My new BFF (and more...)

Meet my new best friend...one of our many projects during Ryan's time off for the holidays was buying and putting up this gate. I have been searching for a gate wide enough for the opening of our family room for a while and finally I found the answer. This extra-wide gate retails for 50 bucks but we found one new and in the box off of Craig's list for 30. This thing is a miracle worker, it keeps Carver out of the kitchen and bathrooms and not a moment too soon - I am already starting the pregnancy "waddle" and I think Carver is now faster than I am. And as you can see, the kids love it... Just so you know, I spend most of my time in the cage with them, I just happened to run and grab some laundry to fold and came back to 2 frantic kids.

Kaydree moved up to the Sunbeam class at church and she is loving it. Here she is singing the song, don't let the camera-shyness fool you, she belts it out at the top of her lungs on a regular basis. And yes, she is saying sunBEAN...

Finally, a quick pregnancy update. I went to the doctor on Monday and had an ultrasound. Baby A is vertex (head down) and sitting very very low in my hips, and Baby B is breech (head up) and very very high in my ribs. So basically, maximum discomfort for me. The doctor was a little concerned with how low Baby A is, thinking all that pressure might cause me to go into labor early. So now I'll go in every 2 weeks so they can watch me carefully and do some extra tests. I was a little freaked out at first, but after reading up on it a little bit I think it's all pretty typical twin stuff. Anyway, here is my 23 week picture...