24 weeks

Today we had our 24 week appointment with our perinatologist. The ultrasound tech did an extensive checkup on the babies genitals this time. Everything looked great! We were able to hear the heartbeats and see them move all over the screen for a good hour. I found out the boy is the one who has been kicking me in my upper stomach these past few weeks. He was head down and our baby girl was head up. It was cute because when the tech did some 3D pictures, the girl's butt was smashed up against her baby brother's head. Measurement wise, they both are about a half an inch bigger than a dollar bill. Baby Boy weighs 1 lb 8 oz and Baby Girl weighs 1 lb 3 oz. They were both pretty calm during the appointment and the girl was a little camera shy at first. Once we left they started kicking me again!

The top picture is of Baby Boy. He wasn't really cooperating with us but we managed to get a view of his squished face.

Baby Girl finally turned so we got a better picture of her this time! Yup, she has my nose!

I kind of dread taking pictures now because I know I am getting bigger everywhere. I've apparently gained 20 lbs so far in this pregnancy. I feel great other than getting up every night to go to the bathroom and not being able to get back to sleep that easy. Hence the bags under the eyes. I've also been feeling a little more pressure/soreness in my lower half but something has to support these babies! Oh and food wise...haha don't ask how many slices of pizza I had last night... :)

We are still so excited to meet our babies! If I make it to 37 weeks, then I only have 13 more weeks left! This pregnancy has sure gone by fast!

Chop Chop

So my hair is getting to the point where its just BLAH. The split ends are annoying and drying my hair takes way too long. I'm not going for a mom cut just yet but I have scheduled to get my hair cut this Wednesday like this...I think. I'm not going this short but it will be about 3-4 below my shoulders.

I'm a little nervous about swelling and so forth in the face during this pregnancy and with this hair cut I could look a little too round...Oh well, it is what it is!

Orlando Temple

Last Friday the Gray family had the opportunity to visit the Orlando Temple and participate in a session. It was our church's Stake Temple Day and I am glad that we lived some what close (3 hours) to attend! In the next year we will be having a LDS Temple built in Fort Lauderdale! That will only be 25 mins away! I feel so blessed to be apart of this church and know that I will live with my family for all eternity.

The babies first time at the temple ;)

An adoption story

Having been adopted myself, I wanted to share an email I received from a friend of ours who has a family member trying to adopt through the LDS Adoption Services. Please visit their site and read about their life together and their hopes to adopt one of God's children.

https://itsaboutlove.org/ial/profiles/24875021/ourMessage.jsf

Feel free to post this on your blog as word of mouth is always best! Thank you!

21 weeks

I am over half way there! Every week that goes by I get more excited! I just never thought I would get here and I have. My stomach is growing and growing and I can feel little baby flutters now. I know they will be more present in the next weeks so I look forward to that! My convenient store next to my bed has some what not been open for a while, its more of a water fountain right now. I love not having to get up and eat something in the middle of the night!

Other then trying to find out what crib bedding I want for the kiddos nothing much has happened. I found a really cute bedding set at Pottery Barn Kids that I want to get for our girl and then a fun boy design on Carousel Designs. I am going for a bird, owl, forest  theme... what do you think?

So we'll see what I end up doing!

Craft Night

Last night we had a few girls come over to have a craft night! We all brought things we wanted to work on that have been on our mind for some time! This is what I made:

Pom Pom Bib Necklace

It was so easy, a little time consuming but worth it! The tutorial I got here

http://littlemissmomma.blogspot.com/2010/12/pom-pom-bib-necklace-tutorial-lmm.html

did 5 pom poms but I just did 3 because I was tired and I was glad I only did 3.

Some of the other ladies were making block letters and creating these:

http://littlemissmomma.blogspot.com/2010/08/scrunch-fabric-flower-pom-pom.html

Can't wait until we have another craft night!

20 weeks

I am around 20 weeks now! Yay! We are half way there and I am really happy with the way things are going right now. My stomach is growing bigger by the day and sometimes I feel like it can't stretch any further! My back has been hurting as I sleep so I went out and purchased a Leach Snoogle Body Pillow tonight. The reviews on it are amazing so I hope my results are just as good. Other than my back hurting every night, I am doing pretty well. I am eating normally now as I was before I got pregnant so bring on the weight... ;)

Today we had our 20 week appointment at our perinatologist and I was really anxious to see our little babies. They are both doing great and growing on schedule. Every finger and toe are still there and their hearts looks healthy. The boy weighs 11 ounces and the girl weighs 10 ounces. Those little twiners were head butting the whole time and were turned down. We did get some great pictures today! My tech was nice enough to show us what the 3D looks like and she gave us some pictures to take home!

Baby Girl is the top picture. She was face down just about the whole time so this was the best profile picture we could get of her. Clark says her nose is a hybrid of mine and his. She is even smiling at us! What a little cutie!

Baby Boy is the bottom picture and he definitely has my nose! We think he might have Clark's lips. Baby boy was facing up the whole time so we were able to get more pictures of him this week.

This is a picture of our girl's bum, legs, and feet. Clark says she has his cute bum...oh geez haha.

I believe I have been feeling them move just a little. Most likely in the next few weeks the movements will be more noticeable. We see our OBGYN next week so I am excited to see our babies on the screen again! Seeing the babies in 3D really did make my heart melt and made me fall more in love with them. I can't wait to meet them!

Christmas 2010

 I had such a great time on Christmas day spending time with the Gray family! All 9 of us opened presents and relaxed all day! We had a great ham and turkey dinner that night as well. 

Clark received clothes and golfing gear and I got some clothes and a cool alarm clock I have been wanting. I am still waiting for Clark's present... ;)

I hope your Christmas was wonderful too!

2010 Christmas Card

We finally created our Christmas card and we hope you enjoy reading the adventures we had this year! We wish you all a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!

Click the image to read!

Fabric Pom Pom Flower Headband

I am so proud of myself! I saw this tutorial online HERE and it showed me how to a make a fabric flower headband and it is super cute! I am going to make tons (okay maybe not tons because it can be time consuming) for our little baby girl! I was saving this for a craft night with some girlfriends but I had to make one just to make sure I was talented enough to do it first! I look forward to making more and also making a flower bib necklace found HERE!