Trick Or Treat

The Family that Trick or Treats together, eats the candy together....

We went tonight to a local neighborhood to do a little trick or treating. Our little Kitten loved it! Here are a few pictures from our night.....

Daddy preps Addison on all the right words....

Her first "Grab".....she caught on pretty fast what was going on.

They are ready to go! They have many houses to visit!

After each house Addison let her daddy carry her. She did want down before getting candy though. She is a big girl!

Addie Kat

Today they are having a Halloween party at her school. I know she was so excited...she practiced her Meow's and Trick or Treats all the way there! They had all the little kids dress up, and then they are going to go "trick or treat" in each room! How fun. I love that she is getting into things, it makes all of the holidays so much fun!

Here are a few pictures of her on her way to school. I wonder if she will let me take it off of her.....She did discover that there was a tail on the outfit, it was so cute watching her try to get it. She thought she was the funniest person around, and she was!

Acting Big

I am sure that when Addison gets bigger she will kill me for what I am about to post!

But all day today she has been taking off her diaper. So I finally told her that we were going to put on Big Girl panties and potty on the big girl potty. She said, "K" so I knew we were going to have a long day in the bathroom.

So far no accidents, but I am not going to hold my breath on that for all day! I do hope that she gets potty trained. That would make our diaper bill go down and we will need that in a few months.

Pumpkin Patch

Last night we took Addison to a small pumpkin patch near by. We really wanted to take her to one that had a petting farm, but I think this worked out well...there were not many people so we were able to do whatever we wanted! Which is good for a slow pregnant lady and a man with a toddler. Little Cheese Muffin!

Can not wait to go and get a pumpkin!


Daddy and Addison riding to get a pumpkin!


She loved looking for a good one!


Picking out the perfect pumpkin!

In the Corn Crib. I was a little surprised at how much she liked this! It took forever for her to let Jon cover her toes in corn!

Eating candy apple.

Time to go...

We all fail a test once in a while....

We have had an eventful YEAR at the Matlock house, but really an eventful week. Is it Thursday, really?? So lets go through the week....I am writing about this so I will look back and remember how wonderful pregnancy is, or isn't.

Saturday....we had a wonderful baby shower!

Sunday....started having contractions...thought don't panic. Just rest...

Monday....will they go away already?? So we call the Doctor.

Monday night she keeps me at the hospital to watch me...Sometimes even Mommas need a babysitter.

Tuesday....came home.

Wednesday...going to Bham, for my early Thursday Morning appointment..

Thursday....get up run to doctor office. Met another twin mommy who is due the same week I am!! That was the best part of my day! She knew exactly what I was going through, and I for her. We both had our glucose test and she went first. She did not pass and that made me worry that I would not either! And that is what happened, they stuck me and the lady kept asking me, are you sure that you did not eat? I thought that was odd....most people believe me when I tell them something. I told her three times I am sure, but I could eat now I am starving. Then she told me the news, I failed...so I have to go back on Monday and drink that nasty stuff again and wait three hours while they stick me 3 times! HORRIBLE!!! She also told me my Iron was low too...this part was not a shocker...

So moral of the story is "if it can go wrong, it will" I have been so happy this pregnancy. It has been so much easier than my last. So if I can get all of this under control, it will still be good. I love my babies, but getting them here is rough!

100 Days

100 Days that is how many days I have left in this pregnancy.....well according to my little pregnancy ticker. But my doctor has told me otherwise. She tells me every time I go in, almost as if she is preparing me for something early. Like, the delivery of two babies....

So we actually have less than 100 days! Isn't that fun??

We had a wonderful baby shower yesterday! Thanks to three lovely ladies! We also were very blessed in the great gifts that we received. I believe we are ready for these babies to get here. Well, in theory we are ready.....we will actually never really be ready for the twins.

I know everyone is asking about names. I am so sorry to let you know but we do now know what we are going to call these things! So for now they are Baby A and Baby B. And when we do figure out the names I may not tell either. So you will be in suspense at least for a few days, my calculator says 100, but remember it could be less.

Love

Hannah

PS Sorry if this is scattered, I am in a hurry!

Ms. Kitty

We found this little pink kitten walking around our house! We have not decided if we are going to keep her yet...we will let you know. She does an aweful lot of Meowing!!

I found this costume and she loved it! And the best part was it was on clearance!! I love sales....

Minivan Mishap Update

I know many of you are really worried about me and my reputation. So I thought I should take time to let you know about what went down yesterday!

Andrea came up to see us!! YAY! But when she pulled in the driveway, she said she knew it was our house because of the duck tape on the minivan! WHAT?!??! Do I have a reputation of duck taping it??? Or does Jon.....

Then later on the window started slowly falling down....and me being the good and supportive wife that I am just went out and reducktaped it. With out complaining or anything! I did not even tell Jon that it happened until he called me to tell me to find a car Doctor.
When he told me to find someone I told him I thought that was a good thing....one because I had things to do and the tape was not working. (Like I was really going to take the van out like that....)

So I asked some friends and did some calling! Apparently the part was going to cost $150.00. Jon said not to spend over $150.00.....so GREAT! right??? Well I found me a handy little mechanic down the street that said he would put it in the up position for $50.00. I did not think about that at all, I told him I would be there in an hour!

Jon told me that if it exceeded $150.00 that he would fix it...so I told him when he got home what the Mechanic told me...that the little machine thing, was broken in "100s of pieces" and he put it in the up position. Which is so much better than the duck tape! So Jon will fix it at a later date when he has time and we have money!

So if you ever wonder how much 50.00 is worth to you.....it is a lot!!!

Minivan Mishaps

Beware: This post may cause excessive laughing and may contain disturbing images......

First let me start my saying, I am not Superstitious, I am just a little stitious..(if you don't get that say it out loud) ..But with my recent happenings with minivans I am starting think someone is trying to give a hint to NOT drive a minivan!

(Side note, this is our second minivan in the past few months)

We just got a minivan to carry all the babies when they get here...good idea, right? Plenty of room, decent gas mileage, and we could buy it used for what we could pay....so good idea right??

So here is how the last minivan mishap happened...

Last night Liz came to visit, and we had a need to make a run to walmart....mainly because there is a Papa Johns inside that sales 5.00 pizzas. Yes, I crave pizza all the time!!!! I actually considered eating it for breakfast but decided that was not a healthy food choice to start the day.

So we got there and we were getting out of the car and I realized the van is acting possesed...the automatic doors were not automatic!! BAD SIGN in minivan world...so I tryed to crank it and there was NOTHING!!!!!! So I called Jon, and he was so happy to hear of this that he jumped in car to come save me and went to the wrong wal mart!!!That part was funny, mainly because at the Attalla walmart a man pulled up who looked like Jon, so I tryed to wave him down because Jon was yelling on the phone WHERE ARE YOU?????? And here is a big pregnant lady waving a stranger down, and then I realized he is not on a phone, he is not Jon...Then we figured out that Jon had went to the wrong walmart. (which I am pretty sure that is my fault....)

So we went in and did our shopping, and got the pizza. So we had a lovely picnic dinner in the minivan, in the walmart parking lot.

I know that the pregnancy hormones are taking over my ability to rationally think...because all I wanted to do was CRY, and SCREAM! While my lovely sister and friend and child sat back there eating pizza and laughing at me!!! (Good Friends!)

So finally I got it cranked and charged we thought, and so I was going to ease my way home...When I started backing out BAM!!!!! WE all screamed, it was not so funny anymore to my passengers!!! But the window popped and started going down, on its on....SCARY! I thought, we were being mugged or I hit a small person or child...scary!!! So I pulled back into the parking spot and called Jon who was on his way from the other walmart.

"Come get me, I am done, not moving!"

Jon, "I am almost there, don't do anything."

So Jon took the van and we all moved to the trailblazer. He decided to stop by an auto parts store and check it out...it was the battery, it was corroded. But the window just happened because it felt it was time to break!

So Jon made it home and told me that he was going to get the window to stay up. YAY! right??? NO!!!! He went out there with ducktape and newspaper! Never a good sign to the wife.

I helped him get it shut and then asked him if he wanted me to take it to the shop tomorrow...such a good wife, right? Well apparently Jon can fix it but not until after his surgery rotation and after this weekend! But guess what? He said I could drive it! WHAT??? WITH DUCKTAPE!!!??? NO!

He laughed when he told me because I think he knew that meant I would not leave the house for anything! For years I have thought how lucky I am to have a husband who can fix anything! Now, that is not a blessing....because I have a husband with many talents and NO time!!! So that means he does not want to spend the money to fix something when he could fix it himself, but when!?

So here are the images! Viewer beware...

I hope years from now I can look back on this whole experience and laugh like a crazy woman. But for now, I will not. I will most likely scream, and cry.....but disguise it with a small laugh. Because that is what my husband needs, or that is what I need from myself.

Love

The Hormonal Lady

PS If you read this entire thing, you must love us, or you must have a great deal of free time...but either way thank you. I needed to vent!

Baby Update

I am trying to keep updates about the babies too... so I thought I would post about our doc appointment yesterday. Every time we visit the doctor we have an ultrasound. I enjoy seeing the babies and finding out that everything is ok....but after a while it gets a little old. Like really, lets go! And it takes longer every time!

But anyway everything was great! Baby A (girl) was 1 pound and 10 oz. And Baby B (Boy) was 1 pound and 8 ounces. So this week the girl is bigger than the boy...last week he was bigger.

I have been telling Jon I feel like I am 30 weeks pregnant not 24.3 weeks pregnant. He usually makes fun of me and then says yes, you probably do feel like that. So the doc measured me for size and haha I measured 30 weeks!!! That makes me feel a little better about how tired and sore I am all the time! I kept telling myself, it is too early to feel this exhausted, or too early to hurt this much! But if I were a singleton momma then I would be 30 weeks! And about 30 weeks things start to feel that way. So I don't feel completely psycho. Jon is still pretty sure that I am but, that's ok...It also makes me feel better about what people say about how I look. So many people find out you are expecting twins and say you look so small. Which is a good bad thing for a pregnant momma. Good, because hey maybe they are saying I am not gaining extra baby weight. Bad because what if my babies are too small???? So, I look HUGE in mommy world. But please don't say that either...I would rather you keep up with the, "you look small."

I will start going back to see the doctor every two weeks. I am so excited about this!!NOT!!! I feel like I go enough with every four weeks. So with this I am going to be practically living with the doctor, she must really like me! HA! But so far I am thankful that this pregnancy has been pretty smooth compared to Addison's pregnancy. I am keeping my fingers crossed and praying hard that it stays that way! If I can get through this with out the headaches and swelling then I will consider myself blessed even more.

We can not wait to meet our little babies! We know Addison can not wait either!

New Toys

We arrived home today from visiting down in Dothan. We had a great time. It seems like every time we go Addison gets more and more attached with everyone down there. She always learns so much when she goes! We also get sent home with wonderful goodies from Aunt Andrea! Like this wonderful picnic table. I wanted to put it outside, but I think it may have to be an inside outside table. You cant tell much about it from this picture, but you can tell that she loves it! When we got in tonight she went right to it to color. What a big girl!! We had a great trip it seems like it has been forever since we have been down there and it was good to get a visit it. I am afraid that in a few weeks we will not be doing too much of anything, especially traveling. But we are home now and glad we are! There is no place like home!

I am a little worried though.....I just heard from a reliable source that Lily, is sick! We just got done visiting Lily, and I worry we gave it to her!!! But Jon tells me that it has been to long...Something else I worry about is, if we did not give it to her then who did?? And did they give to us??? If they did this pregnant lady might scream!! I heard she was sick and my heart sank for two reasons...one for Lily and Andrea, that is rough on baby and mommy. Two what if we get it? I seriously can not be sick again and poor Addison still has not fully returned to her old self from the last time...what will we do??????? Jon makes fun of me, he tells me I am working myself up, and I agree with him, consider me worked up! As I said in a previous post being sick and being pregnant are not fun!! If we catch it we are going to get through it and never leave our house again! haha! Oh well, I better get off this thing and go get some rest so my body can fight any bugs that are trying to invade! They better not though....

We love you Lily, and we are praying that you recover well and that NO ONE else gets it!! xoxoxo!