"Deck The Halls ... Fa La La La La.."

Tonight we decorated the other tree. The girls had so much fun with this tree because most of the ornaments are the unique, individual ones like "Baby's 1st Christmas", or pictures of themselves on ornaments, etc.


After we finished, the girls enjoyed egg nog and off to bed they went. They had a long day emotionally due to getting their flu shots... but we are all covered now (except for Daddy)!!

"Hang All The Mistletoe..."

Since the baby is due shortly after New Years, we may not be leaving decorations up as long this year so I wanted to make sure we started a little earlier. Before December 1st even comes, most of our decorations are up. :-) But it does already feel like the Christmas season so it doesn't feel too early. Only problem is now Mikayla relates snow to Christmas so she doesn't think it will be Christmas unless there is snow. We keep trying to tell her that we don't get snow here in Carmichael but it will still be Christmas. Sounds like when I was a little girl... my grandparents couldn't stand when we came back to Colorado for Christmas cause I would always say I hope it snows... and if it wasn't snowing yet - it sure would!! :-) I never knew how difficult it was to live in snow (still don't).


The girls helped decorate the first Christmas tree and were so proud of their accomplishment. Tomorrow night, we will decorate our other one with daddy then we should be done with the inside. Still have more lights to put up outside. Then we can finally start working on the nursery!!

5 Weeks 5 Days and Counting....

So the scheduled c-section for the baby is January 4, 2008. I know you are wondering why so early. Due to the girls being born so early and via c-section, my uterus didn't have a chance to really "expand".... so my doctor as well as all of her colleagues agree that going past 38 weeks could cause my uterus to rupture, if I go into labor. So the date is set on Friday, January 4th. Which will give me plenty of time to recover in the hospital and get home before our princesses' 4th birthday comes around on the 15th!

So as of today, we have 5 weeks and 5 days till "B" Day! As far as I go, I am feeling good as long as I don't sit too long, stand too long and of course, I definitely can't sleep too long anyway. The middle of the night sweats have started - even when the house is 63 degrees, the tossing and turning is still continuing... and it is almost a mixed blessing when one of the girls wakes up in the middle of the night - gives me a chance to stretch out any cramps in my legs.

Daddy is doing well too - still staying strong on the "It's a girl!" thing and doesn't seem to be phased yet that there will be a newborn in our house in less than 6 weeks. Please keep in mind- neither of us have actually dealt with true newborns so this is going to be quite interesting!! When the girls finally came home, they were pretty much on a good schedule, thanks to the hospital, and they were already past that sleep all day stage.

The girls, especially Mikayla, are getting more and more excited. Delilah is more excited to have the baby out so that Mommy can help her on the monkey bars again. Mikayla is excited to help the baby learn to walk and pump her arms like Mikayla does... and learn to play and share and watch TV. (Those were her words)

We got a baby poll going on - so if you are interested in joining it, hit us up. The winner gets 50% of the pot (with the other 50% going to diapers for the baby). So far the pot is up to $100. And it is pretty split with people thinking boy or girl - but the weights and lengths are varying drastically!

Thank you to all those who are keeping us in your prayers! We feel so blessed to have gotten this far and pray to keep on truckin'!

Thanksgiving Day

Thanksgiving was a little different this year. We usually have family come up but we were supposed to go to family instead. However, since I wasn't allowed to travel further than 1 hour driving, we couldn't go anywhere so we stayed home. We had our friends, Mike and Brenna with their twin boys, Max and Cooper, come over and join us for Thanksgiving dinner. It was a delicious dinner that Michael made. Yummy, moist turkey, stuffing (new recipe that Michael stole some ideas from Paula Deen) cabbage, sweet potatoes, cornbread, green bean casserole, black-eyed peas, rice, gravy and Brenna made some delicious homemade mashed potatoes. For dessert, which only the girls and I got to that night (everyone else was stuffed), we had pumpkin pie and sour-cream apple pie. We definitely have lots of leftovers! :-)



I was able to get one picture the whole day!! :-) And of course, Mikayla looks like she is 2 years older than her sister. Michael says she reminds him of the Gatorade Big Head commercial with Kevin Garnett and other sport stars.... here is a link if you don't remember it.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5olLUhTPOzg

Happy Thanksgiving!!

Last week at preschool, the kids made placemats for Thanksgiving dinner. They were asked by their teacher "What are you thankful for?" and the teacher wrote what they were thankful for. The kids then put stickers on their placemats to decorate them. Below are the pictures of our girls' placemats. They are quite heartwarming!! :-)

"DELILAH IS THANKFUL FOR CHICKENS"

"MIKAYLA IS THANKFUL FOR MY MOMMY"

Our Thanks!!

Mommy’s Thanks: I am truly thankful for God blessing me with wonderful friends and family that are such a special part of my life, for my precious daughters continuing to grow into beautiful Christian girls, for my husband who works his behind off so that i can stay home to raise our beautiful daughters and enjoy (almost) every minute of their lives, for the miracle growing inside my belly and that he/she is staying in there so far, for starbucks coffee that helps me get through the day as well as a place to enjoy long talks with an awesome friend, for a wonderful childhood that makes me want to provide the same love and grace to our children, and for the grace of God... for without that, i would be lost!!

Daddy’s Thanks: I am thankful for a beautiful, loving pregnant wife and two awesome kids. I have been blessed to have wonderful family and friends. Who could ask for anything more. I am truly blessed!

Mikayla’s Thanks: Pumpkins, books from the library, xylophone, animals, disneyland, lilah, mommy, daddy, and God

Delilah’s Thanks: tv, myself, kayla, mommy, daddy, and God

Baby’s Thanks: For mommy moving around so much - helps me to sleep; for all the hamburgers, steak, and chicken that mommy eats to help me be a strong baby, for my sisters kissing mommy’s tummy - i know i will be loved that much more; for daddy singing to me and laughing as i make mommy’s tummy move!

We Are Coming Back

Due to the cost of .mac and the uncertainty of its usefulness besides for uploading from iweb, we have decided to discontinue the website style and go back to good 'ol free-blogger!!

Long Week

This past week has been too long!! Started off last Tuesday when we decided to go take a look at some manufactured homes - just to get ideas for our vacation property. I decided to step on a brick (that I thought was in-ground or cemented) to step over a pathway. Well, needless to say, that brick wasn’t in-ground and i fell! After recovering with scrapes on my arm and leg, i started stressing about the baby so I called the doctor. She said it should be fine since it wasn’t a jarring fall but more of a rolling fall but i could come in to get monitored. The main thing they were worried about was during jarring falls, the placenta could become loose. well, we went to the hospital, was monitored for a little over an hour, and everything looked good. So we went home and I rested.

Then Thursday of last week, Delilah decided to get the stomach flu. Friday came and she was better... saturday came, and she was sick again... sunday came, and I got sick as well as mikayla. I was so sick that i couldn’t hold even a sip of water and went to the hospital at 10:30 pm while our angel of a neighbor came over to stay with the girls. I got to the hospital and did a urine test right away and was the most dehydrated the nurse has ever seen. So needless to say, an IV went into my hand and iv’s were started. FInally at 5 am, they released me after i was hydrated again and holding down water and sprite. Came home and found out that Mikayla had been up all night throwing up. Our poor friend!! She didn’t know what she was in for but she was awesome and didn’t care. Now we just pray that she doesn’t get sick.

Monday came, my birthday, and I just laid around all day getting my strength back since I couldn’t eat regular food yet... and mikayla continued to be sick... delilah threw up yet again. Tuesday came, and mikayla and I started feeling better but Delilah still threw up one more time... and now Daddy got sick!! So all last night, daddy was sleeping in the bathroom to be close to the toilet. As of right now, he hasn’t thrown up for almost 12 hours and is doing much better... but delilah threw up yet again before nap! Will it ever end!!!

on my way to the doctor’s this afternoon for my 31 week check-up!!! Can you believe it??!! I will be taking mikayla with me and leaving the sickos home to relax and watch cartoons. They were definitely made for each other.

please say a prayer for our family. we are hoping the bugs go away so we will even have one more thing (in our list of countless blessings) to be thankful for next thursday!!