How-to Quiet Book

Love Letters Mailbox Quiet Book Page

2010-07-03T10:31:00.000-07:00

Items Needed:

an 81/2 x 11 inch rectangle of fabric (color of your choice)
with interfacing on back (I used Pyllon, just ask the fabric lady)
brad
felt pieces
any embellishments you want

Instructions:
Take light gray felt mailbox body and flag. Put brad through the L gray mailbox body and flag. Sew the mailbox post onto your fabric. Sew the outline and mailbox body to the fabric, pin heavily because the felt does walk when you are sewing. Sew around the whole outline even though the body only covers part of the outline. DON’T SEW YOUR MAILBOX SHUT. You may hand sew or use a machine; whichever you are more comfortable with. Lastly sew the mail box flap with a zig zag stitch to the outline of the mailbox only along the bottom of the flap. After your done you may embellish as needed with grass, flower or butterfly, bird what ever you want.

You will want to sew you wording on you letter by hand before you sew the two envelope pieces together. I added a stamp to mine but you can do what ever you want and please if you want help I will be glad to help you. Just call me!

LOVE THIS IDEA

2010-02-18T21:04:00.000-08:00

http://freshlypicked.blogspot.com/2010/01/pillow-case-dress-tutorial-revisited.html

http://loveactually-blog.blogspot.com/

2010-01-29T09:15:00.000-08:00

I just found this and wanted to share. It is a blog dedicated to romance on a budget. She is some really cute ideas that all of us poor college marrieds need.

bathroom organizer

2009-12-30T21:44:00.000-08:00

nice

2009-12-25T20:52:00.000-08:00

lacy scarf instructions which is a great gift idea. I am in love!!!

These too

2009-12-25T20:49:00.001-08:00

frayed rosettes!!!! Here is the link to instructions

succulent love

2009-12-25T20:31:00.000-08:00

New project ideas I stole from other crafty moms that I would like to attempt:
prudentbaby.blogspot.com

This project is so simple. It's a great way to stuff a stocking or embellish a gift wrapped for a little girl. Honestly, I have had several big girls ask for them too! I have not made a tutorial on my blog yet but I decided to give it a go. I know that there are lot's of people getting ready for Holiday gifts. These will take about five minutes and cost you about 35 cents.
This is for a felt little hair flower that I thought was cute,
This entire tutorial was created with my sick nine month old in the front carrier. Half the time she was sleeping. The other half of the time she was pulling my hair or trying to grab the camera. Aside from the craziness, I think I was able to give an explanation as to how I make them.

First of all, to get started you will need:

-Some nice wool felt (Any felt will do but 100% wool felt looks the nicest)

-Matching embroidery thread and a needle

-Something for the flowers "center". I used a felted wool ball this time but I have used rhinestone, beads, etc.

-one metal hair clip

-A glue gun

-Small scissors

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First you will need to cut two squares out of your felt a little bigger than your metal clip.

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Next you will need to cut a tiny hole in the center of the top of one of your squares. I do this by pinching the felt and then snipping a TINY hole into the top.
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Look! No hands!

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Slip the back of your clip through the hole you just created.

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Next your will want to put the other piece of felt on top sandwiching your clip in the middle.

This is for a crochet flower to have my mama make for me HEHE
Here are the instructions to make the crochet pansy if you missed out on the giveaway.

Ch. 3, sl st to make a ring.

Rnd 1: Ch. 2, 9 dc into ring, sl st to 2nd st of the ch. 2. 10 sts.

Rnd 2: ** sc and 2 tr in the first st, then 2 tr and sc in the next st ** repeat ** 4 more times. Sl st and fasten off. 5 petals.

At first, your petals will be a bit scrunched, just flatten out with fingers. Yup, it’s that easy.

Adorn the flower with buttons, sequins, beads, whatever you can find around the house. Put it on a clip, headband, pin, or sew it onto a purse or shirt.

adventures in eating...

2009-09-20T15:15:00.000-07:00

a picture is worth a thousand words right?

Elder Burnell's ode to Kaya and McKenna

2009-04-26T17:04:00.000-07:00

My little brother sent me this poem; he is on his mission in California. I am totally impressed I didn't know he wrote poems but I thought this was cute.

Two beautiful girls were born today
For which, I shouted "hooray!"
We are so glad to have you here
There is no need to fear
Though the times will get hard
You always have the right card
God and Jesus are on our side
We have no reason to hide
So hold tight to the Iron Rod
Which is the word of God
To know his truth we kneel to pray
And with our answer stay
Close to the prophet and we will stand
As God's servants and make one strong band
Part of the chosen generation you are
Brightly beaming like a shining star
Your good deeds and acts will show
Because you are living what you know
Make us proud and stand for truth
And God will bless you in your youth
Don't forget to share this truth with His children
Because God's kingdom we always need to be buildin'
Remember families are what bring such joy
So find yourself a worthy boy
The temple will be your goal
So live worthy to pay our tole
On this earth we may separate
But in heaven we will be in a perfect state
Patiently we will all wait
Till the whole family is at the gate
So don't for get we always love you
And will be watchin' all you do

ONE MONTH STATS

2009-04-25T21:27:00.000-07:00

This is our sweet little Kaya she weighs 5 lbs and 5 oz and is 17 inches long.

This is McKenna at one month she weighs 5 lbs and 11oz, and is 17 inches long too. The only thing they are still struggling with is eating on their own. We still don't have a definite date that we can bring them home but we are praying its soon!

D-Day!!!

2009-04-17T21:07:00.000-07:00

I have wanted to write our delivery story down somewhere so we wouldn't forget all the little details. I figured this was a good place because I can't misplace it here...

The week before delivery was a really tough one for me. I was in a lot of pain and could barely sleep. Every night I was taking Tylenol and using a rice pack to even atempt sleep but usually I ended up on the couch so I wouldn't wake Gus with all my tossing and turning. Like I said it was rough, especially Sunday night. Sunday night I was in so much pain that early Monday morning before heading into work I stopped by my chiropractor's office and begged them to help me. They did but I had begun to realize that I might be having back labor. I had been having contractions before this. I knew I was effaced 80%. I figured I would see if my pain got better after getting my back adjusted and than call my doctor. I went into work for an hour and then finally called my doctor. They said it wasn't normal to be in that much pain and scheduled me for an NST later that morning but then called me back and told me that they had decided I should go to Labor and Delivery. I called Gus crying and told him how much pain I was in and that they wanted me to go to Labor and Delivery. I really didn't want to because I was afraid that they would simply send me home and we would have a needless hospital bill. As we discussed our options we realized we had no other choices really. I didn't believe I was really in labor until I began walking from Dr Mueller's to Labor and Delivery and felt about four contractions on my way. Thats when it hit me that this might be real; I started to freak out. I was in so much pain I couldn't feel my contractions starting or stopping and so I hadn't been able to time them unless I put a hand on my stomach and felt for the tightness. After being hooked up on the monitors we realized I was in labor and my contractions were only about 3 minutes apart. I delpt asking the nurse if I was really in labor I couldn't feel anything outside constant pain. They called my doctor, hooked up an IV and gave me some narcotics for the pain. I kept texting Gus to keep him updated, and luckily told him to grab the hospital bag I had packed the day before, on his way to work. My contractions began to slow down after they administered whatever drug stops contractions; I was dilated to a 1 and 1/2. My contractions did stop but I was in so much pain still that the nurse decided to keep me a little bit longer to monitor me. I had thrown up the first narcotic and so they gave me Vicoden. It wasn't long before Gus came to support me and because he couldn't focus at work. We were monitored till about 6 pm that night when Dr Leavitt came to check up on me. Dr Leavitt and the nurse asked if I could go home and I told them if they gave me narcotics than I guess; not knowing another answer to that question. Gus and I began to get ready to leave when Dr Leavitt came back in and said that my blood pressures had been at least 160/110 all day and that he was going to discuss my case with Dr Belfort, one of the Maternal Fetal Medicine doctors from SLC, UT. He quickly came back in and told me that my blood pressures indicated preeclampsia; they would be keeping me over night to run some labs, and they grabbed me dinner. It was about 7 pm now and we called our family to let them know we were at the hospital. Both families said that they would be there sometime soon. Shortly after they drew my blood a couple of nurses came back in and started asking me questions like how much I ate; they also told me that Dr Leavitt was on his way back to the hospital and not to worry if an anesthesiologist came in to talk to me. I tried to get them to tell me my blood results but all they would say is that my nurse would be in. I knew it wasn't good; my parents had just gotten to the hospital and I was scared. My nurse told me my bood work showed that my RBCs were about a 1/3 of the normal amount and my liver and kidney enzymes were very elivated. When I asked what that meant she told me Dr Leavitt would be there in a moment to talk to me. Than the anesthiologist came in and started discussing a cesearn section with me noting that I could not have a spinal block or epidural because of my RBC count. Shortly Dr Leavitt came back and told me that my lab results showed that I had a syndrome called HELLPS. They would be doing surgery and all I can remember thinking was "whats today?" and "am I having them today?". I also knew it was bad because they were doing surgery after I had just eaten so they would put two fingers on my trachea and other measures to keep me from vomitting. They weren't even going to wait for another couple of hours; Bevan was working the ER and he had come but he wouldn't leave my side. Dr Leavitt came back at about 8 pm and I had the girls at 8:41 and 8:42 thats how rushed it was. I remember going into the surgical room by myself and thinking how big and bare the room was. I had everyone swarming around me and telling me what they were going to do. I was afraid because when the anesthiologist told me to count to five I was at 4 and not alseep and I remember thinking "oh no this isn't going to work" than I could feel myself falling. The next thing I remember is trying to wake up and being in so much pain I could barely breathe. I remember someone telling me to 'breathe through the pain' and 'go ahead and hit the button' for my morphine pump. When you have emergency c-section under general you don't have any pain meds in your system until you wake up and hit the morphine pump button. I was in so much pain but Bevan and my mom were at my side calming me down. I asked where Gus was and Bevan told me he was out running 'victory laps'. I guess he came in before my mom and Bevan but I don't remember. Gus had to sit outside the NICU for 45 minutes before he got to see the girls because they both required resusitation. When the door opened for another family to enter the NICU he heard someone shout 'not now we have twins...' and than the door closed. I can't imagine how scared he was. They wheeled me into see the girls before they took me to my room and I was trying to grasp the concept that they were my girls and this was my big delivery moment suppose to be full of love but all I couldn't even stay awake. Later that week I got 3 IV's and 2 units of blood transfused. I think they drew my blood about every 12 hours and checked my relflexes every 4 hours I was at really high risk for seizures.

This is my disease:

HELLP syndrome is a life-threatening obstetric complication usually considered to be a variant of pre-eclampsia. Both conditions occur during the later stages of pregnancy, or sometimes after childbirth.

HELLP is an abbreviation of the main findings:^[1]

HELLP syndrome occurs in approximately 0.2 to 0.6 percent of all pregnancies.³ In comparison, preeclampsia occurs in 5 to 7 percent of pregnancies.³ Superimposed HELLP syndrome develops in 4 to 12 percent of women with preeclampsia or eclampsia.³ When preeclampsia is not present, diagnosis of the syndrome is often delayed.⁴

McKenna loves her daddy!

2009-04-10T20:49:00.001-07:00

This is our sweet little McKenna, the other day Gus was changing her diaper and right after he removed the diaper from under her bum she started pooping! Luckily he had another diaper under her and so he went to finish her diaper change and after he removed the third soiled diaper she peed all over. He had to change her diaper three or four times in a row because she kept soiling the clean ones right after he placed them under her bum; it was hilarious.
The next morning he was changing her diaper again; only this time he didn't put a fresh diaper under the soiled one and as soon as he started wiping her little bum she started pooping! He didn't have the diaper there to catch it and so he had to catch it in his hand with the wipe! I haven't laughed that hard for a long time. It hard to believe something so small and cute could create so much poo but I am grateful she is already keeping dad on his toes! hehe

A Few of my Favorite Things

2009-04-05T21:22:00.000-07:00

This is a list of just a few things I hope I always remember about the past two weeks-
1. Both the girls LOVE to grab things they have become very accomplished at pulling out tubes but McKenna loves to hold on to my finger. It is the sweetest thing she will flail her arms like she is falling until you give her your finger and then she will grab on and totally relax. I love to feel her sweet little hand wrapped around my finger. It is my small piece of heaven.
2. How small they are. I know I will never remember just how small they are but I wish I could. They are about 4 pounds now and have no fat on them. It is so cute to see their wrinkly, skinny little knees and they don't even have butt cheeks!
3. I love it when they are awake; I can sit there and talk to them and they will just stare up at me. It is moments like this that everything starts to sink in and I realize just how much I love them.
4. Gus wants to always remember how much he loved them from the moment he saw them. He said that his heart was pounding in his chest when he saw them for the first time and never wants to forget that feeling of pure love. When he was finally able to go in and see them my family said he was doing 'victory laps' in between me in the recovery room and the girls in the NICU.
5. How sweet Gus has been this whole time. I called him that fatefull monday morning in tears because of the pain but I didn't want to go to L&D because I didn't want them to just send me home. Thats when we realized it might be back labor and I should probably go to the hospital but he was so sweet and supportive. Then I told him to stay at work and I would keep him updated but he came to the hospital and sat with me all day while they tried to stop my contractions. It was pretty boring but I really apprecaited the company; I was scared. He also cleaned the house while I was at the hospital so I didn't have to come home to a dirty house and he always drives me up to the front of the hospital and than goes and parks the car so I don't have to walk.
6. The smell of the girls. I don't know how to describe it but after we come home from the hospital we can still smell them on our skin and we love it.
Not favorite things I want to remember-
1.Due to my condition they couldn't give me a epidural or spinal block because my red blood cell count was 1/3 of the normal range. I had an emergency c-section under general anesthia which means when I woke up I had no pain medication running through my system. They hooked up the morphine pump but I had to wait for the morphine to kick in. Of the few moments I remember waking up and my mom telling me to breath through the pain. That is the worst pain I have ever felt I think that is my 10 on the pain scale.
2. I went into L&D because I was in so much pain due to back labor and my liver was swollen from the HELLPS. I couldn't time my contractions when I realized it was back labor and by the time I got to L&D I think my contractions were about 3 minutes apart! I want to remember what little of labor I felt. P.S. they did stop my contractions but I was still in so much pain from my liver that is how they found the HELLPS.
3. Leaving our babies in the NICU when we came home was the HARDEST thing we have ever had to do. When you dream of having babies you always take for granted that you will get to take them home with you and we wanted that story book ending too. Anyway when it gets rough in the next few years I know I want to remember how hard I cried and how sad I was to leave them. I know there will be times when I want to take them back to the nursery but I want to remember how hard this month is not having them home with us.

Sugar and Spice

2009-04-02T15:06:00.000-07:00

This is our little Kaya, isn't she beautiful? I think I have the cutest babies ever! Kaya is doing very well and will hopefully be off her IV within the next day or so. They are so sweet and I live for the few hours I get to hold them. Kaya is kinda spunky and loves to pull on all the tubes even if they are her sisters; McKenna is alittle bit more eventempered (like her dad). She also loves to grab tubes but usually just holds on to them.

This is our little McKenna, she is such a sweetheart. Both the girls are doing really well, McKenna scared us but it turned out that all she has is an anal fissure. It doesn't seem to bother her and so now we are just working on getting her feeds up so she can go off her IV. We have learned that little McKenna the hardest stick in all of the NICU and her veins tend to blow or infultrate after only a day or so. Poor thing she usually needs a new IV everyother day and I have stood next to her for 2 hours while the try poke needles EVERYWHERE. She is very good and only fusses alittle bit. We are honestly so grateful that these are our only problems, they seem to be doing very good. P.S. they are identical! I am so excited

More pictures!!!

2009-03-27T18:15:00.000-07:00

This is me holding both my girls at the same time! They limit holding time for even us at the moment due to gestational age but when we get to it makes everything worth it.

They are under the billirubin lights and so they have to wear 'sunglasses' to protect their eyes. It is so cute. Look how little her hand is wrapped around my fingers.

I was so swollen part of it was from the magnesium they had to put me on, part from just pregnancy and part was from H.E.L.P.S syndrome which is what they finally diagnosed me with.

2009-03-25T14:18:00.000-07:00

Introducing to the world

2009-03-25T13:42:00.000-07:00

Kaya Starlin Clark and McKenna Kathryn Clark!!!
They were born Monday 3/23/09 at 8:41 and 8:42 pm, weighing 3.9 lbs and 3.15 lbs respectively. They are doing really well, especially for being born at 33 weeks. They will need to stay in the nicu for a while, but are getting stronger.

update on the girls

2009-03-19T18:33:00.000-07:00

These are the latest pictures of baby 'A'. This one is sideways so it might be hard to see at first but it is a complete face shot; she is smiling very big. This is her profile; it is so weird to see them because it makes it seem so much more real.
We couldn't get a good one of baby 'B' because she is facing my insides. They are both doing well and we are busy getting ready for them. We have finished with birthing classes and I had two GREAT baby showers. My mother-in-law and my mom both threw me wonderful showers and we are so grateful for all the love, support and gifts. Thank you everyone; we really feel that the lord is watching over us and using all of you to bless us. I can't tell you all thank you enough times.

Nursery!!!

2009-02-28T16:46:00.001-08:00

These are pictures of our cribs! The nursery has a jungle theme and then we are trimming everything in pink or purple. I sewed the quilts; you will notice there is a pink one and a purple. They are that soft minki fabric and I am really happy with how they turned out. Everyone helped us get our cribs and we are so grateful for all the help; these girls are already spoiled-Which means we are too!

Update on the girls

2009-02-02T16:33:00.000-08:00

THE GIRLS
the other night when I was trying to get to sleep the babies were moving A LOT and so I was laying on my side and they kicked really good. You could feel the whole bed move anyways to me this was just another big painful kick but Gus apparently wasn't all the way asleep; it woke him up the rest of the way and he was pretty shocked they had that much strength. It was pretty funny. So I figured I would post the stats and some pics we took the other day. The babies are about the size of a liter of soda and weigh 2 lbs each! They are developing surfactant this week which is the fatty substance that lines the air sacs in their lungs so pretty much this week is a huge step in their development.

Today I had another first in the pregnancy. As you can tell I am getting pretty big but today was the first time I actually had a patient look at me and say 'you look like you are about to pop!' I tried to keep a straight face as I thanked him!

Gus did an amazing job taking these pics I really wanted some of my maternity belly and so he offered to try I think he did an amazing job, but I still don't have any with him and me :(
I really am impressed with these pictures that he took though-he did AMAZING

Tummy Shots

2009-01-10T14:09:00.000-08:00

Bye Bye to my toes I really can't see them anymore and the babies are huge! They are the size of a 1 lb coffee bag and weigh 1 lb each! I can really feel the stretch and pressure but it is amazing to feel them always moving.

messin around

2009-01-03T17:53:00.001-08:00

The kiss goes to Gus he has been so wonderful this whole pregnancy; I can't believe how lucky I am! Thank you for everything you do to take care of us.
I have a feeling these girls are going to idol their father and I can't wait to see how excited they get to see 'daddy'!

I told you I was getting larger...

getting larger...

2008-12-18T16:51:00.000-08:00

Okay so today I had an interesting thing happen; at work I see patients for diet consults on a monthly basis. I saw a Spanish couple today and they ended up questioning whether or not I was the one who saw them last month. I told them I had and the gentleman in broken English looked at me and said "naw, the one we saw wasn't pregnant" I was like, umm, ya I was but I have twins-
Appartently I have gotten huge this past month and trust me I feel it! About two weeks ago I measured my tummy around my belly button (which has practically surfaced) because my mom is sewing a dress for me for Stanton's wedding. Two weeks ago I measured 37 inches today I remeasured due to my conversation and I measured 40 inches! 3 inches in two weeks! I have really been able to feel the stretch and I can feel the girls move quite a bit lately which I love because it doesn't keep me up at night yet!
So I will retake photos sometime this weekend I hope and post them.

Two little....GIRLS

2008-12-10T17:08:00.001-08:00

This is baby 'A's profile and her hand is up by her face. There are better pictures but I don't have them on my computer. ohh, by the way yes, HER. She was very active and we got to watch her get hit by her SISTER and then hit her sister back! I know it starts already, right. It was amazing she measured perfectly and seems to be as healthy as possible. We are so comforted and now we can start buying everything in pink and purple. I don't know how we are going to handle this much estrogen neither of us have ever lived under a roof with more than 2 girls.

This is baby 'B's profile. Amazing pictures huh? She also has her hands by her mouth and she was really active too. They were so cute!

Stats

2008-11-29T16:42:00.000-08:00

This is a baby at the same gestation as our twins-isn't that amazing? honestly, I am flabbergasted that I have two of these in my tummy growing right now! They are about 5 inches long and weigh about 4 ounces... to put that into perspective they are the size of a beanie baby! that is huge! They don't have any more parts to really develop they just keep getting bigger and bigger, they even have eyebrows now! I CAN'T wait to cuddle these little angels-we are crazy excited-its all I think about!

Another milestone!

2008-11-28T18:39:00.000-08:00

Thanksgiving day we were at the Clark's household and as I looked down I swore I could see my tummy moving just above my belly button. I tried to hold really still and got Gus to come watch with me-I could feel something but it didn't feel like 'gas' which is how everyone told me it would feel when they moved. Gus put his hand on my tummy and we both felt a little kick! I have been waiting for this moment for a long time; I have wanted to feel them move since before I even got pregnant. I haven't really felt them since and I have to hold really still but it is amazing to know what is really taking place in our lives.
We documented this amazing day with this photo-my belly seems to have gotten huge this past week!

Good News!!!!!

2008-11-20T16:49:00.000-08:00

I might have to start writing in pink!!!! We had an ultrasound today and Dr Leavitt thinks that we might have one girl! We are not sure about the other, but hopefully in two weeks we will know both for sure. I can't wait to go buy something covered with Disney Princess! This is honestly the most amazing exciting process ever.
The little girl is the one facing us baby 'b' and she is sucking on her thumb in this picture! the other one is scratching its head and started to suck its thumb later. They are laying right on top of each other cuddling-hopefully they come out that cuddley! I am so happy right now.

Baby Bump

2008-11-17T18:18:00.001-08:00

say bye-bye to my feet they are already starting to disappear! We finally got around to taking photos of my tummy so instead of before they are definantley beginning shots! I am 15 weeks gestation and showing alot I think, strangers are starting to ask me if I am prego which is kinda excited only because I really am. I feel quite large not in comparison to what I will be only to what I was I don't know how much weight I have gained, though.

We couldn't think of any different poses so if you have ideas let me know also what you think they will be-we are finally getting close to finding out I CAN'T wait! We are getting so excited but trust me we are still enjoying sleep and things without them here yet.

More Babies!

2008-10-26T19:48:00.000-07:00

We had another doctors appointment but since I worked for him and he couldn't see whose heart beat he was hearing we got another ultrasound! I know we are spoiled-

Look closely and you can see the baby's butt cheeks!

This one you can see the baby on the bottom's face! and a couple of extremities.

BABIES!

2008-10-15T14:18:00.000-07:00

These are the most recent pictures of our babies! Angela (our PA) was kind enough to sneek me into the ultrasound room this morning for a peak!

This is Baby 'B'

This is a good picture of both babies but mostly Baby 'A'. This little one was trying to get in a few more z's. You can see his hand very well.

But just like a good sibling Baby 'B' was disturbing it. I could actually see the baby moving around punching the air and kicking 'A'. I almost started to cry it was absolutley amazing.

Baby 'B' moving aroung you can see his arms and legs and alittle pouchy belly!

Baby 'B' profile shot. Can you find his eye? little feet? nose?

We are so excited and it is so reassuring to see them healthy. This is more amazing than I ever thought possible they are both about an inch now and have most of their major organs such as; brain, heart, lungs, and spine. The both had good strong hearts beat on the monitor, I couldn't be happier!

Blessed

2008-09-30T15:16:00.000-07:00

Yesterday we had a patient come in who was pregnant and she was miscarrying her baby; maybe it's all these hormones but this hit me really hard. I wanted to offer her some comfort but being pregnant I could only think about how much she already loved that baby. I wish it were possible to cuddle my babies even closer and tell them to just grow strong and healthy. I can't believe how lucky I am. The only other time I have ever felt this blessed in my life was the day I married my soul-mate. (And he is taking such wonderful care of us.) I am so grateful that I was able to get pregnant; let alone have two babies to bless our lives! I know so many people are praying for us and I want to make sure they know that the lord is listening to their prayers and truely watching over us. Thank you for the very many prayers; we are blessed and we can feel it in our lives.

Nappy Time

2008-09-24T20:04:00.000-07:00

Needless to say pregnancy has made me more tired (esp with our twins) so Gus and my mom had fun capturing this moment on film. The furry blue thing is Cookie Monster; he is hilarious! When you open his mouth he says funny things like "cookies", "cowabunga" and "hello" . Surprisingly it doesn't get old, esp since he scares the crap out of my mom's dog. Anyway we were playing with him right before I fell asleep apparently-

Double Trouble!

2008-09-22T17:10:00.001-07:00

Today Gus and I went in for our first official ultrasound and this is our big news-look at the pictures closely to see if you can guess

Yup, that's right we are seeing double! Twins does run on both sides of our family but we never would have thought that we could have TWINS. Guess we thought wrong! I wish I could describe what I am feeling right now. It's times like this that makes me wish I was a more poetic writer so I could capture all the wonders of this monumental day. At first, I walked around feeling just shocked but now I am so excited I can barely stand still. We have so much work ahead of us but it is going to be so rewarding. We are still at risk for losing one or both so we are praying fiercely. There are a lot of emotions for us but I think mostly we are just so overjoyed to see our babies and that they are healthy.

THE test

2008-09-13T12:56:00.000-07:00

This is a picture of one of my positive pregnancy tests! Two lines = positive. I have taken about
7 of these, I know that sounds crazy but I still can't believe it.

Big News

2008-09-11T14:12:00.000-07:00

We are so excited to annouce that we are pregnant!
We were thinking about starting to try and suddenly we didn't have to. On August 28 I took a pregnancy test because I was on antibiotics that are not ok in pregnancy, at 5 minutes (the official reading time) it was negative. I kept the test to show Gus that it was negative, but when I glanced at it a few minutes later it showed positive. We got alittle freaked and then tried to come into my office and draw my blood to get a serum test-we couldn't wait to know. But since Gus has never drawn blood before and I couldn't hit my own vein we were forced to wait until morning. I took a test very early the next morning and it showed positive at 4 minutes. I can't explain that feeling but if I had to I would say dreamlike. Gus had to leave me for a couple of hours and I thought I would go crazy with no one to talk to but I made it. We have told some people; I am still nervous I will loose the baby. Katie is doing a very good job of informing the world for me, and I am grateful. It's not that I am not excited because I am estatic but I just can't seem to find a graceful way to put it in a regular conversation.