This one's for you Cheryl....

I had a request for a chocolate cookie recipe that I made the other night. I feel so honored to have someone ask me for the directions to something I made!!

Fudge Balls (Unfortunate name! I won't even tell you the conversation that ensued at my family dinner when my brothers heard the name!!!)

1/2 cup butter
1 1/2 squares unsweetened chocolate ( 1 square equals 3 T. cocoa and 1 T. oil)
3/4 cup sugar
1 egg
1/4 tsp. salt
1/2 tsp. vanilla
2 cups flour
powdered sugar

preheat oven to 375 degrees. Melt butter with cocoa in a pan on the stove. Remove from heat. Add sugar, egg, salt and vanilla; mix well. Stir in flour. Mix well (you may have to squish it with your hands to get all of the flour mixed in good.) Shape into balls. I like them a little bit on the bigger side because then they don't dry out when they cook. Bake for 7-10 minutes (in my oven, with the larger balls, I cook them for 10 minutes) Roll warm cookies in powdered sugar.


Thanks for flattering me, girls!

Pictures.... at last!

I just love the picture above! It is a profile of one of the babies with the foot of the other one in her face. This could be foreshadowing...

She has her hand in front of her mouth. Her eyes look kind of freaky right now, like dark circles.

Of course I didn't tell you that they were u/s pictures from 3 weeks ago!! We are going tomorrow for newer ones (one benefit for having twins is the MANY ultrasounds you get to have!)

I won't try to explain what each picture is...use some imagination! Some are easier to see than others.

I will post newer pictures tomorrow.

I would like to draw attention to the fact that, once again, I am up at insane hours of the night with these bloody restless legs. Can't a girl catch a break?? I think I may go sign in at the looney bin!

By the way...

Have you noticed the ticker to the side over there?????? 79 days??? Oh my goodness!!! Take about 20-28 days off of that and that could be me!! HELP!!!! Is there any way to post-pone this for about, oh, 4-5 months??????

NOT my most favorite thing to do...pregnant or not!!

So last week, my string of not so good luck continued and I broke TWO teeth!! Can you believe it? One is bad enough but 2 within a very short amount of time. Soooooo, I found a GREAT dentist through my insurance company and they got me in quite expeditiously!!

I saw them yesterday and had 2 root canals (YUCK, YUCK, YUCK!!!!) and they made the crowns for me right then and there. Dentistry has definitely come a very long way. I was there for about 4 1/2 hours (another HUGE YUCK!!!) but now I am done and my broken teeth are no more! Thanks to Dr. Hill and his excellent staff for taking such good care of a 28 week pregnant-with-twins woman (they even offered to get me some lunch! Sheesh!) and for letting me use the facilities every 20 minutes (no joke!). I will definitely go back for all of my dental needs, which will hopefully be minimal from this point on, and was very impressed with their patient care. If anyone needs a good dentist, let me know.

Thanks to Mel for taking Quinci for 8 (eight) hours yesterday and for making us yummy dinner while juggling three rambunctious kids!! She is one fantastic friend! I have been beyond blessed with the friends I had before coming to the promised land (Queen Creek ;o) and the amazing ones that I have been fortunate enough to make since we've moved. Thanks for making this pregnancy and my life bearable!

So, Here I sit...

I would like to point out that it is currently 12:27AM and I am sitting here at the computer. What is wrong with this picture????? I am pregnant with twins and SHOULD be getting my beauty sleep (ok, ok, at least just regular sleep!) Right?? No, no, no not me. I have #@*&%$# restless legs and can NOT fall asleep before 3:30am to SAVE MY LIFE!! Right now, that is about where I am. I have contemplated several different avenues to accomplishing this; however, I have found that every one of them would indeed cause more pain in the long run. Not to mention, what it might do to the beautiful babies growing inside me. AAAAAHHHHHHH!

This restless leg thing is easily the worst part of this whole fertility/pregnancy process. No, really! My mind and body are sooooooooo tired, but the legs and sometimes arms, just don't get the same message. In fact, they say they want to dance. I AM NOT A DANCER!!! Can someone please tell my legs that?

I am going to write about my European baby-making (no worries, it is all G rated - well maybe, PG) in one of the next few posts so those that are not aware of the lengths we went to to get pregnant, can have a glimpse into my life and what some of us will do to have children. AY AY Ay!!!!

Well enough of the pity party for me. I have GOT to try and go to bed. Will you all say a little prayer for me??