Happily growing (from Niki)

Everyone has such exciting news these days! Congrats all around! We certainly won't have a shortage of things to talk about at the family picnic in June, that's for sure.

Life in pregnancy land continues to cruise along happily. I always tell people that "I reserve the right to change my mind at any moment, but so far I'm doing great" when they ask how I feel. I definitely look and feel quite pregnant, but I'm still running a bit and walking with Matt in the evenings, so that's helped.

We've had a busy last couple of months with loads of family and friends. We split Easter weekend between Aurora and Yutan managing to eat lemon pie at every stop. Here's Matt listening to the boys digest all that sugar.

As Kelly mentioned, she was kind enough to host a wonderful Mother's Day lunch in Lincoln with most of the Stamp family. My mom and I were in charge of the fruit bouquet. We spent the day before assembling with me doing chocolate quality control. Someone had to do it, and my handy shelf and I happily volunteered.

Mother's Day was an excellent time with good food and great family. Pretty crazy to think that there will be FOUR of us next year though.

As for the twins, they continue to do great. They're almost 2 and a half pounds each and quickly running out of room. (No idea where they'll fit during the next 8 weeks.) Both are kicking and punching up a storm and occasionally get into fights around the middle. I've been assured they won't hurt each other, but it's very amusing to watch and feel them go at it like that.

Like all the other rooms in our house, Matt is in charge of designing the nursery. I call myself the Assistant Project Manager to all the decorating. Since I can't really climb, paint, or move things, my duties include refilling his glass of water, running to Home Depot for extra supplies, and marveling at the progress he makes. I'm clearly very helpful. We have some minor detail left and should be done in the next week or so. That makes it seem pretty real, that's for sure.

I'm also visiting the doctor frequently for ultrasounds, updates, and various other twin-standard precautions. Getting to see the boys so much has been a real treat. I did learn at last week's ultrasound that the spot where I thought A had been kicking for the last month was both of their heads instead of one's feet. Oops. I felt pretty bad for poking their tiny face all day every day thinking we had a little kicking game going.

Below are some pictures from the latest round. Ever since they were the size of apple seeds, A has happily posed and B has wanted nothing to do with the camera. The hand was all we got since the little guy is ready for the paparazzi!



Matt and I are both so very excited to see everyone in June. Enjoy spring, and we'll see you soon!