i've reached that point. i knew i would. i told all my friends to expect it. i no longer see people looking at my face when i walk near them, their eyes immediately go to my stomach. i can see what they're thinking. 'my word, how is that woman standing!' or 'she must be ready to pop.' and then they realize they're staring and quickly turn away. but they can't help looking at the freak show just one more time, i see them dart back again to try to take in the monstrosity.
no people. i'm no where near. i still have over 5 weeks to go...and that's early.
the comments have started too. in public last week a woman stared and then said, 'are you having twins?!' 'no', i say with a smile, 'i'm just short, it has no where to go but out.' i don't feel like revealing, to this complete stranger, that my children also come out weighing as much as 4 month olds. church too...in passing a woman said to me last week, 'oh, you've dropped! it will be any day now!' i smile and nod, knowing that again, i have so long to go and, no, i just carry my babies low.
the gaping, the stares. it's part of the territory for me. but it also means i'm getting close. don't get me wrong, i'm not complaining. i'm thankful for the gift, so very thankful. and i wouldn't trade it. but the comments and stares must at least be acknowledged.
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i'm not sure how i got through two previous pregnancies with out one. actually, with isaiah, i had access to one, and just never used it. for shame!
twice this week alone, (and the week is not through), i went to the pool. women, i'm telling you, to have the ability to feel weightless at this point in pregnancy...that is truly priceless. to be able to relax every muscle in your body at the same time. at this point!?
and it's worth it. worth squeezing it all into a suit. it's worth the discomfort of knowing what you must look like as you walk from the locker room to the water. but oh, the bliss.
the only bad part is stepping out of the water and realizing you do indeed weigh 600 pounds, and for the other 23 hours of the day, you must carry it around.
Friday, July 17, 2009
Tuesday, July 14, 2009
dear blog
i know it's been a while. please don't think that it's because i've been ignoring you. in fact, it's quite the opposite. i have thought about you a lot and even written posts for you in my head.
posts about our flight home and how it was the worst we've ever had. how just about everything went wrong, from getting on the plane late, to leaky diapers, to leaving every last kid movie we own on our first flight and not realizing it until the second flight.
posts about how i was nervous about coming home. after being with family for so long and with 'our people' so much, i was nervous about how it would feel. the post that exists in my head says how easy its been. how nice, and not lonely at all.
posts about our 4th of july celebration and how a block party turned inside because of a rain storm. just 3 days after getting home from our 3 week trip we hosted 35 people in our 1000 sqft home. no joke!
posts about sophia's birthday being scheduled for august 25th. t-minus 6 weeks from today! yikes!
posts about how at dinner one night isaiah turned on his teaching voice for alaythia. he said, 'alaythia did you know God is bigger than our house?' she replied, 'that's right!' he would state another fact about God and she would say, 'that's right!'. the post talks about how matt and i sat inbetween them and witnessed it, almost in tears.
and a post for today...that matt is now a latin teacher at a classical school here in louisville. he had an interview last week and had to teach a module today. after the module, they offered him the job. we are feeling overwhelmed, blessed and even more like we belong here in l-ville. it's a part time job teaching latin 3 & 4 for some jr. high and mostly high school kids. there are so many blessings that come with this job, one being little zay man will also go to this classical school when the time comes. we're all pretty much on cloud nine, thanking God for his abundance in our lives.
so please dear blog, don't think you are forgotten. life just seems to be rolling by so fast. i promise from now on, to do my best to type out the posts that roll around in my head.
posts about our flight home and how it was the worst we've ever had. how just about everything went wrong, from getting on the plane late, to leaky diapers, to leaving every last kid movie we own on our first flight and not realizing it until the second flight.
posts about how i was nervous about coming home. after being with family for so long and with 'our people' so much, i was nervous about how it would feel. the post that exists in my head says how easy its been. how nice, and not lonely at all.
posts about our 4th of july celebration and how a block party turned inside because of a rain storm. just 3 days after getting home from our 3 week trip we hosted 35 people in our 1000 sqft home. no joke!
posts about sophia's birthday being scheduled for august 25th. t-minus 6 weeks from today! yikes!
posts about how at dinner one night isaiah turned on his teaching voice for alaythia. he said, 'alaythia did you know God is bigger than our house?' she replied, 'that's right!' he would state another fact about God and she would say, 'that's right!'. the post talks about how matt and i sat inbetween them and witnessed it, almost in tears.
and a post for today...that matt is now a latin teacher at a classical school here in louisville. he had an interview last week and had to teach a module today. after the module, they offered him the job. we are feeling overwhelmed, blessed and even more like we belong here in l-ville. it's a part time job teaching latin 3 & 4 for some jr. high and mostly high school kids. there are so many blessings that come with this job, one being little zay man will also go to this classical school when the time comes. we're all pretty much on cloud nine, thanking God for his abundance in our lives.
so please dear blog, don't think you are forgotten. life just seems to be rolling by so fast. i promise from now on, to do my best to type out the posts that roll around in my head.
Friday, July 3, 2009
300 & a show
this is the 300th post on this blog. just thought i should acknowledge that.
the cousins have crossed into a new phase. doing shows. i must have done dozens of shows a day when i was a kid. one of my favorite things while at my grandma's house was to stand on her wood deck, that was several steps higher than the rest of the backyard. then grab the nozzle she used to water, it was long and hooked at the end, the PERFECT microphone. countless hours doing shows for any captive (or not so captive) audience.
i must say that i'm thrilled that my kids have started giving 'shows'. my favorite part about this video is alaythia moving to a new part of the stage when she starts to get crowded. then taking it up a notch, even bending for emphasis. american idol anyone? isaiah and caleb both had brooms, one was serving as a guitar and one as a drum.
the cousins have crossed into a new phase. doing shows. i must have done dozens of shows a day when i was a kid. one of my favorite things while at my grandma's house was to stand on her wood deck, that was several steps higher than the rest of the backyard. then grab the nozzle she used to water, it was long and hooked at the end, the PERFECT microphone. countless hours doing shows for any captive (or not so captive) audience.
i must say that i'm thrilled that my kids have started giving 'shows'. my favorite part about this video is alaythia moving to a new part of the stage when she starts to get crowded. then taking it up a notch, even bending for emphasis. american idol anyone? isaiah and caleb both had brooms, one was serving as a guitar and one as a drum.
Thursday, July 2, 2009
generational skateboard
for those of you reading this blog from the college years, you might remember this skateboard. i used it for a while, didn't ride it a ton, but occasionally. when jake arrived at school, he took it back from me and used it much more than i did. jake and rose have memories of riding it all the way across campus together.
well, it was the best investment jake ever made...that long board skateboard, with the monster wheels. the kids found it one day, and the skateboard lives on to the next generation.
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playing pickle.
cool dudes.
swing swing.
snuggle time in between playing in the fountain.
going on a bike ride with grandpa.
splish splash.sacramento leg
being gone for 3 weeks on vacation...where do you even begin? i think i'll let the pictures and videos do the talking.
the next three shots are taken on the santa cruz board walk. this is the crew that went on the ride.
crazy hair girl.
kid cups were hard to come by. one night alaythia got her bed time milk in a coffee cup. 'daddy like you!'
chuck e cheese. they have these cool ticket munchers now. zay man turning them in to see what loot he can get.
cheers!
cookie baking.
isaiah played a lot of Wii...we had to even it out with some worksheets.
playing drums with uncle A is a usual occurrence, and has been since birth it seems. but we stepped it up a notch this trip. uncle A is teaching drum lessons now, and isaiah got his first lesson one morning.
uncle matt and isaiah were Wii buddies. uncle matt even made isaiah his own Wii man so he didn't have to be someone else.
fearless. she had no problem touching it, then putting it in her hand. even showing it some love.
you have no idea how hard we worked for this picture of the cousins!
poser. but so beautiful.
swing me daddy!
the next three shots are taken on the santa cruz board walk. this is the crew that went on the ride.
my son is coming down that HUGE drop. uncle andrew with his arms up, isaiah in the middle and daddy in the back.
after the drop...surprisingly, all smiles.
after the drop...surprisingly, all smiles.
uncle andrew showing the kids the ropes at the boardwalk.
crazy hair girl.
isaiah went bowling for the first time. bowling shoes are typically gross and ugly. but look at these! so cute.
kid cups were hard to come by. one night alaythia got her bed time milk in a coffee cup. 'daddy like you!'
chuck e cheese. they have these cool ticket munchers now. zay man turning them in to see what loot he can get.
cheers!
cookie baking.
isaiah played a lot of Wii...we had to even it out with some worksheets.
playing drums with uncle A is a usual occurrence, and has been since birth it seems. but we stepped it up a notch this trip. uncle A is teaching drum lessons now, and isaiah got his first lesson one morning.
uncle matt and isaiah were Wii buddies. uncle matt even made isaiah his own Wii man so he didn't have to be someone else.
fearless. she had no problem touching it, then putting it in her hand. even showing it some love.
you have no idea how hard we worked for this picture of the cousins!
poser. but so beautiful.
matt's mom loves pictures. i saw a great opportunity to make the siblings squirm. so i generously pointed out how cute of a picture it would be if they all got in there. it was a win-win for me. linda was grateful for the picture, and i was the irritating older sister!
swing me daddy!
Monday, June 15, 2009
pacific northwest
we've been in the pacific northwest for a while now... we counted down the days until it was time to leave. this was our first time getting to fly to the west coast with daddy. yeah, i like it much better that way! the kids did great traveling. it takes about 3 days for the jet lag to catch up with us, but i think it's safe to say we're all adjusted to the new timezone.
some highlights so far:
the first day we decided, after doing our homework, that isaiah could see the new pixar movie UP. and we'd let grandma take him to the movies for the first time. this was the first day we arrived. i'll just say it was traumatic for both of them. we were wrong, isaiah wasn't ready, and he spent the last part of the movie on grandma's lap crying. he seems to be unphased by it, no major scaring. and we've just kind of stopped talking about it. i've come to realize that crying and being freaked out at your first movie, might just be a right of passage.
portland eats. wow. all these places we have been hearing about, we hit in the first few days. portland has GREAT food. it just might make me a fan of mom and pop places, not chain restaurants. one morning we had breakfast and no one ate again until dinner. (that's saying a lot for the hendrix') it was so good and so much.
one day consisted of: out to breakfast, straight to OMSI (science center), drop daddy off at powell's bookstore while the kids slept. mommy and grandma grab a latte, kids wake up and get lunch, head back to the 'couv and go straight to a park. ice cream truck comes, grandma treats, home to play with neighbors in their brand new sand box. yes, the kids are exhibiting signs of spoiling.
day at the lake. we packed and lunch, chairs, balls, bikes swimwear. we all headed to the lake for the day. the kids went on a bike ride, played in the lake, learned 'pickle' and volleyball. the lake was calm and shallow. isaiah was brave and walked all the way out to his neck. i was a little freaked. but he loved it. alaythia splashed, sat and crawled through the water and sand. it was a great day.
laker party. yes, one of isaiah's musts for what he wanted to do while he was here. last night we all gathered to cheer our team on to the NBA championship. we had to start the game a little late in the evening due to a meeting everyone had to be at. poor zay man, he fell asleep with about 2 minutes left in the game, so he didn't get to see the lakers be crowned. but he was happy, joining in with everyone.
some highlights so far:
the first day we decided, after doing our homework, that isaiah could see the new pixar movie UP. and we'd let grandma take him to the movies for the first time. this was the first day we arrived. i'll just say it was traumatic for both of them. we were wrong, isaiah wasn't ready, and he spent the last part of the movie on grandma's lap crying. he seems to be unphased by it, no major scaring. and we've just kind of stopped talking about it. i've come to realize that crying and being freaked out at your first movie, might just be a right of passage.
portland eats. wow. all these places we have been hearing about, we hit in the first few days. portland has GREAT food. it just might make me a fan of mom and pop places, not chain restaurants. one morning we had breakfast and no one ate again until dinner. (that's saying a lot for the hendrix') it was so good and so much.
one day consisted of: out to breakfast, straight to OMSI (science center), drop daddy off at powell's bookstore while the kids slept. mommy and grandma grab a latte, kids wake up and get lunch, head back to the 'couv and go straight to a park. ice cream truck comes, grandma treats, home to play with neighbors in their brand new sand box. yes, the kids are exhibiting signs of spoiling.
day at the lake. we packed and lunch, chairs, balls, bikes swimwear. we all headed to the lake for the day. the kids went on a bike ride, played in the lake, learned 'pickle' and volleyball. the lake was calm and shallow. isaiah was brave and walked all the way out to his neck. i was a little freaked. but he loved it. alaythia splashed, sat and crawled through the water and sand. it was a great day.
laker party. yes, one of isaiah's musts for what he wanted to do while he was here. last night we all gathered to cheer our team on to the NBA championship. we had to start the game a little late in the evening due to a meeting everyone had to be at. poor zay man, he fell asleep with about 2 minutes left in the game, so he didn't get to see the lakers be crowned. but he was happy, joining in with everyone.
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