Emma's busy summer!

She's Mommy's little helper! She helps wiping down the counters. She loves eating by herself and her new favorite thing is coloring with her cousins!. She has been having so much fun with her three cousins! I'm a little nervous about how she will react when they are all gone, but for now we'll just try to enjoy the 3 days we have left together!

Early Bird Special!

This morning Ryan left the house very early. He left before 4am. He drove his recently washed truck. He had some work to do. He went and did it. And he came home about 2 hours later. He gets back in bed with me and asks me how I was doing, after whining a little I fell back asleep and he asks me "aren't you going to ask me how I'm doing?" I said, how are you doing? He said "oh, I'm fine, I was just in a wreck but I'm fine". And I woke up to this:





Since this is pretty much all I know, I think I will let Ryan give the details about the wreck later.

31 Weeks!

We went to our doctor's appointment on Tuesday and they measured the babies. Right now, at 31 weeks, Baby Alejandro is 4# 4oz and Baby Benjamin is 3# 15oz! I was thinking Baby B was a little bit behind but he's actually the average one! Baby A just happen to be above average. They are both healthy and beautiful. So far things are going just fine, pretty much ideal, except for all those aches and pains and huge heavy belly, so, yeah, pretty much a normal pregnancy. I was praying last night and I caught myself saying "I'm thankful for all my blessings but..." (thinking about how physically miserable I feel sometimes and how I'm wishing for time to fly by so I can feel well again) And at that moment I realized that if I was really counting my blessings and if I was really thankful then there shouldn't be any "buts". And I just knew Heavenly Father knew about my "buts". And I started praying to be more sincere when expressing my gratitude. And I really am thankful that we're having our boys and that they are doing exceptionally well, and that it's only aches and pains and nothing more serious, I don't even have gestational diabetes! How thankful I am for my circumstances and especially for the support and love our families show us everyday.

August!

August here we go! I woke up and realized a new month had begun. This is my birthday month! I can't believe I'm this old already. I used to think this day never would come, not that I wanted to be old, but when you're little you wonder when you'll be big and independent and have a husband, a house and children, at least I did, and it feels like it will never happen! But those days have come and here I am, about to turn thirty. (I can't believe I wrote that, please ignore it, it's just for record keeping purposes).
But anyway, July has been a good month. All three babies are growing! Emma keeps growing and becoming a little princess. My mom got her some real girl silk pajamas (size 4-5) on Saturday and she was so excited and kept feeling the fabric and smiling! She wants to wear them all the time now.

Also on Saturday we went yard saling and guess what I found!? A crib! Just the night before I had been thinking about it, and wondering if I should start nesting (I haven't done anything, I haven't bought anything but 2 cute onesies); and I thought about shopping for a crib and it sounded expensive and so I decided to go to sleep instead. So, Saturday morning we went to a yard sale and these people had a cute white crib for $40 dollars! It didn't come with a mattress but we have an extra one, so, it's cool. I bought it. I wasn't sure about a white crib but at that price, I can repaint it or whatever, we'll see. It's a very cute crib. It now sits in our garage and will stay there until Ryan "gets to it".
Emma just came into the room and threw a big temper tantrum because I wouldn't let her hold my cup of water! So, my mom took her to the porch to show her some plants and is now sitting on the toilet! She loves sitting on the toilet now, just because it looks fun I guess.