Pictures...

So I wont go into too much detail. This is the car seat/stroller we bought. It comes with 2 car seats, 2 car bases, and the double stroller. Bought it from babysupermarket.com, Great deals there. Check them out.


This is the crib we bought. Well we bought 2 cribs. It is a bundle deal from walmart. This month is the Baby Days event, and everything listed gets free shipping. For these 3 items, it was $184 total. PS for those of you that don't know, movable crib sides have all been re-called and stores are not allowed to sell cribs with movable sides. News to me, especially since all the advice i was getting was the movable side cribs were the best option. Oh well. I like these. The wood looks really nice and we went on other websites to see what they are selling this crib for and by itself its around $250 -$300. Sweet for walmart deals!

Next pictures are of the first outfits we have bought for our miracle boys. One comes with a beanie and has an applique of a sleeping bear with stars and a moon. The other is pinstriped and says "Thank Heavens for little boys" with a moon and booties.

We have bought a couple more outfits since then (and when I say 'We' i really mean Jared). Its been a ton of fun so far getting ready for these little dudes to make their appearance.

I had my monthly OB visit and everything is looking good. I have gained a total of 12 lbs since the beginning of this and my goal is to try and maintain under 40 for this whole process. (probably a pipe dream but at least i have a goal.) I have another Perinatalogist appt tomorrow to check my cervix to make sure it isn't shortening. I will do that every two weeks until I am 26 weeks. After that, if everything is fine then we will see if I will just see my OB or i will continue to see the Peri for high risk... Who knows what will happen. I am just happy that everything is smooth for now.

PS I made it to the half way point. As of yesterday I was 20 weeks. Crazy as it all is, I don't know if I can wait another 20 or so weeks for these beautiful boys to get here. Although I will be patient because I definitely don't want them getting here too early before their bodies are ready to be here. I am feeling them move much more often. More particularly Baby A. I think he moves the most. but I still feel baby B as well.

Anyway tootles until next time. If I have any more updates.

Well that picture is unmistakable!

Okay so it has been more than a full week since we learned so pretty important news. Our Heavenly Father has decided to entrust us with not one but 2 little souls on this earth. These souls with be pretty special indeed. Because I hear BOYs are always pretty special :-) And there was no denying that these two are boys!



I still can't get over how crazy this whole thing is. I hear a lot of advice and a lot of how hard it will be.

I won't deny that it will be hard but NOTHING can detract from the fact that I can't wait to meet them face to face.

Because we are lucky enough to be getting twins, I am lucky enough to see a Perinatalogist for the next several weeks. They have to make sure my cervix stays long enough to keep my babies in me till they are really ready to come out. So far everything looks good.

My Dr said "You are just having a LOVELY twin pregnancy." I love that he said that. It makes me feel so much better. I still worry because I don't feel like their movements are super defined yet. According to the ultrasound, they are more busy kicking each other that kicking me. I am sure once their space starts to run out, they will turn on me instead of each other.

The U/S tech couldn't get a clear picture of their hearts because they were moving way too much. when they started with checking my cervix, the first think we actually see is baby A's hand shoot out to be in the picture. The whole thing took about 2 hours. 2 hours of seeing our babies! and i didn't even have to have a full bladder! YEA for top of the line technology!

Some of the little stuff: I think baby A had the hiccups the other day. I fall asleep much easier on my right side but i sleep much more comfortably on my left. i usually move much when I sleep now. I still have lots of vivid dreams. My feet get really tired pretty quickly. i have been feeling nauseated lately. Just in general, 90% of my time has a twinge of discomfort.

We have only taken one Preggo profile Picture. This one is taken just after 18 weeks. I will have to make sure to take one on Wednesday as that marks my half-way point (gasp* 20 weeks is already here?!)

Next picture is a profile pic of Baby A. I thought I saved all the pictures from the U/S but apparently i only saved 2 and both are of Baby A. Next time will be of Baby B.

We like the names Logan Christopher and Jacob Crew. they are not set in stone but we really like those. My only hesitation is that Jacob is the #1 boy name for 2009. I don't love the idea of using such a popular name but I really do like the name Jacob. (My fav person in the Book of Mormon). Besides I am having a tough time coming up with something else that goes with Crew. Either way, we have a few months to decide.

Just to let you know, we have known it was twins since our first U/S at 5 weeks 1 day. We saw 2 little black sacs right away. they normally don't do an U/S that early but since they were way off on my original due date, they thought I was closer to 7-8 weeks at that point. so we got to come back 2 weeks later to check viability. it was then that we saw both beans and their strong heartbeats. We even got to see the blood flow. WAY cool!

I am not one to keep secrets about myself. There is not really much that is too personal. if you have a question, I won't be awkward about answering it. Now knowing that, can you understand how hard it was keeping something like this to myself? i kept asking Jared to just tell people. But he got it in his head he wanted to wait until we knew what we were having before we told anyone. I do have to admit that it was pretty fun hearing/seeing all the shocked reactions we got in making that announcement.

It is much more real to me now that everyone knows. We bought our cribs and stroller and car seats this weekend. We found some amazing deals! I'll post about them later.

So to sum up, JARED AND JOANNA ARE HAVING TWIN BOYS! i still get a kick out of saying that :-D

In just a few more hours....

What is funny, is that i thought of the title of this post and as I was typing it out, the song "I'm getting Married in the morning" in My Fair Lady popped into my head because there is a line in that song that says " In just a few more hours, thats all the time you've got".

Anyway, totally random.

Today we find out what we are having. We have our appointment with the perinatologist at 12:45 today and hopefully not long after that we will know what flavor of bean is growing inside me.

Can I tell you I am really excited to pictures and videos of the little bean again?! Hearing the heart beat and actually seeing a face. I just REALLY hope that being camera-shy is not a problem. I couldn't bare to wait any longer!

I am 18 weeks 2 days. I am already feeling uncomfortable and bending over is getting a little tricky. I really notice it when I shave my legs.

I don't have headaches nearly as often anymore. (WAHOO!)

I think I have been feeling more movement but it is really hard to differentiate between my own guts moving and the new addition moving. I know it will become really apparent soon but I wish I could be more excited about it now instead of always second-guessing myself...

Plan on seeing ultrasound pics when I post next and a profile preggo pic since I have yet to take one. I really haven't wanted to take that picture for some reason. Probably because I look way more preggo than I should but oh well. No way I can help that now.

We recently read that this week is the week babies can start hearing voices and noise. So Jared have made it a point to laugh A TON and that we will hum or sing when we can. That way the bean is used to our voices when he/she gets here.

Excitement and anxiousness and anticipation are pumping through my veins....
Just a few more hours....

Fives

5 categories and 5 answers (not including the tag)

Favorite TV Shows:
1. Glee
2. Bones
3. Psych
4. Community
5. Veronica Mars

Favorite Foods:
1. Biscuits and Gravy
2. Anything that Shelley makes
3. Pie
4. Smiles fruit snacks
5. Jared's chicken cordon bleu

Favorite Movies
1. V for Vendetta
2. She's the Man
3. Star Trek (2009)
4. Inception
5. My Fair Lady

Pet Peeves:
1. Drivers that slow down because someone got pulled over
2. people that kick the back of your seat in a movie theatre
3. People that swear for no reason (especially at Disneyland)
4. People that don't understand passing lanes
5. Kids that feel they are entitled to everything

Looking forward to:
1. Finding out what we are having (only 2 more days to go!)
2. The annual Halloween Party (I think i have already found the invitations for this year :D)
3. Seeing Scott Pilgram Vs the World with Jared.... OK seeing any movie with Jared.
4. Going to bed tonight! I'm doing laundry and the sheets will be awesome soft
5. Getting ready and buying baby stuff.... I think we are buying a stroller this weekend.

I have never used tag before so here are just some people that might do this Fives thing:
1. Corinne W
2. Barbara G
3. Rachel H
4. Marti D
5. Jessica N

If not, it's OK, I will still blog stalk them :-)