in between days: January 2011

Saturday, January 29, 2011

What do you think?

Nora
Norah

Were having a hard time deciding???

Wednesday, January 26, 2011

Wow! That belly is getting large. And unfortunately so is the rest of me---face, legs, arms, butt. Have I mentioned how much I love pregnancy! Good thing you get to have precious babies when this is all said and done. I'm having all sorts of side effects I never had with J and O, but I guess that is to be expected. Tyler now has to cut my toe nails and the kids help me put my shoes on, and I don't even want to know what my legs look like. And if I drop something food related on the floor you can bet I'm calling the dog over to clean it up.
I had an ultra sound this week and here are the stats---
Baby girl 4lbs 7oz
Baby boy 4lbs 3oz
So things are moving along smoothly. All is good and healthy, which we are very grateful for. My goal is to go naturally. I would love to avoid being induced or a c-section. My doctor is all for that plan. Although if I get past 36 weeks and these little ones still aren't here being induced is going to be very tempting. I feel like I would even do it now :)
Also, we FINALLY decided on names---
Crosby and Nora
(middle names are still in the works).
-by the way I'm constantly holding my back like this and I am an expert waddler-

We have been busy getting ready. We finally ordered car seats. When we brought these home Tyler and I didn't know whether to laugh or cry. Not because of the 2 babies but mostly because of the room we don't have for anything. It will be a full house. But how cute are those!?! Were excited.

I've also been going through bins and bins of baby clothes, which was quite overwhelming. We were very lucky to already have a boy and girl. I have washed and folded. I can't believe I've already filled up an entire dresser. Tonight I packed my hospital bag (think the twins are getting the hint yet), made sure the camera battery was charged, and had my mom book her flight out here. I think the only thing left to do is to re-arrange our bedroom to fit a pack-n-play. I am all about being ready, so I'm feeling better already.

And I just had to include this picture because it clearly shows how my kids could get away with murder these days. They know I can't move fast and I don't really have the energy to say no. So this is O eating her nutritious breakfast of chicken nuggets---hey don't judge!

So this is our update thus far. I say "bring on the babies".
I also want to thank all of those who have already sent adorable gifts, friends who have brought us meals, watched my kids and family who has committed to coming out to help. Tyler and I couldn't be more grateful.

Thursday, January 6, 2011

Christmas in Missouri

Christmas this year was a bit different for us. We decided it would be best not to travel back to Utah. It was definitely bitter sweet. I had my break down moments where I was wishing we were there but it was really nice to be home. It was relaxing---we rarely had to get out of pj's and we really got to enjoy having Ty home for his 2 week break. We missed family, friends, skiing, and I certainly had to cook a lot more than usual :) Makes you realize all the hard work your parents still put into making sure their kids (and grandkids) have a great Christmas. Thank goodness we had some good friends who also stayed so we weren't completely alone. We tried our best to keep with the family traditions. Really wanting to make sure it felt like Christmas.

We hung lights.
Jackson was such a good little helper and Olivia wanted to stay in the warm house (me too).