Serious Business- and proof they are boys

I never knew that play-dough was such serious business. This boy was so intent on what he was doing! Maybe we have a Michelangelo on our hands. He would not crack a smile despite the fact that you could tell he enjoyed playing in the stuff. After awhile all those little pieces you see became balls that were then thrown at Kitty. Poor Kitty. She is terrorized by Elijah daily. What is she going to do when she has 3 boys to contend with. Hopefully one of them will take pity of them.

Speaking of the twins, if you know how to read ultrasounds you can tell quite easily that they are boys.

Baby Boy B is just showing us his bottom parts.

Baby Boy A has his head in between his legs. His head is on the left, bottom on the right.

The Verdict is in!

Despite the feeling that there just had to be a girl in this oven of mine, my feelings were completely WRONG! That's right...we're have TWO BOYS! They were a little shy showing their faces to us this time but they had no trouble showing off their little boy parts. No ifs ands or buts they most definitely look like boys. At least we know how to raise boys and shouldn't need any clothes. Jake and I are a little in shock. What are we going to do with THREE? I guess we will be forever used to chaos, messes, and broken items. I can't believe it! Wow!

My Little Imp

This is my little imp. Jake took these pictures while I was sleeping. Notice the Spree candy box. It was on the bar. He uses his step stool (or more recently I found out the kitchen chairs) to get anywhere he wants to get anything he wants...so nothing is safe. On a couple of occasions we have found him outside when we hadn't locked the door (which I'm sure he will soon find out he can move his step stool to reach the lock). Two days ago he was sitting in his booster eating a snack while I was making dinner and he said "Mamma, Look!" I of course about had a heart attack when I turned to find him standing on top of his booster seat. He raised his arms and said, "TaDA!!" very proudly. I yelled at him to get down and sit on his bottom but, boy he thought he was something. He is quite the character. Yesterday night I gave him a bath, put a diaper on him, and let him play for a few minutes before he got the jammies on because he didn't want them on right then. Five minutes later he comes up to me diaper in hand and says "Mamma, diaper off." No kidding. He regularly claps his hands at poor Kitty and says, "Mow, GET DOWN!" Now, mind you, one of his first words was Kitty. Why he has decided that since she meows that should be her name, I have no idea, let alone how he won't let the poor cat be. She'll be sleeping on the couch and he does that to her. We keep trying to tell him we only do that when she goes on the counter or into our room but he insists on doing it to her constantly. His new love is dinosaurs. Everything is dinosaurs. I bought him a shirt from Target with a rhino on it and he argues with me that no, it's a Dino-SAUR Mamma! He also loves buses. He can spot one on the road a mile away. He has on one occasion woken up while napping screaming his head off making his GaGa run into the room only to find out he's upset b/c he hears the "I-key (ice cream) truck". He has done that for me as well, only it was b/c he heard the garbage truck and wanted to go wave to the garbage man. He wants to snack all day long and thinks it nothing to eat off your plate or drink out of your drink. Everything is "Mine now" although he will share with you. Don't get me wrong, he's sweet as pie when he wants to be. I went into his room when he woke up from his nap yesterday to find his stuffed moose wrapped up in his blankie and him reading a story to him. I told him he was a good Daddy and he just smiled and said "Uh-huh." He loves to read books and sing songs. He actually will sing some of the words and if they have motions like all good kids songs do, he'll go through them as well.

Well, I guess that's enough for now. I just love my little man!

Calling for Help

So here's the deal. I feel WONDERFUL aside from these dreadful allergies that just do not respond to the ok'd Claritin. So that being said I KNOW I may not have a very long time of this feeling so I'm despirately trying to get my house in order. So I was wondering if anyone had any organizational suggestions so that really work for them. Example: if you have toddlers, how do you plan for snacks for the week? What kind of snacks do you find are inexpensive, healthy, and quick to make (I like buying packages of jello and cans of fruit and making mini jello salads in small containers for the week). Also, I wanted to know if anyone could share any really good recipes that are either 1. easy and quick or 2. freeze well (both would be incredible!) Are there any web sites that you find are really helpful?
By the way, last post I never said that I felt the babies move for the first time April 1st. They've felt very different from when I felt Elijah at 19weeks. More fluttery.
Anyway, let me know your suggestions!

Easter Sunday

Last year we didn't get any good Easter pictures. This year I was determined to get at least a few. These are some of the best.

Time to go. I got my basket of candy. On to more new and exciting things...and possibly more candy! Elijah did not get a huge basket of candy from us this year. Just a few filled eggs and then some books, crayons, and coloring books.

This is my favorite picture that was taken yesterday. Isn't my little man so handsome? Even though it was SO hard to get good pictures of him we did get some good ones. It's funny that my favorite ones don't even capture him smiling, which is odd because he is a very happy kid (wow, KID, I had written baby but I guess he's a kid now...sob).

Here we are! We are coming to a close of the last few family of 3 pictures. Soon it will become the family of 3 KIDS!

I had a Dr appointment today. So far I have gained 5 pounds and am measuring 18 to 19 weeks which is right on for 15 weeks with twins. I have one more doctor appointment in a month (19 weeks) and then after that it becomes more frequent. AND we MAY get to find out the sex of the babies next Tuesday!!!! Yeah! I will be 16 weeks so I was told they do complete ultrasounds instead of just finding the heart rate and measuring the babies etc. We'll get to see all the blood flow in the brain, heart, kidneys, etc, etc. I am excited!