Wrapping Up (Maybe)

The plumber is due back to the building this am (the water pipe thumping rattling sounds are scary), the roofers are due back this pm (have they fixed anything? who knows? I just want a ceiling in the kids' room) and I am now officially due in the next day to 10 days maximum (the just over the 38 week mark). I am happy to report that I eliminated most of the bettors (last to lose were my mother and stepfather yesterday) in lasting this long. M is in full misbehaving/anxiety mode (she said things like "I just need some attention", "You are not going to care about us when the twins come" and "I am going to throw a hard object at your head") yesterday. But she also said some friendlier and funnier things like "As time passes kids get more naughtier. Like me and J, we are preparing to be teenagers." J commented to me, "I do not think the twins will come this year." I guess he has lost his patience and interest. He is also now adamant about them being two girls (ouch) which makes me doubt my steadfast belief that there is at least one boy in there. J is after all, the most intuitive in the family, the guy who asked me "How many babies do you have in there?" back in August when nobody knew. I know I am naive and this is a premature comment (as is the title of the blog since I technically only know about being the mother to two kids), but I would do it all again. Even the painful labor I have not yet experienced. Off to school!