Hecka Big!!!

So I had Ben take a picture of my ever so growing belly the other day, and I was completely shocked to see how much I had grown!!! It seems like in the last two weeks that my belly just took a major growth spurt. hehehe...So here is a new picture! (for some reason it won't turn the right way for me.) So I guess this is how you will have to see it!

34.4 weeks prego

My belly is definately growing.....

So I thought I would give you a series of my belly growth. I knew it had getting big fast but it just shows in the pictures how fast. I love that I have been taking pictures since we found out we were having twins and knew that my belly would grow faster then previous pregnancies.

This picture is taken at 28 weeks 2 days.

This picture is at 26 weeks 2 days.This next picture is at 22 weeks.

This picture is at 20 weeks 2 days!

I think it is pretty cool to see the big changes!!!

kicks and giggles

I was just pondering back to the first time I felt the twins move. I know this sounds crazy but at about 14 weeks was when I really knew my baby(well at the time we didn't know it was twins) was moving. My mom agreed that yes I could probably be feeling the baby move. Then one day I was at my mom's house and I said man this baby is really moving. "It" keeps pushing out right her around my right hip. My mom just laughed as did my sister and then they said well maybe it is just gas. I said "umm, No I am pretty sure this is the baby." Yet again they laughed thinking I was oh so funny. So I left thinking thanks, but really I knew it was the "babies". After we found out 6 weeks earlier that yes that was really the babies (cause there were two) then I got to laugh. I can't believe that we are here at week 24 and that I have two babies growing inside my womb. I still feel that it is so surreal sometimes that I can actually be having twins. I am so excited to see what the future will hold and I cherish every hiccup and kick and little movement these two precious girls make. I am so thankful to have to healthy little girls growing oh so quickly. I am also thankful for daughter and two sons I have here on earth. I cherish their laughter, their wittiness, and their sweet spirits everyday.

TWO TWO TU-TU TOO TOO

Are you seeing a trend? Well we are doubling the fun in this pregnancy with TWIN Girls!! I can't believe it still. I look at our pictures sitting here and realize yes they really do say "twin A" and "twin B". It is so exciting and a little overwhelming all at once. I know that will My Father in Heaven's help I can do anything. So with that knowledge I am a more at peace. I would like to share the story of when we found out that we were having twins.

I first want to share that I thought this pregnancy was really different from the previous 3 that I have had and just couldn't put my finger on why. I didn't think in a million years that we would actually be the parents of twins, none the less we joked about it quite frequently.

On Wednesday, January 12, 2011 we had our ultrasound scheduled. Ben wasn't feeling very well, mostly just a horrible stomachache and headache. He called me and said he wasn't sure if we should go over to Portland with the weather the way it was and that maybe we should just stay home. I told him that I was already checking the weather and had a text to one of my friends and was just waiting to hear back from her to make sure the roads were safe. He called a again and I said that we were already getting ready and that I felt we should go and that we could always turn around if the roads weren't safe for our family to go over. So we left at about 9:15 and before we even hit Highway 6 we turned around to go home and get our chains for our tires "just in case". Then we started out again after 9:30am. Our apt was at 11:30 so we had plenty of time to make it there. The mountain pass was perfectly clear and the wind never once made our car sway as we drove. I feel like we were truly blessed and watched over on the journey! We arrived about 11:00 am and waited for the doctor. Might I add he was truly wonderful!!!

We headed back to the room and he asked a few questions. I had let him know that this pregnancy had been different and that I had been a lot more morning sick then the others. He said well let's get to this! I got up on the table as the kids and Ben looked on. (Yes we took our 3 children with us) Dr. Ed started on the lower left hand side of my stomach and started right away measuring the baby. I let him know that we would like to know the sex of the baby if he could tell and he was more than willing to tell us. As he moved the ultrasound wand up to about my belly button and towards the right he told us that we were having a little girl. We were so excited!! (I knew I was having a girl) Then he looked up and said uuuhhh....and I looked at him and said "is that another baby?" He looked at me and said "do you see this line right here? I said "yes" he said this is the membrane that separates the two babies....Ben sat down, as he was trying to entertain Kiptyn, and said " No way,we can't be having twins, there are no twins on either side of our families." Dr. Ed said "well there are two, it can't be anymore clear than this". He then proceeded measuring the second baby and told us that they are indeed both girls. We sat there in awe and all I could do it just laugh and say no way, I can't believe this. Ben really didn't say much, as what do you say?? The older two children would just smile every time we said there was two babies. They I am sure were just as shocked!!! Now a few days later reality is setting in and we are just trying to figure out the order in which we need to do all the many things we were planning to do anyway, just twice as much now.. Great blessings come in small packages and I feel very blessed to be carrying two choice spirits for my Father in Heaven. I feel very blessed to be a key instrument in his hands. I know that with faith I can do all things that the Lord asks of me to do.

My latest projects.

So as you can see I have sewn a lot over the past few months. These are all Christmas presents that I made for my children or for a few other special children. This picture just below is of a carseat blanket that I made for my friends brand new little one. It turned out marvelous and I can't wait to make one for our little one.

The top picture is of my 3 munchkins all snuggled together in their quilts after I gave them to them. The bottom picture is all the quilts layed out side by side.