Beau's last day as an only child :(

As David and I prepare for our twins that are coming via c-section tomorrow.... I can't help but feel a little bad for my baby Beau ( who is not really a baby anymore). I feel like we should have given him more time to suck up the perks of being an only child. I am scared that he will feel left out. I wonder if I would feel this way if we were only expecting one more.
As Beau closes in on the age of 2... he is constantly testing my patience ( which I hope that most of that is my emotions from pregnancy). He tells me no and time outs are non-effective anymore in our house. He knows what buttons to push and knows that usually if Daddy isn't home he can get what he wants if he fights hard enough ( which I hope will change when I get my energy back) Yeah right huh? David says that Beau knows that I am a push-over.... Which I have to admit is true. We have tried really hard to get him interested in the potty. He does ok sometimes but then won't tell us he has to go until after he has gone. Same with the pacifier..... We were so close to being broken of it except for nap time and bed time... but somewhere along the way we lost all control of that. Now if we take one away he will come into the room with one that he has stashed away in a hiding spot! lol.
We are so grateful for being able to have children. And though we are not where we want to be in our lives as far as careers and where we live... We know that nothing can break the family that we have created. I love my husband, who at times is like having another child. We have been married 6 months today... and though we say it feels like much longer.... I wouldn't trade him for anybody!!!
Happy Holidays everyone!! We Love you all and hope to be back up that way before the holidays next year!

Good and Bad news...

Last week I had a scare. David called while he was on his way to school and told me that a lady had hit him head on. He then said he had to go and hung up (MEN!). So after an hour of me being hysterical with a call to my mother, my best friend Jenny and 5 different very short phone calls from my husband... I finally found out that he wasn't hurt. It had just got done raining here and a woman in a 2009 Yukon slid around a corner and right into the driver side of the Tahoe. Our truck (my dream truck) was not in such good shape. When he finally got home and the adrenaline had worn off, David realized he was in a lot of pain in his back and in his shoulder. We were scared that he might have re-fractured a previous injury to his collarbone and decided to go to the ER to have it checked out. Everything was ok. He had to take a few days off of work and even to this day he is still a little sore.

 Now was my time to worry about the Tahoe :( The next day we went and looked at the damage at the collision place we had it towed to. I cried.... and cried. The lady who hit David had god enough insurance to get us a rental car for the weekend. We are still waiting for the insurance adjuster to call and let us know if they are going to total it. But the body shop thinks that they will end up totaling the Tahoe. So now we have to go through the stress of finding another car. We were planning on trying to find something new with third row seats anyway... but I'm going to miss my Tahoe. But we are all ok and that is all that matters :)

On the plus side of this shit of a week.... I had another Dr. Appointment last Wednesday. David got to go with me for the first time in a while and they let us do an ultra-sound so that he could see them :) When she asked me if I had any questions for her I said "yes, can we have them now?" lol. She said no, that if I went into labor over the next 3 weeks she would do all she could to stop the labor. But in about 4 1/2 to 5 weeks we should be ready to go. So that puts the babies coming the last week of November or first week of December! :) YAY! Which is almost a whole month early. I seriously feel like my stomach will explode any minute! lol. I wish I would have waited to move our room to the basement because getting up 3 times a night and climbing those stairs to use the bathroom is killing me.

My sweet little Beau is growing up TOO fast! It's making me sad. We have gotten really good at not having a pacifier during the day. It's really been helping him with his pronunciation of words. Especially "NO" :( Which is a word that I am sure every mother wishes their children would not learn! lol. He is the sweetest little boy I know.



Well, That's all for now :)

Fall is here...

O.k. So fall isn't here in Alabama because it's still 97 degrees everyday. This is my favorite time of year anywhere else but here. I am missing Greenbluff, the weather getting cooler, and the leaves changing. Everything that Washington would give me this time every year.
Beau had strep last week and has slowly been getting over it. It's never any fun when your baby is sick :( He is just growing so fast we can hardly keep up with what size clothes he is in. He fits in anything from 2T to 4T. It's just insane. He has been doing very well getting used to not having a pacifier during the day. He was even getting used to going to sleep without it until he got sick and we caved in. But we have noticed that he is talking a lot more and a lot clearer. We know he is still young but we are trying to get him used to the fact that there are going to be babies. We know he doesn't fully understand but he points at my belly and says babies and gives my belly kisses. I am hoping that he will adjust well when they come.
David is about half way through his first semester of college. He is doing very well... sometimes it's hard to keep him on track because he has to take history classes and english classes. If all he had to take was his computer and math classes he would be a happy camper. lol. But he is staying focused and really determined to finish so he can "make a better life for our family". ( his words) :)
I am now 27 wks (26-27 wks if you ask my dr.) in my pregnancy. I am trying my hardest not to complain too much. It's just so different than being pregnant with one. David got me a support belt for my belly :) lol. It's almost like I am half human again. It's definitely helped with my back pain and the stretching sensation in my belly. As much as I would give anything to have the babies out now ... I want them to be healthy so I will suffer in silence until they are ready :) lol. My next appointment and ultrasound is next wednesday and I can't wait to see how big they are! We are still waiting for more suggestions on little girl names... we are just having the hardest time agreeing on one....
More updates and hopefully more pictures soon :)

Getting ready

The process of trying to be ready for a baby is tiring in itself... but trying to be ready for twins is a whole other ball park! David has the next 6 days off of work.. so we are trying to get a lot done right now, especially since I have started to have braxton hicks contractions and I am slowly not being able to do as much as I would like. We went to pick out pain colors today and I think we found the ones. We came home and primed the twins room. We picked out a greenish color for their room and we picked out a really pretty grayish-blue for Beau's room. I am so excited! :)
Today David, Beau and I went to take a tour of a church daycare. They do a thing called "mother's day out" where you can pick 2 or 3 days a week where they do music, art and play from 9-1 for the school year. It was really neat and I am excited for Beau to be able to interact with kids his own age. He hasn't had a lot of that since we took him out of daycare in June. Plus, mommy is excited to be able to rest a little. There are days that I swear the boy NEVER sits down and it's starting to take its toll on me! lol.
Wednesday September 1st is our next Dr. apt for the twins... So I will have more updates after that... Love you all.

Still in shock

 

We are now 5 1/2 months and I still can not believe we are having twins... Let alone that we got lucky enough to have one boy and one girl. We are very excited. I am very stressed out. It seems like this pregnancy is going by faster than the last. Probably because I am chasing around an 18 month old. We are now scheduling to see the dr every 2 weeks! It's hard being so far from my family... and being a stay at home mom is a TON harder than I thought it would be. This pregnancy is definitely a lot different from my first pregnancy. I am much more tired and I can literally feel my skin stretching. Though I am only 22 weeks I am measuring at 28 weeks which is the size of someone who is 7 months pregnant. I am already "nesting" I have been working really hard to get the extra room cleaned out and painted so that we can bring up Beau's toddler bed and get him adjusted before the babies get here so the change doesn't seem as drastic.  I am scared of how he will feel once the babies get here because he is our little baby that gets ALL the attention in the house! Our next appointment is September 1st... more updates soon! Love you all very much!