Wednesday, December 14, 2011
Christmas Ornaments
This year when I was decorating our tree, I was enjoying some of the ornaments we've collected since we've been married. Some were gifts to each other, some were gifts from friends. Some were passed down from our family's trees, and some were found on our family adventures. All of them tell a little bit about who we are. Here is just a little sampling:
Tuesday, December 13, 2011
Friday, December 2, 2011
Shenanigans
This is mostly just a picture dump, but there are some fun ones! We went to the park today, which is one of my favorite things about the winter time in this area. It's cool enough that we don't get sweaty and gross, but warm enough that we don't freeze our fingers off. It's not as cold as it will get, but it's never too cold for the park. :)
The other day we had spaghetti for dinner. I LOVE SPAGHETTI! My son didn't inherit Tyler's or my love for olives, but he sure does love spaghetti. Don't judge me for using paper bowls, I don't do dishes these days. :P
And... one last thing. I've mentioned the bug thing before, but this is the final project:
ew.
The other day we had spaghetti for dinner. I LOVE SPAGHETTI! My son didn't inherit Tyler's or my love for olives, but he sure does love spaghetti. Don't judge me for using paper bowls, I don't do dishes these days. :P
And... one last thing. I've mentioned the bug thing before, but this is the final project:
Thursday, December 1, 2011
The Surprise!
So a few weeks ago, I went to the doctor for an early visit. Usually he wouldn't meet with me until this month, but because of some other stuff he wanted to meet with me early. Since I was only 6 weeks along, I didn't know if he would do an ultrasound, which is what he normally does on the first visit, so Tyler didn't get off work to come with me.
I got there and he told me he would be doing the ultrasound because at 6 weeks we should be able to see a heartbeat. I was really excited! So, this doctor is great, and you can tell he loves his job. As he was doing the ultrasound he looked around a bit, and then zoomed in on the baby. I could immediately see the heartbeat fluttering, and was so happy! So, he explained a little bit more of what we were seeing. He took a picture, and then moved around some more and said, "And here is the other baby, and it's heartbeat!" He was so sneaky!!!
So, of course I was in shock and he had a hard time taking a picture of the 2nd baby because I was laughing too frequently in sort of a "are you serious?!" kind of way. But, eventually he took that picture and then zoomed out so we could see both babies right next to each other and took a picture of that.
He could tell I wasn't going to be absorbing much information after that news, so he just said that we would talk a lot more about twins later.
I walked out of the doctor's office and to my car in shock, and sort of on the edge of tears from information overload. When I got to the car, I tried to hold it together and called Tyler on the phone. Now, he loves to joke, and through our whole first pregnancy he kept insisting there was a second baby hiding in my belly that we just couldn't see. He's always joking about having twins or some crazy number of babies. So, I told him on the phone that I had gotten an ultrasound that day, and he said, "Are there three in there?" (LOL!) I said, "No, just two."
He said, "wait, really?"
"Uh, huh."
"Are you joking?"
"No."
"Wait, I'm confused. Are you serious or joking?"
"I'm serious."
Now, to his credit part of his confusion was that by this time I was crying and kind of hard to understand.
So, then he said, "Well, I'm excited!!!"
And that stopped my crying.
So, I stopped by his work and showed him the ultrasound and we were excited together! Then, we just wanted to tell everyone!
I got there and he told me he would be doing the ultrasound because at 6 weeks we should be able to see a heartbeat. I was really excited! So, this doctor is great, and you can tell he loves his job. As he was doing the ultrasound he looked around a bit, and then zoomed in on the baby. I could immediately see the heartbeat fluttering, and was so happy! So, he explained a little bit more of what we were seeing. He took a picture, and then moved around some more and said, "And here is the other baby, and it's heartbeat!" He was so sneaky!!!
So, of course I was in shock and he had a hard time taking a picture of the 2nd baby because I was laughing too frequently in sort of a "are you serious?!" kind of way. But, eventually he took that picture and then zoomed out so we could see both babies right next to each other and took a picture of that.
He could tell I wasn't going to be absorbing much information after that news, so he just said that we would talk a lot more about twins later.
I walked out of the doctor's office and to my car in shock, and sort of on the edge of tears from information overload. When I got to the car, I tried to hold it together and called Tyler on the phone. Now, he loves to joke, and through our whole first pregnancy he kept insisting there was a second baby hiding in my belly that we just couldn't see. He's always joking about having twins or some crazy number of babies. So, I told him on the phone that I had gotten an ultrasound that day, and he said, "Are there three in there?" (LOL!) I said, "No, just two."
He said, "wait, really?"
"Uh, huh."
"Are you joking?"
"No."
"Wait, I'm confused. Are you serious or joking?"
"I'm serious."
Now, to his credit part of his confusion was that by this time I was crying and kind of hard to understand.
So, then he said, "Well, I'm excited!!!"
And that stopped my crying.
So, I stopped by his work and showed him the ultrasound and we were excited together! Then, we just wanted to tell everyone!
Friday, November 25, 2011
Big news
Here is Nicholas's t-shirt that he wore to Thanksgiving dinner. And also my belly shot at almost 8 weeks. Kind of embarrassing to be so big already, I sort of feel like a cow. But I guess that's what happens when you're expecting twins! 
Wednesday, November 16, 2011
Alligator Book!
Nicholas loves his Alligator Book that he got from Nathan and Leora. He finds it at least once a day and asks us to read it to him, or tries to read it on his own.
He always shouts, "Alligator Book!" when he finds it, and brings it over to the couch. It's pretty cute. I posted this video on facebook, but not everyone sees that, so here it is!
And now, because it's seven thirty in the morning and I'm awake, I'm going to share something that I've been thinking about a lot lately. Being a parent.
There was a vision focusing moment for me a few months back, when I took a look at my son, Nicholas and realized that he fulfilled me. We went through a little bit to get him here with us, to join our little family, and I remember feeling this sense of urgency and at times a little bit of panic that we would never be able to have kids. Now that we have him, we would like more kids, but that sense of urgency for me is gone. We had been talking about when we wanted to have more kids, and discussing the idea that it might be as difficult or more difficult than the last time. That's where my moment of clarity came in, and I realized that if we were unable to have any other kids, I would still feel satisfied because I just love him so much! Tyler and I talked about it, and we both felt that sense of peace, like everything would be ok no matter what the future held for us. Being a parent is great, for those that want it, and there is nothing in my life that fulfills me so much.
I mean, look at this face:
He always shouts, "Alligator Book!" when he finds it, and brings it over to the couch. It's pretty cute. I posted this video on facebook, but not everyone sees that, so here it is!
And now, because it's seven thirty in the morning and I'm awake, I'm going to share something that I've been thinking about a lot lately. Being a parent.
There was a vision focusing moment for me a few months back, when I took a look at my son, Nicholas and realized that he fulfilled me. We went through a little bit to get him here with us, to join our little family, and I remember feeling this sense of urgency and at times a little bit of panic that we would never be able to have kids. Now that we have him, we would like more kids, but that sense of urgency for me is gone. We had been talking about when we wanted to have more kids, and discussing the idea that it might be as difficult or more difficult than the last time. That's where my moment of clarity came in, and I realized that if we were unable to have any other kids, I would still feel satisfied because I just love him so much! Tyler and I talked about it, and we both felt that sense of peace, like everything would be ok no matter what the future held for us. Being a parent is great, for those that want it, and there is nothing in my life that fulfills me so much.
I mean, look at this face:
Friday, November 11, 2011
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