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.

Prego + Humid HEAT= No Bueno.

SO time for an update!! :)

To start off, I really have ZERO motivation for this right now. I don't know why, but I would really rather be doing ANYTHING else than this. BUT I honestly have NOTHING else to do. (Well not HONESTLY, I could probably scrub our tub, clean our bathroom mirror, find someone to borrow a vacuum from, or something along those lines. Not fun.) And it is SO freaking hot here and the HUMIDITY is KILLING ME! Not a fan of 99 degree weather, and I will admit I walk around our apt in my skivies. In the last 3 and a half weeks in addition to me reading the first three books of the mortal instruments series (a day and a half for each), we had some interesting things happen! I will list the TOP 10.

1. We finally found somewhere to live within our ward boundaries that was affordable and SAFE.

2. We moved INTO our new ONE bedroom apt. That is correct. ONE bedroom.

3. We bought a NEW bed. We really needed one, seeing as how our bed and ALL of the REST of our furniture is in a storage unit in UTAH. That is correct, the ONLY piece of furniture we have in our humble abode is a very comfortable king size bed. No chairs, no table, no TV, no couches... Nothing. We have been very creative using storage containers as a makeshift table while sitting on the floor. An adventure for sure.

4. We had a slightly expected announcement at Stake Conference. A couple wards in our Stake were changing boundaries, ours included. We had anticipated this, therefore we found the perfect spot to move, or so we thought. The boundaries were a LITTLE different than anticipated. And our new abode is now in a different ward. (remember my last post how I was going ON and ON about how much we loved our ward family and how Eric and I had wonderful callings and how I LOVED all of my Young Women???) Needless to say I was crushed. Overdramatic? Maybe. So our NEW ward took members from the Pleasant Hills Ward and the Hunter's Creek Ward so they could have more priesthood. The Kissimmee Ward was actually really struggling with their membership and had lost a lot of families in the last year. It has been SO hard for me to accept this change! I KNOW Heavenly Father knows what he is doing and has a plan, but we just LOVED our Pleasant Hill Ward family SO much. And it really was one of the ONLY reasons I was ok living so far from our families for so long. BUT I am thankful for the wonderful friends we met BEFORE all of this happened! We have such a great group of friends here! And I am praying for my heart to be softened EVERYDAY toward this new ward. :)

5. We went to our OLD ward's Ward Camp Out. Camping here in FL is quite different than it is in Idaho. All of the plants are different, and all of the bugs are different. We didn't spend the night but we stayed til Midnight playing games around the campfire with some really great people!

6. I FINALLY broke down and bought maternity pants. Surprisingly comfortable.

7. Our good friends the Giddings' held an Easter Egg hunt/ Pool party for all the cool people in the ward (old ward). It was SO much fun! I loved hanging out with all our friends and their kiddies. Ashley did such a great job hosting! There were the cutest Easter decorations, and a delicious potatoe bar! Sad news: THEY are moving to California in less than 2 weeks! Really sad to see them and their tender little girls leave!

8. Easter Dinner at the Jacox's home! It was nice to be around friends for the Holiday! Brittney really is such an amazing host! She always has delicious food, and fun games for everyone to play! She even set up an Egg Hunt for the kids! She is wonderful! And I am SO thankful for her friendship!

9. I made and succeeded with my VERY first CARROT CAKE made from SCRATCH. Well my very first cake made from scratch. I was nervous because I brought it to the Easter Dinner, and I knew I would have some critical dessert conisours their. SUCCESS.

10. I had a Dr. Appt last week, all of my blood work came back NORMAL. And the babies seem to be doing great. THEN I had an Ultrasound appt with a High Risk Dr. and the babies LOOK perfect! Everything looks excellent. With twins I get to have an ultrasound once a month. And I get to go to the Dr. every 3 to 4 weeks. I LOVE getting to see our babies!!!

Also, we went and saw RIO and it was really cute! We love kid movies now.

I really should update more often, all that I have written would have been a decent post, BUT I have pictures! Enjoy!!

18 Weeks!!

Our tiny car, with our HUGE bed! The guys who were loading it could NOT stop laughing!

Almost 19 Weeks.


Me, Sabrina and Adassa. (I MISS THESE GIRLS!)

19 Weeks PREGO.

I really popped in the last 4 weeks!! :)

pictorials

OK so NOW that I updated, here are pics I promised!! :)

Fabulous DISNEY!


Eric and I on Valentine's DAY! I really do LOVE him!

Eric FINALLY asked for a haircut! He was looking a little shaggy.


And I bought a new dress so I could be a cool/hip Young Women's leader!


We went to an Oscar Party! Red carpet and EVERYTHING!!! So much fun!


Eric got the most correct guess on our OSCAR BRACKET. And he WON! HE REALLY WON!


"Eric! Do you know what this means?! It means I am PREGNANT!"


YAY!!!

Honestly this was staged and we had known for... a couple months! :) HARDEST secret to keep!

We went to UNIVERSAL STUDIOS for Mardi GRAS...


with our good friends Adam and Brittney Jacox!


We ate TURKEY LEGS (NOT as good as they look. I promise).


We got LOTS of beads!


We went to NEON trees concert!


We had a BLAST!!! So much FUN!


We found out on March 21st that we were having TWINS!!!!




That same day my wonderful family came to visit for a week! They were SO surprised when we told them it was TWINS!!! We had so much fun while they were here!

Of course we went to some spring training games!


And we went to GatorLand! So much more fun than we expected!


And we went to the Orlando Temple! Seriously love being able to go to the Temple with Eric, my Mom and Dad and Taylor!


And we went to a YANKEES game! I think my Dad was in heaven!




Some family vacation. EVERYONE was on some sort of electronic device!


Then on March 28th we found out that we were having A BOY and A GIRL!


Grandma Jensen bought our lil monsters their first gift! :)


17 Weeks!!