Twins, Construction, and Life

When I sit down to actually write about our life, I sometimes think to myself that we just did the same stuff we did the week before. While this is true, our life currently has a couple of things that are ever changing.

Thing one is the twins. Luckily, they keep right on growing. This past week I had my twenty week ultrasound. Which means, we got to gaze at all their cool parts and find out gender. I am pleased to announce we are having one boy and one girl. Honestly I was hoping for 2 boys, but I  kind of knew it would be one of each and it just feels right. I am excited to have a little boy and a little girl. We told the girls by getting them a balloon and some sour patch kids. It was a good treat for all and kind of fun to think of how to tell them, so they might understand. I think these twins will be just what our family needs. They both are looking healthy and well, so that was good to hear. Ever since I have ultrasounds with no heartbeats it is always a welcome time to go and listen to those tiny hearts just beat and beat and beat. I love watching them wiggle and it pretty fun with twins to see them be so close to one another. These babies are both pretty wiggly, so our house should continue to have a great amount of energy in it. I am just really excited that everything is looking well, that I have a due date (Jan. 14), and that we are having a boy and a girl. I am still hoping these babies hangout inside until after December 25, but still looking forward to meeting them.

The girls with their balloons and candy.

Me at 21 weeks.

Baby boy.

Baby girl. I have no idea why the blog flips her pic like this.

This one is as best we can get of both. One is below the think white line and one is above. The thick white line is the membrane that separates the two babies.

Me around 20 weeks with all my kids. Its kind of fun to see.

Thing two that seems to be constantly changing now is our basement. This past weekend Jason dug the window well for the new egress window that we are going to be adding. It will be in the bedroom. We also got our asbestos test back clean, so we submitted our paperwork for the permit. Which means we can officially start demo, and Gaupo started that today. It is going to be quite a project tearing out everything. To be honest, it seems a little daunting, but I think we will get there. Gaupo is working hard and hasn't lost his enthusiasm yet, so hopefully it will still carry on. We also finished emptying the basement all  except for the swing. We hauled up all the toys and everything today and I can promise you I did not miss all these toys being upstairs. It is actually really hard for me to want to keep all of them and give my kids a change to play with them, because it means I have wall to wall stuff. There is no wall or corner that doesn't have something on it. However, I remind myself it is temporary. It is all going back down there, and it has a home other than right in my line of sight. It will be interesting to see how this project progresses and turns out. We still have a lot of questions and things to figure out but it will be awesome when its done. 

Jason at the beginning of the whole.

Kylee and Tia in the hole.

Other than those two things that keep us ever changing we mostly work, go to school, and play. Tia and I are getting use to and actually rather enjoying our time together. Tia keeps asking for people to come play and really I need to get better about inviting people over especially anyone that is her age. However, I love having my home to myself and actually I love having Tia to myself. Kylee is still loving school. She had a late start this past Wednesday, so I got some one-on-one time with her and that was a real treat. We did a couple of crafts. She made a bracelet and a mason jar ghost. They were both very cute. I love watching her grow and enjoy the times we get with her. I will be honest I enjoy her more on the weekends because when she gets home from school she is pretty tired. You can't super tell because she is really talkative, but man when it comes to doing homework or helping with chores or something watch out because the cute, nice girl from seconds before goes hiding very quickly. However, it is getting better and we sure love our weekend time. 

Gaupo is enjoying his new role at the library. He is a bit overwhelmed at times, but I think he is figuring things out and it is kind of growing on him. It will definitely be easier when he gets his replacement hired, but until then he just keeps going. I am kind of afraid we are going to wear him down too much with work and construction, but hopefully not. As for me, I am being a mom. I can't lie, I am enjoying my MWF mornings that I have to myself. Sometimes they are a little long or lonely, but it is kind of nice to have sometime to get things done that I need. I feel very blessed to be a mom and am loving reveling in the fact that this is what I get to do all the time. Although, sometimes it is overwhelming. Like today trying to get homework, baths, and dinner done all by myself before 6 was overwhelming and I kind of lost it at the end, but sometimes I totally get it right. So, I just keep working on it.