Fall is finally here!

It's October, which means that fall is finally here! In other places, fall means cooler weather, cute changes in fashion and different colors on the trees. Here, it means cooler weather... and pants? Temps have reached the low 90's and upper 80's making it a much nicer walk to the mailbox.

Today I pulled out our fall decorations decoration. I've been thinking about getting more to festive up the place, but let's be honest here, I'm not huge on decorating and the storage capacity in this house has already reached it's limit so this will have to do for now.

I've finished up my projects and am prepared for the boys to get here. I have really enjoyed not working, but am slightly bored at times. There have been a few things around that I want to convert/paint/try but don't want to start anything new in case it doesn't get finished. I'm big on schedules. If I knew how long I actually had maybe I could do one or two.

Because of that, there has been a lot of cleaning going on around here. Partly because I'm bored, partly because I am OCD, and partly because I have this irrational fear of going into labor while the house is dirty and then I have to come home to a dirty house or WORSE other people will see my house dirty! I'm not even kidding, this runs through my head several times during the day. Because of this, the floor gets done almost everyday, the blinds are dusted weekly, the touch up paint gets used on a daily basis and the list goes on.

The boys are all packed for the hospital (come on, a couple of outfits and blankets set on top of the car seats was not all that hard), and I've started a bag. Yup, started. I have had lots of contractions over the past few weeks. You'd think that would make for many trips to the hospital for "false alarms", but instead I just think "oops, there it goes again". Hope that doesn't mean I ignore the real ones and end up having an accidental home birth.

Military Wives has helped me pass the time, too. It's a show. A fantastic show! Seriously, I blame it mostly on the hormones but I cry almost every episode. That show has some great writers, let me tell you.

I know this post has been way too much excitement for you to handle, so carry on.

Anniversary

For our 3 year anniversary, we took a nice little jont to San Diego. It was awesome to do what we wanted, when we wanted.

I was a little bit concerned about getting out of Dodge since they boys' are trying to make an early appearance but they stayed put! I have been on Iron pills and have had a couple steroid shots to help keep them baking which have both been very helpful.

Capitan's Quarters

We recently finished the major parts of the nursery. There are still some little things that I want to get for the room to make it more decorated but it is such a relief to have at least the big things put together. Even though the boys probably won't use their room for sleeping for quite some time at least it is done, the clothes they have so far are washed, and our hallway is clear of baby gear.

Why yes, those are dolls in the crib! We have been working with Koa on leaving the "babies" alone when they are on the floor, not jumping up when we are holding a "baby". It may sound silly, but I've heard lots of other people that have this as well. They all tell me it really helped and their dogs leave the kids alone. She was very curious at first, but now is getting much better at recognizing her boundaries. 

It was weird putting up two cribs, putting away two carseats, etc. at first, but has now become so normal to us. Now it is strange to us that all kids don't come in pairs; usually one at a time. There is less than 7 weeks left before the twins are allowed to come. 

And of course our current baby girl, Koa could not be left out of this!

Just because she is so stinkin' cute.

Crafts and Crap

I officially no longer work anymore.

Hurray!

It has been so awesome to catch up on the things around the house that I got behind on and work on projects. I also love having a squeaky clean house! Back to the projects;

This wingback for example...

This chair took me months to reupholster. There were so many staples in this thing, and then putting it all back on was like a giant puzzle. I'm so glad to finally have this finished and I can say that I will never ever do this ever again.

I found some cute things perusing Pinterest a while back and just got around to trying these out...

I'm really not all that crafty (trust me) so these took a bit longer to make than the directions said. NEVER trust Pinterest.

Pirates, right here on our beach!

We finally decided to decorate the twins' room a pirate theme. We recruited my dad's artistic abilities to draw a picture I found online that we could fill in. Today he came and drew it out for us. Now one of these days I'll get to filling it in...

Fourth of July and Grandpa's House

For the 4th of July, we were lucky enough to be able to make the trip up to Reno to visit Jake's family. I am so sad that I don't have any pictures from the trip but we had a great time visiting and seeing everyone.

After Reno, we headed up to Vancouver, Wa where my Grandpa lives. He is turning 97 on the 26th so I felt it was really important to go see him. We asked lots of questions and had him tell us some awesome stories. While there, we also got to see my cousin Heather, a couple of my aunts and an uncle. It was also awesome seeing my sister, her hubs and their two adorable girls! Shellie and I have made it a tradition to go get her girls' ears pierced together. They really don't cry much... I promise. But the initial cry is pretty heart breaking.

Brinley Bear about 5 minutes after getting her ears pierced!

Scott mowing Grandpa's huge lawn

Shell, Di, Brielle, Yours Truly, Heather

Grandpa used to play the harmonica and do back flips for us all the time. Since I figured a back flip was out of the question, I asked him to please play us a song on the harmonica. Love my Gramps...

Teeny Weenies

At 16 weeks, we were able to find out that the twins are both boys! We were so certain that they were one of each, second guess was boys. We are so lucky that 99.9% of the time we get to see the babies. They are both still measuring at the same height and weight and the heart beats are around a 2 beat difference. The twins are very active, but it really hasn't kept me from sleeping at night or bothering me. Recently, we've been able to see my stomach move and it is pretty crazy.

The pictures are labeled below and tells you which is Baby A and Baby B.

In some of the videos you can see both of the little guys. They really like to pick on each other on put on a show.

I am at 22 weeks now and still growing strong...