September Love...

There is a reason this is my very favorite month! Ok more that one reason. Lets start from the top? 1 Amazing weather 2 Stephen fell in love with Sidnee 3 Stephen married Sidnee 4 Football:) Only Boise State games 5 Fall Fashion 6 Nearing the end of this pregnancy 7 People are back in school and back in a routine so places are less crowded ...I could keep going but I will stop there. I have always loved september, even when I was the one going back to school. Now that I get to celebrate our Anniversary on the 5th it makes it just so much better! Happy Anniversary to my Love!

We hit 3 years. When we got married I wanted to wait 5 years till we started our family and Stephen wanted to wait 1-2... we ended up at 3 so both of us are pretty happy, Stephen feels he is "catching up" with everyone since he is 28. Our celebration this year was definitely more mild then the other two. Our first year we went to San Francisco and last year we went to Disneyland Hawaii and the bsu game in Vegas. I guess that was our going out with a bang:) This year we started out with breakfast (my favorite meal) and then had to attend a funeral:( followed by a nap, and then we went to wahooz (stephens favorite) to play games and mini golf. Stephen won the first round and then I'm pretty sure he took pity on me and let me win the second...or he just really started playing badly. I beat him by like 6 points! We had to get a snap shot of the lizard saying hi to the babies...

28 weeks, 29 now. Anyway, we finished the evening with a nice dinner and got to bed nice and early. We came up with lots of other ideas of what to do but goodness, we are getting pretty limited on what this pregnant body can do. Oh well. All that matters is that I'm married to the man of my dreams and all he wanted to do was be with me all day. I'm so grateful for him everyday. I can already see changes in him, becoming and thinking like a father. It is so special to me. I cant imagine the love I have for him being quadrupled and stuffed into the tiniest little packages that will do nothing but cry and poop and eat...and I will love them more than I can understand. Its crazy to think about. People ask me if I'm scared for delivery. My answer is simple...I dont think about it. I try to focus on how amazing the after part is going to be. When these little miracles will be looking up at me. That will make it all worth it. That will be my "thank you" for all I have and will go through. And its more than enough:) Yes I know its going to suck and its going to be more pain than Ive ever known but then it will also be the greatest joy I have ever known. And besides...its one day! One day we cannot wait for!

TWINNER UPDATE

On September 1st Stephen woke up and said, "hey our babies could come next month" WOAH. He is absolutely right, halloween will be 36 weeks and all along we have been shooting for the last week in october or the first week of november. It just really sounds close when you say it like that! These babies are doing really really well. The doc is pleased with how well and quickly they are growing, he estimated at our last appointment that they are around 2.4 lbs each! And I was 28 weeks. Apparently that is odd, but good, that they weigh the same. We had a little glitch...I failed my glucose test:( By 3 stupid points! OH MY AWFUL having to redo that test! They make you come to the hospital at 8AM FASTING and draw your blood right when you get there. Then they have you drink 3x the normal amount of that horrible glucose drink (and this time it was not cold, making it much harder to choke down) then they draw your blood again at 9, 10 and finally 11AM. Then you are allowed to eat. FOUR pokes. ONE arm. ONE terrified of needles mama to be. Gosh I'm glad that is over. As we were walking out I told Stephen that I felt like Hercules when Haytes drained him of all his strength for 24 hours. Haha! Can you tell I was a little out of it? Anyway...everything is fine now. I'm glad we made sure the babies are okay. And I'm happy to announce I passed the second test with flying colors. Also at our last appointment baby girl (who will come first) was bum first. She moved a ton but she kept that bottom down. We aren’t worrying just yet but if she doesn’t get with the program we may have to really consider scheduling a C section. Whatever is best for the babies but I hope it doesn’t come to that. We also got a pretty sweet shot of her darling face

Boy was squirming and we couldnt see him very well. Surprising, usually its the other way around! She also yawned several times. Cutest thing ever. It is so cool that we get to see them every visit and these last two appointments we got a DVD of the ultrasound. Modern technology is such a beautiful thing. I'm so excited for the next couple weekends! This weekend my wonderful friends and family are throwing me a baby shower! And next weekend is the Idaho open house for Mallory's wedding. Meaning I will get to see lots of family again:) So much to look forward to AND its Fall. What could be better?

As of Late...

WHAT a summer we have had. I’m so glad we were able to have so much fun and spend so much time together, and to spend so much time with each of our families. We were horrible about taking pictures but I have stolen a few from FB. I have already filled you in on our wonderful Babymoon that we spend in Puerta Vallarta Mexico! After that we were able to spend a few days in Portland. While Stephen worked hard doing a roof for his Aunt, I got to enjoy shopping and relax:) We were home just long enough to celebrate the 4th and go to the Doc to see our sweet baby GIRL and BOY! Its always a great day when we get to see babies. I still have no pictures for you, Sorry. Next I went to Utah with my mom to hang out with my sisters and help with wedding plans. After getting home from that we had a bridal shower for Mallory and then headed for Red fish Lake for a family reunion. Mal was also sweet enough to take a few maternity pictures of me trying to stick out my belly really far to look more pregnant:) I definitely don’t need to do that anymore!

We had a great time, but camping pregnant is not so great. But holy moly did my Aunt Shelly and uncle Carl make some amazing meals!

Even though we stayed in the Lodge and my parents 5th wheel….I was still so ready to be home! But only for 2 weeks then we were off again to North San Juan where we spent a week for Stephens family reunion. Again, camping=not great but hanging out by the lake and chillaxin every day was not so bad:) And going to the yuba river which is the coolest thing about this place!

I also enjoyed watching my Handsome Hubby and all his water skiing tricks and talents.

He is so cute. BUT I can tell what is not so cute… me sitting out in the heat all day which led to extreme cankles:( It was not pretty. Aunt Marva was so scared when she thought I had fallen and sprained both ankles. Yeah. Ugh and 10 hours in a car 6 months pregnant? Never again. Haha but still worth the trip! One last Hoorah then I was banned from traveling for the duration of the pregnancy! I never thought I would be happy about that. Anyway, probably the most anticipated event of this summer… MY SISTERS WEDDING! Most of you know this had been a LONG TIME COMIN!

We were so happy to be in the Salt Lake City temple that day with family and friends to watch this blessed union. I had to see it with my own eyes to believe it:) I’m just kidding Mal. It was a long day starting at 5AM for us (I’m pretty sure the bride didn’t even sleep, yet still managed to look flawless) we had to be in our seats by 630 for the 7AM sealing! Yeah. What was she thinking. BUT it was beautiful and like I said we were just happy to be there. Even though I never got a nap and it was the longest day I can ever remember… I’m glad it was everything she ever wanted. It was a lot of work and it all came together so nicely. Congrats to my Big sis! Whew. So now we are home and trying to finally get baby stuff all ready to go. My wonderful Mother and Sisters in law threw me a baby shower on Monday and it was great! Im so grateful for all the love and support from our family, and for all the gifts and cute outfits:) I am also lucky enough to have a second baby shower thrown by my wonderful friends on the 15th and hopefully I (or somebody) will be much better about photographs. Our cribs had to be ordered and we are still waiting for them to arrive, and I am still working on painting a dresser for their room. Not any old dresser, this pioneer piece of furniture was purchased when my oldest sister Ainslee (who turned 30 this week) was born and my mom used it for all of us kids growing up. It has been well loved! And this week it went from brown wood color to BLUE and distressed and glazed. This is what I am going for….

Not all the decor, just the color and glaze on the dresser. I will post a pic once the handles are purchased and put on. Or probably when the nursery is finished. We have a nice big Lazy boy recliner (Thanks mom & dad!) it is the extra big one that reclines all the way so you can lay flat, and is amazingly comfortable. It will be my best friend in a few months I’m sure of it. Now I just need to help my mom finish all the darling bedding and find some cute frames, lamp and little décor pieces and we are set! Its all coming together! I cant believe I only have 2 months left. Really goes by fast when you are counting down to 36 instead of 40! I hope all of you are doing well, Thanks for reading!