I feel like I haven't posted about anything that we've been doing lately, mostly just because I've been posting a lot about the babies. I've been trying to do as much as I can with Hannah these last few weeks because I realize that this is the last time that she will get alone time with Scott and me. It makes me really sad for her but also happy that she will be able to share a lot of these fun times with little sisters. I know that I am going to miss this time that I've had with her as well, because she will probably never get this same amount of attention from me again. So I've been making the most of the time that we've had together. Here are some things that we've done over the last few weeks: gone to a museum, petting zoo, numerous parks and playgrounds, swimming, took her to see the movie "Up," and have had numerous tea parties with chocolate milk and picnics out in our front yard. Yesterday I wanted to do something really fun because Scott had the weekend off of school and homework, so we went to a place called Liberty Land. It's such a fun place for little kids! I became the designated picture taker because I couldn't go on any of the rides, but I had so much fun just watching Hannah have fun with her dad. At this place they have
race cars,
a rock climbing wall,
a high tower ride,
a cute little girl,
an airplane ride,
a train ride,
a froggy ride (Hannah's favorite. She rode it about 8 times) ( P.S. Please blow up this picture of Scott.....it's the funniest thing I've seen in a long time.),
bounce houses and a play place,
bumper boats,
a merry-go-round,
and much more which I didn't get pictures of. Unfortunately their roller coaster was closed for the day, which happens to be the funnest ride there. We've been to this place twice now, and both times there were not many kids there. As you can see from the pictures, Hannah and Scott are the only ones on each ride. It's kind of funny because the worker pretty much followed us around to whatever ride we wanted to go on and let us on. I don't understand why more people don't go to this place; Hannah loved it! I'm afraid it's going to go out of business soon, so I'm glad that we got to go.
Finally, I just have to say Happy Father's Day to my dad and to Scott's dad. You guys are both wonderful fathers and grandpas. We are grateful for you both and love you both very much.
And Happy Father's Day to my husband, who I truly believe to be one of the best fathers out there. Hannah and I love you dearly.
Honestly, I can't believe that I have gone from this
to this....
in 5 months. And I also can't BELIEVE that I'm posting this picture of me. Oh well. I want you all to know that this will be the LAST TIME I post a picture of myself before these babies are born so soak it up my friends, soak it up. These "lovely lady humps" are signing off, so if you'd like to see more in the weeks to come, I'd be happy to email a picture to you.
I can't believe I only have 6 more weeks to go. This pregnancy has actually gone by really fast for me. Starting next week I will have two appointments a week until these babies are born. The first appointment is done at the hospital, where they perform a non-stress test on the babies. It's a test that basically monitors their heart rates, their amniotic fluids, and my contractions for about a half hour. Then I will have my regular doctor's appointments and I believe the next time I go they will check my dilation. Oooooo, this makes me nervous. Sure my body is ready to have them. I think my skin has about stretched to its limit and I'm starting to have some painful contractions at night that usually last about a minute. However, I don't know if I'll ever be mentally ready to have them. To be honest, I'm scared to death of taking care of two babies at once but I'm really excited too. Anyway, my hubby needs the computer, but just know that hopefully the next time you see me in a picture, it will be of me holding my little cuties!!
This post isn't going to have any cute pictures in it or anything but I figured I'd blog about what's been on my mind lately. Today's topic: Electronics. I have a love/hate relationship with electronic equipment. First let me tell you why I hate electronic equipment. The first reason is because I feel like this digital world has taken over all of us and it bugs me. It bugs me when people are constantly talking on their cell phones or texting others. It bugs me when people neglect other responsibilities to be on the internet all day long. Come on, I'm sure a lot of us have spent hours on the internet searching facebook, twitter, youtube, or blog stalking, hence the reason for the video at the beginning of this post (P.S., Conan O'Brien is hilarious). It bugs me that some people are addicted to video games and television. I hate it when I'm trying to have a conversation with my husband and he is distracted by the internet or by someone else texting him. Yes, I've done it to him as well and also to my daughter. I am guilty of all of these things that I just named off. Sometimes I wish that I lived in a simpler world where there were no such things as cell phones, television, and internet- a world where kids used to get out and play and use their imaginations.
As much as I hate technology, I also love it. We are guilty of having a big screen TV, an Xbox, cell phones, a lap top and a desk top, a digital camera, and even a digital picture frame. I am grateful to have a cell phone so that I can get a hold of my husband whenever I need to. I am grateful for the internet, which has helped me keep in touch with old friends and has answered many questions for me in the past when I needed a quick answer to something or a quick recipe or directions somewhere. I love reading others blogs or getting a quick email from a friend or family member. I also love to veg in front of the television at night after a long day. I love watching movies with my husband and I've loved playing video games with him in the past. Many lives have been saved because of digital technology and I am grateful for that. I don't really know if I could ever go back, knowing what I know now about technology, to a simpler time.
And now I'm switching back to the second reason I hate technology, the real purpose of the post....
Dealing with people's addictions to technology is annoying, but here's the real reason I hate electronic equipment: it's expensive and it breaks easily. Maybe Scott and I have just had bad luck, but it seems like a lot of people have had trouble with electrical equipment. In the five years that we've been married, we've had a somewhat new computer go bad on us (so we've now had two computers), we've had to take our DVD player in for repair twice, we had to exchange our TV because it was making a loud popping noise, we've had a car adapter almost start on fire on us, we've had to buy a fan for our lap top because it over heats, and we've had many DVDs scratched so badly that we've had to throw them away (and I really don't know how they got scratched). Ok, that list doesn't look very long, but if feels like we are constantly having technical difficulties and each time that we do, I end up wanting to chuck the object at the teeth of the person who made it.
You all know that we recently bought that '05 Dodge Caravan. I actually really like the van, but not two days after we bought it the power locks went out. We did some research about this and I guess a lot of '05 Dodge Caravans have had this same problem and there was nothing that anyone could do about it (and if there is, it would be really expensive). It wouldn't be that big of a deal if every door on the van had a key hole, but they decided to make the van so that only the driver's door has a key whole. This is going to be somewhat difficult with three children and a two year old who could run in the street at any moment while I'm trying to manually unlock all of the doors on the van.
Then this morning my husband tried to turn on the TV and there was nothing. The TV will not turn on at all. No lights, no sounds. We just bought this TV a year ago in February, which means the one year warranty is no longer valid. What I'd really like to do is take that TV and smash it to bits, but I've contained myself. My husband wanted a flat screen TV so badly and we finally used all of our tax return money to buy it last year, and now it doesn't work anymore. I could see the devastation on his face after he tried everything to get it to turn on this morning, and it broke my little heart. We really can't buy a new one right now with these babies on the way and getting it repaired is almost just as expensive. I started to make peace with the fact that I'd just have to watch some of my favorite shows online, a day after they've aired, and at least we still have our lap top so we could still watch movies. After all, it's really not the end of the world if we don't have a television. And then tonight my husband came up with a brilliant solution. We bought this TV with our credit card for this exact purpose. Our credit card will match a warranty (meaning if our TV was under warranty for a year, it would match that one year, making it under warranty for two years) if we purchased the item with that credit card, which we did. Our credit card company might just bail us out of this little pickle and either repair our TV for us or give us money to get a new one. I knew credit card companies were good for something!!! Please guys, bail us out and make me have a love for electronic equipment again because right now, I'm feeling pretty much against it.
I don't have much to write about but I figured I'd update you all on the babies. I had another ultrasound this week and the babies look great. In fact, the sonographer said that they couldn't look better. They both weigh approximately 3 lb 4 oz and both of their heads are facing down now (last time one was up and one was down). At least now they can look at each others faces (although I'm sure they can't see a darn thing in there) rather than kicking each other in the face. Anyway, here are a couple of pictures from the ultrasound.
Here's a picture of both of their heads together.
Here is twin A's profile. I don't know if I'm looking at the right thing, but if I am, our baby's going to be a freak. Look at the size of those lips!!!! I'm kidding. Even if our baby does have abnormally large lips that only a mother could love, she'll still be an angel to me:)
We didn't get a profile picture of twin B because her head was facing down, but I'm excited to see their real profiles in less than 8 short weeks!!!!!
Well these last couple of weeks have been crazy for me! I've had to learn how to organize things. This is kind of hard for me because I've never really been a very organized person....or very clean for that matter. Don't get me wrong, our house is not usually a pig sty, but it has its moments. I've gotten better over the years at putting things where they go, but now that we are going to have to cram 5 people into this 2 bedroom apartment, I've decided it's time to step up the organization. I've gone through almost everything in our house (besides the kitchen...that's another story) and found a proper place for it: the garbage or in some sort of drawer or shelf. I had to throw or give away a lot of stuff. I don't necessarily think I'm a pack rat, but sometimes it's hard to get rid of stuff. I always think, 'Sure I've only used this once in the past 5 years, but what if I need it someday?'
Anyway, amongst the stuff we got rid of were Hannah's crib and changing table. I loved that crib and changing table, but since we are getting two matching cribs from someone else, I decided that we needed to just get rid of hers. We bought her a "big girl bed," which she seems to love. I was worried that she would get out of her bed at night since she's no longer locked in, but she hasn't once.
I also got rid of all of her room decor and bought all new stuff with the gift cards that I had to Target. The babies' bedding will match hers as well. Somehow we are going to have to fit two cribs in this room with her, but for now we'll let the babies sleep in our room. But anyway, one thing I've learned from this whole experience is that I LOVE decorating. I haven't had much experience because a lot of our decorations and furniture are either hand-me-downs or were given to us by other people, but I really just loved looking through bedding, curtains, and other decor online and piecing it all together. I am really excited to someday buy our first house (hopefully next year when we are no longer on a college student's income) and decorate it. I'm not really that good at it, but it really brings me joy to do it.
Here is Hannah's new room:
I haven't decided if I'm keeping that pink rug or not. It might be too much bright pink. That mirror's color looks off too.....maybe I'll exchange it for a brown one. The colors are supposed to be green, white, dark brown, and bright and light pink. You are welcome to give me your opinion on that rug if you'd like. Also, I wish the dresser was either white or really dark brown, but someday all of our furniture will match (That dresser used to be in our room but we are now using it as a changing table for the babies). I am still waiting on a bed skirt that matches her bedding to come in the mail, but everything else is about done.
Anyway, it's been kind of a fun couple of weeks decorating. Organizing has been kind of fun as well, but it's extremely hard work keeping everything in its place. If you have any suggestions on how to keep things organized, let me know.
Here's a little update of what we've been up to over the last couple of weeks. Scott started his spring semester at school and is incredibly busy. Luckily the semester is only 7 weeks long (he only has 4-5 left to go) because he doesn't get home until 7pm every night, which also happens to be Hannah's bedtime so he doesn't get to see her much. After he gets home, he usually takes about an hour break and then is off to do homework for the rest of the evening. Poor guy doesn't really get any breaks until he graduates next April....and then we are taking our little family on a NICE vacation. We deserve one!!
Hannah has been her two year old self these past couple of weeks and that's all I have to say about that (It's been a rough week with her....I wonder if she senses that things will be changing soon).
I have been crazy busy trying to clean and organize this apartment. I'm almost done doing everything. I'll update more about this probably next week, though.
I also had my 28 week appointment today. I didn't really learn anything new and exciting about when these babies are coming, but I am having another ultrasound in 2 weeks which should let us know a little bit more about the size of these babies. The doctor did tell me that if I started to go into labor (cervix dilating, more contractions) that they would take the babies as early as 35 weeks, which I believe would be the first week in July. I doubt they will come that early though, although I feel like I'm almost ready for them to come now. I've had a lot of people ask me when I'm due lately, and then I tell them in July and they give me the big eyes. Then I tell them that I'm having twins to make their big eyes go away and they usually end up telling me that I look like I'm due next week with a singleton.
A lot of people also ask me how I'm feeling, which is really nice. Just so you all know, I'm actually feeling great. Sleeping is starting to get rough, but it's no big deal. I'm just getting really excited for them to come!
Well, we did it. We got a minivan and now I'm a minivan mom. I never expected to have a minivan at the age of 26. Today we said goodbye to old Silver Bells.....
and hello to Silver Bullet, a 2005 Dodge Caravan.
This baby can reach 120 mph. Ha! I think I just realized that I'm not going to get to drive a really cool car again until our kids have moved out of the house. Our coolness factor just went down a few notches with this purchase.
Ok, I'm totally kidding. I'm really just glad that we were able to find something within our price range that all of us will be able to fit in.
Today is Scott and my anniversary. We've been married for 5 whole years!! Wow, it's really gone by fast. There's a reason that this year is so important to me. As a lot of you know, I majored in Sociology, so I know a lot of statistics about certain social problems. One thing I did learn in one of my classes is that the majority of couples who end up getting divorced do it within the first 5 years of marriage. So, we've made it past that scary mark. Ok, that's kind of silly for me to write that because divorce has never been an option for Scott and me and it never will be because Scott and I are always willing to work on ourselves and our relationship together (although I realize that no one ever goes into a marriage thinking that they are going to get divorced. It usually ends up happening after one or both members of the couple won't work on the marriage or their faults anymore). In fact, I've grown to love my husband more and more each year that I am with him, and our marriage seems to get better and better. We've learned to deal with each other's faults and accept them, rather than try to change each other as we probably did more at the beginning of our marriage. Scott reminded me a couple of weeks ago about something that our sealer told us in the Oakland temple the day we got married. He was talking only to us and told us that sometimes when he sits down with a couple before they get married that he has a bad feeling about them. He told us that he had a really good feeling about us and our marriage. Anyway, I know that Scott and I will be together forever and I am incredibly grateful for that.
Don't get me wrong, our marriage isn't perfect. We fight and get annoyed with each other. Usually our fights end up in giving each other the silent treatment until we feel good enough about it to talk to each other. One thing I am very proud of, though, is that I can't think of a single time in our marriage that Scott has ever yelled at me. It's not in his nature to yell and get incredibly angry. I am grateful for that because I don't know if my sensitive heart would be able to handle that.
I love our relationship. Scott and I are both somewhat reserved, laid back people and not many people know that we love to sing loudly (even though we both have terrible voices) and dance with Hannah, do group hugs and kisses, and make fun of each other. I enjoy my husband's sense of humor because I have a similar sense of humor. We can both be sarcastic and like to tease each other. I think we've both learned to laugh at ourselves more since the beginning of our marriage.
One thing I love is that my husband says almost everyday, "Mommy's the best, isn't she?" to Hannah, even though I obviously know that I'm not the best. He makes me feel like I'm a good mother and wife, even if I don't feel like I am sometimes.
Anyway, I won't go on and on, but I am grateful for the 5 years of marriage that we've had together. I am excited to see what else is in store for us over our lifetime together.
Five years ago
My husband skipped his class tonight to take me out to dinner. It really meant a lot to me considering the fact that this semester I don't usually get to see him until 7pm every night.
Well, since Jen would like to see the gifts that we got, I figured I would take some pictures. We got TONS of stuff!! I actually had to leave some stuff at my mom's house because we couldn't fit it all in our car (P.S., We are going to have to buy a bigger car...three car seats will not fit in our Sonata). Anyway, I just can't believe how generous people are. Amongst all of the clothes and other baby supplies, we had people give us 2 matching cribs, a twin boppy, a bouncer, a swing, and other people gave us money, which we were able to buy two car seats and a double stroller with. Honestly, we are SO blessed to be around such giving people!
Here is all of the stuff that we were able to fit in our car (Hannah was squashed amongst it all in the back seat). Actually, I found two more bags of new clothes after I took this picture, so this picture doesn't contain everything.
I wanted to take individual pictures of some of the homemade items because they are adorable. Scott's cousin-in-law, Haley, made these blankets, burp cloths, and bows to match the two outfits.
My cousin-in-law, Cortney, made these adorable pillows for Bailey and Brynn, which are going to match perfect with their bedroom.
My mom made these cute burp cloths and bibs.
My step grandma made this beautiful blanket.
Scott's aunt Janette made these adorable sweaters.
No one made this onesie, but I thought it was hilarious because if these babies have even an inkling of Price genes in them, they are definitely going to have big butts (or "Peaches," "EGGBs", "Ghetto Booty," "Bubble Butt," or "Huge Heinies" as some of us Prices have been called. Ok, I'm kidding about the "Huge Heinies" one, but yes, people have called us the other ones and many other names that aren't appropriate).
There were a few other homemade items that I didn't get pictures of. My sister-in-law, Jill, and Scott's aunt Frances made some adorable blankets that I couldn't fit in our car. My mom will bring up all of the items that we weren't able to bring.
Here are a few other pictures from our trip:
There were a few days that the temperature got into the 90s while we were in Cali. Hannah and I decided to take a dip in the pool on one of those days. She loved swimming by herself with those floaties on.
Yeah...I don't think I've ever seen my daughter this dirty before.
Above is my niece, Sam, and Hannah.
Hannah and I were also able to enjoy a night and day with my friend Stacy and her daughter Montana. We went to this really fun place that had a ton of bounce houses. The girls had a lot of fun! I had a lot of fun too but thought I was going to go into labor with all of the bouncing and climbing that I was doing.
Anyway, overall it was an awesome trip! Scott was able to come down for the last 4 days of it, which made it even better.
Last Saturday my mom and mother-in-law threw a baby shower for the twins and me. Anytime these two put on a party it always turns out awesome! I am so grateful to both of them for the many hours they put into it. My mom had been planning this thing for weeks (maybe months). She's a bit of a perfectionist, so everything turned out perfect from the delicious, adorable homemade cupcakes down to the way that each bow was tied on the party favors. All of the decorations matched perfectly- green, brown, and pink. The food that my mother-in-law made was also divine and I could not be more pleased with the way things turned out. We had between 35 and 40 people there, and I am so grateful to those who drove hours just for the day (or weekend) to come to the shower. It meant so much to me to have people there supporting the babies and me. So thank you to everyone for coming and for all of the gifts. We got tons of clothes, homemade blankets, sweaters, and pillows, boppies, diaper bags, pacifiers, and other items for the babies. And thanks to Jill for doing the games and Stacy for taking the pictures and everyone else who helped behind the scenes.
Here are some pictures of the event:
Montana, Hannah, and Taylor
Some friends from high school- Jenny, Danelle, and Rachel
Most of the women at the party playing a game
Rachel, Jenny, me, and Stacy
Hannah and Montana (Stacy's daughter)
Opening presents
Look at how teeny tiny this onesie is!
My mom and me
My sis-in-law, Jill, and me
The yummy cupcakes that my mom made
The food area
I don't know if you can really see the table decorations in this picture, but they were really cute.
Thanks to those of you who said that I don't look huge in that picture. There's a reason I posted it, though....because I was covered up by Scott's sweater. I think you'll change your mind once you see this picture. It's okay, though. I'm big, but I get two babies out of it.
I went to the doctor's today and he told me that I am measuring at about 7 1/2 to 8 months of a normal pregnancy. That seems about right. I believe I was about this big when I was 8 months prego with Hannah. He also told me that they'll probably take the babies at 37 weeks rather than 38 weeks, so that's kind of exciting. If that's the case, the babies will be here no later than July 18th. My weight gain to date (I can't believe I'm telling this...) is 21 pounds.
Instead of doing fun pregnancy facts this time, I thought I would do a small segment called
"When The Belly Gets In The Way."
There comes a point in pregnancy when you start getting so big that certain things become difficult. It's kind of funny to me actually because I have reached that point in my pregnancy. I was going to post of few pictures of me doing some of these things, but some of them would be kind of inappropriate to take a picture of. Wink.
It gets difficult to:
1. paint my toes 2. shave my legs 3. wash the dishes (we don't have a dishwasher and my belly ends up getting in the way of the sink. I usually have to bend over to reach the water faucet.) 4. see what in the heck I'm washing "down there" in the shower 5. keep stains off of my maternity shirts where my belly is (when food falls it generally lands on my belly) 5. bend over to pick up anything (I usually try to grab things with my toes now if I can) 6. and eventually, it will get difficult for me to drive. At the 9 month mark with Hannah, my belly started to smash into the steering wheel.
So there you go! I'm really loving this stage, though. I still feel great, which I am so grateful for! Hannah and I are off to California this week, which we are SO excited for!!!! Poor Scott gets to stay here and study for finals. Good luck to my hubby. I love you and will miss you.
