Our Baby Shower

We had a fabulous time at the boys' baby shower!

My sisters Ange & Krissi, my mom, & Cathi did a great job putting it all together.

Thank you all soooooo much!!

The centerpieces my sister Ange made were diaper cakes, combined with books, stuffed animals, onesies & other good baby items. They were absolutely adorable!! If we weren't gonna need diapers so bad, I would keep them together forever.

She also made adorable book marks (will take a pic later) that had a thank you poem from the boys-as you can guess the theme was books =) And boy did we get plenty!!! We now have the bottom 2 shelves of our bookcase full of baby books. I LOVE IT!

All the DELICIOUS food was homemade by my sister Krissi, my mom, & Cathi! The yummy cake was shaped like an open book as you can see below, and had lots of storybook characters on it.

Here are some of the pics from the shower...more to come.

Brian was really psyched for these track suits!

Happy 28 Years!!

February 13, 1982

was a great day. . .because you were born babe!

Happy 28th Birthday!!

I love you.

And I know there are fabulous things to come this year...

I can think of TWO in particular.

Your "sidekicks" as you like to refer to them.

Hope you had a great birthday!!

Here is the birthday boy.

Birthday boy with one of his gifts, a new chef's knife.

Coldstone cake from my sister Krissi & the kids.

YUMMY!!

Chloe wishing daddy a good birthday.

Thanks everyone for all Brian's birthday wishes!

31 weeks

Saw the boys again today. Soooo happy Brian was able to join me this time.

We asked the US tech about a 4D ultrasound & he said he would flip the switch after his measurements.

Boys are healthy & doing well! Keep them in your prayers.

Baby A & Baby B are now breech-Baby A couldn't resist copying his brother.

(hoping this will change)

Baby A, 3lb. 5oz.

Baby B, 3lb. 7oz.

AND...Baby A was the only one who would cooperate for a photoshoot.

Baby B literally put his hand over his face. Stubborn lil' guy.

Here's Baby A!

It's getting a lil' tight in there!

Happy 3rd Birthday Chloe & Zoey!!

Finally...we are out of the "terrible twos". Ha.

Here are our beautiful 3 year olds.

We love our lil girls so much!

Neither Chloe nor Zoey was diggin the candle flame,

but we sang Happy Birthday to them anyway.

Zoey all sprawled out...she loves this blanket.

Chloe exploring a box

Chloe munching on her birthday meal.

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And...

ME. At 30 weeks and 2 days

Old man winter. . .

Is currently dumping lots of snow on South Jersey....

I think when all is said and done, we will have

20+ inches.

Yikes.

On a positive note, it's beautiful to look at & I'm not responsible for any digging out this year

We had a poker game last night & Aus & Bri had a sleepover =)

Soooo Aus & Bri also needed to dig themselves out this morning so Aus could get home.

Also, I was running out of bookshelf space...

so Bri went & bought me another bookcase. Thanks babe!

I have re-organized the books so that the bottom 2 rows will be devoted to the boys.

And it will buy us some time before they can reach OUR books.

This is something I've noticed when our friend Chris's daughter Bailey comes over...she stands at our bookcases, her face lights up, & she does what we like to call a "book dance" then she excitedly pulls out whatever she can get her hands on.

I love that she loves books so much-I hope the boys do too!

Ps- The boys are now 30 weeks!! Yay boys!!!

We are looking forward to next weeks ultrasound

where we will get another height/weight estimate.

Blonde moment + some wine

I showed my sister Ange the blog... more specifically the widget in the corner of the twins,

that currently says "77 days to go".

Her reply [totally serious]

"wow...thats them?!"

My reply

"yes Ange...theres a mini camera in my belly"

OMG.

Gotta love her...that made me laugh prettttttty darn hard.

*side note- she has been drinking. . . let this be a lesson to you kids.

Alcohol impairs your judgement*

FYI-I blogged TWICE today....see below!

29 weeks...and counting.

Happy 29 weeks. . .

11 to go.

Grow babies grow!!

Close your eyes...this next one is kind of scary.

See I told you.

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Also for your viewing pleasure...pics of the babies room as it gets closer to being done.

Our CUSTOM baby bedding.

Thanks so much Sally! We love it!

French memo board I made.

Organizer for odds & ends (Sally also made).

Can you say awkward?

Please check out this photographers page...

http://blog.philholden.com/category/the-fine-art-photography-studio/maternity/

What you will find?

A series of maternity pictures that get more and more awkward.

And just when you think its bad enough. . . BAM, he takes it up just another notch.

Enjoy the pics.

And wonder whether Brian & I will grace you with a buck naked shot of us...

PS~ I saw our lil boys again yesterday. They are growing healthy & strong!

Baby A is 1lb 15oz., and Baby B is 1lb 11oz.

Grow babies grow!!! xoxo

Merry Christmas & Happy New Year!

Merry Christmas & Happy New Year!

Sorry we haven't blogged in a while. I guess we have been busy, lazy, whatever you want to call it. I don't have too many pictures to show, but here they are. Enjoy!

Brian, Me, my brother Brandon & his dog Chase, & my sister Andrea

My sister Krissi, her husband Rich, Andrea, nephew Jared, niece Ashley, Brian, niece Alissa, Grandmom Irene, Me, & my Aunt Arlene

(missing: my dad, taking the photo)

Brandon, Chase, & Poppy

Chris's daughter Bailey on Christmas Day, all tuckered out..

Chloe...her & Zoey got some mice & cat nip for Christmas. They took turns rolling around in cat nip, and passing out on their scratch pad. So cute!

Zoey, chillaxin under the tree, out pretty lil girl!

We had a fabulous Christmas! I can't speak for Brian but it didn't feel too crazy and we still made our usual rounds. It's nice having such a big family close by, but we do really miss those in Utah, especially this time of year.

Thanks everyone for the gifts! Also, the babies thank everyone for their gifts...pretty sure they got more stuff this year than we did, and their still in utero! lol =)

Next year will be A LOT of fun!! I think it's safe to say this was our last "relaxing" Christmas.

Speaking of the boys =)

They are growing well and kicking often-sometimes it feels like a cage fight going on in there! It's an amazing feeling, and pretty weird to see their lil body parts poking through my shirts. It makes me giggle every time.

We had an appointment this past week & saw the boys & heard their heartbeats beating strong. Baby A, the presenting baby, is vertex, and baby B is breech. BUT their still tossin & turning, and theres plenty of time for them to change positions.

We have another detailed ultrasound coming up on the 12th. I'm looking forward to seeing them again and finding out how big they have gotten. =)

Here is me at 24 weeks!

Happy Thanksgiving!

We hope everyone had a fabulous thanksgiving!!

Ours was wonderful...I'm sorry I didn't take any pics (I did use my new china though!)

This year we have lots to be thankful for:

I am thankful for my wonderful family & friends, near & far (pets included).

I'm thankful for my husband for many reasons, but lately because he has worked hard to make our new house a home....because he gets up with me at 6am just to cook me and the babies a healthy breakfast & make our lunch =) ...and because he rubs my sore back without complaints. I'm so blessed to have him for lots of reasons.

I'm thankful for the two healthy blessings growing in my belly!!

I'm thankful for my health & the health of my family.

I'm thankful for this new home of ours, that will soon hold our lil babies.

I'm thankful that we are home in Jersey- close to family & friends.

&

I'm thankful for my job. (no matter what I say. lol)

Brian says...

"I'm thankful for my beautiful wife, my 2 babies on the way, my family, my iphone, and the GI bill"

More important news...we had another ultrasound on monday (my sister came with me). Both the babies are healthy, (yayyy!) and 9+ whopping oz. each!! woo-hoo, go babies!

Here is me at "20 weeks"

Thanks Gram!

The week before my grandmom passed away, she unknowingly gave me one last gift for our new house.

I had been mentioning to her how I wanted to eventually purchase some china for entertaining in our new dining room. Next thing I know she had Poppy digging around the house for this china ... They found it, and she gave it to me. Here it is, finally unpacked, and looking soooo beautiful. It's exactly what I would have picked out. I can't explain how much I LOVE it!

Thanks Gram! I love you! xoxo