I purchased this coat as a gift for Boston's "Happy Homecoming" and now it finally fits him :) DJ & PJ were kind enough to wait around for us after church so that we could see Boston sporting his coat. You think he looks cute now, you should have seen him heading down the stairs into the T station, with the hood flopping over his head the whole time! What a cutie!
Sunday, October 29, 2006
Pic of the Day
This is our friend, Boston. He has his own blog at http://babyboston.blogspot.com/ 
I purchased this coat as a gift for Boston's "Happy Homecoming" and now it finally fits him :) DJ & PJ were kind enough to wait around for us after church so that we could see Boston sporting his coat. You think he looks cute now, you should have seen him heading down the stairs into the T station, with the hood flopping over his head the whole time! What a cutie!
I purchased this coat as a gift for Boston's "Happy Homecoming" and now it finally fits him :) DJ & PJ were kind enough to wait around for us after church so that we could see Boston sporting his coat. You think he looks cute now, you should have seen him heading down the stairs into the T station, with the hood flopping over his head the whole time! What a cutie!
Baby Shower Recap and Other Fun Stuff
What a blessed woman I am! Such thoughtful friends I have! Our nursery theme is Sesame Street, as you can see the cake and napkins were a perfect fit. One of the things I have really wanted during pregnancy, but can't have, is sushi - so the menu was hand crafted with a no-fish sushi theme. Everything was excellent! Kind of funny - I was visiting with ladies in the entry hall and hadn't even gone in the dining room to see the food yet. And I could smell the spam-musubi! I asked, did you guys make spam musubi? Yup! KM was amazed that I could smell it especially since it had been made the night before. Great job, ladies :) You really know how to make a gal feel special and loved.
Here's our good friend CY playing one of the shower games "Multi-tasking Mommy". She was the champion of the game with a time of 1 min 35 seconds. In this game you had twin babies to care for (one was sleeping at the beginning of the game), talk on the phone (without the aid of a speaker or headset), and fold baby laundry. When all the laundry was folded and socks matched up, you were done. Everyone who played did amazingly well, and the rest of us had a great laugh. It was especially fun to hear them have a pretend conversation on the phone with another one of the ladies in the room, then to have our hostess start making baby crying noises, that the other "twin" had woken up and needed attention too! Great game!!
Here I am with KR, who was the creative genius behind it all, with the help of CM and all the ladies of our community group. Thank you to all of you, but yes KR, you are deserving of a special thanks, especially since you yourself have reason to be tired and low on energy - growing a baby is hard work! I feel especially blessed by all of you, thank you so much.
And, a belly update. This was the same day as the shower - 32 1/2 weeks.
Now, you may be wondering why I'm writing to my blog at 4am. Well I was finally "lucky" enough to catch a real cold. Everything leading up to this was simply congestion and post-nasal drip due to pregnancy. Now I'm convinced I have a "real" cold. My sore throat does not go away, I have a scratchy throat (on the right side especially) that induces coughing fits that make me feel like I'm going to either choke or cough my pharynx right out. Even though the nurse at my OBs office said I could have certain medications, and I went out and bought some, I haven't opened it and I feel uncomfortable taking it because I looked it up and it's a category C drug. I just feel like unless I'm dying that I should just deal with the symptoms instead of putting my babies in any potential danger. It does mean for even more interrupted sleep, however. I'm sitting up now writing this as I am drinking a cup of tea, trying to soothe my throat a bit. And, it's not like I'm not tired either - I could fall asleep right now on this keyboard. But I think my sore throat or coughing would wake me up pretty quickly - so I drink this tea with the hope of at least some relief. Any of you moms (or doctors) out there have advice for me, what is safe to take, what non-drug remedy I could try to make me feel better? I did try gargling with warm salt water last night and that did seem to help for a little while, but it definitely is not a long-term fix.
Okay, now I really am starting to nod off at the keyboard. Time to finish my tea and try for a little more sleep.
Here's our good friend CY playing one of the shower games "Multi-tasking Mommy". She was the champion of the game with a time of 1 min 35 seconds. In this game you had twin babies to care for (one was sleeping at the beginning of the game), talk on the phone (without the aid of a speaker or headset), and fold baby laundry. When all the laundry was folded and socks matched up, you were done. Everyone who played did amazingly well, and the rest of us had a great laugh. It was especially fun to hear them have a pretend conversation on the phone with another one of the ladies in the room, then to have our hostess start making baby crying noises, that the other "twin" had woken up and needed attention too! Great game!!Here I am with KR, who was the creative genius behind it all, with the help of CM and all the ladies of our community group. Thank you to all of you, but yes KR, you are deserving of a special thanks, especially since you yourself have reason to be tired and low on energy - growing a baby is hard work! I feel especially blessed by all of you, thank you so much.
And, a belly update. This was the same day as the shower - 32 1/2 weeks.
Now, you may be wondering why I'm writing to my blog at 4am. Well I was finally "lucky" enough to catch a real cold. Everything leading up to this was simply congestion and post-nasal drip due to pregnancy. Now I'm convinced I have a "real" cold. My sore throat does not go away, I have a scratchy throat (on the right side especially) that induces coughing fits that make me feel like I'm going to either choke or cough my pharynx right out. Even though the nurse at my OBs office said I could have certain medications, and I went out and bought some, I haven't opened it and I feel uncomfortable taking it because I looked it up and it's a category C drug. I just feel like unless I'm dying that I should just deal with the symptoms instead of putting my babies in any potential danger. It does mean for even more interrupted sleep, however. I'm sitting up now writing this as I am drinking a cup of tea, trying to soothe my throat a bit. And, it's not like I'm not tired either - I could fall asleep right now on this keyboard. But I think my sore throat or coughing would wake me up pretty quickly - so I drink this tea with the hope of at least some relief. Any of you moms (or doctors) out there have advice for me, what is safe to take, what non-drug remedy I could try to make me feel better? I did try gargling with warm salt water last night and that did seem to help for a little while, but it definitely is not a long-term fix.
Okay, now I really am starting to nod off at the keyboard. Time to finish my tea and try for a little more sleep.
Friday, October 20, 2006
Thank You (in advance)...
... to all of the wonderful ladies who are planning to attend my baby shower tomorrow. I know we are going to have a wonderful time, and I am so excited to see all of you and celebrate with you. Thank you especially to my best friend KR and also to CM for planning & hosting this event. You really know how to make a lady feel special, and loved. Thank you, my sisters, for this wonderful gift.
Monday, October 16, 2006
One Step Closer
After about 3 hours of construction & frustration, shifting furniture around, and reading assembly instructions, we finished assembling the crib, complete with bedding, crib tent (to keep the cat out), and Sesame Street mobile. I think Tm was about to cry when I wound up the mobile and it started playing "Sunny Days".
Today I'm touring a childcare facility to get on their waiting list (just incase) and Wednesday I have another checkup in the ATU with ultrasound & monitoring to see how the boys are doing. They were really shifting around a lot this weekend, so it will be interesting to see what position they're in now. :)
Today I'm touring a childcare facility to get on their waiting list (just incase) and Wednesday I have another checkup in the ATU with ultrasound & monitoring to see how the boys are doing. They were really shifting around a lot this weekend, so it will be interesting to see what position they're in now. :)
Friday, October 13, 2006
My Greatest Fear
Some would say that this is my greatest (irrational) fear. I'm certainly not one of those people in this case however that is convinced that "it couldn't happen to me." I think about lying to random people who ask about my pregnancy - telling them I am due later than I really am, that I don't know what I'm having, withhold the information that we are having twins, and more regularly carry around my pepper spray (yes I have a license for that).
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2005/10/13/national/main940646.shtml
It was even scarier to me that as I was searching for a news story to post in this blog entry that there was a story dated TODAY that took place in Pittsburgh.
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2005/10/13/national/main940646.shtml
It was even scarier to me that as I was searching for a news story to post in this blog entry that there was a story dated TODAY that took place in Pittsburgh.
Sunday, October 01, 2006
Little Miss Sunshine
Today Tm and I went to see Little Miss Sunshine.
You've got to go see this movie before it's out of theaters. If you happen to miss it in theaters, then put it on your Netflix list right away so you'll get it as soon as it's out on DVD. This was a GREAT MOVIE if you haven't already figured it out from how I'm telling you to go see it right now.
From the official website:
"LITTLE MISS SUNSHINE is an American family road comedy that shatters the mold. Brazenly satirical and yet deeply human, the film introduces audiences to one of the most endearingly fractured families in recent cinema history: the Hoovers, whose trip to a pre-pubescent beauty pageant results not only in comic mayhem but in death, transformation and a moving look at the surprising rewards of being losers in a winning-crazed culture. A runaway hit at the Sundance Film Festival, where it played to standing ovations, the film strikes a nerve with everyone who's ever been awestruck by how their muddled families seem to make it after all.
No one among the Hoovers quite has it together, but it's not for lack of trying. Father Richard (GREG KINNEAR), a hopelessly optimistic motivational speaker, is desperately attempting to sell his 9-step program for success -- without much success. Meanwhile, the Hoovers' "pro-honesty" mother Sheryl (TONI COLLETTE) is constantly harried by her family's eccentric secrets, especially those of her brother (STEVE CARELL), a gay suicidal Proust scholar fresh out of the hospital after being jilted by his gay lover. Then there are the younger Hoovers with their unlikely dreams - the four-eyed, slightly plump, seven year-old would-be beauty queen Olive (ABIGAIL BRESLIN) and Dwayne (PAUL DANO), an anger-fueled, Nietzsche-reading teen who has taken a staunch vow of silence until he gets into the Air Force Academy. Topping off the family is the grandfather (ALAN ARKIN), a foul-mouthed pleasure-seeker recently kicked out of his retirement home for snorting heroin.
They might not be the picture of perfect mental health, but when a fluke gets Olive invited to compete in the fiercely competitive "Little Miss Sunshine" competition in California, the whole Hoover family rallies behind her. They pile into their rusted-out VW bus and head West on a three-day tragicomic journey filled with madcap surprises and leading up to Olive's big debut - which will change the entire misfit family in ways they could never imagine. "
From us:
It was often laugh-out-loud funny (and not just us, the whole theater), clapping, hooting, applaud at the end quality of movie. I would say this is the best movie we've seen in a long time. Go. Now.
You've got to go see this movie before it's out of theaters. If you happen to miss it in theaters, then put it on your Netflix list right away so you'll get it as soon as it's out on DVD. This was a GREAT MOVIE if you haven't already figured it out from how I'm telling you to go see it right now.
From the official website:
"LITTLE MISS SUNSHINE is an American family road comedy that shatters the mold. Brazenly satirical and yet deeply human, the film introduces audiences to one of the most endearingly fractured families in recent cinema history: the Hoovers, whose trip to a pre-pubescent beauty pageant results not only in comic mayhem but in death, transformation and a moving look at the surprising rewards of being losers in a winning-crazed culture. A runaway hit at the Sundance Film Festival, where it played to standing ovations, the film strikes a nerve with everyone who's ever been awestruck by how their muddled families seem to make it after all.
No one among the Hoovers quite has it together, but it's not for lack of trying. Father Richard (GREG KINNEAR), a hopelessly optimistic motivational speaker, is desperately attempting to sell his 9-step program for success -- without much success. Meanwhile, the Hoovers' "pro-honesty" mother Sheryl (TONI COLLETTE) is constantly harried by her family's eccentric secrets, especially those of her brother (STEVE CARELL), a gay suicidal Proust scholar fresh out of the hospital after being jilted by his gay lover. Then there are the younger Hoovers with their unlikely dreams - the four-eyed, slightly plump, seven year-old would-be beauty queen Olive (ABIGAIL BRESLIN) and Dwayne (PAUL DANO), an anger-fueled, Nietzsche-reading teen who has taken a staunch vow of silence until he gets into the Air Force Academy. Topping off the family is the grandfather (ALAN ARKIN), a foul-mouthed pleasure-seeker recently kicked out of his retirement home for snorting heroin.
They might not be the picture of perfect mental health, but when a fluke gets Olive invited to compete in the fiercely competitive "Little Miss Sunshine" competition in California, the whole Hoover family rallies behind her. They pile into their rusted-out VW bus and head West on a three-day tragicomic journey filled with madcap surprises and leading up to Olive's big debut - which will change the entire misfit family in ways they could never imagine. "
From us:
It was often laugh-out-loud funny (and not just us, the whole theater), clapping, hooting, applaud at the end quality of movie. I would say this is the best movie we've seen in a long time. Go. Now.
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