Unable to Catch up

 I haven't updated this blog since I was 11 weeks along with out twin girls. They are 2.5 years old now. HA. 

Guys...I guess that sums up what life is like with twin toddlers and a 9 year old too. We are busy!

I will try and add some fun pictures in another post of the girls first 2 years of life, but right now, lets catch up on the family.

Jace: Left work at Wells Fargo last year! Has been working for Reece in their HVAC division. He likes what he does, gets good perks. and works with good guys. We are happy for the change. He was just recently released from being ward financial clerk after about 4-5 years, no new calling yet. Fell in love with the minivan we rented in Montana and traded in my Pathfinder (sob) for a Chrysler Pacifica for our growing family. He's ecstatic.

Nash: is in 4th grade, definitely has a form of ADHD, is doing alot to help out around the house, is the girls favorite, and in fall baseball currently and getting better each week. We sure love that boy! He will have a part in our primary program as well as being in a small group singing a special song.

Becca: 2.5, talking nonstop, busy! She is super dramatic and silly. She learned how to climb out of her crib last week and so her mattress is now on the floor in her crib and she is TICKED she cant get out! She is normally loud and vocal about what is happening and will tattle on Evie. LOL

Evie: 2.5, gibbering alot, has some sentences and lots of words or 2 word fragments. She is a little developmentally behind becca, but not by a ton. She talks so soft we call her princess peach! She is quiet and mischievous and does things she knows she shouldnt. LOL

Animals: Thor our cat is still alive and kicking although (especially since we brought the girls home) he tends to hang out in the living room away from all the chaos.

We adopted a Lab/Retriever Mix puppy in April 2023! His name is Castle. He is high energy and rambunctious and loves to chew! The girls have a love/hate relationship with him. Thor just hates him. LOL

Andrea: I am alive! Thats my biggest accomplishment lately. I'm the primary chorister and I'm getting ready to have my 1st primary program next month! I now am having dreams about it and in the dream, it doesnt end well for me. lol We started fertility treatments again right after the girls turned 2 in March. I got pregnant in May after our transfer, but almost immediately miscarried. We decided to jump back in and in August we had another transfer. I found out I was pregnant with TWINS again! (i started immediately praying for help...4 kids 3 and under sounded so hard and scary!!) We heard their heartbeats and saw their little gummy bear bodies! We were so happy. Scared but happy. We found out at 9-10 weeks that Baby B's heart had stopped and I lost them. It was such a weird gray area to be in. I was so sad, but also so happy seeing baby A and seeing how they were growing. So weird. It helps to know that I will have Baby B in heaven and they arent truly gone from me. I am almost 13 weeks pregnant (2 days) and in my 2nd trimester. This pregnancy is kicking my butt. I am so sick and throwing up daily. I am so tired and with the summer heat this year, my poor girls and I have just been holed up in our house. I wasnt allowed to go swimming either until September and that STUNK because the pool started cooling off and the girls got too cold too fast. I've had to shelve my photography business when the girls were born/1st year and now again because i'm so sick. I miss my clients.

I'm hoping to add more entries. I dont think anyone actually reads blogs anymore, and that is TOTALLY okay with me. I used to print the book out each year and that was my journal. Nash has read through my whole blog that is printed to this point and he has asked me when I was going to do a new one. So, he is my inspiration. :) 

I love my husband, my kids, my animals, my home, my job, my calling in the ward. I am so tired all the time, but its just my season I guess :)

37 weeks Gestation, 10 Weeks old!

 How?! How are my baby girls 10 weeks old?!

They have just been growing up and doing it fast and I feel like I'm missing it. Its so hard to have these angel babies, but not have them at home. Not have a routine, not have their brother even know what they really look like! WHAT. Insane. Nash sees pictures, we have videoed, but he doesnt have a clue. We dont have a clue! I want my babies home!!!

26 Weeks!

 VIABILITY!!! 

You guys!! Other than getting through the first trimester, this was our first major milestone! Twin viability is considered at 26 weeks, when both of them should be big enough to save if I was to go into preterm labor that they couldnt stop. 

I had an appointment with Dr. Beck today and things are progressing nicely! Both girls are active and measuring great. 

I also had to do my glucose test today. I have been dreading it. Not because the drink tastes bad (its not great, but its not horrible), but because I FAILED my 1 hour test with Nash and had to do the 3 hour one. I felt SO sick and was so tired...I really really dont want to do that again. Hoping for good news!

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UPDATE:

NOT good news...i have gestational diabetes! NOOOOOO!!!! I'll have to poke myself and check my sugars about 5 times a day. Yucky!

11 Weeks

 Hit 11 weeks! Getting closer to getting out of the first trimester! Whoop!!

I found a private ultrasound place that allows multiple people to come with you. I wanted Jace and Nash to be able to experience the ultrasound and see the babies in person! Plus I was hoping for a good picture to put on a Christmas card! My next OB appointment isnt until I'm 13 weeks and the last picture I have of them is from 8 weeks. 

We went at 11 weeks 4 days, IT WAS SO FUN!! Baby B was kicking and bouncing around while Baby A was just chilling, UNTIL Baby B kicked at it so much, then Baby A turned towards Baby B and started jumping themselves!! They are getting so big and it was just such a good experience! I love being able to see them!! I still have trouble believing that this is real and they are really growing inside me!!

10 Weeks, Announcing, and Thanksgiving!

 Thanksgiving week!!

I decided to officially announce to the world (aka social media) that we were expecting. Anyone who saw me in person figures it out quickly, so I knew it needed to be done soon. 

I got a cute shirt (its how i announced with Nash too) and did my chalkboard picture. Classic.

Joe and my mom both tested positive for COVID so we havent seen my family for awhile. I decided I'd make the entire Thanksgiving meal all by myself (for the most part, Jace helped some!) and send most of it over to their house. It was exhausting and harder than I thought! I did my first turkey and it came out beautiful!! I made rolls, a pasta salad, a fruit salad, gravy, turkey, ham, stuffing, a vegetable tray, dip, crandberries, and Jace did his mashed potatoes. I also cooked up a cherry and apple pie, and bought 6 others. Whew!

9 Weeks

 I had my ultrasound at my OB yesterday!!! I was 9 weeks 3 days. It was super quick, he didnt do all the measurements that my fertility clinic does. But thats okay! I got to see my babies. 

They actually looked like babies!! And they were wiggling around in there!!

My nausea has kicked in and some days i feel like dying. Other days, nothing.

So weird. 

I think that we will officially announce next week for Thanksgiving. I'll be over 10 weeks, and I will have finally gotten my hair done. LOL My belly is popping and there isnt any hiding the fact that I've got something going on if you see me in person.

8 Weeks

 I am 8 weeks 1 day pregnant with TWINS. 

You guys. That still doesn't seem real. Like, at all.

My clinic tried graduating me from their care at my 1st ultrasound at 6 weeks 4 days...but I couldn't see my OB until I was 9 weeks and 3 days, so I told them I needed to come in for 1 last ultrasound.

It was today!!

I've been so nervous because sometimes I forget that I'm pregnant. My symptoms come and go. I have sore boobs, some nausea every now and then, and of course I'm bloated, but that can come from all the meds I'm still on. Other than getting tired easy and falling asleep early, and the sometimes nausea, oh and not being allowed to pick up more than 20 pounds (that one is super annoying) I forget. AND THERE ARE TWO BABIES. Shouldn't I have more symptoms?!

Anyways, I was nervous (as evidenced by my blood pressure) and excited. The tech found the babies immediately on the abdominal ultrasound and then we moved to the wand. 

Baby A was showing off, we got to see their nubby arms and legs and adorable head. Their heartbeat was 163 and was measuring 2 days ahead at 8w3d!

Baby B was only letting us see their profile, but I could still see their head and one arm. Their heartbeat was 171 and was measuring 1 day ahead at 8w2d!

They are doing great and I couldn't be more thrilled!!! We have started making plans for the baby's room and hope to start working on it soon. I know its still early, but we are just too excited! We also bought 3 cute twin outfits that will work no matter the sex of the babies.