This, That, and the Mother Thing

We are in the midst of figuring out how to finance our remodel and, more importantly, the twins.  Because I am new to most of this financial...

So, at a little over 15 weeks of twin pregnancy, I have some observations to share about what it's like to be pregnant with twins. First...

I'm back to my curly headed self.  And my hair has shrunk back up to between my shoulder blades.  Also, the blow drying and flat ironing...

Yes, indeedy.  What do Cousin Itt , Jennifer Aniston , and Kirstie Alley have in common?  Why, me with straight hair.   Yesterday, while ge...

Last year, after some raise or another, we decided to splurge on getting a housekeeper to come to our house twice a month. (I'm pretty s...

I am back from a wonderful family cruise to celebrate my parent's 50 th wedding anniversary.  Yes, we celebrated Dave's parent'...

We had our first trimester screen on Wednesday, and, as the doctor says, everything looks perfectly normal.  Both babies were jumping around...

We're just arrived back from Rockford, IL to celebrate Dave's parent's 50 th wedding anniversary.  It was a lot of fun and Cono...

We've known since we moved into this house  that we were going to need to remodel it at some point.  And although we've put a bathro...

The pebble in Conor's ear was not too big of a deal.  He was very upset that he had done something wrong.  And quite scared when the doc...

"Son, don't touch with your penis at the breakfast table." "But it's itchy." "Hmmmmm, it might be time to w...

I've been trying to strictly follow the Dr. Luke Diet, but after gaining over 4 lbs in one week, I figured I could probably cut back a l...

The ultrasound went really well yesterday. The subchorionic hemorrhage is gone (hooray!) and the babies had a bit of a growth spurt since ...

Everything is going well with the spotting, which means there is none.  I am taking it easy, although I'm no longer trying for full bed ...

I have been spotting about once a day for the last week or so.  It's been brown, so I really haven't been that worried.  Also, I fou...

So, ummm, yeah! We are adjusting to having twins.  And yes, I do know it's still  early and all that stuff, but things are looking great...

Our new heating system, a Trane , was installed on Friday,  and there was much rejoicing.  It's amazing how used one can get to being co...

Hello! Hello! Things are going just dandy, which means my boobs are killing me, I'm often nauseous and I will likely fall dead asleep b...

My boobs really, really hurt.  In all my gazillion pregnancies, my boobs have never been this sore.  And that includes when I was breastfeed...

I swear, I wasn't trying to play coy.  One of the problems with being on the east coast with a west coast clinic is that they are fully ...