 3 weeks' worth in the two weeks between appointments. I'm now starting to get a little scared at what my "biggest" is going to be, but I will take it in order to have two healthy babies.

So here's my "bigger" belly at 27 weeks, 1 day:

Extra Room, Check!

With the babies coming in just a few short months, I gave Skip a project to work on during his vacation in July! With some help from our dear neighbor Monte, my dad and Skip's dad, our 10' x 12' shed is up and already getting filled up with our junk. It still needs paint, which should hopefully end up being a weekend project. Now we can clean out the nursery and start setting it up for our little ones!