Babymoon

What a wonderful month June has turned out to be. The 2nd was my official last day working at Sassy Nails. Bittersweet! I will miss my co-workers and my clients, and I'm sure I will soon miss the social interaction it brought me everyday, but for now I am enjoying the break. I cant believe how quickly it has gone! I'm already 18 weeks and the doc says I can call it my half way marker. I'm confident I will make it to at least 36 weeks, he told me my body was made for baby bearing. Thank you? We decided to scramble and make the most of our precious pre-children moments that will soon be gone. We started looking at places to visit when Stephens mom and dad offered us a free place to stay in Puerto Vallarta Mexico. How can you pass that up? You don't:) So in a matter of 2 weeks we bought plane tickets and got ready to go. When you have time sensitive matter growing inside you, you cant really put things off! We had a wonderful time. Our days consisted of sleeping in, eating, pool time, eating, nap time, pool time, eating, walking around, watching the NBA finals, eating, more resting, more walking, and eating. It is so much fun to plop yourself in the middle of an unknown city and get out and explore! See new things! And in mexico, you definitely see new things. Our condo was at the top of a hill, so to go anywhere we walked down 81 old brick steps to the center of the city. Those first few days, after not much working out for the past 4 months, I almost died. This pregnant girl was sucking wind walking up those suckers! It was embarrassing. Stephen had me doing my yoga breathing and taking lots of breaks. But after a few days of going up and down those a few times a day I was taking those stairs like a champ! It felt good to get out and move around, wore me out like crazy especially with the heat but it still felt good. Pool time we often spent in the shade reading, that sun takes it right out of you! Very relaxing. I think I won the wife of the year award when we watched all 5 games of the NBA finals on our babymoon. I actually liked watching them. As long as we had a movie to switch back and forth with:)The only time it rained was at night, which was kind of nice actually. It cooled everything off. One night there was the most insane thunder storm! I literally thought the earth was going to split in half. I had never heard thunder like that, ever! And the lightning, I don't thing there was ever a break. It looked like daylight. It started around 1 AM and Stephen and I just sat and watched and listened. The amount of rain was incredible. Very cool storm. And I'm glad they were at night so we could enjoy the sunshine every day:) Here are a few images to help you visualize our 2 weeks. While eating dinner these guys just came trotting down the street, we found it hilarious. They almost got ran over by taxi's. While walking down the boardwalk, very pretty sunsets. There were only a few nights we were still out when the sun went down, sunsets were around 9PM so I was usually getting ready for bed or watching a movie. I wasn't ever scared in mexico, but I didnt love walking around after dark. This river flowed into the ocean, all the locals swam in it. There was even a passed out drunk guy on the bank (at least I hope he was passed out and not dead) The bump. I think my babies like mexico. The Panoramic shot we got while eating at the roof top restaurant El Panorama! It was recommended to us by my baby doctor. These are the stairs I was telling you about! It was gorgeous but a long way to the bottom. I'm so grateful to my in laws for giving us this awesome trip! We are so blessed. These babies are so blessed. I am looking forward to the rest of the summer! And really really cant wait till Monday to find out what the other gender is! Its torture only knowing one! Keep you posted:)

The Joys of Pregnancy

Oh my heavens funny story for you. Sundays are rough, being at church 3 hours. I literally get sick if I dont eat every 2 hours. But being in sharing time with my primary class its not exactly easy to snack on a protein bar. So this last sunday, fast sunday, I decided I needed to go have a snack. So I quietly slipped out of primary and didn't know where to go...the car? Crap Stephen had the keys. Oh maybe the mothers room! Great idea. So I go in and there are two ladies from a different ward and 2 babies nursing (no cover mind you), and 2 toddlers running around. And it smells like a million dirty diapers. Let me just have a snack real quick. So I stand in the corner minding my own business and one of the ladies goes, "so are you pregnant?" haha. No. I just decided to come in the mothers room on fast sunday to eat real quick. Granted I dont look pregnant yet so I guess I cant blame them. It was pretty funny though. And the kids asked me if they could have some of my snack. Sorry kid, that runny nose is not making me want to give you a bite. I learned a valuable lesson, to stay far away from that mothers room until absolutely necessary. At least I got a laugh, just finding joy in this journey!

My son.

At our 15 week appointment we got a little shocker, our lil boy decided to give us a nice shot of his gender! We were definitely surprised to find out so early! He is baby B so he is on top, baby A is still a mystery. She (as I like to call her) was so low and so wiggly that he couldn't get a clear picture of her. But since we are hoping for one of each we are going with the assumption that its a girl! BUT I will not be disappointed either way. I was just thrilled when he said they are both perfect, with strong heartbeats and growing like they should and moving like crazy! I literally thought doc was shaking the wand on my belly! I cant wait to feel them move, but my goodness both times we've watched them they have been bouncing off the walls! Maybe I CAN wait:) 8 limbs going 8 directions? Oh boy. With them being SO low it is really uncomfortable to wear anything and I'm barely showing yet. Luckily its sweet summer time and dresses and skirts are my best friends. I have been doing a lot of reading with my new found free time (thank you very much retirement) and they say that sleep is more crucial to baby's growth than eating. Both are obviously important but I found it interesting. So goodbye alarm clock (most days) you babies can sleep as long as you'd like. I promise I will still eat every 2 hours. A boy, a son HOORAY! I'm so excited! I dont think I even really know how excited I am. But Ainslee and Tiffany and Sherry had boys in the last year so baby boy will have lots of friends:) And one of my greatest life long friends Dani Lee just found out they are expecting and she is only a couple months behind me! We are thrilled for them! All these built in playmates. These babies are so lucky. I'm even luckier to be their Mama. A son, can you believe it?? Stephen and I already have such high hopes for this son. But I can wait to know HIS hopes. I cant wait to help him discover his likes and dislikes, to see if he loves dinosaurs like his cousin Hinder or sports like cousins JJ and Trey or art like cousin Cameron or singing like cousin Jax or transfromers like cousins Benson and Tanner or whatever the triplet boys love. I cant wait to watch him want to be just like his dad. Whatever he is, he is MINE. My son. Now come on little daughter, dont be shy! haha I'm probably jinxing myself. Although, 2 boys would probably be easier. We will take whatever we get! We just love them so much!

A tender loving Father to be

You sweet readers are going to get awfully sick of my posts I have a feeling:) Luckily you get to choose to read this mushy love stuff! Let this be your warning. I just have to share the tender things this sweet husband of mine says. You all remember the quote I posted on facebook when he said, "if you wake up in the middle of the night and I'm not next to you, it means I'm in the kitchen staring at the ultrasound pictures on the fridge" Today he has been at the station for two days and he hates being away from us, so he always tells me to "tell my babies I love them!" or "thank you for taking such good care of my babies" Today he text me and says " I just want them to hurry up and get here already! I have never met them, but I already miss them like crazy!!!" Is it even possible? Yes because I feel the exact same way. I'm in no hurry however, grow babies grow! But I cant wait to meet them and to stare at them for hours on end and to watch them smile and learn and laugh. I cant even wait to hear them cry. Now thats weird, who wants a crying baby? Me. I do. I want to study it and learn each different cry. I cant wait to know who they are and to see their personalities and if they get their daddy's curly hair. We already love them more than I thought I ever could, and it only gets better from here folks! Cant wait cant wait cant wait..........I dont know how many more times I can say it.

A Summer promise to my Home...

My poor neglected Home. We moved in January of 2011 and immediately had decor and furniture in all the main rooms, bedrooms living room, kitchen..... But when spring came and we got to really see our yard for the first time I was sure frightened. I have done a pretty good job of keeping the inside looking nice and bringing a feeling of peace when we are home. Stephen has done what he can to make the outside presentable (which it is not by the way) by mowing and spraying weed killer. That is it my friends. I think once he sprayed off the back patio last year. Yes I'm embarrassed to admit all that but what do you do. THIS year however, since summer will not be my busiest time of year I will get to spoil that yucky lil yard of mine. Of course I will hire someone to do the heavy lifting and most of the landscaping work that needs done, but yesterday I got out the hose with our new attachment for power washing and went to town! I sprayed the whole house. I wasnt even afraid to spray down the EIGHT wasp nests I encountered. Stephen is good about getting the lawn mowed weekly but thats about all he can do with how busy he is with roofing. I'm glad I have time to help out now. It feels so great to be getting my energy back. I still have days where the migraines are bad or I feel nauseous, the main thing right now is low blood pressure. But I'm watching it and making sure to eat and drink enough so that it wont dip too low. But with my days numbered working at the salon there are so many things and projects I am looking forward to completing. The hard part is prioritizing! Things for home things for baby things for my sisters wedding things for me... and to still get enough rest each day and drink 4-6 liters of water and eat every two hours. I'm just preparing for motherhood, and all the chaos that will come with my sweet lil twinners. I can wait for all that, I'm looking forward to having TIME to do things that I enjoy and that uplift me. I'm so grateful for a Hubby that works so dang hard that I can stop working this week and focus on taking care and getting ready for the babies. My first real summer in 5 years. Lets not let it go to waste!

They told us to MULTIPLY and replenish...

My babies. What a beautiful moment when the doctor said "and here's your other baby..." I will admit we had a feeling, I thought at the time maybe just a hope, that there were two. Stephens mom called it from the beginning. So when the ultrasound came up and I saw one baby, I was so happy! But a tiny bit sad it was just one. So when we got to see the other baby, I felt so thankful. It felt right. It felt like they should both be there. We streamed tears of the purest joy trying to listen to the doc rattle off stats while never taking our eyes off those two sweet wiggly little bodies. I could have watched them all day! Now that I've had time to digest and really think about what it will mean to have two babies at the same time, it hits me differently every day. Like Sunday I watched mothers chase toddlers, and take out a crying baby. And I thought about how in the world I will manage two by myself when Stephen is at the station! I ran several options in my head from staying home (obviously not an option) to having my mom come help me. Then I just realized that I will be fine. I'm going to figure it out. The lord wouldn't give me these sweet children in a package deal if he thought I couldn't handle it. I may look white trash sometimes and they won't always behave when I need them to but I will do the best I can and at the end of the day I have faith it will be enough. I am so blessed to have such great examples of mothers, especially mothers of multiples, right in our family. This will make the 5th set of multiple births for Stephens side. I know I know, crazy. We figured out its in my mother in laws cookies. Saturday she was making cookies and she cracked an egg that had a double yoke!!! Hahaha. I know that I will be well prepared! Today I am 12 and a half weeks. It feels like such a milestone! I'm happy to report the nausea has subsided for the most part, I can put my ginger away. But it left a hole that was quickly filled by migraine headaches. Uhg! Tylonol doesn't touch it. I have been seeing the chiropractor 3 times a week and that seems to help most. And sleeping from 8p-8a. I'm so glad these twins are first. Also I am so lucky to be able to quit my job soon and stay home. 2 more weeks to be exact! I knew the chemicals of a nail salon weren't great but doctors orders just make it so much more official. It makes me feel better about leaving knowing that its whats best for the 3 of us. Stephen is so supportive. I love when he comes home from the station, after being away from us for 2 days, and he tells me all the things he thought about. Like what he might say when he goes to bless the babies or what he thinks the nursery should look like or how they came to choose us for their family or how we should get them the "Thing 1 and Thing 2" costumes since they will most likely come around Halloween. He is such a sweet dad already. Last night my mom took me out for my first baby shopping. I was so overwhelmed. That doesn't even describe it. There are far too many options! I was happy to learn that most stores give a twin discount! If you buy two of the same thing the second item is 25% off. Every little bit helps:) I'm looking forward to spending lots of time in thrift stores like kid to kid, kids again, other mothers... I think there are 3 or 4 close by that have some great stuff. One great piece of advice I got was not to rush out and buy two of everything. Let them learn to share and figure out what they like. Some twins have to be touching when they sleep, others do better apart. Some babies like bouncers some like swings...it all just depends. I'm excited to figure it all out. Each kid comes with and different set of instructions I think and its mom and dads job to master the hand book! I know that I have no idea what I'm in for but I think thats a blessing in some ways. Save the stress for when they get here and I'm figuring it out rather than worry that I wont figure it out. I know I will. I'm grateful to have such an amazing guy by my side! And such supportive mothers and family members close by. I trust my divinely inspired and created body to be able to carry these babies and raise them. I trust I will be blessed with mothers intuition and most importantly I trust that I am doing exactly what I should be doing exactly when I'm supposed to do it. I'm so lucky to be where I am today and I'm so grateful for this incredibly spiritual, emotional and physically exhausting experience. Ready or not, here we go! Find Joy in the Journey right? Oh and keep calm and carry on.

Things that make me happy.

I could list superficial things in the world that make me happy--
chocolate covered almonds, shoes, a six pack.....

Really, all the things that make me happy can be lead back to one thing....

A GOOD, HONEST MAN.

And boy is he good. He is resilient. He is all that I need.

This week was especially tough, who knows why. Thursday night was my breaking point. I have a sweet husband to make me feel so much better. I probably lean on him too much sometimes.

Friday, I'm at work. Doin my thing. Babe texts and wants to go to lunch. I'm sadly booked and dont get to go. Next thing I know my sweet man walks through the door with this...



And the man says to me
"I brought you this just because its Friday, which means NOTHING
And because I love you, which means EVERYTHING."

All other things vanish and all I see is the man I get to be with FOREVER!

THAT means everything to me. I am the luckiest girl in the world.