#15 - Go on a walk with husband w/o complaining

Ok, when I made the list this actually would have been more difficult to do. But now almost every day my hubby and I take the babies for a walk. The twins love it especially Little Man. He loves listening to the birds outside and watching the trees sway in the wind. So now when my hubby suggests a walk we are almost immediately getting the babies in the stroller and there are no complaints from this Mama!

Quench the Thirst

Yesterday we took the twins to church for the first time. At six weeks I figured their immune system should be handle the many touches from random people that were certain to come their way. I felt silly about waiting so long. They had already gone to the mall many times and of course had a bunch of our friends hold them before then. But the mall they are always in their stroller totally covered so that people can't touch them. At church we just had their carriers so people could just reach in and touch...although I wish I had a sign that said in English and Indonesian "Please just touch my feet" or "Please don't touch. I'm too small for your big germs." But anyways...we had some wonderful friends who were willing to give us a ride into church and away we went.

 

It had been since the beginning of my 3rd trimester since I had gone into our church here in Indonesia. I had had a couple of contractions one Sunday and we felt we didn't want to risk going into labor in Jakarta and trying to get back to our hospital. There are times when there are demonstrations or just really bad traffic that can make what should be a 30 minute trip take 2-4hours. So....needless to say I was getting a deep thirst for fellowship and godly teaching. 

Singing praises to our Lord and Savior just started to fill me up and by the time we left I felt that spiritual thirst had been quenched. It was wonderful. I didn't get to sit through the entire service, but what new mom does? The babies did so well too! Thomas only whimpered once cause he was hungry so I got up to feed the babies and got to come back and listen to the rest of the service. It was wonderful. And the best surprise was that it was communion Sunday! So wonderful to partake of the elements on my first Sunday back. My soul has been refreshed and I praise the LORD for it!

#84 - Have a Christmas Tree and #93 - Decorate Apartment for Christmas

Steve bought me a Christmas tree for Christmas 2010. Although it was only about 2 ft tall I was super excited! I was able to decorate it and we enjoyed it before heading to the States on Dec 18th. I also made Christmas candle holders and set out Christmas potpourri.  I can't wait (although I can because I am enjoying them being so small) for this Christmas when I can celebrate the twins' first Christmas and set everything up for them. :)

#29 - Find Out My Blood Type

I am realizing now that pretty much everything I am crossing off tonight I am able to cross off because of our pregnancy. hehe. During our first appointment my doctor had me take a blood test since I had no idea what blood type I was. Come to find out I am type B+. :)

#19 - Convince Mom to Come to Indonesia

We got her to come! It only took me getting pregnant with twins to convince her the trip to Indonesia would be worth it but she came. :) We had a lovely time with her, my dad, and sister. They were here for almost 4 weeks. A week before the birth of Thomas and Abigail they arrived. It was such a blessing to have them here!

#18 - Make Homemade Apple Sauce

I am realizing I need to get way better at this whole blog thing since it has been since October that I have really even looked at this! 9 months is a little ridiculous but I am finding I have marked off and started a lot of these items!

In November Becky and I made homemade apple sauce. Steve LOVED it and ate it all in about two days. :) It was fun and I know now that we have the babies I will probably making it a lot once they can start eating more than just breast milk. :)

#3 - Get Pregnant/Have a Baby

Ok, so when I put this number up I honestly thought it would be a while before we got pregnant. But it wasn't. Oct 22, 2010 I took a home pregnancy test and found out we were pregnant. It was also our birthday which made it an extra special day! A week later we met with our doctor and he confirmed we were indeed pregnant. :D During our ultrasound the doctor was saying "here is the baby..." when he stopped looked at us and asked "do you have twins in your family?" I just had to laugh and say that I do indeed have twins in our family. So I went 37 weeks and 5 days in our pregnancy and had our beautiful twins on June 17. They are Thomas and Abigail. Love them both so much already and can't believe they are already 5 weeks old!