Thomas the artist

Thomas is really into artwork and coloring these days. Here are a few of his recent works.

























And a photo of the artiste himself with particularly nice bedhead.

28 weeks

The weeks are really flying by! Here we are at 28 weeks. The babies are weighing in at around 3lbs each. Everything is going well so far, and we're counting the days until Nana and Papa arrive.

Baby A

Baby B
(it's getting a little tight in there!)

Feb update

I've been slow to post here lately, but I've been slow everywhere else so what's new? Here's what we've been up to.

Snow! We got out first snow day of 2010 last week, cancelling school for Thomas. After lunch, the roads had improved enough to take the boys to the sitters so Kristin and Steve could get a little work done from home. This has been a mild winter so far, and although the rest of the country is anticipating spring, we may have a few weeks yet of flurries and cold temps. Here are the boys enjoying more recent snowfall over the weekend. They built a cave with some neighborhood friends in a drift as high as the truck behind!


Thomas takes out our old camera every now and then, are usually ends up with quite a few interesting shots! Here is his latest take on the happenings around the house.


I visit the doctor again this Friday, and will hopefully have more photos and news of the babies to share.

Dad visit

We had a great visit with Dad, who survived the cold weather in NY! We took him to the family dinner at Thomas' school, on a road trip to Syracuse, and many trips to the mall and restaurants. Thanks for coming out Dad!

24 weeks and counting

Last week's doctor appt went well. Both babies are weighing in at 1-1/2 pounds, and I won''t tell you what I'm weighing in at. Here is Kristin at 25 weeks.

New Ride

We found a great deal on a used mini-van, and traded in the RAV. The new car is great, and certainly has lots of room for a large family! It's a 2009 Toyota Sienna, and seats 8.

Here we are saying goodbye to the RAV, the new van, and it's first road trip to the children's museum in Syracuse with Dad.

Finally!

Update

Here's the things we've been up to lately!

Andrew moved into his big boy bed last weekend, and after a rough start, seems to understand now that we stay in our bed, and not get up and play as soon as mom and dad leave the room. Our baby is growing up!



Steve has been our head chef these days, especially at dinnertime as he picks up the boys at the sitters around 5pm, and I usually don't get home until 5:30 or so. But that doesn't mean he's on his own, sometimes he employs a few sous chefs! Here is the scene I walked into tonight on pizza night.

BOYS!!

We found out this morning that we are expecting twin boys! They are in great shape, with perfect anatomy and identical weights (11oz). They are both head down, one right on top of the other in identical positions. Everything appears to be going perfectly so far!

Kristin at 20 weeks

Upper Twin


Lower Twin

The lower twin was a bit camera shy, with an arm thrown over his face for most of the session. Their heads are fairly close together so he kept getting his face blocked and we couldn't get a perfect shot - but we can see enough to tell that they look very similar!

We are very excited about our house full of boys, and Thomas and Andrew can't wait to meet their little brothers!

4 and a half!

Thomas celebrated his half birthday today with chocolate chip muffins and chocolate and peanut butter flavored krumkake! (Swedish cookies similar to pizelles)

Happy 4-1/2!

Christmas recap

We had a great trip to KS for the holidays, and since our return have been swept up in the return to school, work, laundry, and making our own meals and cleaning up after ourselves again!

We spent a fun week at the Gustafsons house, and got to go ice skating twice, as well as spending time with the Honas family and Grandma Bonnie, eating great meals, and celebrating Christmas. We also spent two nights at the lake house with the DeWeeses and Siscos, ringing in the New Year and also enjoying fantastic food.

Picture album to follow shortly! Happy New Year!