beauty all around.....

I am surrounded by beauty these days...in an almost unnatural, yet supernatural, way. The colors that my farm boy has planted everywhere in our yard are beyond description. They are unreal. This is my favorite view out my front door (and bedroom window):

And here they are close up:



















Those colors are seriously unbelievable.

I am also filled with beauty as my two babes are doing great, heads are down and they are at a healthy weight of 6.5 lbs each...yes, that's about 13 lbs of babe in me -- on only my 35th week. Yikes. And yes, I am ready to get them outta me. It will feel soooooo good to be able to move around, find a comfortable position at night without a struggle, and to just plain have my body back. I am so very tired from not sleeping well and I am unable to get much of anything done during the day, so I would really like to at least be sleep-deprived and getting nothing done but nursing and changing diapers with a body that isn't so freaking uncomfortable. I'm as ready as I'll ever be -- so bring 'em on! It's time for me to meet the challenge of my "new normal" as a mother of twins...and a mother of four kids under the age of six. As I've been hearing ad nauseam, I'm "going to be very busy." Ya' think??

Mr. Incredible finally took a picture of me at 34 weeks:

Do me a favor and PLEASE don't comment that I look small, ok? There is nothing "small" about 13 lbs of baby in a woman's belly.....