Work Well Under Pressure

Now that we are inching up to week 36 we've gone into crunch mode! And boy what a busy, productive week we've had!

I've been doing my best to de-clutter - there really are only 2 areas that constantly need to be cleared up, the kitchen table and the counter. Those are just the 2 places everything gets dumped and left, it's a problem I have that I need to work on.

Dave put up crown molding in the babies room:

Look at those corners!!

And built the closet organizer:

He also got the car seat bases installed into the minivan.

We got in our maternity photos with Heather Liberman:

We molded my stomach with a kit my friend Cary gave me:




And I got in some craft projects...

I made myself a nursing cover up. I just couldn't resist this fabric when I saw it!


And I really wanted to crochet some baby hats but decided to try my hand at these instead. Who knows maybe they could be my first Etsy listings!



Or maybe we'll have a little girl and I can use these for our newborn photos!

I think they are catching on

A lot of people have asked me if the dogs have been acting any differently and just recently I think it's safe to say they may be figuring out something is up! At least they'll have each other to lean on when the craziness starts.

January 2009 (Roxy 4 years old, Oliver 6 months old)


January 2011 (Roxy 6 years old, Oliver 2.5 years old)

Looking Ahead to 2011

I kinda fell off the blogging bandwagon in 2010 because once I found out I was pregnant it became very personal to me and finding out I was carrying twins made it a bit more nerve wracking so we didn't share our news until much later than usual with even our closest family and friends. So I was very hesitant putting it out there for anyone in the cyber-world to find out about! And considering we found out the beginning of June that was half of 2010! It's crazy to believe I spent half of 2010 pregnant!!

I can't even begin to imagine what this next year is going to be like. Between learning to take care of a baby times 2, caring for our marriage, making sure our furbabies continue to get their own love and attention, and doing the parent/work juggling act all on sleep deprivation is going to be interesting. And these are just the things that NEED to be taken care of never mind the things I'd like to do! I can't even remember the last time I made any goals for the New Year but this next year is going to be such a wild ride I know there are things I need to keep on top of to help us get though it as smoothly as possible. And besides just trying to keep my head above water there actually are some things I'd like to accomplish, if for nothing else my own sanity!

1.) COMMUNICATION; my worse trait and the one thing I have the hardest time working on (thanks, Dad)!

2.) Arriving on time or at least not any later than I normally did before we had 2 kids to pack up and get out the door with me.

3.) Keeping out the clutter; magazines, junk mail, negative energies, extra STUFF... we are going to have more than enough kids crap around now cluttering up our humble home.

4.) Getting back to my pre-pregnancy body and out of these banded pants ASAP.

5.) RUNNING - my long lost friend that I've missed dearly. And hopefully even getting a half marathon or 2 in this year and a couple 5K's with the double jogger.

6.) Taking our dogs for walks again and to even one-up that, going for walks with the double stroller and both dogs!

7.) Continuing my sewing.

8.) Getting a table at a craft fair with my sister and maybe even finally getting some stuff put up on my Etsy site.

9.) Staying on top of all the pictures I'll be taking this year and actually getting them into photo books, which is probably going to be the hardest of all for me considering I'm still working on getting our wedding/honeymoon album together!

10.) Posting a blog every other week or mini blogs more often. I'm sure this will be the first thing to get pushed off due to time constraints but with my super duper new speedy laptop Dave spoiled me with for Christmas I don't have any excuses.

11.) Spending quality time with Dave as well as my girlfriends.

12.) Continuing to work on Oliver's agility skills/classes.

This list may be a bit long for our first year with twins so we'll see how it goes...

Growing and Growing and Growing....

13wk., 24wk., 32wk., and just in case the covered belly doesn't scare you enough I thought I'd throw in one 32wk. bare belly!

Despite all the worry the Dr.'s instilled in me at week 25, when my cervix started shrinking, here I am at week 33 still lounging on the couch but the babies are still safe and sound inside and I'm in the comfort of my own home. And to say the dogs are loving having me here would be an understatement (although they seem to sleep more than me!) I haven't had any hospital scares (knock on wood; I'm not in the clear for a couple more weeks) and we were able to celebrate Christmas and the New Year with our families.

Some pictures from our last "quiet Christmas" as Dave called it:

I may have been really uncomfortable Christmas Eve and Christmas Day but I was a trooper!


As anxious as ever to get their stockings!

They go through Nylabones so quickly I found these Wolf size bones (which are pretty much the same size of Oliver's front leg) and they just love them!



Jen and Joe finished fixing up and moved into their new house just in time to have us over for a nice Christmas brunch.

And while we were spoiled as usual for Christmas and got many great gifts I had to highlight this one from my sister. I've wanted a white greyhound statue since I saw the one Joey got on FRIENDS (actually I would like a replica of that exact one - but surprisingly they don't make any that big!) While I just LOVE it, the dogs aren't really sure about it which is fine with me because my biggest concern was Oliver was going to end up breaking it! But I could barely get him to sit next to it to take a quick picture and Roxy wouldn't have anything to do with being a part of such a picture!

Keeping my fingers crossed for 3 more "quiet" weeks!
- Nic