New day New Costume

A scary dragon 

(the red on his chin is supposed to be a tongue, but it turned out looking more like blood. 

Oops. We were in a hurry and didn't have time to fix it.)

The Trick or Treating Crew: Alexa, Elliot, Sarah

Once again, very dirty tub water

This was a very strange halloween. I (obviously) couldn't take him out to go trick or treating and J.R. happened to be on call and got called in to a case that was supposed to only be a couple hours and turned into a 6 hour case. SO...thank heavens for awesome neighbors who offered to let him tag along.

He had a great time. Got tons of candy and came home exhausted!  What a fun night. 

How strange not to live in Utah and have to be trick or treating on a Sunday.  

Baby shower Day! 29 weeks and 2 days

Mostly for my mom. She's been begging for a belly picture.  Huge, I know! :)

Shower guests

Today was so fun!
To start the day Elliot slept till 11am, which ment I pretty much did too. (Lazy, I know). Then my awesome friend Debbie put together a shower to celebrate the babies. It was really fun. The games were fun, the food was great, her house was decorated so cute and I got spoiled. Thanks everyone for coming. I had a great time!

Prehalloween FUN

A Tiger for "dress like an animal day" at school

Spiderman in the tub. The water was completely red after we were through.

This is a boy of many different faces.

He was a make-shift tiger for school. We were forced to work with what we had at home due to my inability to leave the house. Any Sun Valley Carolers out there recognize the "TIGER TAIL"???  Turned out pretty cute and he LOVED the face paining.

For the ward party he was deciding between spiderman, dragon or a pirate. I showed him how we could paint his face of all three and he finally chose spiderman.

Tomorrow we'll hit a few of our close neighbors just to let him feel like he's trick or treating....I wonder what he'll choose for tomorrow?? Stay tuned.

(we have a picture of J.R. when he was about Elliot's age with his face painted like spiderman. As soon as I can find it I will post it. They look like twins!)

random thoughts

Pretty much where you'll find us every day. I love cuddling my boy!

Lovin' my hairdo.
When you've got no where to go, who really cares what your hair looks like right?

J.R. and Elliot are out at a ward halloween party. I'm stuck at home trying not to think of all the fun they're having. I painted Elliot's face like Spiderman....he was so excited to trick or treat "just like on Little Einsteins." He is hilarious and so opinionated. It's awesome!

I decided to put on Jekyll and Hyde in honor of the halloween weekend. I'll bury my mind in my digital scrapbooking now so I can feel like I accomplished something today.

The babies are kicking like crazy. Is it weird that I have conversations with them when we're alone? J.R. thinks I'm a goof, but it keeps me focused on what I'm working toward.

More fun halloween stuff tomorrow, plus a baby shower organized by my sweet neighbor. So excited to talk to adults and get excited for these babies!

Pics to come.....

Day 10 - Mostly journal stuff

10 days down.

I was so unconvinced last week when all this bed rest and medicine stuff was started that I was not the best at following the bed rest rules. Unfortunately that meant for a very rough early Sunday morning. I woke up around 3am with contraction after contraction and lots of pain. I jumped on my monitor and sure enough I had 6 hard contractions in just 30 minutes. The nurse that keeps track of my monitor called right away and we spent the morning adjusting my meds on my pump and remonitoring often. Things finally settled down by 8 or 9am and I got some rest. Although I didn't have as many consistent contractions, the rest of the day was just rough. Lots of small and large tightening. I think I took all the stress from my belly out on my back and neck because I was in so much pain in my back later in the day. Needless to say, I was humbled and so grateful I had the meds available otherwise I probably would have ended up in the hospital that night on Mag.

After that I was much more strict about my bedrest.  Pretty much didn't move Monday or Tuesday.

Wednesday I had an apt. Apparently all those contractions on Sunday caused problems and started shortening and thinning out my cervix. I'm almost to 50% effaced now. My doctor was about to admit me to the hospital right then due to my history and how much I had changed in just one week. Of course, (thank you Turb and hormones) I burst into tears imagining being put in the hospital that day without a husband to help. I convinced her to let me wait just 2 more days and try to get things in order before she admitted me. She agreed and we set up an apt for Friday.

Friday came and I was ready for her to tell me she needed to admit me to the hospital, but thankfully my cervix was unchanged so she agreed to let me go home and wait one more week.  HOORAY! I'd much rather be at home on the couch then in a hospital away from Elliot and J.R.

So the new plan....NST every monday. Cervical check every Wednesday. It's a week by week game now I guess. My mom has a standby ticket just waiting for the call to come. I have an emergency bag packed for the hospital and my bum is stuck to the recliner.

I can't believe the emotions I felt when my doctor told me how serious this really was. Flashbacks of Landon and Lydia are constantly on my mind. I've gained a new appreciation for the constant and frequent monitoring I've been under and I don't think you'll ever hear me complain about my Turb pump again.  I good humbling is what I needed and that's just what I got.  Each day these boys are still in my belly is a gift from Heavenly Father.

We are blessed!
Here's to an uneventful week!!!!!!


ps: Thanks everyone for your comments of love and encouragement!  Love you back!

DAY 1 of my new life

I knew it would happen sooner or later.....I'm officially on bed rest. Ugh! Not only that but I'm hooked up to a Terbutaline pump that is constantly giving my small and sometimes large doses of the drug. Not too big a deal except when I get the big doses of the drug I feel like I'm about to leap out of my own skin. My heart rate shoots through the roof and I feel like I can't breathe. My hands and pretty much whole body feels like it's convulsing. What a weird sensation. Not cool.  Supposedly the side effects are going to be less obvious to me as my body gets used to the drug. Let's hope so.

I also get to (look at my trying to be positive :) monitor my contractions twice a day and send them into a company who keeps track of what they're doing.  Kick counts are also involved here. Also, trying to keep Elliot from touching buttons while the strip is running seems to be a bit of a challenge. So many fun buttons and lights, it's simply irresistible for a 3 year old.

Movies and board games on the floor is how we spent our first day down. Not too bad so far. I'm trying to look at the bright side and keep my eye on the 36 week goal. That's only 9 weeks away. I CAN DO IT!

BTW: there wasn't anything that really trigger the need for all this. I was just generally not feeling well for a couple days and my MD decided to jump the gun. I guess it's better safe then sorry. I'd much rather be home doing all this then in the hospital I guess... so there, yet another blessing to be counted :)

Hooray for safe healthy babies! These pictures really helped put it into perspective for me. It was definitely a  tender mercy sent straight from Heavenly Father (and probably some help from my dad) that helped me survive hard news and a beginning to a new situation.

Here's to motherhood and all the sacrifices that are SO WORTH IT!!

ps: thanks to all who have already been so kind to offer help, support and prayers. I have an army of amazing people surrounding me and I know I couldn't stay sane with out your support! LOVE YOU ALL!

Baby A: I have a feeling is going to be the head strong type personality. He was very stubborn and refused to move his arms for a photo. The last one was the closest we could get to a face shot. He's generally more rough when he's active and more active in general compared to his brother. He's on bottom so he's probably just trying to kick his brother out of his way. :)

Baby B: Much more cooperative. I have a feeling he'll be more like Elliot. A little more gentle. He's on top so I can feel more distinct movements from him because of it. His are the ones you can see just looking at the top of my belly.

So fun to pick up on their personalities when I haven't even met them. I'm so anxious to get them here in my arms. Preferably fat and healthy!

Kelsey's Cow Farm

J.R. had Saturday off so we mapped our day to get as much done as possible. We shopped for recliners/rocking chairs & found one that we love - looked briefly into a new car, but I HATE car shopping so that didn't last long - then ended the day with FUN at a farm.

We learned how cows are milked, played on a hay bale playground, "swam" in a corn filled sand box, walked through a corn maze, went on a tractor hay ride and ate really good grilled cheese sandwiches and chocolate milk shakes. We had a great time, I only wish we would have got there sooner. It would have been more fun for Elliot in the day time.

What a great day to spend with dad!

Goofing off

Met up with J.R. for lunch the other day. We love any chance we get to see daddy....since it's usually not that often.

Love you J.R!!!    Keep up the hard work. It will be worth is eventually!