Our weekend and 33-week check-up

We had a really busy weekend. Saturday we finished getting our Glendale apartment cleaned and ready for the new tenants. It looks really good--brand new tub/surround, paint, and carpet. One of our other tenants did all the repair work and painting and did a great job. I forgot to bring my camera to take pictures before the new people moved in, darn it!

Then, we had a basic gun safety training class. Chris bought a Glock 40-caliber for protection. In Arizona, it's fairly easy to buy a gun, and he can carry it now as long as it's viewable. He's going to take another class that will allow him to carry concealed. That'll be next weekend. At the basic class, he got to practice shooting at the shooting range. I was nearby watching, and each time the gun went off, the babies jumped!!! I was worried that the noise would damage their hearing, so I opted out of shooting and sat in the car while Chris practiced. He did great and has a very accurate shot.

Sunday, Chris spent the day over at our Sunnyslope "estates." He worked on our vacant unit and cleaning up/weeding around the property. He's happy because it's starting to get hot--88 degrees already! He really likes the heat and being outdoors. Meanwhile, I worked on our Litchfield Park condo. We are getting it ready to rent it as an executive/vacation home. I had already purchased a lot of kitchen stuff, as well as bath/bedding for the other condo we still have under contract that has not yet closed. So, I washed everything and put things away. It looks really nice. We still need to buy a bed, a dining table and chairs, a dresser, a patio table and chairs, and some other necessities to have it totally ready. Take a look at the new link to see where it is posted for rent. I'll also put some pictures here.

Speaking of the other condo that we have under contract . . . I had put money down on it back in October 2006 and it was supposed to be constructed and ready by May of 2007. Then, the date became August 2007, then October, and then I couldn't get in touch with anyone there! The housing market was coming to a standstill, and construction was basically stopped. We had hoped to have it available for Super Bowl, which was in February 2008, but that didn't happen. At this point, we are a little nervous about going forward with purchasing it, with the babies coming, and the state of the housing market. The only way to get out of the contract and get our money back, is if they don't deliver within 18 months of the original contract--that happens to be next week! So, at this point, we're going to wait until the 18 months runs out and talk to the sales agent about either reducing the price to entice us to follow through with our purchase, or canceling and get our money back.

With all we had to do over the weekend, we didn't celebrate Easter at all. It just came so early!!!

Yesterday, I had my 33-week check-up. They did an ultrasound to check the heartrates--Matthew was at 135 and Thomas was at 137--both are just fine. All is going well, and now I will have to start seeing the doctor twice a week. They'll be monitoring the babies at each visit to make sure they're doing OK. They want the babies to wait until at least 36-37 weeks to be born, so they have time to develop as much as possible. They should arrive in just 3-4 weeks now! I'm getting very ready for them to be here. Moving around and sleeping are difficult, but really everything is going well and I can't complain too much! We are so blessed to be having these little guys!

That's all for now! xo, j&c