14 week tummy

After a number of requests from far away friends and family, I feel compelled to post this picture. That there is a 37 inch waist. John casually mentioned this weekend that I will soon be a "hippopotamus ballerina". I'd hoped for a better piciture, but John was done playing "take a picture of me for the blog".

13 weeks

Long ago, I told myself that if I ever had ultrasounds I wouldn't make everyone look at them. I've never been able to see whatever you are supposed to see and it's always just awkward. But mine is SO cute! It's cool to see them together. Some of the pictures were more clear (baby B doesn't really look like an alien), but this is the only one with both of them. I love baby A's little feet. I cried for the first 10 minutes of the ultrasound- it was amazing to watch each of them rub their face and belly, kick, and flip around. They look like babies now!

We have furniture!

Our long-anticipated couch arrived this morning, along with our front room table and end tables. We are starting to feel like adults- a grown-up apartment, grown- up furniture, grown-up jobs, having kids, and all sorts of new responsibilities. I also realized today that I've posted more house pictures than I'd realized. We are pretty house-absorbed lately. I'll try to cut back.

John took advantage of our new sitting area to try to complete his portion of the taxes. His responsibility is schedule D (investments), because he does most of the investing, then I do the rest. Our taxes are much less fun then those of everyone else I've helped- there is never a pleasant surprise.

Here is our new front room table. On the left of the picture is the ficus that John and I repotted today. Repotting was surprisingly a very fun family activity.

Little ones

Now that it is pretty obvious to anyone seeing me in person, I've decided I ought to announce that we are excitedly expecting our first two babies in October. One of the biggest surprises for me has been how worried I am already about my children. I wish I could get my own ultrasound machine so I could check up on them more often, maybe make sure baby A isn't teasing baby B.... My cousin Aliza had twins a year and a half ago (both almost 8 lbs. at birth) and I was fascinated by how big she got- all this is a bit more concerning now. I'd outgrown all of my clothes at 10 weeks, so John and I went on an emergency maternity clothes shopping spree today. To celebrate our new additions, my Aunt Susan (grandmother of the twins) gave me a set of harnesses as a gift.

The doctor won't be able to tell the genders of our little ones for a few more weeks, but we are anxious to find out, so while we were at Toys 'R Us John consulted the magic 8 ball, and it turns out that we are expecting two girls! "It is certain." I suppose this should answer the question of whether this will be John V and/or John VI.

Visiting Family

I am again behind on the blog! I spent the past two weekends visiting my family in Utah. John stayed home to work, and also made great progress on our apartment. UTAH Many years ago I decided I wanted to learn how to do taxes, and even went so far as to earn a Master's degree in Taxation. However, I rarely use this knowledge anymore, but love to do so every chance I get. After trying to answer questions from family members over the phone, I decided I should go out to offer help in person- thus the trip. Sadly, I forgot to take pictures of our tax sessions. Many smiles, many large refund checks. One evening, as part of family bonding, the girls all watched our brothers ride four-wheelers and the go-cart. I didn't take any pictures of Rob, because I was too scared- I thought one of those wheelies would be the end of him. I am still trying to forgot seeing those. All of the go-cart pictures were blurry (should have guessed, huh?). Here is one of Dave's stunts gone wrong. He had landed on his backside just moments earlier. Hailey was worried, but Katie kept a strong composure. Afterward, we played some pool in our parents' garage that the brothers have converted to a game house. Here we have team "Younger Kids" (the younger four siblings, less Ali) Rob, Liz, & Emily. Rob cleared the table. On the right are the Uncles Dave and Rob with Hailey. There is no picture of team "Old Foggies"(the oldest four, less Ned). We (Dave, Katie, and I) lost miserably to our junior siblings. We all hid in shame. Since I was home, we decided to throw a baby shower for my sister Alice. Ali and Liz are both expecting babies, both due June 29. Here is Hailey, arriving in style. She is very interested in accessories. In the group photo: l-r are two of Alice's friends, our Mom, cousin Rebekah, Aunt Susan, Grandma Price, Shelby's Mom, and Grandma Williams. And on the other side of me were cousins Beth and Libbey. RENOVATIONS The latest major accomplishments on our place are that we had our floors refinished, John put up our dining room chandelier, and John and our friends Spencer Y. and John P. continued to put up mouldings. Our furniture will arrive on Saturday, and soon we will have all of our rugs. Maybe tomorrow we will finally catch up on laundry. To the right is one of the many changes to our home that I LOVE. My closet is so organized! This is so unlike our student housing closets. I love how easy it is to put things away (especially when all my clothes are on the floor in the front room). Below are current pictures of the dining room and living room. I probably should have replaced the radiator covers, it makes a huge difference. So close!