One Last Round of Golf

Last night we went to Adventure Landing with some couples from our class at church. It was a fun outing, despite being very hot for a pregnant girl! Here's the group shot:

I discovered the usefulness of having a large belly when there are no stands to use for recording scores.

I was also fortunate enough to have personal caddies for the evening. Mark & Hattie were sweet enough to pick up my ball for me after each hole. I didn't have to bend down a single time! This is my kind of golf!
Our first game, we split up guys & girls. Jonathan, J & Mark:
Jill, Hattie & me:
Vicki, Cody, RaeAnn & James:Lauren, Hattie & Jenn:
I chose to skip the go carts, but some of the group went to do that. J tried to take pictures, but most of them didn't really turn out. This one is definitely worth posting, though. Jacob with his driving face ready:I'm sure it will be a while before these two people play mini golf again!

I'm Unemployed!

As of yesterday, I am officially unemployed. Hopefully, these babies won't decide to arrive before their scheduled delivery date, & I'll have four weeks to rest & get ready for them. A couple of weeks ago, my great co-workers gave me a surprise baby shower. It was lots of fun, & they gave me the twins' exersaucer & diaper champ, along with a big box of diapers. The gifts were wonderful, but I will admit that my favorite part was probably the cake. What do you expect from a pregnant lady? Stein's bakery makes the best cakes, & Sheryl got a strawberry one with cream cheese icing - one of my favorites!
Me & Sheryl - I'm going to miss seeing her every day!
Yesterday, they sent me off in style with a cookie cake. Yum!
Clair, Sheryl & Eli took me to lunch at Luna de Noche. Thanks guys!
I am really looking forward to staying home to raise our children, but I am also very thankful for the great job I've had for the last four years. I started working there part time while I finished my degree & then switched to full time after graduating. Not really knowing where to start looking for a job after moving to a new city, I posted a resume online. Less than a week later, I got a call & went to interview for this position. It has been a great place to work & was truly a blessing to Justin & I for this opportunity to come along. Now on to my new career - being a mom!

Growing Babies

We had a sonogram on Thursday, & everything looks great! Dr. Rinehart said these were the best behaved twins he'd had all day because they cooperated enough for him to see what he needed to see, & all their stats were on track. Way to go, Jake & Mallory! Jake was being a little camera shy, so we didn't get any shots of his face. In these pictures, his face is turned down. Jake weighs 4 lb 2 oz & has flip-flopped again so that he's now head down on my left side. From this point on, twins usually gain about 1/4 lb each week, so they should be just under 6 lbs at birth.


Mallory cooperated much more than at our last visit, but it may be hard to really tell from the pictures. I can see what it is, but I know it's always hard for other people to figure out. These are actually profile shots with her face up toward the top of the picture. One of Jake's limbs was right in her face, so that blurs it a bit. Mallory weighs 4 lb 1 oz & must have done some major maneuvering to get from her last position to her current one. She is also head down but is a little higher than Jake & is on my right side. Needless to say, I get lots of kicks in my ribs with both of them being in that position.

Here are their little heads together. The sonographer said they were turned in facing each other - how sweet!
We now have less than 5 weeks to go & feel so blessed to have made it this far. Dr. Thurston actually described me as "the perfect woman" when I saw him because everything they keep track of with me is just as it should be right now. I told him I would take that compliment. We now see Dr. Rinehart every week, so we only have to wait until Friday for our next sonogram. Yesterday, we took a Preparing for Multiples class at the hospital that was very informative & fun. You always expect classes like that to be boring, even if they are helpful, but it wasn't, so that was nice. Have a great week everyone!

New Belly Pics

Just a quick belly update! I've had a request for the most recent pictures, so here they are. 30 weeks:

And 31 weeks:
We have appointments with both docs tomorrow, so I'll have pictures of Jake & Mallory soon!

The Handyman Returns

My husband is so sweet! He has apparently enjoyed all of his home projects lately, so he came up with this one on his own. We had extra wainscoting left over from the nursery project, so he decided to paint it red to match our dining room & a wall in our breakfast area & then glued it up as a backsplash under my kitchen cabinets. It really adds a lot to the room! Here is the kitchen before:

And here's the handyman, hard at work. He's gotten really good at cutting these boards perfectly after working with them in the nursery. Mark, thanks for sharing your tricks!
Power tools: a legitimate way for grown men to get to play with toys.
Because red is so hard to get right, he had to put on 6 coats of base, primer & paint. Yikes!

Notice here our very fancy weights to hold the board to the wall while the glue dried: paper reams.

Here's the finished product. Pretty cool, huh? Thanks J!