Dreaming in Blue & Posy's Big Day {daybook}

First things first, you read that right-- BLUE! We're having twin boys! Oh my, if I could have bottled my husband's joy the day we found out.... :) We've evened the teams and my two boys are oh-so-happy about that. We shared the news with our big kids by tying blue balloons to Odwalla juices. Their mix of reactions was quite funny-- surprising in some ways and not so much in others. BOYS! Can you believe it? :)

Aaaand.... Posy had a birthday! Cutest little birthday girl she was, too. We didn't have a party or anything- she's such a little introvert around anyone outside our family, I thought a party might be torture. Plus, I'm lazy. ;) Instead, we doted on her excessively (wait... how is that different from any other day?) and loaded her up with new board books and carrot cake. It was all kinds of happy. And now she is such a big girl.

Outside my window...

Rumor has it we'll hit 50 degrees on Friday- I'll have to see it to believe it.

I am thankful for... 

two healthy growing baby boys! This dynamic is good in so many ways. I think Snap had given up hope that he would ever get a brother- to get two at once is just all the better, right? And our little Miss Posy Pie will still reign as princess-in-residence, so that will (hopefully) help her adjust to her impending dethronement. I hope?

I am thinking about...

Boy names. Naturally.

She reacts like her mother. You know.... big.

In the Schoolroom...

We're beginning and ending each day with an hour of reading aloud. I figure (almost) anything else we get to is just gravy. Life is good.

I'm pretty darn excited to get started on Jessica's Papal Lapbook. We haven't begun our Papal Unit Study yet; the lapbook is going to tie everything together so well. Charlotte also posted a lovely coloring page of Pope Benedict XVI that we'll be downloading.

From the kitchen...

Primrose & I made some gluten-free carrot cupcakes for Posy's birthday that were crazy good. If I can get myself organized, I'll post the recipe here soon. 

I am creating...

Photography. My Lightroom class started this week. I haven't actually started working on it yet (when exactly did I think I was going to find time for this?), but I'm chomping at the bit and eager to get to work.

I am working on...

my Lightroom skills. I downloaded the first week's lessons and thought my head might possibly explode. This is a good thing, right? I'm going to learn so much in this class!

I am reading...

The Snow Child by Eowyn Ivey (I'm loving it so far; the prose is mesmerizing.)
Plate to Pixel: Digital Food Photography & Styling by Helen Dujardin
Holiness for Housewives and Other Working Women (because I can't read this book too many times)

Books! Nothing makes this baby happier than books. She love her new blocks, too (thanks Aunt T!).

I am praying for...

The Holy Father. The cardinals. The Church.
And babies on the way- mine and others, too.

I am hearing...

The other day, Tulip slammed her book shut and sighed, "I hate it when a book leaves me on a hangnail!"
Me: "You mean a cliffhanger?"
Her: "Whatever." (another sigh)
Me too. Those hangnails, I tell ya. :)

Around the house...

I don't want to talk about it. There is more to do than I have hours in the day- that's all there is to it. Some days I cope well with this, other days I do not. Today was a "not" day. Ahem.

She also got her own chair for her birthday, which we much more accurately call her "throne". She sits on it, points, and squalls until the minions bring her the toys she wants. And you KNOW they do. Spoiled much, you think? ;) And don't you just want to eat her toes?

One of my favorite things...

Babies. Good thing too, eh? ;)

A few plans for the rest of the week...

About a hundred hours logged on the couch. Did I mention? I'm only 17 weeks but I'm measuring at 27. As in, TWENTY-SEVEN. As in, no wonder most days I can't be on my feet for longer than an hour without seeing stars. Something tells me this second half of pregnancy is going to be a hum-dinger!