Bridals.

I took my brother-in-law and soon to be sister-in-law's bridal pictures this weekend. It was fun:) I would love to post them all, or some more, but I will let them be a surprise:)

My appointment.

So... I keep picking the wrong day to go in... oh well, I guess. I got right back in a room and asked the nurse if I was supposed to be scheduled for an u/s (secretly hoping to talk them into it so that I could maybe get a chance to find out the genders;) knowing the doctor said last time he likes to do one every appt until after 20 weeks because then he can make positive he is getting both heartbeats. She said she would go ask the doctor and left my door ajar. I had hope. Ten minutes went by and my door was shut without a word. My heart sank a little. An HOUR later the doctor comes in with a doppler and I said, "darn I was hoping to find out the genders today, but that's okay maybe next time." He thought about it for a minute and said "let's see what I can do because I want to make sure to get the seperate heartbeats." I half heartedly said "I know you are busy, so it isn't a big deal, I can find out next time." He decided to try and get me into an u/s room, but it was VERY busy. So... THIRTY minutes later I got changed to an u/s room... This happened last time, where I wasn't scheduled for one but the doc wanted one, but at least then I got right in.

I got in the room and the doctor was right there. So it began. He checked the heartbeats, and they looked good. One baby was head down and the other is transverse right under my ribs but they both had their butts by each other. He checked the gender of one and then the other. Then he said they were moving around so much he wanted to check again. So he did. And again, and again. He went back and forth as quickly as he could so he made sure he was seeing two different ones. We were in there less than ten minutes and he said they had changed position at least twice. I guess there is enough room in there... for now, haha.

Oh, by the way... TWO GIRLS!!

Anyone remember me testing a vest pattern for an etsy seller? ( don't worry, I don't expect anyone to keep up on my borderline obsessive sewing habbit... okay, maybe not borderline, haha). Well, she has now finalized the pattern and put my pic on her blog and when selling the pattern! That's because Jack is such a stud, haha.

http://www.etsy.com/listing/62300480/pint-size-professor-vest-reversible-pdf

http://littlelizardking.blogspot.com/2011/02/pint-sized-professor-vest-pattern.html


Still waiting to see if she uses Abs picture on her ruffle dress:)

Halfway there!!!

I am at least halfway through this pregnancy! I hit 19 weeks today, and since he will induce at 38 weeks that means I am halfsies, if not more! ... hopefully just half, let them cook as long as possible!! My belly was this big with the other two around six months... so yeah, I am gonna be huge! Kinda nervous about the shirt situation, though I probably wont leave the house towards the end and just wear a tent size shirt... or a mumu;)



I have hit the point where it is impossible to get a good night sleep... The last week or so I just toss and turn, the second I find a comfy position I have to go pee, or I wake up every hour with an aching belly. Slept on the recliner last night and that helped, but I would rather be in my nice warm bed.

I must officially look pregnant now... Strangers have begun asking me, though I tend not to say twins or when I am due because people have really dumb reactions to that for the most part. Like "oh you will have your hands full" or "My aunt's best friends sister's brother-in-law had twins" or "July will be so hot!" or my favorite I have gotten so far... (this was around 16 weeks before I really had a bump... and I had on a bulky jacket) "I knew it was twins! You are big already!" ... That one came from a realative, luckily we were in a church or I probably would have knocked him out... or had a few choice words for him. Ben was mad at me on Sunday because 2 different ladies in the ward were hinting at me being pregnant but I didn't say anything about it. One eventually just asked me, the other didn't. He said they were probably just trying to not hurt my feelings in case I wasn't, but oh well. I like to see people squirm... and I didn't feel like getting into it that day.

Twin pregnancy is so different than a singleton, at least for me. The first tri was horrible and the second isn't much better, I still am getting nausea every other day or so and I am exhausted all the time... (could be my lack of sleep at night, although I have been the whole pregnancy) They say every symptom is multiplied with twins and I believe it! With my previous two pregnancies I was never sick and only tired in the third tri.

Well, that is my pregnancy update!! Until the two stinkers cooperate and show us the goods... haha

Our week.

Abby decided she needed a dress too after I made the baby sized one in the previous post. Well, she absolutely LOVES it! I made it last night and she wanted to wear it "to bed, then to school on Friday, the to church..." Eh, it may need to be washed sometime in between that, but she said "don't worry I wont wear it Saturday and you can wash it... I will remind you!" Thanks Abs.


I changed up the style of the sleeve a little, instead of putting elastic in I let it be. I think I like it...

This is the only pose I got... she said it was too cold outside...

She took it off to play outside;) Where she found "the first butterfly of spring!!!! And look, it is a Monarch butterfly, my favorite kind of butterfly!" I don't know if she killed it or not... it was pretty chill and just hung out on her finger for a while... but it did flutter it's wings every now and then, so maybe not??

Then there was Jack. He has had a rough week. First he burnt his eye on the rice cooker. Seriously kid?! There is an inch of hot and he managed to land right on it! Then two days later he was in the bathroom and jumped near the tub and, well, you can see the result. If this kid doesn't have a scratch or a bruise he must have stayed in bed that day. I swear it is something everyday with him!!

Ben had to go "emergency drill" at a coal mine on Saturday, from 5 am to 10 pm. He found out the night before he was to leave... He ended going back up on Monday too, this was taken I think on Saturday. It isn't the best picture of him (sorry, Ben:) But I think it is funny you can see where his visor and glasses were. He had on a special mask, but I dont think it did much good.

Anyway, that was our week, how was yours?

sewing goodness.

Well, I wont admit how long it took me from start to finish... lets just say it should have been about ten minutes, but turned into... days... Mostly because I have so much other crap to do when I have the energy that sewing has been pushed waaaay back on my list:(




My mother-in-law let me raid her awesome stash of scraps a few weeks ago. *happy dance* She had a "jelly roll" she used for a baby quilt and had some strips left. (to those non-quilters/sewers, a jelly roll is a bunch of coordinating 2 inch by 44 inch strips) So I have a bunch left over from the one on the left... sounds like more bibs to me! *notice the bib in the first picture is different from the second picture, and I have enough for at least two more:)

Because it just looks so much cuter with a baby attached.

I bought this awesome pattern from Leila and Ben. This size is 7-10 months... should have been 6-9 but I may have muffed the copying of the pattern a bit... okay, I did. Oh well, still cute. And it is in Abby's size too, so she will get one someday. I have made my own pattern like this but it was a pain to figure out the dimensions, hence the buying since it runs from 3 months to ... I think size 8. So... if one of the twins would like to be a girl, I am prepared, hahaha.

And I have a bunch of ideas of how to modify it to make it look different. yay! Hopefully I'll get more energy soon;)

Nope.

Today was not the day to find out. I figured it would be too early, but a girl can hope, right?

Well I found out I need to see a Maternal Fetal Medicine specialist, which basically does an indepth ultrasound. Measurements, anatomy, etc. So that is scheduled for next week!

I heard the heart beats for the first time today. So neat! And in order to get accurate heart beats in twins they do an u/s. Which I am of course not against a chance to see them;) He said in the begining he does the heart beat in an u/s because then he can tell he is getting two seperate ones and not the same kid twice.

He aslo said they like to deliver twins at 38 weeks... which makes it July 5... and Abby is born on the 4th... I am not thrilled about that, maybe they can come a bit earlier? :) Oh well, I will take them whenever they come! He says the risk of problems after 38 weeks is just to high, so at least I wont be over! Think positive, right?