Developments at the Mac-Tak Household

Here is pictoral proof that it's twins. How on earth could I be this big so early if it weren't??! I think I remember being about this size when I was 7 months pregnant with Fin!
We think we have found a structured playgroup that segues into a preschool class for Fin and are going on a tour of the facilities tomorrow. I'm very excited about Finley getting the chance to socialise a little more.
He is developing quite the sense of humour! Today while we were out walking we came across a woman sitting on a bench watching her daughter play. The woman was sitting perfectly still and didn't smile or say hi to us - so Fin stopped, watched her for a moment and when she still didn't move he said, "Statue!".
I met a couple of other moms in our complex's playroom. The seem really nice and have toddlers as well. Fin and I are also going to another mom's house on Thursday to play. Yay!! It's so nice to meet people!
In other news, Steve and I are still sleeping on the floor! Argh! However we are expecting our mattress tomorrow.
We have found that in Hong Kong you always get freebies when you sign up for services or make significant purchases. Here is our current list of freebies:

• vacuum cleaner - for signing up for our landline telephone
• slow-cooker - for signing up for a fax line
• DVD player - for buying a TV
• sound system - for signing up for a credit card
  
• pillows and mattress pad - for buying a mattress

I figure it won't be long before we'll have all the household gadgets we need! A colleague of Steve's said that's how they got all of their appliances - just by signing up for stuff.

Return to the 21st Century!

Two weeks with no internet or telephone!!! Getting our utilities set up here took longer than expected, however we are now back in the real world.
Over the last two weeks we have moved in to our new apartment and made steps to makng it feel more like a home. The furniture that totally crammed our New York apartment looked so lonely in this apartment. The square footage isn't really all that different, but the layout is different enough to make an enourmous difference. For those of you that visited our Brooklyn apartment you will remember the enormous run-way that served as our hallway. The space here is a little more well thought out thank goodness!
We have ordered most of our new stuff from Ikea since I'm still more or less confined to the apartment. With the various mix-ups and backorders the Ikea team has practically become resident in the apartment. We have a lovely new bedframe (the first we've ever had!!) and I was so excited about it, only to discover that Ikea's queen is smaller than our queen-sized mattress. We have ordered a new mattress but in the meantime we are being taunted by our lovely bedframe as we sleep on the floor next to it. Grr!
Fin is loving all the new space here and thinks all the container ships going by outside are super cool. We are so close to the ocean now that even on the 47th floor we can hear the waves at night.
The twins are continuing to do well. They are each just over 15 cm now and I can feel them moving on a regular basis. SO exciting!! We had an ultrasound last week and apparenty my Dr's machine has a 3D function so he printed us some pictures that are incredibly detailed. If I'd known about that function from the start I would have insisted on it every time!! I can't believe he was holding back on us! I'm feeling a little bit nervous about just how big I'm going to get as I already look about 7 months pregnant and I still have 5 MONTHS to go. Eek!

I'll post pictures next time. This time I was just excited to be able to post anything at all after our two week break from tehcnology!

PS - I have NO idea what's with all the italics. They won't go away!