Saturday, September 11, 2010

Some Photos

And now....because I have been MAJORLY slacking in the picture department for this blog...here are some totally adorable and fun photos of the twins! Enjoy! :-)

Connor chillin' on mom and dad's bed


Merasia getting ready to go down the slide!


Daddy styled her hair with the vaccuum...lol 


Mommy's little baker! 



Sleeping like an angel with daddy. :-)


Sneaky girl!


Dancing!


LOL


Excited to go to the fair!


Telling mommy where the new baby is!



All prettied up for a friend's baby shower!


Playing!



Dancing!


Ready for the fair!


Mad that she couldn't get her toy over through the door way! lol








Our cat Buddy, sleeping with Merasia :-)











She grabbed his hand and was walking him alll over the house! It was so precious!




Mouth full of apple!





Wearing daddy's shirt!


I have MANY more, but that's it for now. :-) Excuse the mess in some of these...these were all taken while we were in the process of moving into our new place and getting settled, etc. :-)

Baby Appointment!

We had another baby appointment yesterday! It went well, of course. I had a few questions for my midwife, just basic things. Turns out, I have been having contractions...but NOT ones to make me dilate or any progress like that, so don't worry! :-) They are just happening to allow my uterus to grow again, and it's very common in second (or third, and so on) pregnancies, and common from the meds I was on to concieve. :-) So, no worries!

We FINALLY heard little one's heart beat! She tried at our last appointment, but I was about 10.5 weeks then, so we figured it would be a little too early. But we heard it loud and clear this time...such a beautiful sound! It was about 145-155. (NO GENDER GUESSES BASED ON THAT!) I cannot STAND when people try to guess what you are having based on heart rate, or if you're carrying low or high, or what kind of foods you crave, or if you were sick, and blah, blah, blah. SO ANNOYING. And it's not like it's not documented EVERYWHERE by professionals that there is NO truth to ANY of those old wives' tales! Yet people STILL believe them! My gram even told me I was having a girl from our first ultrasound because the baby was so big. But, I have friends who have delivered 10 pound baby GIRLS! With the twins, Connor was the tiny one and Merasia was the piggy! So, I tend to grow little boys and big girls! It could go either way, really, with that one.

Okay. End rant. :-)

My midwife asked me what I thought it was and I said girl, but not based on heart rate or anything, just my own gut feeling. She said, "I'll go with you on that one, and I NEVER tell patients what my gender guesses are, but I am getting a really strong girl vibe from you!" Right now, we have about 10 votes girl and 3 or 4 for boy. We'll see!

We scheduled our big ultrasound, it's on October 15th! I wanted it done as soon as possible, no waiting until 20 or 22 weeks like I had to before! :-) So, only about 4 weeks away! Hubs doesn't want to find out, but I am going to find out and not tell him...unless he changes his mind at the appointment, or changes his mind weeks down the road...then I can let the cat out of the bag! It should be interested trying to tell friends and family the news but keeping them quiet from Frank, and buying stuff in pink or blue, and having to hide it so he doesn't figure it out. I'm not so sure we'll make it all the way without him finding out SOMEHOW...but it'll be fun to try and see! :-)

We have another appointment in about 4 weeks, around the same time as our ultrasound. I can't wait to see how things continue to progress in the coming weeks and months! :-)

Thursday, September 9, 2010

Big Brother, Big Sister!

After lots of looking, I finally found Connor and Merasia big brother and big sister shirt at Carters! They are too cute, and I was able to get them in 2T, so they fit them now, and will fit them well after the new baby is here. Score! :-)




Merasia looks like such a big girl in this one! :-(


It's hard to get a good picture of Connor, he's always on the run!

20 Months Old!!

It's so very hard to believe that Connor and Merasia are 20 months old! Only four short months and they will be TWO year olds! I can't believe we are going to be the parents of two 2-year-olds and one newborn! Life will be crazy, but good. :-)

The twins are so much fun. They just seem to get more and more fun as the months go by!

Connor is quite the talker! His list of words/sentences includes:

Uh oh
Kitty
Kitty cat
Thank you
Night night
Hi
Hey
Good girl
Mama
Daddy
Dada
Mmm
Yeah
Doggie
Ball
More
Yay
Yum
Mom
Stinky
Hot
Okay
Yes
No
Yah/yep
Woah!
Wow!
Baby
Dad
Hi dad
Hi there
I do
I did
What's that?
It is?
Oh god!
Oh boy!
Oh WOW!
Love you/love ya

There are so many more but that's all I can think of right now!

Merasia's list of words/sentences includes:

Uh oh
Mmm
All done
Yeah
Yay
Thank you
Mom
Yum
Night night
More
Take it
Doggie
Hi
Hey
What?
Kitty
Tickle-tickle
Good girl
Is it?
Huh?
Mama
Dada
Daddy
Dad
Mommy
That
Cat
Apple juice
Stinky
Hot
Yes
No
Gobble-gobble
Bock-bock (chicken sounds lol)
Baby
Buddy (our cat's name)
Buddies (describing her and Connor lol)

There's many more for her as well, but those are all I can think of right now. Like many toddlers, Merasia says a lot...but we can't always understand what she is saying. A lot of the things she says or asks us, sounds like gibberish or Chinese. LOL! And then every once in a while, a light bulb will go off and we'll get what she is trying to say!

Both of them are trying to use utensils to feed themselves, but they'd rather use their hands over any other way! That's fine with us. No big deal for now, anyway. :-) They are kind of down to one nap a day, but there are still days where they need two. Connor is still sleeping beautifully through the night, of course. Merasia has been having a ton of sleep issues lately but hopefully those will fade out on their own and she will get back to normal, so mommy and daddy can get back to sleeping normally again too!

They both know there is a baby in mommy's belly, but they don't fully understand what is going to happen in our family in a few short months! Merasia loves to play with her dolls, and she holds them, pats their backs, "shhh's" them, and gives them lots of hugs and kisses. She is going to be such a great mommy some day!

As for hubs and I, we are busy keeping up with the twins, preparing for the new arrival, and trying to figure out what we want to do for a birthday party for the twins second! I think these next 5 months are going to be full of stress and excitement, but loads of fun at the same time. :-)

Connor LOVES playing with our cats. He chases them all over the house