Building Blocks

It has been pretty hot here lately, so that means no playing outside after supper.

As a toddler that can be pretty frustrating. So we got out our blocks and built some towers.

Check out these brown eyes!

24 weeks

We just got back from the my Dr's Appt and everything is still looking good! I got to have another ultrasound and they (the babies) finally cooperated enough so the u/s tech could get the rest of the measurements.

So here they are...

Baby A has one hand next to her face and another hand resting under her chin. "A" was very easy to get the rest of her measurements. She stayed still and only was camera shy once. And that was when the tech tried to get me a picture of her cute little face. She is now weighing in at 697grams or 1lb 9 oz.

Baby B on the other hand....I think we should just name her Brian's Baby now. She could not lay still!!!! Sound familiar!?!? She was just a little active and played hide and go seek with the u/s tech today. We did get another beautiful picture of her face and she is now has completed measurements as well. "B" is weighing in at 742 grams or 1 lb 10 oz.

For those of you who didn't see the latest picture of how big I'm getting, here it is. I finally got Brian to take one this past Sunday morning before church. It was kinda comical in church this past week. The girls would not sit still. Every 30 seconds or so you could see the rocks on my necklace jump up into the air. We didn't really get to pay attention to what was being preached about, we were preoccupied. :)

100 posts, 10 years, and first dates.

"WOW!" As Addison would say!

100.

Can you believe it, this is the 100th blog post I have done!!!!! It has been quite the journey so far. I started blogging because this is such an easier way to share pictures and memories with our families who we don't live near. But, I have continued to blog because now we are creating bigger memories and now it's not just families who view our blog. We have moved a few times and created life long friends along the way and this is just another way of staying connected with them. And someday, when I get some time, I want to turn this blog into a memory book for our girls so they can see how they grew up.

10.

10 years ago today I went on my last first date. Today, it really doesn't seem like it was that long ago that I was going to be meeting this guy called "Timmer" (I later found out that his first name was Brian) and that we were going to be going bowling and out for pizza. So, date night rolled around and I showed up at a friend's house to meet "Timmer" and we left to go bowling. Only then did we find out that when you try to go bowling on a holiday weekend everything is closed. We ended up driving to 3 or 4 different bowling alleys and we kept getting the same results. Closed. But it was quite nice getting to ride around in "The Dodge Spirit" (that didn't have an airbag on the driver's side and had a plague on the dash that said "Thank you for not Smoking") because we ended up talking about who we were, our likes and dislikes, and other stuff that 16 and 18 year olds talk about! (And by the way, I think Brian used up all of his word usage that night because getting him to talk is worse than pulling teeth! Unless it's about roofing jobs or table saws.) So then we went to get some pizza. We went to Fircano's Pizza in Holland, MI. It was amazing pizza!!!! The rest of the night consisted of more talking and a first date kiss and me almost missing my 11 o'clock curfew! And the rest is history!

But just to reminisce, here is the only picture I have of that night. And yes, it is terrible quality, but that is what you get when you grow up in a pre-digital camera world!

MB- do you remember those shorts?!!!!!!?