31 weeks and an AWESOME ultrasound!

What a great day today! The further and further I get, the better I feel :) I am praying for these little monkeys to reach atleast 5 lbs each and stay in until atleast 36 weeks, at which point I will feel fantastic about delivering because they will then be considered FULL TERM! At the ultrasound we found that both boys are in the 50th % for growth, weighing 3 lbs 12 oz, and 3 lbs 10 oz. WOO HOO! They are almost 4 pounders at only 31 weeks!!!!!! Also, they both had the exact same HR! lol 153 BPM. The tech kept mentioning how great they looked, healthy and very VERY active :) Another fantastic surprise???? We FINALLY saw Kaden's face and profile! Wanna see??? Ofourse you do ;)

The house is ready to go! I mean, seriously I have everything ready to go for my two newest boys! Today I got my new diaper bag, which I will need to upload pictures of later because it is absolutely adorable! I also got my nursing cover in the mail today too!!! It is picture perfect for twins. It has a built in nursing cover (made of mesh) so I can nurse both boys at once and be completely covered without using my hands :) AWESOME, pics to come on that too :) Here is some pics of our house transformed as we get ready for babies!!!! Where the boys will sleep (by our bed) And the nursery... Changing station, cute little toys given as gifts, and a lamp that goes with our theme The boy's closet, packed with 0-3 month clothes and LOTS of diapers. My mom painted a picture for each boy, themed after "Fox and the Hound" This is Kaden's And Trystan's Quilt with the nursery theme, and matching hamper I am such a giddy little mess right now :) AHHHHH!!!! Lord, this is really happening! My perfect little embryos, those tiny little cells have bloomed into these miraculous perfect, HEALTHY BOYS!!!!!! Please Lord, help the next 4 weeks to ZOOM BY!!!!!!!!!!!! Bring these boys safe to my arms. You are Good... you are GOD, and I am so happy to be your daughter and have this enormous responsibility. I will do it right Lord. I will be an awesome mom to these boys. Thank you SO much for this gift :)

30 weeks!!!!!!!!!!W

WOW, I am so thankful for every week I make it here on out!! I am very anxious for my ulstrasound next week. I really want to know how much they weigh each and where my cervix is measuring. It might give me a little more indication as to when I could expect these two to show up!!!! I am beyond excited to snuggle these two. The thing that has me most excited is the anticipation of seeing their faces for the first time <3 <3 The house is really coming along. Hauling out all the baby stuff and setting up the nursery, preparing it for new babies has been so much fun. I had a baby shower on Saturday and it was so beautiful!!! One of my dear friends put it together for me and I felt so blessed!! I will add pics later. Mother's Day over here was pretty laid back. Brian ordered AppleBees Car side to go hehe, and I enjoyed a feast of fooooood!!! I hardly slept last night though because I was so stuffed that it left my poor guts just crammed tight LOL I cannot believe how big i am... it's just crazy, and I am only getting bigger.... Well, that is all for now!!! Gotta keep my toddler busy until his daddy gets home!!!

28 weeks

And I am REAAAALLLLYYY slowing down. My ribs are so bowed out that they feel like they could break any minute :/ All for a good cause ofcourse, but painful none the less!!! I ended up seeing a new doctor and I really really liked him! He was such a great listener, and I don't know, we just clicked. My regular OB is still on leave? I have no idea what is going on with him so I decided to switch all my appts over to him. He is now seeing me every 2 weeks, and told me that he could induce me at 38 weeks- if I haven't gone on my own before then. The boys are thriving and growing at the pace of singletons, even above the average! I hope I go into labor on my own, but it's nice to have a light at the end of the tunnel. In Ronan news, he is keeping his pull ups pretty dry, and goes pee pee on the potty every time he is on it! I am so proud of him. He has pooped on it once, but nothing since, and that is okay. We aren't pushing it. Since I can hardly get around anymore we end up watching a lot of movies :/ I am not super happy about it, but I know this is just a season. When Brian gets home, he is amazing. SERIOUSLY, i married the best man ever. He plays with Ronan, takes care of the house and me. The backyard is set up really nice for Ronan to play on his own and I can just sit and watch him bounce on his trampoline, or play in his sandbox, color with chalk, shoot hoops etc... Only 4 more week until my mother in law comes to stay until the babies arrive. That will be such a relief. It's getting down to it!!!!! I cannot wait!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Maternity pics :)

So Brian decided that HE wanted to take some maternity pictures yesterday :) We had so much fun, and they turned out pretty cute too!




















Not professional by any means, but I love them and I am so proud of hubby :)

3 more days until my THIRD TRIMESTER!!!!!

26 weeks!!

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Here are some picture updates! Tummy is getting QUITE large, so far no additional stretch marks *crosses fingers*
And I have been having a BLAST decorating the nursery. I love painting, so this has been a fun project.
Sleep, and getting comfortable in general are an issue of their own. My back is like always spazzing out. The good news??? I am getting my bean bag chair in tomorrow!!! PRAISE THE LORD!!!!! I will probably be living in this thing. I seriously cannot wait. We also ordered a trampoline for Ronan. Seeing as it's a little more difficult for me to get him out of the house lately, we've been trying to problem solve and come up with ways to keep him busy around the house!
My back yard is not huge, so we are trying to use our space wisely. We'll be extending our fence along the side of our house in a few weeks to create a little more space for Ronan.

10 more weeks until I will feel GOOD about going into labor. And 10 more weeks until my DOCTOR thinks I will go into labor... I am not so sure about that though. I really think I will be one of those women that just continues to hang on and on... I cannot even FATHOM having my water break on it's own, or contractions starting before 40 weeks. I guess we'll see!!!!

Ronan and I have been starting a Bible story time at 10:00 AM every morning. He loves it, and I absolutly LOVE teaching him about his Heavenly Father :)

Praise God for all His goodness, and allowing me this very special job of being a wife and MOM!!!! I seriously cannot believe I will have three soon. Someone please pinch me!!!!

Kaden and Trystan update!

I saw a different OB yesterday for my 24 week check up. My OB is on leave for a few weeks. This particular OB suggested that from here on out I get ultrasounds every 4 weeks to monitor the babies growth.

So as luck would have it they got me in today!!! Both boys looked great! Growing in the 50th% at 1 lb 6oz (Kaden) and 1 lb 7oz (Trystan) All their other measurements were consistent with their gestational age.
Cervix looked perfect measuring at 4.45 CM. Kaden is head down, and Trystan is transverse/ slightly breech.

I feel like God is just so so SO good to me right now, and I am struggling with guilt over it... That may seem so weird... But I just really want to be honest and put it out there.
The past couple years have been FULL of hardships and struggles, and lately life has been really really cushy. With Brian's promotion, pregnancy going smoothly, healthy babies, I mean the only "hard ship" I have right now is the aches and pains of carrying twins. And yeah, I am uncomfortable about 90% of the time, but it just feels so worth it that I can't complain.
Life is going so well, and I am just waiting for the next problem. I know that isn't healthy and I should just be happy and filled with praises to the Lord, but for some reason I am left with guilt...
It's starting to feel debilitating. I feel like it's holding me back from fully appreciating my relationship with the Lord.
I need to get back on track, and stop giving in to it. I know it fully pleases Satan to see me doing just that, ad there is NO WAY I am letting him feel satisfied in that area of my life!!

So yeah, there is that... In other good PRAISE worthy news there is still NO sign of the clot. The ultrasound tech said it has reabsorbed and both placentas looked PERFECT.
I have been waiting for this clarification for 17 weeks!!!! That stupid blood clot was always looming in the back of my mind. It just feels SO GOOD to know that both boys are looking so good.

I cannot wait to see their precious faces... It is going to be so good :)

Heavenly Father,
I want you to be my ultimate focus. I want to be pleasing to you. Lord, please light a fire in my heart, give me more passion for your written word and help me grow in your knowledge every day. I long to be the daughter YOU want me to be.
Thank you for these blessings that I don't deserve but that you have graciously lent me. Help me to guide them to the best of my ability. I am so so thankful for all you have done in my life. You are so good, all the time...

Amen

AND FOR FUN..... see if you can find the difference in these latest belly pics

22 weeks!!!!!

Look at me go!!! It seriously feels like it was just weeks ago that I was frightened for the lives of my babes. I am so thankful to be 2 weeks away from VIABILITY!!!! 5 weeks away from the third trimester!!! WOO HOOO!!!
Things are going very very well. Kaden and Trystan are fairly active boys now. They feel like they are directly on top of eachother which is kinda killing my ribs, and causing a lot of muscle spasms in my back, between my shoulder blades. I really dont feel like complaining though :) There is just too much good!!

Ronan is back on track with naps and sleeping. After our trip he was having a hard time self- soothing. It took a week but thankfully he's back to his schedule. Which in turn means that Brian and I are back to getting some much needed sleep.

I would LOVE for the spring weather to finally arrive! I really want to make these last few months count with Ronan. My lasts months with it being just him and me... such special times :) I know in the long run he is going to have so much fun having brothers, but so far all he has known is out little family. It's going to be such a big change... but a God given GOOD one!!!!

Here are some pics of him at the park yesterday hehe. It was decent weather and Ronan walked Hazel allllll by himself yesterday... only biffed it once hehe.




And here is a pic of my belly last week :)





God has also brought some really wonderful women into my life who have been blessing our socks off! This particular woman is someone I don't even know. She saw me writing on a mutual friend's wall, noticed we were expecting twins and she wrote me a private message. She told me that she had twins too and they had out grown their car seats/ infant stroller and wanted to GIVE them to us!! Here they are!



THEN today at church another friend (a newer friend) who also has a set of twins, is giving us their pack and play!!!!!

I am just really feeling so undeserving of all these blessing... Praise the Lord!