The Ruder the Better: 16 days....

In 16 days or less Tim and I will become parents to two more children! I have really enjoyed getting to know these sweet little boys over the past 9 months and I'm ready to meet them and hold them. Although I appreciate every extra day they get to develop, my body is aching and I honestly don't know how the skin on my stomach can stretch anymore than it already has. Thankfully, this has been an awesome pregnancy. I've felt pretty good overall and I've been able to stay active. Tim and I were just out kayaking a few nights ago. Everywhere I go people are amazed by my belly, I make jaws drop. People are so kind as well, most people say I'm all belly which I believe because the boys are taking every bit of nutrition they need. The boys passed another BPP test in their ultrasound today and next week I have my pre-op appointment. Unless I go into labor, the boys will be delivered July 27th via cesarean since Baby A is breech.

Today was the first day "official" eight hour day for Tim. He has been one busy guy. He and his Dad have been working on cribs for the past few weeks. Sofia is definitely not a girly girl. Anytime the guys are working on the cribs she wants to be right there with them, she likes watching but also wants to use the tools herself. The boys' cribs are being made by two pretty incredible guys and should be gorgeous, the wood is stunning. It's cherry wood and some pieces have an incredible pattern in their grain. I can't wait to see the finished product. I love handmade things and Tim's Dad made a comment last night that these could be the cribs that Sofia puts her babies in. All I could do was smile and think about how incredibly blessed Tim and I are. Here are some pictures of the guys from the weekend. For Father's Day I bought Tim a groupon for a flight lesson and one hour flight. Tim was able to take one passenger with him and who better than his father? Tim has talked about wanting to fly since the day I met him, he actually considered being a pilot during his K-12 years. I was so happy to give him this gift, he has worked so hard for our family over the past four years and especially over the past two months. I'm lucky to have him as my husband and I can't imagine a better person to be the father of my children.

He was so excited!

Checking the fuel before taking off.

Tim and his father

As I'm sure you gathered from my last post these times are very stressful but thankfully I married an incredible guy and we've managed to really lean on each other and grow closer throughout everything. We are also so happy we moved home to Wisconsin, it feels great to be home and we couldn't get through these tough times without our family. Hopefully we will know where we are living within the next few weeks. We didn't think we would be able to buy a house this year because we need to come up with a down payment. We are trying to make it work though by selling a car and a few other things to come up with a down payment. The toughest thing has been finding someone willing to deal with the student loans from optometry school. I won't bore anyone with the details but I'm amazed at how much harder it is to get a loan after Tim finished his doctorate and I finished my Master's. It would probably be easier if I were working but that just isn't an option right now. If things don't work out and we need to rent for another year Tim and I will just try to make the best of the situation.

I'll close tonight with some pictures from the last two weeks. You'd never know I was 35 weeks pregnant with twins, Tim and I don't ever seem to slow down :)

The awesome cloth diaper cake my friend Kelly made me for our shower.

Our little artist, she spend a lot of time coloring, drawing, and doing chalk art outside.

It's a rough life for a baby. This lucky girl goes to the lake at least 3 or 4 times a week. Whenever we arrive and take her out of her car seat she RUNS full speed to the water.