In Memory

This week's blog post was supposed to be happy and exciting. But unfortunately the week has been the opposite of that.

I'm not going to write a lot today. I'm just not in the mood. 

We're very sadly saying good bye to my uncle Ken McClure, who passed away much to early.

Uncle Ken, you did something in this life that many of us only wish we could do.

You defined yourself by what you loved.

That is, you filled your life with the things you felt passionate about, 

the things that made you happy. 

Your family. Your career. Your hobbies. 

As a fire fighter and fire chief for many years, those of us who knew you well can say without a doubt, 

you loved your work.

You lived and breathed the fire department.

Because your work was your passion, you were a sucess in the field.

Many of us wake up in the morning to go to jobs that just pay our bills.

And I think because of that, sometimes life seems long and difficult.

But the reality is that for some of us...life might not be that long at all.

So why not fill our days with things that make us smile?

Unfortunately you were one of the ones who didn't have a lot of time in this world.

But thankfully,

you did exactly what you needed to do with the time you were given. 

You defined yourself by what you loved.

I'm proud to call you my uncle

I love you and I will miss you

xoxo

Fortunately we did have one happy thing come out of this horrible week. We found out that the 2 new members of team Malli are

GIRLS!!!

I know the photos below are really hard to understand, my poor little dollies are pretty squished together in there already so getting a clear shot of anything was nearly impossible. But at least we were all able to see that they're definetly girls!!

Baby B's legs and feet, kneeing her poor sister in the back

Baby A's profile with her arms up and hands in front of her face...

she hid her face almost the whole time 

but we were able to see enough of it to know that all is ok at least

Baby A's profile again

I think she's smiling, despite the fact her sister is kicking her in the back

This is Baby B's little face

Baby B's face again

Everything looks great, the babies are a healthy 400grams each. Actually Baby A is a bit more then that, she's a little chubbier then her sister. But Baby B is a little taller then her sister. So knowing that A is shorter and chubbier while B is taller and skinnier we now know that they will most likely be fraternal....yes, it's still not 100% certain, we could still be surprised when they're born but that chance is extremely low so I'm going to go ahead and say they're fraternal twins!

Everything else looks great too, they're well housed in there and nothing to worry about so far. 21 weeks this weekend. More then half way there! 

Now to start talking about names........

Sending lots of love and hugs home to my family this week. I miss you all and wish I could be there with you.

xoxo