Jett and Ruby news!!!

Side view of Jett. He has his right hand up and his right leg curled up towards his belly! Cute little guy.

Front view of Ruby. She has her head leaning to the left side of her body and her hands are together to the right side of her face. Sweet little lady already!

So, Dr. Stark our Perinatologist said that everything looks great and gave a great report to my ob. He measures the head circumference, femur, spine and belly. All four on each looked great and were very comparable in size, which is the main component of looking to make sure both babes are comparable in development. Ruby is estimating 1 lb 7oz. and Jett is 1lb 8oz. - give or take 3 oz. They were both wiggling all around. Ruby kept opening her mouth and swallowing - which the Doc said was also a very good thing b/c it shows that she is able to swallow well and had fluid in her belly from doing so. Jett had the fluid too, but I guess he didn't want to show off like Ruby. We will go again to the Perinatologist on Dec. 7th! I will go to my ob the week of Thanksgiving.

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Going on 24 weeks!

I don't exactly love to put individual pictures of myself on our blog, but several have asked to see "belly" pictures. I know I will enjoy looking back at these as well! I had my six year old photographer snap a few shots. All is going well with the pregnancy, and I actually feel pretty good aside from being uncomfortable - but I think being uncomfortable comes with the territory I am in! We visited the Perinatolgist, yesterday, and the twins look great! Ruby has actually flipped, but Jett remains breeched. It's like they are in position right now to kick eachother in the head. They are quite active, and as a matter of fact, threy kept me awake for a good portion of the night last night. I think they were just preparing me for what is to come! At 3:30am you can be pretty productive though - I did get on-line and make a list of all of our needs and where the best place to go would be for each of them. I looked at several consumer reports and narrowed down bottles, double stroller car seat frames, breast pumps and several other items. I feel like I am making way! Greg is just about done emptying out the study, which will become the kids room. So, we will be able to get that finished up before to long as well! He has been a true gem helping in every way possible - He is pretty excited, of course!

Trick or Treat!

Gracie decided on a witch this year but described herself as a "nice" witch. The morning she was allowed to wear her costume to school she thought she should probably not brush her teeth b/c witches apparently have bad breath. I explained to her that since she was a "nice" witch she better go ahead and brush them or she may not be considered a "nice" witch anymore. She agreed and even decided to go ahead and use extra mouth wash too. Ellie decided on an elephant. Of all years to pick the warmest costume she could find, it ended up that she hardly made it through any of the events still waering it cause she was so hot! Last year we had almost a foot of snow on the ground and this year it was 70. She still made the cutest elephant I have ever seen.

The whole gang about to hit the road with the Dads.

The Mom's are staying put to hand out candy and sit by the heater!!

Gracie's last game of Fall 2010 season

Can't wait to get her hands on that trophy!!

Way to go Trouble Makers! These girls had an incredible season! If this were Greg writing on the blog he could probably write a whole novel of how incredibly talented Gracie and the rest of her team mates are - down to every last detail. Since it is me, I will say the Trouble Makers are definetly worthy of buying season tickets for! Of course, I am biased but it's not often that you get to see 1st graders go head to head with second and third graders and totally dominate. Not only did they dominate, they looked so incredibly great doing it! Greg and the other coaches do and awesome job and always keep the girls so excited about soccer. It is going to be so fun to see where these girls take themselves in the future!

Ellie's Last soccer game for Fall 2010

Ellie started the game strong and excited! She declined rapidly though and ended the last 2 minutes of the game puking on the side line. She was so determined to be there for her game and team mates but the bug she caught got the best of her. That night she ran close to 104 fever, but was feeling quite peppy by the next afternoon.