Things About Today...

I haven't done a "Things I loved About Today" post in quite a while. Mainly because Jerry and I weren't ready to tell people that we were expecting and when we found out we were having twins we wanted to wait a bit. (We only lasted about 2 weeks) Anyways, most of my posts would have been about how I loved things about this pregnancy and I couldn't let the secret out yet. So I'm going to get back in the grove of doing it again. First off I loved that I didn't throw up this morning. I know, like you really needed to know that but man it made my day start off a whole lot better. Next I loved that because we could only hear one hearbeat today at my doctors appointment my Dr. decided to just do a quick ultrasound in her office to make sure they were okay. And they are both growing great. Right away we could see the heartbeat of the baby on the top. And then suddenly we saw the baby on the bottom kicking the feet and moving the arms like crazy. It was awesome so see the baby move when it is so small. The next thing I loved was when Kaysen was sanding away on some wood (like Dad) and I was trying to give him a little pointer on how to do it and he replied, "Mom, I know how to do it. I've been doing this for years and years." Also, I loved that out of nowhere when I was reading a counting book and got to 8 flowers Gage counted to 8. Yesterday he counted to 5 for the first time and I was stoked. Everytime I try to get him to count or say his ABC's he shakes his hands at me and says, "NO. NO. NO!!" I've thought all along that he really wasn't learning anything I was trying to teach him. But alas! He was listening, just not participating completely. Besides be a completely long and draining day, it was a good day I I'm looking forward to my nice comfy bed in just a few short minutes. Yes, I know it is only 8:30 but that's what happens when you have 2 babies draining all of the energy out of you. :)

Feeling Pregnant....

Warning: I haven't blogged while pregnant before and I want to keep a better record of how I've felt and what has been going on throughout this pregnancy. (My journal only has a few inserts while I was pregnant with Kaysen and Gage and they mostly talk about other things that were going on, not a whole lot of actual details on my pregnancy) So bare with me, it may be boring info for you, but it will be important for my family. :)

When I was pregnant with Kaysen I was working as a teller at a bank working from 7:30am until 6:00pm, standing all day. Needless to say I was dead tired by the end of the day. I would get home, Jerry would be cooking dinner, well at least the meat because the smell of meat cooking would make me throw up. I'd finish making dinner, we would eat and I'd fall asleep. Then I'd wake in the morning to a long bout of nausea. This lasted until 20 weeks. Then finally it went away and I felt somewhat normal again.

When I was pregnant with Gage I expected to get sick and tired again but it wasn't too bad. I was only a little nauseous but didn't get sick EVERYDAY like I did with Kaysen. I was tired, but luckily I had a little one that needed a nap so I'd sit down and relax during this time so I felt great 90% of the time. Needless to say, that pregnancy and delivery were pretty much perfect!

This time around I was warned that my symptoms could be worse because I had double the hormones in my body. I was trying to be optimistic and told myself that it would be like Gage, maybe a little worse but not as bad as Kaysen.

So far, I've been way wrong. There hasn't been a morning that I haven't gotten sick. Actually there hasn't been a night either. Yep. I get sick at least twice a day and feel nauseous all day.

Each morning I get sick in the middle of making my kids breakfast. Gage always want to climb off his chair and come in the bathroom to see if I'm okay, but Kaysen tells him, "Mom is just sick again Gage. She'll be back in a minute." He's a quick learner. He only had to see me once to know what was going on and to know that he didn't want to see it again. However, when I do emerge from the bathroom both of them immediately ask if I'm okay and give me a hug.

Not to mention that I take at least one if not two naps everyday. If Jerry is home it's definitely two naps since he makes me because he can see that I'm dragging.

Last week I sat down on the couch after dinner. The boys were playing in their room and Jerry was studying for a test. I fell asleep. I guess my phone rang and I am told Jerry said, "I guess I'll get it" thinking, that I just didn't hear it or was being lazy. Then he brought my phone in and saw that I was crashed on the couch. He tried to get me to wake up to answer it but I missed it. The next thing I knew he was standing over me laughing because there really was a lot of noise going on in the house but I was oblivious to all of it. Did I mention that that was the third time I had fallen asleep just that day??

My Dad has a saying that he can hear a mouse pee on a cotton ball. (He used this line when Jerry and I were dating and decided to watch a movie. My Dad was in his room going to bed. It was a warning to be good, cause he'd know if we weren't) Well Jerry tells me that I probably could hear this, especially when I sleep because I am such a light sleeper. Not so right now. I'm down for the count when I'm asleep now.

Nothing sounds good to eat, but when something sounds "okay" I just cook it. Poor Jerry hasn't gotten much flavorful food lately, but he's a good sport and eats whatever I feel like eating. He's just hoping I'll feel up to Enchiladas, Navajo Tacos and Sweet & Sour Chicken sometime soon.

Eventhough all of these symptoms seriously stink, I'm telling myself it is a good sign. With our miscarriage I didn't have much of anything. So at least I know there is a reason I feel this way this time.

Number 3.....and 4

I am excited to announce that Jerry and I are expecting again!!!

I went to the Doctor on March 3rd and my Doctor wanted me to get an ultrasound because my hormone levels were a bit high and we could have miscalculated my date.

So on March 10th I had an ultrasound and immeditely after the stick touched my stomach I saw this.....


The Ultrasound Tech said, "See the dark spot? That's a sac."
I replied, "YES!"
Then he said, "See this other dark spot? That's another sac."
I replied,"As in 2 sacs? As in 2 babies?"
He says, "It looks like that to me." With a huge smile on his face, because I can't lift my chin up.

So, if you've heard the news...it's true. We are due with TWINS around October 23 but my Doctor probably won't let me go past October 2.

Baby "A" had a heartbeat of 107 that I got to listen to. And Baby "B" was at 112 bpm.

Jerry had to work that day and I figured it would just be a routine ultrasound that showed I was maybe 10 weeks instead of 6 so I didn't think he needed to go.

However, I have now determined that he will be present for EVERY single ultrasound from here out.

The last ultrasound I got in October showed that we had miscarried and he wasn't there for that one either because he had to work and I really didn't think something was wrong.

Okay, so I did think something was wrong but I was in MAJOR denial.

Needless to say, he has promised to be present for all ultrasounds from now on.

So on Monday we had to get another ultrasound just to make sure things were okay and he was there to finally see our BABIES in person.

(For those of you who don't know by looking at a picture. They are fraternal twins, not identical because there are 2 sacs. Not 2 babies in 1 sac.)



Baby "A" as it is called for now is laying in the clearest position. You can actually tell where the head and bottom are and even see little nubs of feet starting to form. The heartbeat was now measuring 167bpm.



Baby "B" is laying sideways and isn't cooperating much for now so it's a bit harder to distiguish the body parts. Luckily the Ultrasound Tech has a trained eye. This heartbeat was also measuring at 167bpm. Both good and strong!!! yay! :)





Of course it is too early to know the sex of the babies but we will find out ASAP.

Kaysen has been telling us (before we even knew that we were expecting) that we were going to have a Kynlee and a Jett.

Kynlee being a girl. Jett being a boy. We had these names picked out with our last pregnancy. (Okay, Kynlee has been claimed since Kaysen was conceived and Jett was liked but isn't dead set)

We asked him which would come first and he replied, "They're coming at the same time."

So we will just have to see if this little boy is right and if we have one of each in there.

Also, a week before we found out they were twins I had a dream that we were having twins. I woke up in the morning and told Jerry.

He said, "If it's true, we're done."

And I replied, "Good thing I've never had a dream come true before, huh?"

Because honestly I have NEVER had a dream about my life and then had it happen. I've always just had strange dreams that don't make sense. And this one didn't make sense to me at the time but now it does completetly.

Really though, we are completetly excited about twins. Just in shock still I guess :)

For those of you wondering...yes we are adding on to our little 2 bedroom home.

Jerry is building a shed as I type because we are converting our garage into a master bedroom, storage and laundry room all seperated. And then a master bathroom on the end of the house. We'll keep you posted with pics.

Needless to say life isn't turning out like we planned.

We were going to have our house in Show Low sold. Nope.

We were going to be building our dream house now. Nope.

We were going to be having just baby number 3 coming our way. Nope.

But even though life isn't going as planned. It's still going even better and we are trying to prepare ourselves for this next CRAZY stage.

Founders Day 2011....

On March 24, 1876 LDS Pioneers came and settled along the Little Colorado River. That is how Joseph City came to be a town. It was the only settlement of three that were set up at the time to actually remain a town.

Now, 135 years later this town is still a small town but it is growing (slowly) and yet traditions remain strong.

Every year we have "Founder's Day."

A day in which family from out of town even, comes and celebrates.

We do it big here too.

First we start it off with a Flag Raising Ceremony and a 10k and 5k run.

Then we have a FREE breakfast at the church. This year it was pancakes. mmmm....mmmm...mmmm

Then we had a parade.

This year Jerry's Grandpa was asked to put a float together. The Miller's are famous for their "Rook" card playing and homemade ice cream. So we were going to have Grandpa and his brothers playing cards on the back of a trailer and the grandkids were going to pass out ice cream cones. Well because of some confusion in instructions it didn't happen this year. Instead, some of his great grandkids rode bikes in the parade and passed out candy.

Kaysen insisted on riding his four wheeler. I was game. I didn't want to end up pushing him down the road from getting tired legs.

Katie (his cousin) stopped suddenly in front of him and he popped a wheelie on her back tire. The crowd thought it was a real trick and Kaysen thought he was too cool and wanted to do it again and again but I told him "No" because it would eventually end in a crash.

Here is a picture of part of the gang.



We have a BBQ and Auction that are big hits every year. This year Jerry had to work so my Mom came to help me and spend time with us. We just got the BBQ to go and took it back to my house to enjoy.

After that we took the boys to the tracto show.

Kaysen was in heaven.

There were at least 20 tractors and many of them were "old school" ones that he loved.

And they even had tractor "drag races" and he loved watching that.

Then there were games going on at the park for kids. We were a bit too late for the games that were for my age group of kids so instead they rode a little pony.

It is the first time they have ever ridden an animal.

The both thought they were so cool.

Then there is also a 3 on 3 basketball tournament and a volleyball tournament. Which sadly I did not get to participate in this year. (maybe next year??)

I know we live in a "po dunk" (sp?) little town. But it is a town that is proud of how it was settled and proud of being "po dunk."

I'd have to say that I sure am glad we live in this "po dunk" town too.

When Mom is Gone...

On Sunday mornings I have choir practice at 9:00 am.

Jerry was in charge of getting the boys out of the bath while I went to choir practice and copied off my ward bulletins.

Upon pulling up my driveway this is the view I beheld....

Kaysen and Gage wanted to go outside and help Dad feed Ruger.

We usually don't let our kids get dressed for a bit because if we do, their church clothes are trashed.

So Gage pulled on a robe and tennis shoes.

Kaysen opted to go shirtless, but pulled on my boots and made sure to get Dad's knee brace.

They sure thought they looked stylish.

Date Night...

I go through spurts...obviously you can see this by my awesome blogging pattern.

I blog everyday for 2 weeks straight.

Then I find something else to fill my time for a bit and blogging gets put on the back burner.

But I am still going to continue to blog at least 3 things that I loved about that day and hope that it gets me in a better habit and I blog more often again.

Today I loved that the weather was nice enough to let my boys play outside without being all bundled up.

Today I loved that I got my house in a bit more orderly fashion...not that it will last though :)

But the MAIN thing that I loved about today was that Jerry and I finally went on a date.

This guy is an awesome guy, however he kinda slacks in the "date planning" section. If I want to go on a date...it happens because I arrange it.

So that is precisely what I did.

I told him on last night that we were going on a date. No questions asked and he didn't get to be picky about what we were doing.

I told him we hadn't done this activity since we were first married.

I thought he wouldn't be able to guess it.

He did.....



There is not a picture of me included in this post because my rear end looks the size of TEXAS. Besides, Jerry looks much more athletic and better than I do :)

We simply went bowling and I officially got the lowest score of my life (bad back right?) then went for dessert at DENNY'S but of course they didn't have what we wanted so I got wings and he got chicken strips and fries.

It was a great little date...and I'm hoping my wonderful husband will be arranging the next one :)
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