It appears these are the only posts I have in me right now. It’s a weird combination of being too busy and not at all busy. I spend a lot of time on my computer doing other things (photo editing, writing Glee recaps or trashy gossip stories for my new gigs, Facebook chatting, refreshing Facebook to make sure I haven’t missed any good Buzzfeed quizes) but none of that is interesting enough to blog about.

I’m also deep in pirate party planning mode for Evan’s birthday. I remember thinking I was a crazy person when I started planning his first birthday party (Circus party! Still one of my favorites) in January, but I think starting in March is even more crazy. So much to do in so little time!

Sunday:

It was so much easier to say “No, I’ll just have a salad” before they put a Five Guys in my town.

BEST KIND. Anyone who disagrees is just wrong.

Can I get 3 million shares on my blog post for taking this? No?

Monday:

Cute from the back…

…cute from the front.

Editing isn’t so bad when this is the baby you stare at for hours.

Tuesday:

Refusing to go to school until they see Idina & The Roots sing Let It Go

Basically heaven for a 3 year old

Yo ho let’s go!

Wednesday:

Somehow climbing in the snow is STILL fun for them

I am extremely jealous of their swim classes

I was conned into buying toddler Elsa because Caroline now recognizes “Sale” signs at Target

Thursday:

Why 3 year olds should not use mascara

Jaunty!

It’s crazy hair day every day in our house

Friday:

More pirates! it’s an invasion!

A rare look at the room I was attempting to “take back” from the children. It’s not going so well.

He insists on “swimming” in the bath now.

Saturday:

The friendliest koi fish ever

Tiny hipster children play cornhole at a brewery in an old mill. I can’t even.

That’s the cupcake happy dance

I am the only parent in the world who doesn’t actually hate springing forward. We don’t have anywhere to be until this afternoon, which means I got to sleep in even if the kids got up to play. Plus they’ve both been falling asleep on the couch at 6 pm, so I don’t think bedtime will be too hard. Basically, I am the worst.

I am sure I will pay for it later this week when they get up at 5:30 and paint my dining room table (again).

Right now I am sort of propped up sideways on the couch with an ice pack on my head and a hot pack under my left hip, because I am a) pregnant and b) a million years old. I had an amazing newborn session this morning but newborn sessions are basically like an extended workout – squat down, lean over, sit, stand up, reach out, lean the other way, etc etc etc – and most of my recent workouts have ended when I leaned over far enough to reach the remote. I have not been an active pregnant lady this time and I already regret it.

Sunday:

Princess dress #1

Princess Dress #2 (and possibly the sign of the Illuminati???)

Princess Dress/Jammies #3 (COVERED IN PAINT STAINS I DON’T WANT TO TALK ABOUT IT)

Monday:

Pop Tart Face (sign of a parent dealing with more than they can handle)

Typical trip to the grocery store

Dressed appropriately for my ultrasound

Tuesday:

Mark it on the calendar: this week is officially The Week Caroline Discovered Hairstyles

A visit to the maternity ward for someone who wasn’t me

I miiiiight have a slight problem with blankets/props/wraps for newborns

Wednesday:

Even her “baby suit” is princess themed. DEDICATION.

The Day Evan Learned To Swim (and also balance on a foam duck)

The Day The Kids Learned You Can Get Icees Somewhere Other Than Target

Thursday:

It was crazy hair day at school, This was as crazy as he wanted to get.

So many animal friends

Bruno Mars was kind of terrifying on Sesame Street

Friday:

Best friends

Puppet show

Cuddle time

Saturday:

Ballet for Caroline, iPad for Evan

Totally unimpressed with these “flowers”

Actual, real hair cut. He looks 12 now.

After mainlining the whole first season of The Americans, I’m pretty convinced that everyone I know is secretly a spy. But luckily my only secret is how many boxes of Girl Scout cookies I’ve eaten today. Don’t get me wrong, I’ll totally kill anyone who reveals that number, but I don’t think it’s going to undermine national security.

I can’t believe it’s March.

I think it snowed again this week. I mean, it probably did. It never does anything else.

Sunday:

He’s a pro at iPading

This is basically every Sunday around here

Monday:

Dinosaur House

Sleeping dolls in a box are kind of creepy

I have this photo from every day. Caroline requests it.

Tuesday:

Let it go, let it go!

Snow in the house because I am the coolest mom

Naps for everyone!

Wednesday:

BACK TO SCHOOL

I hate youuuuuuuuuuu

She’s finally getting real hair instead of baby hair

Face in the water!

Thursday:

She insisted on helping

Singing at the school potluck

Twins

Friday:

Someone put herself down for a nap at 11 am

The dog hates thunderstorms, so she was helping him not be scared

DuckTales WOO OOO

Saturday:

So much chowder at the Chowder Cook Off (that’s clam/corn/sweet potato and spicy seafood)

SUPER EXCITED to be outside WITHOUT A COOOOOOAT

E’s new favorite place

It was 50 degrees this weekend and I got an adequate amount of vitamin D for the first time in months. Unfortunately all the out-and-about on Saturday was a lot on my poor pregnant hips so Sunday I just lay on the couch. Well, after laundry and cleaning and a baby’s 6 months mini-session. But BESIDES that, I took a really nice nap.

My 20 week ultrasound is Monday afternoon. It will be a test of my willpower if I can still report on Tuesday morning that we don’t know if it’s a boy or a girl. Considering how my willpower fared against 20 different kinds of chowder on Saturday (very poorly) I’m not totally hopeful.

It’s Superbowl Sunday! Wait, am I allowed to say the word “superbowl”? Or do I have to do the dancing around all the TV commercials do? Big game! Football day! Nationally eating stuff event! I do plan to eat all the stuff, although I’m lucky enough to be attending a party where someone else is doing all the cooking.

Sunday:

One in a set of about fifty

Watching Star Wars, obvs

They are sitting like that because that is how one sits when singing “Do You Want To Build A Snowman”.

Monday:

Dinosaur attack!

More dinosaurs at her 3 year well-baby

No idea what wore this kid out but he CRASHED

Tuesday:

It was 4 degrees but they insist on waiting outside for the bus

Fashionista

Their first trip to DQ

Wednesday:

Very cold twins

Patiently waiting to get in the pool

Visiting our lobster friends

Thursday:

She was happy (if cold) at 8:30 am

But when I picked her up at 11:30 she was HYSTERICAL and said her ear hurt. Poor baby was right and wins the award for the first Davis child to get an ear infection. She was back to normal after 24 hours of meds and luckily loves the taste of amoxicillin.

Attempt #2 at McDonald’s biscuits was failure #2

Friday:

She has an active imagination

Ugh. Even worse, I have to do federal taxes next.

Cuddles

Saturday:

Morning ballet…

…afternoon sing-a-long…

…evening bread hugging. Weirdos.

I am behind on literally everything I’m supposed to be doing right now, but I have high hopes I’ll be able to catch up this week. I also have some exciting weekend plans involving seeing some of my very favorite people in the world. Just keep your fingers crossed we don’t get a snowstorm late in the week that keeps me trapped at home and moping instead of once again eating all the things.

This week is late and missing photos, but a last minute trip to Ohio for a funeral will do that. The kids really enjoyed seeing their cousins for the first time in a long time and it was great to meet my THREE new baby nephews, but the drive there and the drive back (in the snowstorm) was rough on everyone. Especially poor E, who drove for 12.5 hours straight since I was too nauseous to drive in the morning and too freaked out by the weather to drive in the afternoon. But I am super glad the Navy granted him emergency leave so we could all say goodbye to his Grandma Davis in person.

Sunday:

New baby props for a newborn shoot

Oh hello crazy awesome abandoned mill I really really want to take pictures of for real

I call this: Pregnancy Cravings

Monday:

Helping me clean her room

Old dog, 3 year old girl

Both kids passed out at 5 pm. No idea what happened.

Tuesday:

Not rain nor snow nor sleet shall keep the gingers from waiting for the bus outside

Thanks to a couple friends and a few (too many) trips to Wendy’s we have an awesome collection of these now. Evan made an Air Force.

Bedtime for gingers

Wednesday:

Nor fog. I forgot fog before.

Presents for myself, thanks to a MinuteClinic Christmas card. Love them. (That mascara is amazing, thanks to Laura for the suggestion.)

Second swim lesson: GOOGLES

Thursday:

V. excited for school

Show off.

Friday:

Endless driving.

Apple face

Saturday:

Enjoying some “cold chocolate” after sledding

Hand & Foot

The Marble Game. We were trying to fit as much Midwest into our visit a possible.

I can’t believe it’s already almost Wednesday. We’re getting hammered with snow right now and I doubt anyone is going to school tomorrow. I’m supposed to have an OB appointment and the kids are supposed to have swimming but that’s all sort of questionable too. Not that I mind a day off to recover from being out of town, although I doubt anything useful like unpacking or cleaning will get done. Probably just napping.