Photos- Round One

It’s hot here. Muggy even. Unusual for Portland. When I get up to pee in the middle of the night and all the windows are open, the air is so still it feels as if they are closed. I even checked. Tap, tap, tap. Yep, only screen. No window. Makes me think of a line from one of my favorite movies, Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood where Vivi’s friend drawls, “There’s not a god-damn breeze in the whole state of Louisiana. Guess we’re gonna have to go make our own god-damn breeze!” Then they head out for a mid-night joy ride, top (and tops) down.

Despite the swelling it does to my feet and that sleep is a little more restless, I’m loving the warmth and the heat, particularly having had such a latent and short summer. Knowing Autumn is just around the corner is exciting but makes me cherish this warmth even more.

Meanwhile, an update: all those contractions settled down. In fact, it was right after an intense moment of tightening in my belly which I soon realized was a contraction AND my babies flipping. Not just one but two. They BOTH flipped. Seemingly at the same time. Which is trippy in and of itself. I mean really, did they coordinate that? Or just follow each other’s vibe? Their relationship is clearly already forming.

Anyway, ever since their 180, the contractions settled and our babies are head-up which is a relief to know that my uterus was just appropriately responding to being stretched a bit. It’s also some relief on my pelvis. I can move easier and don’t have to pee every 10-15 minutes either. Even though they’ll get crammed soon, there is still plenty of time for them to be back into head down position for the birth months from now.

So I didn’t get pics out yesterday. I’m noticing a new norm. 🙂 I won’t have time to get all the pics to you today, so I’m going to send a round 1 today and round 2, well, maybe tomorrow.

For now, I hope you enjoy!

xo,
regina

This is the print that Jessica (friend in Sweden) sent to our girls. We LOVE it!

Gina prepping to paint the girls' room. She's so cute. 🙂

Yesterday morning, after a big protein breakkie, I wobbled back into the kitchen to make my high calorie/high protein smoothie (I do this a couple time a day). This particular morning, after I got all the ingredients in the blender, I was mindlessly counting my protein intake for the day when I hit the ON button. JUST as my finger pressed down, I realized I hadn’t put the lid on the blender. It was too late. Ka-splash! Yogurt, protein powder, ice, milk… everywhere! The good news is that I got to see that my sense of humor reigns still, because the first thing I did was crack up laughing. I couldn’t find the OFF button because the whole thing was covered in goop. That made me laugh even more which made that OFF button even hard to find! Finally, once I got it off and muck stopped flying everywhere, it was quiet. I surveyed the damage and said outloud, “Well, shit.”

Here I was trying to stay off my feet as much as possible (I had a wedding to officiate that evening) and the mess to clean up was all mine, including the floor (hard to see in these pics), wherein I wondered how I would possibly do with this big belly (can hardly touch my knees anymore, much less the floors!). Lucky for me, Gina came home right then, early from work. I would have burst into tears but the look of shock on her face quickly transformed into a smirk which turned into us both cracking up. I later realized that not only was the kitchen counter, mini-stove, floor, upper and lower cabinets, fruit bowl, cat food, etc. all a mess, but so was I! I had white protein goop in my hair, on my face, up and down my arms, on my crocs and in between my toes and all over the front of my shirt. I imagine I was quite the site.

I’m telling you… these pics do the scene of the crime no justice because it blends into everything. In the end though, it was a 20-30- minute clean-up job… with BOTH of us!