The countdown begins!

26 weeks ago I thought there was no way possible that I would make it this far, let alone with my sanity intact. After months of throwing up, needles, IV's, hospitals, and Dr.'s appointments I can finally see the light at the end of the tunnel! This pregnancy has been filled with ups and downs(more downs than ups) but I am so grateful to be having this baby boy. As of my last ultrasound 2 weeks ago, the baby is right on schedule. I have to say that with everything that has happened its been so nice to get to see him every 3 weeks, I've had 11 ultrasounds in the pregnancy. We just pray and are keeping our fingers crossed that there are no ill effects on the baby with everything that has happened and all the medication that they have had me on. My perinatologist and my nephrologist both think that it will take somewhere between 3 to 6 weeks for my body to reset and if it doesn't then I'll have to have a biopsy done on my kidneys.

In other news, the girls are growing like weeds and watering them doesn't help! Every Thursday Nate flood irrigates our yard and the girls think that it is the coolest thing.  It's only been warm enough for the girls to play in the water once over the past month. The weather here has been crazy, rain, snow, wind, and if we are lucky, occasionally the sun will shine. So we spend a lot of time inside making forts, watching netflix, and using our imagination:

Here they are using empty diaper boxes as race cars, spaceships, and a train. I love that they play together, don't let me fool you....they definitely fight with each other and Maya loves to antagonize Jensen. Its really sad that Maya is only 2 and she knows exactly what to do to push Jensen's buttons! Nate and I really have to use our self control sometimes and not laugh when Maya does stuff to Jensen, we don't want to encourage her to pick on Jensen, but sometimes its hilarious! The girls share a room and have their own beds but sleep together. Every night at 8:30 they lay sideways on Jensen's bed, Nate reads them 4 to 5 of their books and then a chapter or two out of the classics, i.e. Peter Pan, The Little Princess, Camelot, and Treasure Island. They love story time and only Daddy is allowed to read, if I read to them Daddy still has to come in and read before they will go to bed.