Monday, August 1, 2016

July Fun!

July was full of fun! Our July included--Bbq's, fireworks and the fourth of July, chalk art festival, the fair, cousins visiting, miniature golfing, movies in the park, dr's appointments, smores and hot dog roasting, parade day, fishing with dad, my baby shower, bowling, hot days, lots of milkshakes and ice cream cones, swimming, Misti's wedding and an ever growing baby bump.

I'm sad I didn't get any pics of the wonderful baby shower my friends Nona and Diana threw for me. I got lots of great gifts. It's so weird to start buying/receiving girl stuff too. We're so excited to be blessed with both.
I didn't get any pics of the fourth of July with our friends and the bbq we had at their house, but it was quite fun. We let the kids play in the water, ate yummy food and watched the fireworks.
I also didn't get any pics of parade day or the fair but Keith took Carson to the fair for over three hours! It was definitely smart to get the wristband because Carson wanted to go on ride after ride.


I'll just sum up July with the pics I did get..

This kid constantly asks to go fishing and has caught several fish already!

BoGo shakes at Johnny J's on a hot day

Chalk Art Festival downtown


My sister's three kids came to stay with us from the 22nd-25th, we were so excited to have them come visit and show them around Casper. Carson was in heaven because he always had someone to play with, we had a blast and hope they can visit again next year!

Exploring Rotary Park

A Casper tradition-- you have to take everyone to the waterfall when they come.


Movies and popcorn in the park 


Lake day at Pathfinder Res.

Roasting hot dogs, chicken and s'mores on Casper Mountain




We had to fit in miniature golfing before they left because Brecka and Carson love it!


Trying on hats at Sportsmans

Half off drinks at Sonic for a hot day!

July 30th my little sis Misti got married in the San Diego Temple. Keith and I took a quick trip there from Friday-Sunday. It was such a perfect weekend and I am so glad I was able to make it even though I'm cutting it close with flying and being 28 weeks. It was so fun to catch up with everyone. Friday evening we had a dinner at her in-laws while all the guys had a bonfire at the beach. Saturday was the sealing at the temple and then a luncheon afterwards. After the luncheon we helped prep for the reception and relaxed a little. The reception was from 6-8 and we danced, ate yummy food and chatted with everyone. After cleaning up, Keith, Kirk and I went and grabbed some in and out because I was still hungry, lol. After getting only 3 hours of sleep we hopped on a plane to SLC then Casper. After throwing up on the flight home I don't want to fly again for a long time. Congrats Misti and Marcus!

Waiting for Misti and Marcus to come out of the temple--Sister Shana, Niece Chelsea, Sister Shae.

What a beautiful temple!



She's Mrs. Camden now!

Getting big!

Terrible Iphone pics, but whatev.

Misti, Daren and Kirk. Only two of the 6 brothers could make it.

The sisters and mom. Just missing Nikki and Shiree. (again..terrible phone pics) I really need to get my camera fixed.



Prepping for the reception


My friend Whitney was so kind and offered to watch Carson over the weekend while we were in San Diego. This guy hardly missed mom and dad and had so much fun with his buddy Carter.





 And here's a update on the bump...





I'm constantly being kicked and someone asked me if I think they "fight" in the womb, I never thought about that, but now I wonder because sometimes they're both kicking etc... at the same time. Who knows? lol



Saturday, July 2, 2016

Bumpdate.


So I haven't posted too much about my pregnancy and I thought I should write down my thoughts and experience so far with my twin pregnancy.


February 2016--I suspected I might be pregnant because of the fertility treatments I had been on in January. Even though there were two eggs on the ultrasound I had on the 1st, my doctor said the chance of twins was only 5%, I didn't think much about it being a possibility and was just excited to see if I would be able to get pregnant. Around the 16th I took a test and it was positive, then another and another and another! We were still scared of the possibility of another miscarriage so we kept pretty quiet.

March 2016--About a week before St. Patrick's day I was having some complications and called my doctor, he had me get some blood work done and told me everything was fine. Three days later I called the office again and told them I was worried, they had me come in for an ultrasound and that's when I saw the TWO LITTLE ONES and was shocked by the news of TWINS! I showed Keith the ultrasound and he didn't see that it was twins right away but after I told him to look again he realized, both Keith and Carson were elated and so were our parents when we called them. I don't think my dad believed me at first (haha), this makes 41 grandkids for my parents and 7 for Keith's parents. This month was full of constant headaches everyday, all day, but no morning sickness.

April 2016--First real appointment and first time starting to show. Headaches still pretty much everyday, no morning sickness. Hungry, hungry, hungry.

May 2016--It was exciting to have another ultrasound (one a month). Headaches are less and less but still there. Still hungry.

June 2016-- On the 2nd we had an ultrasound with a specialist from Denver to find out the genders. We were so excited to announce that a boy and a girl would be joining our family in the Fall. Pretty much over my headaches, gotta make sure I get my rest though. Hungry all the time. We took basically our only trip of the summer to Boise to see my family for a week and Logan, Ut for a few days for Keith's niece's blessing.


July 2017--Getting big fast, I'm almost as big as I was when I had Carson at 38 weeks. It's getting hot out, I probably get Sonic half off drinks too much, and I mostly just want to stay inside with the AC on. I now have two appointments and ultrasounds a month, one with Denver, and one with my doctor.

I've taken a week by week pic so far (don't mind a few of them where my hair and makeup are neglected that week--must of been a bad headache week)












They are the size of mangos this week.




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Me currently, I'll be 24 weeks on Monday.


        Just to give you a comparison--this is me at almost 38 weeks with Carson.



Some other 2016 Summer highlights so far....
Miniature golfing in Casper for Keith's birthday---Carson's new favorite hobby!


Boise Trip--Meridian Temple is looking good!

Swimming with cousins!

5 years old and driving already!

Meeting baby nephew Camden. We got to attend Camden's blessing, a bridal shower for Misti and a baby shower for Nikki while in Boise.
Logan Trip--Meeting baby Claire and attending her blessing. Claire makes 4 cousins for Carson on Keith's side.

                             Soon he's going to have two---one for each shoulder.
Logan, UT trip--Picnic in Logan Canyon with Keith's family. Unfortunately I didn't take too many pics, or really any good ones.


Finding Dory.


Lots of fishing days with Daddy


Friday, June 3, 2016

May and off to kindergarten....!!!

May was a fun month that flew by quick! Here's some May pics. On the 24th was Carson's preschool graduation and last day of school, still can't believe our little guy is going to kindergarten! Whaaa!!

17 weeks and off to lunch with Jasmine

We had to hit up sonic 1/2 off drinks a couple times

Found this cute dresser for the twins! (no we don't have a cat, that was the previous owners)

On May 10th we went with a couple friends from our ward to the Carrie Underwood concert! She really knows how to put on a concert and has such an incredible voice





Carson's last school field trip to the Ft. Caspar Museum

Graduation Day!


He got the "speedy worker" award

So proud of this little guy!


Gender Reveal and Keith's Birthday!

Yesterday was Keith's birthday and the same day of our gender reveal. I spent the morning making strawberry cheesecake stuffed french toast (one of my favs) for breakfast, I think I'll make it a breakfast birthday tradition. After cleaning up and getting ready for the day, the three of us headed to my ultrasound.

I got to have a special ultrasound with a tech that came up from Denver, I guess everyone here with twins has to have one with a specialist from Denver. The ultrasound was about an hour long and we got to see both little babies! We had her write down the genders in an envelope so it was still a secret.

Afterwards Keith had to go pick up a co-worker from the airport and they went out to lunch while I took Carson to go play at his friend Carter's house while his mom Whitney made my gender reveal cake. She was so sweet to offer and was so excited about it. I hung out at home and waited for Keith to get home and then went and got Carson, we were going to go miniature golfing but Keith was wanting to just hang out at home, so I went and grabbed some pizzas and we had pizza and root beer for dinner.

We were getting so anxious by this point we headed over to Whitney's to pick up the cake and then headed home to cut it! We sang to Keith and of course he then cut open the cake! I was surprised, as you can tell in the video, but Keith had guessed a boy and a girl. The interesting thing was all day yesterday before and after my appointment I had this continual thought in my head saying "it's a boy and a girl, it's a boy and a girl," but I kept pushing it out because I really thought it was two girls, but the thought was there all day and I even told Keith about it before we cut the cake, and sure enough, it was a BOY and a GIRL!

We texted, called and skyped our families the rest of the night to let them know the good news and then ended the evening with our favorite movie-- Zookeeper. It was such an amazing day! Still kinda surreal there's twins in me! I think we'll go miniature golfing today. :)







19 1/2 weeks! Babies are the size of mangos


Let's cut this open!