Now I settle in to wait less than 3 months until baby boy makes his appearance. He's eggplant sized this week! Excited but nervous for life with two toddlers and a newborn, already very done being pregnant with my SPD getting worse and worse. I'm not sure it's actually any worse than with the girls; it's just that, now that the girls are here, as much as I try to rest (and Kurt does an awesome job taking care of most everything at night and on the weekends), there is still so much I just have to do for them that my pelvis doesn't like. Such as having to carry both of them across a snowy parking lot because it's freezing cold, a parking lot, and they decide it's time to go limp instead of walk hand-in-hand...it's hard too because even sitting is getting to be really painful. My only comfy position is laying, of course only on my sides, and then my hips get sore, and....yes, let the complaining commence. Third trimester woo!
The girls: Signe is often speaking in full sentences. It happened seemingly overnight. Freya is a crazy ball of focused energy all the time. As has been true forever, she always has a plan. Often it involves putting a stuffy to sleep (carefully wrapping in a blanket, putting somewhere to sleep). They are both "joking" a lot - saying things that aren't true on purpose. Like they were telling Kurt that each of their friends and stuffies in turn was mean. "Is elephant mean?" "Yes" (laugh laugh laugh). I also recently got Sesame Street bandaids. Possibly a poor choice. Because now they are regularly coming up to me "Ray scratched me" "oh, I'm sorry, where, do you need a kiss?" "hand...I need bandaid" I look...no owie, Ray sleeping peacefully.
Oh and in "they are growing up so fast news" - Freya is using the potty for the majority of her potty times. It started when I was in NJ, which is interesting since they say changes can make potty training harder. She still has accidents and still has diapers for sleeping. Today she even went potty on the tiny little real potty they have at Warner Park, the location of indoor playground (our main entertainment/get out of the house activity during the winter). And they are both in big girl beds! They are currently sleeping for the third night in them and have had three successful naps as well. They were definitely ready - no problems at all. In fact when they wake up they still just stay in the bed and call out for mama or daddy or cry as their mood dictates, they haven't gotten out. I'm sure that is coming soon.
Just another metal face
Freya is in the closer broom closet. It was a fun game to hide in both until they started getting the lightbulbs out of the broom closet...had to shut it down
Real smiles
Fakes
Enjoying some pre-nap reading and cuddles in Signe's big girl bed
