iphone pics

 Here are a few recent iphone pics I emailed to myself tonight just to show you.  I'm not savvy enough to know how to blog them from my phone, but every now and then I get a funny photo with my iphone when I'm not prepared with my camera.  Here are a couple:

Last week, the activity table at our Wednesday morning ECFE class was filled with sunflower seeds - there is a new medium every week.  Here is evidence to prove to you that N wears his hoodie sweatshirt as often as possible!  But the real reason this is funny is because M spent much of his playtime here, "making coffee" like Daddy!  The sunflower seeds look quite like the coffee beans he "helps" Daddy grind in the morning. 

Here's the funny one, above, where he fills the container with seeds, puts his hand over the top (the way Daddy holds the lid down) and makes a "whirrrrrrrrrrr!" sound just like the grinder!  The best part is when he brings me a cup full of beans and says, "here's your coffee!"  I love, love, love it.

 Last night, I made the boys have playtime in the playroom, but instead of running around doing housework (like normal) I stayed put on the futon.  I should - and will - do that more often, because even though I wasn't down on the floor playing with them, they would still come over to me from time to time and bring me a toy.  I suppose it's good practice for them, to be doing independent play while I'm in the room, like I will be this summer, nursing their brother.  M loves his matchbox cars and started driving one all over me, then on my belly, talking to baby brother.  It only lasted a few seconds, but I got a quick shot of him playing cars with baby brother, below.   For being such a serious baby, he's becoming a very sweet and caring little boy.

Above is the photo I took of the boys potty training today.  I thought it was adorable because I knew that one of them was working on a number two (sniff, sniff) and when I told them it was potty time, they both grabbed a book and ran to the bathroom.  They sat like this, waiting, for so long that I finally snapped a pic because it was so cute!  They are finally finally getting it!  This session lasted just about 10 minutes and resulted in two pee pee hits, so it was still successful.  When the time for the poo to come came, it happened fast!  M is making great strides and generally keeping clean and dry all day.  N is keeping dry all day when he's feeling well and trying really really hard to get that poo in the potty, which is also progress, since he wasn't really trying a week ago.

By the way, his fever has been gone since late afternoon yesterday.  I don't know what it was, but I suspect a mild ear infection was the culprit.  I'll never really know.

It's Friday night again - have a great weekend!

Belly Pics 28 weeks

Wow, the pregnancy is going by fast!  At my appointment last week, I was reminded to come in in two weeks - eek!  That means I'm getting toward the end of this!  Also, I passed my 1 hour gestational diabetes test  - barely, one more point and I'd have failed, but passing, even with a D-, is passing.  I'll take it.

Baby Nameless Boy Three is doing well, I'm measuring on track, his heartbeat sounds good, my blood pressure is good, and he's moving like crazy.  My status on Facebook last night was about how he's a kickboxer!  He must have worn himself out kicking me from the inside out, because he's been slightly subdued since late last night.  He's still moving, just a little less, making me a little more comfortable.  Or less uncomfortable, which sounds more accurate.

Last Saturday, my wonderful mother in law watched the boys so we could have an early Valentine's Day Date.  Since I was dressed and make-upped, we took a Week 28 picture.  Also, so this kid knows I really do care, despite NOT taking bi-weekly belly pics like I did with the twins!

28 Weeks with Baby Boy Three

28 Weeks with M and N

Hm, I swear I was bigger back then (never mind I never lost all my twin baby weight).  I surely FEEL smaller this time around! Or maybe just less pregnant.

Anyhow, that's the update!  To be truthful, we are narrowing the name selection down to just a few, so he'll have a name, even if we have to write down our list and pull one out of a hat! 

Also, I need to make a correction to today's previous ipad post: I graduated MAGNA cum laude, not summa cum laude.  Thanks for keeping me humble, Hubs.

Bonus Pic: here's N choosing his very first Poopy Prize Jar Prize: it was a dum-dum.  He wised up the next time and pulled out a ring pop (yuck).

ALWAYS with the hood.  He's wearing it again today!

Sushi and Rodin: Typical Thursday

We're very high class here, making sushi rolls and enlightening our children with French artists.

Special thanks to Daddy's iphone and Google Images for today's pictures.  Have a great weekend, everyone!

Christmas Photos

I know you've all been dying to see our families' Christmas photos from my amazing Nikon, and I finally got around to uploading it this afternoon.  I've been busting my tail all week unpacking 7 pieces of luggage, washing countless loads of laundry, organizing a multitude of toys, grocery shopping and of course, trying to feed my family.  There are times the blog has to take a backseat, I know you understand.  Without further ado, in no particular order, here are a few of the 250+ pics:

Uncle A teaches the boys to play "Don't Break the Ice"

N eating a piece of candy, I'm sure, from the look on M's face!

M cuddling with Papa Santa

As close as N would get!

Fun snuggles with Mommy

S teaches the boys how to use a remote control car

Aunt M was very excited about the New Year's lobsters!

N thought they were cool

M was terrified!!

Group shot of our New Year's "feast!"  Look at the boys' smiles!

N is a pretty pretty princess

We tried forever to get a cute family shot in front of the tree, and this is as good as it gets.

Yeah, a harmonica and a recorder.  I'm totally getting paid back for buying my nephew a marshmallow shooter.

I'm going to make you crazy with this, mom!

N and M helping cousin E open some adult's gift!

M was thrilled with these "Cars" cars!

Another shot of the boys opening someone else's gift - grandma's TV.

They spent a lot of time driving their new cars together.

3rd Annual Fall Family Photo Shoot

How many college educated adults does it take to shoot a family photo?  Answer: more than three!  We took the fellas to nearby Nerstrand Big Woods State Park because Daddy had the day off, we had our amateur photographer auntie, and it was a beautiful sunny 75 degree stunner today.  Could it get any better?  You decide.  

I ain't lookin at that camera, Dad.  This is just the beginning.

Man down!

Overexposed underbelly shot

I hate family photos, Daddy!  Don't make me take another one!

Cutie little N is happy to play Boy Scouts, as long as we're not trying to photograph him

All I need is a flint to make a spark...

What a lovely family...meltdown

Huh?  Camera?  Whassat?

Two mountain goats make a crazy mommy

One, two, three...RUN!

So organic.

There's one born every minute

I crossed a 6 month old item off of my to-do list today: upload and order photos.  I've been procrastinating for 6 months on this!  And Shutterfly knows it.

So they sent me a coupon code.  And heaven knows I love a good coupon!  For 50 free prints!  Maybe they "knew" I was a mom and would fall for the tag line, "You can never have enough pictures of your kids," maybe they "knew" I hadn't placed an order or updated my Shutterfly site in 6 months, or maybe everyone got the code...or maybe they knew my computer would cooperate today (it's been known not to).  It was the straw that broke this camel's back - because it expires today. 

Instead of tackling the long, long to-do list I actually DID write for myself to accomplish this week, I spent the last hour clicking, sorting, and uploading pictures of the boys from....oh, about Halloween to yesterday.  While I feel a tiny bit guilty for spending most of naptime messing around on the computer instead of getting actual "work" done, I do feel a sense of accomplishment for finally doing something I've been procrastinating on for so long!

Here's the link to our updated Shutterfly site, if you're interested...it's A LOT of pics, so be forewarned. 

http://auldstwins.shutterfly.com/

Now,  back to the laundry list of....laundry.

Pictures for Daddy

Here are a few snapshots for Daddy, who's working in Atlanta this week.  What we've been up to:

Wearing Dada's hats

Eating ants on a log, hold the ants and log, please

Sharing a chair and a snack

Posing with our twin friends

All done!

My handsome hubs also sent a dozen roses, and my best boys sent me a half dozen Sherri's Berries!  Thank you, loves!  It turned out to be a nice Valentine's Day!

Gettin' silly with our best buds!

And thank you, too, for the leads on a possible renter for our place and two possible places for us!  In the event none of these work out, keep them coming!  And for the pants tip - now, to actually get to Kohl's....that is the question!  I'll keep you posted!

bcfotos shoot

My twin mom friend of bcfotos (you can see more of her work on "bcfotos" Facebook page) shot our family pictures last Friday.  I cannot BELIEVE how incredible they turned out!  And I've only seen these 5 "sneak peek" photos! 

We shot these at Ritter Farm Park.  It's a HUGE park used mainly, we think, for horseback riding, hiking, and archery.  The landscape there is phenomenal!  We have very little foliage in our neighborhood, so it was the first time the boys played in the leaves - they loved it, especially N!  M, who can be quite serious when it comes to photos, was in a fantastic mood and hammed it up with his brother.  And if you look close, you can see N has a HUGE rip-curl on top of his head!

I'm so excited to see the rest - my photographer is such a tease! By the way, her identical twin girls were born just 24 hours after my fellas!  They were the girls we met at the zoo recently girl friends blog post.