bed rest

I had another ultrasound yesterday. It had been over three weeks since I had seen the twins so I was super excited to see them again! They did all sorts of measurements to make sure everything still looks good...and it does! God continues to bless us in this way and we are SO thankful.

BUT, my doctor did put me on modified bed rest, which pretty much means I shouldn't do anything that I don't HAVE to do. It's just a precaution. I asked. He normally puts everyone with twins on bed rest at 24 weeks. I made it to 29 1/2 since my um, cervix, ahem, is so wonderful! =)

So again, we see God's perfect timing and His working through all this. Jason being home makes this bed rest a million times easier. A million!

When I told the doctor that I had a 3-year-old and a 1-year-old at home he said, "hmm, not sure how you're gonna do bed rest with a 1-year-old." It was nice to be able to say that my husband is at home to help.

When he heard that Jason had been laid off he was super sweet and went and filled out a "fee waiver" form for us. I didn't even know they had that! What a blessing!

a new beginning

On December 29th, Jason got laid off again. On the outside it might seem like a terrible time for him to get laid off, what with the babies due in two months and all. But actually it's been a huge blessing!

Having him home is SO nice. SO nice! The last couple of weeks we've been trying to decide what to do. This puts moving on hold a little bit...we can't very well rent somewhere else with no income. Since we DON'T have a mortgage right now, we can totally survive on unemployment. Because of this, we've decided to make a go at starting our own business...kinda. It's something we've been wanting to do for a while, so we're gonna give it a shot, at least until after the twins are born. Then, we'll see what happens!

God has been so incredibly faithful to us...we're excited to see what He does in coming months!

happy birthday to me!

I had a really fantastic birthday! We celebrated after Jason got off work with just our little family...they're my three favorite people in the world!

We went to BJ's for dinner. YUM!



When we got home I opened my gifts. Jason tricked me with an empty bag.


He tricked me with THIS....


So, so fun! We've been enjoying a lot of Band Hero fun!




Nice, I know!


My birthday cake was a Cheesecake Factory Chocolate Mousse Cheesecake from Costco...this thing is AMAZING!

merry christmas 2009!

Christmas baby! We celebrated a little late since we were in LA on actual Christmas. Here's all the present opening fun!

Someone's a little excited...


Juls LOVES animals, especially birds and puppies, so we go her a little stuffed puppy!



Cuteness!


Surveying the loot:


Jas got some band t-shirts that he thought were cool!



Fun!




The fam...


Playing with the toys:


We had a really nice Christmas with our little family! It's so fun to see the girls get excited!

merry christmas eve!

One of our Christmas traditions is to give the girls pajamas on Christmas Eve. Since we were in LA for actual Christmas Eve and Christmas day, we did things a little late. Here's them opening their Christmas Eve jammies:





Cuteness!

winter wonderland

We went to Town Square last week to see the snow fall! It was really fun! The girls didn't really know what to make of it at first. See? :




Julia's face cracks me up:




Dada and Kate with Santa's house in the background:



Family photo:



Julia warmed up (haha) to the snow eventually:



So cute:


Once Kate noticed other kids having fun, she warmed up too. She danced in the snow for a while!


After the snow we took them to the outdoor playground to let them play for a little bit. They really liked the unicorn!

baby girls update!

I had another ultrasound yesterday. I am currently 24 weeks, 3 days pregnant with two very active little girls! During the ultrasound, the tech asked me if I could feel all of that...to which I replied, "uh huh." Oh I can feel it alright! I'm just wondering what it's going to be like in another month or two...?!

Anyway, everything looked great! Really great! Everything that the doctors have been even remotely concerned with have turned out to be nothing...! I feel so extremely blessed! My fluid levels were great, my cervix was great (Dr. M even told me I should rent my cervix out...HAHAHA! Have I mentioned how much I like Dr. M?!).

The girls are both 1 lb., 6 oz! The fact that they are the same size is really a big deal! That means there's no sign of Twin to Twin Transfusion Syndrome! Praise God!

I am so incredibly thankful for the good news! Every time I go to an appointment...I lay there hearing good news after good news...and I can't help but wonder "why me?" So many women suffer such heartache during their pregnancies...and here I am, with my dream of having twins coming true...along with a HEALTHY pregnancy! It's amazing...and I don't take it for granted! Every week that the twins continue to be healthy I am just so grateful! God is truly good to us!