Happy Halloweenie!!!

this is Lily's current obsession--Alexander... not the best photo of him (he's a very cute little boy)

Time to play catch-up a little bit...Happy Halloween everyone! Lily had a costume parade at school today and she went as a ballerina. She wore her pumpkin costume for trunk-n-treat at her school the other night, and again yesterday at my moms' group party. Ty's class didn't dress up which was just as well because he isn't keen on his lion costume. Lisa and I went to her OB's office today to have a nurse paint our bellies, which was a ton of fun. She's scheduled to deliver next Friday so we wanted to capture our bellies together. Anyway, here's a whole menagerie of photos to catch me up...enjoy!

on the mend...

so, once it was all said and done, the whole fam came down with the stomach flu and we are all now in various stages of recovery. todd was the last one to suffer and thankfully so, since he took care of all of us this week. i had my ob appt today and all was well. i heard the babies' heartbeats and isabella's was about 135 and james' was 145, both perfectly normal. my belly is already measuring 23 weeks, which is about 5-6 weeks ahead of where i am (i'm almost 18 weeks pregnant). i also got a flu shot, which now that i am feeling a bit run-down seems sort of reckless after the week i've had...oh well. we took the kiddos to get pictures taken tonight and they were so cute. lily did such a good job, trying so hard to show her teeth when she smiled (even if her eyes weren't smiling) and ty wanted nothing to do with his halloween costume, but through it all we got some fantastic pix. i will post them later. i'm quite tired so i am going to sign off...

A quick update...

this will be a short post since i am still in the throes of the stomach flu--thanks ty-ty for sharing with mommy! i just pray that no one else gets it! the craft festival went great--i raised enough for atleast a goat or a llama and i think i'm going to go with the goat. i encourage all of you to visit the heifer website and consider donating--this is such a practical way to reach out to those in need www.heifer.org as for my ob appt today, i ended up not getting to see my doc because she got paged to deliver right as i was waiting to see her--but i did get my ultrasound...annnnnd... we have a boy and a girl!!! thankfully everyone was cooperating today! they both looked excellent--everyone has the correct number of hands and feet and the rest of their anatomy looked just as it should. they were wiggling and kicking the whole time! So James and Isabella it is! what an answer to prayer since twin to twin transfusion is no longer a possibility! i just thank GOD for their little bodies and pray they stay healthy! that's all for today--need to lay back down now! cheers...

Time Management...

I firmly believe that when the line turns pink on the pregnancy test, you enter a time warp. Some days fly and others drag, but you are always behind on something (if not almost everything) and you have to learn to be OK with it. Such is my life right now and here it is October 18th and I haven't updated my blog since September...sad...anyway, I am 16 and a half weeks pregnant now and looking the part. I think we have finally settled on names for Peeka and Pooka, so here it goes... our definite boy, Baby B will be named James William. Todd and I both loved James and William pays homage to both of his grandfathers. Baby A, who right now has led us to believe she's a girl, will be named Isabella Spence. Isabella sort of evolved from who knows where and Spence comes from my grandmother's maiden name. Now, if Isabella is-a-boy, uh, well I guess we're back to the drawing board. My next scan is on the 23rd (next Tuesday) and don't you know I am chomping at the bit--I already called to try to make it earlier, but no such luck. In the meantime, I am doing a craft festival this weekend in Jax at Todd's parents' church and I am so excited. I've decided that I am going to buy a cow with my earnings (through Heifer International http://www.heifer.org/) and if I don't make enough for a cow, I will buy a llama or a pig. God has blessed me so richly with my hairbows that I want to give back in a very practical way to someone in need. As for my babes, they are growing like weeds still and keeping us on our toes. Lily is slowing emerging from the terrible twos and is becoming more enjoyable every day. Ty, however, is entering the twos early and giving me daggers at every turn. We went to the Pumpkin Patch today with Nicholas and baby Ryan and had fun. We also recently bought new sofas etc. for our family room, so you'll see a photo of the kids trying them out. Here are some recent photos to try to catch this blog up to speed! Cheers!