and speaking of...

Now that I'm into trimester three, and grunting as I pull up my underwear, and finding it quite hard to sit on the floor rather than a chair, I'm getting very sad about losing time with my little chitlins. I treasure my quiet time with Ninsies. We have a great routine - I pick her up from preschool with her bike (and a treat and water and if I forget either I'm in big trouble), we ride home, chatting and exploring on the way. We make lunch, have a picnic outside (always outside, she's my nature girl), sometimes do a project, read books, cuddle, and she often naps. I'm trying to figure out how I can maintain these blissful early afternoons when Switchblade accompanies us. And Kai, I miss my time with Kai! Between school, karate, and tennis I feel like I hardly see him, and I certainly rarely see him when he's not tired from a full day. He has been so extremely affectionate lately, very outwardly affectionate, wrapping his strong little arms around me when I lay down next to him, wanting to be carried (and darn it! my belly's starting to prohibit that!). I have to figure out a way to spend more alone time with Kai. So getting very nervous about juggling my precious alone time with my babies.
And what I never want to forgot - how Nina wants me to put my arm around her belly at bedtime, "tighter!". How she says "wok" instead of "watch". How Kai runs into our room in the middle of the night for company while he pees, and he walks so quickly back to bed but always turns around and asks me to carry him the rest of the way.