Sam

Sam is our dog or also known as Chris' dog when he is being bad. Let me give you the scoop on Sam. He is a character. He can be very destructive but also very loving. He really likes to lick people, to the point of being annoying. He is obsessed with Chris. He follows him around every where, and gets very moody when he is separated from Chris for to long. He is very sweet to Gates but a terror to me. He has left me more messes to clean up then I want to recall.

He loves raw hide bones, Chris gives him a new one pretty much every day.

He loves to play fetch and will whine and bark at Chris to play with him. His favorite toy is a really old soccer ball that the leather has completely worn off and is half inflated.

Sam has to have a special water bowl that doesn't spill water because he likes to carry it around with him especially if he is outside. That is what is next to him in the picture.


The only thing he possibly loves as much as he loves Chris is to Swim. But, of course swimming is always better if Chris with him.

He loves going out on the boat.

He is a great swimmer but because he loves it so much he would swim until he drowned so when at the lake he has to wear a doggy life vest.

He likes to dig.

He likes to sleep. He has been known to sleep in very awkward positions. His favorite spot to sleep is on his giant dog bed next to our bed at night and during the day he likes to sleep on the couch.

He loves to run.

His best doggy buddy is Max. Max is Chris' parents dog who is from the same blood line as Sam. They have been together since they where pups. They really like to clean each others ears, that's true love.

Sam also likes sticks. The bigger the better.

Who would have ever thought that this cute little puppy would turn in to such a terror.

Chris loves this dog to pieces even when he is a terror so I manage to love him also.

More Gates and Sam love

As you probably already figured out, Gates really likes Sam. I personally can't stand Sam licking me but Gates thinks it is hilarious. I know it is really gross but it is hard to get really upset about something that brings out that cute giggle of Gates'.

Gates walking Sam

Gates walking Sam or Sam walking Gates if you know anything about Sam. As you can, see Gates is easily distracted.

Gates and his buddy

Gates just climbed up on Sam the other day to watch Sesame Street. He really likes sitting with Sam. I have another cute video of Gates and Sam for tomorrow.

35 weeks pregnant with Twins

Uggghhhhhhhh. I am sick of being pregnant! I could not be any more uncomfortable. So, in more interesting news, Chris has been planting some things in our new yard. This is an apple tree that will hopefully grow nice and tall like Gates.

33 Weeks Pregnant With Twins

My doctor and everyone else seems shocked that I have made it this far. The goal is to make it at least a couple more weeks. For one thing, we are not as ready as I would like to be for babies arrival.

*How far along?: 33 weeks

*Total weight gain?: Around 30 lbs.

*How big is baby?:Around 4 pounds each
*Sex: Two BOYS!

*Maternity clothes: I don't fit into the majority of my maternity shirts any more so I have started wearing Chris' shirts. If I get much bigger I'm not going to fit into anything.

*Stretch marks: Yes, very depressing.

*Sleep: Yes, but there is lots of tossing and turning. I am just thankful we have a king size bed.

*Best moment this week: Monday was my last day of work at least till the babies arrive. It was physically impossible to do my job any more and I am on bed rest so these babies don't make an early arrival.

*Movement: Yes, it looks like and feels like they are trying to get out.

*Food cravings: No.

*Labor signs: None that I notice.

*Belly button in or out: Out.
*What I miss: Everything! Especially being able to walk. All this nice weather we have been having has me really wanting to go out and walk.

*What I'm looking forward to: Physically being able to do stuff and not having all the aches and pains.

*A lot of people ask me "what does Gates think about me being pregnant and does he know what is going on?" I don't think he really knows much is going on except that his mom can't hold him and there is no room in his mom's lap for him to sit. So, I would say he does not like what ever is going on and he get jealous when he sees me or Chris hold other babies.

We live very close to the Chattahoochee river, so we took Gates there. He liked seeing the geese but was much more interested in playing on the play ground.

Gates loved the play ground. He especially loved watching all the big kids running around him almost knocking him over. Good thing he has a great dad that played body gaurd.

My friends are the best!

We have been busy this past weekend! Two amazing friends came to town this weekend with the intent to help me get ready for the twins by getting some stuff done around the house. It has been really pitiful how little I have gotten done in our house since we have moved in because of my "delicate" condition. Thankfully I have these amazing friends, Whitney and Chrissy, that wanted to help me. So here is what we were able to accomplish, mostly all them.

They helped me finally buy mirrors for all the bathrooms. Yes, we have had no mirrors in our house, except for the master bath, for the past two month. Now Chris just needs to hang them.

We also found a mirror for my bedroom which is the mirror on the right.

We found bar stools.


We celebrated Whitney's Birthday! I really appreciated her spending her birthday weekend helping. That's what amazing friends do!


We hung curtains in the twins room and moved furniture around to make the room look good. The nursery is finally coming along but still needs a lot of work, like paint and stuff to hang on the walls.

I also got some help from my amazing mom who made these curtains.

They helped me pick out fabric to use for making the dust ruffles in the nursery and then helped me start making them. We also picked out fabric for Chrissy to make a dust ruffle for her guest bedroom, which we also made this weekend.

That was a lot of things we accomplished but believe it or not they managed to help me with even more very time consuming projects. This is what the kitchen looked like while we worked on decorating letters.


We then got really delirious from lack of sleep and started hanging the letters in the playroom to make an alphabet wall.
I might not have anything hanging on the walls in the rest of the house, but I do have this amazing alphabet wall in the playroom. Actually, they helped me figure out where to hang some pictures I have propped against walls all over the house.

Isn't this amazing! I told you I had some amazing friends. I never would have gotten this project done on my own. It ended up being a lot more time consuming then I thought.

While I am on the subject of amazing friends, I also have another amazing carpenter friend who made my island counter top and installed it this week. It is gorgeous! This is the same friend who made my amazing bed and coffee table. We also have some amazing friends that have brought us dinner. I am so thankful for all the amazing friends that the Lord has placed in our lives.

Gates had a great time this weekend trying to help with all the projects. The highlight of Gates' weekend was getting to hang out with his uncle Scott who let him do one of his favorite things, drive his car.

He also was very busy helping his dad with trying to make our master closet fabulous. Notice, Gates being really helpful in the picture dumping all the screws out of the box.


Things are starting to come together around the house but unfortunately we still have a lot to do. Eventually, I would like to share some pictures of the new house but none of the rooms are really finished looking. The closest to being finished is the playroom but I still have big plans for it too.

So, as you can see we accomplished a lot in one weekend thanks to my amazing friends. I promise not to use the word amazing for a while.

Goodwill! The Red Balloon. Valentines?

I love Goodwill! I love taking stuff there that is just cluttering up my house and feeling like it is getting a second chance. And, most of all I love finding a deal there. I recognize that Goodwill might not be for everyone but I was raised to love a good deal so I love going there. Lately, I have been on a roll when I stop in just to see what they have and that makes me love it even more.

I found this amazing globe for $4! You can't tell in this picture but it is a tall globe not one that sits on a desk.

I found these great kids chairs to go with Gates' table for $5 each! I also got the stack of letters for $2 which are for a project that I am working on and the Melissa and Doug board puzzle that makes animal noises $1.50.
The Cozy Coupe $13


Jenny Lind high chair $20. Now I just need to find a second one. I might paint it depending on what the second one looks like.
Of course, I completely clean and disinfect everything I get so no fear of germs. The only bad thing is because I saved so much money I justify going to the store again for more "deals". As our friend John pointed out, girls like to go on and on about how much they saved but it is never about how much we spent, which is sadly true, but Chris defended me by saying that "I would of lost money by not making these purchases". Whether Chris was joking or not, I agree!


The Red Balloon. We went to Chick-fil-a on Saturday for lunch. Gates is crazy for the chicken nuggets. That could have something to do with me eating Chick-fil-A at least twice a week if not more while I was pregnant with him. Anyways, point being they gave Gates a red balloon that we tied to his wrist and I didn't think he thought much of it but when we took it off he screamed and cried. So being the sucker parents that we are, we tied it back on.

Valentines? Gates came home from school on Friday with this list saying "Our Valentine List". What? He is only 16 months are suppose to do valentines? Well I don't want Gates to be THAT kid with THAT mom that didn't do valentines so we went to the store and got some valentines that I wrote out to each little kid in his class.

He came home today with a cute little red bag with hearts on it with Valentines in it from other class mates. Glad I wasn't that mom even though only half the other kids gave valentines.

Chris and I didn't do anything for Valentines. Obviously, because here I am doing a blog, but that doesn't bother me. Chris had to be gone all night and to me it is just another day. We are pretty good about showing our love for each other on a regular basis so the actual day is not necessary. Even though I told Chris not to do anything he still had flowers sent to the house and I made him chocolate covered strawberries one of his favorites.

Happy Valentines!

29 weeks pregnant with twins

Sorry, both pictures were taken with phone cameras. Our point and shoot camera has been missing for a while now. We kept thinking it would turn up in the process of moving, but it never did so, we probably need to start thinking about a new one.

Here is an update about my pregnancy. I have been put on part time bed rest by the perinatal specialist I see lately every week. I see the specialist because any pregnancy with twins is considered high risk. The specialist does an ultra sound and checks my cervix every time I am there to check measurements and monitor for anything that is out of the ordinary. There has been an alarming amount of fluid around the babies which can cause pre-term labor and my cervix has thinned a lot most likely due to the extra fluid. So, I am suppose to be taking it easy and only working 3 days a week.

*How far along?: 29 weeks
*Total weight gain?: Around 20 lbs. It is all in my stomach. I need to be gaining more weight but it is harder then you think especially when I am suppose to be eating healthy at the same time.
*How big is baby?: close to 3 pounds each

*Sex: Two BOYS!
*Maternity clothes: Yes, but my stomach is starting to hang out of the bottom of maternity shirts and my pants are really uncomfortable. I am not sure what I am going to do when my maternity clothes don't fit.

*Stretch marks: Sadly I have them all over. I never got them with Gates so I have been really upset at how bad I am getting them this time.
*Sleep: Yes, but there is lots of tossing and turning. I am just thankful we have a king size bed.
*Best moment this week: Finding a Jenny Lind high chair at Goodwill. Now I have to find at least 1 more to match.
*Movement: Yes, as Chris puts it, there is a dance party going on in my stomach.

*Food cravings: No
*Labor signs: None that I notice
*Belly button in or out: Out.

*What I miss: Everything!
*What I'm looking forward to: Physically being able to do stuff and not having all the aches and pains.

Gates' highlight of the week has been his new fire truck cozy coupe that I got at Goodwill. The other cozy coupe he has stayed at Grands house.