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!!

The MIDDLE

So if you didn't know I am PREGNANT! with TWINS!! A BOY and a GIRL! Best NEWS EVER! We honestly couldn't be happier. And I swear I will put up prego pics as soon as possible! I am 16 weeks and 6 days! (apparently with twins they count the days a lot more than they do with singletons!) TOMORROW I will be 17 weeks! We are due on Sept. 9th. ERIC's BIRTHDAY! BUT the Dr. said they will most likely come a couple weeks early. Which is kind of scary! So I am trying to do everything the Doc says so I can be the best patient in the world! So just to kid of catch up other than the whole we will be doubling our family thing... We are still in Kissimmee, Florida. We LOVE, absolutely LOVE our ward family here! I think that growing up in the bubble know as Utah/Idaho, I took ward family for granted. And in Utah our ward kind of sucked. We never felt really apart of the ward. And here we are needed! There is so much missionary work going on here it is crazy! We love all three sets of missionaries in our ward! Eric is the Teachers Quorm Adviser. And I am the Personal Progress Leader for the Young Women. I LOVE my young women so much! Seriously cannot believe how awesome they are! Most of them wake up @ 430 everyday so they can get ready and go to seminary 30 to 45 min away from their house! THEN go to a long day of school! THEN any other activities that they are involved in!! They seriously ROCK. My family was here to visit just last week! And it was so fun hanging out with them! We went to Gatorland, and a couple baseball games and the parks of course. But the best part about having them here was just sitting around on the patio talking and laughing! I miss them so much! They are such a blessing in my life. And it really has been so hard being so far away from them. Especially now that we are adding two little munchkins to the mix I am sure it will be even more difficult. The reason we moved here in the first place was becuase Eric had this great job opportunity. That kind of fell through. UGH. Love when that happens. :) But he was able to find a really good job with Jackson Therapy. Basically he recruits Dr.s and Therapists and Nurses for offices. He really likes it so far. And they seem to really like him. And that is good. BUT because he took this great job, it looks like we will be staying here for a while. At least a year from now. But it could be longer. I am so torn because I miss being close to both of our families, but I absolutely LOVE all of the people we have met here! No one ever tells you all of the stress that comes with the knowledge of starting your own family! There have been so many things that I think about and just stress over! And since we found out it was twins that has DOUBLED! :) So has our JOY. But yesterday I was talking to a good friend and she said "Aubrey, Babies Bring Blessings!" It was the perfect thing I needed to hear! So from here on out I will be less stressed, more humble, more prayerful, and let Heavenly Father take it from here. SO I have always loved Jimmy Eat World. And while packing and listening to Pandora this song came on, Acoustic none the less. (I am a sucker for anything acoustic) And I feel like it fits perfect to my situation! :) well maybe not PERFECT. but pretty dang close!

Hey, don't write yourself off yet It's only in your head you feel left out or looked down on. Just try your best, try everything you can. And don't you worry what they tell themselves when you're away. It just takes some time, little girl you're in the middle of the ride. Everything (everything) will be just fine, everything (everything) will be alright (alright). Hey, you know they're all the same. You know you're doing better on your own, so don't buy in. Live right now. Yeah, just be yourself. It doesn't matter if it's good enough for someone else. It just takes some time, little girl you're in the middle of the ride. Everything (everything) will be just fine, everything (everything) will be alright (alright). It just takes some time, little girl you're in the middle of the ride. Everything (everything) will be just fine, everything (everything) will be alright (alright). Hey, don't write yourself off yet. It's only in your head you feel left out or looked down on. Just do your best, do everything you can. And don't you worry what the bitter hearts are gonna say. It just takes some time, little girl you're in the middle of the ride. Everything (everything) will be just fine, everything (everything) will be alright (alright). It just takes some time, little girl you're in the middle of the ride. Everything (everything) will be just fine, everything (everything) will be alright (alright).

Holy Moly

Wow. I really have been slacking!! I SWEAR within the next 3 days I will post a really good one. I pinky PROMISE!

WOW... OK so much has HAPPENED!!!! First of all we got an early Christmas present!! Her name is Betsy! And we LOVE her! She is a weimeraner/german short hair.

And did I mention we LOVE HER!! She is so much fun!

Second we are moving to SUNNY FLORIDA.
For 6 months. We will be in Orlando for 3 months and Tampa for 3 months!
We are moving for Eric's job! And it will be such a fun adventure! 3rd we went to Pittsburgh, and it was so FUN!
We stayed with the wonderful Virgi Family and had an amazing time! We played some frolf, ate some delish pizza, and went to a Steelers game!!
(they are my team! WOO WOO!) 4th We spent Thanksgiving in Idaho. And it was so great to be around family!

And a step up from our turkey dinner last year alone at The Keg. We are so thankful to have so many great people in BOTH of our families.
Well like I said We are moving to Florida. Eric is actually driving there RIGHT now with his good friend Billy.
And I will be staying in Pocatello until Christmas! Eric is going out there to work for 2 weeks then flying back for Christmas in Idaho and New Years in VEGAS and then we both are driving across the country! It has been so hard trying to pack for just 6 months! We put all of our furniture and most of our stuff in storage. And we are just packing up our little Yaris!! It will be interesting that is for sure!
I am so excited to be spending the month of December with my Family and friends in Pocatello! I miss Eric terribly but I am so excited for him to start this new job! I will be going to a lot of Poky Freshman basketball games to support my brother Parker. Decorating the house with my mothers BEAUTIFUL Christmas décorations. Playing a lot of WIZARD with friends and brothers. Playing in the snow. (if it stays around) HOPEFULLY doing some skiing. And getting my fill of cold weather, getting ready to live in the WARMTH and SUN again!

tag team

OK well I seem to be starting EVERY blog the exact same way... I AM A HORRIBLE BLOGGER. but that's ok! Because Eric LOVES me and has agreed to help me with this next blog entry. He doesn't really know how to do this. SO we are going to copy our good friend @kourtneytew. (her tweet name if you would like to follow her.) by making a list of CONFESSIONS. Like Usher once said... These are my confessions.

1. Eric attempted to do AB Jam.
2. We have an ongoing war of dumping cold water on each other over the shower curtain. We think it keeps our love ALIVE.
3." I hate, I HATE, i HATE cleaning, and doing laundry. But I do it." -Aubrey
4. "Aubrey copies everything Eric does. Because he is the funny one."- Eric
5. Eric told me I literally wasnt funny. So I have to pretend.
6. Eric has a man crush on Byron Hunt.
7. Aubrey has many friends, but chooses not to hang out with them. And no one knows why.
8. Aubrey is addicted to creepy shows about murder mysteries. Not the fake ones. But the real life ones.
9.Eric cant put his CRACKBERRY down.
10. Aubrey loves Eric.

But... even with all of these CRAZY confessions, we LOVE each other. And cant wait for the fun times that lay ahead.