24 weeks !

Today is 24 weeks ! I feel pretty good overall. I have my moments where I get tired easy and I can't bend over anymore ! The boys are moving all over the place now. It's great to finally feel them all the time. We think we have the names picked out, well the first names anyway. SO, Lathan and Levi ! We really wanted something different and unique but we just really liked these and we actually agreed on them so there they are ! Everyone keeps saying that Levi will get teased because he is named after jeans. ugh. Well he is not named after Jeans just because levi is a brand of jeans. Kids will always get teased about something at some point or another in their life no matter what their name is. I love the name Levi ! This is why we never tell anyone the names we pick out because there are always negative comments about them and these are babies names for goodness sake ! But Oh well, they can complain all they want, this is what we have chosen :) We still have to figure out middle names though !

Blake likes to talk about his brothers, so hopefully he will be excited when they get here ! We plan on getting Blake and Sydney a present from their brothers so they will be a little more excited about them being here. I am just worried about them feeling left out.

Sydney really loves to cuddle with my big ole belly ! lol Blake did the same thing when I was pregnant with Sydney.

My mom took me shopping and we bought the first things for the twins !! A few cute little outfits !

We got these:

Well Those are the only pics I could find but we got some other cute things too ! but I have so

much to get ! We are going to get 2 mini cribs to save space since we don't have room for

2 full size cribs. These are the cribs we are going to get:

and I am in LOVE with this stroller, bumbleride in Spice. Oh I want it so bad but we can't afford it right now.

It's awesome....

Oh I almost forgot, here is my 22 week belly shot. I still have to take my 24 week. The 22 week was all I had on my camera and I hadn't uploaded it yet so here it is !

Long time no post

I haven't posted in a long time. We don't have internet so I can only really post when our neighbors have their wi-fi on ;) 

Blake and Sydney are growing like weeds. They are just really awesome kids, I love them so much. They are so sweet. Well not to each other ! lol I can't believe my sweet baby boy will be 4 this winter. It feels like yesterday I was holding him as a newborn just staring in awe that we could create such a perfect little person. Now I just watch him blossom into this amazing little boy. He is such a character and loves to make people laugh. He really enjoys his special time alone with Mommy and Daddy. He likes to go for rides with Daddy and he always wants Mommy and Sissy to stay home lol. He loves to help Mommy cook or read books or just sit and talk. 

Sydney is just the epidomy  of GIRL. She loooves her baby dolls to death. SHe has a million of them. SHe feeds them, gets them dressed, pushes them around in her stroller. Oh and she loves to give hugs and kisses. She will walk around to everyone and give them a big hug and kiss. It is so cute because she holds her arms out wide and puckers her lips out as far as they can go. Blake of course hates her to try and kiss him lol She is definitely a cuddler. I love it :) Oh and she loves to get dressed up and fix her hair. She is at such a fun age. They both are ! I feel so complete with them, my life couldn't get any better. Just looking into their sweet faces or just hugging them makes everything else just disappear.  I love the end of the day when they both fall asleep, I could just watch them forever. They are just my everything.

I will have to get some recent pictures of them up here soon. We really need to get some family shots done but I am looking for a photographer that I really like. The ones in my area just don't have the effects that I like. I really like more Urban style photographers. So I am on the hunt. I actually found one in Madison but that is too far away. Which sucks because she does maternity as well as birth photography which is awesome. She would charge a fortune to come to Richland center for the birth, which is only 40 miles I think. I will have to check that though.

On another note, those who don't know we found out both Twins are BOYS !! We went to appleton to have a 3D/4D done and got some great pics. The lady was super nice and gave us a great deal since it was fathers day :) I will have to add he pics later ! They weren't shy !! We are excited !! It will be fun having 3 boys and 1 girl. We are really looking forward to their arrival !!

Ha, I just looked over and Sydney was trying to put on fake lipstick lol. It's toy lipstick and she was rubbing it all over her lips.. So cute !

I better go Adam has a movie started !

TWINS !!!!!

Well my dr. sent me for an Ultrasound to check my dates yesterday. Here is what we saw :

Baby A is on Bottom and Baby B is on top. They are Dichorionic twins which means they have their own everything, Sacs and Placentas. I have a placenta in the back and a Placenta in the front. baby A is head down right next to my cervix ( the Baby that will be coming out first :) and Baby B is breech.

Baby B was harder to get a clear picture of because it was behind Twin A. This measurement was for twin A here.

This is the measurment for Twin B ( top baby )

Baby B's legs !

Baby B's heartbeat. 138bpm

Baby A's heartbeat 153 bpm

This is a 3d image of one of the Twins' body.

3d of one of the babies' face. You can see a nice profile shot of the eyes nose and mouth :)

My brother Danny went with me to the ultrasound so Adam didn't have to take off work. Well his jaw about dropped to the floor when she said their were 2 ! lol When she was first looking I saw what it looked like to be 2 sacs and 2 heads but it wasn't a good shot so I didn't know for sure. She turned the screen at me and asked if I saw that. Then my heart started racing because I was pretty sure there was 2 and then she said well it looks like their is 2 in their ! Adam didn't believe me when I told him that it was twins. He really thought I was kidding ! We are all really excited and everyone is pretty shocked !

Late Easter post

So apparently these are the best pictures I got of the kids on Easter. Great huh ? I didn't even get Sydney's cute Easter dress ! Maybe I will dress her up and pretend that it is easter. She thought she was quite cute in it though. Blake really didn't care what he was wearing, he would have been happy in his under wear. We had a good Easter at my Mom's, other than me feeling sick the whole time. We ate, played some Wii, ate some more, Played Wii some more then went for an easter egg hunt in the chili spring air !

10 weeks

Today is the start of week 10 and the nausea is starting to ease up a bit but the

 fatigue is still there. I have my first dr appointment on Monday ( that is if insurance i

s sorted like they said they would be ). I am rea

lly hoping they will do an ultrasound because I just want to see our Baby ! Who doesn't right ? At least I have a doppler to allow me to check on the gummy bear. Here is the heartbeat at week 10 !

Pictures !

Having fun with the kids ! ( and Mommy had fun editing the pics ! lol )

 

Enjoy looking at my beautiful children ! hehehe

My little man loves Salmon...who knew ?!

My child is all about the healthy foods. You put pizza in front of him and he will choose raw broccoli !! Today I made salmon and he wanted a bite and he ended up eating the whole 4 oz piece ! I am surprised because he is such a picky eater, but he really does prefer the healthy things. Which I am really really happy about ! He even loves salads, and he would eat it plain ! lol I am just so happy that he prefers healthy foods because I have really been trying to cook healthier lately.. Anyway just wanted to share !

Just some random pics

Here are just a few pics I had on my computer I wanted to post. I will get some new pics very soon !

I was editing this pic and lightened her eyes too much but now I can't find the original picture ! Ah


This was the one of the pictures on our christmas cards that I never got sent out !


The christmas card. I did all that work and then didn't get to send them !

We finally have a crawler !!

Sydney is almost 11 months and just took her first strides on her knees yesterday !! yesterday it was just a couple "steps" I guess you could say.. and today she crawled accross the whole living room !!! So yay I am excited !

Blake & Sydney's Birthday Invitations !

I just finished making it today ! I feel like I need to change something though...

7 months old

Heres a couple of Sydney's 7 month pics ! She' almost 8 months now, so I took these a few weeks ago but just got around to posting them :)

Teeth !!!

Heres a picture of her teeth !

7 months old

Sydney is now 7 months old she had a dr. appt last week and she weighs 23.4 lbs and 29 in long !! She is over the 100th percentile ! off the charts ! So she is doing great ! She got 3 shots which she did great with. We saw a different dr. and they wouldnt even let me hold her which pissed me off a little because I have always held both of my kids during their shots since they were born, I just wanted her to feel safe with me holding her while she was getting needles injected by strangers. I didnt really like the dr. I saw that day, she tried telling me that I should wean Sydney from breastfeeding.. GRRR... I am a strong believer in breastfeeding. I breastfed Blake for 18 months and I am most definitely giving the same benefit !! There is no way I would consider weaning her now... I like my dr. because she supports me in all my decisions, we couldnt see her because she was booked. The dr we saw thought Blake was 5 years old ! lol Thats how big he is ! He is so shy ! every time he sees anyone he covers his face.
Everything is going great though ! I am still exclusively breastfeeding Sydney which is great ! I love breastfeeeding it is such a special bond with your child that I will cherish forever. She still isnt liking solids that much.. she will eat a little bit but she really doesnt like the texture of mushy foods. but she loves to eat hard things like teething biscuits....
Blake and Sydney just have tons of fun together, it seems like he is the only person to make her laugh lol. I can tell the will be close growing up ! I will have to get some videos up of them playing together, it is pretty funny to watch. I will have to upload those tomorrow and get them on here. :)

- Shannon

I chopped my hair off !!!

OMG it is SO short ! lol I took before and after pics today... I have to get used to this ! lol but it will be easier to manage