Just a quick hello..trying to keep up with all of the posts ;).

Raining here and only supposed to be 55 today...guess we won't be breaking in the deck tonight :(...oh well, we have all summer!

Have a great OP day (I wont..lol, but I'll be enjoying myself!)

Hey again!!

Spryng - I'm with you I have no idea of what to do today lol. I want to take the kids out somewhere but it is really hard to control Taylor and Teagan at the same time its just cuz of the age when they are older it will be easier to take them out places. Also the weather is kinda crappy too. Hmmm maybe I'll just paint with Taylor or something like that.

Leigh - OMG how funny!!! I hated Arbys when I was pregnant!! I got a beef and cheddar one day and it just made me gag lol. I normally like it but not when pregnant lol I think it was because the beef was too salty or something.

I was checking out collagevideo for a toning tape and I think I'm going to try balletone. It sounds and looks like fun and I always loved ballet! So I'm gonna see if hubby will let me get it! It will also be something Taylor would probably like to do with me too.

Dinner tonight I'm thinking I'll have ground turkey breast tacos but not totally sure yet. I've been craving some peanut butter but it is so high in fat that I've been avoiding it. So maybe I'll make a chicken satay or something :D **** who knows!! I'm wayyy to indecisive lol.

I got a 2 mile walk in, its all the girls would let me do before their screams got out of control lol. I think it scares them when I exercise lol I'm sure if I saw myself exercising I would be scared too lol. ;)

Well I better go I have some dishes to put away! TTYL!
Michelle

Afternoon Ladies!

Crystal, in regards to twins, they can see developement on the two pretty early on. We saw two heartbeats at 9 weeks. It just looked like two little flickers, but once the doctor saw that, we had many more ultrasounds throughout the pregnancy to check their development. The ultrasound device he used was internal, like a wand early on. Also my beta numbers where really high (blood test) which sometimes indicates more than one. I think that's what alerted the doctor in the beginning.

Michelle, good job on getting the walk in before the screaming starts! I've been wanting to take Logan and Ethan with me to my new fantastic gym, but the last time we went they had to pull me out of a class because they were crying so hard! I felt really horrible for them. So next week we will be going again, but this time for the first week, I will just stay and play with them till they get used to it. I'm hoping they will eventually like it and I will be able to get some more cardio into my routine and perhaps Pilates.

By the way Pilates is awesome for toning midsection (core) I just started doing a little bit of it last week and I can totally feel where its working, so I'm very optimistic about it.

Spryng if you want more of a workout from Yoga, stick to power yoga tapes or vinyassa or something like that. If I think of any really good tapes out there I'll let you know. One that comes to the top of my head for a decent work-out is actually the MTV Yoga tapes, sounds cheesy, I know, but they felt good once you got the hang of it after a few run-throughs.

Geri, that sucks about the weather! It rained in sunny California yesterday, but today it looks like it might be OK, fingers crossed as I have a TON of gardening stuff to do.

Not sure whats on the menue for lunch, but I'm definately having crab legs for dinner, yum, my favorite seafood! I'll probably make some cauliflower or broccoli to go with it as well and a small salad.

well off to play with the boys, I'll check in later this afternoon.
-Di

Hi girls. Well I went to buy groceries. Just put them up and am getting lunch going. Not eating well today AT ALL!!

Spryng, I agree about the frozen pizza, that's what's for lunch today, although I hardly eat it, I may eat one slice if there is any leftover. I know I didn't want a 4th, but if I'm gonna have it, might as well be something I've always prayed for, huh?

Di, They couldn't see anything the other day which makes me think I'm 4 weeks or so, but the preg test was SOOOO visible. They took my blood and are hopefully going to call me next week to let me know something. When I go in June I'm hoping to be about 7 weeks or so and they should be able to tell if there is one or two.

Well, it's lunch time. I'll be back later.

Hello again!

Well I am actually feeling productive today. I've been slacking on my flylady stuff lately as I mentioned in previous posts, even though my house is still looking good but today I cracked down on myself and did everything on the list! (my morning routine list, that is) So now I have time to kill and my house looks great again. I won't be going to MIL today because they decided to go watch movies and such so they won't be home (don't you love it when someone invites you over on a specific day and then makes other plans??) But I am actually happy about it. I'm just going to tinker around here today and now I don't have to worry about dinner. I'm making Pan Roasted Chicken and Potatoes tonight. The recipe looks so good. So here is my menu for this week...
Pan Roasted Chicken and Potatoes
Pasta Beef Satay
Black and White Checkered Chili
Blackened Salmon
Mexican Torta
Crock Italian Veggie Stew
but I probably won't eat them in that order.

Leigh, what is your menu for the week?

Di, was it a shock when you found out you were having twins? Did you have a c-section? And yes, I LOVE pilated. Can't do some videos (like Windsor Pilates) because it kills my tailbone to do certain positions but I have one dvd here I love. Actually a friend is borrowing it right now. And I have seen that mtv yoga tape, but I don't want one that is a hard core workout, I just want a basic yoga tape for my in between days of weigh training. just one to stretch my body and relax me. Know of any good ones? Where are you located in california? (if you don't mind saying) I was born and raised there and have lots of family still there. Some in Bakersfield and others all over the state.
Michelle, I saw that ballet workout too! I'm not graceful enough to try it. But if you want a good price check out amazon.com. (see if you can find a new or used one real cheap there)
Geri, so sorry you are stuck with rain today! Maybe next weekend you can break in the new deck! I'll come sun bathe with you! :)

Well, guess I will get off here and find something to do. I'm thinking about going through my pantry and throwing away old boxes of food. I used to be a box dinner junkie so I have lots of Helpers, etc and boxes of rice dinners that the bugs have made a home in (those little black ones) so it's time to just throw it all away. Not that I have anything again Tuna, Chicken or Hamburger Helpers because you can make it low fat and healthy too, but they are all so old.
TTYL!

Hey, Geri! Sorry about the awful weather :( Hope you get to use the deck soon, though.

Michelle - good job trying to keep up with the workouts. Liam used to enjoy watching me do videos - he thought it was funny, but now he screams and won't let me do anything.

Di - that's a good idea about staying with the boys until they get used to it. Maybe you could do something where you start off leaving them for 5 minutes, then ten, then so on. I love seafood! Your dinner sounds good.

Spryng - I got back on track with Flylady too. I took a few days off because I was using almost all my spare time planning the reorganization thing. My menu for this week is: Day 1: RECIPE RAVE: Big Basil Burgers
Day 2: Shrimp Gumbo
Day 3: Twice Baked Chicken
Day 4: Honey Pecan Pork Cutlets
Day 5: Taco Salad
Day 6: Zesty Crock Pot Tomato Sauce with Pasta
But, I've decided to only make 4 items each week since DH is almost always called out of town 1-2 nights and then I waste food. So I won't be making shrimp or pork :)

Crystal - are you having any early cravings, or just hungry in general?

Okay, DH is taking Liam now so I can scrapbook :)

Hey Ladies,

Crystal, 7 weeks is about the time you could definately see two heartbeats if they are there. I've also known women to have an early ultrasound and not know it's two until a second u/s. How exciting for you! Even if it's not twins, to have strong hcg in your system indicates a good healthy pregancy, so that's fantastic!

Spryng, I was a little suprised to find out it's twins, not shocked but pleasantly suprised if ya know what I mean. Part of that comes from trying for so many years without luck. As soon as I found out i totally embraced it and got as many books as I could in regards to nursing/raising twins. I'm an avid reader, so this was fun for me. I was able to nurse them both for the first year exclusively, so I consider myself lucky.
I'll have to get back to you on a more gentle style of yoga stretching etc... but I will definately look into it for you. I was born and raised in Southern California in the Claremont/Rancho Cucamonga area. That's about 60 miles east of L.A. About 6 years ago, my husband took a job up here and we live in a town called Tracy. It's about 60 miles east of San Francisco and 60 south of Sacramento. Our big plan is to purchase some land in Idaho, but that's like our 5 year plan at the moment.

Leigh, that's good advice on leaving the boys alone in small incriments of time, kind of build them up to the idea. I'll definately try that after the first day or so. Both yours and Spryng's menus for the week sound fantastic, I'm going to have to start planning a little more ahead as well. Luckily Steve will eat absolutely anything I make without complaint, so he'll basically be doing SBD with me. LOL

I used to do a modified version of FlyLady, but have since fallen off the bandwagon! I had to modify it because the zones didn't quite match up with my house layout. I really need to get back into that mode. Clutter is a big problem here and I could spend one whole day cleaning, only to see all my hard work dissapear in hours. That can be really frustrating. Either way, it needs to get done, so I'll probably start flying again really soon with you ladies.

Off to have lunch and stuff. The boys are down for hopefully a two hour nap and I just got my shower done! better late than never I suppose.

-Di

It's me again!

Di, Idaho sounds like a wonderful plan. I heard it's beautiful there. Do you have family there? And did you get to have your twins naturally?
Leigh, your weekly menu sounds wonderful too! I was suprised to see pork on there because there isn't any in her book. She said she doesn't like or eat pork so she didn't include in pork recipes. I bet she got alot of emails wanting pork so she included them in her email mailer. And Honey Pecan Pork Cutlets sounds devine. Would you mind emailing me the recipe? I would love to make it for Dh some weekend soon. ( [email protected])

Well my dinner was interesting. You make a mixture of mayo and dijon mustard to coat the chicken and red potatoes in and it tasted like I was eating devilled eggs! lol. The kids ate every bite of dinner so it was a success with them, lol. I'm giving it 4 stars. What did everyone else have? I had 6 pts left after dinner (that NEVER happens) but with dinner now I really fill up on the side veggies which are usually 0 pts so after just one serving of the potatoes and chicken I was satisfied. So I found something to use my 6 pts on, I had a hershey bar with almonds... and guess what? It was 6 pts!!! MMMmmmm.... it hit my sweet tooth spot. Now I am donw for the day.
I guess I'll get off here. I came online to see what was coming on tv tonight. I hope there is a good movie, I'm so bored. Maybe I'll go crochet a little. TTYL!

Hey Spryng, your dinner sounded yummy, nothing wrong with deviled eggs. LOL

The boys were both head down towards the end of my pregnancy, so I was hoping for vaginal, they had other plans! My doctor induced me at 38 weeks (considered full term for twins because placenta starts to break down after that) So I went in one fine Thursday morning started pitocin, and more pitocin then they broke Logan's water, he was first in line to come out. Well 30 hours later they still weren't out. My OB gave me the choice of starting the whole thing all over again because of the possiblity of over-saturation of the pitocin or going for a c-section. I had a feeling something wasn't right, I was exhausted to boot, so we did the c-section. Sure enough, once they opened me up they realized they were both trying to escape at the same time and I would not have been able to deliver them on my own because they were so wedged in there! Logan actually had a really big dent in his head from the pressure of Ethan on him. After some major tugging Logan came out weighing 6lbs then 2 minutes later, Ethan at 7lbs 10oz, great weights for twins. Recovery wasn't too bad, luckily so because the pain meds made me sleepy and I had a hard enough time getting up every two hours to nurse. All in all, it wasn't the birth story I had anticipated, but it was the one that was needed for a healthy outcome for us all. Funny how things work out that way.

Off to eat some gigantic crab legs and let the boys frolik out in the backyard.

Night ladies, I'll check in tomorrow.
-Di

P.S. my dad (biological) lives in Idaho, he's a retired dairy farmer. He's not a big reason we are moving there, more because of a job situation that may occur with Steve's company. It's also a state where we can get the most bang for our buck so to speak, in terms of land etc... and not too far away from the rest of the family.

Wow, you all have been busy for a saturday. Saw shrek 2. I highly recommend it to everyone. It was soooooooo funny. We went to the mall here today too, and bought t-shirts at penny's for $5. Had Fuddruckers for lunch today, needless to say, I am not eating dinner tonight. We spenta fortune at wal mart too, which is extremly easy to do. Is any one gonna be at chat tonight? Let me know if you are, and I will join you. Not sure what we are going to do tomorrwo. Nothing but hang around here I think. the other day I went out to my mom's house, and wasn't planning on staying at all. I just needed to get something I had left there the night before. Well, I got there and my mom was there laying out in the sun, and had the sprinkler on. I let my boys strip down to their underwear and run through the sprinkler. Of course, I didn't have sunscreen to put on them and they got a little burnt on their shoulders. I feel so guilty about it, especially with all the warnings out about the sun burns and all that. You must understand, I am usually very anal about sunscreen and bug spray on the boys when we are out, so that is why I am feeling guilty.
Anyway, back on the exercise wagon tomorrow. Have a good evening.

Well girls, sounds like everyone is laying down quietly for the night. I made spaghetti for dinner which sounded good, but everytime I make it, I never want to eat it, I ate alittle bit.
Di, that's an interesting story about your twins' birth. And those are GREAT weights for twins. No wonder you gained 70 lbs., right?
Spryng, a Hershey bar, yum, yum!!!
Ricci, hope the sunburn doesn't get too bad.
Be glad to hear from everyone else. I'll try to be back on later. I'm babysitting a little boy for a bit so I might get too busy. Have a great night.

Ricci - I will try to make it to chat tonight :) It would be nice to chat with you :D I know how you feel about the sunburns taylor got a little one last year because I totally forgot to put it on her! Poor little punkin :(

Di - your boys are absolutely adorable!! I hope you are enjoying your crab legs!! I personally don't like crab or lobster or I guess much seafood at all but I do like shrimp and swordfish and tuna, or mahi but I can't get that here. If you ever move to Idaho we could meet one day maybe take a day trip to Spokane or something. It probably wouldn't be too long of a drive to anywhere in Idaho because the state is small lol. And you are dead right about getting the most for your money up here! Its wonderful we just bought a 2000 sf house for 110k 3 bedrooms and we are adding another bathroom. Not too bad!

Spryng - So far it doesnt seem like you are having great success with your new saving dinner (is that the name?) recipes. They always sound soo good! Hopefully tomorrows will be better for you!!! You lucky duck with the hershey bar ;) Chat tonight? I'm gonna try and make it! :D

I had chicken and squash and broccoli for dinner I abandoned the turkey tacos and opted again for the easy way out lol. Got the girls bathed and Teagan is in bed already now just have to wait til Taylor shows signs of wearing out lol. Me? I'm already in bed lol just relaxing, for some reason I have just been exhausted lately I think its cuz of TOM and hopefully tomorrow all signs and symptoms will be gone.
Ahhhhh its taking me forever to write this post because I keep getting distracted by elimidate lol oh thank god for trashy tv lol jk.

Ok I'm gonna end this and I'll TTYL!!
Michelle

Hey girls! I sure wish you could make chat a bit earlier on some nights, I always miss it!!! Maybe even a daytime chat for an hour or so would be cool, we could do a couple of 15 minute challenges and then we wouldn't have to feel guilty for ditching Flylady for Fatchicks, LOL!!! I don't even know if I will make it tonight, Christian is sick AGAIN and I didn't sleep at all last night, so who knows how long I will be around.

Spryng, I haven't had the pork ones, but I have had the honey pecan chicken cutlets and they were just awesome!!! Some of your meals sound so good!! I had barbeque porkchops and au gratin potatoes. Not the best choice, but it worked...I just need extra water and a workout to make up for it. It's hard to plan a healthy meal with a baby on your hip all day. *sigh*

Crystal, what a change in attitude for you in a week! So happy you are getting excited about your blessing!! One more would be no big deal, but two at once would certainly be a challenge. I had Seth and got PG with Hope when he was 5 mos old, so in many ways I feel like I have twins..two in diapers and bottles, double stroller and all that jazz! They are about the same size now, so many think they are twins. I love how close they are, they have a special relationship.

Di, I have a 9 yo named Logan...he exceeded the levels set for 3rd graders in ALL subjects on his standardized test this year! This was the year they decided if they didn't pass the test they didn't get promoted!! So we are thrilled, especially since we had a 3 month trial(and failed miserably) of homeschool this year. It was like a 3 month vacation and he still did that well! I am so sure he is gifted now! Maybe they will recognize as well!

Hello to everyone else, going to shine my sink now before I forget!

No church for us tomorrow, we are grounded with Christian! So I'll be around more I think!

Love to all!

Til next time!

Good Morning Gals.

Well, I'm waiting for my coffee. I thought I could go today without it, but I really needed it. Well I slept okay, I think better than the night before. Only half the night on the couch with Andrew. Not many posters last night, the weekends get everyone so busy.

Cindi, I sure hope you had a better night last night than the night before. I hope Christian is better. Isn't he the one that was sick the last time? Sure hope he can get rid of this and stay rid of it. Hope no one else comes down sick. That's the worse thing having lots of kids, it gets passed around and you feel like you NEVER can get rid of whatever it is. Yes I am happy now. I just hate being pregnant, but I'm trying to make this one the best one. I mean there is no reason to be sad about it now. Although I still don't really feel pregnant I know it will catch up with me.

Michelle, hope you had a good night.

Hope everyone else had a dood night. We are staying home today I think. Dh said he wanted to spend the day with us, he was busy yesterday and of course tomorrow we'll be with my family. I don't think we're gonna do anything major today, just be together.

TTYallL

Morning!
 

Hi gals. Hope your weekend is unfolding nicely. And to think, there's still one more day of it :D

I did well at the BBQ last night. I had a Turkey dog, 1/2c of potatoes, salad (though I don't think this was a low fat salad - it had dressing already on it), then some desserts . . . I had saved up so many flexpoints, that it felt kind of nice to be relaxed about eating dessert and all. So, it felt like I kind of went off program, but since it's WW, I really hadn't at all :lol:

Di - that's awesome that you were able to nurse the boys and were so ready for them. Those are excellent birth weights for twins. I'm also a big "researcher" so I'm always first reading up on things to prepare myself :) I must say, the one frustrating thing about Flylady, or housework in general, is that you do it, but then it gets messed up so quickly again - that gets kind of frustrating for me.

Spryng - Yes, I'll mail you the recipe. That's funny - DH and I don't really like pork, so I'll send them all your way :lol: Anyway, any time one of them sounds interesting, let me know and I'll emial it to you. Dinner and dessert sound like they were wonderful. It's good that the kids will try all the different stuff - even if they don't like some of it - at least they're trying.

Ricci - I'd love to see Shrek 2! Don't feel too guilty about the sunscreen - we all forget things now and then - actually, I think I forget at least one thing every day :lol:

Crystal - did you enjoy your babysitting duties?

Michelle - Hope you fell well-rested today :)

Cindi - I hope Christian is feeling better :(

Well, we are off for a two mile walk and then getting coffee and a low-fat muffin (I'm hoping they have something lowfat, anyway!).