Little Chief
Luke's embarrassed face because I am taking a picture with him and his cute teachers.
Luke's Preschool Thanksgiving Day Feast. click to watch
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P0YviqfQYeI
On our way out to enjoy a nice Thanksgiving feast with some ward friends.
17 weeks
Family time- Jackson, Cara, Camilla, Jordan and baby Walker came out for a fun filled Memorial weekend visit.
Luke knows how to win over the uncles. He came downstairs one morning and saw that Jordan was wearing his Utah t-shirt and so he raced upstairs and threw his on. He looks so proud!
Nerd alert! Now all of the boys are wearing their Utah gear.
Tinfoil dinners and s'mores at Shank Park.
It is so weird to see these old pics of myself without the gigantic belly.
Swimming at the lake and looking for frogs.
Cutie Walker endured Luke's baby talk, squeezing and shoving toys in his face the whole trip. Thanks for coming all the way out from Michigan and Utah everyone!
It always makes me smile to see the Amish walking around like it is no big deal. I think that I secretly want to be Amish because I love to see them all in their clothes, riding their horse and buggies and taking care of their beautiful farms. I always think that they are the smart ones to not have to deal with the fancy houses and cars, annoying facebook and so on but then I realize that they never are smiling and it makes me appreciate my dvr that much more.
Date night in the convertible buggy.
This never stops cracking me up. There are seriously buggies parked next to you when you go out to the outlets or Costco. Does no one else think this is funny? And why in the world do I occasionally see Amish people shopping at H&M and the Pottery Barn outlet. Stay away, you are too good for all of that materialism!
Memorial Day Parade (such a great picture, I know).
Luke and his friend Tate paying their Memorial Day respects to their hero...Mr. Milton Hershey.
Ashley, Samuel, Eli, me, Eliza and Luke
Lize had a work trip in NY so Ash picked her up from Connecticut and drove out to stay with us. It was so fun to have them out here. It only takes 4 hours from Ct to Hershey. Amazing! Luke and I made the trek out to stay with Ash and fam our first summer here and I could not believe that I drove through 4 states in four hours. Love the east coast.
Dave working the fireman uniform! We had our PIM playgroup at the fire station and Dave had the morning off so he decided to join us and being the only adult male there he was stuck trying on everything.
"Protecting His Dream" with a Hershey kiss on the fire truck. I love this place. I was surprised to find out that all of the firefighters in the towns around here are volunteer based. No one gets paid at all. I don't get it. Our house is on the same street as the fire station and we always get to hear the sirens calling all the volunteers into the station. It freaked me out a little at first because it sounds exactly like an old school tornado warning alarm.
Easter egg hunt at Shank Park
Easter morning
Egg hunt at the outlets
Ice skating- Dave suddenly had the urge to take Luke ice skating after watching the Olympics. He said something about how Luke could be this natural skater like Apollo Ono but we would never know it. After seeing Luke ice skate I am pretty sure that he is no natural. He was very cute though.
Oh Boy!!!
Get ready for some more Owen boys because we are having two more!
Grandsons number 15 & 16 on Dave's side of the family with only one granddaughter. What is with those boy genes!?! We are really excited and everything went well with the ultrasound. I always get really nervous for this big ultrasound appointment. It took a full hour and a half of the tech measuring everything with the twins. I only remember Luke's taking about 10 minutes and this time my stomach and back were super sore. The tech kept trying to move the babies into different positions with that probe and it was so uncomfortable! But they are good and I keep imagining all of the many sporting games that I will be going to for the next long while...and surprisingly I am excited about it.
To answer some questions:
1- No they are not Siamese twins. I can't remember who asked me that but I thought it was weird.
2- The doctor said that they are most likely fraternal but there is still a chance that they could be identical. Since they are in very separated and have their own placenta etc.
3- Yes, we do have a lot of twins that run in the family but I am pretty sure it was the Clomid that did it more than genetics.
4- We were very surprised even though I was taking Clomid. It was the first month that I had ever gone on it, we were moving and the Dr. told us that there was only a 5% chance of having twins so I was pretty much in shock/panic mode. I hadn't put much thought into multiples even though Dave "predicted" twins 3 years ago and came home one day when Luke was a newborn to tell me the news. Not something that someone with a newborn needs to hear.
5- Will I nurse? I sometimes get this question. I ask myself the same thing everyday. I think in some way or another I will attempt. Either pump or one at a time and trade off. All I know is that I will not do that football holding two at a time thing (I am really not coordinated enough) and I won't be nursing for 16 months like I did with Luke. My goal is at least for the first few weeks. I am feeling anxiety and pain just thinking about it! But I will do my best. Any advice?
6- Due date February 23rd but planning on leaving January and February wide open.
Bring on a house full of boys! And are those bibs going to be the story of my life?
I think that everyone knows by now but I just thought I would throw it out to the blog world that we are having twinners. I am still in twin shock but it is feeling more and more real and I am getting really excited. I had my appointment yesterday and since I have to have an ultrasound every visit (to detect the separate heartbeats) I thought they would be able to see the gender but unfortunately the ultrasound machine at the clinic was too much of a clunker so we couldn't tell. But in less then 2 weeks (I will be 19/20 weeks by then) we will hopefully be able to tell with the hospitals machine. I am amazed that there are two little peeps in there just hanging out. They were doing all sorts of fun flips yesterday on the ultrasound screen and at one point they were facing each other and doing some hand motions and Dave said that it looked like they were playing a game of cards! It totally looked like they were. I am sure that they are just trying to pass the time until they are born.
Right now I feel like a new woman. More energy, that blasted summer heat is over, no more barfing and I can actually get off of the couch and be human again. I hate to complain because I know that pregnancy is such a huge blessing but this summer was ROUGH (in all caps)! But bad times are behind us and we are are trying to enjoy the calm before the storm. Newborn twins are going to be crazy. Someone save me! I am open to all and any advice. Feedings scare me the most, then the nights, leaving the house, billions of diapers etc. etc. I keep trying to focus on how cute those little guys will be and how fun it will be to see them grow up together with that special twin bond.
One thing that has been driving me crazy are the not so nice responses. Most people are really nice and positive about the twins but it is all of the random people that need to just pipe down. My favorite response was "oh, twins are the biggest curse in the world. I am so sorry!" Punch. All I can say is I know it is going to be soooooooo hard believe me I struggled with only one newborn, I know it will be pricey, I know delivery won't be fun and feeding them and all that jazz but seriously no turning back and I am looking forward to having two for the price of one! Can you tell that I am trying to think only good thoughts?
Well, I am absolutely sure that no one reads this neglected little blog anymore but it is nice just to write. In Luke news he think we are having a boy and a girl and he is dead set on naming them Hiccup and Astrid (from that dragon movie). I asked him awhile back what is the first thing that he wanted to do when the babies come out and all he said was "punch them in the face." Aw, pure precious. I don't blame him though. He spent all summer bringing me barf bags and fending for himself. His world is about to be rocked!!!
So in honor of the twinsters in my belly here is a twin montage...Celine and I are so excited and just really trying to prepare for both of our twins. I am sure that she is pretty much doing the same things as me like searching for cheap cribs on craigslist, saving diaper coupons and other things like that.
Again, the pic of Kate. I can't get over this shot. I am hoping that since I am delivering at the same place (also Dave's work) that a twins delivery will be a cinch after sextuplets.
P.S. Wouldn't you hate to be Gisele's twin. You would always be the ugly one.
Stay tuned for some glamorous belly shots. I am getting huge!
