Ribs, Pinocchio, and Park

Joseph has had a lot of fun over the past week...he got to play at his friend Morgan's house and eat ribs for the first time, went to Festa Italiana and celebrated Pinocchio's 125th birthday, had a field trip with daycare, went out to dinner with his friends Morgan and Connor and got to see the choo-choo trains (the restaurant was right next to the train tracks), and this morning visited the park in our neighborhood for some fun on the playsets and splash area. Of course with all this activity came exhaustion, and he had a bit of a meltdown during lunch and went down for his nap without eating. Joseph is talking quite a bit these days, carrying on actual conversations with us or his toys. Yesterday he said "the train is loud" and this morning he stated "I want to play with Morgan". Nice to know what's on his mind! Which 80% of the time is usually Nemo, Woody, or Buzz.....but still...the words help. :)

The Week of the Doctors

This week I met with the cardiologist at Children's Hospital for fetal echos, my new ob gyn at her office, and the high risk doctor at Waukesha Memorial (where Joseph was born and where we are planning to deliver the girls). The hearts are good, I am much more comfortable with my new ob, and the high risk doctor joked about how well things are going. (I told him I take full credit.) Both girls weigh 1 lb 9oz, and it seems that every time I go now they are in a different position. Their bodies kind of make a circle around my belly, with twin A's head and butt in my upper left belly region and twin B's head and butt down towards the right. If I understood correctly not all of the parts shown in this ultrasound belong to twin A....just the left body portion, with the legs belonging to her sister. We haven't been able to get clear face/body shots of the two of them for the past few appts because of their position, so this is the best I can do for all you ultrasound lovers out there. But don't worry....I get these done at least every two weeks so there will definitely be more to come. Though there are only three more months to go! The doctors are targeting a delivery between week 36 and week 38 which ideally puts the expected arrival in the first half of October. Only time will tell if the girls decide to go along with this plan or whether they come up with their own scheme of when and how to enter the world. Personalities form very early you know.

Just Like His Mom

Apparently I used to fall out of bed all the time. Though how he ended up with his blankets, grover, and yurtle next to him I do not know. ;)

Joseph's Big Boy Bed

We did it! We made our move to the "big boy room" last night after Joseph returned from Minnesota. Figured it was good timing since he'd been staying in a different room all week and was completely wiped out from an action packed vacation with the grandparents and Aunt Trish. So last night he crawled into his bed, Jay read him a book, and Joseph then said to us "I lay down here" and that was that. We said goodnight and walked out of his room and he was asleep within minutes. We were awoken several times at night (because we had the monitor on just in case), but each time Jay went up to check on him he was still in his bed, so we assume it was either his arm or head whacking the wall as he moved around. I think tonight we'll turn the volume down a bit lower. ;) This morning at 6:15 when we awoke to calls of "Mommy" and "Daddy", we figured he'd be standing at the gate we put up in his doorway, but instead Jay found him sitting cross-legged on his bed. He then told Jay "I want to get up", Jay said "ok", and Joseph then crawled out of bed and started playing. The pictures are actually from his nap time today, which was a little more challenging because he usually prefers to play instead of taking a nap, so I laid there with him until he fell asleep (didn't take long). So far I'd have to say that this is much easier than we thought it was going to be....pretty nice when that happens!