Thanksgiving 2016

Hello my wonderful readers. This was my first year cooking a Thanksgiving dinner for anyone! I have to say I did a pretty good job. Nothing was over or under cooked so I consider that a win haha. We only had my mother in law over so we had a ton of leftovers and at off them for like 2 days it was wonderful! 

 Penelope's staying out of the way so daddy could vacuum before my mother in law got there. 

 Aaron insisted on taking a picture of me prepping the turkey for the oven. 

 These were taken later in the day after my mother in law left, I'm so thankful this year for our little family that will soon be almost twice the size. 

 My wonderful turkey! 

 Penelope didn't eat much but it is kind of a hit and miss with toddlers eating anything haha, she loved the rolls (the only thing I didn't make). 

Hope you all had a wonderful Thanksgiving, being thankful for anything and everything! 

Bouncing Baby - Update Week 32 & 33

Hello wonderful readers. Sorry for not keeping up with things I have been so busy it feels like, I am starting to go a little crazy. So the update on weeks 32 & 33 is kind of eventful haha. 

Week 32 started out with election day really, we took Penelope to vote and explained what we were doing I think she enjoyed herself. Also in the same week my wonderful bible study of woman threw me a baby sprinkle and loaded us up with wonderful things for the babies, I could not be more thankful for these wonderful ladies! The weekend was wonderful as well, Saturday I went to the Birth Without Fear gathering that I have wanted to go to forever and got to go with a friend I haven't seen in awhile. Look up Birth Without Fear if you have never heard of it, January is amazing! I ended the week with a couple family members coming over and going out to eat and them showering the babies a little, it was delicious and wonderful of them to do that! 

Week 33 started with a routine doctors appointment. Everything was good just chugging along, have only gained 2 pounds so far and the me and the babies are both healthy. We also had moms group this week and did a really fun craft (look for it in my Christmas decor post). Ended the week by cleaning our house top to bottom for Thanksgiving and having an ultrasound to check in on the babies. 

Hope you enjoy this quick update on my pregnancy! Loves!

Nursery Reveal

Hello my wonderful readers! We don't really have a nursery again, but unlike with Penelope they do have their own area of a room. The twins and Penelope will all be in the same room so they each have their own space and own dresser drawer. The girls share one side of the closet and little man gets his own side along with all the gender neutral clothes. At first they will be in the pack n play in our room just like Penelope was but here are their beds in their room when we are ready to put them in there:

 Little man's corner.

 Little girl's corner.

Penelope's big girl bed.

Here is the dresser and diaper set up we are planning on going with. The twins will be in disposable diapers until they are out of the newborn size and then we will go to cloth diapers.

 Penelope's dresser drawer right now is shared with her brother a little but once things start getting used she will go back to her own drawer. 

 Above is Juliet's drawer and below is Andrew's drawer, all the gender neural items are also in his drawer because it's the top drawer and easy to get to. 

 One side of the closet is Andrew's along with all gender neutral items and the hanging organizer for socks and shoes, each kids has one pocket except Penelope has two. The shelf above the clothes has all their baby books, Penelope's night time diapers and the rest of the cloth diapers. The closet is so full I have no idea how to organize it to fit everything at this point. 

 Other side of the closet is for the girls and other stuff in the bottom is toys and books and blankets in boxes. 

Here is our diaper organization for right now next to the dresser that has the changing pad on top of it: bottom drawer is all newborn size disposable diapers, middle drawer is cloth diapers all set to the smallest size prepped and stuffed, and the top drawer is Penelope's cloth since that is what we are using right now. When the babies arrive their disposable drawer will most likely go to the top since they will be changed more often. On top is a basket with lotion, baby powder and wipes bucket, along with all the little things in the bottom like diaper cream, nail clippers, boogie wipes and brushes and combs. Hope you enjoyed seeing what we have so far in the kids room. Love always! 

Penelope's 2nd Birthday Party

Hello my wonderful readers. I can't believe still that my little girl is 2 years old and we are celebrating her 2nd birthday already. One of her favorites is Minnie Mouse. This year being pretty much 31 weeks pregnant I didn't go as DIY and big as last year we only invited immediate family for a total of 12 and had hamburgers, veggies, macaroni salad, chips and dip and cupcakes. Nothing really fancy just simple to celebrate our baby. I went on Michael's website and ordered everything that matched for Minnie Mouse then ordered her a little white custom t-shirt for her birthday from a local lady that does awesome work. I made a little picture collage I saw on pinterest that was super easy to show my favorite pictures from the last year since her last birthday. And then made a little high chair banner also I saw on pinterest.

We got a couple of balloons, we could've not even had the party and bought her a couple balloons she would've been fine haha. 

I just did the funfetti white cake with plain white frosting and pink sprinkles, really simple no fuss and delicious. 

 My dad and brother BBQed for us and even Charlie joined the party.

 Me and my baby. Penelope got many presents from everyone. 

 Lots of clothes and books, which we love! Also she got her first Disney movie!

 My grandma and mother in law above and my grandma and mom below.

 My niece got upset presents weren't for her, her birthday is in a week so she will get some then. 

 Penelope got two baby dolls one girl and one boy to practice being a big sister to twins :-). She also got the cute Minnie Mouse ears she is wearing. 

 She got some baby bottles to feed the babies and a small cute purse to carry them around in. 

 The aftermath of the gift opening. Below she is already feeding her babies. 

 Daddy is getting a little practice holding two haha. 

 She didn't enjoy the singing but loved her cupcake a lot more than last year. 

Hope you enjoyed these pictures as much as we enjoyed her birthday! Lots of love to our big 2 year old baby girl. 

Bouncing Baby - Update Week 30 & 31

Hello fabulous readers. I feel like the past few weeks have been a whirlwind and all ran together. Week 30 symptoms are just fatigue and a little soreness as I have run out of room for them so they are pushing out. I started the week with an ultrasound which was short and sweet and they weigh about 3lbs each, Juliet is a little smaller than Andrew is but both are on track growth wise. We celebrated Penelope's actual birthday with grocery shopping for her party and picking out a little gift for her from us. Friday night was cleaning and going to the Moms group pumpkin carving and carving Penelope's pumpkin, it was a fun night with friends, she was a little fussy while we were there so we didn't stay too long. When we got home we put her to bed and got stuff ready for the party and then had a paint our pumpkin date night like we used to before we had Penelope. On Saturday we had Penelope's birthday party (see other post) and had a wonderful time but man was I tired from that! I was worn out to the point where when we went to bed that night I was crying my back and feet hurt so bad. Sunday was a wonderful day, it poured rain outside all day so we all stayed home in our sweats and cuddled and watched TV all day and played with Penelope and did nothing, it was a wonderfully relaxing day.

Week 31 started off with getting Penelope back into her routine which is sometimes hard when she doesn't stick to it at all for a whole weekend, so by the end of Monday I was dragging butt. We did end the night with watching Hocus Pocus after we put her to bed with some popcorn and homemade roasted pumpkin seeds I made from my pumpkin in celebration for Halloween. Penelope and me went to moms group and had a good time, she always has so much fun at church with all her friends. Wednesday night I went to the hospital for a c-section information class and to take a tour of the hospital. It is the same hospital I gave birth to Penelope in 2 years ago but it was nice to see it again so I kind of know where I'm going. It was also nice to know how a c-section goes at that hospital and what to expect, it made me a little scared but also reassured me since it's not as unknown as it was now. It was good on information unlike some of the classes I have taken in the past. The week ended with having tea with my mom and doing a little shopping and just spending some mother daughter time together after a busy few weeks. 

Hope you enjoyed the update. 

Halloween 2016

Hello my wonderful readers. Halloween 2016 was the year for dressing in a costume with a family theme. I wanted to think of something for all of us to participate in since it was the first time we took Penelope trick or treating. Also I was looking for something easy to DIY and that can be reused for another time. 

We decided on Aaron being Cat in the Hat with black sweats he already had, a new black sweatshirt we got really cheap at Target maybe $8 that he will wear all winter, I had red fabric to tie around his neck for a tie and we got a cheap hat at the Halloween store. 

For Penelope I got some cheap red sweats from Walmart and a red long sleeve shirt also from Walmart both around $3 each and she can wear both for awhile at least through the winter, her and my headbands are from the Halloween store pretty cheap and we already had the pumpkin bucket from a few years ago I think it was from Walmart for $1-2.

My black leggings are my regular maternity ones, I didn't have time to go find some red anything that actually fit my pregnant self haha, the red sweatshirt is the same as Aaron's $8 from Target. The Thing 1,2,3,4 patches came in a pack of 9 actually from Party City for $5. 

All I did for my sweatshirt and Penelope's shirt was tack them on with a couple stitches and that way I can easily take them off to use the clothes this winter.  

This year Penelope was the only one who carved her pumpkin (with help from daddy) at the Moms group pumpkin carving night. Me and Aaron painted ours and I painted the little pumpkins with the twins first initials and even drew a little dog face on the smallest one for our doggie Charlie. Hope your Halloween was as fun as ours was.