Baby Shower!

Chris's mom and dad hosted a baby shower for us and Megan and Aaron on Sunday, and we had such a wonderful time! It was so nice to spend the day with family and friends. Kathy made beautiful table decorations and a darling gift table. She had the food prepared by Cappizolli's, which is their favorite local (Oceanside) Italian restaurant--it was delicious! Megan and I are both having boys, and all the gifts were adorable! I can't wait to have the time this weekend to slowly go through everything and oogle over it! Thank you to everyone who shared the special day with us!

xo, j&c

Starting the 3rd Trimester!

We got the labs back, and everything is fine. I'm not going to get near any more cats besides our own! Yesterday was 28 weeks, which is the start of the 7th month/third trimester. We are so excited for our little guys to arrive! If they arrive at 36 weeks, then there's only 8 weeks to go.

Saturday I finally finished painting my new office, and yesterday we moved in. I still have some boxes to go through and throw out/organize, but for the most part, it looks really good. Next step is to paint the nursery and put up the border. Then, we can move the crib and other furniture in--and out of the hall, guest room, and living room!

Yesterday I posted our Litchfield Park condo for a vacation/business rental on Craigs List. We've already gotten 3 responses, so I think it's going to work out well to do it this way, rather than as a regular rental. Alicia will be moving to Yuma on March 1, so we'll need to get it ready on the 2nd and during the following week. We already have someone who wanted to rent it starting on the 1st!

We also have a vacancy coming up over at our Glendale apartments. I posted it for rent yesterday on Craigs List, and I've got two people scheduled to come and see it on Tuesday evening.

Next time, I'll post pictures of the house and baby stuff. xo, j&c

27-week Check-up

Sorry for not posting for so long! Here are the latest pictures of our little guys. They are both doing fine. They're a week ahead of schedule in their growth, which is good, since twins often come early. They weigh about 2 1/2 pounds each already! They're likely about 15" long.

I got into a tangle with a cat over at one of our apartment buildings last Sunday, and I've been panicking about a disease called Toxoplasmosis. It's not harmful to adults, but it can hurt the babies. I talked to the doctor about it yesterday, and they drew blood to test for it. About 50% of people in the US have already been exposed and are immune to it. I'm hoping I'm among the 50%--it's likely since I've lived with cats for so long. The test can determine if you're immune or if you've been recently exposed. If I got it from this cat, then I'd likely go on antibiotics to prevent the babies from getting it.

Chris and I both caught a terrible flu--he had it for about a week and a half, and I had it for about 2 1/2 weeks. It sidelined us from doing a lot of things we had planned around the house getting ready for babies.

We're going to be making our upstairs front bedroom into my office, so I got everything moved out (it was my craft room), and I started to paint. It's about half done, and I hope to finish painting this weekend. We'll make my current office (the back upstairs bedroom) into the nursery. So, once we move out all the office stuff, I'll paint the nursery and start moving all the baby stuff in.

We bought a crib through Craig's List. It has a changing table attached, with drawers and shelves, so it will be very handy. We also bought a co-sleeper through Craig's List; it is a soft-sided crib that attaches to the bed. In the night, I won't have to get up to feed them. If they wake up, I can just reach over and bring them into bed with us.

Chris's mom, Kathy, bought us a wonderful dual stroller, as well as two matching car seats. We also bought a glider and ottomon that arrived last week. It's an upholstered chair-and-a-half, and it's a beautiful lavender color that perfectly matches our bedroom. So, we had to move out the chaise (which is now in the family room), and the dog crates, and then Chris "encouraged" me to clean out our bedroom--he was right, it was a bit of a disaster! So, it's now all nice and clutter-free and clean. We hope to be able to keep it that way.

Bye for now! j&c