Better late than never... Halloween

I decided months ago that rather than purchasing new costumes (boring) for the kids for Halloween this year I would just dress them in their Starbucks aprons and make them Starbucks baristas like they were last year. Super cute, and easy. I will attach a picture from last year so you can see just how cute they were. Anyway, I waited until the last minute to find their aprons, and could not find them anywhere! Ok, that stressed me out. So, 2 days before Halloween i scoured the house to come up with something for them to wear. The result was a runaway bride for Rylie, complete with my wedding veil and tennis shoes. She was so cute! She called herself a pretty princess. Tristan was a little harder, but i put him in a polo shirt and khakis. Put on one of Daddy's golf hats, and had him carry one of his small golf clubs and voila.. a golfer. I have to say i was pretty impressed with myself. :) We went to our church (Shoreline) Halloween part. I say we, but that means me, the kids, and my father in law since Jay was working late that night. It was really fun! The highlight for everyone was the HUGE slide. Tristan loved it, and Rylie would make me go down with her. Note to self, don't put your skin on the slide while going down. I got a bad burn on my arm. Ouch! Anyway, here are a few pictures of my crew. They are a cute bunch, aren't they!

Pregnancy Update

I am so blessed to be feeling better for the most part. The meds (Zofran) the doctor prescribed at my last visit to ease my morning sickness have really helped me. I have still been sick a few times, but the all day nausea is gone. My energy level is still very low, but i do know that is to be expected. I am just thankful I am able to stay home with the kids right now, i can't imagine working while feeling like this. I had lost 2 pounds at my last appointment, but i think i have quickly gained that back, and maybe more. I am hungry all of the time! Other than that, I am doing well. Just trying to rest and eat to feed these little ones. It is starting to sink in more and more that we are having twins and I am trying my best to cherish my time with Tristan and Rylie while they are our only kids.

Let me just put this out there, since I am not sure who reads my blog..

If you are done having kids and want to get rid of any of your baby stuff please let me know. We got rid of everything when we moved back to California and I would love to take anything you don't need anymore off your hands. Thanks!!

Halloween Pumpkin Carving

We went to the pumpkin patch last week and picked out 2 fairly large pumpkins to carve for Halloween. Today was the day I was determined to get those things carved! Somehow, every year, I think you forget how nasty and messy it is cleaning out the inside! Seriously, yuck. Jay left that job to me, which i was actually grateful for. He had to do the carving. If you know me, you know i am not crafty.. like not at all. Anyway, we had one stencil for a bee, and Jay did that one first. It came out really good. Then next he decided to free hand a mickey mouse. See what i mean, he is the super talented one in the family when it comes to drawing.. for sure! The kids mostly watched as they did not want anything to do with the inside of the pumpkin, and we obviously didn't let them do any carving yet. Maybe next year?! Anyway, check out the pictures..

Oh, and thankfully we decided to do kid friendly ones this year. No one wanted a repeat of the screaming and crying we got last year just doing regular jack-o-lantern faces! Yikes! You can check out the archive for those photos. Funny.

Happy Halloween!

Two Babies, Two Heartbeats..

Jay and I had another appointment with our doctor to look at our babies. We immediately saw two sacs again, and then two babies, and then two heartbeats. It was surreal. We are in for an adventure!

Twice as Nice?!

Oh man, the last few days have been VERY bad for me, symptom wise. Whoever said with twins your symptoms are twice as intense was NOT joking. Seriously, if i wasn't pregnant i would think i had a bad case of the flu. So naseous, extremely exhausted, sweaty, hot, everything. I really hope this part of the pregnancy does not last long. I just had to get that out. Thanks for letting me vent!