A little more...

In case its not obvious...I am trying to update the blog only once a week-partly because I don't want to start rambling and partly because there's really not too much to say most of the time. But rules are made to be broken, and in light of my last somewhat brief posting I'm going to add a little this week.
First of all, you should see our family room. Thanks entirely to our very wonderful Cdn friends from Vancouver, Calvin+Dana- and with their help, we managed to transform a terrible family room into something that even I have to approve of! And I admit, I'm usually the brakes on these little projects. Dana even had me hanging wallpaper till 2 in the morning so that alone deserves applause! There's no friends like old friends and we have some good ones. Thanks C&D-it means a lot!

Calvin, Dana, Garth

That project kind of got forgotten in the melee that followed this weeks ultrasound! Of course its obvious that both Sherri and I had assumed there would be at least one little gal in the 3-pack, and so we were stunned and honestly quite disappointed to find out that there would be no little girl in the mix. And hey - what the heck - for the record I still want a girl. Deal with it.
But now that I've had a few days to think about the possibilities of having 4 studly dudes cruizin' with me...I have to admit that I'm getting excited about that scenario too. Seriously now - how much fun will it be to have 4 boys, all within about 3 years - hanging around? All I know is that Sherri has changed the mini-van order into a Hummer order (I hope she's joking), Mark is already starting to hide his toys (he'll need to), and my vasectomy appointment just got cancelled (I'm joking).
One thing for sure- at least the Miles household will not be boring! There goes the neighborhood.

Blue Socks

Wow...what a day.
Apparently, in our factory we make blue socks. Just blue ones. We love blue socks, don't get me wrong...although we had kind of hoped - maybe - for at least a little variety. Nope. Just blue socks. My poor wife. 5 guys vs. her. This is really not fair on so many levels. I can't even golf with them all - we'd be a 5-some. This will take some digestion.
The babies looked amazing. Perfect. I am in love. But it would also be nice to have a little pink.

Week 15

Last week Sherri had a quick visit to the Dr. office...I chose to stay home with Mark. I'm hoping to get some more ultrasound pictures next week. Thats the current schedule - see the Dr. every two weeks unless something changes. Sherri's starting to slow down considerably I've noticed. Of course she's trying to keep the house somewhat up-to-par but I can tell that its almost impossible. She has lots of pain down around her belly...we assume its from all the stretching thats going on. They say at 20-wks she'll be the same size as she was full-term with Mark. Sherri says the only time she feels comfortable is when she's in the bath!
Of course there's lots of changes here at home right now too. We've begun to set up our family room for her bed-rest. That meant putting a couch in that converts to a bed - and I broke my rule of "no more IKEA!". I don't think that will be the last time I eat my words!! I spent part of the weekend converting our wet bar (which was useless anyways) into a baby-changing station. Try that one for irony! Although the argument could be made that I'll need a strong drink from time-to-time!
Other projects that are scheduled and have me pondering my fate: part of the third bay of the garage will soon be another bedroom. So much for the boat I guess. And the worst one to date- my car is seriously being considered as trade-in bait for a mini-van. Yes I said it. A mini-van. Its inevitable...I will hold out as long as I possibly can...but I know there's no way I can avoid it - I will soon be living in suburbia, driving a mini-van and with my number of offspring - no one will want me to come visit!! It'll be amazing-lets just pray these little turkeys get here healthy.

Last day in Phoenix...

Our last afternoon in Phoenix, Sherri endured some American culture!! She was really sick that morning, so I was happy she was game- I had wanted to tour Frank Lloyd Wright's Taliesin West all week, so we finally got there. This is Frank's vision of "camping in the desert"! His idea that "winters are leave-able" is definitely something to embrace! Hmmm, maybe someday...
From here - straight to the airport for our flight home...to rainy Seattle!