How to Prepare for Twins:

1) Set Up the Nursery

Yes, it is early... and yes, this means London and Elle will share a room for a month or two before the twins come, but it's all part of nesting for me. Now, the car seats, swings, baby clothes, cribs, and dresser are in their correct place, instead of strewn out in every closet in my house. When things are organized, everything is right in my world.

Kyle refinished this ancient dresser for me, and it's my favorite part of the nursery!

Now to put things on the walls...

2) Have a baby shower

      Two days before my shower, I came home from a meeting and Sierra was in my living room. I know, I know, I should just expect that she is going to show up on my doorstep every time I'm wishing she were here. Then, at about midnight the night before, my sister-in-law, Kaedi, knocked on my door! She lives outside of San Francisco, and apparently everyone was in on the surprise! I was completely overcome, feeling so much love from the women that I love so dearly. My darling sister, Taryn, planned the most beautiful shower for me in downtown Seattle.

She made a garland of hydrangea, anemones, sweet peas, ranunculus, and roses, contrasted with this industrial building. She is so gifted! Brunch was served, and we mingled as friends and family until our parking meters timed out. This is what happiness looks like! 

3) Get really really pregnant

         This is me three weeks ago. You guys, I am so pregnant. Baby boy is in the 92nd% and baby girl is in the 89th%. The extra weight and pressure limits my mobility like I never knew was possible. Who knows where my center of gravity is?! 

4) Buy a car your family can fit in

          I sent Kyle on a wild internet goose chase to find my dream car, and he found it in Arkansas. My dad then volunteered himself to drive said car to Maple Valley, Washington...a distance of over two thousand miles. I can't believe he did that for me, and I can't believe that we will be able to fit all four children in one vehicle!

5) Wait
      Waiting involves an obscene amount of sleeping and resting and laying down, but it's honestly all my body can handle. It means eating my body weight in Special K because oh my goodness that is my drug of choice this pregnancy. It means reading Les Miserables for June book club---don't worry, it's the revised edition.