Expanding Family

  As some of you may or may not know my sister is also expecting twins, I believe she is about 3 weeks ahead of us!  Isn't that something short of a miracle?  It's times like this that the distance between us is really hard because you want to be able to share in the moments with someone so close and you want for your babies to grow up knowing each other, but this is our reality.  Thankfully Skype is around though, we can compare our growing bellies and the emotional ups and downs (although I think hers are a bit more than mine).  So our parents have went from having one grandchild to expanding to six in a year and a half.  I should tell you that Jill gave birth to the most precious baby girl in July her name is Ella Rose and she also has a gorgeous little pre-teen Amy Marie, just love those girls so much!  
  Now this isn't all for multiples in our immediate family!  Dallas' sister has triplet girls they are going to be 11 in September!  Wow, time flies by!  So how is that for multiples in one family circle.  I love it!  I hope one day we can all get together and get a big picture!  Its hard since my sis is in Australia and Dallas' is in Denmark!  Scattered everywhere, but great excuse to travel around to two very different parts of the world.  
  Like I said before the distance is tough, you wish that you could be there for your growing nieces and just be their friend if they need someone to talk to.  Take them shopping or for an ice cream.  I would love to be able to just have a big sleep over one day with all of those girls; put some curlers in our hair, maybe take some funny pictures, maybe watch a funny movie.  Just all of the things you wish you could do, but just can't:(  This is our reality though and I have to remember the times when we do see each other that we just have to make the most of it!  
  So yesterday Dallas put together the first piece of the babies room!  Its great, a nice red dresser that will serve as double duty (forgive the pun), as it will be a change table and storage for all things baby.  However, right now it is in the dining room under a mirror with a new plant on it and I love it in that spot!  Might need to get another!  
Here it is: 
 http://www.ikea.com/ca/en/catalog/products/90159571
I want the room to look like a babies room, but I also want to have things that babies will be able to grow into for a long time, so I am looking for practical storage solutions.  The other item we got was a tall bookshelf that you can put baskets in that will also be great for extra storage and again, we can use it in the future for their books!
  Here it is:
http://www.ikea.com/ca/en/catalog/products/90116275
Since we are not sure of the genders of the babies yet, these two items seemed appropriate.  I kind of want to have an outdoorsy, nature, woodland animal theme in the room, with a bit of a vintage feel.  Wonder if that makes sense?  Here is the cutest find so far!  I just love it so much... a simple little hanger.  
http://www.ikea.com/ca/en/catalog/products/10168701
Thanks for reading!  I hope you all have a great day! 
xoxo
JC & Babies