About a month or so to go! My personal goal is to get to at least 38 weeks- we'll see if I can pull it off. All this resting is most certainly helping- I don't contract nearly as much as I was a few weeks ago. I had a great doctor's appointment last week- each baby is about 4 lbs, 3oz (!), so we're well on our way. I'm measuring at 41 weeks (which I probably don't need to tell you- that picture says it all).
At Mass today we sang The Servant Song, and I had a hard time keeping my composure. Is it any wonder?
Will you let me be your servant
Let me be as Christ to you?
Pray that I might have the grace
To let me be your servant too.
We are pilgrims on the journey
We are brothers on the road;
We are here to help each other
Walk the mile and bear the load.
I will hold the Christ light for you
In the night time of your fear;
I will hold my hand out to you
Speak the the peace you long to hear.
I will weep when you are weeping
When you laugh, I'll laugh with you;
I will share your joy and sorrow
Till we've seen this journey through.
When we sing to God in heaven
We shall find such harmony;
Born to all we've known together
Of Christ's love and agony!
Let me be as Christ to you?
Pray that I might have the grace
To let me be your servant too.
We are pilgrims on the journey
We are brothers on the road;
We are here to help each other
Walk the mile and bear the load.
I will hold the Christ light for you
In the night time of your fear;
I will hold my hand out to you
Speak the the peace you long to hear.
I will weep when you are weeping
When you laugh, I'll laugh with you;
I will share your joy and sorrow
Till we've seen this journey through.
When we sing to God in heaven
We shall find such harmony;
Born to all we've known together
Of Christ's love and agony!
There are so many, many people living this out for me right now. They bring us meals, fold our laundry, clean our kitchen, take our kids for hours at a time... they are the reason we have had no complications with this twin pregnancy, I'm sure of it. And a great many of them were right there, in Mass singing right along with me. It just took my breath away. I actually had to excuse myself and splash cold water on myself in the bathroom, just to make it through the rest of Mass.
Andy's mom is here now, stocking our freezer with food and loving on our kids for a long weekend. All grace, lived out right in front of my eyes.
In other news, I (finally) got around to seeing October Baby. Oh. My. Heck. I do believe that is the best movie I have ever seen. Andy concurs, so you really must just watch it. It's free on Netflix at the moment, so there's no excuse. :) I laughed and cried and cried and cried. I might watch it again this week (if Andy lets me, that is; he was afraid I'd go into labor from all the crying, lol).
I also got a macro lens (that's probably obvious by this point in the post). Guess what? Macro photography is challenging! I'm slowly finding my way, but this lens most definitely has a steeper learning curve than the others I've used so far. I am determined to get comfortable with it before those little twins arrive. There will be eyelashes to capture, you know. And toes. And itty bitty baby bodies all covered in peach fuzz.
Yum.
I've got a pretty great Papa, too. He shaped so much of who I am today, and gave me so many wonderful childhood memories.
Hug a Dad today. Dads are wonderful.
(Oh, and... I redecorated the blog for summer. If you're reading through a feed, I'd love it if you clicked on through to see what you think.)
Happy Sunday!


























