The Mooney Clan

So all the kids go back to school soon hey? I guess summer is fading away. Are you all ready for that? I am I guess. We are trying to get things in order before our babies come. It'd be nice to have some idea of when that might be but it's basically sometime between now and the end of oct. :). We've been working on names. I know some of you that have been reading our blog the past little while might have been getting worried. But we are narrowing it down and they are nothing like "tallulah does the hula from hawaii" or "blade" for that matter. Nothing too much else to tell. The days just keep going by and we keep being grateful for each week that passes without me having to go on complete bedrest or even into the hospital. Justin has actually been fairly busy at work so it wouldn't be a good time in that sense either. I've been feeling kind of sick - especially if I've been up and around too much - but I'm still sleeping not to...

So - I'm at 26 weeks now. My appointment went well once again. The babies have all grown. Baby A is 951g(2.1 lbs) or 25 wks 4 days Baby B is 793g (1.75 lbs) or 25 weeks Baby C is 988g (2.17 lbs) or 26 wks 4 days So Baby B is a little smaller but they weren't concerned about it at all. My blood pressure was good, weight gain - not bad (apparently eating everything I want isn't quite enough). Baby B is the guy that keeps me up at night. He's more on top and gets under my ribs and I can really feel his kicks and jabs. Now I go for checkups every two weeks - just to keep an eye on what is happening. Some of you have been asking for photos. Here I am at 26 weeks (he measured me today and I am measuring at 30 weeks - not 40 - even if it looks it!!)

My massage yesterday was a real treat. When I got home Caden was asleep and it was peaceful so I had a bit of a nap. It was SO good. I'm still feeling decent although uncomfortable. I go for my doctor's appointment and ultrasound this afternoon. Can't wait to see how our little guys are doing. Oh and Caden keeps talking about my belly. He says "Big Belly!!!" and he'll drive his cars over it and stuff. It's funny. He also tries to put my belly button back in as it has started to stick out a bit. I do wonder how much he is grasping of what we are telling him. He knows what babies are and he knows there are babies in mommy's belly. He knows that babies cry. I think he's going to be a pretty good big brother but it'll be interesting to see how he adjusts to the drastic change. To top of an already pretty good day, Sara and her girls came for the night. It has been nice to chat and catch up a bit. And they are going to watch Caden fo...

So I couldn't sleep again last night. The babies are SO active from 930ish until midnightish and I can't breathe and Caden fell out of bed and then I got restless legs - they just jitter and drive me nuts. I don't know a lot of people who have gotten that while pregnant but I had it with Caden too. Then Caden was up at 630. I'm exhausted and I'm starting to remember how horrible I feel when I don't get enough sleep. It is making me feel a little concerned considering I won't be getting any sleep for, oh, probably, a few years. Plus it makes me feel kind of nauseous and dizzy during the day which means I get nothing done and Caden doesn't get to go to the park or do anything else! Poor kid. The thing I keep thinking about though is how amazing this all is. Sure, physically it's getting kind of tough on me but what did I expect? Hello, three babies inside a 5'0" woman? Not ideal :) I keep writing stuff about how grateful I am to be h...

Well, it's monday. I don't feel too well but nothing serious. Just a sign to take it easy. It seems that over the past week I've really started needing to do less and lie down more often. I'm trying to do that. Justin has been the greatest help in the world and I'm sad he had to go back to work today. We managed to take Caden to the spray park on saturday. I sat and read a bit and watched Justin and Caden a bit. It'll be nice when the day comes that all 6 of us are running through the water like crazy people. I can't wait :). I'm already tired of sitting out of everything. By that evening though I was not feeling too well and was really tired. That seems to be how things are going. Mornings are ok but by midday I'm pretty tired. It's definitely different (harder) than when I was pregnant with Caden. I feel pretty blessed though that I've made it this far without being put on bedrest. I see the doctor again on wednesday and have ...

My good friend Kim got married this past saturday. Congratulations to you Kim! Caden just loves both Kim and Bob and talks about them all the time. It was funny to because he kept following them around all night. Luckily though, someone thought to bring balloons and some of the kids played with those. Caden was a party animal :). In the last picture you can see that he was sweating buckets. It was pretty funny. Oh and when we left and the next day he kept saying "I miss Kim". :)

A lot of people have been asking us what we still need for the babies. First of all I want to thank everyone who has already lent or given us stuff. Buying for three is going to be overwhelming but people have been so generous already. We are so grateful we can't even express it! For those of you still wondering what we need we decided to just put a list on the side of this blog and add to it as we think of things. We love previously used stuff and will return anything that you may want back. Thanks again SO MUCH everybody. It's a huge help! :)

Ok - here's a post that isn't just an update or pics of my kid. It's more of a whine so I apologize :) Do you ever feel like life is just passing you by? I have so much to be grateful for and am so excited about the future. At the same time though I feel like I've done nothing but try to 'get things done' - all summer. I had hoped to do so much more with Caden and for the 3 of us to spend quality time together. We've done some things but there just doesn't seem to be time between getting groceries, cleaning the house and getting things here at the house prepared (Oh - and trying to rest which is supposed to be my biggest priority). I know what is important - people - but I'm neglecting everyone. I don't really know how my friends are doing and it just isn't me. I miss having bbq's and going for walks around the park. And here it is August already. And even though I know better I'm still making my lists. I mean, the fact i...

It was Buffalo Days here this past weekend so Justin, Justin's mom and I took Caden to go on some rides and while we were there we took in the reptile show (Yup - that's a snake on Caden) and saw Barney. Boy is the fair different when you take a 2 year old :). I am sure that I had as much fun watching Caden enjoy himself as he did enjoying himself! He was very brave and seemed to really enjoy everything. He just kept wanting to try all the rides. At the end of the day, as we were leaving, he pointed to a huge roller coaster and asked to go on that....YIKES... I told him that he can go on those big ones when he gets bigger! with a snake On the bumblebee ride with Grandma In the dragon ride "it spin around and around!" The Barney "Live" show Caden's lovin' the show In the bouncy tent In the water bumper cars And, Just for Tim P, we put him in the Home Depot Car. But as soon as the ride was done he ran and tried to get into the Dupont car. Good B...

Grandma and Grandpa Mooney were here for the weekend and Caden got his haircut finally! He was pretty proud of it too. Thanks Grandma. Here's his before and after picture.