Prayed 4 a miracle...Blessed with 2!

Finally finishing out December...

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I'm finally getting around to posting Christmas and Birthday pictures, I'm terrible at blogging but 2 toddlers really wear me out! I don't have many Birthday pictures(never put your husband in charge of pictures mine happened to suck at the job).

They had a pool party since they love swimming and they were very happy that all their friends came to celebrate with them.

Excited to blow out the candles and eat their Elmo cake!

Grandma, Aunt Katie and the cousins!

Maura(sorry if I'm wrong Heather but I"m guessing this is Maura) showing us her balloon collections!

Moving on the Xmas!

Christmas Eve at Mimi and PopPop's! Do you think there are enough presents back there??

Pillow Pets with blankets!

Daddy and Lauren amongst all the presents!

Xmas Day at our house.

We take it easy on the presents, they get enough between both grandparents!

Later that day at Grandma's house!

Grandma's traditional Xmas pictures! Sorry Mom this was the best one out of all of them!

Just some random pics.

They don't really use their new beanbags as a sitting device, they use them as a cushions to land on after jumping off the couch or in this case a cushion to land on after Daddy throws them.

Loving on her kitty Snackers!

Well that's all I got in me tonight, major lack of sleep at this house. The last 3 weeks have been fun filled with snot, horrible coughing and ear infections. Yay for Winter!!!

2 Years Old...

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Colin and Lauren, your 2 years old now, i don't know where the time goes. I can't even remember what life was like without you, what did I do with all my extra time! I remember right after you guys came home from the hospital, I ask Daddy, I wonder what you two will be like when your two, and here we are, your two already!

2 years old

1 year old!

6 months old!

A few hours old!

Eating your Bday donut!

Dear Lauren, you are the silliest little girl. You love to make us laugh by doing silly things on purpose. You are so so smart and I'm not just saying that because I'm your Mom, I see a difference in you compared to others your age(even your brother, don't tell him). You love your babies and are really starting to pretend play with them by taking them for walk and feeding them dinner. Just the other week you told your baby to "sit right there and knock it off" I guess I must say that to you a lot. Your are sooo opinionated and stubborn and have really found out that you have a say in how your life goes! Things you love at the age of 2, pancakes and pizza, you love your teddy bear named Bottle and your stuffed Giraffey and ducky. They must be in bed with you for naps and nighttime and both Daddy and I must kiss each one goodnight. My favorite saying that you say right now is "mmm mmm mmm deewishous"! Things that scare you right now is any type of animated doll or stuffed animal and the wind. One night you heard the wind howling outside your window and have been scared ever since! Happy 2nd Birthday Sissy, we love you!

Colin's Birthday donut!

Dear Colin, you are a mama's boy! You are what I like to call a stage 3 clinger, you aren't quite as easy as your sister is. You like to have what you what when you want, you have a very hard time learning how to share! You want anything that someone else has. You love animals, dogs especially. You love trucks, trains, airplanes, tractors, bulldozer's anything with wheels. I often find you sitting at your table in the playroom lining up all your cars and admiring them. You can name all sorts of different types of trucks and diggers. You love dinosaurs and you know them by their real names. You are very outgoing in groups of people, you always find a friend on the playground to play with, a lot of times its older girls and you love how they "mother" you! You love pasta and pizza and juice. Boy do you love juice, to bad Mommy doesn't let you have it all the time! You love the Freshbeat Band(s0 does your sister) you are going to be so excited when you find out your seeing them live in March with your best friends Chase and Ella! Happy 2nd Birthday Booders, we love you!

Since I'm such a crappy blogger, here are a few recent pictures of what we have been up to!

See we do love each other sometimes!

Celebrating Harlows 2nd Birthday!

I swear that not alcohol in Colin's sippy!

Stay tuned for pics from our pool party Birthday!

Halloween and whatnot...

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After we(Daddy) carved our pumpkins, can you tell Colin is saying cheese!

Who doesn't like a nice bubble bath after pumpkin carving!

After some crying and bribes with fruit snacks we got our costumes on and they had a blast. I was expecting to maybe go to 5 house but they caught on right away and we made it to 15-20 homes. They would even say trick or treat and then Colin would say "thank you much".

So after having a snow storm the weather was perfect the next day for Hershey Park in Dark, thanks Heather for the tickets!

Daddy braved the lady bugs with the kids, the last time I rode this over the summer I thought I might puke...seriously I'm getting old, how does this ride make me puke when as a kid I could ride the roder over and over(those of you local people know what I'm talking about).

22 Months...

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Gone are the days of sitting them on the couch and taking a nice picture of the two of them, nobody will sit still at the same time, this is the best I could get but they are pretty darn cute.

Things to remember about Lauren at this age

You love doing seat drops and you do them anywhere, even on Mommy when she is laying down pretending to be asleep.

Your language has exploded you surprise me everyday with new words and watch out you repeat anything we say...ahem Daddy you need to watch your language there have been some very choice words outta this little girl.

You love the FreshBeat Band, KiKi is your favorite and your favorite episode(yes you request a certain one, thank god for DVR) is Loco legs or as you call it Woco Wegs!

You love taking your baby or any stuffed animal on stroller rides

You like to pretend to make coffee and pizza for Mommy, my pizza being the top half of a fake hamburger bun and my coffee being served in your round shape sorter block.

The other night you told me you bath water was to hot but not to worry you would blow it to cool it off, I wish I had the video camera for that.

You love pizza and ask for it for every meal

You dance like Stevie Wonder

You are seriously smart and I'm not just saying that since your my kid, you really are quite smart and I hope you do amazing things in life!

Things to remember about Colin

You give the best kisses and you say "mmmwaahhh" when you give them!

When you hug me you put your head on my shoulder and nuzzle in all while saying "awww".

You love trucks, trains, bikes, motorcycles and cars, anything with wheels basically.

Before bed you make sure to let me know you want the fan off and only your blue blanket in the crib, not your puppy blanket.

You think its so silly to shake your head all around all while saying dodedodedodedo!

As soon as you hear me shut off the shower you run in to hand me my towel and love my "towel hat".

Your really getting into dinosaurs and you know their names and say them pretty darn well for an almost 2yr old

You as well love the freshbeat band and I love to watch you try to sing and dance along with them

You always tell me Colin's first or its Colin's turn, you are a little bossy and possessive but your still the best little man I know!

I'm trying to teach them to clean up after dinner and use teamwork to do it! Lauren just thinks the dustpan is a broom.

Colin was the only brave pony rider, Lauren was all for it until we actual got near it.

Dino riding at the local playground.

SeeSaw!

Hayride into the pumpkin patch with some of our twin friends!

Colin and his girlfriend Ella trying to ride the bikes!

Sitting on our pumpkin patch pumpkins

The pumpkins got boring, time to check out some ants!

Checking out a cool indoor playground that open recently.

I've got nothing...

2011-09-23T19:50:00.004-04:00

We have been laying low the last few weeks and haven't done anything terribly exciting unless you call going through the worst flood our area has seen in 40yrs exciting! I'm finally getting around to posting a few of my favorite 18month photos we had done in July.

Miss Lidia turned 1 a few weeks ago and we got to play on her new bounce house that we hope we get to play in a whole lot more!

Everyone sitting nicely for dinner except Lauren who choose to stand.

We finally got to meet Elyse(i hope i spelled that right) and had fun playing in the sandbox together even though our Mommies hate the sandbox!

Aaah the flood, what else is there to do when its been raining for days and our basement is flooding, go out in play in the water that is pumping like a geyser out of our basement! Lets not mention the ear infections and the bee stings that also occured all at the same time.

This is right down street from our house

Here is a close up picture, the water was over the roof of the 711

This was the entrance to the nature trail down the street.

All and all we lucked out and only lost our 1970's style finished basement, so many of my neighbors lost their entire homes, the devastation in our area is terrible, this has made me quite scared of rain now, how ridiculous is that, you just never realize how much damage water can do until you live through it.

On a happier note this is our favorite way to spend a Friday morning!

Summer wrap up...

2011-08-30T20:00:00.006-04:00

We took the kids to Cherry Crest Adventure Farms, I highly recommend this place to anyone with small children, it was wonderful. If you live in the Harrisburg-Philly area its right outside of Lancaster, Pa! We spent 5hrs here and if the kiddos weren't so tired we could have stayed longer. There is just so much for the kids to do and play with and you can actually board the Strasburg railroad right from the farm.

Our 3 crazy animals.
Colin tried to milk the cow.

They all got to pet and hold baby chickens.

Harlow is such an animal lover, she was in heaven in the petting zoo.

We kissed some baby goats.

and gave them some nosies!

We all took a wagon ride through the corn.

They had really cool slides but the walk up the hill was treacherous.

Grammy and Lauren took a ride.

We jumped on a gigantic pillow.

We played in the hay jump, Colin did almost break his neck falling off this, thank god for rubbery baby bones!

We rode some wooden horses

Hitched a ride with Daddy on the tractor.

Got attacked by a hungry llama, this guy literally ate the food out of the vending machine before we could even get it out.

The next weekend we checked out the Elizabethtown fair.

Aunt Katie came along and rode the train with them because Harlow was scared to go alone.

We went to a church event and got to be junior firefighters

My sweet little fire girl!

The last weekend of summer is upon us, hopefully we will get some good pool weather and we also get to celebrate Baby Lidia's 1st birthday!

20 months...

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How can it be that we are 4 months away from 2!

Lauren and Colin, I'm amazed at how much you have changed from the beginning of summer until now, close to the end. I remember going to the playgrounds in May and June and it was so hard to take you alone because you still weren't very good at climbing by your self, now I find you at the top of the big kids playgrounds shooting down huge steep slides that scare me to death. You both are starting to piece 2 and 3 words together, Colin especially with his favorite phrase "MaaMoo's car"(Grandma's car) You are slowly starting to do imaginative play like feeding your babies, taking them on walks, feeding kitty on your play dishes. Your favorite foods right now are cancakes(pancakes) and any fruits, where did my good veggie eaters go?? Colin your feet are growing like crazy right now, the new size 6 sneaker I bought you last month are already to small. Lauren you now must have your bear you named bottle and your ducky with you to sleep at night and for naps. You two love to swim and you both do great in the baby pool and with your arm bands in the big pool, I'm very impressed at your ability at such a young age. Ok I'm wrapping this up you are waking up now!
Coloring with Cousin Harlow on a rainy afternoon.

The local Carnival, obviously Lauren you hated this!

You reached for a ball and got "tuck"

Favorite ride at Knobels

Love this sweet face!

And this one too!

Gymnastics...

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We signed the kids up for gymnastics this summer, it started in June and finishes the end of this month. Expensive yes but worth it to see how much they love it and how much they have learned from it. The first couple classes I wasn't sure we made the right decision, it was very structured and they expected a lot of them. The class is for 18months to 3yrs but thankfully our class was mostly all in the 18month age range, the oldest being 2. We also have 2 other sets of twins in the class, Chase and Ella who are Colin and Laurens best friends and another set of boy/girl twins Taylor and Brady. The instructor realized it was much to structured for the age group so she taught them some skills and let them go at it! They just thrived from there on out.

Lauren has been known to walk this balance beam all by herself but of course not the night I brought he camera.
Colin working on the beam.

My little monkey, no that's not drool on her shirt or sweat, she spilled her cup of water.

She rocks this uneven bar, she just hangs by herself and swings. She couldn't do this the 1st month or two of class, over the last couple weeks she has really grown in her skills.

Bootman, my handsome gymnast

Daddy took the kids to the playground the other day and caught some really cute pics!

Summer so far...

2011-07-09T12:53:00.005-04:00

We took our 1st trip of many to Hershey Park

Their very 1st ride the ever rode on, I love how he put his arm around her for comfort!
Lauren wasn't to sure but very quickly got the hang of it and they only screamed when we had to remove them from the rides.

MaaMoo(Grandma) and Colin riding the train.

Taken on the walk out of the park.

We played in the sprinkler and we've been swimming a lot.

A great $1 yardsale toy and Snax the fat cat.

A $4 yardsale find, he loves it!

We checked out Indian Echo Caverns and saw some bunnies.

Playing with Harlow on the playground

Colin and Harlow

I just liked this actions shot, Harlow is trying to hug Colin and Lauren is crying because Harlow just attacked her with a hug.

After a very fun 4th but apparently very tiring party Colin wanted to go nite nite on the patio

And Lauren going nite nite on the lawn chair.

18 Months

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I can't believe I almost have 2, 2yr olds. Some days seem very long but the weeks/months are flying by!
Colin...you are turning into such a little boy, I'm not sure where or when I somehow lost my baby boy, well you'll always be my baby boy but its getting harder and harder to find any "baby" qualities about you. You love cars, trucks, trains, anything with wheels and you always have dirty hands because you must touch the wheels of any vehicle we are near. You love to tell me when you hear the birdies singing but you call them bee's not to be confused with and actual bee that sounds more like beezzz, Mommy can tell the difference. You love puppies and can hear a puppy barking before Mommy even notices it, you love Ford our neighbors dog but your true puppy love is Melvin, Aunt Cassie's dog. You love our titty(kitty) a little to much sometimes and often have the bites to prove it. You love blueberries, pasta and ketchup(not all mixed together although I'm sure you'd eat it) You test your boundaries daily or actually by the minute and you know your doing wrong because you shout "no no" while your doing it. I love your laugh, your smile, your beautiful face, i love the way you come running to me and jump into my arms, i love more than anything in this world...you are my world!

Lauren...my sweet beautiful Lauren, I somewhere started to lose my baby girl along the way as you are growing into such a smart, beautiful big girl. You are such a silly girl and love to make us laugh. Your funny faces, you know the one where you push your bottom lip out and then lean your head against your shoulder(our secret just between you and me silly face) I never want to forget that! You smell Daddy's, Mommy's and Colin's feet because you think its funny and then pinch your nose and say pewww! You have surpassed your brother with talking, you have a so many words now, i lost track and you pretty much repeat anything we tell you to. Your love blueberries and strawberries but call them both blues, meatballs and carrots rank up there as well. You share a love of puppies just like your brother only once in the presence of a dog your a lot more shy about petting it. Your our child that eats anything you pick up, rocks, cat food, mulch, dirt, sand and the worst so far a clump of hair from the barber shop dustpan! I love you more than anything in this world Lauren, I love you to the moon and back and back again!

Fun in the sun...

2011-06-03T19:31:00.005-04:00

Warning...mainly a picture post to tired to do much else!

Playing in our neighborhood playground!

3 toddlers plus 2 adults at the playground = hard to keep up!

Colin has a sharing problem, we are working on that but are seeing no progress:-) Poor Harlow!

Yes Daddy has a Xmas bow in her hair!

We headed off to Lake Tobias on Memorial day, they kids has fun but man was it hot out!

I think everyone thought they were triplets!

Lauren checking out the deer on the safari ride!

Grammy and a very sweaty Lauren.

Colin and Harlow feeding the little goats.

Harlow is such an animal lover, she was in heaven

My little safari boy!

Another failed attempt of a Mommy and babies picture...someday??

Both kids are sick this week, Lauren has a sinus infection and Colin has hand,foot, mouth disease and I'm pretty sure Lauren has now also acquired it. What a terrible virus, their mouths are so sore! Mommy is tired but today they are showing signs of improvement!

What we've been up to...

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We went on a twin playdate to our friends dairy farm.
Colin and his girlfriend Ella feeding the cow.

Checking our the milking room with our friends, how perfectly posed are my two favorite girls Brenna and Maura!

We got a sugar high trying out some peeps!

Colin eats his peeps in one bite!

My attempt at a Mother's Day photo, this was the best out of like 20.

How cute is he, i miss that little baby, scroll down to see why he is my big boy now!

We turned 17 months

and celebrated with a big boy hair cut...he wasn't happy about that!

still not happy but he sat still, probably terrified to move!

Cool dude!

He's a big boy now!

And that's what we've been up to!

Easter Pics...better late then never!

2011-05-06T12:35:00.004-04:00

We started the weekend with a chilly egg hunt.
Checking out our baskets Easter morning.

Cool Shades in my Easter Basket!

Lauren got some too!

Harlow and Lauren

Attempting an Easter shot of the cousins.

And their done!

16 Months...

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Their baby look is fading fast :-(

This little man's language is just exploding, i must brag a little, we were told he was well ahead of most boys his age with his words at our Dr's appt. There are just to many words to list. Colin is into anything with wheels, trucks, cars, trains, strollers(he hijacked a stroller at the playground the other day with a baby in it) He is still eating great although he is much more a veggie and fruit guy, he is not so much into meat. Blueberries are his favorite right now!

Can i just say DIVA! She wants what she wants when she wants it and look out if she doesn't get it. Her favorites things right now is her sliding board, balls(pink or purple ones), kitty and dancing. She is slowly learning new words and just learned to say Harlow(her cousin) When Daddy dropped her off at Grandmas on Monday morning she walked in and said "Hi Harlow". Blueberries and strawberries rank at the top of her food list. This girl loves all meats and veggies, now that we are over our double ear infection she is back eating full force!

We got a tent with a tunnel the other day and it took all of 2mins for it to break(i guess that's what happens with a $20 tent) No fear Daddy rigged it back together.

Yes this tunnel causes many fights!

HAPPY EASTER EVERYONE!

Random Stuff...

2011-04-03T14:25:00.004-04:00

Today we decided to go check out the Hershey Gardens, of course since spring is nonexistent in these parts most of the seasonal flowers weren't in bloom yet but it was a sunny 50degrees and the gardens were free today so we picked up Grandma and headed out(only 5mins down the road).

Colin pinching the chickens beak. Lauren petting the piggy.

Colin was playing the wooden drum and in the backround Lauren and Grandma played the bells.

We drove a boat!

Checked out a cow, Colin mooed the whole time!

Played in a wigwam.

And checked out some flower roots, Colin really just enjoyed lifting up the lid! We followed the gardens up with lunch at Isaac's and now a nap!

Colin playing peekaboo behind the curtains, excuse his mismatched pj's!

Dancing in our diapers!

Both kids have snotty colds right now and Colin has his cough again but other then the snot and cough they are doing great. We go Friday for our late 15month appt. Our new favorite food is blueberries, they love them and chant blooo blooo blooo till they get some on their plates. They are really starting to try and repeat what we say so i guess its time to start paying attention to what we are saying...hope everyone had a great weekend!

15months...

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Love this smile!
Colin

We don't have official stats until 4/8 but according to our bathroom scale he is about 23lbs.
Started walking at 14months and has daily bruises to prove it.
He says Mama, Dada, Hi, Bye, Shoes, Socks, Moose, Button, Banana and Me
He is obsessed with buttons, on your shirt or on your belly.
Can point to his nose, ears, tongue and belly.
He loves trucks and trains and say choo choo when he hears the train coming.
They both understand so much, its amazing we can tell them to do something and they understand what we are saying!

Lauren

According to the scale weighs about 19lbs
She has been walking since 11months so not to many bruises for her, shes a pro!
She says Mama, Dada, Hi, shoes, banana(her favorite food)
Points out her belly, ears, nose, mouth, toes.
She always has an object she carries around, not the same thing she just always like to have some sort of toy in her hands.
They both are off bottles now, i think it was harder for Mommy to get rid of them then it was for them.
They sleep from 6:30pm till 6-6:30am, I'm thinking we are close to dropping the morning nap, there seems to be more of a fight to take naps lately

He insisted i put the bow in his hair, future blackmail!!

Love these curls!

Playdates...

2011-02-18T13:21:00.003-05:00

When I was stuck in the hospital for 9 weeks I met a great friend Heather. I consider the meeting the 2nd best thing that came from my bedrest(#1 being healthy babies). We would always talk about staying friends and getting together after the babies were born and we kept that promise. We have exactly the same story, IVF to get pregnant, same Dr did it. Boy/Girl twins who layed in the same position in our bellies. Preterm labor at 23weeks that landed us in the hospital for weeks and weeks. We live 2 miles apart and get together at least once a month for a Moms night and at least once a month usually more for play dates. Its just really nice to have someone to talk to who has been through it all. She doesn't read this blog so she will never read this but I just am happy to have met her!

From left to right, Chase, Ella, Colin and Lauren
The ball pit is a huge hit

Chase and Colin love each other, bestfriends!

Today we went to Zoo America and met another set of twins, Athan and Claire

The foursome checking out some birds

Lets not leave out my favorite girls...Colin hanging with Brenna and Maura at a twin playgroup. I miss these girls, i definitely need to see them more often!

Come on spring...

2011-02-02T13:37:00.003-05:00

I'm seriously done with winter, all this snow, freezing temps and not to mention the back to back to back colds with horrible coughs that lead to albuterol treatments we have been dealing with for the last 6 weeks. I want to be able to go outside and play in warm weather and go for walks again. I'm sick of being stuck inside...we did manage to get out to a local science museum to play for a bit.

Looking through a fish tank!

We loved the slide!

I swear Lauren isn't drunk driving the ambulance!

We loved crawling through the tunnels!

Me and my little man who refused to look at the camera!

We are starting to try and use spoons much to my dismay, i hate messes and they make enough of one with out their own utensils. Colin sort of got it.

Lauren thinks her fingers work better!

13months...

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Sometimes I don't realize how much they have grown until I look at these monthly pictures. These two are crazy, they are into everything they can get into, toilet paper, cat food anything in an unlocked drawer. They both are constantly taking off their socks and chewing on them. Lauren can routinely be seen walking around with a sock hanging out of her month. Someday I'm hoping Colin can go about his day bib less, I'm hoping before kindergarten he will learn to close his mouth and stop all that crazy drooling. They are still great eaters although they are becoming more picky each day, something they loved 2 days ago is no longer good today. Fruit is still their favorite, bananas for Lauren, oranges for Colin. Both of had miserable colds for the last month, Colin just finished antibiotics for an ear infection. The snot and coughs did temporarily go away only to return 3 days later for both of them. I've come to terms with the fact that for the next probably 2 months of winter we will all be miserable! These two test our patience daily but the good sure outweighs the bad!

Colin

He weighs 20lbs15oz(17%) and is 30inches(46%)
He says Mama, Dada, shoes, moose(he loves that nick jr moose), moos like a cow and says tickle tickle tickle
He can point to your nose and ears
Still only crawling but walks holding on to anything and everything, I've found him walking down the hall supported by his dirty laundry basket.
LOVES LOVES LOVES books, that's all he wants to do is read books and he loves to turn the page, its hard to read the story sometimes because the page is turning so fast.

Lauren

Weighs 18lbs(5%) and is 27inches(5%)
She is less verbal and only says dada, mama(very rare) and fish(she loves the picture of a fish in one of her books)
She can point to your nose, ears and show you her belly
She is exclusively walking now and has been for a few weeks, in fact shes running and has acquired many bumps, cuts and bruises.
She is quite the book lover too, we have so many toys and all they want is their books, which is good!

Xmas pictures...

2011-01-01T13:42:00.004-05:00

Christmas Eve was spent at Grammy and Grampy's house. Neither one of them really got the whole present concept this year, I'm sure next year will be totally different!

Colin thought this sweater was so nice he should eat it!

Melvin getting in on the Xmas fun...I see a dog in our future, the kids love him!

Lauren and her rocking cowboy boots!

Our tree Xmas Eve!

The best pose I could get Xmas morning.

Then we were off to Grandma's for Xmas day.

Grandma tried to recreate last years Xmas picture, Harlow wasn't having it!

Xmas 2009...I can't believe how small they were!

Lauren is terrified of all the dolls she got for Xmas, good thing Colin likes them...future blackmail??

Just throwing a picture in of her super cute pony tail!

HAPPY NEW YEAR!

A loss in the blog world...

2010-12-31T08:48:00.002-05:00

I just wanted to post a quick note about a blogger loss. Blogs were/are so very important to me while I was going through infertility and even now reading parenting/twin blogs. One of the most amazingly funny and down to earth bloggers Jenn suffered a terrible loss. Please stop over and give her some support. Jenn i'm so sorry for the loss of Evelyn and I will continue to pray that Ainsley stays strong!

12 Months...

2010-12-23T19:56:00.004-05:00

Well I'm a week late at getting this post done, we were just so busy with Xmas and Birthdays! Its so hard to believe that a year has past already. This by far has been the most challenging, life changing year of our lives. I wouldn't trade all of the hard times this year for anything, these two have make our lives complete and happy. I was taught a great lesson in patience not only in getting pregnant but staying pregnant and making it through the 1st year with twins, they have made me a better person!

Colin James aka Booders

You are soooo all boy, you won't sit still for 1 second and get into everything.
You love opening and closing doors of any kind.
You are master crawler but are still working on standing without holding on, you cruise around holding onto anything you can
You love shoes and can even say shooozzz
You love to look at books, if Mommy says go get a book you crawl over to the shelf and pick one out
You are much more verbal then your sister, Mama, Dada and plenty of other sounds.
You love your Aunt Cassie's dog Melvin and he love you
You are a great eater and still love mandarin oranges, we are still working on that sippy cup
You wear size 12-18month clothing and size 3 diaper but about to be size 4 as soon as we run out of 3's
You have 7 teeth
You are a Mama's boy and I love it

Lauren Avery aka Baby Girl

DRAMA, that's what you are!
When you get mad you let us know it, you actually yell at us in your own really cute way and its hard not to laugh
You are the 1st to walk out of the 3 of you(cousin Harlow included) you started walking at 11months, its still not your main mode of transportation but each day you walk more and more and are getting more confident.
You love your shoes, in fact you have to be holding a certain pair of your soft brown shoes while you drink you bottle.
You love our kitty snax and shriek with excitement when she walks into the room and you are so gentle with her.
You eat great, you are what we call a shoveler you act like someone may steal your food and your right Colin would if he could reach it! Mandarin oranges are you favorite also.
You love to show us where are noses are and you have a lovely new habit of picking yours but you pick it so hard it makes you cry!
2 days before your 1st Bday you got your 2 bottom front teeth(finally!)
You wear size 9-12months clothing and size 3 diapers, soon to be 4's.
You have turned into a Mama's girl lately and I love it!

Getting ready for your bday dinner, mmm pizza!

Booders cheezin for the Camera

He was an expert cake eater, it was demolished in 1minute!

Eeeh not so much into the stickiness(just like her Aunt Heather)

Nobody liked the Bday hats :-(

Daddy and Booders

My sister and I with the 3 cousins

Grandma got us a wagon for our Birthday and we had to test it out!

MERRY CHRISTMAS EVERYONE!

Colin and Lauren's 1st Year

2010-12-19T08:52:00.001-05:00

Well this is to hold you over till the 1yr post, because i'm an awesome mom I forgot to check my camara battery and it died after the 1st picture during their party :-( If anyone out there has a spare 10mins here is the video we played at the party!

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Xmas Card...

2010-12-17T09:23:00.002-05:00

To all those that didnt receive a real copy...Merry Christmas!!

So my babies are 1 today, holy crap time moves to fast...1year post and bday party pictures to come sometime this weekend!

Visit with Santa...

2010-11-23T19:27:00.001-05:00

Yes its a little early but we met some friends at Bass Pro and had to give it a try...no crying just looks of shock, i'll take it!

11 Months...

2010-11-18T18:57:00.002-05:00

So its getting increasingly more difficult to get these pictures, they refuse to sit still. Lauren looks somewhat happy to be 11 months and Colin is just shocked I think or maybe its because he is teething and miserable!

Example of how most of the pictures turned out!

Updates on the kiddos...both are crawling, Lauren still only army crawls but that girl can move! Both are pulling up on everything, especially Lauren. I'm pretty sure she will be the 1st to walk, she is already standing for a few seconds unsupported. Colin has 7 teeth with more on the way, Lauren still has none! They both still love any food we have given them, we just dropped down to 3 bottles a day an no complaints so far. Lauren still only says Dada but I'm pretty sure I've heard her say uh-oh and maybe hi. Colin says Mama, Dada, Hi and shoes(yes he's obsessed with them). Both learned to wave hi/bye and do "so big"! I can hardly believe we have 1 month to go till 1, it seemed like so far away at one point but has snuck up on us sooo fast!

Daily Life...

2010-11-06T13:07:00.004-04:00

Nothing to exciting going on over here lately, life is kinda boring right now if you can even say life with twins is boring!!

Lauren rocking her mohawk! No we didn't use gel, that's just held up with leftover dinner!
When i saw this picture it made me realize just how much he has turned into a "big boy"

We went to watch cousin Harlow's school Halloween parade!

Lauren wishing she could be in the parade!

My Booders!

Last weekend we dealt with an ear infections accompanied by projectile vomiting, I feel so helpless as a mom with sick babies! Poor Lauren passed out on Daddy's chest.

She later broke out in a rash all over from her antibiotic :-( but thankfully she was better and all cleared up for our pictures yesterday!

In other news Colin is finally officially crawling and getting into everything, Baby Girl still follows behind with her army crawl!

This is as good as Halloween got at our house, both were sick the entire Halloween weekend and i'm not going to lie, these pictures we taken yesterday!

10 Months Old...

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Colin

I'm afraid your going to think your name is Booders and not Colin, thankfully so far you respond to both.
He has 4 teeth in and his 2 upper front teeth are just breaking through.
He still prefers to butt scoot around rather then crawl but he is up on all 4 rocking.
He wants to be able to pull himself up but can't seem to figure it out yet.
He loves to eat and thankfully isn't picky and eats everything we give him, he is completely off baby food and eats whatever we eat!
He is doing great now with his sippy when its on his tray and not thrown of the floor.
He is easily frustrated and wants to be able to do more then he can
Seriously doesn't he have the best smile ever!

Lauren

She is an army crawler and a butt scooter, for some reason my kids just won't do the typical crawl but they get were the need to go!
She loves to pull herself up wherever she can and loves to hold your hands and walk around!
No teeth for her yet but that doesn't stop her from eating whatever she wants
She is a great eater as well and will eat anything we give her, no baby food for her either anymore
She is a sippy cup master and loves to drink water just like her mom she much prefers water over milk(formula)
She hates when Colin touches her even when he is being nice and not pulling her hair!
She lets out the biggest screams of excitement when either Daddy or Mommy come home from work, its the best welcome home anyone could ask for!

Loves crawling through her diaper box fort!

She so wants to play with the big girls!

mmm ravioli's are good!

mmm ravioli's are REALLY good!

On our way to the pumpkin patch!

Grandma came along with us, she just had cataract surgery(just explaining those glasses)

Picking out our pumpkins!

Aaah 2 more months to go till the big day!

9 month stats @ 9.5months...

2010-10-01T18:28:00.003-04:00

Colin weighs 19lbs11oz (30%)

His length is 29inches(68%)

Only noted problem was his iron was just under normal at 30, normal is 32 but Dr D says not to worry and he will recheck at 12months!

Lauren weighs 17lbs6oz (19%)

Her length is 26 1/4 inches (8%)

Her iron levels check out fine!

We are off to pick out our pumpkins tomorrow, hopefully we will get some good pumpkin patch pictures!

9 Months old...

2010-09-18T12:37:00.004-04:00

Its incredibly hard now to get them to sit still of these pictures, this was the best i could get it!

Booders at 9 Months

Has 4 teeth, the bottom front is fully in and the one beside is peaking through now and he has 2 top teeth but not the front teeth the ones beside those, weird huh??
Still no actual crawling, he prefers to butt scoot, we have also seen him army crawl
Says dada and lala and I think I have heard mama once we work on that one daily:-)
Favorite food, mandarin oranges, they are his crack, both babies are almost completely on finger foods now and are doing great!
He can clap his hands to play patty cake and he has waved bye once!

They love brushing their teeth!

Lauren at 9 Months

No crawling, she is starting to butt scoot as well but she does pull up on everything she can, especially on me. She got herself pulled up on her crib once as well, thank god we lowered the crib the night before.
No teeth for her yet, i don't even seeing any coming
Favorite food, mandarin oranges as well with black beans a close 2nd!
Loves to make and "O" face and blow air
Screams with delight when Snax the cat comes into the room!
She has pretty much mastered the sippy cup!

I just love her face in this pic, she was mad, we were making fun of her bedhead!

Colin can actually ride this thing more backwards then forward though!

We almost daily go to play in these swings, Colin's feet almost hit the ground, they are growing so so fast.

We had a play date with our friend Maizza!

Every month is just keeps getting more and more fun, its hard to believe we have 3 months until their 1st birthday, that's just absolutely crazy! Where has this past year gone, last year at this time I was going into the hospital on bed rest, it seems like just yesterday!

BedHead...

2010-09-12T18:51:00.002-04:00

Lauren always suffers from bedhead, this by far has been the worst, Colin thinks it crazy!

Worst Mom ever...

2010-08-29T08:45:00.002-04:00

I gave my kid a black eye...

We were taking a walk and I wasn't paying attention to the uneven sidewalk and Lauren was sucking on the side bar of the stroller so as I hit the uneven part it threw them forward and Lauren's eye hit the cup holder part I think, I feel terrible, she on the other hand doesn't seem to mind!
And yes I also let them watch TV, this is Colin watching his favorite, Yo Gabba Gabba! He has a love affair with DJ Lance!

8 months old...

2010-08-17T18:34:00.003-04:00

Colin aka "Booders"

You weigh 18lbs9oz(we were at the Dr's with colds that's how I know)
Your wearing size 3 diapers and anywhere from 9-12months clothes
You love to bang things together to make a noise and you love to give us "5"
Your not crawling yet but you do the butt scoot to get to a toy you want(really gross when you do this and I haven't realized you have pooped yet)
You love love love your baths and act like a mad man in it creating your own whirlpool
You have loved every single food we have given you except applesauce it makes you gag, you bang your hand on your highchair so we know you want more
Your starting to pick up your puffs and try to get them in your mouth.
You are already picking on your sister and it makes her so sad that you touch her. I can hear it already "mom he's touching me"
We are so in for it when your actually crawling

Lauren aka "Baby Girl"

You weigh 16lbs 130z.
You are wearing anywhere from 6-9months clothes except your pants your chubby little belly is more comfortable in a 12month.
Your really into your jumper this month, your jumping just like Colin did about 2 months ago it just took you longer to realize how fun it is.
Your not crawling yet and really haven't shown any interested in moving, your content to just sit and play.
You love most of your food but you are probably just a little more picky then your brother, applesauce makes you gag as well??
You are much more clingy and prefer to be held at all times and throw quite a fit when you don't get your way
You think your absolutely hysterical and are constantly laughing at yourself, sometime we can't even figure out whats so funny.
Your feelings are easily hurt when your brother picks on you
Your in absolute love with Snax that cat and she actually tolerates you.

I can't believe how much your have grown in what seems like such a short time, its sometimes hard to remember what your were like in your 1st few months of life, thank god i have this blog to look back. Your two are an absolute joy and every challenge you throw at us is worth it to have you in our lives!

The happenings...

2010-08-06T13:32:00.006-04:00

or lack of happenings, nothing to exciting going on in our world right now. Just typical summer stuff, swimming, playing, picnics, taking walks when its not 800 degrees out. Well i actually made it out to happy hour 2 weeks ago so that's like a HUGE happening for me!!! We had a yard sale last weekend and made $173.50, all the earning are going towards the purchase of new car seats, we are rapidly outgrowing these infant seats. Especially Colin, his feet are hitting the back of the seat already. Both babies and me are sick right now with colds, Luke is the only one holding strong. It breaks my heart to hear the snoring at night through their stuffed up noses. Anyway here are some pictures from last week!

Didn't want to leave this beauty out, she has starting laying beside Lauren and Colin while they play on the floor, i think she thinks she is guarding them!

This is Colin and Lauren with Chase and Ella, me and their mom were on hospital bed rest together and have become great friends.

Here we all are at a 1 and under twin play date, notice how pleased my two are to be there!

Stayed tuned for our 8 month update coming in 11 days!

7 Months...

2010-07-20T18:33:00.003-04:00

Time is flying by faster and faster each month. We are loving how their little personalities are starting to shine through now. Nothing to new is going on since last month with them. We have started to introduce them to small bites of food, after my friend(Heather) assured me I would not kill my kids with puffs, we have also tried small pieces of banana and so far no need to use the Heimlich!

They are doing a great job of sitting all by themselves and spend a lot of time on the floor playing together and stealing each others toys. They absolutely love to go swimming, Lauren just chills out and Colin's little feet kick the entire time he is in the water, he definitely takes after his mama with his love to swim!

Trouble is his middle name, holy crap we are in for it when he starts moving.

Lauren's hair is really starting to grow, i tried to get a picture of her spikes!

This by far the hardest job Luke and I have ever had but the good sure outweighs the bad!

Mmm Watermelon...

2010-07-13T20:11:00.004-04:00

We tried watermelon in our mesh feeders this weekend and it was a HUGE hit! I've been trying to upload a video but blogger won't let me for some reason. Those of you who are my facebook friends check it out there!

Notice the juice running down his belly
mmmm so yummy

A much needed dip in the pool to remove the sticky

Holy crap we are 7 months this coming weekend, stay tuned for that post

Beach trip...

2010-07-10T08:04:00.005-04:00

We survived our 1st vacation with the twins and it was much easier then I expected. They had a great time and we had NO meltdowns. We spent 1 day on the beach, another day on the boardwalk and shopping, 1 day just hanging at the house in the pool and another day visiting our friend John and riding jet skis while the babies napped(this was the most fun!)

Both babies enjoyed the sand and the water, Colin had a great time jumping waves with Daddy while Mommy watched scared to death he would accidentally fall out of Luke's hands!

Lounging on the blanket attempting to take a nap...didn't happen!

All 4 kiddos enjoying some downtime, they all played great together and Jackie helped out so much by entertaining them!

Abby is 1 yr older then the twins, its hard to believe next summer they will be this big!

Jackie

We made dinner every night instead of going out, it was so nice to relax with friends!

Lauren found a great buddy in Mike, she just wouldn't take her eyes off him

In other news on July 1st our good friends Lonny, Andrea and big sister Paige welcome baby Wyatt Everett into the world.

Lauren apparently was not happy to meet him!

Cousins...

2010-07-02T08:35:00.003-04:00

Here are some pictures of the 3 cousins hanging out, they are finally getting to an age where they can sort of play together, well maybe just steal toys from each other!

Colin and Harlow
Harlow

Grandma with her 3 grandchildren

Its impossible to get them all 3 to look!

Updated on Colin and Laurens 6 month stats...

Colin 17lbs4oz(44%) 26.5" (41%)

Lauren 15lbs7oz(35%) 24.5" (10%) Yay she made the growth chart for length finally!!

6 months old...

2010-06-18T19:12:00.006-04:00

I remember thinking how far away 6 months seemed, Holy crap it FLEW by!

I can't even imagine how fast the next 6 months will go by
Its getting really hard to get them to sit still long enough to get pictures together

Things to remember about Lauren

your wearing 6 months clothes now but can still squeak into 3 months clothes
Your wearing size 3 diapers
No clue what you weigh, we find out in 2 weeks
You LOVE to eat your fruits and veggies, we haven't found anything you dislike. You hum while waiting for the next bite!
You have starting growling in the last month and just in the last week you have started hissing...your our little monster!
Your sleeping from 6:30pm till 5:30am
You can sit on your own unless you lean to the side to grab something
You have the sweetest soul!

Things to remember about Colin

Wearing anywhere from 6 months to 12 months clothing
Size 3 Diapers
No idea on weight until 7/2
You are finally really enjoying eating and you have stopped spitting everything all over me, i think peaches are your favorite right now
Your making so many sounds, the 2 newest sounds are babababa and dadadadad...where is the mamamama come on boy
You sleep 6:30pm till 5:30am
Your sitting all on your own now just occasional toppling over
You can hardly wait until you can move all by yourself, i think your just going to get up and run

Miss green eyes
Mr Blue eyes

We went to HersheyPark last weekend and you wore yourselves out

We also went to the pool and you wore yourselves out, taking two babies to the pool alone is hard but thanks to Heather meeting us their with her kids we made it work!

Happy 6 months to my 2 little miracles, we anxiously await what the next 6 months hold for us( a little sadness from mommy knowing how much your going to grow up these next 6 months)

Summertime....

2010-06-04T08:01:00.003-04:00

So I've been a bit of a blog slacker but the older these 2 get the harder it is to get some time to update! Summertime is here and we are LOVIN IT!! I know i promised a food post a while back but hey I'm lazy.

So far we have tried, sweet potatoes, squash, green beans, peas, apples(and sauce). Sweet potatoes are our favorite as you can tell. Surprising when given applesauce they act like i just fed them lemons??? I'm thinking today as a treat we will try some pears!

We broke out the jumperoos a few weeks ago. Lauren is still a little to short but nothing a pillow can't fix. She still doesn't get the whole jump thing but just in the last few days those legs have started moving.

Colin on the other hand is a jumping machine!!!! He loves it and you can see in his face while he jumps how proud of himself he is. I load a video of it in a few days!

They have really started interacting with each other lately and the wrestling has already began!

We broke out our other stroller and we LOVE it(Thanks Tresslers)

First baby pool experience, they were a little unsure at first and i think once they are more stable sitting on their own they will really enjoy it!

6months is approaching fast, I can hardly believe it!!! 1 more month till vacation too YAY!!!

5 months...

2010-05-16T19:30:00.006-04:00

My baybeez are 5 months old already!

Seriously where does the time go, its incredible how you think you love them only to realize you love them even more the next day!

Colin

Some things I want to remember about you right now

Your wearing depending on the brand size 3-6 or 6-9 and you have actually worn some 12months shirts
Your wearing size 2 diapers
You can roll from tummy to back but we have yet to see you roll back to belly
You love to eat and generally eat anywhere from 30-34oz a day and are loving your solid food(another post to come on that)
You are so curious about everything, anybody new that walks into the room gets a gaping mouth stare
You babble nonstop, you always have a story to tell and lately your babbling should be called shrieking
You are always sucking you index finger and when you get hungry one finger turns into 4 fingers and inevitable you end up gagging yourself
You have found your feet and that really helps out at diaper changes, however you also have crazy legs that kick nonstop and I'm working on getting it on video
I stepped on the scale today with you and it said you weighed 16lbs!!!!
You love it when we tickle your belly and talk in a Donald duck voice, your laugh its so amazing it sometimes brings me to tears that your mine!!!

Lauren

Somethings about you to remember right now

Your wearing 3-6months clothing
You are also wearing size 2 diapers although I'm sure you could still fit into 1-2 but its easier for both to wear the same
You also can roll belly to back and are so close to rolling from back to belly.
You eat right around 30oz a day and you still make that cute lip smacking noise while you eat that you have since you were born
You are incredibly smiley and anybody that walks into a room gets a big smile!
Your really starting to talk alot just like your brother, today you talked nonstop even while you ate.
Your tiny little tongue is always slightly poking out of your mouth and you love when we pretend to grab it
You like to lick you fist like an ice cream cone and suck on your forearm(yes we know shes strange)
Your starting to notice you feet but you are far more interested in the colors and patterns on your bibs and outfits!
Today the scale said you weighed 14lbs
I can't believe your mine!

Just a few pics...

2010-05-12T20:21:00.002-04:00

to hold you over until next weeks 5 month old pics(eeeek!!) and our first taste of sweet potatoes!

Mommy and her babies are Mothers Day! Here is a prime example of "The Colin Stare"
In love with Lauren's double chin, this girl refuses to show her neck!

Wordless Wednsday...

2010-05-04T19:39:00.002-04:00

One Year Ago...

2010-04-29T06:29:00.003-04:00

I put on my lucky socks from http://www.fertilitysocks.org in hopes they would help my two snowbabies to implant!

2 perfect embryos thawed out, we had just lost our 1st baby 3 months before this, we prayed for 1 miracle...

and were blessed with 2!

Giggles...

2010-04-23T09:21:00.002-04:00

Please excuse that crazy lady in the backround of the videos...no clue who that is!!!

The closest I could get to Colin laughing, everytime the camera comes out he stops giggling! He is more interested in the shiney camera!

4 Months...

2010-04-17T20:35:00.004-04:00

Holy Cow they are 4 months old already, that's 1/3 of a year, almost 1/2 a year!!! Time seriously flys by!
He looks like such a big boy, where did my little preemie go...she still looks tiny to me!

Chubby but tiny!

14.5lbs(43%)

24 3/4"(47%)

Colin otherwise known these days as Monkey, Buddy Boozer or just Buddy Boo
He is learning more and more everyday. He is our laid back easy going guy, very rarely cries and always greets us with a smile. He has found his hands big time and they are ALWAYS in his mouth. He smiles and giggles all the time. This boy always has a story to tell and most times he tells it at the top of his lungs! He is drooling like crazy right now, we must go through 10 bibs a day with him. He has the most beautiful blue eyes and he has what we call the Colin stare, see above in the 4 month pic! He is a total mommas boy and I love it, he follows me with his eyes everywhere, if daddy tries to feed him and he hears me talking he can barely eat. I'm so in love with this little man, my heart is bursting with love as i write this!

This is what happens when i say smile Colin(see below for Lauren's reaction)

12.3lbs(23%)

22"(3%)

Lauren otherwise known these days as PumpkinHead and BG's. She is about 3-4weeks behind her brother in her skills but she eventually gets them! She has found her hands finally and is pretty good at holding toys and trying to lick them! Her hands are always in her mouth as well, instead of sucking like Colin she is more of a licker, think ice cream cone(shes strange). She is our "high needs" baby. She wants what she wants when she wants it, I've heard its a girl thing! She is a smiley little girl, she found her voice and coos all the time and has just started giggling.
She is the most beautiful little girl I've ever met! She is certainly a Daddy's girl and she holds a special piece of Daddy's heart. My heart bursts with love for her as well, even if it took us 2.5hrs to put her to bed tonight!!!! I blame lack of nap today and vaccines yesterday!

Just munching on my ball!

This is what happen when I told Lauren to smile!

Just to prove she can do it!

These 2 our the biggest blessings we've ever been given. I thank god everyday for bringing them into out lives. Its the hardest job i've ever had but the good sure outweighs the bad. We so look foward to what month 4 has in store for us!

Call me crazy...

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but I'm bored, these 2 little stinkers are taking an awesome nap today and all my laundry is done and i'm lonely without them...

Ahh spoke to soon I hear some stirring...gotta run!

Happy Easter...

2010-04-04T20:42:00.003-04:00

We started the day off early going over to Grandma's so I could help watch Harlow while Grandma made us a delicious lunch. Their Easter baskets had books, an outfit and of course candy for mom and dad!

Colin with his 1st Easter basket
Lauren's 1st Easter basket!

Cousin Harlow!

2 Cousins hanging out, who happened to have the same exact shirt on(wasn't planned)

Is is bad to love the "outtake" photos, Harlow is pissed and Lauren has no neck and is blinking with a huge drool stain. I have no clue whats up with my kids, these are drool stains that happened through a bib!

Colin is just more than thrilled to be beside 2 girls!

Our 3 little bunny's

Next we headed off to Grammy's for Easter dinner, and I totally forgot to get pictures with their Easter baskets here, they got some bibs, booties, toys and candy for Mommy and Daddy!

Grammy and Aunt Mere

Happy Easter!

Some sweetness on Saturday...

2010-03-27T18:40:00.004-04:00

Grandma came to visit

Our little movie star! She has the attitude to match it!

Colin's smile!

Lauren's voice!

3 Months Old...

2010-03-17T18:25:00.005-04:00

Holy cow 3 months old, i can't believe they have been ruling our lives this long! Here is the winning 3 month photo! Although slightly blurry and no one is looking my way its just way to cute.

Here are some outtakes from out photo session, they were just to cute not to post

Mommy and Colin having a self photo shoot while Lauren is sleeping

Colin James aka Mr Smiley...this little guy is always smiling and laughing. He has found his voice and is constantly squawking as we call it. He is so laid back and can sit and entertain himself much longer than his sister. He still loves the ceiling fan but is starting to realize the swing and the play mat are much more fun. His new most favorite thing is his hands...see below they must be the most tastiest hands around! He was at the Dr's last week for a cold and he weighed 12lbs..I think Lauren is catching up quick!

Lauren Avery aka Drama...she wants what she want when she wants it and if she doesn't get it all hell breaks loose. She is super smile too and is starting to coo. She is way more in love with the ceiling fan then Colin is and she loves her swing(see below). She has found her tongue and anything in its way will get licked. She is our little chunker, she is short and chunky. Her brother is long and lean.

Lets not forgot our 3rd baby Snax!

We are so in love with these two miracles and we just fall deeper and deeper in love everyday, with every smile and coo! I can't wait to see their little personalities emerge as these next few months pass.

Happy Babies...

2010-03-07T11:21:00.003-05:00

Who doesn't love them some happy babies!!!

Our poor forgotten 3rd child, she has definitly taken a backseat to the babies, not the 1st one fed in the mornings and not the 1st one cuddle after work but we still love you our 20lbs fatty cat Snax! We found her laying this way in the bathroom yesterday, butt high in the air!

Just stuff...

2010-02-26T14:30:00.004-05:00

Nothing much interesting to report but I didn't want to not do a post this week, so enjoy a few pictures...

Grandma and Cousin Harlow visited us, yes that's my chubby chunk in the middle!
Colin and Harlow hanging out

Believe it or not this was the best shot i got out of like 10 pictures, why can't my kids focus on the camera!

Goofy smile!

Umm yes my kids are covered up with their spit up on burp clothes, somebody call child services!

Stupid little video but apparently blowing raspberries results in a very cute startled expression.

2 Months...

2010-02-19T15:53:00.005-05:00

Wow can it really be true, how in the world as 2 months flown by. These two are growing so much its crazy, some days I get home from work and it looks like they have grown by miles! Both babies are doing great and are hitting all developmental milestones for their age even though they should only be 1 month old. They are great night sleepers, usually going to bed between 8-9pm and don't get up till 2-3am and then they go right back to sleep till about 6am. Both Luke and I are still anxiously awaiting when they sleep from 7-7! Naps are another story, they are definitely trying to fight the nap. They are just so interested in the world around them right now. The "witching hour(s)" are in full effect right now, from about 5-8pm all they want to do is fuss and be held, we are hoping this will end soon. Everyone says it will but its hard to believe! It was such a long hard road to get here but these two were worth every pill, every injections in the belly, butt, leg and arm, all the internal ultrasounds, every surgery, all the MONEY, all the heartache, the 12 weeks of bed rest(9 in the hospital), the finger pricks and diet restrictions(gest diabetes), the itchy skin of my preg induced liver condition(cholistasis), all the mornings i spent strapped to the heart monitors and contraction monitors and the loss of their bro/sis before them. I like to think that little baby watched over them and kept them inside me until they would be healthy!

Maybe some month soon you will both look at me and smile???

Colin James...who couldn't love that smile! You are surprising now our laid back baby, we never would have guess this a month ago. You love it when we wiggle your nose and lips and say beep beep, that always brings our a smile. You love to eat and you are absolutely in love with the worlds ugliest ceiling fan in the living room. You could watch it spin for hours! You can hold you head up so well by yourself and we are so close to bring out the bumbo for you to sit in. You are such a handsome young man!

2month stats:

weight-10lbs15oz 31%

length-22in 18%

Lauren Avery...you are such a little diva, you went from being so quiet and laid back to so demanding. If we don't give you what you want when you want it you make sure to let us know. One day I could hear you from outside the house...OK I'm back after 20mins, she must have know i was writing about her because she just started screaming and i had to sooth her back to sleep. You as well love to eat and love that horrid ceiling fan. You love when we sit and listen to the 90's channel on tv and sing the songs. I think you favorite so far was I'm too sexy! You are pretty good at holding you head up also and even though you have been smiling since birth(well reflexive smiling) your the hardest to work a meaningful smile of. Someday soon you will give me one instead of everyone else...right? You are our little stink and we couldn't love you more

2month stats:

weight-9lbs7oz 17%

length-20.5inches 3%

Miss Jackie holding Colin

I like to call this "yo fist bump dude"

Colin ready for the Superbowl, he was rooting for the Steelers even if they weren't in it.

I knew you loved her

Grammy and her babies

Here is to hoping my weekend is free from fussy fevering babies...they got their 2 month shots today and they hated it, but who wouldn't. We were given the go ahead to add a small amount of rice cereal to their bottles in the hopes that it will help with their reflux. Its so sad to watch them constantly choke up stomach acid and we have a never ending pile of laundry from spit up. Have a great weekend everyone!

Happy Valentines Day!!

2010-02-14T09:45:00.002-05:00

Happy Valentines Day!!!

Hope your day is filled with love!

Blog header...

2010-02-05T09:12:00.003-05:00

Just wanted to thank Amy at www.custom4keeps.com for the awesome blog header and for the beautiful pictures we received yesterday! We look forward to working with you for a long time!

We can't just have a new post with out a couple pics of the kiddos...Happy Friday, I survived my 1st week back to work and last night we got a 5hr stretch of sleep(please don't' let me jinx this by mentioning it)!

My dads friend's wife made these hats for us and neither would cooperate for a picture together so I had to get them separate while sort of sleeping and just after feeding!

Love this pic, even if she looks semi drunk and no that's not why we got 5hrs of sleep:-)

6 weeks...

2010-01-31T10:33:00.005-05:00

Well I'm a few days late with this post, its seriously hard to get on here and blog! This is basically just a picture post its almost feeding time and really not much new is going on with them. They don't have another Dr's appt till 2/19 although I did have Lauren in the other day to check her blocked tear duct and reflux issues and this little chunker is up to 7lbs6oz. I was shocked as I only expected her to be around 6lbs, she still is quite short though and I made an ass of myself asking Dr Hottie(Heather you know I'm talking about) if she was a dwarf, he didn't say no but he did remind me her placenta wasn't functioning as well as her brothers and length is harder to gain then weight right now. Both babies are starting to really look at things and stare into our faces and we are getting some smiles here and there!

Nothing else is really going on...Friday was my 30th so Luke took me out to dinner and then we went out for a couple drinks. Grandma had the babies for their first sleepover, i was scared but all turned out well. Luke got me a beautiful mothers ring that he spent was to much money on but I love it! Tomorrow I have to go back to work aaaahhhh!!! I'm sort of looking forward to it, sort of not. It will be nice to get some adult time, its does getting a little much being trapped in the house all day long doing the same thing over and over(diaper change, feed,play and sleep) Maybe if it wasn't like 10 degrees everyday I could have actually taken the babies out of the house for walks. I'm also very sad to leave the babies but they aren't going to daycare. My mom is taking them Mondays, Daddy has off Tuesday and Wednesdays so he has them, his mom is taking them Thursdays and I have off Fri-Sun! Also lack of sleep and working isn't going to be fun, I'm usually up every 3hrs! I would have loved to have taken more time off with them but as you all know I haven't been to work since September and I don't want to loose my job, my job and boss rocks and a paycheck would be nice too! Ok enjoy the pics!!

Colin's favorite spot!!

Let me just say I really don't make her wear these headbands but it was in a box of hand me down clothes and I had to try it on and take a pic!

Daddy, Colin and Snax!

1 month...

2010-01-14T12:56:00.007-05:00

It hard to believe a month has gone by already, its really true that they grow up way to fast. This past month these 2 stinkers have left us totally sleep deprived but filled are hearts 100% with love and it keeps getting fuller and fuller each and everyday! Tomorrow is their actually due date, i cant even imagine still being pregnant with them!

Colin just refuses to look at the camera and Lauren just looks pissed i made her sit there!

I can't believe how much she has grown, i dint' realize until i saw this picture!

Colin says "thanks for stopping by the blog, now leave me alone"

Newborn Proofs...

2010-01-11T15:51:00.002-05:00

The pictures are in...the password is LAURENCOLIN for those that know what to do. For those that don't know go to www.custom4keeps.com enter the flashsite, go to proofing, enter password in bottom right of screen(its case sensitive)!

Thanks Amy for a wonderful job...seriously how am I going to pick!!!

Week 3

2010-01-10T11:28:00.010-05:00

Wow I can't believe its almost been 1 month since these two little stinkers entered our lives. Time goes by so fast and I'm seriously doing nothing but living my life in 3hr increments. We are anxiously awaiting the weather to warm up so we can get out of this house. Thank god I am used to just sitting around the house, that's all i have been doing since September well I suppose i was sitting around the hospital but still before bed rest I was always on the go so at least i was prepped for pretty much doing nothing. Well I'm not doing nothing, taking care of 2 babies is pretty crazy, i can't imagine how easy one would be. I find it hard to get to much accomplished between feedings except laundry and washing bottles.

Here are our 2 little stinkers at 3 weeks old, they are impossible to pose right now!

Daddy and his little man Colin...he is such a good Dad, for some reason both kids like to pee and poo all over Daddy but not Mommy...I'm not complaining!!

Miss L getting her bath, which thankfully they both love getting baths!

Chillin in our boppy's!

Our little stinker(she seriously stinks all the time) I think you inherited Daddy's digestive system and somehow you manage to get greasy hair only hrs after your bath but we couldn't love you anymore! We had our checkups this week and you weighed 5lbs13oz that's up from 4lbs11oz at the last appt. That puts you in the 3 percentile but those charts are based on 40weeks gestation not the 35 that you were. You are now 17 1/4 inches, we are pretty sure you were measured wrong at birth since they said you were 18in we have always doubted that measurement. All you reflexes checked out and the Dr was very impressed with you. You are so alert and are already gazing into our eyes!

Our big boy, you are such a sleepy head, we were worried at first you would always be fussing at night but you are actually sleeping better then your sister at night now. We have started calling you "squeaks" you make so many funny noises and you can't stop moving all around. You now weigh 7lbs6oz, that's up from 5lbs13oz at our last appointment and you now are 20in long up from 18.5 at birth. You have actually made it onto the growth chart but of course are still a little low due to being a preemie...you are in the 17th percentile.

This picture just made me laugh, she looks like a poor old man. Someday she might kill me for posting this one!

Colin lovin on his froggy toy, ok i know it was just a reflex that he is actually holding this but I like to pretend he really wanted to grab and hug it.

Tummy Time...I'm amazing at how well you are at holding your head up, now we just need to work on you turning your head.

This little peanut is awesome at tummy time, shehas even mastering turning her head.

I'm not sure they are even aware each other existed but they sure loved hanging out on their playmat.

This guy even figured out how to reach up and grab the toy!

Next Thursday is their 1 month birthday, I'll try my best to get their picture up but blogging has become quite hard. For those of you that haven't checked it out yet go to www.custom4keeps.blogspot.com to check out some of their professional pics!

I'm still alive...

2009-12-28T10:30:00.016-05:00

Here I am the morning of the section and so ready to meet these babies! Of course once into the operating room I was scared to death and ask if i could change my mind and keep them in, of course that idea was shot down! I surprising lost my belly right away and I only need to loose another 5lbs and I'm back to pre-pregnancy weight..yay!!

Here I am meeting the babies for the first time, i was shaking so much i could barely hold them. It took a couple shots of pain meds in my IV to get me to stop shaking and calm down. I was not expecting the pain i felt after the spinal wore off, I was bleeding a lot and they had to push on my belly really hard to get my uterus to contract. Not fun but I feel much better now.

Colin James...you are such a sleepy lazy baby during the day but at night you like to party. Your the only one who has let out some big screams to let us know you need us. You make the funniest faces that we call "milk drunk look". You hate being swaddled and you are so strong you bust out of your blankets, you don't know what to do with you hand and you constantly claw at your face. You hate your baths and getting your diaper changed you only make it hard on yourself because somehow you always pee out of you diaper and soak you clothes. You have managed to pee on both of us and all over you face too. Your favorite things right now are eating and sleeping in your bouncy seat. At your last check up all was well and you weighed 5lbs13oz. We love you so much even though you are such a handful!

Lauren Avery...you are such a sweetheart and are so low maintenance. You are constantly smiling at us and you are so alert during the day. You love to just look all around and you especially love laying on Daddy's chest. I have never met a little girl who poos so much, I think you must take after Daddy. You think its so funny to wait for us to change you and then poop 2 mins later. You sleep very well at night and barely fuss at all I'm sure you would sleep hours longer at night if we didn't have to wake you up to feed you. You also love your bouncy seat and eating, I'm not sure there is to much you dislike right now, maybe getting your bath. At your last checkup all was great and you weighed 4lbs11oz. We love you very much our little stink!

Some tummy time with your cat snax's watching. She is not very happy about your presence in the house and this may be the closest she has gotten so far!

I found you two this way this morning, you both busted out of your blankets and were so hungry you were trying to eat each other.

Here is Grandma at Xmas with all 3 of her grandchildren. They are 17 days apart!

All the Xmas activity wore you 3 out so you decided to take a snooze together.

Cousin Harlow Jane, I'm sure she will always remind you she is 17 days older!

We got our must anticipated visitors the other day and both babies slept right through all the commotion. Here is Rowan with his new best friends.

Brenna and Maura checking out Lauren. Lauren can't wait to be big enough to hang out with the big girls!

After a long night I found Daddy passed out in the bed with Snax, poor kitty, not a good place for your face!

I am just so amazed that these 2 five day old blasts turned into...

2 beautiful babies!

They're HERE!!!!

2009-12-17T19:47:00.006-05:00

Colin James and Lauren Avery were welcomed into the world today (December 17, 2009) at 7:57 and 7:58 AM. Colin was 6#1oz, 18.5" and Lauren weighed in at 4#15oz and 18". Both Colin and his "little" sister are doing wonderful! Krisy is also doing really well and as expected, her and Luke are very proud and excited that their family has finally grown by two more!

Colin looks exactly like his mama and Lauren (according to Grandma Udelhoven) looks like Luke. It was definitely a special day for the whole family! I was lucky enough to share the excitement with the grandparents by waiting for the babies to be wheeled from the OR into the waiting area for us to meet them for the first time! Tears of joy were shed by all!!

About 10 minutes old. Lauren on the left, Colin on the right.

Krisy's Dad, Luke, his mom, and Krisy's mom

Proud Grandpop

Grandmom Udelhoven

Grandmom Ell

Big flashback to 3 years ago!!

Little Lauren's feetsies!!

Lauren Avery

Colin James

Proud Papa

The Udelhoven Family of Four

Congratulations!!!!!!! We are all so happy for you!!!!!

Blog Crasher!!

2009-12-14T20:24:00.004-05:00

Just had to add some pictures that I took at my house when Krisy came to visit yesterday. It was the first time that the girls have seen her since we went to visit her in the hospital almost 2 months ago. The were a little shocked by how big her belly has grown since then! Poor Krisy may have a complex as their initial reaction was "gross" (I know) but they warmed up quickly and before we knew it they were begging to "kiss the babies"! Oh, and when asked, Krisy is having "a girl and a brother"...and she should name the babies "Baby Ro Ro" (aka one of their baby brother's many nicknames). Oh silly little girls.

Brenna, Maura and Krisy (love that little squat she's working there!)

Checking out that baby belly!

Goofy Girls

My personal Favorite.
Everyone now...Ahhhhhhhh!!
Maura landed the kiss to her new little buddies.

We can't wait to meet you!! We love you already!!!!

Finally an update right from the source...

2009-12-07T18:27:00.003-05:00

34weeks3days

Quick update because I'm a lazy, sore and a miserably pregnant lady. I was taken off all my meds on Thursday evening and everyone expected me to go into labor within a few hours but here I sit 4 days later still with no action at least i'm home now! I'm up about 27lbs and its all belly which I'm happy about but it really makes for one sore sore belly. My belly is measuring 41weeks and I'm feeling every cm of that! Both babies are breech which ensures this is a c-section which is completely fine with me. The thought of pushing two kids out of my "whooie" scares me! Baby A our boy is on the bottom and at our last growth scan Friday at 34weeks his estimated weight was 5lbs6oz and our little girl who is jammed up under my ribs causing most of my misery is weighing 4lbs5oz. Good news is there is an end in sight, today we got to schedule our c-section so unless I go into labor their birthday will be 12/17/09 just 1 day shy of 36weeks. They are coming out earlier than normal due to a pregnancy induced liver condition i got call cholistasis. Why wouldn't I get that, I've had every other problem. I'm on meds for that now, its causes a bile build up in you skin which makes you very itchy, however in the last 3 days the meds have really kicked in and is helping with the itching. This condition can effect the babies which is why they are coming out early! Oh and I just wanted to thank Heather for keeping up with my blog while i couldn't access it...thanks my little sweetie the babies can't wait to meet you!

Quick Update

2009-12-02T20:54:00.003-05:00

Krisy is doing well...she's still hanging in there. And yes, she's still in the hospital. She's almost 34 weeks (Friday) WOOHOO!!! She didn't even think she'd make it that far!! We're all so proud of her for hanging in there and keeping those babies healthy and thriving in her belly! On a side note, she's headed to mama-hood very soon... no date is set as of yet...perhaps that will be kept as a surprise. But I PROMISE to post as soon as those little miracles arrive. I am hoping to be right there in the waiting room (unless I can sneak my way into the delivery room but I don't think I can pull that off!) on the big day.

Keep the healthy baby vibes coming!!

31 Week Post

2009-11-16T22:15:00.003-05:00

This was sent to me straight from the mama herself. Since she can't update her blog, I am still posting for her but here is a picture and update! Keep sending healthy baby and mama vibes her way!

How far along- 31 weeks

Weight Gain- 20lbs, I am all babies!!

Maternity Clothes- Just wearing pj's and the pants are tighter and the shirts are getting shorter

Sleep- Sucks, my back hurts all the time and hospital beds suck

Best Moment- Seeing my friend Heather and Mika's babies, they are hospital bedrest buddies

Movement- I feel them everyday but they are running out of room fast

Cravings- right now a blt sounds good but i'm eating a grilled cheese

Adversions- anything that comes on the hospital tray!

Sickness- hmm i'm sick with bordom

Genders-Boy/Girl

Labor signs- all the time but under control

Belly Button- the top part is out and he bottom is flat and it is so sore!

What I miss- My cat, my house, my bed, my friends, everything that exists outside the hospital

What I'm looking forward to- Getting out of here and getting the babies out of me!

Milestones- That I have made it 7.5weeks since I went into labor

Picture Update at 29 weeks

2009-10-31T08:25:00.002-04:00

Oh yeah...our bedrested mama sent some pictures!!!

We have the front and side view of her 29 week belly:

The prize winning kitty cat Halloween pumpkin:

And some sexy stockings to prevent blood clots:

(notice those fancy red toes!!)

Fridays are Krisy's "group meals" with the other mama's on the floor who are in the same boat. Also, when I called the other night, her and Luke were hanging out in a common area with another couple. Sounds like she's making some friends to keep her occupied while in hospital jail. Also, I forgot to mention this before in my last update, but Krisy also was diagnosed with gestational diabetes. It's very common with having to be on the tributaline drip as it spikes blood sugars. The good news is that it goes away when the babies come out. She reports that her sugars are within a good range when they check her (four times a day!) and they are just controlling it with diet. Just another fun thing to add to her voyage towards being a mama! It's worth it Krisy, I SWEAR!!!

We miss you, Krisy!!!!!! Hang in there!!!!!

More on Krisy

2009-10-27T17:13:00.001-04:00

Well, Krisy has her laptop in hand, however, the wifi doesn't allow her to access her blog to update (or see pics). She is online and can check emails so if you leave her a message here, she can read it or email her! I'm sure she'd appreciate it!

So, an update straight from Krisy:

"The babies are doing great and are practicing their breathing and hiccuping all the time.
Boy weighs 2lbs14oz and girl is 2lbs5oz. Cervix is basically nonexistant but my contractions are under control with a terbutaline pump installed in my thigh."

And an update from ME:
Krisy gets to do activities with the other moms who are on hospital bedrest. Today was pumpkin painting!! And guess what, she WON the pumpkin painting contest! She and 3 other moms painted their pumpkins and then the nurses took the pumpkins up to the next floor for them to be judged. Krisy's got the most votes. She said she painted a cat. I'm so excited to see a picture of her masterpiece! As soon as she gets a camera at the hospital, she promises to send me some pictures to update on here.

Okay, keep the healthy baby vibes coming!!!!! More to come soon!!

Update on Krisy

2009-10-18T21:29:00.002-04:00

Krisy is in the hosptial for the long run. The doctors have told her that if she makes it to 34 weeks, then they'll let her go home. So now she sits, at only 27 weeks, on bedrest in a hospital bed. The good news is that she's being watched very carefully!! Yesterday she started to have contractions again and luckily they caught it quickly and started her on a medicine that worked to stop them. She's hoping (if she hasn't already) to get moved into a private room soon. At that point, she'll be able to link up to wifi. Keep those healthy baby vibes and prayers coming!!!

She's Back

2009-10-15T14:43:00.003-04:00

In the hospital that is. Guest Blogger, Aunt Sweetie here. Krisy went in today for a check-up, and as she predicted, she is moving herself back into a room at the hospital. The doctor said that her uterus is "irritable" and the medicine isn't working anymore. Luckily though, she's not contracting! The doctor did check and said she is "about 1 cm" but anyone out there who has had a kid knows, that doesn't mean much.

She thinks she's in there for the long-run. It's definitely good that she's being monitored but it's still hard not to be in your own house. Think happy, healthy baby thoughts and send them her way!!!! I'll post more when I hear more!!!!

Oh, and p.s. Have you seen those maternity shots??!!! GREAT JOB, AMY!!!!!! Wow, Krisy is one HOT MAMA!!!

Maternity Proofs...

2009-10-14T17:01:00.002-04:00

The proofs are ready, now how am I going to pick. Hopefully after tomorrows Dr's appt I'll be coming home(although i'm not hopeful) so I will be able to pick them because there is no internet access in the hospital unless I get moved to a long term room. Those of you that know what to do the password is 1021KU, those of you that don't know what to do, email me for access! Thanks Amy for an awesome job and no i don't mind the surgery scars showing, they got me to where I am!!

I'm still here...

2009-10-09T14:42:00.005-04:00

First off I just want to thank Heather for updating my blog when i wasn't able too, sorry it took me so long to update. So far things are going well, we have made it 2 weeks longer into this pregnancy as of today. I never expected i wouldn't be coming home after my 24week growth scan, i also had no idea i was contracting pretty frequently. After 6 days in the hospital I was finally sent home on bed rest and I now take an oral med called procardia(sp) every 6 hrs to relax my uterus and so far its working. We had an appt at MFM on Tuesday and my cervix hadn't changed, it was stable, in fact it actually grew a tiny amount so thankfully i was sent back home. Bed rest is quite challenging, for those that know me personally I'm sure its hard to imagine me having to just lay around all day but I know i have to do it for these babies!!

Those are bed rest couch marks, not stretchmarks!!

How Far Along? 26weeks

Total Weight Gained/Loss? 18lbs, i lost a few lbs while in the hospital and I'm sure I'm loosing muscle weight now.

Maternity Clothes: Yes, except now I'm just wearing pj's all day.

Sleep? sometimes good, sometimes bad, just laying around all day makes sleeping hard

Best Moment of the Week? My appt on Tuesday and seeing my that babies are doing great and my cervix was holding steady and grew a tiny bit.

Movement- its crazy in there now!

Food Craving- nothing really, laying around makes it hard to eat

Food aversions- nope

Morning sickness?-Nope

Gender- Still one of each!

Labor Signs- unfortunately yes but its so far under control

Belly Button- its flat!

What I miss- the freedom of walking around, going to work, shopping just doing normal things

What I'm looking forward to- My next Dr's appt to make sure things are still doing well

Weekly Wisdom- everyday makes them 1 day stronger!

Milestones- getting to 26weeks, its been 2 weeks since I started with my preterm labor!

Well unfortunately i missed my own baby shower, it was the day after I was put in the hospital, i heard it was very nice!! Luke went in my place and didn't open up any presents without me. After getting home from the hospital we finally got to open all the gifts, we were absolutely amazed at how generous our friends and family were, there is barely anything that we need to go get for these babies. Here are some pics of all the presents in the babies room, I'm dying to be able to sort through it all and set up the nursery but that will probably be awhile. This wasn't even all the presents, On Sunday that week my most amazing friend Heather set up a little shower and a couple friends surprised me by coming over to keep me company for awhile! Alright, time to get back to bed, I'll update again as soon as I can!

Pics and Update

2009-10-01T16:22:00.003-04:00

Krisy is home from the hospital and on strict bedrest...look for a post from her soon!

Check out a sneak preview of her maternity session with Amy!

Isn't she one hot mama???!!!

Okay, guest blogger out!

Signed,
Aunt Sweetie

Guest Blogger Here...Update on Krisy

2009-09-28T20:05:00.000-04:00

If you have been wondering where Krisy is, see below. I have also included another update at the bottom of the post as of today, Oct 28th. So for those of you follow my blog (Tressler Twins), scroll down to the bottom to see what's going on now. For those of you who don't...start here:

This first part was written on Friday, Oct 25th
Krisy is in L&D. She went in this morning for a routine 24 week check-up with her high-risk doc and she was having contractions. They sent her to the hospital to got hooked up on the monitors and the babies are doing great. Her blood pressure is good and they started her on Terbutaline to stop the contractions. She had two doses, was given another drug, and some IV fluids and the contractions considerably decreased. They also decided to give her a dose of steroids (just in case) for the babies (it will help increase the maturity and function of immature fetal lungs). She has been admitted so she's staying the night and she needs get another dose of steroids within a 24 hour period.

To top it off, her shower is tomorrow! She sounds like she's keeping positive but I know she's terrified. AND totally bummed that she might miss her baby shower! Please send prayers and positive thoughts for her and those babies! Krisy is 24 weeks and it's just a little too early for them to arrive! I'll keep you posted (I really hope she doesn't mind that I posted this but I thought that she needed the support!).

**UPDATE
Krisy will be staying overnight and was just started on Mag Sulfate. Not a pretty drug. Actually it's pretty nasty (I was on this for 24 hours when I delivered the twins). Basically it means she'll be on it for 24 hours and will not be able to attend her shower. Luke will attend and open a few gifts but we'll have to celebrate her and those babies when she gets out!!! Keep sending those prayers for healthy babies!!!!!

***Oct 28th UPDATE
Krisy spent the weekend on the L& D floor of the hospital. She was on Mag Sulfate until yesterday (and man was she loopy!). The babies were on the monitors the whole time and doing great! Her blood pressure is normal (I saw her get it checked today, so I know it's true!). She was moved to the maternity floor this afternoon as she hasn't had any contractions for 24 hours. She reports that she has an "irritable uterus." Therefore the girl is on bedrest. She's allowed to get up to use the bathroom but that's about it. She's seriously bored. If you know her, forcing her do NOTHING is TORTURE! When I saw her this afternoon, she still hadn't seen the doctor so there is no news on discharge but I promise to update as soon as I get more info! Please continue to keep her and those babies in your prayers.

22 Weeks...

2009-09-13T09:50:00.005-04:00

Wow, I'm sitting here looking at this picture and I look fat and huge!! Oh well its all for a good thing, well 2 good things. We had our biweekly cervix check this Friday and so far so good. It measured at 3.4 not that, that means anything to me but apparently anything over 2.5 is good so we are happy! I was pleasantly surprised to get a quick abdominal u/s as well to see the babies and both are still doing well, good heart rates(142bpm for both) and great fluid and I made them once again confirm the sexes and they are still boy/girl!

How Far Along? 22weeks
Total Weight Gained/Loss? +17-18lbs
Maternity Clothes: for sure
Sleep? not to bad except for the constant backaches
Best Moment of the Week? knowing that my cervix is still holding strong and seeing the babies again.
Movement- some days more than others, I love to watch my stomach jiggle some nights!
Food Craving- nothing specific just love to eat!!
Food aversions- nope
Morning sickness?-Nope
Gender- Still one of each!
Labor Signs- not yet
Belly Button- getting flatter, my lap scar is now on the outside!
What I miss- not having heartburn
What I'm looking forward to- Our 24week growth scan can't wait to see more 3D pics
Weekly Wisdom- hmm I've got nothing this morning
Milestones- Getting closer and closer to vitality!

20weeks, a little late...

2009-09-01T18:08:00.004-04:00

Lets reminisce, here is me at 8weeks when I thought i had a little pooch!

Look at me now, here it is in all its glory...I had a regular OB appt yesterday evening and I was 20w3d at the time and my belly measured 26weeks. Glad to know those two babies are growing strong!

How Far Along? 20 weeks
Total Weight Gained/Loss? +14lbs
Maternity Clothes: definitely
Sleep? Sometimes good, sometimes awful
Best Moment of the Week? Finding out the genders and knowing that both babies look healthy.

Movement- Feeling them everyday now a couple times a day. Usually around 7pm there is a party in my uterus.

Food Craving- nothing i can think of, just food in general.
Food aversions- Tomato's

Morning sickness?-Nope
Gender- Boy and a Girl!!!

Labor Signs- no but terrified of it happening.

Belly Button- still and innie

What I miss- breathing easy and not getting winded by walking to far.

What I'm looking forward to- stronger kicks and our next growth scan.

Weekly Wisdom- carry heartburn meds in your purse!!

Milestones- Having 2 healthy babies with no signs of any problems!

Meet the babies...

2009-08-29T16:58:00.006-04:00

Lets see, where do I begin...well as you all know I was scared shit less going to this u/s. I literally could have crapped my pants with nerves/excitement. We couldn't have asked for a better outcome. It all started with me meeting up with an old friend, the "dildo cam". It had been awhile but is was just like and old friend its like we were never apart. They checked my cervix to make sure it was holding long and strong and I'm happy to report with her exact comments, "its like steel" She even pressed really hard on my belly for a min and measured it again to make sure it stayed put. After that we got onto the good stuff. Baby A was first and he is laying closest to my cervix and is laying across my belly. All measurements were perfect for him and his heart was pumping beautifully. He weighed in at 13oz's. Of course he was moving like crazy the entire time and the u/s tech decided he was going to be full of drama because his little hand kept resting up again his forehead. Unfortunately we couldn't get any good 3D shots of his because his kept putting his head down to his knees. Here is the best profile shot of our little man!

This pics a little naughty but he is definitely all boy! Look close and you can see the cursor pointing his boy parts out.

So onto Baby B who much to our shock was a little girl, we never expected one of each we were just so sure they would be same sex. She didn't move as much and all her parts measured perfect as well. She weighted in at 11oz's. She is laying across the top of my belly and would be the little culprit that keeps me from breathing well. However she is already being picked on by her brother, the entire time she was repeatedly getting kicked in her face by him. At one point she even put her little hands up to protect her face. We got that shot on the DVD they gave us and every time we go we bring the DVD back and they add to it, I love this place! Here is our sweet little girl getting kicked in the face!

Here she is all snuggled up, i can't wait to see the changes in 4weeks!

So of course knowing the sexes now, I couldn't' resist a trip to the local Carters outlet and found these and they were buy one get one! I can sense that this is going to become a habit, its so hard not to spend all my money on clothes!

I'll be back on in a few days to update with a 20week belly shot and the rest of the 20week stats!!

Dying to know....

2009-08-28T15:01:00.004-04:00

Just a quick update, i'll put pics up tomorrow. I'm enhausted and short on time right now!

Baby A is a.....

BOY!!

Baby B is a...

GIRL!!!!

5 more days...

2009-08-23T10:30:00.004-04:00

So Friday is the big day and I'm completely excited and terrified! Please please please let there still be 2 babies in there and let them be OK. My number 1 fear this whole pregnancy is going in for an u/s and finding out one of the babies didn't make it, i know i need help! Of course I also don't want there to be anything wrong with either of them but i can handle any problems, i just want them to be alive. Oh my other fear is that my cervix is shorten and i'll be put on bedrest and have the babies way to early and they will either die or be in the NICU. Ugh why am I so psycho crazy...i blame infertility, my previous miscarriage and that i read to many other blogs where they have had unfortunate things happen to them.

I have definitely started to feel movement over the last 1.5 weeks, especially on the right side near my belly button. I few times the thumps were so big I could feel them with my hand and one night even Luke got to feel them. They aren't consistent yet and I mainly feel it when I'm sitting quietly at night on the couch after dinner. The definite love the nachos from The Wick, that was the night we got the hardest kicks!! mmmm nachos i could eat them right now!

This week I pretty sure my uterus is growing fast. I have been having that achy feeling and occasional stabs of pain that i refer to as crotch lightning and my belly has started to take off! Sorry no pics, I'll get some up next weekend.

Anyway I'm taking your guessing as to what the sexes of the babies are, sorry no prizes but I'm must curious what everyone things. Boy/Boy, Girl/Girl, or Boy/Girl let me know in my comments section!

18 weeks...

2009-08-14T21:28:00.005-04:00

How Far Along? 18 weeks

Total Weight Gained/Loss? +10lbs

Maternity Clothes: definitely

Sleep? I love sleep!!!

Best Moment of the Week? Feeling a really strong kick the other day!

Movement- One big kick but mostly really slight movement at night, still no enough to make me say that's definitely the babies.

Food Craving- changes daily, it was taco bell, then orange sherbet, who knows whats next.

Food aversions- Meat and tomato's

Morning sickness?-Nope but i do get awful hot flashes

Gender- 2 more weeks

Labor Signs- nope

Belly Button- getting more shallow

What I miss- my nose being unstuff and being able to breath easy

What I'm looking forward to- finding out the genders and more definitive movement.

Weekly Wisdom-don't over eat, its so uncomfortable

Milestones- no clue, i guess just getting the babies room more and more ready!

Quick post...

2009-08-10T17:34:00.002-04:00

So today I'm sitting at the lunch table at work talking with my 2 coworkers when all of a sudden I was kicked right below the belly button. Well either kicked or punched, there is no doubt in my mind what it was. For the past 2 weeks I've been feeling little flutters and bubbles popping but I always just 2nd guess myself and say it must be something else. Not today, the funny thing was I was talking about all the delicious stuff I was craving at the moment and it was like the baby said, 'Hey stop talking about it and get us some!" Now I'm anxiously waiting for it to happen again!

16weeks...

2009-07-31T19:26:00.007-04:00

This was actually a mess up photo that turned out looking cool!
Sorry about the exposed undies!

Ahhh I finally made it to the 4th month! We had an appointment Wednesday with the mid-wife at our OB's office, we really liked her, she was great. Despite all my begging for an u/s she said no! We did get to hear both heartbeats on the doppler, she found them much easier than I had been finding them. I was never sure if I was getting two different beats or not. When she first walked in I started warning her what an infertile freak I am about these babies and how I was scared that one of the babies had died. She took one look at my stomach and said"umm no way, there is two in there." My belly actually measured 20weeks instead of 15w5d which i really was. I now have a 4 week wait until the much anticipated gender scan!!! OK onto the stats:

How Far Along? 16 weeks

Total Weight Gained/Loss? 4lbs

Maternity Clothes: definitely

Sleep? Not so great lately, not sure why.

Best Moment of the Week? Knowing for sure there are still 2 babies in there.

Movement- I think I have felt some fluttering here and there, very exciting!

Food Craving- nothing really specific, I have been on a grasshopper cookie kick(those are like thin mints)

Food aversions- Meat is still not that appealing.

Morning sickness?-Nope, thank god!

Gender- still waiting...Aug 28th

Labor Signs- god no!

Belly Button- still an innie but looks a lot more shallow

What I miss- sandwiches and wine

What I'm looking forward to- finding out the genders and more definitive movement.

Weekly Wisdom-sorry my brain is mush, i don't' have any.

Milestones- Making it to the 4th months, almost half way there!

14 weeks...

2009-07-18T09:18:00.008-04:00

Well I officially have made it into the 2nd trimester. I'm more and more starting to believe that after 3yrs of trying this may actually be happening. Of course I still have my daily fears of this being taken away and am still doing extensive analysis of my TP after every bathroom trip and I know I'm not the only IF person out there doing this still!!!! So here is my belly in all its glory, I was actually shocked when I saw this picture, I knew it was growing but man I look 20 weeks pregnant!!

Since making to my 2nd trimester I have decided to start documenting a little bit and have stolen this idea from a few of the blogs I read:

How Far Along? 14weeks1day

Total Weight Gained/Loss? Up 2lbs just in the last week, I hope this isn't a pattern.

Maternity Clothes: definitely need the bella band but today I'm going out to officially buy some!

Sleep? Great, better then I ever have!

Best Moment of the Week? Getting my doppler and hearing the heartbeats whenever I want.

Movement- nothing yet and I'm dying for this to happen

Food Craving- yesterday was the salmon teriakyi(sp) salad at the Wick so we went and it was off the menu!!! For the most part it has been Subway subs and I'm to afraid to eat them.

Food aversions- meat, although I do manage to eat it.

Morning sickness?- I think its finally gone, its been over a week since the last puke!

Gender- anxiously awaiting to find out, hopefully boy/girl.

Labor Signs- god no! I would have a heart attack.

Belly Button- innie

What I miss- subway subs and an alcoholic drink here and there!

What I'm looking forward to- finding out the genders and movement.

Weekly Wisdom- hmm...just keep believing this is going to work out!

Milestones- Making it to the 2nd trimester and knowing the m/c risk has gone down significantly!!

13 Weeks...

2009-07-10T14:16:00.005-04:00

Today was my 1st normal pregnant girl OB appt. I felt weird being there, i still feel like i don't belong. Everything went very well though, I really loved my new Dr. He answered all my questions like its totally normal that i still haven't gained any weight. I will start seeing a high risk OB around 20weeks. I ask him when my next u/s would be and he said 20weeks...i think my mouth dropped open, how can you make an infertile girl wait that long. I've had one every week since I was pregnant and now I have to wait 7weeks. Well I go back in 3 weeks for a check up and doppler check and I plan to beg for an u/s.

Anyway both babies are doing great and measuring right on target with HR's in the 150's. They were moving like crazy and even sucking their thumbs. I actually had an external u/s instead of an internal which made getting Baby B to pose for a picture much easier.

Here is the only good shot we got of A, it was moving so much we couldn't get a good one.
B was much more cooperative and gave us a beautiful side profile.

On another note and I hope I didn't jinx myself, we bought some baby furniture. Since we spend an insane amount of money to get these babies we turned to craigslist to try to find some gentle used furniture. We found a beautiful set super close to our house and it turns out it was the brother of one of my favorite blogger friends The Brower Bunch.

We were so happy to know our babies will use furniture from such a nice family. I'll post picture at a later date when we get it all set up.

Belly shot...

2009-07-05T10:32:00.004-04:00

Here is the officially 12 week belly shot, well actually I was 12w1d when I took it but I seriously felt like I grew over night that night! I'm trying to decide if there has been a difference in the last 2 weeks, you guys will have to let me know. The bottom pic is from 10 weeks and the top is 12 weeks. It seems like most of my nausea has disappeared it only happens once in a while now. Of course that freaks me out like something is wrong and now I have to wait till Friday instead of Wednesday to find out. I hate being stuck in this period when you feel nothing, if i could feel them moving all the time that would make me feel so much better. The bellaband has become my friend, I'm still to small for maternity but to fat for my regular pants. Its so nice not to have to button my pants and the band holds it all together. I still haven't gained any weight, i hope that's OK? That's on my list of questions to ask my new Dr on Friday!

We graduated...

2009-07-01T17:38:00.004-04:00

Today was a bittersweet day. Everything went well at the appt and we were officially released from Dr Fiedler's and we are onto a normal person OB. That appt is next Friday and I so hope I get an ultrasound. Oh and only 9 more days of PIO shots. I feel like my Dr has made me do them longer than any other Dr but I know he has a good reason for it. My poor sore butt will be so happy!

Baby A, the is a face forward view and he was rubbing his eyes during the u/s. We think he looks like skeletor! A measured 12w, HR of 157
Baby B all smooshed because he big bro/sis is hogging all the space. My sister quoted it good. "Baby A has a nice big bedroom and poor Baby B is living in the closet!" B measured perfectly now at 11w5d with a HR of 162

10weeks5days...

2009-06-24T18:20:00.004-04:00

As usually despite all the horrible outcomes I had imagined for this appointment, everything is going perfectly. Both heart rates are good and both grew exactly a weeks worth. The past 2 days the babies didn't like my first meal of the day and I was throwing it up 5mins after finishing it. Come one, who doesn't like fruity pebbles(total pregnancy craving)!

B decided to make an appearance this time, measuring 10w2d's, she was wiggling around like crazy!

Here is A, who was doing flip flops, I can't wait to feel this. She measured 11weeks!

Baby A decided to show Mommy and Daddy its muscle!!

Oh and when I refer to the babies as he or she, I do not know sexes it just sounds better than "it".