progress and updates

A few things:

First--it is so hot. You can assume this will be a theme throughout the summer, but seriously, it is so hot. The heat is supposed to break today, after we are hit with some severe storms, but we'll see--it was supposed to be cooler this weekend too, but it wasn't. Weathermen lie. But it is honestly too hot to be outside at all...and the air is so dirty, you don't want to breathe in too deeply anyway. Poor Spud--he and I have been forced to take sanctuary in the comfort of our air-conditioned house. It seems to bother Daniel less, which I may never understand...

Second--we got lots of things done on Saturday. Lots of house cleaning, lots of preparing for babies. We bought their crib mattresses (which I think is a bunch of hooey--selling cribs without mattresses?! HOOEY!), and our first box of diapers. We also bought a lamp for the babies' room, which is going to match their bedding perfectly--exciting :)
Speaking of their bedding, I'm very excited to see what it will look like. My mom is amazing, and is amazingly talented, and is making all of the bedding for our babies. Amazing, right? She may not have fingers left by the time the babies make their appearance--but what would we do without her?!

Let's hope her fingers don't end up looking like this.

On Sunday, we got a glider for our room, thanks to a very generous gift from Daniel's mom (there is a theme here--what would we do without our families?!). It fits perfectly in the corner of our bedroom (even though I'm reminded how small our house is when we do things like add furniture). We're getting excited to rock our babies in the glider! The chair looks like this, except that the fabric is cream and the wood is slightly darker.

Third--this weekend is a long holiday weekend--hooray! And next week is a short week (hooray!), Congressional recess (hooray again!), and full of doctor's appointments. This week, the babies each weigh over a pound and two thirds, and are 14 inches long--the same length as an English cucumber! We should have better statistics on them next week, when they get another in-depth ultrasound, including weights and measurements.