We love to read

Ava & Drew both love books! Drew *has* to sleep with at least 3 in his bed & we often hear him 'reading' to himself in the mornings when he wakes up. We always break out the books before naptime & they'll climb up on the couch to 'read' while I clean up lunch. They still like us to read to them, but often they'd rather look at them themselves...it's so cute to hear them 'reading'!

Wildlife adventure

Today we decided to take the kids to the Natural Bridge Wildlife Ranch, which is about 1.5 hrs from our house. Ava & Drew love animals, so we figured they'd get a kick out of it. We put them up front with us for the drive through(the 'speed limit' is 5mph) & they may have enjoyed all the knobs & buttons that the car had to offer at least as much as the animals! ;) We had one moment when a 'bluebell'(small moose-type animal) stuck his head through the window & sniffed Drew & scared him a bit. It took him a while to want to let any of the animals near our side of the car again! And Jeremy got nipped by a zebra....they say throw the food on the ground for a reason! ;)
It was hard to get good pics(these are from my phone) w/ the kids & animals being so close. I didn't really want just pics of the animals!

They got a little bored after a while & climbed into the back to play!

After the drive-thru part, we ate at the little cafe they have, then headed over to the petting zoo. All they had were goats, but that seemed to be enough for Ava & Drew. They got a little too excited a couple of times & we had to calm them down before they scared the poor animals! :)

We got back on the road to head home around 1:00, about 30-45 minutes past naptime, & they were wiped out. We barely made it out the exit before they were snoozing!

Another comparison pic

36 weeks

We had our 36 week growth sonogram & doctor's appointment this afternoon. Baby is measuring right on track & estimated to weigh 6lb3oz. The tech said the baby will likely weigh around 7 1/2 lbs at birth! When I was pregnant with the twins, my doctor's office didn't do the 4D sonograms--now they do. Here is a shot of baby's face w/ a knee pressed to his/her cheek. Hard to believe that 3 weeks from tomorrow baby will be here--especially since we *still* haven't decided on names!

*Sometimes* it doesn't take much..

to make them happy!! I pulled out a bucket of old toys this morning & they happily played w/ them for about 2 hours!! I even tried a couple times to put them away & move on to something else, but they wanted the toys!

Payback

Drew has always been a bit of a bully w/ Ava...knocking her down, climbing on top of her, taking her toys, etc. Unless she's hurt, she usually just takes it & moves on. Or maybe she's been waiting for the right opportunity:

*Disclaimer: no one was hurt in the taking of these picture...in fact, it was accompanied by MUCH giggling on BOTH parts!! :)

New couch

Ava was the only one awake when the new couch arrived the other day. But, she was very happy to get to show it off. They have both had lots of fun playing on it & it's been great to have a place that all 3 of us can sit w/o them climbing on top of me!!