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26 Weeks, Tactfulness, and Other Updates

On Wednesday of this week, I was officially 26 weeks pregnant with our twins! I still feel comfortably far away from D-day (delivery day, that is) and although my doctor recommended that I pre-register at the hospital at 24 weeks, I'm putting that off. I just don't really want to think about the hospital yet! No offense to any people in the medical profession, but I hate it. I guess I'm glad it's there to serve it's purpose, of course, but I do not want to be the one in need. Alas, Jackie has said no to homebirth. The guy won't even cut the umbilical cord at the hospital so I don't think he could handle me popping out a couple of babies on the couch or something, ha ha. So, the #1 question from people who don't know me is, "Wow, so, you're about ready to pop, huh?" The greeter at Walmart, the manager at Popeyes, etc. Seriously, when the manager at Popeyes asked me that a couple of days ago and I explained things to her, I thought her eye

24 Weeks

Today the twins are 24 weeks old! They are probably around 11 inches long and, according to the ultrasound I had yesterday, weigh approximately 1 pound, 7 ounces each. It is a GREAT thing that they each weigh the same. This is a good indication that they are sharing nicely in utero! Thank God for two placentas. (Add that to things you never thought you'd hear someone say.) So here's this week's belly shot: Yesterday when the doctor came in to perform the ultrasound he said, "You got twins in there?! It doesn't look like it." I resisted the urge to tell him that I loved him and simply said, "Everyone else in the world begs to differ with you." Yes, I've gotten lots of comments lately about the size of my stomach. I guess it's kind of nice, actually, it starts a lot of conversations with strangers! I can't wait to see how it looks in a couple of months although I do wonder what in the world I'm going to wear. There's a brand

Gender Reveal

On Thursday we had our "big" ultrasound. I was so hopeful to be able to find out the babies' genders. At both my 14 and 18 week doctor's appointment, my doctor performed ultrasounds and each time the baby on the right was turned in such a way that you couldn't tell. At 18 weeks we were 99% sure that Baby A (who is on the left) was a girl so I was eager to find out her twin's gender so we could tell everyone! At this ultrasound, both the babies were laying across my stomach. Twin A was on her tummy nearer to the top. The ultrasound technician confirmed that she was indeed a she! Twin B was more to the bottom and facing up so it looked like they were talking to each other. Thankfully she was compliant and we could tell quite easily that she was a she, too! She already behaves very different from her sister, however. While Twin A was calmly rubbing her hands over her head, Twin B was turning backflips it seemed. The ultrasound technician kept having to chase

NOBTS Holiday Market

I have signed up to participate in the 2012 Holiday Market at NOBTS and am so excited! Today I did a practice run setting things up since I have a *few* things and wanted to make sure they'd fit nicely on the table there. Want a sneak peak of what I will be selling tomorrow night? 5 different types of items on that table were made from things you probably would have thrown away! I wanted to do this craft show because it's (hopefully) our last year here and this event has always been fun to attend. I also LOVE crafting! Oh and because I love a good bargain, I priced everything as low as possible, starting at just a quarter! In fact, there are 12 different types of items $5 or under. So, please stop by the HSC tomorrow night at 6 p.m., eat some Chick-fil-a, and visit my table. See you there!

Halloween Crafts

Over Fall Break we took a little hiatus from our usual school work and studied the arts Halloween style. The little kids each had a monster face a day to design. First we did jack-o-lantern mosaics.    Next they painted Frankenstein's monster and used buttons, stickers, and yarn to make him a face.    The boys painted their witches hat and face then glued on eyes, noses, and mouths cut from magazines (also a very fun thing to do on real pumpkins!). Very Picasso, don't you think? For Dracula, they went freestyle and drew on faces with crayons. The little kids worked on learning a poem together. We chose, "Five Little Pumpkins." To help we did a craft to go along with the poem. First we gathered a few acorn and painted them orange. I made a gate out of craft sticks. When the orange paint was dry we drew Jack-O-Lantern faces on the acorns. Then we used our gate and acorns to act out the poem as we said it. Here Jathan is being the wind and the

A Week's Worth of Pinterest Meals!

I bounce back and forth between being an uber organized meal-planner and a fly-by-the-seat of her pants microwaver. A couple of weeks ago it felt like we'd been in a rut, scrambling to come up with last minute meals so I hit up my Invited to the Party in My Tummy board on Pinterest for inspiration. What followed was  a week of busy chopping and mixing, trying new ingredients, and chowing down! Not all of the recipes were worth the effort and there were a few I will make changes to next time. Here's what I cooked. The Winners In no particular order... Creamy Country Chicken and Vegetables So, this picture looks awful but I forgot to take a pretty picture before we SCARFED it all down. If you need a pretty picture, definitely follow the link to the recipe. I really loved this recipe; it was savory and homey. The recipe called for poultry seasoning or  sage but I chose to add both. I also had some mushrooms that needed using so I threw them in there, too. We ate it w