Crazy 5!

A lot has happened since the last post. Unfortunately, I have very few pictures to put on here. I do apologize. This is going to be more like a brief journal entry.
Thayne was able to come home again in July for another short, sweet visit. We had a blast while he was home. And, of course, we went horseback riding just for Alexis :) Silly girl! We also went swimming. That was really fun! The girls typically struggle when I take them. I find myself spending more time out of the water chasing at least one of them than I do in the water playing. But they must've changed their minds when daddy joined us because they hardly left the pool!!!
This is Alexis with her daddy. She's such a daddy's girl when he's here. Sad, she forgets all about her mommy :( This is Taylor with Aunt Valerie :)

Other than that, I have been trying to keep the girls busy everyday (sometimes that is a chore). I have a little over a week left until I reach my due date. So far, I'm not dialating. I'm only 50% effaced and Jaxon is at a station -1. I'm happy I'm not going to be having him just yet and then at the same time I'm ready to be done. Thayne still isn't home, so I really don't want to have this little boy just yet. But I'm so dang uncomfortable sleeping, sitting, standing, you name it. I feel like a bloated whale, which just makes you feel so attractive, right?! Then, there's the emotional side of this...am I really ready? Ready to get up and feed a baby all throughout the night? Constantly smell like spit up? Further divide my attention? I feel sorry for the girls. They've never had one-on-one with mommy. They've always had to share, but they (and I) don't know any better so it's worked. I'm just sad that now mommy will have to give most of her attention to this new little baby, and I'm afraid they won't do well with it. Sigh. It will be an adventure, I'm sure. I just read too much into things!

Now for some updates on the girls...

Taylor

Not sure on height and weight.

I'm very proud at how much her speech has progressed. When Thayne left in April, she could only say a few things. But now she's learned to say:

• Dadda
• Mom
• Ball
• Diesel (that's our dog)
• Cup
• "Nanna, are you?"
• "Hot hot hot"
• Bannana
• Horsie
• Dog
• Cat
• Car
• Cow
• "No No"
• Go
• Hi
• Bubble
• Bye bye
• All done
• All gone
• More
• Momma (this means movie) (don't ask why she calls it "Momma")

In sign language:

• Ball
• Dog
• Cat
• More
• Drink
• Eat
• Please
• Chair
• Milk
• Bath
• Blanket

And she's such a little cuddler. She loves to come get a hug and a kiss from mommy :) We call kisses "Loves" and she hands them out all day long!

Alexis

Again, not sure of her height and weight but she is considerably heavier than Taylor and at least a couple inches taller. She hasn't expressed a ton of interest in talking so she says fewer words than Tay.

Her vocabulary includes:

• Ball
• More
• Momma (again, meaning movie)
• "Nanna, are you?"
• "Hot hot hot"
• Bananna
• Dadda
• Mom
• Diesel
• Horsie
• Dog
• All done
• All gone
• Thank you
• Lexis

In sign language:

• Please
• More
• Eat
• Ball
• Horse
• Dog

She is such an independent little girl. She would rather be off on her own exploring the world than come get a hug and a love from her mom. Ha ha! I have to laugh because that was exactly the way I was as a little girl; always off doing something on my own. She has a real love for animals and music. Makes me wonder what she'll end up doing later in life.