Explosion

Ok, so maybe not an explosion, but that is how Mark described it. My garbage disposal got clogged up on Sunday night--never pretty. Mark knew he was going to have to clean out the pipe to get it working again. We had done it once before and found a paper towel in there. Unfortunately, Mark had to do some unexpected church stuff that night and the disposal (nor the kitchen) got cleaned. Monday night we put the kids to bed and Mark headed to the kitchen with bucket in hand. He put the bucket under the sink where he was loosening the pipe, but that side just wouldn't cooperate with him. So he moved to the other side to loosen it and before I knew it, (I was in the living room), Mark was yelling--no profanities for a miracle! :) The pipe did drain, but not into the bucket. It sprayed day-old roast beef all over Mark. And underneath the sink. And the floor. And the cupboard doors. Well, needless to say, he wasn't very happy about being covered with something that smelled exactly like vomit. I thought he was joking but as soon as I walked into the kitchen, I had to turn right back around. It was awful and was making me queasy! So Mark dutifully finished cleaning out the drain and found the cause of all his woes: the peel of an onion. It was completely blocking the pipe. Guess we learned our lesson on that one! It took him another 30 minutes to clean up the mess the roast beef had made all over the kitchen. I found it rather humorous, which infuriated Mark all the more. But how can you not laugh?

Eating words

I have to admit that I am eating my words today. I hate when I have to do that! But it was definitely worth it today. Let's backtrack to Sunday when I was talking to another pregnant woman in our ward. We go to the same clinic, but see defferent Doctors. I was complaining to her about the ultrasound lady I was going to have to see today. They have 2 over there and one is completely awesome and always in a good mood. The other is grumpy and wants to get you in and out as quickly as humanly possible and she is very impatient when you ask her questions. Last time I went in she rudely asked me "why are you here?" Um, for an ultrasound maybe? My Dr. likes me to have one everytime I go in. Anyway, back to Sunday. I proceeded to complain about having to see her today and how much I was dreading it. I didn't want to have to deal with her bad mood. So I was pretty skeptical about my whole appointment when I got there this morning early, and she was running about 15 minutes late. Never a good start. But she came and got me and apologized for keeping me waiting. As she was doing the ultrasound, she was the nicest person in the world. She chatted with me about the babies, my family, where I was from, where I met my husband, etc. She answered all of my questions for her willingly and even went into depth to explain them. It was wonderful. Then the clencher. I jumped up to get back dressed (she had to check my cervix) and she told me to hop back up on the table when I was done. Then she told me not to tell anyone, especially because she was running late and my Dr was waiting for me, but she wanted to do a 3D ultrasound on the babies. I have never had a 3D one before, so I definitely couldn't argue. Baby A (the girl) was very cooperative, but baby B (the boy), who had been a complete show-off for the earlier ultrasound, turned over and all we could get was the back of his head. Anyway, I was thrilled with the outcome today, and really had a great time. So I must take back the bad things I said about her. But everything was good with the babies. They are 2lbs 15 oz and 3lbs 1oz with the boy being bigger. So that keeps them in line with where they have been with the boy being 2oz bigger everytime. And as an added surprise, baby B is FINALLY head down like his sister. Now we just need to keep them both there.

Baby B profile (boy)

Baby A profile (girl)

Baby A 3d

Ramblings.....

Well it's a good thing that I didn't make "more blogging" a new year's resolution of mine or I would be in serious trouble. See, I did it again and let another whole month slip right by me. There really isn't a whole lot to say about January. We stayed busy as usual with church and school and kids. The babies seem to be doing great and are the average size of a single baby, so that is always good news. Let's just pray it continues on that way. I took the glucose test for gestational diabetes last week, and so far haven't heard anything back. So I am hoping that no news is good news on that end! McKenna and Jacob are both doing great in school as usual. Jacob's Pre-K teacher has been testing him on 1st grade levels, so I am not sure exactly what we're going to do with him next year when he is only in Kindergarten. Dang those smart genes! :) That boy knows WAAAAY too much for his own good. It is science fair time for McKenna, so we all know what that means; science fair time for Mom and Dad. I put Dad in charge of it--he is the science guy. Wish us luck! Kaitlyn and Joseph are, well, Kaitlyn and Joseph. Boy do they keep me on my toes during the day. Joseph decided to jump into the terrible two's early and boy can he be a pill when he wants to be! But they are both so loveable and growing so fast. I must be the worst mother in the world--I took them both to the Stride Rite outlet on Saturday for new shoes and they both measured 2 1/2 sizes bigger than what they were wearing. I can't keep up with the shoe situation around here! Let's get back to summer so I can go back to buying flip-flops!

Now that I am 28 weeks, my doctor doesn't want me to travel more than 2 hours away. I think it might have something to do with the speed at which I deliver babies--just a thought. Anyway, Mark decided to take me on one last little trip a couple of weeks ago. We drove down to Jacksonville and spent the day at the zoo. It was perfect weather, and only started to rain right when we were ready to go so that worked out perfectly. Then for dinner, we ordered Cheesecake Factory and took it to go. It is the closest one to us so we had to take advantage of being down there. Boy was it tasty.

Anyway, I thought I would add a few pictures of the past month. And I don't want to fail to mention my trip to Utah for Dad's 80th birthday. I had such a great time and enjoyed seeing all of my family and so many old friends that I hadn't seen in years. Plus, it was the first time I have ever taken a trip without a child since I have been married. That's almost 9 years people! I missed them tremendously, but didn't miss the work! Thanks Mark for missing some classes to take care of them!