34 Weeks!

Twin Stats:
Baby A - Boy: 4 lbs 12 oz
Baby B - Girl: 4 lbs 10 oz
Both are measuring at about 32.5 weeks.
Can you believe it? Almost 10 lbs of babies inside me! No wonder I'm starting to feel way too pregnant!

The most exciting thing today was... They have hair and a TON of it! You could see it sticking up in the ultrasound so clearly. The ultrasound tech said, "Wow, that's a lot of hair! Usually it's only just starting to grow at 34 weeks!". So neat! Especially for baby girls hair bows!!

Today we had our specialIst appt with the perinatalogist. He says I deserve a gold star for taking such good care of my babies! Babies are looking Wonderful and he is super pleased with how close their weights are. All their stats are in perfect range! My sugars are looking super AND even with all my leg swelling my blood pressure is good! Cervix is way short but that's too be expected at this point. He checked my legs real good as my left leg has quite a bit more swelling than my right which can be a sign of a blood clot but he saw nothing that concerned him. He thinks that the babies are causing it and at 34 weeks I'm lucky to just start swelling now! So as of now our due date is still February 17th. But as he says anything can change in 3 weeks especially with twins!

This week I've definitely started to feel VERY pregnant! My stomach is so sore and stretched and there are a ton of new stretch marks around my belly button :(
My left foot has started swelling very severely like balloons up if I don't keep it elevated. When I stand it's like a matter of 15 minutes and it is double the size.
I think I'm having Braxton hicks, not regularly. But boy do they hurt!
This is silly but my stomach is so sore that it hurts to climb into bed at night.

I can't believe that I am now 34 weeks! I am so lucky that I just now have started to experience swelling! I have been so blessed this pregnancy! I also can't believe that the babies could make their entrance into this world from today until February 17th! In as little as 1 day OR at most 3 weeks they will be in my arms! Yikes!

18 Months Old

18 Month Stats:
Weight: 22.1 lbs, between the 5th & 10th%. (but you guzzled 9oz of juice before you were weighed)
Length 31.5 inches, 25th %.

William you are growing up so fast! I can't believe that you are already a year and a half old! You are still mommy's cuddle bug and want me in your line of sight. Your vocabulary is increasing daily and it is so fun to hear what new word you will learn next. You love to clean and are no longer happy to use your own vacuum. You scream at mommy until I give you a turn with my vacuum - it is adorable but boy does it make cleaning take an extra long time! You love to help dust and load the dishwasher and throw things in the garbage! Sometimes you are so helpful with the garbage I think I may need to put it outside on the patio! You still get excited to see Nic and love to play with Justin. You play rough with Justin though and he tends to be the one who you throw toys at and sometimes even bite! Ouch! But he sometimes knocks you down and steals your toys...sigh! And other times you 2 snuggle together while I read you both a book.
William you eat lots of food! Your favorites are fruit - bananas, oranges, apples, can't elope and pears. You love French fries and grill cheese. You still don't like milk. When you try something and you like it you say Mmmm in the cutest little voice. Then you nod your head and smile - I love it!

You know have 7 teeth! You love to play basketball and race trucks with your brother.

This is going to be a big month for you little man! Either this month or on your 19 month b-day you will become a big brother! I hope you adjust well to it and love being a big brother! I worry about being in the hospital away from you! William you are so loved always remember that!

I love you to the moon and back 1 million 5 thousand times! And yes, that is a lot!!!


I Love my Slide!

Stealing daddy's slippers:

I Love Pizza!

Yummm! I had to steal some before mom baked it! Her Mac and Cheese is the best!!!

This is how Nic babysitJs me. He runs me ragged until I fall asleep on the floor!

Justin's tonsils

Justin has been suffering for way too long with strep. He gets sooo sick! 102.9 fever, achy body, falls asleep instantly and severe vomiting. It comes on sooo suddenly. The Pediatrician kept saying 6 times a year for a referral. But my instinct said just bring him to the specialist and I didn't.
Until...
He got strep right at the start of Christmas break. We had enough strep for a referral so off we went to the ENT. And she took one look in his throat and said "Those need to come out!" They are HUGE, they make him have a throaty voice, there are pockets on them harboring dorment strep so that anytime he gets run down or a cold the strep flares up. He is snoring and some nights it is keeping him from REM sleep - which is where your body becomes paralyized as you dream - since he doesn't enter REM he acts out his dreams in his sleep which is why we are seeing him sleep walk. I should of listened to my instincts! She said just on the size of his tonsils she would have yanked them a while ago!
Surgery is scheduled the Thursday prior to his 2 week spring break. He goes in March 15th. He will have to take it easy for a week and then should be able to enjoy his last week of vacation.

32 Weeks!!

I can hardly believe that the twins could be here as early as 2 weeks or at the latest 5 weeks!!

I am truly trying to enjoy every second of this pregnancy! I love being pregnant and this is my last time - so bittersweet.... But if we are being honest here it is getting tough!! My hips and back and stomach muscles scream at me constantly! There is no moving quickly and standing up is a slow slow process to try and avoid pain. I am woken up by hip and leg pain just as much as I wake up to use the bathroom. I think I am ready for newborn sleep deprivation.

The specialists are still very happy with how the twins and I are doing! The fluid around both babies looking great now. They could see them both taking practice breaths which means neurologically everything connected and working. And... My cervix is measuring nice and long!!! I cant believe how trouble free this pregnancy has been! My prayers have been answered over and over!

I am so EXCITED!! I am so SCARED! I am getting SO.... Ready to hold my precious miracle babies!!!

Baby Stats:
Little Boy: weighs 4lbs 1oz and is measuring 31 weeks 2 days
Little Girl: weighs 3lbs 12oz and is measuring 30 weeks 6 days

Me at 32 weeks:

Christmas Letter

Merry Christmas! We have had a wonderful 2011!

Alex is enjoying his job and working a ton! I guess thats what happens when you are an AVP and salaried! Although we'd love him home more we are very thankful for his job and his dedication to providing for our growing family.

Nicholas is 16 and a Junior this year. He is also a Captain on his wrestling team. He stays busy working out, wrestling and of course playing video games.

Justin is 7 and in 2nd grade. He is still my crazy daredevil. That boy is always on the move! He just did a basketball clinic at school and LOVED it!

William is 1 and my little snugglebug half the time and my crazy climber the other half!

I am doing well. I think I have a bigger belly than Santa this year! I feel pretty good although I am starting to experience that 3rd trimester tiredness and by the end of the day my stomach muscles are screaming at carrying these babies around! We are so overjoyed to be adding another precious boy and our long dreamed about baby girl! Our dreams of having 4 children were beyond answered and we feel so blessed to be adding our 4th son and our 1st daughter! It is an amazing feeling after so many years to feel that our family is complete and all our children our with us! It's going to be a crazy life, but I am so looking forward to the craziness this house will hold! Of course if I am being truthful I am also a tad scared about managing a house of 5 children - but I know that with a ton of love, a schedule, and daily prayers I will make it.

I truly believe that our children our gifts from our Heavenly Father, his children - that we are entrusted to raise here on earth. Many times over the course of our marriage we have thanked god for Nicholas and been so thankful he was entrusted to us. But so many times we have cried and been angry while we tried to grow our family. Infertility is a disease that eats at your soul. I'm not sure why God chose us to experience infertility. But through the experience I have learned many things... To trust in God- although I may not know the outcome - he does, that patience is a true gift, to treasure each child even while hoping and praying for the next, to treasure my spouse as only you two can comfort each other in a way NO ONE else can (and when he's sticking huge needles into your butt you really don't want to make him mad :) and that God opens doors if you just trust and continue to move forward.

As I sit here this Christmas, I sit in amazed awe staring at my belly and my 3 boys! God has blessed Alex and I with 3 amazing gifts in Nicholas, Justin, and William. And he has blessed us even more with this little boy and girl moving and kicking in my belly! Just as Jesus Christ, Our Savior brought peace, joy, hope, and love to the world our 5 children bring those gifts to my life every day!

We are so excited for 2012. Our babies are officially scheduled to arrive at 37 weeks on Friday, February 17th at 8am. But my specialist said if they want to choose their own birthday he will allow them to arrive as early as 34 weeks.

I hope the New Year brings you joy, hope, peace and much love!

Merry Christmas and Happy 2012!

Love,
Kristi, Alex, Nicholas, Justin, William, baby girl and baby boy
and of course - JD, Max and Riley.

30 Week Dr Appt

The babies are looking wonderful!!! It is such a relief to see them and hear their hearts beating!
Our little boy weighs 3lbs 2oz and is measuring 29 weeks 4 days.
Our little girl weighs 3lbs 1oz and is measuring 29 weeks 2 days.
The specialists are very pleased with their weights and measurements! I am in awe that I have over 6 lbs of baby in me! None of the boys were over 7 lbs and together they are getting close to 7lbs. Its just crazy to me at how big I am getting and will get!!

My cervix is measuring nice and long!! Yea!

The fluid around our little girl is looking perfect right now. Our little boy still has a little too much fluid - still nothing to be concerned about BUT still something we are keeping a close watch on.

I took my 3rd and last 3 hour gestational diabetes test Thursday. I got the results today and ... I passed the fasting test- which means no immediate medicine. However I failed the rest of the test but just barely. So we are back to multiple finger pricks and diet control. He's hoping that at least for a bit I can diet control the diabetes! I am hoping so too!

Weight gain - still no gain! Yea me!

Alex and I went on a maternity tour last Tuesday and I brought up a few concerns to the specialist: no special care nursery - and after he chuckled a bit and insisted he really needed to write a book about a pregnant woman's fears he assured me that the nurses were wonderful and Noone would steal my babies if I was alone with them and he actually really understood my fears about being alone at night but was insistent that all would be ok! Plus after posting on facebook my fears i had some wonderful friends offer to stay with me and the babies at night so Alex could be home with the boys! The specialist also told me that there will be a team for each baby in the delivery room (OR) to check them out and care for them. I love that they each have their own team and will have individualized attention!! He also said that he'd love me to make my scheduled csection at 37 weeks BUT if my water breaks or I start having contractions at 34 weeks we will not stop anything and we will go ahead and deliver.

I am now seeing the Specialist every week. One week for ultrasound and diabetes and bp monitoring, the next week for a non stress test and diabetes and Bp check. Oh plus the OB every 2 weeks also. Yikes!!!

I can't believe that in 7 short weeks (at the latest) that I will be holding my precious babes in my arms! So many emotions! Excitement to see their faces and kiss their cheeks, terror at the thought of 5 children -3 under the age of 2, scared to death to be cut open for the 3rd time and hoping that my body is put back together easily, sadness at the end of my carrying babies, and joy that our family is so wonderfully complete - complete in a way that I had only ever dreamed possible!

Christmas 2011

We all had a great Christmas this year. The boys got what they were hoping for and were very happy. There was a lot less under the tree but the boys got 1 big gift from Alex and I - William his new truck, Nic an iphone and Justin an ipod touch. They also got a few things from Santa and the rest from family. We really asked them to scale back their lists to items they really wanted and it worked out really great this year! Grandma and Grandpa Fisher were here to celebrate with us - it was nice to have family here :)
Nic's iphone

Basketball hoop!


All 3 boys

Nic's book and Shoes

Justin's pillow pet

William opening his metal tonka truck for the outside

Is this for ME???

A new movie

I am overwhelmed!

iTunes gift cards

28 Weeks!

28 weeks today and my stomach may just EXPLODE!!

I feel so big and stretched to capacity! Its getting harder to stand for long periods of time. Harder to walk at the grocery store. Harder to chase after William to change his diaper. Harder to carry him or rock him to sleep.

But, the babies are growing and everyday I carry them the healthier they will be when they are born! That is my wish, healthy babies and healthy mommy to take care of them!

Picture Perfect Pregnancy

Much to the amazement of my specialist I am having a perfect pregnancy! The babies look wonderful and are measuring right on track! I have been off blood pressure meds for 2 weeks and my blood pressure is perfect! I passed both my 3 hour glucose tests -I have 1 more to take on December 30th at 30 weeks. If I pass that we are done with testing! He seems to think I will have gestational diabetes by then - I'm out to prove him wrong!
The only thing we are now watching is the fluid around the babies. It seems that I have a little too much. Sometimes it can correct itself, sometimes it doesn't cause any problems, and sometimes it can send you into pre-term labor as it makes your uterus think it's big enough and it's time for the babies to be born especially with twins when it is already big with two. The specialists answer is if it becomes a problem - just take a little fluid out with an amnio needle. I'm sure you can all now picture me freaking out! This of course is my worst nightmare as the last amnio I had was with Justin and sent us straight into an emergency c-section. But... as a friend pointed out if it's time to take out fluid it means the babies are in danger of preterm labor so if I do it it might buy us some time to keep them baking and we could end up with no NICU time and if I don't it's definite NICU time as they will come on their own. So, looking at it that way I guess it's best to let them stick the hugest needle ever into my belly! The good thing is that both cords are under the babies so they won't nic them going in and the specialist said that if he hits an arm they will just say ouch and move - they will get worse needle pricks when they are born (that was him lightening the mood and trying to be funny.) So we are praying for the fluid to correct itself and for these littFle babes to keep growing and developing on tract and for their birthday to not take place until between 36 and 37 weeks!

Baby Boy - Measuring at 26 weeks 0 days and 2 lbs 1 oz.

Baby Girl - Measuring 25 weeks 6 days and 1 lb 14 oz.

And life keeps on moving....

Time is going by so fast! Soon it will be 2012 and then shortly thereafter I will be a mom of 5. I wish I could slow down time just a bit. Not because I don't want to see and cuddle these babies but because I'm a little (maybe a lot) scared of managing a house with 5 children who all need me. I'm not worried about how to love them all because I do already beyond imagination! But finding time to make sure they all know how much I love each of them and how important wanted and loved they each are is worrying me a tad. I also really want to nurse them and that can take considerable time with a very needy toddler under 2 that is stressing me too! I know it will work out ok families adapt but it is getting to the ok part that is worrying. Somedays I am convinced that everything will work out fine and other days I wake myself up at night worrying.

Nicholas' life right now is wrestling. He gets home at night between 630 and 7 - matches are even later. He then eats showers does homework and heads to bed. This past weekend he went to a 2 day overnight tournament. He had a blast even though he came home with some bruises welts and a black eye. He didn't make the 106 weight for the 106 weight spot on varsity he was certified at 106.2. He was so disappointed even more so when he couldn't beat the other 112 wrestler for that spot. So he tried for the open 120 spot on varsity. That's his spot. So... Basically meets are a learning experience and a chance to get a little better as it is hard to win wrestling kids that can be about 15 lbs heavier than you. He also has a "girlfriend". They are getting to know each other by talking on the late bus and texting. And so the adventure of teenage dating begins!!
Nic giving William his favorite - a piggy back ride:


Justin is loving school! He started a basketball clinic last week and finishes this week. He has been having so much fun! Luckily Alex has been home on vacation days or left work early to help me with William at the game and with lifting his stroller in and out of the burb. Yesterday Justin also stayed after for craft day. The kids got to stay until 515 make a craft watch a movie and buy snacks and hot cocoa. He had a blast and is seeming to make and find friends from his class easily at these events. He is doing do much better with his reading. It has improved a 100%! He is even asking to and reading chapter books. Not sure if it finally clicked for him or if it is his teacher but either way I am ecstatic! Justin is still crazy and loves to run and jump and be outside. He is great at riling up William and then being done playing with him and goes upstairs leaving me with a 16 month old running in circles screaming.
Basketball Pics:



William is crazy and a sweetheart all in one. He loves giving kisses and blowing them. He also still loves to cuddle and rock to sleep at night. He also loves to be a wild man! He loves nic to pieces and will scream for him until nic picks him up. He loves to play ball with JJ but the 2 of them rile each other up something fierce! It usually ends with Justin escaping upstairs and William running in circles screaming. Oh Joy! He is also at the stage where he will give a kiss and hug and share a toy. Then want it back and if it's not given back immediately he screams and hits and wrestles for it. He is definitely my worst so far with climbing (yes he is worse than J- which is terrifying)! He is also the worst with temper tantrums. I am praying he is getting out all the terrible 2s and horrible 3s now and be an angel when the babies come! A mom can dream right??? His vocab is increasing and it is so fun to hear new words! He loves balls and loves to toss around mini beach balls.
William watching Justin's game:

Stealing mommy's coke off the table and running for the laundry room to hide:

Uh Oh! Mommy caught me!


Alex is doing better, his dizziness was just a calcium deposit in his ear. They have no idea what causes it but it can happen to anyone. They also switched his bp med that was making his bp too low! I guess the drs need to be careful but an overnight hospital stay and a mention of brain tumor with an MRI thrown in is too much! CRAZY!!

I am doing well. I passed my 2nd 3 hour glucose test and my blood pressure has been so low that they took me off blood pressure meds and we are holding steady! I feel great in the morning but by afternoon I am ready to sit and not move! My hips hurt so bad, the babies are all upfront so... I ordered a belly bra this week! Hopefully it works!

Life keeps on moving along...at a gallop! I wish it would slow down so I could savor all the moments longer!

William is 16 months!

Wow 16 months has flown by! This month William learned to climb up the little tykes play gym all by himself. Everytime I turn around he has climbed on something new or learned a new word!

24 weeks!!!

The Babies have reached VIABILITY!!!

So much relief that if I go into labor now, I can go to labor and delivery and they will try and stop the labor and help the babies!!!

Now onto week 36 for delivery so I can hug and snuggle and kiss their little faces!!!

Congratulations Nicholas!

Nicholas is a CAPTAIN on his Wrestling Team this year!!!

YEA NIC!!!!

All his work during the little kid wrestling program - helping train, Summer Camp, and Off Season Training has paid off!!!

We are so PROUD and HAPPY for you Nic!
The Team:

Nic in blue:

Perfect babies!

Twins: Baby boy on top and baby girl on bottom facing each other:

Baby Girl:

Baby Boy:

I had my specialist appointments today for the babies! It's so amazing how we saw them at just a few weeks old and they looked like a grain of rice with a beating heart and here they are now at exactly 23 weeks and looking just like little babies! It is so AMAZING!!!

Baby boy is measuring at 23 weeks exactly and weighs 1 lb 4 oz. Baby girl is measuring at 22 weeks 3 days and weighs 1 lb 3 oz.

They each had an echo cardio gram and their hearts look perfect!
All this extra testing sometimes feels a bit overwhelming but it's also reassuring that they are growing perfectly!

My cervix is measuring perfect! Yea! I've been cautioned again to take it easy and rest with feet up as often as I can. I always laugh - keeping up with William is definitely not a sit down job!

All is great, I go back for another 3 hour glucose test the day before Thanksgiving and then back to the Specialists in 3 weeks.

Boys!

Do you understand your boys? Although I know usually how my boys will behave given certain situations, do I fully understand their behavior and how their minds work? Absolutely not!

William- why ride on a toy when you can stand on it? Why sit on a rocking chair when you can stand on it or better yet use it as a step stool to the mommy chair and stand up taller? Why use a table to eat on when you can stand on it to get to mommy's computer mouse? Why sit on a couch when you can climb on it and then run - HOW FUN! What is it with boys and their climbing falling craziness?

Justin - Ditto the entire above when he was William's age! And now...
Why sit on a couch when you can use it as a slide to slide onto the floor. Tile? Wasn't that mean't to be a skating rink? Carpet was definitely meant to be rolled on. A swing? Meant to be jumped off for sure! Bunk beds a most definite jumping hazard - who needs a ladder! Stairs were meant to be jumped off, from the highest step the better! Justin is a moving climbing machine!

Nicholas - at 16 he has definetely calmed down A LOT! He runs and lifts weights and loves to wrestle - he's hoping to make Captain this season. - THis I get.
But he LOVES video games - can play for hours - How? I will never know! Likes to check out girls and can spend longer than a girl in the bathroom getting ready!

Growing up with all sisters boys were totally foreign to me - ok, mostly still are. But, I have learned how loveable boys are and throughly enjoy all their crazy antics when my heart hasn't stopped beating with fear! I love these boys so much and can't wait for our new little Mr. to join his brothers with all his crazy climbing and jumping! And ofcourse for our new little Miss to add some pink and girl drama to our family!

A delivery

I felt like I had a baby shower in a box yesterday. My sister Kelly sent me a ton of Ava's clothes, newborn, 0-3 and 3 months. It was so wonderful taking out outfit after outfit and then seeing all the pink and purple and ruffles all over the couch! My mom also sent some really cute outfits for both the twins! Don't worry little Mr is not neglected in the clothes department he has so many left from William! Some even still have tags! It's funny how you think you will need so many clothes at the beginning but since you are kinda homebound onsies and sleepers are the clothes of choice! I'm thinking the babies and I will be stuck here for a while. Since it will be cold and flu season we will be pretty much quaranteened!

I am so lucky, my list is dwindling so fast! I am just going to pick up a going home outfit for each baby and some fancy frilly dresses and I am good with clothes for the 1st 3 months or so! :)

Thanks to Melissa and her little girl who passed on their bumbo seat and tray! I LOVE these so much and will love having the twins close to me sitting in it while I cook dinner.

And a mom in my church who has triplets has offered us her stroller and carseats. So grateful! I am going to need a triple stroller as William will still be so little and to get one that takes carseats is so expensive it's a bit daunting to think about!

We still have quite a bit more to get but the list is dwindling and getting more manegable!

All clothes sorted:

From Grandma:

newborn outfits:

0-3month outfits:

3 months:

sleepers:

hats, socks, and holiday outfits - Easter, St pats, 4th of July etc:

Little Love

I just had to post this picture because William is just so cute. He plays hard, eats well, and falls asleep fast!

Halloween 2011

We went to our church's trunk or treat on Friday night and Justin really had a good time! Then Monday he had a parade and party at school. Monday night I took William and Justin trick or treating. We just went around the block, but Justin had a really good time and got just the right amount of candy. Not to much but enough to make him happy!
Justin was an ASU football player for church and school and he was Bumblebee from his favorite movie, Transformers for Halloween night. Alex brought him home some cool light up bracelets and a ring to wear Halloween night.
William was a very cute lion.

William's 1st haircut

It was so hard to cut those beautiful curls but we had to do it. Now he looks like such a big boy!
Before pics:


Cutting his hair. He was sad to loose those beautiful curls too!

Justin

Poor Justin has strep again...or still as he was only off anitbiotic for 2 days before it flared up again. But they don't take out tonsils until you have it 6 times in 1 year.

Every time he gets strep he gets more sick. The first time he barely complained about his throat hurting. Now he sleeps all day, vomits like crazy, runs a 102 to 103 fever, his body aches, and he cries every time he wakes up that his head and throat hurt! It's awful!

This time he started throwing up at 3 am. Went to the Dr's at 9:50 where on the way he threw up in Circle K when Alex tried to be nice to get him a cold drink to cool his throat, threw up in the Dr's parking lot, and Alex had to pull over 2 times on the way home for him to be sick and as soon as he walked in the house he opened the slider and threw up all over the back porch. He slept all day yesterday. Didn't want any food other then cambells chicken noodle soup broth - no noodles at all! And when he was awake he layed there and cried, wined - and not the poor me give me attention but the I'm hurting kind. Noone could make any noise at all in the room he was in or he would burst into tears because his head hurt! My poor kid!

The Dr asked Alex if he had a blanket in the car for him since he had the chills and was shivering so bad in the office.

My poor boy!

Nic had a run of strep in 3rd grade and he was put on maintenance antibiotics to get him threw the last few months of school. If he didn't get it again after school we would assume there was a carrier in the classroom. He still has never got strep again, so some how he built up a good immunity to it. Poor Justin, I hope he builds up an immunity too!

He was up about 5 times last night before Alex (Thankgoodness because if I didn't get some sleep I would have been crying myself!) took him downstairs and he finally got him settled down enough that they both fell asleep on the couch some time in the night. I am so hoping the medicine has kicked in overnight and he feels much better today! Although I am giving him more that the usual 24 hours off of school. Technically he could go tomorrow, but I sent him right back last time and this time I think we are going to give his body a little more healing time before we send him back.

5 Months

Today I am 5 months with my little Miss and Mr! I still can't believe there are 2 babies growing in my tummy some days! This pregnancy is going so fast - I think because it's my last one I am trying to treasure every moment!

My tummy is quite large, according to my scale though, I still haven't gained any weight but have stopped dropping it as dramatically as before - bummer!

My c-section incision is sore as are my stomach muscles and hips. I guess that's too be expected with 2 babies growing. It does make it painful to sit and get up off the floor and to carry William. I try to let him walk and get Alex or Nic to help him up and down the stairs as much as possible. When I sit down my stomach sometimes feels likes it's stretching apart - I'm thinking that's the babies needing more room cause I'm so short. I have to eat a lot of small meals as my stomach gets full so fast and some nights I am up every hour to use the bathroom.
(disclaimer - I am not complaining, just want to remember... I'd hate people or God to think that I was complaining about these babies that I've prayed for, for so long - it's a fear of mine - irrational? Oh probably!!)

The nurseries are getting close to being done... I still need to buy:
- Material for 1 more blanket for little Miss.
- 2 Mattresses
- A pink crib sheet
- Sheer curtains - or material to make them.
- Brown material for little Mr's and William's crib dust ruffle and curtains.
- Light blue binding to bind William's new crib quilt to match his baby brothers.
And misc items:
- Going home outfits
- a small travel swing - I have a big 1 upstairs and a big 1 downstairs and thought a small 1 so I could carry up and down so they each have 1 in both places.
- a bouncy/vibrating seat
- 2 carseats
- a stroller
- a bumbo seat - hopefully I can find in pink or purple. William LOVED sitting on the counter in his while I cooked AND he wouldn't scream that I wasn't holding him! I LOVE these seats!!

Gosh, writing it down makes it sound like a lot! I've been watching craigslist for some of it, but am waiting for more $ to build up to chip away at the list.

In the good news department...

My mom and sister's packed up a lot of my niece Ava's 0-3 month clothes and shipped them out this week! I can't wait to go through them and see what if anything I will need! What a blessing and SO much $ saved for me! Thak you so much Kelly and Ava! It will be like Christmas opening the box! And, as little Miss needs the next size we will get more boxes. I will save them as she outgrows them too so if Kelly has another little babe I can mail them back to her.

The whole house - indoor and out has been fall cleaned! The big trash pickup came Wednesday and all items have been moved out of little Miss's room! I couldn't have done it without the boys and Alex. Actually with Alex's crazy hours Nic has helped the most, lending his muscles to move things - although he thinks his mom is now a crazy cleaning lady and I've heard him making fun of me to his friend :).

In the mixed news Department:
Alex's work has decided that they can only carry over 1 week vacation into next year. Last year he carried over 3 and this year he was going to carry over 4. It's almost like a layoff $ plan for us. If he got laid off he would get a check for 4 weeks pay in addition to what they gave for the layoff if anything. In this economy you can never plan enough... But hopefully that doesn't happen! So now he needs to find a way to use 3 weeks or he loses it :(. Good thing is he will be home a few more days and I will have some extra help with William. That will be nice for him too as he has been working so much lately! He still has a lot of vacation for next year. He gets 4 weeks and will carry over 1 so that's 5 weeks. Plus he gets 3 months paid paternity although he is only taking 3 weeks - we like his job too much to take off more than that in this economy...

Stay tuned for some blog changes soon. I need to change out all the boy things and make it boy and girl both! So exciting! Plus I found the perfect new name for my blog! I'm in love with it! It will be....

"IF you think my HANDS are full, you should see my HEART!"

It's just so perfect! My hands will be so full taking care of my 5 children but oh, will my heart just be overflowing and huge with all the LOVE I have for them!

William at 15 months

Stats:
Weight: 19.1 lbs - 3rd percentile
Height: 30" - 15th percentile
Dr watching that he has fallen on the growth chart, but not overly concerned. Recommended trying to get more calories in his diet through pediasure because she will be concerned if he hasn't gained weight at his 18mth check-up. I think he is eating normally for his age. He is picky about certain foods and loves others. His favorite food right now is fruit - banana's, grapes, cantelope and pears - which has few calories though... He is very active running and climbing. 1 shot and the flu shot today. Happy and Healthy.

Stealing daddy's pool sticks off the rack! We have to find a new home for them!
Giving mommy a heartattack standing on the chair.
Eating your favorite fruit - a nectarine - you run and steal them out of the fridge when we open the door.


William you were 15 months on Monday October 17th! You are growing up so fast!

You are both independent and Mommy's cuddlebug!
You like to feed yourself and do pretty well with a fork. You try and hold a piece of pizza just like your brothers and take a bite. You have learned to climb on the couch all by yourself and like to run on it - scary! You love to be outside walking around and swinging on your swing. When we have guests you get a little shy and like to stay with mommy until you are comfortable. You love to give kisses and hugs! And you still love to get books off your bookshelf and read with mommy, daddy, or your brothers. You still usually take 2 naps a day - during the 1st one I try and clean and during the 2nd I try and rest with you.

Mommy needs to cut your hair but I can't bear to cut off your beautiful curls!!!

You are growing up so fast! I Love you to the moon and back 1 million 5 thousand times William! And yes, that is a lot!