what a week!

it has been a fabulous past couple of days. my mom came on wednesday to help us with cleaning and running errands. she was such a great support to me as she helped talk me through my times of overwhelming excitement and then the times when i panic and feel as if i am not sure i can do this. she also helped us get a lazy boy rocking chair, which is heavenly, and also pick out a new scratch and dent refrigerator, which should hold many more bottles and baby food than our old one! the old fridge got moved upstairs for the overflow - what a blessing!

friday was the twins/triplets sale, which proved to be well worth the time. we got some amazing deals and it was so fun hanging out with the two grandmas. at the sale i met another triplet mom who reports her three kids are in kindergarten and doing well. it was encouraging and i can see i will enjoy joining the Mothers of Multiples support group after the babies are born. (i will be posting pictures of some of the great finds from the sale soon!)

after my mom left on friday, the house was spotless and i rested until some friends came over who threw us a shower. liz, amanda and stephanie brought some wonderful clothes and baby items they/family members were no longer using or had found at garage sales. we even received our first crib on loan - pretty exciting! we received so many beautiful gifts and they even made us a diaper cake. it was so fun!




nate and jessa came in time for the shower on friday night. nate and thad headed to the pickwick to watch the tigers game. the rest of the weekend was so much fun having nate and jessa here! jessa was so helpful for me taking me on errands saturday morning and talking baby stuff. the boys went morel hunting with adam. jessa and i sorted baby clothes with our friend lisa and her son, nathan, who stopped by. after a nap, jessa, kris, sophie and i headed up to honey creek inn to meet the boys for dinner. what a fun weekend. i am a little tired still from all the activities so i will probably sleep all day monday.




tuesday is our next doctor appointment and ultrasound. i love our appointments and the confirmation it brings that all is hopefully well with the babies. and there is a good chance we will be able to find out baby b's gender.

this upcoming weekend is probably going to be one of the many highlights of 2007 - thad's graduation. i am so proud of him. for the past two years he has worked so hard earning his MBA. i have hated it at times because of the stress it has caused him but i have also seen so much growth in him. and it allowed him to get a great job at spectrum health as a strategic market analyst, which is allowing him to use so many of his great gifts and skills! i could not be more proud of him. after all, he did give me the precious gift of three little lives inside of me.