related much?

Do these guys look a like or what?  Carter got his first big boy hair cut last week. He looks so different and grown up. We kept his hair long because of his little curls he had but as he has gotten older the curls have slowly gone away. Which has left his long hair with a - I just got out of bed look - at all times.  Sad but true. 

Therefore we decided it was time to give him a the big boy look. 

happy guy

Balloons are a source of endless entertainment!

2nd time around

So far this pregnancy has been by far a lot easier than my pregnancy was with the twins. Which I am feeling really lucky about because I have had two toddlers to take care of  everyday. My nausea was fairly mild during the beginning and only had a handful of really tough evenings (for me the 'morning sickness' is always at night).   I haven't been the most exciting mom, wife or friend over the past few months though.   We have been hanging at home a lot,  if the weather ever gets decent I think I will have more motivation to venture out with them. But until then it's homeward bound.  I am not really showing yet but have felt the fat feeling a lot earlier than I did with the twins.   Everyone keeps telling me it's because everything is already stretched out. I don't think I am ready to be big & pregnant again. It took me a long time to recover mentally after getting sooooooo huge with the twins...but...ready or not here it comes again :).   On the other hand I know I won't be nearly as huge with just one baby as I was with two.  I have been really into Subway, cottage cheese, anything citrus, cheese and donuts.  With the exception of donuts I haven't really been craving anything to fatty which is good.  I have been pretty exhausted by the end of most days but I got tiered even when I wasn't pregnant. Taking care of 2, two year olds can be exhausting. Thank goodness for kids movies. Carter laid with me last weekend and watched the entire movie, Bolt. I slept off and on while he just laid there all warm and snuggled up. It was heaven.

1st haircut for Chloe

Big girl had her 1st real hair cut. We didn't cut much off but after 2 1/2 years she really needed it.  

She was so excited and sat as still as possible for a 2 year old.

 

Carter was in love with the train table they had at the salon

Surprise!!

Yup it's true, we are having baby number 3! Jerame & I got the surprise of our lives on Valentines day when we found out that I was pregnant.  When I say surprise I mean HUGE.   I guess there was another plan in store for us than we had  because I am part of the 1% that birth control failed for during that particular month. Hard to believe I know....we were in shock for a long time after we found out. But now that the idea has had time to set in and we have had the opportunity to see the  baby at our 12wk ultrasound on Friday we are all officially really excited. The twins will be 3 when the baby is born so that gives me hope that I will be able to handle all 3 of them?   At my ultrasound on Friday I was actually measuring a week farther along than the original due date we were given so right now I  have two due dates,  10/11 & 10/17.  So we know that the baby will be coming sometime in October. The Dr. had a good guess on what the sex is but I think I will wait to share that until the next ultrasound at 20wks when we will know for sure. More to come!

Snow in April

This weather is beginning to get to me. I know we are on the tail end of the gloomy weather in Seattle but we did have a fair amount of snow at our house last night. Seriously? Last I checked, it is April. I can't deal with snow! I am seriously out of options on things to do with them this morning. TV is so tempting but I know they need to get out and do something fun & active. We'll have to see what I come up with in this beautiful 40 something degree heat!   Thankfully we just booked a trip to Hawaii in May and I couldn't be more excited for that. I am nervous about a six hour plane ride with our little ones but I think the agony it may cause will be well worth it once we get there. They are at a much more reasonable age than they were when we did the flight to Mexico (@ 18 months old) so keeping my fingers crossed that it will be a more pleasant experience for everyone.  When Jerame & I went to Kauai for our honeymoon we dreamed about the day we would bring our children there to enjoy the magic of that beautiful place. So excited!
The movement on our house has been slow so far. It will happen it's just a matter of when. Thankfully we don't 'have' to move right now....we just want to soon. 

twins

GMA did a really cool segment the other day on twins. They featured this video and it got me thinking about how special it is to be a twin. C & C do the 'twin talk' thing on an hourly basis and I am convinced that they actually carry on conversations that are exclusive to them only. They will go on for minutes in jibber-jabber and then both all of the sudden burst into laughter at the same time.   One of my very best friends, Jen, recently found out that she is expecting twinnies! I couldn't be more excited for her & her family. Having been through a twins pregnancy before it is so sweet for me to follow along in her experience with her. Twins are a lot but they are also amazing. When the twins were younger people would always ask me,  "I just don't know how you do it" and my thought has always been that, you just do....partly because you have to ....but MOSTLY because you want to!

I know I have said it so many times on this blog but I really feel like twins are such a blessing. There are challenges that go along with having two kids the same age but the cool things about it defiantly out weigh any of those challenges. Carter & Chloe have a bond like no other.  I am excited to see how their relationship changes and evolves over the years of their childhood.