20 wks

The Dr. said my tummy is measuring about 25-26 wks for a singleton pregnancy. So I'm right on for twins. Its been so neat having them kick around so much! I think the girls are on the same sleeping schedule. Which means when they're awake it's double the kicks and it feels like they come from all angles. Sometimes 3 or 4 kicks at the same time. Hilarious!

I'm a bit down tonight. Our annual family vacation officially starts tomorrow.....LAKE POWELL! We've been debating about whether or not we are going and recently we decided we were in. BUT last minute we pulled the trigger and told everyone it's a no-go. We've put so much work into getting these babies and if anything were to happen it's not worth it. This just isn't our year.

Have fun guys- hope we will be missed!!!

19 wks

Happy Birthday Bug!

I had a great 25th birthday!! Cheri and Larry took us to LaCaille for dinner and Shane took me to Sundance Saturday night. On Monday, Shane and I had an early breakfast in bed and watched 'One Tree Hill' episodes all morning...which was my favorite part. The Brady's celebrated last week before they went to Hawaii, and Keith and Charayye brought me chocolate cake and lunch today at the house! My birthday lasted a week and it was so great! Shane picked out a purse all by himself and stuffed every single tiny pocket with money...fun idea!! He is so cute because he wanted to do something different and I loved it. I'm trying to decide what I want to do with the money. I told him I think I'll use it for an entertainment unit in the family room. He laughed and liked the idea, of course.
Shane, everyone always tells me how lucky I am to be married to you; and nobody knows that better than me!!!!

It's a wonderful life

I have a wonderful life! I can't stop smiling today...for I have two healthy babies! It's unbelieveable how much this pregnancy can changed me. I'm not someone who finds it easy to cry infront of others and this has always bothered me. I'm not sure why I have this insecurity issue because I am deeply moved by emotions quite often. I just always hold it inside. Since this pregnancy started, I've opened up completely and hope more than anything I can embrace this 'new me' even after the babies arrive.

.....Yesterday we had our first appointment with the Perinatologist at Utah Valley Hospital. Talk about an indepth ultrasound. It took hours to complete. The Doctor checked every little detail that could be studied through an ultrasound. She was very pleased and said I have a great situation. Their hearts had four chambers, brains were perfect, high amniotic fliud, liver, bladder, kidneys, great bone structure, etc. Each baby had 10 fingers and 10 toes and all the while I couldn't stop the silent tears from streaming. It felt so good to cry. I kept saying over and over again how blessed I felt. If everything continues to go well, she says I'm set to deliver 6 pound babies. They are only measuring one day apart from each other which is phenomenol- she said they see twin babies everyday measuring drastically different at 20 weeks.

***My only downfall is they've discovered, through my blood, that I've become enemic. Which would explain why I'm still so tired all the time. The additional iron tablet they gave me should help increase the oxygen intake within my red blood cells. We were also cautioned about baby A's placenta. It's located infront semi-over the cervix...in other words in the placenta previa family. As the babies grow it should move up which is good and bad for the very position it's in. (most likely I'll have a c section because of this if it doesn't become harmful) Overall, it went really well considering I had every negative sign of pregnancy since day one. I PRAY the placenta doesn't tear away from her as she grows. Someone is watching over us!!

Now for the funniest and most shocking news of all..... we did have one small problem with our boy. He seemed to be missing his 'boy parts' HAHAHAHA --

Yep, I've been carrying

2 GIRLS!!!!!

My previous ultrasounds were wrong and I guess my intuition was right. Baby A was never a boy to begin with! No wonder she kicks me more than her sister. Oh my gosh! You should have seen my face, it felt like it was on fire and I grabbed Shanes hand and cried for a minute. To be honest I'm not really sure why- maybe I got used to the idea of a boy and a girl. After the shock wore off and I stopped sweating I couldn't stop laughing. Shane says, "looks like we'll have to return a few things" TWO GIRLS?? I love it! I really do. So does Shane. I always thought it was two girls but when we were told boy/girl, in more than one ultrasound, its easy to reverse the mind and start planning. Bottom line is this- Shane will be great with girls and I couldn't say that about every guy. My husband will be soooo good to them. I've seen things within him that nobody else has seen. These girls are dang lucky to have him as their father!

What was the best part of the 3 hour appt you ask?

It's a toss up between: finding out our babies are healthy and Shane saying "I love all my girls!" As he kisses my forehead and pats my tummy.

It is a wonderful life!

Sunday Morning Surprise

I came into the kitchen to see my baby working away. Shane made me breakfast full of protein and calcium! I don't always eat as much as I should. Dr. Judd says I need 800-1000 extra calories daily for these twins because I ate so little before. This has been challenging but also kind of fun to eat whatever I want. Shane is great about helping me get everything I need and believe me I want these babies in there as long as possible so I'll do anything!!!!! I just need to work on drinking more water, ugh!

18 Weeks

After we ate, we decided we should be taking weekly pictures to document and see my growing progress. Especially since I'll literally double and be bigger than I'm sure I realize. We're finally feeling them really kick! For almost two months I've felt two little goldfish swimming around but now it's like two little monkeys jumping around! Feeling life inside of me is one of the most miraculous things I've ever experienced...it outwardly makes me smile and sometimes even giggle.

What a Week!

Rach came up again for the week with her kids. We did everything under the sun! Most of the pictures are of Shane and I because people have been asking to see my belly. Here it is!! By the way to answer so many questions...twins literally don't have a due date as with singleton pregnancies. So I'm pretty big already- and babies aren't due until sometime in December. The doctor told me to be ready by Thanksgiving.

I love you guys so much and want you to come back. I already miss hearing Easton's whistle & "No! I can't" & "just buckle him in, Taylor. Mom doesn't has elastic arms" & "Oh my word!!!" & "good morning babies (kiss kiss)" They melt my heart, you're doing such a great job raising them., Rach You know you can show up anytime you want. Shane and I absolutely love their energy! I was only able to do half of the activities with everyone and I was OUT! when my head hit the pillow each night.

The twins don't even know how cool their cousins are yet. I can't wait for them to meet!!

Oh wow! So Shane came home from work and proceeded to water a few spots of the lawn that needed extra attention. Rach specifically told the kids not to get wet because they just had baths....well Uncle Shane decided being dry wasn't any fun at all. Rach and I came outside only to see all four of them soaked!!!! It was one of those moments where if you didn't laugh you weren't human.

Rach told Easton to bring us some dry clothes and he came out in his underwear with his entire suitcase. We sent him to the curb, and the bishop actually stopped his car and was laughing.

Results are in...DRUMROLL please.....

It's a BOY!!!! and a GIRL!!!!

We can't believe it. I really felt it was two girls and Shane was confident in two boys. Not that that's what we were hoping for, it's just what we thought. Although I think deep down we both thought it was two girls. I remember before we even told anyone we were pregnant we sat at the kitchen table and wrote on scrap paper our 'secret ballads' of what gender we thought. When we swapped....we both wrote down two girls. We were so wrong! Shane and the guy high fived each other when they saw the package on baby A. (Shane says, "look at that! He's measuring 7 weeks bigger!") He was so proud! Then when he told us baby B was definitely a girl, I started crying. I'm getting my little girl!!!!!!!! ........But then I'm also getting a sweet boy-- I think this is absolutely perfect for us!!