Calmly Chaotic

Well we didn't get the usual boring... things are awesome... news at the OB's office this morning.  Things are not terrible but they are less than ideal.  The babies seem to have been put on a clock... and it's ticking faster than I would like.

Tomorrow I will hear back to see if I am d…

Last night Andrew had a dream that the babies arrived, were adorable and that the birth was a piece of cake.

He wants them to make a break for it already.  I do too.  Not in that it's time for you girls to be evicted sort of way, but in the we are so ready to meet you kind of way.

We are 36 wee…

Do you have somewhere you normally go each summer?  For the last two years Andrew and I have headed off to Acadia National Park in Maine.  We cram as much as we can into our Mazda 3 Sport and camp, hike and bike for the week.  The first time we drove into Bar Harbor I knew this town had me for life…

I have some pretty strong opinions on this whole birth thing.  Opinions that I may just throw out the window during the actual event... but maybe... and hopefully not.  I have an idea in my head of how I want this to play out.

If I could have it my way I would follow through on my empty threat to …

A couple of years ago we lucked into a free antique dresser from a friend of my Mother-in-law's.  We always knew that we wanted to eventually paint it and use it in a nursery.  We just weren't exactly pregnant at the time.  So it sat in the garage for a while, then it sat in one of the form…

Yesterday I was officially 35 weeks pregnant!  About 10 weeks ago I thought that getting to 35 weeks was a dream but here we are... still pregnant... which is great.  We feel pretty ready for the big arrival.  My bags are packed, the car seats have been installed, we've met with our doula and w…

A couple of months ago I blogged about a few different window ideas for the nursery.  Well at that time I thought we'd arrived at a decision.  We were going to order these panels from Pottery Barn... only they were backordered until July.  Well it's July and they are still backordered and I…

My bag is packed... finally.  I know I will likely not use some of this but I have never stayed at a hospital before (well except that time when I was 5 and slit my throat open on a glass table... can we say accident prone!).  So this is the first planned hospital stay and I imagine it will be a fa…

I seem to have entered dangerous territory... cankle territory.

I was doing so well cankle free.  I had hot feet yes... but delighted in my minor swelling and visible bones... no such luck anymore.  Ankle bones... what are those?


At this point we are thinking any day could be "go-time".  …

This is how our night went last night...

We ate chicken, tomatoe and lettuce sandwiches and then watched i am number 4 (don't rush out to see that one anytime soon...)

I complained, and complained some more about the constant burning across my chest and the pain all over my stomach.

My stomach …

Today I am 34 weeks pregnant!!!  Cue the balloons!  Who knew 8 weeks ago that we would make it to 34 weeks (and likely way beyond)!

I had an OB appointment yesterday and to quote the OB... "your twins are doing awesome".

So we're pretty thrilled.  I mean the resident decided to come b…

Three years ago yesterday... we got married... and it was perfect.

I often think about how lucky we are and how strange but wonderful it is to feel like we were always meant to be together.

If you would have told me three years ago that I would be sitting here, 34 weeks pregnant with twins, I would…

I am silently thrilled whenever I see the link to the new issue of Lonny Magazine in my inbox.  I don't comb the pages but I definitely have a quick look through and I always find rooms to fall in love with.  Today's new issue did not disappoint and I was very excited to see one particular …

It's another gorgeous day here and I was up nice and early as is the trend these days for me.  After spending 10 minutes with my feet and hands in a sink full of ice water (to get rid of the swelling), I am feeling more human again and spending some time clicking through etsy and ohdeedoh.  I c…

Okay so I was originally going to share some of my maternity must haves but polyvore + blogger just weren't coexisting nicely for me this morning so I will save that for another day.  Moving on.

I have been having tons and tons of crazy dreams lately... dreams that have involved crazy things su…

Dear twins in my belly... tomorrow we will get to see you once again... you know... that machine that pokes at you and then you kick back at it... yes I know it's probably not your favourite activity but hang in there, hopefully only a few more ultrasounds to go.  During the last couple of ultr…

This weekend I was a lucky, lucky lady.  Being in a pool while very pregnant with twins is completely amazing.

I spent part of Saturday and all of Sunday in pools.  Both outings were completely unplanned... and so so appreciated! That was several hours of pure bliss where I no longer felt the extra…