HOLD the PHONE...

...BIGGEST exciting most WONDERFUL news!!! (HOW on earth did I forget this?!)

MAXSON and KENLEY are officially SLEEPING through the night!! (for right now anyway) Eric and I have been enjoying a FULL nights rest for the last MONTH! Could we have been blessed with better babies!? I dont think so!

4 Months!

Hello! Ok so I am kind of slacking again... LOVELY. OH and I just wanted to tell everyone that I will NOT be blogging daily in 2012... I don't even know what I was thinking. I will {HOPEFULLY} be blogging weekly! I repeat WEEKLY. [about pinteresting things] I think that I can handle this adventure. I hope so anyway.

SO on to the good stuff. MAXSON and KENLEY are 4 MONTHS old! (well on Dec. 11th) What?! Where did the time go? I swear it seems like just yesterday we were figuring out names, and talking about what our babies might look like, and dreaming about what they might be like! And now, my sweet little newborn babies are INFANTS. No longer sleepy, sweet, yummy smelling newborns! They are now smiling, giggling, grabby, perfect little infants!

{PS I am also going to start posting monthly about Max and Kenley. Just things that I will want to remember later on.}

.Appointments.

Max and Kenley had their 4 month appt. on the 12th. HERE are their stats:

MAXSON: Weight- 14lbs 5oz (38%)

Height- 25" (54%)

Head- 42.2 cm (49%)

KENLEY: Weight- 11lbs 11oz (12%)

Height- 23 1/2" (22%)

Head- 39.7 cm (17%)

They are growing! YAY! It is so funny to actually see the difference in these two. You would be amazing at how much 3 pounds makes a difference. Max is our little chunk. And Kenley is our little one. I am glad that she is the smaller one. I think that they both would grow up with a complex if Max was smaller than his sister.

.Milestones.

-Max is laughing! He loves to play peek-a-boo and to play in his EXERsaucer that Grandpa J got him for Christmas. He has the cutest laugh! It makes us all laugh so hard!

-Max is starting to actually grab at things with intent. He loves to lay under his jungle gym and swat at the elephant.

-Max LOVES talking. This boy talks all the time. And seems to be especially loud during church... well at least he is not crying all the time.

-Kenley has discovered her hands. And they are ALWAYS in her mouth. Her favorite thing to do is to grab moms hair, and pull it towards her mouth! Seriously considering chopping my locks. She doesn't like teething toys yet, just her hands.

-Kenley is a little bit more serious of a baby. She loves to smile and has the most tender little giggle! But you have to get her RIGHT in the morning to see her cute smile, or right after she has eaten.

-Kenley is ALMOST rolling over! She can get up on her side, but her arm gets in her way!! She loves having alone time on the new quilt Nana made her.

This past month we got to do so many fun things! LOVE the HOLIDAYS!

-We had Thanksgiving here in Pocatello with the Jensen's. I love thanksgiving. This year for the month of November, I posted an instagram picture of something I was thankful for everyday! It is fun to look at and to remember certain things!

-My mom and I went Black Friday shopping. BUT only to JoAnns! It was crazy. But TOTALLY worth it. Got some cute fabric for me to make crib sheets ! [PINTERESTING thing post to come*]

-At the beginning of December, Eric's parents met us in Salt Lake City! Corey (Eric's dad) was able to get tickets to the Christmas Devotional! We got to spend the whole weekend with Grandma and Grandpa Massey! We went to YUMMY sushi. Then spent all day shopping at Fashion Place mall! It was so busy, and I swear, we saw about half a million cute pregnant ladies and new babies. Well I guess it is Utah... Just kidding I am totally one of those new moms now and I love it! We went to Temple Square and walked around and saw the lights. That is one of my FAVORITE things to do over Christmas! I love the wonderful spirit the Temple grounds has, and it is BEAUTIFUL with all of the lights. Max LOVED the lights. He would not blink! It was so fun! Sunday we got to go to Church in SLC and then waited around to go to the Christmas Devotional. Unfortunately, Max and Kenners couldn't come! (no kids under 8) So Grandma Judy stayed at the hotel and watched them while Corey, Eric, Aunt Julie, and I were able to go and listen to the prophet!

-My friends Kourtney, and Jessi, and I threw a baby shower for our friends Ashley! She is having a baby girl this March! It turned out SO amazing! I am so thankful for all the people that helped and we had SO much fun planning, decorating and celebrating! I have known Ashley for a long time, and I am SO stinking excited for her to have this baby! She is going to be such a good mommy!

-Christmas Eve we had our annual Jensen, Bodily, Lowman Christmas celebration at my parents house. Every year our families get together to catch up and celebrate the season! It is so much fun when we all get together! I love these guys like they are my own family!

-Christmas Day! MY absolute favorite thing is to give gifts to people for Christmas! I always go over budget. (BAD!) This Christmas was the best! I feel like since I have become an adult, Christmas has SORT of lost its magic! Don't get me wrong, I have always enjoyed celebrating, and remembering the life of our Savior. But I feel like it has just lost some magic. Sort of just monotony. BUT this Christmas was the BEST! It was so fun to buy for my babies! I am so excited for next year and the years to come when they start to understand the real meaning of Christmas. And also for the MAGIC of the season! For Santa. For Elf of the Shelf. For reindeer, and snowmen, and gingerbread houses! Christmas is my favorite time of the year and I hope and pray that my children love it just as much as me!

-Yesterday we got to go down to Logan to meet up with some of our FL friends! We went down a little early so that my good friend Dani could teach me how to edit photos, and so I could see and love on her little girls! Hazyl and Hattie are going to be besties with Kenley I am sure. Then we got to go to dinner with Adam and Brittney! WE LOVE THE JACOX's! They are currently expecitng their first baby! A boy! And I couldn't be happier for them! We were supposed to meet up with a couple other families, but they couldn't make it! Stupid sickenesses!

NOW we are just gearing up for New Years, and for the new year! I am starting to think of my Massey High Five... (five goals I want to complete in 2012). I will let you know what they are as soon as I know.

Also, pictures to come. Maybe after the weekend. OR maybe tomorrow! We shall see!

Domestic Goddess....

Thank you PINTEREST for making me into the Domestic Goddess I was meant to be.

Thank you for teaching me how to make delicious meals.

Thank you for teaching me how to sew, paint, and crochet.

Thank you for giving me sweet ideas for family pictures.

Thank you for giving me motivation to get my butt back in shape.

Thank you for entertaining me for hours on end.

Thank you for teaching me to be the best and most organized mommy in the world.

Thank you for teaching me how I should dress.

Thanks for all the great hair ides.

BUT, most of all, THANK YOU for making me feel like a Domestic Goddess, when I really have just been sitting on my iPhone app all day long. Thank you for making me feel productive!

Seriously you guys, I love pinterest! I think it is such an amazing thing!

Starting January 1, 2012, I will be doing a PINTERESTING thing each day!

And... get this... POSTING about it! Thats right! That means at least ONE blog for everyday in 2012! Wish me luck!

I hope you are as excited about this as me!

Woah! Got a little ahead of myself...

Hi. I obviously forgot to post the rest of my pregnancy pictures BEFORE telling you about my labor and delivery! I really need to get myself together... I apologize! :)

One thing I have forgotten to mention was the WONDERFUL SIAB (shower in a box) that my very best friend sent me! THANK YOU KOURTNEY TEW!!! BEST package EVER!

Please do not judge me, I had just gotten out of the shower, and it was like 95 degrees in Florida with 90% humidity! SWEAR I did not look horrible my entire pregnancy.

I was SO excited to open this package!!

SERIOUSLY have the BEST friends!!

{april, jessi, kourtney, sarah, rachel}

{dani, ashley, kristie, kate, becky, heather}

CHECK OUT ALL THAT SWAG!!! Worlds BEST friends!

OK now for ALL of my prego pics! YOU will notice that as I get bigger, I didn't take as many pictures! ENJOY!

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35 weeks... can you tell I am miserable yet?

FINALLY 36 WEEKS!

8.11.11

... BEST DAY OF OUR LIVES!

SO after we got all moved into our CUTE new home... AKA my parents basement. We started our lives here in Pocatello, ID. Eric was working at Lithia Dodge, selling cars. I was at home growing bigger and bigger by the second and also becoming more miserable. I had developed a rash on my big belly called PUPPP {pruritic urticarial papules and plaques of pregnancy} woof, it even sounds as horrible as it really was! Basically my tummy had stretched to maximum capacity! (OH PS I didn't get ANY stretch marks UNTIL I developed PUPPP at about 34 weeks.) And my skin was just so irritated from being stretched and it ITCHED like crazy! I could find NO relief. I would scratch and scratch and put lotion and different moisturizers and even resorted to putting a bag of ice on my belly! That was really the ONLY thing that worked. But it wasn't comfortable!

I will be completely honest.

I WAS MISERABLE the last 2 and a half weeks of my pregnancy. I even went into my Dr.'s office to tell him he needed to induce me because I was so uncomfortable. HA he basically scolded me and told me women do this everyday and that I need to suck it up and the longer the twins stayed inside of me the better. I felt like an idiot.

At 34 weeks I went in for an ultrasound and the tech said there was a large difference between the weights of the babies. Baby A (Maxson) was weighing around 4lbs 12 oz. And Baby B (Kenley) was weighing only 4lbs 2oz. My doctor was very concerned about the difference, and ordered another ultrasound at the hosipital, two steroid shots, and nonstress tests twice a week.

When I went in for my other ultrasound, the technician measured the weights only being 4oz apart.... SO I wasn't really worried after that. He said that each baby had an even flow of fluid and that they looked just fine. PHEW!

After that it was just nonstress tests and regular check ups...

Then I started having contractions a little more regularly... but only about 10 min apart for 2 hrs... then they would stop. Dr. said nothing to worry about. So that went on for about a week.... THEN when I was 36 weeks I went into LABOR.
Right before Eric and I headed to the HOSPITAL!

{not the best picture BUT you can see how massive I was}

LABOR AND DELIVERY:

I woke up around 3:00 am on August 8, 2011 with pretty strong contractions. They were coming about every 3 min. I went to the bathroom, got something to drink (thinking I was just dehydrated and needed to drink some H20), and layed down on the couch for a bit. But these contractions did not stop. And they kept getting stronger! So I decided that this might be the real thing. I brushed my teeth, got dressed, packed my hospital bag and then woke Eric up. He SHOT out of bed. He was so cute. He was trying to be calm, but he couldn't fool me. I knew he was anxious and nervous! We got in the car and he drove me to the hospital. I swear we hit every red light and every pot hole. He was trying to speed but it just wasn't possible! Everytime I had a contraction he would get this look of determination that said "I NEED TO GET HER THERE ASAP!" He takes care of me.

Anyway when we got to the hospital, we went to the Women's center. We parked the car and walked up to the door and it was locked. WHAT?? Yeah it was locked. Eric started freaking out trying to find a door that was open! Finally we found a maintenance door that was open and we rushed in. We made it to the Labor and Delivery floor and I told the nurse that I was in Labor. She just laughed and said well lets hook you up to the machine and we will check you out. I was in labor. I was dialated 2 centimeters! They did an ultrasound to dteremine the positions of the babies. Baby A was head down and low. and Baby B was... HEAD DOWN too?!! (she had always been transverse and breech during my last ultrasound) We now had the possibility of doing this thing vaginally!!! WooHoo!

We hung out til about 8:00am and my parents came up and the Doc checked me... 4 centimeters. I then decided it was time for an epidural. I am so thankful for modern medicine. The epidural took and I felt amazing. I was even able to get a couple minutes of sleep here and there. SO great. :) THEN the epidural began to wear off. I was checked again around 11 and I was 7 Centimeters. Dr. Cox then broke my water. After that my contractions were much stronger and closer together! And MUCH more painful especially after the epidural had worn off! I asked for another one! As soon as I got it we were ready to deliver! WAIT what?! This epidural has NOT taken YET!! And it never did. (this was the "I knew something had to go wrong! moment I mentioned before)

I was wheeled down to the OR (just incase) and I started pushing around 12:10pm. I will be honest, I was NOT prepared for the pain of labor at all. This was the worst of my life. Maybe if I had taken some classes or even mentally prepared myself for this I would have been ok. But I secretly thought the whole time I was going to have a C-Section... so why go to classes right?? Haha, I felt every contraction, every push, EVERYTHING. I pushed for about 40 min. And Eric was right there holding my hand and encouraging me the entire time! Later, he told me it was all he could do to stop from breaking down, he hated seeing me in so much pain!

Maxson James Massey was born at 12:51pm he was 5lbs 7oz and 18 1/2 inches and absolutely perfect!

A couple more pushes and out came little sister! Kenley Blake Massey was born at 1:02pm she was 5lbs even and 18 3/4 inches and SHE was absolutely perfect too! :)

They were then whisked away to the NICU as a precautionary step. They were there for about 2 hrs. That was when I was finally allowed to go down and see them! THOSE were the LONGEST 2 hours of my LIFE!

First family photo! Love these 3 more than anything in the world!

One day old!

Finally HOME! 3 days old! FIRST nap at home! :)

All in all it was a wonderful experience. Maybe not as planned, but honestly is it ever?! But it ended up being perfect. Couldn't be happier with my cute family!!

Being HUGE and flying was NO picnic. I mean don't get me wrong, it was WAY better than driving 34 hrs across the country. I was almost 32 weeks along when I hopped on a plane from Orlando to Salt Lake City. I had a layover... somewhere. Werid I really cannot remember. BUT I know I had a lay over because I had to switch planes. And I know this because I had to sit by two different people.

SO when we booked my flight it was almost last minute, so we couldn't pick my exact seat. I ended up sitting in the middle... SO imagine me a little bit bigger than THIS.....

Coming to sit next to you on a flight... I don't know about you but I would be SO nice and respectful and if I had the aisle seat I would offer to switch!! I think that is what ANYONE would do. Right??? Well apparently I sat by the two rudest people in the world. Both of my flights I was stuck in the middle seat. My doctor told me to drink lots of water so that I would have to go to the bathroom so that I would have to get up and walk around at LEAST once an hr. if not more. I did warn said 'fellow flyers' about what they were going to endure during their flights. Unfortunatley neither of them realized what this really meant. Sorry Mr. Overallwearingjerk for waking you up probably 8 times so I could get out and go to the bathroom but I warned you. So sorry Ms. Ihavebeenpregnantbeforeandknowexactlywhatyouaregoingthrubutireallywanttositintheaisleseat for making you put your cross word puzzle down so I could get out. This could have been avoided if you would have just had some compassion and switched me seats.
I swear it wasn't AS bad as it sounds, but I am just amazed about how many people DID NOT care or help me or even move out of my way. I am sure I was just overreacting but I almost lost all hope in humanity after flying home. Almost.

Poor Eric had to drive all the way across the country all by himself!! That man is a trooper! He did it in 3 days, only stopped to pee and sleep and sometimes eat. He, my friends, is my HERO. I love that guy more than anything!

decisions... decisions...

The month of June was a busy busy one. Eric and just started a new job with a new company. And it wasn't what we thought it was going to be at all. We all know starting out a new company takes time and time was one luxury we did not have. We were living in a one bedroom apt., we had two pieces of furniture, I was pregnant with twins, and we were living paycheck to paycheck. Lets just say Florida was not the best thing financially for us. BUT we learned SO much about each other and about our family and about our marriage!

We decided that our best option was to move back to Idaho and live with my parents for a while. TWO huge blessings would come from making this decision... Eric had been looking for a job in Idaho for a long time. There was nothing. But after we prayerfully made the decision to move Eric got a job in Pocatello! Yay we had the means to move! Now we just needed to figure out how to get out of our lease! We had signed on for a year! But we were blessed enough that we were able to get out of our lease and only had to pay one more month of rent. And that was it! Luckily there was someone who was willing to move into our cute apt as soon as possible! Sweet! Next move.... SELL everything! We actually gave away our amazing bed. You guys, this bed was the most amazing bed I had ever slept on. We got it for such a great deal! But when it came down to the day before we were going to be leaving and no one had bought it from us, we decided just to give it away. We had a cute newly wed couple in our ward that needed a bed! So they came and picked it up. Sad day. Then we were able to sell our futon for twice what we bought it for! SWEET!

So the first blessing,... we were able to move across the country!

The second blessing is that we have SO much help with these two little ones now!

I believe God gives us what we need at the time we need it when we are doing all we can to live the best we can.

If it is trials we need, or blessings. I know He knows us better than we know ourselvese and He knows what we need. We may not see it at the time, but we always look back on situations and some how see things a little different.

PS in case you haven't noticed, I am just updating and making sure I blog about our lives the last couple months! I SWEAR I will get to these babies soon enough!

Visiting the land of LOVE BUGS.

SO those of you who dont know what Love Bugs are, [no not the cute VWs from the '60s] they are nasty little bugs that are in Florida. They were actually created to eat the mosquitos, but they dont. All they do is mate. Hence, LOVE bugs. So they just multiply and multiply and lay eggs, and they are EVERYWHERE, and you hit them with your car and so then they are all over your car. It is actually really disgusting.

So this is what they look like... not pretty. And this is a very realistic picture of what your car might look like after a day or so of driving around the Orlando area.

[obviously not OUR car] YUCK.

Anyway just thought I would share that little tid bit of information. :) NOW on to the good stuff!!
My beautiful Mother and very handsome brother Taylor came out to visit us (int he land of the love bugs) at the beginning of June! It was so much fun to have them here! We did tons of fun stuff! Poor Eric had to miss out on everything because he had to work.... boo. So mom and Tay got to go to one of my Dr. appts! It was not an ultrasound tho. BUT they did get to hear the heart beats! And watch me drink the nasty drink for the glucose test. I just guzzled that thing, and when I was finished my Dr. said "OH looks like someone has practice with chugging!"... ok super appropriate Dr. Balint... I promise I normally liked her. Anyway everything came back normal! We got to walk around Celebration!


I love and miss Celebration so much! There is not a whole lot I miss about Florida. Mainly just our wards, our friends, all of my Young Women, Celebration and 7/11s. Yep, thats about it. OH and the flea markets! My mom and I found some great finds at the flea market! Yay for finding old cheap furniture and refinishing it to make it yours and beautiful!

Drab dresser.....


Turned FAB. (I swear the lighting doesn't do it justice)
This is for Max and Kenley.


new sewing desk?! Ok fine talked me into it. (PS this is STILL a work in progress. Swear I will post pictures of the finished product as soon as I find time to finish it!) I also found some amazing chairs! We had to leave one chair behind in FL. BUT we got to bring one to Idaho with us! I will post a picture later. That one IS finished and we are using it in the babes room.

Taylor was only able to stay a couple days. And after he left is when mom and I really went crazy!! I swear we went to JoAnns at least everyday for 5 days. We had to just keep getting stuff! Luckily it was really close to where we lived. We found a lot of really cute fabric for blakents, carseat covers, and burp rags for the twins!

CUTE Covers! Oh thanks, I made them.

Also during this visit, my bestie Brittney teamed up with my mom to throw me a surprise BABY shower! WHAT?! How sweet of her! I LOVE HER!

I was SO surprised!!!!


Its a GIRL AND a BOY!


SO happy to have SUCH good friends!

LOVE each of these women very much! and MISS them!


CHECK out that CAKE!!! Courtesy of Mrs. Cassie Casperson! Baker Extrordinare. We ate TONS of cake....


Played games! MOM won!!!

And played more games! Eric is on the phone making EVERYONE crack up!

All in all I would say it was an excellent trip and well worth the drive out {for them, not for me}.
Until next time blogging world... Adios Amigos!

WHAAA?

Well my last post was in... May? Holy Moly where did the time go!? SO much has changed since then! I PROMISE I will get a really super good long post in ASAP with TONS of pictures. It might even be a little over board... but I mean, it is needed. ANY who, as soon as I get things uploaded I will update better, but for now.....

Here is a condensed version of our lives since May!!

.My mom and brother Taylor came out to Kissimmee to visit! It was so fun to have them here! We found cute fabric to make things for the babies and the flea market in Kissimmee is BOMB. Also they drove out a car for us to borrow! YAY for having two cars!

. We decided it would be best to move back to Pocatello! HA thanks for driving all the way out to FL mom and TAY!

. We packed ALL of our stuff (which you well know when I mean ALL of our stuff I mean our clothes, some decor, and thats about it. We sold our amazing bed and futon) into the Escape and our little Yaris. Eric drove across the country in the Escape while pulling the Yaris behind him! I was right around 32 weeks prego with TWINS and was too scared to drive across the country in case something happened! SO I had the luxury of flying home in one day!

.So we were officially Idaho citizens as of JULY 10th ish.

.August 11, 2011 best day of our lives! I had these cutie babies! I will save all the dets for another post! But lets just say my entire pregnancy was so perfect, I knew something had to go wrong! DONT worry, these little beans are as healthy as can be! Maxson James Massey was born at 12:51 PM he was 5lbs 7oz and 18 1/2 inches! Kenley Blake Massey was born at 1:02PM she was 5lbs even and 18 3/4 inches long! I cannot imagine my life without these little babes!

. Eric decided to leave his job (oh he got a job here at a car dealership, thats when we knew it was time for us to move back) at Dodge and got a job at Wells Fargo! He is on the management track! woot woot.

. Eric gets promoted!! Now he has to drive all the way out to American Falls, but it is only twenty min. and he is the only personal banker in his branch! AND he gets to speak lots of espanol.

. I have just been enjoying life as a stay at home mommy!

. Also I discovered pinterest.

. Also I run on diet coke.

OK short but sweet! I SWEAR someday soon there will be an update on each of these wonderful things that have happened to us!!

22 Weeks...

...That MEANS LESS than 18 left!



When are you due: Sept. 9 2011 (Eric's 27th birthday!!) Most likely the TWINS will come in August tho, so we are kind of planning on that. Hopefully NO earlier than that.

How many weeks?: Currently 22 Weeks and 3 Days

Was this planned or unplanned: Unplanned/Planned?? We weren't really expecting to get pregnant, but we weren't really doing anything to prevent it either. :)

How much weight gained: As of today...18 LBS! I am slightly torn between bursting into tears when ever I step on the scale, and JUMPING for joy! Because me gaining weight means these little munchkins are GROWING!!

Latest food craving: Still craving MEXICAN. We had a girls night on Friday and we went to this amazing place called Abuelo's. And it was SO GOOD! I cant stop telling Eric that we REALLY need to go there!

Your top two name choices or baby's name: We have decided on names!! We have been discussing names since before we were pregnant. Our BOY: Maxon James Massey. And our GIRL: Bentley Massey. Yes we want our daughter to have a middle name, BUT we haven't decided on one yet. BUT at least we have first names picked! We LOVE both of the names!

Worst Thing about being pregnant: Not being as agile as before. It is seriously a chore for me to get in and out of bed . {And trust me it is A LOT, especially with potty breaks, and the fact that our bed is the ONLY piece of furniture to sit on in our apt at the moment.} Our bed is kind of high and I seriously am going to need a stool to step on before long.

Best Thing about being pregnant: Ok as of right now I LOVE being pregnant! It is such an amazing experience! Plus with twins I get to eat 600 calories more a day! {its actually really hard trying to eat that much more a day!} My hair is beautiful and lush and GROWING! My skin, for the most part, is amazingly clear! Getting to feel my babies move inside of me! There are just so many great things about being pregnant! {I suppose I feel this way because I didn't have hardly ANY morning sickness. Lucky ME!}

The first person you told was: Eric of course! He and I had equal parts in creating these babies! And plus I think he would be a little upset if I told anyone BUT him first!

Are you more scared or excited: Excited! There are times when I get overwhelmed, but never really SCARED. I guess the only thing I am really SCARED about {Besides preterm labor}, is LABOR itself. Ideally I would LOVE to be able to do this thing all natural. I have heard so many WONDERFUL stories of natural birthing. BUT there is one thing hindering my desire, 50% of TWINS are delivered by C-Section. Keeping this in mind, I am going to just continue to HOPE for the best, but whatever NEEDS to happen, I will be fine with, of course. It doesn't matter HOW these babies get here, as long as they do safely.

Happy or mostly moody: I think a good helping of both. Maybe not MOODY, more just emotional. I dont really get MAD about things. But I do break down and have a really good cry about once a week, usually I just start stressing about things, or my feelings will get hurt, or I get home sick. But otherwise I am pretty HAPPY!

You pee an estimated __ times a day?: Including night time potty runs... probably about 15-16 times a day. I HATE IT! At my last dr. appt they found out that I had a UTI, apparently I wasn't drinking enough water. So I have been really good about drinking my 8 glasses+ a day. And all of this pressure on my bladder makes it so I have to pee all the time. I know it is good to have this much water. And normally I drink more that that! But just knowing what will happen makes it horrible. :)

Weirdest dream you've had since pregnant?: I have an insane dream probably every other night. Just the weirdest, most life-like dreams! I cant remember any specific ones because there are SO many!

Will you breast feed: YES. I hope so. It will be a challenge for sure with two! But I really want to give it a shot and see how it goes.

From TUMS to TUMMY Butter.

21 WEEKS! MORE than HalfWAY there! WOOT WOOT!

Total weight gain: 16 LBS! I have read that for a twin pregnancy, the usual weight gain is between 35-45 LBS. Well on my way I am sure.
Maternity clothes: I finally broke down LAST week and bought some Maternity Pants, already had some tops. I was pleasantly surprised how COMFORTABLE the pants were! A much better fit than my size 28's held together by a hair tie!

Stretch marks: None. Yet. Thank goodness. I am putting TUMMY BUTTER on my bell at least 3 times a day! I know it is most likely inevitable, but as long as I know I did everything I could to prevent, maybe then I won't be so sad when it happens!

Sleep: Essentially, nonexistent. I have to sleep with a pillow for my head, a pillow for the belly, one between my legs, and one at my back so actually stay put. Apparently I like to move around A LOT when I sleep. In fact I think Eric has been sleeping a lot better now that I am confined. No more suddenly waking up to me kicking him, kneeing him in the back, or elbowing him in the face. I feel like he is secretly grateful. Also, I cannot get comfortable whatsoever. And by the time I actually do, I wake up to go to the bathroom, or get a sudden Heart BURN attack and have to scrummage around in the dark for some trusty tums! And the whole process starts again. :)

Best moment this week: So I have been able to feel our babies moving around for a couple weeks now! And Eric get so jealous! And he will send me texts when he is at work, asking if they are kicking and moving around. And then as soon as he gets home he asks if they are moving, he just wants to feel them so bad! SO the other night we were laying in bed, I was reading and Eric was on his phone and I felt some movement! Grabbed his hand and put it on my bell, and he was able to feel it!! He got SO excited about it! I loved seeing him like that! He is going to be the BEST daddy!

Movement: These little monsters move around a TON! It is so fun for me to feel them moving around! Yesterday I had another Ultrasound (I get to have one every MONTH!), and it was so cool to see how much they move! Our baby boy is pretty active, moving around quite a bit. And his feet are actually right at our baby girls little face and I was just watching him kick her over and over again!!! So sad! They are already fighting! And our baby girl moves around a lot too! It has been hard to get a good picture of her during ultrasounds.

Food cravings: Haven't had a whole lot of crazy ones thankfully. What I actually crave a lot is Regular Coke. I have been cutting back a ton on soda for the past 2 years-ish. And when I do drink soda usually go for Diet Coke, or Mt. Dew. NEVER Regular COKE!! So weird for sure. Oh and I crave Mexican Food. ANYTHING mexican.

Gender: Definitely a boy and girl!

Belly Button in or out: Haha it is actually halfway popping out!!! It feels so weird.

What I am looking forward to: Well besides of the obvious (meeting these babies!). I am SO looking forward to my NEXT Ultrasound Appt. I LOVE seeing my lil monsters! Also I know it is a long way off, but I am really looking forward to running again. I keep reading about all of these super fun races, and I just want to participate!!! I am getting antsy for sure! NEXT Spring will be wonderful!

Our beautiful baby BOY!

3D Pic of our SON! Stinking cute. Haha actually I always think these are so weird.

Our PERFECT little Princess!

Our Daughter waving HI!

Ok so this is my FAVE. You can see our little girls face right there in the center, and then you see our sons FEET kicking her!! Good thing she is tough!

Eric thinks this if the funniest pic. But I had to show you my belly button!! It is the weirdest thing! It is only half poking out! Haha.