The Belly!

I decided to get brave and post some pictures of my belly.  I can' t explain how much pressure I am feeling in my belly right now.  It is so hard to find a comfortable position to be in.  I am trying to stay positive and tell myself I am almost through, but man it is hard. Hopefully these two little angels will be coming in the next week or so....

34 Weeks

I am officially 34 weeks today! This is a big milestone.  Luckily my 5 weeks of bed rest had paid off.  It has been a long, long 5 weeks - but I know it will be worth it.  Once I get to 35 weeks I will be able to off of the medication that is helping keep my contractions under control.  I can't wait to meet these two little angels!!!  I have been so blessed over the past month.  So many people have helped us while I have been unable do much.  Thanks everyone!

October

     October came and went by so fast this year! We were planning on going to California for our last little family vacation on the 30th.  My doctor was a little worried about me traveling so she said she wanted to see me before I left just to check and make sure everything was okay.  I went in that morning and she told me that she would not feel comfortable with me going on vacation and that I needed to be on bed rest.  I had started to dialate and thin a little bit, and at 29 weeks that is too scary.  Well, I held back my tears in the doctors office but as soon as I got to the car I had to call Doug and tell him the news.  We were all very sad and disappointed.  Thankfully my family was driving down and they offered to take Jaxon with them so he wouldn't be broken hearted.

     It was weird to not have him with us on Halloween.  Luckily, Ashlyn got to go trick or treating with her Aunt and cousin and we had a nice night with our family.

Carving pumkins

Halloween Night

(The world's cutest little ladybug!)

Zoo

We went to the zoo yesterday.  It was an amazing afternoon!  It may not sound like much, but neither one of my kids cpmlained or whined once, for the whole 3+ hours we were there.  The weather was perfect, the crowds were perfect, and my kids were perfect - what more can you ask for???

26 Weeks and a new Hair do...

First off, I would like to thank Jaxon for taking my picture.  As you can see he is a professional and knows the best angles to flatter my growing fugure :)

I went to the Doctor yesterday and everything is looking good.  The babies are growing right on pace, they are measuring about 1lb 13oz and 1lb 11oz.  We still are not sure on names, good thing we have a couple more months to think...

I don't know if it is bad thing but, I keep thinking about losing a lot of weight.  I still have a lot of weight to gain until the babies are born and I just want to be able to start running again.  Since I can't go into weight loss mode right now, I decided I could help my self esteem a little by getting a new hair do.  Yesterday I cut about four inches off and went a couple of shades darker.  It is a nice change!

Birthday Parties

Today we celebrated both of my kiddos birthdays.  I decided to be frugal this year and spend the afternoon in the park with homemade cupcakes.  The weather was supposed to be 68 and sunny, however we never saw the sun.  Besides the cooler weather I think everybody enjoyed themselves.  We opened presents, hit a pinata, ate cupcakes, and played on the playground.  Thanks to everyone that came!

Notice how Jaxon always gives me a big grin and Ashlyn will not even look at the camera.

The final hit to release all the candy.

 Funfetti Cupcakes!!!

 

Happy Birthday Jaxon!!!

I woke up a little early on Jaxon's birthday so I could hang some streamers up in his door frame. I wanted him to be able to walk through a little tunnel of decorations when he woke up. However, while I was cutting the ribbon to hang up I heard him jumping down the stairs at 7:30, he saw me on the couch and said " I'M FIVE! " He told me he just had to get up and out of bed because he was so excited to be five.
I was able to help in his preschool on his birthday. His teacher had him come up to the front of class and celebrate his special day for a good five minutes, he was thrilled!
Jaxon is such a sweet boy. Doug and I get at least two love letters a day from him. He will write our names on a piece of paper, draw some hearts, and put it in an envelope. He has also really gotten into coloring lately, which he is very good at. We just love our big boy!

Gardner Village

We went to see the the witches at Gardner Village last week. Both of my kids are so excited to see all of the Halloween decorations out this year. Ashlyn will say, "ooh scary witch" or "ooh Halloween." We also were able to feed the fish in the little lake. Neither one of my kids wanted to pose with the witches, but I did get a couple pics from the afternoon.

Don't mind the post-lunch dirty face.

Looking up at the decorations.

Preschool Days

Jaxon officially started preschool today. This is his second year, he just barely misses the deadline for Kindergarten, dangit! We are both so excited for school! We have had a pretty uneventful summer this year since I have not had a whole lot of energy to do much. He has been suffering from a pretty bad case of boredom the last month or so. Plus I am looking forward to having a few months of one-on-one time with Ashlyn before the babies arrive.

Ward Camp Out

Our ward camp out was on Friday night. I wasn't going to go because I had to work on Thursday and Saturday, and Doug was away hunting. Luckily I have some great friends in the ward that offered to help and let us sleep in their tent so we were able to go. I am so glad we went! I was having my usual uncontrollable outburst of crying earlier in the week and apparently all I needed was some fresh mountain air. We went up and ate great food, had good conversations, and played with friends. Both my kids slept beautifully through the night, which is always a plus when you are sharing a tent with another family. I came home feeling refreshed and happy. Thanks to everyone who planned the activity, I think it was a great success!

The Bishop playing games with the little kids. (Ring-a-round the rosie, button-button, duck-duck-goose, and london bridges.)

Ashlyn playing with the rocks.



Good Food.

Playing in the little stream.

New Bunkbeds

Last night was Ashlyn's first night in a 'big girl bed.' Since the kids will be sharing a room when the babies get here I thought it would be smart to get Ashlyn out of her crib and into a bed now. I didn't want her to feel like the babies kicked her out of her room and her bed. This is how they fell asleep last night.....little cuddle bugs!

Sorry about the picture quality, something is obviously wrong with our camera. The screen stopped working, but I thought it was still taking decent pictures, apparently not.

Expect the Unexpected

For the past few weeks I have been debating on whether or not we were going to find out the gender of this baby. There have been many people who have told me to wait because it creates a very exciting delivery. Yesterday was my ultrasound, as were walking into radiology I told Doug "I guess we should make up our mind." (Such a hard decision) Little did I know, that would be the least of my worries for the day.
As I lay on the table with jelly all over my belly the ultrasound tech asks me, "Do we want to know the gender of the baby if I am able to tell?" Finally I say "sure." She puts the tool on my belly and up pops a grainy black and white image of my uterus and baby. It took about three seconds when my heart dropped and I said, "I see two heads......or the baby's tummy is really far away from the head" To which the tech replied "No, no, oh, wait a minute, yep there are two heads."

WHAT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I had an ultrasound at 12 weeks with just one little baby. (see last post for proof)

From that moment on most of ultrasound is one big blur.
We laughed, we cried, then we continued to laugh and cry some more. The amount of emotions we felt in next hour is really indescribable. In the course of an hour we were; shocked, scared, excited, scared, overwhelmed, scared, happy, scared, amazed, and completely freaked out!

After we were able to think straight, we did see very clearly that we are going to be having TWO little baby GIRLS. Even still as I type this over twelve hours later my eyes fill with tears of emotion.

The babies heads are on opposite sides so it was hard to get a good picture of the two of them together.

I have a lot to learn in the next couple of months, I am taking a trip to library today. I feel like I could go on and on but, I will stop for today. Stay tuned for nore info, I am curious to see how my Dr. appointment goes on Wednesday since she will be finding out on Monday that I am having twins.

***From the beginning I had a feeling a was having twins. I was sooooo super tired and I would always say "There is no way I can be this tired pregnant, with just one baby!" When I had my first ultrasound (internal) at 12 weeks I asked the doctor to double check because I had a feeling it was twins. "Nope, there is just one in there." Boy is she in big trouble :) I can't really say I am mad that I just barely found out because it did save me over two months of worrying! This pregnancy has been different my other two. I have had; extreme fatigue, major heart burn, headaches, and already a feeling of a lot of pressure really low, and of course I can't forget to mention that I have been HIGHLY emotional. I feel like I can go on forever, but I will stop now. I hope the Lord know what he is doing, because I certainly don't.

To be surprised, or prepared???

I am having mixed feelings about finding out the gender of this baby. Since I already have a boy and a girl, all the pressure is off. I think it would a lot of fun to wait and be surprised in the delivery room when the baby is born. At the same time it makes me nervous to not know what I am having. Plus, we would have to decide on two names, and picking out one is hard enough!

However, everyone that I talk to that has not found out the gender tells me it is totally worth it. The suspense of not knowing is awesome. They say it makes the delivery so much more exciting.

My ultrasound is in 2 weeks so I need to make up my mind.

Any thoughts???

Experiences you would like to share???

Advice???

July Fun

Wow, I can't believe that July has come and gone and I haven't blogged about it once! We have had a lot of fun this month, trying to take in everything the summer has to offer. We have spent many days at splash parks, museums, parks, riding bikes, swimming and jumping on the tramp. Since it has been so long since my last post, this one it going to have a ton of pictures and not so many words.

Sparklers!






Lagoon!

Playing at Grandma's

Park City: Alpine Slide

(I am probably not supposed to be doing this pregnant)

The Beach in Daybreak

My Sweet Babies!!!

(I don't think it is possible to love them anymore!)