Catching Up

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Okay, so blogging has obviously taken a backseat in my life lately.  I have been busy trying to get Christmas done, trying to get baby stuff bought before I am put on bed rest or just too large to move, and taking the 5 million rest breaks I seem to require these days. 

So, here is an update of the goings on in our house and lives over the past month. 

Let's start with a Puppers update:


Tucker is 10 months old now and keeps all of us laughing pretty much daily.  Looking at him sitting on the stairs, like a human on a chair, always makes me smile.  He has a blanket he drags around the house and when he is happy, which is pretty much always, he gets his blanket and wiggles his entire body. 
My sister was here over Thanksgiving with her 5 month old daughter and he was, surprisingly, afraid of the baby.  Naturally.  Those small, 15 pound humans ARE terribly frightening.  He would come near her sniffing, and then jump back.  This went on for like 3 hours and if she moved near him, he would bark at her. 

At one point, we were trying to get a picture of 3 generations of Harmer women and Tucker, never one to be left out, crammed himself into the picture but as far away from that awful baby as he could get just in case she attacked.

After the entire day went by, he finally started warming up to her and was able to get close, sniff her a bunch and even gave her some kisses.  Little does he know come March he is going to have one of those immersion, get over your fear, type experiences when there are two of those pint sized monsters in the house.

Speaking of Thanksgiving, this was the first time Drew and Ethan were meeting their new cousin, Naomi.  They were so gaga over her and took every opportunity they had to hold her and play with her.  They both also got a lesson on diaper changing from my sister and paid attention like it was the most riveting thing in the world.  They are going to be excellent big brothers although I have a feeling their current zeal about helping with babies and diaper changing is going to diminish some once their new siblings are actually here.

In other news, a few weeks ago, I had my 20 week ultrasound to check the babies development and to find out gender.  I was really hoping for at least one girl in there.  Someone who will actually, willingly and without out an ironclad itinerary, go to the mall with me, or who agrees with me that Dirty Jobs is not the greatest show ever.  But alas, no.  Both babies are definitely male.  I guess peed on toilet seats and fart humor are my destiny.  Both babies are healthy as can be and because of their gender's being the same and the way they present in utero, we won't be sure until they are born whether they are identical twins or fraternal.  I am kind of hoping for fraternal as I have worries about somehow mixing up the babies in some fundamental way if they look the same.  However, my friend with identical twins assures me that it only takes a week or two to be able to tell them apart. 

On a side note, if you encounter a friend or heck, a complete stranger who is pregnant with twins, please, please refrain from asking if they did fertility treatments or pointing out that they are going to be huge.  If I had a nickel for every time I have heard either thing since being pregnant, I would be rich.  Why people feel the need to know how you conceived is beyond me and one of these days some poor soul is going to get a very sarcastic, "well, you know, when a man and a woman love each other.....", type speech from me.  Also, I am fully aware, thank you very much, that I am going to be larger than someone pregnant with one baby.  You do not need to remind me. 

So, I think that is a sufficient update for now and since my Christmas shopping is done hopefully, I won't be such an absentee blogger.