Catching Up

Mighty oaks from little acorns grow

A. B. Johnson
The Philosophical Emperor a Political Experiment, 1841

It's been a while, no? Late March was my last blog post and I have some catching up to do. Rather than start from the beginning, I'll start from right now since the news that I haven't shared on my blog, (but many of you now know) is that Steve and I are expecting twins! After discussing a little geneology with my grandmother Elaine, I can say for sure that twins do run in our family.

As you might imagine, this whole twin thing has kept Steve and me quite busy. Eating, for example, is practically a full-time occupation. My typical day entails first breakfast, second breakfast (yes, like the Hobbits), lunch, mid-afternoon snack, dinner, and evening snack. Even keeping this ferocious eating pace doesn't guarantee that I won't wake up famished at 5:ooAM to eat my breakfast early. I'm trying to eat as well and inexpensively as I can, too, so I'm constantly grocery shopping - bread and bananas at Albertson's, fresh veggies from the farmers' market or Sunshine Market, DHA enriched eggs and chemical/antibiotic-free meat from Whole Foods, peanut butter from Target, etc...

Enough about me, I bet you're more curious about the twins. I'm 24 weeks into my pregnancy (not quite done with the second trimester). They are healthy little buggers and they are kicking with regularity and vigor. We found out at our 24 week ultrasound that one is a boy and one is a girl. In case you're not an expert on twins, that means that they are definitely fraternal, not identical.


The twins at 21 weeks (click on picture to see close up)

Me at 24 weeks (I printed the design on this t shirt, thanks to my grandmother Elaine for some great supplies and instruction)


Here are a few more photos to catch you up on our adventures between March and now.
Denver Art Museum


Peanut Butter and Loki continue to be friends, but occasionally fight over a stick

The Launder family, Steve's parents and sister Michelle (below with Steve), visited

My mom visited in late April/early May

Steve and I have also had visits from a chain of other friends and relatives - Ann, Tanya, (kind of) cousin Pandy and family, Ron, Catherine, and Matt LaFountain with his daughter Aster.

At times Peanut Butter was resistant to photographs, so we assisted her.

Steve and Peanut Butter enjoyed a recent hike on the Fourth of July Trail in the Indian Peaks Wilderness.
...to be continued (My blog doesn't seem to want me to upload any more photos to this post.)