Slacker!

Has it really been 3 months since my last post? Goodness, i am sorry to any of my readers who are still out there! Things have been crazy for us. We moved to Marina, and really love our new house. It is bigger and has a great backyard.. and is within walking distance to a great elementary school. That will be so great when Tristan starts Kinder in the fall! Other than that, we have been doing well. The twins are 6 months old, well really almost 7 months old. They can roll all over the place, sit up, are eating solid foods, and are on all formula. After much debate, we have decided to quit cloth diapering the babies. I am sad about that because they are just so darn cute. But, i was spending 5 hours every other DAY washing them and i just dont have that kind of time. Our washer is an HE one so it doesn't allow the necessary amount of water to pass through the diapers. So, sadly.. i am selling away our stash. Oh well. They are also sleeping pretty well through the night, usually only get up once at night.. but they must be growing right now because they are getting up WAY more lately! On October 11th my little sister Natalie gave birth to a beautiful baby girl, Cailey Anna. She was born without oxygen, and other complications.. despite the doctors best efforts she passed away 10 days after she was born, to the exact minute. I was able to fly to Idaho with the twins (thanks to my sister Nicole) to be with Natalie and Greg for the memorial. It was a very hard time. Very hard. This caused me to lose my milk supply. Too much stress. But, the twins are growing anyway! Prayers for Natalie and Greg and their continued healing and grief are appreciated. What a hard road. In other news, we have decided to travel to So Cal for Christmas this year. We will spend the beginning of the week with my family and then travel to San Diego to spend the rest of the week with Jay's family. Should be really fun. Anyway, that is the latest. Hope all is well with everyone out there!! And, what is a post without a photo? Here are a few of our adorable kiddos!

Twins are 3 months old!

Seriously, where is the time going!? The twins turned 3 months old on August 13th. Their personalities are really starting to show. Corban is still super chill. He hardly cries, and when he does it is more of a wimper. He is smiling a lot and cooing all the time. We like to have full conversations cooing back and forth. It is adorable. Katelyn is still on meds for acid reflux and they seem to really be working! She is spitting up less and less and is no longer super fussy when she is eating! She smiles with her whole body, which you can see in some of the pictures attached to this post. They are sleeping 7-9 hours per night, (Corban even slept 11.5 hours one night!!) and are waking up more and more throughout the day. We are still using Softbums cloth diapers and really really love them. They are super cute and super easy. Pretty soon i should have enough so i won't have to wash every single night!! All in all i would say we are starting to get used to being a family with 4 kids. It is hard, but we love it. We are taking our first roadtrip to So Cal this weekend for my sister Nicole's reception. Wish us luck on that 5+ hour drive! I will update when we return! Enjoy the pictures!

Celebrating 7 years of marriage!

7 years ago today (well, yesterday really) I married my best friend. The last 7 years have been filled with all kinds of happiness as well as plenty of trials in our marriage. I can say honestly, that today.. i love Jay more than the day i married him. We are stronger today because of the struggles we have faced and overcome. I cannot wait to see what our future will hold. My twin sister, Nicole got married on July 31st. I was unable to go to the wedding, but it looked absolutely beautiful. It made me think of my own wedding and how much love i felt on that day. Jay and I sat down and watched the slideshow of our wedding photos and it reminded me so much of that day. Happy Anniversary, Babe!

2 months old!

This past Tuesday, July 13th, the twins turned 2 months old! It is hard to believe this much time has passed already! They are growing a lot. We had their well visit appointment and Katelyn is now weighing in at 9 pounds 4.5 ounces and 20.5 inches. Corban is weighing in at 10 pounds 7.5 ounces and 22.5 inches. They are still in the low percentiles for height and weight for 2 month olds. But, since they were born a month early, they are right on track for 1 month olds! Good! Last week we had a scare with Katelyn. I went to change her diaper and noticed a piece of hair was wrapped around one of her toes 4 times and then three of her toes one time. I pulled the hair, hoping to break it. Well, most of it broke.. but it got SUPER tight. I could not see the hair after that to try to loosen it up. Her toe started swelling and bleeding. Totally freaked me out. When i could't fix it i decided to call the paramedics. They arrived within literally a few minutes, took a look at her toe and said they could not do anything. They too couldn't see the hair because it was so tight and said to call my pediatrician or to head to the ER. Luckily, my mother in law was in the area, so she came right over and watched the other kids while i took Kate to our pediatrician. Apparently this is something that happens a lot with young children and he was prepared! He had a sensitive formula of NAIR that he put on the toe two times and by the time we left his office her toe looked a ton better. Still swollen. Still bloody, but better. What an ordeal! That day he also saw her in one of her "fits" and presribed Axid for her. It is an acid reflux medication that is much like zantac but without the alcohol. So far, it has really helped. She is not even spitting up much, if at all anymore. She still has a hard time eating, but he said it would take about 2 weeks for the meds to work fully. Yay for relief! Other than that we are doing well. The weather has been nice lately so the big kids have been spending a lot of time playing outside. The twins have been spending more and more time awake lately too. Katelyn has finally given me a social smile. Corban has too, but he makes me really work for it! So, that is our update!

As if i didn't have enough on my plate already...

We (I really) have decided to cloth diaper the twins. I know what you are thinking.. i must be crazy, right!? Up until now i had never really considered it either. I always assumed it would be super gross and i had this old school picture in my mind of cloth diapers with pins like our parents used. SO glad they are not like that anymore!! I decided to do this for a few reasons. For one, we are shelling out a ton of money for disposable diapers and wipes every month. We spend at least $100/month. With cloth we can save a significant amount of money throughout the 2.5+ years our twins will be in diapers. Another reason i decided to switch was because of Katelyn's bottm. She has had a nasty diaper rash ever since we started her in disposables. The more i looked into why that may be the more i realized how many harsh chemicals they put in disposable diapers. I had no idea. There is also a HUGE controversy lately with Pampers Swaddlers diapers with Dry Max. Kids are getting very bad rashes and even chemical burns from these diapers. With Tristan and Rylie i loved Pampers Swaddlers, but these new ones scare me. Oh, and in my opinions, cloth diapers are just super cute! Anyway, i ordered a diaper called Softbums to try. They are pretty awesome. They have a shell that can size a kid from 5-35 pounds. That sounds ridiculous, but seriously.. they can. I have put them on the twins for the last few days and i can say i am impressed. Not only do they fit, but they are super cute. So far, so good. I hope to purchase a larger package of these soon so i can get the twins in them full time. Wish me luck! Don't my babies look so cute!!

What a difference a year makes..

This time last year

..We left behind a really great church, a wonderful Life Group, and some very very dear friends to move back to California. It happened fast, very fast. Jay put in a transfer and it went through within 3 weeks. I think because it happened so fast i was both excited and extremely nervous. For the first time in my life i was able to be a stay at home Mom. Something i always wanted, but never thought i would be able to do. We made the decision because we wanted to be closer to our families as our children grew up. We thought we were done having kids, but God had other plans. Last October we found out we were expecting again.. quite the shock, and soon after found out it would be twins. We celebrated Rylie's 2nd Birthday, and then Jay and my 6 year wedding anniversary. We moved into a new house around Christmas and later celebrated Tristan's 4th birthday. After much searching, and realizing we would not find a church like Momentum in Monterey we landed at Shoreline Community Church. I started going to MOPS hoping to get connected with women like i had at Momentum. I am just now starting to actually have relationships with some women through that group. A year ago i stopped singing and leading worship.. i miss that a lot. A LOT. We celebrated Jay's 29th birthday, and my 28th birthday. We hit a rough patch in our marriage, and i was forced to lean on God even more. We committed ourselves to our marriage, and trusted that God would heal whatever was broken. I was diagnosed with Pregnancy induced high blood pressure, which included bedrest. My mom came out and helped me for a month. We gave birth to twins, Corban and Katelyn. We celebrated Rylie's 3rd brithday. Stacia moved back here.. YAY. We celebrated the twins one month birthday.. which brings me to the current. What a difference a year makes. It certainly has had it's ups and downs. But looking back i can see that the reasons we moved; for me to stay home, to be closer to family, etc. have really happened. I have seen Tristan and Rylie grow to have amazing relationships with their grandparents, aunties, uncles, and cousins. We have even made a few trips down south to visit my family too. It went by fast.. really fast. It feels like just yesterday we were packing up our home into a 27' truck and driving across the country with our little clan. A year. Makes me realize just how short life is and to not take things for granted.. what will the next year hold? I am hoping it brings new friendships, deeper realtionships with our family, growing in our walk with the Lord, teaching our children more about God, lots of fun, preschool, and enjoying life. I am sure it will be a crazy year, but i can't wait..

To all of our friends in Georgia.. thank you for investing in us. Your friendships mean more than you can know..

3 weeks old

So, i apologize that it has taken me this long to write an update. Life around here is pretty crazy with 2 toddlers and 2 newborns! It hit me today that i am a Mama to 4 kids. 4 kids?! That is such a crazy thought to me. Although Jay and I always talked about wanting 4 kids, i honestly never thought we really would. But alas, here we are. I had a lot of help in the beginning, and this was my first week "on my own" with all the kids. Wow. Let me just say that it is hard work trying to stay up all night on my own feeding the babies and then try to wake up early when the big kids get up. I am sure we will get into a routine soon, but right now we are in the trenches.. and i can feel it. I am thankful that Auntie Stacia is back in town and she has come over to help entertain the big kids several times this week. What a relief, because i just can't go outside with them right now. They have been troopers though.. watching a lot of movies in the back room and playing well together, well most of the time. Luckily, my mother in law, or Oma as she is called around here offered to pick them up this morning at 7:30am to give me a break. How awesome is that?! So, i was able to sleep with the newborns for the morning and really started my day around noon. Awesome. Anyway, back to the twins. We think it is funny how they are starting to really show a personality. Corban is totally relaxed, and a great baby for the most part. Sleeps well, eats well.. not really many issues. He is like Rylie was as a baby. Katelyn.. oh man, she is a hard one. She screams and cries a lot more than her brother. She would be content to be held all.day.long if i would/could. (This is when having a sling is the best thing ever!) She is like Tristan was as a baby for sure. Lately, come 5:00pm she is all cries. No consoling. Makes for a tired Mama that is for sure. I am beginning to wonder if she has Colic or Reflux. She can spit up a lot and when it comes out her nose it especially freaks me out! Yuck. Needless to say, I am taking it a day at a time and doing the best that i can. this also means that i stay in PJs all day long, that my hair is a mess, i have spit up on me, and it is usually a few days before i can shower or shave. Yet.. my husband still finds me attractive and tells me so. Boy, did i luck out with him!! Here are a few pictures of our babies. Their looks have changed so much in just a few weeks. Especially their faces.. starting to actually see some chunk!

The Twins are here!!!!!

Here is the short story: I went in to Labor and Delivery with high blood pressure and signs of mild pre-eclampsia last Monday, 5/10. I was monitored for a few hours and then sent home, though my headache never really got better. By Tuesday my headache still would not go away so i decided to call my OB again ad he sent me off to L&D again. Only this time, i was told i was going to stay overnight. Wednesday morning i had a talk with my OB while in the hospital. He said he knew i was uncomfortable, but wanted me to be aware of the risks of me delivering at 36 weeks. He said i was borderline pre-eclamptic, but not worried enough to deliver the babies yet. He said that if he sent me home i would likely be right back so he suggested i just stay and try to make it to 37 weeks. If i waited to get to 37 weeks he had no issues delivering me. He also said if i got to the point while in the hospital where i just could not take it anymore that i had the option of him doing an amnio on me to check the babies lung maturity. If they were mature, he would deliver. So, we mutually came to the decision that i would wait it out at least a few days in the hospital and see how i felt and then we could go from there. Meanwhile, i am having contractions that show up on the monitor a lot. I was given 6 shots of terbutaline up until Wednesday afternoon, where he said Enough is Enough and said if my body went in to labor that he would not stop it. I continued to contract all of Wedneday night and early Thursday morning. They were getting pretty intense, and i was feeling pretty bad. I had decided that morning that i was going to tell my doc that i had reached my breaking point. Luckily, i didn't have to! He came into my room at 7:00am and told me that things had changed a bit. My headache was not going away, despite taking all sorts of drugs, AND I was having contractions every 2-4 minutes on the monitor. So, he said if he kept me there i would go into active labor very quickly.. and then he said.. let's go get these babies! I could hardly believe it. They wanted to do the C Section right the but i asked if we could wait because my husband had gone to work that morning and it would take him an hour and a half to get to the hospital. So, the Section was scheduled at Noon. I was a bundle of nerves at this point. All this anticipation and my babies would be here so soon. I was so glad to see DH when he finally arrived at the hospital! The walk to the OR was scary to me, and then came the time to get the Spinal. This, is not, a fun experience. Not at all. They asked me to slump my back and relax my shoulders. I immediately held onto the wonderful nurse in front of me. When it was over i kept thinking my feet and legs would go numb, but i could still move them. It was really starting to freak me out. So they got a sharp stick thing and poked my arm where i could feel it and then poked my leg and stomach. I kept tellig them i could feel it. At one point i started to cry, i couldn't hold it in any more. It was scary. I kept thinking they would cut me and i would be able to feel everything. My OB asked how i was doing, and i told him i was scared. They decided to try the Spinal again. They did the whole thing i the same spot and it didn't work. So, they had to do it again.. a third time, and it finally worked. The surgery itself seemed like it took forever. Apparently i had a lot of scar tissue so it took them awhile to get through it. Before i knew it they had Corban out and he had a great cry. Not a minute later Katelyn was born.

Corban Jay weighed 6 pounds, 4 ounces and 20 inches long

Katelyn Elaine weighted 5 pounds, 3 ounces and 18 inches long

They are beautiful. Perfect. Precious. They look NOTHING alike. It is really pretty funny. Katelyn looks like the rest of my brood (my husband) and Corban is the lone ranger, the only one that looks like me. I love it. They have done so well, have been in an open air bassinet since being born and i have been able to feed them every 3 hours since birth. They will be able to go home with us either tomorrow or Monday when we are discharged. I just wanted to say thank you to everyone for your support throughout this pregnancy.. and in the end it was all worth it. I wouldn't change a thing!

Happy Mother's Day!

Jay surprised me this morning by drawing me this special picture. I bawled my eyes out. He is quite the artist if i do say so myself. It captures our new (or rather soon to be) family perfectly. I am blessed. He also had the kids draw pictures for me. Priceless.

35 weeks!

I have made it to 35 weeks. I think i am both relieved, and a little surprised that i have actually made it this far. I have been willing, praying, pleading that my water would break this week, but alas.. nothing so far. Maybe it is God telling me to trust him and be patient. I am trying to change my mindset. My C Section is currently scheduled for May 25th. That is exactly 3 weeks from today. 3 weeks.. 3 weeks MAX. So, sometime within 3 weeks we will get to meet Corban and Katelyn. That makes me happy and terrified at the same time. As much as i am ready NOT to be pregnant anymore, i am still a little nervous as to how we are going to cope adding 2 more kids, let alone newborns to our family.

I had a Non Stress Test this morning where my blood pressure was high again, despite the doctor doubling the dose of meds i am on. I was also contracting every 3-4 minutes. My mom went with me and we were there for about an hour and a half. They gave me another shot of terbutaline and my blood pressure went down a bit before they sent me out. I then visited my regular OB at his office where he did a pelvic exam and said i was not dialated yet. That is good.. i guess. But, it makes me wonder what the heck these contractions are and why they are not doing anything! lol

In other news, my Mom and sister in law Kim came to my house late last Tuesday night. Kim stayed until Friday night and they were busy cleaning, hanging out with the kids, and just getting me organized and ready for the twins. My mom has been here since then and looks like she will be staying until the twins decide to arrive, and hopefully for a little after that. She has been a huge help to me as i am still on bedrest (though, that is hard, i tend to be up more than i should!). The kids love having her in town, i think they will be so shocked when she actually has to leave. I know it has been exhausting for her, but we are blessed to have the help. Thanks, Mom! My house has not looked this clean in awhile.. you are such a trooper!

And, what is a post without a picture? I am 34.5 weeks in the picture here. Yes, i am that huge, and no, you don't have to try and flatter me and say i don't look bad. LOL. I have no makeup on, and my hair is a mess, but here i am in all my glory. I did not realize my belly was this huge until i looked at this picture. Good grief!! Please, Corban and Katelyn, please come soon!

33.5 weeks.. and strict bedrest!

I will admit. I am at the point in my pregnancy where i am just DONE. I feel so stretched and tired all of the time. I have found it to be very difficult to actually do anything productive with Tristan and Rylie throughout the day which in turn totally stresses me out. I know they are kids, and young, and will likely not remember this time. But i feel like they are getting the short end of the stick and it is really hard for me. When i became a Stay at Home Mom last June i had visions of all the fun things we would do. All of the educational activities i would have with them.. how we would have a schedule and it would be the best time of my life. Well, that all changed when i got pregnant, with twins. It seems like almost from Day 1 i have been tired and the schedule i tried so hard to create started to become non existent. Now, in my third trimester, the first thing my kids ask to do in the morning is to eat cereal and to watch a movie. Yes, my kids are watching a lot of movies these days.. judge away! It is the only thing i can do to keep them entertained while i rest. Anyway, i had my usual doctor appointments this week. I was expecting everything to be normal. The last few weeks and months have really been so normal. My pregnancy, though difficult no doubt, had really been uneventful. Last Monday i went in for my Non Stress Test. It had been scheduled for 11:00am but when i called that morning to see how busy they were they said i had to come in later. So, i went in at 7:00pm instead. Almost immediately i was having pretty strong contractions. I really thought nothing of it at first. I had been "crampy" at night for weeks. They got the babies on the monitor and their heartbeats were great, and they were moving all around. The nurse decided to move the thing that measured my contractions as it was apparently not in the right place, and almost instantly these big, long contractions started showing up on the monitor. They gave me water to drink, but that didn't really help. They were getting pretty intense. I had to stop and concentrate through them while i was watching American Idol. Anyway, the nurse called my OB and he said to give me a shot to stop the contractions and if that didn't work i could be in active labor. Yikes. So, i got the shot and within about 15 minutes my contractions had really slowed down and i could hardly feel them.. so, i was discharged and sent home. I saw my doctor the next day. All he told me was that in a twin pregnancy it was very normal to start having contractions and that he wasn't that worried about it. Ummm, ok. Fast forward to yesterday. I had my second NST scheduled at the hospital. I went in, and originally Katelyn was sleeping so they were worried about that. Apparently her heart rate was too low. Thens he woke up and started moving and they were no longer worried about her. By this time the nurse had taken my blood pressure 2 times. Both times it was high. I can't remember the exact number, but it was something like 157/95. She kept saying she would give me some time to relax and then recheck, but each time she did it was still high. This concerned her. So, she called my doctor and after about an hour of being monitored she said i was free to go home. However, she told me my doctor was prescribing Strict Bedrest. She asked if i knew what that was, and though i had an ideal she explained anyway. She said i was to be lying down with my feet up all day and night long. That i would only be allowed to get up to use the bathroom, or take a short shower. She prefered that i did not take a shower every day. I could also go to my doctor appointments but that was it. I wasn't expecting this. I knew it could happen of course, and being almost 34 weeks i was lucky to have made it this far without having to be on bedrest.. but it was still a shocker. Luckily, my mom is coming out here in a few days to help me with the kids. God bless her! I am not sure she understands what she is really in for, but i appreciate the help so much. My husband has been so great too. He has been making all my meals and bringing them in to the room for me to eat, all on top of cleaning the house and taking care of the kids. Luckily, he is off 3 days a week so that is a big help. Bedrest seems like a dream come true to some people, and admittedly it did to me a bit too. I will actually get to rest before the twins come. But, it is hard for me. I feel... lazy. I want to be able to get up and to help with things around the house. To do the dishes and play with the kids and do the laundry. But, i am thankful that i have help and I can rest. Anyway, if you made it through this entire post good for you! Yikes, it is a long one! I have my last growth scan on Monday so i will let you all know how big the twins are measuring and if there is anything else to report!

32 week update

I had my doctor appointments today. First was the specialist where they said my cervix is closed and looks good. I then went to my regular OB where my blood pressure was a bit high, but not terrible. He told me he wants to start seeing me every week and also wants me to go to the hospital to do Non Stress Tests TWICE a week! Yikes!!! That is a lot of appointments. I have never had a NST so i am not really sure what to expect, my first one is tomorrow. The hard part is you can't take kids to these appointments so it seems like I am always at doctor appointments when Jay has days off!! It is hard, but what we gotta do! I am measuring 40 weeks and feeling very large. My feet are gigantic and swollen all day now. My doctor wants me to wear compression stockings.. FUN! Anyway, my C Section is scheduled for May 25th, that will be 38 weeks. I doubt (Please, God!!) that i will make it that far, but who knows?! Anyway, Here is my 32 week picture.. :)

30 weeks update!

I am happy to say i have made it to 30 weeks, and I am still not on any kind of bedrest. Still trying to take it easy, but that becomes harder and harder as we are trying to prepare for these little ones to arrive! Jay and I rearranged our room yesterday to accomodate the babies. I did all of the baby laundry and set up their dresser, and we attached the Co Sleeper my cousin bought for us to my bed. We were going to put a crib in also, but think we will wait until we absolutely have to have it! It would be quite tight with it in there! The babies are doing well, and growing a ton. I had a growth ultrasound on Monday and they were each weighing 3 pounds, 7 ounces. Both looked great and were moving and kicking all around. Katelyn has moved back to a head down position which explains all the crazy movements the last few days. I also saw my regular OB. He changed my C Section date to 38 weeks. This would be the end of May. I still think they will arrive the beginning of May, but i would love to make it to 38 weeks.. guess we will see. I am feeling pretty good. It is getting increasingly more difficult to sleep at night, and just moving from one side to the other is so hard! I guess this is God's way of preparing me for the sleepless nights i will have ahead. I am tired, but making it through. Jay is getting his wisdom teeth pulled this Friday so the kids are going to spend the night on Friday with their Oma and most of Saturday so i can take care of Jay. It is my turn to return the favor for him. He has spent weeks taking care of me.. it is my turn. I am looking forward to it, even if he will be all out of it!! :)

28 week update and Good News!

I am 28 weeks along now. Had a follow up doctor appointment today since that test came back positive last week. They did the usual measurements where they found i am measuring 37 weeks.. yes.. seriously. SO many people say i don't look like i am carrying twins, like i am small or something. So, i am putting a few pictures in here to prove just how large i have become! They also repeated the fFN test and this time.. it came back negative! Maybe all the rest i did this past week really did help! They also scheduled my C Section for June 2nd. Seriously, that is 39 weeks and i will be straight up lucky to make it that far.. but who the heck knows!?? I am feeling rather huge, and out of breath. But the doctor says that is normal with a twin pregnancy because the lungs are pushed up so far. Go figure. Other than that i am feeling pretty good, gained 33 pounds so far and wondering how much more there will be. Here are a few belly pics from this week. Enjoy me in all my pregnant glory!

NOT the news i was expecting!

I am 27 weeks pregnant. This past Monday i went to the my normal OB appointment. When i was there they said they were going to do a fFN test. It is called Fetal Fibronectin. Basically, it will check to see if you could go into preterm labor within the next 2 weeks. I was fully expecting for the test to be negative as I am still not that far along, even for twins. So, imagine my suprise when i got a call later that afternoon saying the test came back positive. What a bummer. That means the baby shower that was planned for me for next Saturday had to be canceled and I was on modified bed rest. This does NOT mean that i WILL go into labor in the next two weeks, but it does mean that i need to be really careful not to do certain things and take it easy. I guess the chances are 30% that i could go into preterm labor. Luckily, my doctor is taking a lot of precautions and will be monitoring me very closely. If i do go into labor, they should be able to stop it. So, lots of rest for me. Stacia and I got our hair done today. I am so excited to be a blonde again!! We spent 5 hours at the salon, but don't worry.. i was sitting the whole time. :) Anyway, please pray these babies stay put for at least another 7 weeks!!!

26 Week Update

I am feeling good and had a great appointment on Monday with the Specialist. They did another in depth ultrasound. Corban and Katelyn looked wonderful. In fact, they both are weighing in at 2 pounds, 3 ounces. This is good for several reasons. They are in the 65th percentile, which is on the bigger side for 26 weeks.. and they are weighing the exact same. Sometimes, with twins, there are issues with one twin gaining more weight than the other. Not with my babies though. The doctor who came in after the ultrasound said they look great and my pregnancy so far has been "textbook". He even said he wished he could bring his colleauges in to see what a good scan should look like. That made me happy. My shower is coming up in just over a week and i am excited to see friends that i haven't seen in years. It should be a fun time!

25 weeks!

Feeling rather large and in charge.. but here you go.

25 weeks. Babies are doing great. I am seeing a specialist every 2 weeks to monitor the babies. Every other week to check my cervix to make sure it is not dialating and every other week to do an in depth ultrasound to check on their growth. So far, they are both measuring on schedule and just about the same weights which is a good thing. They are both head down, but i am having another C Section so that doesn't really matter. Ha! the specialist doctor says she thinks i will deliver between 34 and 36 weeks. Guess we will see how it goes. My goal is to keep them in long enough so they don't have to spend a considerable amount of time in the NICU, or none at all! I am feeling good for the most part and getting excited to meet Corban and Katelyn!

So Cute!

I got home from my bi monthly MOPS meeting to find a rather large package had arrived. Our in home childcare provider from Georgia (and friend!) sent a package of gifts for the twins as well as for Tristan and Rylie. She really went all out. Jay and I had been wondering what we were going to dress the twins in at the hospital and when Tristan and Rylie met them. Well, Christa has us taken care of! She got them the most adorable shirts. Big/Little Brother and Big/Little Sister. Jay loved them so much he immediately took a picture. Aren't these SO cute! Can't wait to get the kids all dressed in them and take a picture. She also bought the twins a few outfits, adorable bibs, blankets, pacifier holders.. i told you.. she went all out. What a blessing for sure! Thank you Christa, what a great surprise! We LOVE everything and can't wait to see the twins wearing the outfits.. you can be sure we will take lots of pictures!

Be thankful!

I spoke to a dear friend a few days ago and she mentioned something that stuck with me. She spoke of being thankful for the small things in life. Perhaps, the things that are so easy to take for granted. Like, having a roof over your head, groceries in the fridge, toilet paper (!), and my healthy kids. Being thankful for my kids is the one that struck out to me the most. Now, of course i love my children.. but in some way i think i have taken them for granted to a certain degree. I have healthy, beautiful children. They drive me crazy most days.. being thankful for them alone has really hit me today. I want to be thankful even if they are on my last nerve or have made yet another mess, or are asking 5 thousand questions. I am thankful that they are alive. Lately, i have also gone bog hopping around to different blogs where people have very serious problems with their children's health. Like life threatening problems that have taken their children already or will soon unless God intervenes. I find myself crying while reading these stories and i feel so bad for ever complaining about what my kids do. Anyway, all this to say.. be thankful today. be thankful for the health you have and the home that keeps you warm. Be thankful for your families and that they are alive to say they love you each day. This applies to my unborn children as well. To the twins growing inside of me. God knows that i am terrified of the thought of having two newborns and two toddlers to take care of. Some days i really get caught up in that. I get overwhelmed wondering how i will do it. The truth is.. i will. God will give me the strength and somehow i will get through it. Right now though, i am reminded to be thankful that i am pregnant. To be thankful for the miracles inside of me. to be thankful that i have had no miscarriages or any real issues during my pregnancies, aside from high blood pressure. There are SO many people who are not able to get pregnant at all, and for Jay and I.. it is just pretty easy. Anyway, i am reminded today to just be thankful for the small things.. This is my goal.

It's A.....................................

Boy and a Girl!! We can't believe it! We had our ultrasound this morning where the doctor told us we were 100% having a boy within the first 30 seconds of doing the ultrasound. It took a little longer for him to find out what the second one was, but looked all over before determining it was a girl. So, we decided to name them Corbin Jay and Katelyn Elaine. Very cute! Honestly, I was very nervous about having girl/girl twins. Not that i don't like being a twin myself with another girl, but growing up it was pretty hard. Having a boy and girl will make sure they really do have their own identities. So excited!