Double Trouble

Last week Megan went back to work, so twin duty started! Now my schedule is a lot more hours, but less with my buddy Julia and more with the sisters. Monday's I get to hang with Julia a bit since she is home from school and Megan doesn't work on Monday's so we split the duties between the 3 girls to make it more manageable. One of us usually takes Julia to do something out of the house, or we all just hang out at home, which she usually likes to do. I can't blame her since she did pick up an extra day at school with the new schedule (although she does LOVE her school). Monday's are half days, usually 9-2 and Tuesday through Thursday are EARLY, LONG days with the twins!

The girls just turned 4 months old on the 17th and I can't even believe how big they have gotten! Especially Claudia, she is SUCH a little chunk! I swear they have switched personalities, which is supposedly what a lot of people with twins says happens! The first few months Claudia was the diva baby, fought her naps, always wanted to be held, etc and now it seems that Vaughn has picked up a little of the diva-ness and Claudia is such a happy laid back baby. I think Vaughn just got tired of having to be patient with Claudia and now she wants some extra love that she thinks she missed out on ;) Haha! They really are BOTH such  great babies. They don't cry or get fussy unless they're hungry or tired and they both go down for their naps in their cribs pretty darn easy, swaddle, lay them down and they go to sleep.

They are kind of starting to get on a schedule which is nice! Not all days work out that way, some days, like last Thursday they were on the complete opposite schedule, their naps only overlapped for 1 hour haha Now that was a busy day! I seriously love them though and love my job, but they definitely have put my baby clock on hold! It is a LOT of work and I am definitely not ready for that YET! Maybe after I stop working for them and after the wedding I will get the fever again ;)

Now for some pics (of course!)

Julia is just as fancy as ever

Super V!

Double Tummy Time

Tummy time!

Claudia LOVES her tummy time!

4 months old! 

Fall Kick Off!

I am welcoming Fall with open arms! We are a few weeks into school, the beautiful Gabel girls are settling in at home, and we are finally getting the ball rolling on all of this wedding stuff! The weather has changed and I actually like it. It is SO humid here during the summer it's ick, so I am enjoying the cooler, dryer weather that fall brings! We have had a little bit of rain which I love (guess that's the Oregonian in me!) and the leaves are starting to change! Our friends said we need to go to this apple farm place since it's our last Fall here, so we will need to set that up, it supposedly has the BEST apple cider donuts around so count me in! ;) Halloween is right around the corner and I think Bobby and I are going to go for laughs this year...should be fun!

The twins had their newborn photoshoot on Tuesday and it has to be one of the cutest things I have ever witnessed. Even when they were pooping and peeing all over the blankets LOL Seeing Julia SO in love with her baby sisters was the sweetest sight, she did not want them to leave her sight so we spent most of the day sitting there watching (which was hours) and she was OH so excited when it was her turn to be in some pictures, both of just her and of the three girls. I can't wait to see the prints I just know they're going to be to die for!

Onto wedding stuff:

We have finally received the funds to get the contracts and initial deposits sent out to our vendors. It is such a relief! It has been a cat and mouse game trying to get these funds for these deposits, and it was delayed by a few weeks, but we finally have it and will be sending out the contracts and checks (boo haha) on Monday. I can not wait to finally have that all taken care of and off of my mind! Most of the vendors only require one initial deposit and then the balance to be paid sometime between 30 and 10 days before the event, some even on the day so I won't have to think about it as much once these contracts go out!

I need to reorganize my wedding notebook like nobody's business. I haven't really touched it at all since we changed all of this stuff around, so it is in desperate need. Now that we are actually planning and making payments I need to get everything reorganized so I can keep track of everything, so that will definitely be on my list of to do's for this weekend.

Other than getting those contracts out to everyone I think I am pretty much on track in the planning. I have collected some random addresses here and there for Save the Dates (and invitations later on) but have a loooong way to go until I am done with that...still waiting on Bobby to finalize his people!

So far the only stressful part of this wedding planning thing is making sure the finances are in order haha We have had a couple bumps, but we made it and are back on track! :)

Expecting Twins!

About a month ago I was at work and something caught my eye...it was out in the open, not hidden at all, and I in no way was "snooping" but when I saw I knew exactly what it was and that is why I noticed it...it was an ultrasound picture! When I looked closer at it I noticed that it said "Baby A" and "Baby B"...oh.my.gosh. TWINS! I secretly started freaking out and texting my friends to tell them that the lady I work for was pregnant with twins! At first I thought it was just an old ultrasound picture from when she was pregnant with Julia, but nope the date was from the previous Friday and it certainly had her name on it. Everyone said I should ask her about it but I didn't want her to think I was snooping in anyway and I always think you should let people come to you with that type of news you never know what the situation is. A lot of women don't even tell people that they are pregnant until after the first trimester because that is when a lot of miscarriages happen so I didn't want to ask I just secretly flipped out inside and to my friends...flip out in a good way! I loooove babies and TWINS oh my goodness!

So fast forward to today...it has been about a month since I saw that and I had been noticing her belly growing more and more every week, but she still hadn't said anything to me. So, I of course didn't want to ask in case something DID happen with the babies I was just going to wait for her to tell me. I was folding her laundry today and saw maternity pants, and saw a baby center app on her iPad (that she lets me use) along with "twin baby stroller" in the search bar on the web browser like HELLO how much more evidence did I need right?? Well still I wasn't going to say anything but I just knew...obviously and I understood why she would want to wait to tell people until after the first trimester. It was funny because Laura and I had been talking about it all day about how I hope she tells me soon I feel like I know something I am not supposed to know the anticipation is killing me! Well, the second she walked in the door she said "well, I just came from a dr.'s appointment " And I knew exactly what was coming "We are having more babieSSSSS!" Even though I already "knew" her officially telling me was way exciting! haha She said, as I thought, they were waiting to tell people until after the first trimester just to be sure everything was going good, things can happen, etc. They haven't told Julia (for good reason) she would be telling everyone at school that "mommy is having babies" if they had! lol She said that they have no idea what they are in for, but they really are amazing parents Julia is the sweetest best behaved child I have ever had the pleasure of watching so I have no doubt their new babies will be just as sweet with them as parents. I am free every Monday, Thursday, and Friday morning until 2:30pm so I am going to offer her my time to help out when the babies come and hope she accepts. I could use more hours especially with the wedding, and other trips that will be needed, plus it is always good to have extra money! Not to mention I can't wait to get some snuggle sessions in with those little babies!!! I absolutely loved caring for baby Jordan at my last job so this will just be double the snuggles! I am sure she will need all of the help she can get with twins and a 3 year old so I want her to know I am here to help in any way if she needs me!

It's absolutely mind boggling how many people are having babies this year! I don't think I have EVER known so many people having babies at once! My bestie is being induced SATURDAY and I can not WAIT to finally meet miss Harlow! My step sister is due April 10th. My good friend Keegan is due in August. I just found out my old employer Monica (with her 3 J boys) is pregnant and I am praying she gets her little girl that she wants so badly! I have friends all over that are pregnant or just recently had babies I thank God its not contagious because I would be sure to catch it with all of these people I know having babies! I definitely WANT to have babies soon, just not right now but I feel so blessed to be surrounded by babies that will definitely hold me over until it's my turn :) And in the mean time it will just prepare me even more for when we start our family! Hopefully by this time in 2014 I will be announcing that we are having our first baby Graham :) Let's just make it to the wedding first!