Blues Clues is the newest and greatest thing in our house. For some reason I love it too. I’m obsessed with how he draws lol. Last night I bought them both their own handy dandy notebooks. They were so excited. We found them in our bed hard at work. 

 They even put their crayons in the spiral just like Steve/Joe. Timmy drew me quite the self portrait. And Grace of course drew a picture of the baby in my belly. 

I told Timmy I was tired so he made me a candy cane to help me walk. 

 
Tim went to a men’s retreat for the weekend and Timmy wanted to throw him a party when he got home. It was so adorable. He put out cookies at each of our seats. He picked flowers {weeds} and put them in the middle of the table. Then he gave each of us a brown paper bag to put our left over cookies in for later. Then he had us play a board game. It was so cute.

Timmy is into texting. He wants to send everyone a message. He thinks the laptop texts so he wrote all these letters and then presses backspace and because the letters disappear he thinks it’s the send button 😂

I blew up the kiddie pool today and it’s a decent size so I made a whirlpool. My kids thought it was the most amazing thing. Grace said it was like a rollercoaster.

So at church today Timmy goes running up to the front for the children’s ministry. And you hear Excuse me! Excuse me! 🙈 Umm it’s my sisters turn to hold the bible you never give her a turn. It was the sweetest thing and everrrryone could hear. 

This morning Timmy opened the bible and says, “By Eric Carle” 😂

Gave Timmy his first blow pop today. He is literally blowing on the lollypop upset that it’s not working. Lol

Grace has turned the entire playroom into a nursery. There are 5 cribs {boxes} set up with blankets and babies. She’s so very busy talking to herself.

Timmy says he loves Daddy the bestest because he is the best coach. 😍 

I love these portraits by Grace 

 
Mommy this is a sun bc Suns have lots of legs. Lol 

 
Timmy says mom are you thinking what I’m thinking??? Ummmm what are you think Timmy? That I’m FIVE! Not four.

Grace says if she puts her feet on her toes {tippy toes} she can be 5 too.

I was complaining my back hurt and Grace says stand up mom and I’ll hug your back. Does that make you feel better. So sweet.

Timmy told me I’m a great listener today.

We had a long day at the water park, the next morning Timmy could not get out of bed he was exhausted. He told me his feet were still snoring.

Gracie’s looks into my belly with pretend binoculars and says I have the cutest baby she’s ever seen.

Timmy is teaching my dad how to drink from a coffee cup. Says you gotta put your pinky out then takes a sip spills it everywhere and says oops maybe you don’t put your pinky out.

A very sweet memory…. We are currently a diaper free house!! 🎉🎉 That is until July when the new baby gets here. Grace is on day 4 of no night time diaper and so far so good. She learned way faster than Timmy but I think that’s my fault. I’m braver this time around. 

Grace is into spinning in circles. A lot. Has my heart pounding. Today she’s like oh mom the whole house is moving we need to tell Daddy.

Bathtime is so calm now that the kids bathe separately. It was time. I was spending more time frantic over body parts touching that it just wasn’t fun for me anymore. They of course were clueless  and thought I was crazy. When they were together it was nuts. Guaranteed flood every night. But now it’s quiet songs being sung and toys being talked to. Tonight Grace told her foam letters that if they all flapped their wings fast they would grow bigger. Lol. 

We are experiencing our first round of stomach flu. It’s terrible. Poor Timmy can not understand why he can’t leave the house. I told him we don’t want to give it to our friend and he says but mom I don’t want to keep it either. Hmmm good point lol.

Praise Jesus! Today we had our 20 week appointment and the echogenic bowel is gone. All the blood tests came back normal and the ultrasound today showed a perfect baby! 

 
I’m starting to feel regular kicks but not a lot. Mostly at night or when I’m wearing a seat belt. The doctor says the baby is breach and is sitting on its feet. They still haven’t been able to count toes because they are always hidden under the booty.

I’m really feeling great. If I wasn’t fat I wouldn’t know I’m pregnant. This morning I’m up 10 pounds and it shows lol. This morning my husband said your starting to look less fat and more pregnant.. I think that was suppose to be a compliment and I’ll take it. 

The kids are so in love. Gracie sings to the baby and hugs my belly. Tells me she loves my baby. Timmy is always patting my belly. Last month he wanted the name pumpkin, this month it’s George. Grace says that in my belly there’s a tiny table with a tiny chair and food. 

Daddy felt the baby kick for the first time tonight! {3/28/16 – 21 weeks 3 days}

Aunt Jessica took some maternity pictures for us on Easter. 

    
 
Now that I know everything is fine I gotta focus on sleep. Four more months until survival mode hits.

 Hmmmmm I am definitely looking the part. Lol.

I went to a specialist this week for what I thought was a preeclampsia consultation. I was a little surprised that they wanted to do an ultrasound since I had just had one the week before. This was a Level 2 machine so the ultrasound pictures were very clear. 

 To me it looks like the baby is smiling and waving hiiii! 

 I feel like that looks like Gracie’s face.

I was all very excited after this sonogram, texting the pictures to everyone I knew. Then quickly things changed. They sat me down with a genetic counselor to tell me the ultrasound showed a soft marker for Trisonomy 21. It’s called an Echogenic Bowel. Instantly I was crying. My husband stayed home with the kids because we thought this was going to be a very basic appointment so I was all alone.

From that point on things moved quickly. They had me filling out a family tree adding the ethnicity of every person. They were taking blood. All the time I’m crying. Then I met with the Doctor. I was there for 4 hours. Worst experience ever.

So basically right now we are waiting. They will call us in 14 business days to let us know the blood test results and I’ll get another sonogram in 4 weeks to see if it gets better.

It’s a very weird feeling. I don’t want to be sad because I don’t want this child to think that I was not happy to have them. I am very happy. I feel a little overwhelmed to whether I am equipped to be the kind of mom it takes to raise a child with a disability. But I do know that my kids would be great at it. Timmy and Grace already love this baby so much that I’m convinced if this is the path God is leading us down than they would be the best siblings. 

I’m really trying not to obsess but I can’t help but look up information. The next 14 days are going to be long.

Big news! We are officially potty trained. No more diapers in this house until July. It is so amazing to me. 
In other news Grace finally has a big girl room. It’s my favorite room in the house now probably because it’s clean. 

   
She totally loves it too and hasn’t yet fallen out.  

 
She weighs 28.5 pounds and she’s 36 inches! She loves her hair braided like Elsa. She loves to sing. She makes up her own songs and she sings LOUD. She eats cheese like its candy. She’s not picky at all. Swinging is her ultimate favorite thing to do. If you read her one book be prepared to lead twenty. She has just recently taken to tv. Her favorite show is Mickey Mouse Clubhouse. She really thinks the show is asking for her help. She runs to the tv to pick the mouskatool.  Her favorite movies are Frozen, 101 Dalmations and Dumbo. She cries at every movie. She’s very concerned about the puppies getting cold and the mama elephant. She is still super mom. You will catch her any day of the week with her 10 babies being dressed and fed. Now that we are starting to take out things for our real new baby, her babies are using them and she puts the music on for them and everything.  

 It’s not all sweetness tho. She is what they kindly call strong willed. She knows what she wants and beware if you get in her way. Rolling her eyes at me comes very natural to her. She bites. Only Timmy tho which is good and bad. If she bit other kids I’d have to lock myself in this house. She’s not the kind of kid you worry about getting picked on. She has an attack mode lol. 

Regardless of their occasional fights, Timmy is her most favoritest person. They play all day. Pretend play in high gear. There are days where they are both dogs, eating out of bowls on the floor. It is the best show to watch. Nothing makes me happier then the love they have for each other. It’s like they live in their own world.

V is for Valentine. The kids are very excited about this mostly because a lot of our activities involve candy.

  
For church playgroup our valentines party was all about how much Jesus loves them. We played the “Jesus Loves Me” song and made this puzzle piece craft. 

   
 Then they made an arrow with their name on it. 

 
For snack the kids decorated cookies and brought them to the Father Ulto and his office staff. They are all so enthusiastic with the kids you could tell the kids were all so proud. 

Yesterday was Ash Wednesday. We went to mass with our playgroup friends to get ashes and then we went to the nursing home to hand out Valentine cards. 

 
Look what difference a year makes! 

 
We did some candy math. They had to guess how many hearts fit into a big heart. They both guessed 5.  

Life has been very busy since my dad moved back in with us. So yesterday we didn’t start school until 5PM! But hey we still dos something.

We traced the letter Vv and did a handwriting worksheet. Timmy does these perfectly now and of course Grace is still just learning. 

   
We filled out a worksheet about what they love. I’m gonna try to do this every year. 

   
Then we made Valentine cards to send to their friends. 

 So yesterday 5pm and today 6AM lol. Some days my kids wake up begging for homeschool to start.

This morning we sorted candy by color.  

We got our first ultrasound! Seriously felt like Christmas morning waiting for that doctor appointment. Everything looks good and we heard the heartbeat loud and clear. 

 sooooo adorable! 13 weeks 6 days official due date is August 4th!

My sweet children also were awaiting their own ultrasound because surprise they are both pregnant too. 😂 but that was a no go.

  
How I wish my hair was done for this picture but we keeps it real. This is my forever hair do lately. I’m only 13 weeks here and I’m certain that looks like a 6 month belly. 

My kids are already so in love. Grace is very concerned about where the baby goes to the bathroom. She wants me to wear diapers.

They both will play with and kiss my belly and bring toys to put under my shirt for the baby to play with. It’s very much real for them.

I feel like they get it more than I do. It’s harder this time around to really feel pregnant. I’m already 14 weeks and I know that I am pregnant but there’s not that ah ha moment of omg this is really happening. With 2 kids I guess there’s just not alot of time to sit around and ponder this pregnancy. I blinked and I’m in the second trimester.

It hasn’t kept me from shopping tho! Bought the kids big brother, big sister shirts for the hospital and now I’m waiting on the funds to buy the baby its hospital outfit. It’s gonna be all white. If I could turn everything all white I’d be happy. I think I’m going germaphobe in my old age. All thing white please.

     
 
She can not wait to be a big sister ❤️

Timmy just kissed me and said that’s a marry kiss bc soon we are getting married and daddy and grace are gonna come to our marry and all our friends too.

The kids are sitting on the couch staring at the back of a chair using a red flip flop as a remote. They are arguing over whether to watch Mickey Mouse or Agent Oso. Pretty intense imaginations. 

Grace is putting my shoes on to go outside…

“Grace don’t wear my shoes you have to wear your own.”

“Mommy I’m not a listener!”

  
This is what happening when you step inside to go to the bathroom. It’s 58 degrees out and they are splashing around in an empty sandbox like its a pool. They claim it was the best day ever. Very short lived tho. They just can’t grasp winter maybe because it only lasts for half a day.

The other day I went into Timmys room to get clothes for Grave and he says to me, “Mom didn’t you see my door was shut?” I was like umm yea. He says, “I’m getting dressed and I don’t want you to see me naked.” Who is this man child trapped in my baby boy’s body? 

Timmy has moved up to the boy section of the store. I drove all the way to the outlets to buy him clothes from Carters. They are the only store that still considers size 5 to be little boy rather than teenager. All the other stores only sell shirts with minecraft, Nintendo and super heroes. I’m not anti super hero but every day wear? No thank you. Trucks and dinosaurs where it’s at for us.

Timmy says “stair stocks” instead of “fiddle sticks” lol he must have heard it wrong. Now it’s changed to fish sticks. 

Timmys new word is “well”

I asked him to doctor on my arm bc it’s been really hurting. He says, “Welllllll I’m not gonna be a doctor until Saturday.” So I asked him if he could try. “Welllllll I’ll do my best. But I’m gonna need a screw driver. Andddd a paper towel for all the blood.” I was cracking up.

Grace spent a lot of today kidding my belly. She showed me where the boy baby is and where the girl baby is. Hmmmmm..

Tomorrow is my first doctor appointment and hopefully we get to hear that little heartbeat. I explained to the kids that we are going to the doctor to check on the baby. They have lots of concerns. One being are they going to use a knife and two how can I get there because the babies need a car seat. I told them the babies were safe in the belly and I could still drive but they aren’t buying it. Timmy suggests we just walk there.

In hair news, Gracie got a real braid tonight after her bath. I’m always celebrating hair milestones lol. 

 
Timmy asked if he could take his game it to his room and play by himself. He’s starting to want his alone time. I can’t stand it. He’s getting so big. Look at that face like what are you doing in here mom?

F is for Fish this week. We started with cutting because that is the favorite thing to do lately. Grace’s assignment was to cut along the lines and Timmy’s was to cut out and paste together a fish. 

    
   
This took Timmy awhile so in the meantime Grace did some tracing and a pattern worksheet. 

   
After we measured fish using goldfish as measurement and also tracing the letter F with goldfish.