Baby Shower!!

Baby Zina helping with the Ribbons!

My mom made the babies a lot of cute quilts and receiving blankets

Josh's grandma made this cute quilt for our little girl.

Marianne and Jenny made this cute quilt to match for AJ

Cassady and Ellie helped me open some of the gifts.

My high school bud Dayna and her little girl, Sadie

Yesterday my sister-in-laws threw me a shower for my family and Josh's family. There was a great turn-out! It was fun to see everyone. I even got to see my high school friend Dayna and her adorable little girl Sadie. We got a lot of great stuff. We had some Yummy food and just got to talk. It was a great day! Thanks so much Mary and Sarah! We love you!

I Went to the Doctor again today. Both babies are head up, in the breech position. I have given up on their positioning. They are obviously still turning and moving fine, since they are in a different position every time. Besides that they look great. Good strong heartbeats. I have another Ultrasound in 2 weeks. I haven't been walking at all so I was worried about my weight gain, but I only gained 3 pounds. Yeah!!!! Everything looks great! There was a nurse in training or something like that, so he did a more detailed ultrasound and explained a few things to here. It was for her benefit, not mine, but it was really interesting. Stuff about the membrane separating them and the 3- vessel cord and the pockets of fluid. He also said that he had 7 sets of twins right now. The most he has ever had. He doesn't know if he has just had a lot or if there is just a surge of twins right now. Seven for one Dr. is crazy. I have one more week to go then I can stay in the valley to have them. I am suppose to keep better track of my contractions. I try to just ignore them, unless I think they are coming regularly. Then when I do pay attention they go away. So he asked me to keep better track of them.

I can't stand up after getting down, I am always asking Cass to get me stuff off the floor. I have to do laundry on days when the girls are home so they can get the clothes out of the dryer for me. Sleeping or staying asleep is hard. I wake up every hour and have to roll over usually because that hip aches. When I look at the weeks I have left it seems close,until you translate those weeks into months or days. I just keep counting by weeks.

Happy Valentines Day!

I got the best Valentine this year! Cassady has the best Preschool teacher and when I picked Cass up from School on Thursday this is what I got. The little poem says:

SPECIAL DELIVERY
Here's a special Valentine
Standing at your door,
It's special-one of a kind
You can't buy it at a store.

There's a present in this heart
That you won't want to miss,
Just pucker up...
And I'll give you a KISS!

Cass was so excited this year for Valentines. She gave out Valentines at School, Dance, and a Valentine exchange party she was invited too. She was so excited for the party. She slept in Curlers the night before, had to have a pretty red dress (thank goodness for Christmas dresses), and a big red ribbon in her hair. I don't really like Valentines Day, but she made it fun this year.

Dr Appointment

I had another Ultrasound Yesterday and a Dr. Appointment today. Things are looking really good. The boy weighs 2lbs 13 oz. and the girl 2lbs 10 oz. It puts boy in 57% and girl in 38%. Last time I went in the boy was head down and the girl breech, now he is breech and she is head down. I guess they have enough room to flip so let's just hope they both end up head down. I got to see his face in 3-D for a second or two by the time the tech pushed print he moved and we just got a big blur. Then he ended up with a hand in front of his face.
I only gained 2 lbs in the last 2 weeks!!!!! I have been walking at the rec center with friends almost every day. I have really enjoyed it and it makes me feel great! Today Dr Fowers said our biggest worry now is going into labor early. My cervix is still really long (which is good). I have been having more contractions, nothing consistent though. He said I now have to take it easy. He mentioned no more exercising, no more day trips, no going to the zoo or stuff like that. I asked if walking was exercising. He said if I take it easy and only do light walking, it is ok a little longer. My walking buddy is 6 feet tall and walks fast. Which has been great, because I feel like I am actually getting some exercise. I bring Cass and my buddy brings her little girl and they play in the corner while we walk the track. I am sad to have to slow down. I really don't want to stop. I don't want to slow her down. I Will do what I have to to have healthy babies. My dr and I discussed having contractions and when to panic and go to his office or the hospital.
I am so ready to be done with this pregnancy and really want my body back. (I so want to sleep on my tummy, take a deep breath, not chew gum, get off the couch without such an effort and not have a backache.) I am hoping time will go by fast. It doesn't sound to long when I say I only have 9 weeks left, but if you put that into days, 60, Oh my!!! I go back in two weeks. Wish me luck and don't laugh if you see me and my huge and still growing tummy.

I admit it, I'm 35!!!

Yesterday was my 35th birthday. Wow! Back in high school I would have considered people who were 35 ancient. I could have never imagined being that old. Although, I never could have imagined being pregnant with twins either. I don't feel old yet. Ask me again when I am sleep deprived in April.

Josh brought me roses home from him and Cass. Josh, Cass, and I went to wingers for lunch. It was nice. I opened my present from the girls later that night. I got the stroller I have been researching. I found an awesome price and free shipping! It's seats come off and it hold 2 infant carrier car seats, most strollers only hold one. You can also turn the normal seats what ever way you want to. Check out that HUGE basket underneath! I am sure we will fill it quickly.

I got a gift card from Chelcie to Cafe Sabor which I have seriously been craving and relaxing bath supplies from Jodi. Thanks girls!!!! I can now relax and eat, what more could I ask for!

Baby Update

I had my Dr appointment on Friday instead of Thursday. The office called on Monday and asked to change it to Friday, because my Dr had a death in the family and couldn't be there on Thursday. I had to eat a normal meal and an hour later drink a glucose drink and an hour after that have my blood drawn. I had heard that the drink we really nasty and sweet. I was worried that I may have a problem keeping it down. It wasn't that bad. Tasted like that orange drink from McDonald's, just a little carbonated. So they drew my blood and told me that they would tell me the test results at my next appointment if everything was good and if it was bad they would call me right away. No phone call, so the results must be good.
Both babies heart beats are still really strong. My little stinker boy has flipped around. He is now breech. One is head down and one is breech which if the stays that way will lead to a c-section. He can still flip back.
I am having a lot of Braxton Hick's contractions and trying to pay more attention to them, to make sure they are just that. I really don't want to go into labor this early. I have been going to the rec center to walk with Chelcie and Jodi and I will not have a single contraction while I am walking, but will have them while sitting at the computer or laying in bed. Weird!
I have decided to start counting down to 37 weeks, taking off that last 3 weeks makes it sound better. I have 10 weeks left. My next appointment is on Feb 3 now and will be another ultrasound.


We have come up with a boy name. His name will be Andrew (my dad's name) Joshua (my husbands name)and we will call him A.J. As for a girl name, we are still debating some. We are leaning towards Addison or Addelyn. If you know any cute names starting with an A or a B, suggestions are still be taken. We do want their names to both start with an A or his name be an A name and hers be a B name since he is Baby A and She is Baby B.

Happy Birthday to Cassady!

Cassady turned 5 years old Thursday. I still think of her as being 3. She is such a joy. It took me 7 years after I had Kylee to decide I wanted another baby. I can't imagine our life's without her. She makes me laugh all the time. She is so imaginative and everything is a game of pretend. My favor tie is when she says, "Mom, let's pretend that your the mom and I'm your daughter." or when she pauses the game because she has to go to the bathroom she actually says, "pause the game." and hits a pretend button to pause the game. She is so excited to be 5.


Her choice of restaurant to go to for her birthday was McDonald's. Josh told her that he would take her to McDonald's the next day. She then chose Olive garden. We all were all more happy with that choice. She thought it was pretty cool that they sang to her and she got to blow out a candle. She doesn't like cake, so I didn't make her one. For breakfast, I made her sweet rolls and chocolate milk and I put a candle in her sweet roll. She wished for another bunk bed.


At Olive garden she kept asking, "When we get home we are opening presents, right mom." She got a Tag reading system, two Tag books and a carrying case.

Kylee gave her, her old MP3 player, so now she has her own. She thinks she is so big listening to it.

She got a package from Great Grandma Beal. Her favorite is to get mail. She sends us packages all the time. She was so excited to get all the little trinkets.

Happy Birthday Cass!

Our Weekend

We started our weekend by pulling the girls out of school on Friday and went down to the Draper Temple open house. We started out at a church and watched a video about temples. We were then loaded on a bus and driven up to the temple. It was a silent tour, meaning we just walked through on our own. It was beautiful.

That night we went to see my new nephew, Baby Carter. He is so cute. We forgot our camera though and have no pictures of it. We took pizza and had a nice time. Cassady and Hayden (my nephew) had so much fun running around playing. They even ran into each other and didn't tell anyone. Cassady has her second black eye from it.

On Saturday we decided to go to Tale of Desperaux with grandma and grandpa. It was a good movie. After the movie, we went stroller shopping. I think a good stroller is going to be really important. It is hard to find one that will work with 2 infant car seats. We think we found though. Now I just have to search the Internet for the best price.

On Sunday we celebrated My dad's 60th, Kirstla's 27th, and Cassady's 5th birthday. Cassady tried to blow out the candles before we sang.
We all went in on a GPS unit grandpa has been wanting. We toasted to Grandpa and his 60 years. The kids thought it was so much fun to have fancy cups and apple cider.
Cassady toasted by practically throwing her cup up in the air. Amazingly, not spilling.

On Monday we went to Build-a-bear. the girls got gift certificates for Christmas to make bears for the babies. They picked out a pink and blue bear. They put in cute little hearts that you can feel beating inside the bears chest. The helper lady put the bears on the machine that fills them with stuffing. Cassady got to step on the pedal to work the machine. After they sew up the bears you take them to a fluffing shower. You get to brush them and shower them with air.

The girls walked up and down isles looking for perfect outfits for the bears. (This is the expensive part.)

Then they took the clothing to dressing stations and got them all dressed up. The girls (still no name) bear was dressed up in a ballerina outfit.

A.J.'s bear was dressed up as a fireman. The lady asked Cass if she knew a fireman. Cass told her, "My grandpa's a fireman, but he got kicked out." We had to explain to Cass that retirement and being kicked out or fired are different things.

All done ready for names!

We then went to a computer to name the bears and get a birth certificate. This bears name was picked by Cass. It is Aleena.

This Bear's name, picked by Jordan and Ky, is Little A.J. After we were all done Jordan and Kylee decided that they were going to make a bear and split the cost and share him. They made a hockey bear. Not sure why,but now they are trying to split custody of him. We had a little money left over on the gift certificates, so we decided to let Cass make her own, and call it one of her birthday presents.

She made a Bunny.

She dressed her up as Tinkerbell. Of coarse the bunny was the most expensive animal there and the Tinkerbell outfit was one of the most expensive. Then she needed shoes.

Cass named her Miss Cutie!

It was a fun experience. We went for 2 bears and left with 4. The ironic thing is that I am always trying to get rid of stuffed animals. This weekend we added 4 more to our endless supply and even worse paid $140 for them. The experiance was worth it though. We did have a lot of fun and Cassady has been inseparable from her new bunny.

We finished up our weekend by meeting Grandma and Grandpa at Cassady's favorite restaurant, Sweet Tomatoes.

I was able to do everything I wanted to, but I was really ready to be home. I was so tired. My back was killing me, but I slept really good for the first time in a long time.

Childhood Slavery or Service?

Our Stake started a program where we keep track of our service to others. Cassady has really gotten into this program and loves to put marks on the chart. She is always looking for service to do. Lately I have realized that she has been doing a lot of cleaning, so she can put marks on the chart. We will see how long this lasts, but until it gets old, I am enjoying it. She obviously enjoyed the painting.

I was so excited when I got on today to see my pregnancy ticker is at 100 days left and technically it is 21 days less than that since I will only go to 37 weeks. I am getting so uncomfortable lately. I am huge with 12 weeks left to go. There is no more room! I have been walking lately trying to get into some sort of shape. It is nice to get out with a friend and talk. I feel great afterwards. I am hoping to be able to keep walking. I am trying to keep busy so that days go by faster. Some days I really wear myself out.

Not the greatest pic, but wanted you to believe me when I said I was huge! (took it myself) I will be 26 weeks tomorrow and 6 months on Monday. Getting there one day at a time.