Lollipop with dad in walmart

I mean, does it get any cuter than this little manipulator? I told her she could have the lollipop IF SHE WAS GOOD... Right. A couple, "pweeeease"s later and she was sucking on this lollipop bg the time we passed the flowees (very close to the entry, btw lol).

-Andrew

Book worm

No, she can't read yet but that doesn't stop her from LOVING books! Maybe she'll be inspired enough by the book "Toby" to figure out how to get that pesky rat out of our attic/garage! :-P

Soakin up that TX sun

Claire soaking up that TX sun (in a parking lot waiting for momma)!

Oh brother....

Are you ready to be shocked and horrified? Hang on to your hats, folks. Graphic images ahead. 

 Oh my goodness, is Molly the cutest kid EVER in this pic? This is me at 38w,  the morning of my c-section with Claire. 

This is me ON my due date with Lucy. I went another week and a half. 

This is me approximately 2.5 minutes ago, at 22 and a half weeks. At least 12 weeks to go. 

I am definitely hitting a wall at this point. I was told by many of my twin mom friends that it would happen once I hit "full-term size." I am very tired and very crabby and in LOTS of pain. I think it would be fine if I were actually anywhere near my due date, but that is a season and a half away, y'all...

Feeling TWO bouncing babies bopping around in there is certainly motivation to keep going, and I am SO excited that we're going to have twins, but it really is two pregnancies at once.  

I will, of course, rally like the champ I am. I'm sure this is just a phase. I am also told by my twin mom friends that the wall comes and goes and that I should be feeling right as rain in a couple of days. I think that leaving behind the August heat will work wonders for my outlook! We've had another jump in the temps and boy is it nasty out there! I live for my early mornings outside with the little girls, playing in the hose, watering flowers and sweeping. Just a couple of weeks until we have nice weather every day!

I don't live in Iowa; Vote for Claire Faustina Cooke!

And it's a good thing. This nation only cares about the state of "Iowa" once every four-to-eight years and for the duration of about two (2) months. LOL. Who the heck lives in IOWA anyways!? Iowinians?! Exactly, right??? Get outta there people.

If I DID live in Iowa? I'd vote for someone who:

1. Reduces (my) taxes;
2. Flip flops less than Romney (rolling and scootching 24/7 is okay and encouraged in politics lol)
3. Crawls steady to the top of the polls vs. the Perry, Cain & Gingrich FLIGHT to the top (which were each so obviously created by the media for dramatic effect/flair, ugh)... slow & steady wins the race;
4. Is baptized in the Catholic [or at least a Christian] Church (this should've been #1 but I wasn't thinking LOL, just play along, punch line is coming...)
5. Is more conservative and pro-family and pro-life than Pawlenty, er, I mean that other guy that looks just like Pawlenty who is still in this race but no one can remember him b/c there are too many people in the debates to each talk...um, Santorum?
6. Who smokes less pot than Ron Paul, um, a lot less;
7. Can maintain a mean, debate-ready, firm, no-punches-pulled face even with food hanging off her lips, and
8. Has beautifully HUGE cheeks;

More cute than a pig with lipstick, my perfect candidate for 2012... Claire Faustina Cooke.



I mean, come on. She'd do better than Obama! With her mama's natural budget balancing talented, we'd probably even balance a budget in DC!

(This post brought to you by Daddy. Mommy's still rooting for Santorum and thinks Newt and Claire are neck and neck in the cheek department.) (Daddy agrees. Newt has some cute cheeks and I'd be willing to overlook all the worked-with-Clinton-reached-across-the-aisle-jibberish he carefully executes on stage but he's just sooooo freakin' arrogant!!!!!!!!!)