Pregnancy: Week 22

I feel like my belly hasn't been growing as rapidly as it did there for a few weeks earlier but looking at pictures, it looks like it's keeping at a steady pace! Nothing too wild and crazy happened this week. Probably the most exciting thing was when Jesse and I saw my belly move! I was laying on the couch and Jesse was determined to watch my belly until it moved. It took all of about 10 seconds before we saw a spot move twice! haha. So weird!

Pregnancy seriously does strange things to your body. It is such a disproportionate distribution of weight that my balance isn't great, it's nearly a chore already to roll over in bed (I can hardly wait to see if I can even move towards the end!), and I've already reached the point where I have to lean over to see my toes! It still catches me off guard when I catch a view of myself sideways in the mirror. It just looks so funny! But I still love it and wouldn't change it for anything.

Jesse is the sweetest husband and is constantly taking care of me. He rubs my feet, lower back, upper back, and calves, he makes me dinner/any meal really when I'm too lazy or tired to cook, reminds me to take my prenatals and all the other pills they're having me take (I get a handful every day. 1 prenatal, 3 calcium pills, 1 iron pill, and of course a stool softener because of all the other pills! it's ridiculous!), he loves feeling the babies move and I'm always grabbing his hand when they start wiggling so he can feel them as much as possible. I am so lucky to be married to him. Our relationship really has blossomed even more with the impending arrival of our babies. I tell him over and over again that I wouldn't want to have twins with anyone else, and that is the truth. He is a gem!

I feel like my belly looks fake here! haha. I'm telling you, so weird! :)

Pregnancy: Week 21

A little bit last week and increasingly so, I have a pain that is causing me a bit of grief. I think it is rib related and it hurts in the front and on my mid/upper back. I talked to a chiropractor family friend and he said that there's not a whole lot that can be done with ribs during pregnancy because you can't lay belly down on the table for an adjustment. I'm sure it will resolve on its own eventually but it's not very pleasant at the moment in certain positions. It really doesn't even bother me unless I am sitting in one spot for awhile, such as on an airplane or driving in the car. Guess I'll just have to keep moving all the time!

I still sleep pretty well and can make it through the night with minimal wake-ups. Every now and then I'll wake up with a leg cramp or just because my body panics and thinks I'm going to miss my alarm for work but I'm still loving that I don't have to get up and go to the bathroom every 10 minutes in the middle of the night. Yay Hurray for second trimester! 

Pregnancy is seriously FLYING by. I feel so busy with work that I don't think I have enough time to just enjoy being pregnant which makes me sad. I'm extremely grateful I'm still able to work for the time being but at the same time I'd love to be home making things for the boys and getting their room set up. I still have lots to prepare before these babies get here so I need to start making a little more time for crafting and cleaning because I KNOW I'm not going to have any time once they arrive!

Here is the pain in my rib.

Pregnancy: Week 20

This week the boys made their second journey on an airplane in their very short existence to welcome home Uncle Brad from Korea! They must like plane rides because they sure start to wiggle! Their movements are getting bigger and bigger which is so fun to feel! Sometimes I jump a little though when they start twisting, flipping, punching, or something great big. Jesse nearly has a heart attack every time I jump because he thinks something is wrong.

Gus and Budsy are starting to perform a little more and other people are able to feel them move around. While I was in St. George my family would sit around with their hands on my belly and wait for the boys to wiggle. It is seriously the best thing being able to share this pregnancy with Jesse and our families whenever we can. I love it when others can feel them moving around.

While we were in St. George we were lucky enough to go to a Piano Guys concert! (If you don't know who they are you need to check out their videos here: http://thepianoguys.com/) It was an amazing concert and I pretty much decided that our boys need to play the piano and cello so they can be awesome like these guys. I also think the babies love music because they were "dancing" the entire concert. (I guess they could hate it with similar wiggling results, but I'm going to assume it is love.)

I also had a chance to talk to my aunt who has identical twin boys and we discovered that her due date was April 24th and she delivered at 38 weeks on April 10th which are the exact dates I've been given for our babies! If we seriously have our babies on April 10th just like her boys that would be crazy! I guess it would sure make it easy to remember!

All in all I'm still feeling really good. Sometimes I wake up a little sore from sleeping weird I guess but I can't complain too much. I'm still absolutely loving this stage of pregnancy!

I look a little tired! haha I'm sure I probably was. We had some rather busy days in St. George.

Pregnancy: Week 19

Week 19 was spent with Jesse's parents in town which is always a treat. We had our big check-out-the-babies-and-make-sure-they-have-ten-fingers-and-toes-and-all-other-parts ultrasound which we of course had his parents come to. It was so much fun for all of us! The ultrasound tech did very in depth looks at the babies and we saw arms, legs, hands, feet, toes, fingers, upper lips, brains, four chambered hearts, all their little organs, and watched them wiggle around. It truly is amazing watching them on these ultrasounds. Their movements are getting more and more baby-like instead of just little twitches here and there. They stretch out their legs, put their hands behind their heads and just look like real live babies!!!

I don't believe I have mentioned on here yet, but they have nicknames: Budsy and Gus. (Jesse tried to nickname them Pooter and Donut but I put my foot down on that idea!) Gus seems to be a lot more wiggly than Budsy and he also loves to lay straight out and arch his back. Budsy likes to lay out as well but he at least seems to curl up once in awhile and he just seems a little more mellow. Guess we'll see how accurate that is when they come!

Everything is still going perfectly with no signs of twin-to-twin transfusion so we are feeling very blessed with that. We still can't believe we're going to have two little babies coming to our house!!!

Pregnancy: Week 18

I noticed this week that I haven't had to wake up in the night to go to the bathroom like I used to a few weeks ago. That is a wonderful thing that I will enjoy while it lasts. I have had the unfortunate encounter with leg cramps again though. They wake me up and are very painful. I have had sore calves for a couple of days thanks to those beauties at night! 

I am loving being pregnant! It has honestly been so much fun! This second trimester stuff is fabulous. I feel great, I have energy, no sickness, and am not uncomfortably huge yet. My belly does seem to be getting bigger on a daily basis though! Right now it is fun but I hope it slows down a little bit so I don't become as wide as I am tall! This week I really felt as though you can tell I'm pregnant from the front as well as the side. 

I feel the babies moving around a lot more now and have even felt movements in different spots in my belly at the same time so I know it's both boys moving! Jesse still has only felt them a couple of times. If he is nearby I try to run over and stick his hands on my belly where I can feel movement but these babies don't seem to like performing and always stop moving when Jesse touches my belly. We're going to have to work on that. It gets old quickly and I want him to get to share in the excitement! I'm sure as they get bigger and stronger it will get easier but we are getting a little impatient!

I did especially enjoy Thanksgiving this year and was able to eat a couple of platefuls of food. My dad would be proud! We weren't able to go home so instead we celebrated with some friends from our ward. They cooked the most delicious food and we tried to contribute a little bit with some sweet potatoes and snickers salad. It was pretty minor contributions so we were seriously grateful for their generosity. 

After dinner we were invited to another friend's house with a few couples for desserts and games which was a blast as well. Being with friends was definitely the next best thing to being with family. And the weather was absolutely perfect as well. I love having late November mean I need a light jacket and it is 60s-70s. We really haven't missed the snow yet. Maybe in December we will??? I won't hold my breath though.

And of course these are the only pictures we have:

 The hand drawn Thanksgiving wishes on our Thai food take-out sometime last week.

And these delicious sweet potatoes we made. Honestly I was impressed with ourselves. These things turned out heavenly!

Pregnancy: Week 17

Time is seriously flying by! We of course had another ultrasound this week and the boys were absolutely adorable! Their mannerisms were so much more baby-like than some of the random twitching we've been seeing over the last few weeks and it was very endearing. They both liked to stretch straight out and arch their backs. I told them they better go ahead and enjoy it now while they still have room because there will be no stretching later!

The morning of the ultrasound I was feeling my belly and noticed that the left side of my abdomen was really soft while the right side was hard. I figured there was either a baby up that right side and one down low or both of them lined up along that side. It was fun to go to the ultrasound and find out that Baby B was laying up and down that right side so I was totally feeling where Baby B was! I've since noticed he likes that spot and have found him on multiple occasions on that side. It may have something to do with the fact that I tend to sleep on my left side though so maybe that's the only spot for him to go!? Baby A seems to run low across my belly and sometimes I can feel where he is too. It's rather strange actually but I love it! 

This week I've just continued to grow and have bought a few more maternity things over the last couple of weeks. They are so comfortable! I also love wearing Jesse's shirts. He thinks I look cute in them so it's a win-win. I find that maternity jeans make my belly look rounder and nicer instead of it being smashed by my regular jeans that I'm trying to keep below my belly. It's a little tricky though because these boys are sitting really low right now so it usually just ends up hurting. I'm sure eventually I'll get one in my ribs and one on my bladder and will get to feel the joys of feeling them high and low....

I've noticed my belly button getting stretched out if that makes any sense! haha. It's funny to look at and I have it feeling it may end up a slit of a belly button. I am also still a master belcher. Jesse wants to record it sometime because it is pretty impressive but I don't know if I want to remember that forever! Also notable this week is that I think I gained about 4 lbs in the last two weeks! haha. The perinatologist keeps telling me repeatedly that I need to gain 40-50 lbs (which I personally think is nuts but whatever) so I've been trying hard to eat lots of calories so I can please him. He hasn't seem overly impressed yet but I was excited. I think I've only put on about 7 lbs total (which is based on a combination of the doctor's scale and my scale at home so I'm not entirely sure how accurate it all is) thus far and this peri wants me to gain 24 lbs by week 24 so let's just say I'm not exactly turning down hamburgers and fries these days.

Pregnancy: Week 16

I seem to wake up with leg cramps all the time this week. It's getting old. I sleep great though unless of course I have to get up and use the bathroom in the middle of the night, so I really can't complain. This week my belly has definitely been growing. I was even asked if I was pregnant at Church just based on my protruding belly. It made me happy. 

People are still shocked when I tell them there is two in there because I'm not very big but I am convinced these babies are just taking up all the space they can internally before they start moving outward. I can only eat very small portions and if I don't sit up straight sometimes I have a hard time breathing already! 

I felt a baby (or both, who knows!) moving this week! There were a few times that I wondered about it but I was sitting in Church one day and definitely felt some wiggling or movement of some sort a few times in a row! It was awesome! I very much have to concentrate to feel them but it is so rewarding when i feel those little wiggles.

And then one night  later in the week Jesse and I were both up late and he put his hands on my belly for a little while and one of the babies kicked/punched pretty hard and Jesse was able to feel it! It was honestly the most exciting moment so far! 

I've been trying to think calm thoughts so I can get some sweet, calm little boys. Each time we go in for an ultrasound they wiggle but don't seem to be moving around in a "oh my goodness you'll have your hands full" type of way so I'm hoping the thoughts are working! haha. My two brothers are about as mellow, sweet, and funny as they come so let's hope they take after them!

Pregnancy: Week 15

We were back in the perinatologist's office this week for another ultrasound. We will start seeing him every two weeks for the foreseeable future so he can measure the babies and make sure they are growing at a similar rate. I know they are looking for signs of twin to twin transfusion and thankfully everything has looked perfect so far so I haven't explored what they even do if they find that one twin is stealing nutrients from the other. I figure I'll just plan on everything working out perfectly.

This week was exciting because we got a sneak peek at the gender of our babies! That is definitely a bonus to having an ultrasound every two weeks. We get to see them grow, change, wiggle, and of course important things like knowing if we should start buying some pink or blue!

At first the babies didn't want to cooperate but then they put on a show and we found out we'd be bringing home two little BOYS! It took me a couple of days to wrap my mind around having two little boys and all the things that come with it like sword fights, hitting, loud noises, etc. I was already seeing loudness, craziness, and things breaking in my house! haha.

But look how adorable they are!

Baby A

 Baby B

But then we started thinking of all the awesome things that come with little boys like capes, super heros, sound effects, Halloween costume duos, legos, cars, having two missionaries down the road.... and the list goes on and on. All the sudden I was having this overwhelming feeling of this amazing opportunity to teach two little boys about the Gospel so they can be valiant priesthood holders, extraordinary missionaries, and become fathers and leaders of our Church. It honestly brings me to tears thinking about this responsibility. I hope I am up for the challenge and pray that the Lord will give me the promptings I need to adequately teach our little boys. In the meantime I hope I can be laid back enough to let them play with each other without trying to protect them from every little scrape and turning them into sissies!

We seriously could not be more excited! And I am pretty sure I made my little brother Kadin's life. He was DYING for us to have little boys (because I don't think he knows that there are girl babies too) but he was elated when I told him our babies are boys. Now if we'd just name them Kadin and Kade after him, his life would be complete! haha. I've tried to tell him multiple times it will not work out that way but I think he's still holding out for a miracle.

Pregnancy: Week 14

Nothing too eventful happened this week. I of course started a new job soon after finding out I was pregnant so I have stayed busying working 3 days a week there and sometimes another day a week at my home health job as well as popping in to help Jesse at work occasionally. It's kept me busy but I can't complain. I've been feeling really good and feel blessed I'm able to be doing everything I need to be.

My belly didn't change any this week from what I noticed. Not like it happened last week where I woke up one morning and my belly was noticeably larger. 

I am really looking forward to being able to feel them moving around. So far no luck but I keep laying down and concentrating to see if I can feel something. Hopefully the day isn't too far away when I'll feel something! I'm already looking forward to when Jesse can feel them. I think that has to be the greatest thing to share with my sweet husband. Can't wait!

Pregnancy: Week 13 {Telling Family}

This is the week we spilled the beans. 

Thankfully! 

I don't think I could have held it in any longer.

Here's how we told my family I was pregnant.

And this is how we announced it was twins.

As soon as we shared the news with my family we went to town making phone calls and skype calls to Jesse's family, grandparents, aunts, uncles, and close friends. It was so much fun every single time we told someone!

My belly had been working on stretching ever so slightly but overnight while my family was here it all of the sudden poked out more noticeably! It is fun to start growing a belly, and a little strange. My mom, sister, and I went shopping one evening and we looked at some maternity clothes and ended up buying a few things so I made my first maternity clothes purchases. I totally started wearing them too. They are SO comfortable! Whoever thought they should try to get away with squeezing into their own clothes obviously has not put on comfy maternity pants and shirts! Plus I figure as I evolve into a whale there is no avoiding the maternity aisles so I might as well embrace it! 

We had loads of fun while my family was in town and went to the Dallas World Aquarium (once again, a personal favorite. If you come to Dallas you need to go there!)

 Kadin mentioned that the stork is what brings babies so we decided to tell him we need two!

We also went to 6 Flags and instead of doing all the wild and crazy rides I hung out with my parents on the sidelines. That was definitely the first time in my life I have skipped out on rollercoasters! It was kind of torturous but it's all for the sake of the babies. Luckily my dad bought me a pretzel so that helped make up for it!

I happened to be invited to a "Moms of Multiples" garage sale this week and scored all sorts of good things there! Our house started looking like we would actually be having babies coming to live with us! I got a swing, stroller, changing pad with covers, bath tub, high chairs, swaddle blankets, boppy with covers, a floor mat thing, and probably other things I can't remember. It is all in perfect condition and I got killer deals so that is awesome! We're realizing it's a little tricky to have two babies on a budget but we're trying our hardest! 

Pregnancy: Week 12

Week 12:

I started orientation this week for my new job at the hospital.... because everyone starts a new job and tries to grow twins at the same time, right?! I was in class all day long for most of the week. I started feeling a little more sickly at night for whatever reason. Once again living on tums and propping my pillows up in bed so when I go to bed my head is as high as I can get it. I had to get a flu shot and almost threw up a couple of times that day. I blame the flu shot. I still haven't actually thrown up and feel so awesome about that. We still hadn't told family members at this point and were getting so excited to spread the good news! Luckily my family was coming to town the next week so we wouldn't have to keep it in much longer!

Pregnancy: Oh Baby Baby

Week 11

We had our first ultrasound this week!!! We were so excited and a little nervous to see our little peanut on screen. The doctor said we'd be able to see our baby, the heartbeat, take some measurements, etc. As the doctor started the ultrasound, all I could see was her face, and she had an odd expression. I immediately wondered what was going on, and then she said "babies." Plain and simple. My response back was something to the effect of "BabIES? Babezzzzzzz? As in more than one?!?! Are you serious?!" I don't assume doctors often joked about that but at the time it seemed like a valid question.

She turned the screen so Jesse and I could get a better look and sure enough, plain as day, there were two babies in there. Twins. I couldn't believe it. (Sidenote: We always joked about starting our family with twins so we could catch up to our friends, but who would have guessed it would actually happen!? In fact just the morning of our appointment I was telling Jesse that I thought it seemed a little odd that my belly was already starting to show. I wondered a little right then if we might be having twins but just said it in passing and continued on with the day with no further mention.)  Jesse and I just looked at each other with wonder and excitement, and perhaps a tiny bit of terror in our eyes. Two babies. Two heartbeats fluttering away. Lots of tiny little movements. Our babies. They looked absolutely perfect. I almost started to cry. We instantly couldn't imagine one without the other. Jesse was absolutely beaming and of course was already thinking of many years worth of Halloween costumes to come.

The doctor said everything looked great. They each have their own sac which is good for their health and they were very active. She then proceeded to tell me this does change a few things, such as needing to gain more weight (I had actually lost a pound from my initial weigh-in which happened to be lower than my usual weight so I have my work cut out for me), needing extra calcium and iron, I'll probably have to quit working earlier, we are now shooting for 38 weeks gestation instead of 40, symptoms will happen sooner, I'll look like an ant who swallowed a watermelon, etc. etc. 

We were really surprised but totally excited for the adventure ahead. I always said it would be best to start with twins because after that everything would seem easy! haha. But honestly I have no illusions that anything with this will be easy, that we'll even remember the first year, or that we won't need all the help we can get! (I may or may not need to talk one set of our parents into moving to Texas) So I guess ready or not, we're becoming a family of 4 sometime in April! Or perhaps March. I'm going to try to hold these babies in as long as possible, cross my legs and hope to die.

{11 weeks 1 day}

Due partially to the fact that there are two babies growing inside me, and also for standard genetic testing, we were referred to the perinatologist later this week for a visit. We were blessed to get another ultrasound of our babies and have them measured and looked at by the specialist. It was at this appointment we were told our babies are monozygotic, or identical, as they share a placenta. 

I am still not quite sure why, but this news surprised us once again. I suppose it was because it completely eliminated the chance of having babies of opposite gender and of course made me concerned about how I was going to tell them apart! I have been repeatedly reassured that I will be able to tell but I'm still a little worried! We very well may be writing the name of one on the bottom of their feet in permanent marker!

This doctor told us that everything looked perfect with our babies. That is always a relief to hear since having two in there automatically makes things more risky. He said they will keep a close eye on me though to make sure the babies are growing equally and one is not stealing from the other. This becomes the fun part for us because we get to see our babies every time I have an appointment! 

{11 weeks 5 days}

I have been repeatedly asked if twins run in my family and I have to explain to people that while yes this will technically be the third set of twins on my side of the family in the last 14 years (my siblings are twins as well as my cousins) but they do not in fact run in the family. We always say my siblings were prayed here and my cousins are identical. Now just a little education if you care, fraternal twins can be genetic. You may in fact be genetically predisposed to release more than one egg each month that can then be fertilized. That is obviously passed through the mother's side. Identical twins however are not genetic. They are simply a random occurrence during the egg's division and development that results in two babies. Identical twins make up only about 30% of twins so they are definitely less common than fraternal. So apparently I must have sneezed pretty violently during the first week and split that little egg!

And of course we celebrated by purchasing awesome shirts!

Pregnancy: Weeks 9 & 10

Week 9

I felt really good this week. No nausea all week which is so nice. I don't seem to crave specific foods as much either. We used to only be able to eat what sounded good to me but now I can go to a restaurant and find something on the menu that I can tolerate.

I really have not been in the mood to cook since finding out I'm pregnant. I tried one night and the food just didn't taste nearly as delicious after making it. Now I seem to make Jesse cook or we eat out. Oops! Hopefully I can start cooking again soon.

I seem to have a sensitive nose when it comes to jewelry. I feel like all my cheaper pieces smell so badly of metal I can hardly wear them! It's awful. 

This week I worked 3 night shifts in a row and was worried about this tired body! I tried to at least stay up until midnight a couple days before my stretch and I was falling asleep around 10:30pm! That's not a good sign! Luckily I was able to make it through!

Week 10

We were in Provo and St. George for the duration of this week but did not break down and tell our families still! I'm sure they'll be coming after us when we finally do! We just really wanted to wait to hear a heartbeat before spreading our news.

My belly started poking out just a smidgen this week. Probably not enough for anyone else to even notice but Jesse and i can tell there is a little difference. It made it a little more tricky being around family when I was self conscious of my belly. I did pack a little bigger shirts, just in case! 

I felt pretty good the entire week (thankfully) it would have been really hard to hide being sickly from our families.

I was able to eat pretty much everything offered me which is a big deal too since it's been hard to eat food unless it really sounds good to me. 

I did feel like I was full all week long. My intestinal track has taken a beating and moves soooo ssssslllllllooooooowwwww these days which is bad since it normally isn't the fastest moving system in my body so pregnancy only compounds the problem. I hate feeling full/almost sick all the time. Not fun. 

I also seemed to fall asleep on the couch every night in St. George around 9pm (which I tried to justify by reminding them it was usually 10pm my time!). Luckily I don't think they suspected anything! 

Pregnancy: Weeks 6, 7, & 8

Let the pregnancy journal begin! 

Week 6: 

I started feeling a little more tired this week and had some food aversions and cravings but not much nausea to complain of thankfully. I did find that I was starving all the time and if my stomach started to get empty I started to feel a wave of nausea but that was easy to fix. I felt like I was eating ALL THE TIME.

This will be the photo to remind myself how amazing the human body is, that it can go from this to a beached whale in just 9 short months!

And probably the last time I ever see that body ever again! But that is AOK with me.

Week 7:

Well the whole "eating all the time" thing quickly went out the window and I had more and more food aversions this week. I could hardly look in our fridge or even in our kitchen in general some days without being a little grossed out. I wasn't nearly as hungry this week and 7up and saltines became my new best friends. Still no major nausea and no vomiting but I just felt a little off. I also became super lazy. I don't feel like moving when I'm at home and our apartment is definitely starting to show it. It's driving me nuts but my bed still sounds better than cleaning. :) 

I found that macaroni and cheese has sounded awful, and thankfully I have a fabulous husband who eats whatever sounds good to me that night. We've had KFC, french toast sticks from Sonic, cheetos, and tomato sandwiches just to name a few. The funny thing is that leftovers of any of these semi-cravings sound awful, and that contributes to the problem with looking in the fridge. :)

I had my first Dr. appointment this week. We heard our first "Congratulations, you're pregnant!" from my Dr. since we hadn't told a soul that I was pregnant yet. It was exciting to be congratulated. She gave me a due date of April 24, 2013. Happy (almost) Anniversary to us. Jesse says due dates are dumb and since only 5% of people actually deliver on their due date that we shouldn't really even have one. I keep trying to explain that it is just a goal to shoot towards. He would just rather say we're having a baby in April. We ended up agreeing we would just tell people we have a baby coming at the end of April. Sounds good enough to me.

I've noticed on facebook a crop of people have announced pregnancies lately. A few due in March, and one even due in May. It gets me all excited knowing that our kids will be born so close together and I get all giddy even though no one else knows I'm pregnant. 

Week 8

I was feeling a lot better this week. I was less nauseated than the last two weeks and honestly have quite a bit of energy, I just start crashing earlier in the evenings and enjoy a 8pm or 9pm bedtime. 

I was able to eat more and began to have an appetite again this week. So nice! Towards the end of this week I was starving all the time! I still have a hard time looking in the fridge though without gagging.

I am burping ALL THE TIME. Does that happen to other people? 

I feel really bloated at night as well and tums have become one of my friends of the week. 

Yeah the pictures aren't the greatest thing ever, but there's also not much to see therefore it doesn't matter, right?!

I guess we have plenty of time to work on Jesse's picture taking skills and my modeling skills!

Oh Baby!

It all began when I decided to take a home pregnancy test. I was a few days late but I'm never on time so I honestly didn't think anything of it. I was absolutely expecting to see one lone line so you can imagine the surprise when I glanced at it and I saw TWO! 

I turned to Jesse and said, "I think that's a second line. Come look, is that a second line? It can't be a second line." 

I had begun to believe that these tests only showed one line, but there were definitely two lines there this time. 

I didn't even know what to do except dance around, hug my hubs, and keep saying over and over again, "I'm pregnant." 

Skeptical Jesse didn't want to believe it until he saw a second test, so the next morning he was sure to wake me up bright and early before he left for work so I could take another test. 

Low and behold, there were two lines again! I know the home tests are very reliable but you still start to wonder if it was just a fluke, but no, I was pregnant!! 

A few more days passed and I felt that I should be exhausted to the point of no return and puking my guts out as that is how everyone else seems to do it when they are pregnant, but I was feeling great! No different in fact, so I had to take another test, JUST to be sure. 

I got home from work one day and took another test that evening. Sure enough, there still two lines and even darker than before. 

It was really happening. 

We were going to have a baby!

And of course I had to celebrate by getting a cute little outfit for our little peanut!
So exciting!!!

Descent

My life has suddenly reached a very strange point. There are certain times where my wife has accused me of acting somewhat less than my own age. I wouldn't say silliness runs in my family... No, no... Silliness strolls through, shaking hands, giving hugs, and getting to know every member individually. Such is the burden of my dear, dear wife to be married to one such as me. But tonight a strange conversation with Danielle left me in apoplexy at the weirdness of things in general.

We're snuggling in to bed. The day is done, and sweet dreams await as we finish reading scriptures and I arise to brush my teeth as the last bit of my nightly routine. As I leave the bed my wife burrows deeper into the sheets and comments "I feel like I'm in one of those sleep things."

Me, turning back: "What?"

Danielle: "Like in that movie."

Me: "What movie?"

Danielle: "That movie where the monkey steals the astronaut's sleep pod."

Me: ". . ."

Danielle: "You've never seen that movie?"

Me: "I don't think that's a movie."

Danielle: "No, it totally is! They go to the moon and the monkey takes the guy's sleep thing so he's awake the whole time."

Me: "Sweetheart, I think what you're telling me about is a burrito-induced nightmare you once had."

Danielle: "Seriously, it's a movie! The guy tries to fit in the monkey's pod but doesn't fit so he only sleeps like two days, then he gets up and eats all the food and gets really really bored."

Me: ". . ."

Danielle: "Look it up!"

Me: "What would I even search for? 'Monkey sleeping space movie?'"

Danielle: "Yeah."

Me: "Seriously? Good grief." *Googling... Googling... Googling...* "Oh sweet Baby Buddha..."

Me: "This must be what madness feels like..."

Win

My vocabulary does not include any word to describe the amount of awesome contained in the following video. I grew up watching Bob Ross on PBS, learning about "happy little trees" and marveling that a masterpiece could be created in a half-hour every single week. Please enjoy.

Bonus points if you cried like I did.

My husband is awesome.

You know those days when you remember how awesome your spouse is? Well I had one of those days.

I was on pinterest looking for a desert in my "treats" board to make and I found a pin that I was certain I had not pinned. The caption read,

"Make an egg in a bacon cup, and other incredible bacon-cup based foods." 

I of course texted Jesse asking if he had pinned a "bacon-cup" to my treats board. He quickly responded "Yes. Yes I did."

I literally laughed out loud. 

I show him things on pinterest all the time and he is constantly showing me things he finds on various websites he reads. Some are remarkably awesome and I would like to remember for a future date so I always tell him that he should pin it. He instead likes to use fancy technology magic to make our laptop screens share and will then drag the website URL to my computer and open it up in a new tab so I can pin it. 

Obviously that is SO MUCH easier! Finally after awhile I explained to him the magic behind the Pin It button and I stuck one on his toolbar, telling him to go ahead and pin anything he deems awesome. 

Apparently a bacon-cup matches that description.  

Glad to see my husband is making good use of Pinterest. 

He is awesome.

Little brothers and cameras

I think it is safe to say that little brothers should not be permitted to roam around with your camera. Especially while you take a quick nap on the front lawn.

Inevitably you will end up with 19 pictures that look something like this.

 

 

Lovely huh?! haha. It's a good thing I like him.