Yearbook photos '82 & '94

I found this link on Kelsi's page. Her's turned out really cute and mine, eh. But I thought these two were the best. Pretty funny. Actually I think my mom probably has a picture just like the '82 and this is pretty close to what I looked like in '91. I don't know how to do the link thing yet, so here's the website if anyone else is interested.

Hahaha. I just showed these pictures to Miles and asked, "Isn't that funny?" He said, "yeah, you want to go see those girls?" I asked, "what girls? That's mama!" He said, "No! That one is mama. (pointing to the '94 picture) THAT one is grandma. (pointing to the '82 picture)" Isn't that so weird. I don't think he's ever seen my mom's hair like that. Or the picture I was referring to. Funny Boy!

You know I'll be there!

Celebrate the 7th Annual World's Largest Ice Cream Social and Support the Make-A-Wish Foundation® with Cold Stone Creamery

Throughout the month of September, Cold Stone Creamery will be selling Make-A-Wish wall stars to benefit the Make-A-Wish Foundation, an organization that grants wishes to children with life-threatening medical conditions. Be sure to visit your local Cold Stone Creamery to try two new flavors, Nutter Butter^® and Marshmallow, and the very special “Make-A-Wish Creations” inspired by Jack and Emily, two Wish Children.

• Jack's Creation - Marshmallow ice cream with OREO® Cookies, Chocolate Chips and Fudge
• Emily's Creation - Nutter Butter® ice cream with White Chocolate Chips, Kit Kat® and Yellow Cake

To cap off this special month, don't miss the 7th Annual World’s Largest Ice Cream Social at participating Cold Stone Creamery locations nationwide, a special night to join together and share the simple pleasures of life with a FREE ice cream and family fun. On September 25th from 5:00 - 8:00PM, guests will be treated to a 3 oz. serving of Jack or Emily's Creation. All donations will benefit the Make-A-Wish Foundation.

Miles perception of Mama

I saw this on Holly's blog and thought it would be fun. Apparently Miles has a one track mind and if he ever gets stuck he says...

1. What is something that mama always says to you? pirates song

2. What makes mama happy? pirates

3. What makes mama sad? you're not sad!

4. How does mama make you laugh? pirates again

5. What was mama like when she was little? like woody (toy story)

6. How old is mama? 1

7. How tall is mama? BIG!

8. What is mama's favorite thing to do? music

9. What does mama do when you're not here? go to disney (no wonder he doesn't want to leave me.)

10. If mama becomes famous, what will it be for? pirates

11. What is mama really good at? making some food

12. What does mama not do? don't pick your nose

13. What is mama's job? snuggling

14. What is mama's favorite food? i don't know

15. What makes mama so proud? this guy (i asked "who?" but all he would say is "this guy")

16. If your mama were a cartoon character, who would she be? he walked over to his movie drawer and pulled out Mulan. "this one. can I watch it?"

17. What do you and mama do together? play pirates

18. How are you and mama the same? pirates

19. How are you and mama different? buzz lightyear

20. How do you know mama loves you? you get me strawberry (milk)

Strawberry Surf Rider

I have been craving something cold and juicy and all I can think of is a Strawberry Surf Rider from Jamba Juice. I found this recipe on yahoo. The Jamba Juice website also has White Grape Juice (from concentrate) but doesn't say how much of it. Anyway, I don't think I can afford a $4 drink everyday so I will be making it at home. Yum!!! I love the internet.

For a 24 oz size=Original
12 oz of fresh squeezed lemonade
2 scoops of frozen strawberries
1 scoop of frozen peaches
2 scoops of Lime sherbet
1 scoop of crushed ice

NEW INFO, NEW POLL

So I found out yesterday at my appointment that unless we do some VERY expensive testing there is no REAL way to know if our babies are identical or not. Obviously if one is a boy and one is a girl they are NOT identical no matter how much they look like each other. :D If one has brown eyes and one has blue eyes: not identical, etc. But just because they look a lot alike and even exactly alike, unless we do the tests we still wouldn't know for sure that they were identical. (Of course most people don't do the testing because if their sons or daughters look exactly alike they're satisfied enough to call them identical.) But I changed the poll. The last one ended in 13 votes: 2 for identical girls, 2 for fraternal girls, 1 for identical boys, 2 for fraternal boys and a whopping 6 for 1 boy, 1 girl. I tried to just add these votes to the new poll but couldn't figure it out. So vote again if you want but I'll add the last votes to the final count later. We find out next month at our perinatologist appt what we're having. (Yes, we get two doctor appointments each month just as an extra precaution for the babies.) I can't wait. In other baby news, Baby A has a health heart rate of 160 and Baby B of 170!! (According to some old wives tale I found on line, this is an idicator toward girls.) Both are doing really well so far. In other body news, I have gained 8 inches around my waist (just above the hip bones near the belly button) and I continue to grow about an inch a week. If I continue at this rate I will add at least 21 more inches to my tummy but I've got a feeling it's going to grow bigger and faster than that. So I'm looking at tripling my original waistline. Hopefully I'll be as lucky with the stretch marks as I was last time. Pictures to come!

Monster Bazooka Rocket Launcher

All morning all Miles could say was, "this is gonna be so fun!" Grandma sent Miles some money to get a new toy and this is what he picked. The Monster Bazooka Rocket Launcher. We spent a good hour and a half outside playing with it and then when Joel came home & Miles got up from his nap, out they went again. Thanks grandma!

Fetal Movement

For quite some time now I've THOUGHT that I've felt something but just kept telling myself it's too soon. (As early as 8 or 9 weeks, but we found out we were pregnant at 5 weeks.) I completely forgot to ask Dr. Judd at my last appointment for obvious reasons. But last night no questions about it, I was definitely kicked by baby A. (I only know cause baby A is on the left and baby B is on the right and apparently they will stay on the same side for the entire pregnancy.) Since I'm about 12 1/2 weeks along and the baby book said you could feel fetal movement as early as the 14th week with 2nd pregnancies I figure I'm close enough. This is so fun!!!

Gone Fishin'

Joel took the boys fishing for the first time last week. It was the day we found out we were having twins. I was supposed to go to an Enrichment so Joel took the boys out for some fun. (Unfortunately I completely spaced it on enrichment and by the time I remembered it was 8p.) Not sure if I can blame that one on shock or pregnancy amnesia. Either way the boys had a great time. They were so proud of their catches.

i love how proud they look with their catches!

Two for the Price of One

scroll down to skip the long story & see the ultrasounds

I'd been having a feeling for a while that I was having twins and couldn't wait for my ultrasound to get a ya or a nay. Joel and I even went car window shopping just in case we need to fit 4 carseats in the car rather than 3. I don't know why I had the feeling. It was strange to say the least. Maybe it's because Joel and I have the 2 boys and I can only associate 2 kids with him but either way, it was definitely on my mind. (And it never was with Miles.) So we get to our appointment with Dr Judd and everyone starts telling me the ultrasound tech is out cause she just had a baby and her husband is the sub and he's out with her so no go. I told them my concern and that I just needed a little peace of mind. Everyone was like, "it's so unlikely" and the Dr even said, "if i had a nickel for every woman who 'had a feeling' she was having twins and ended up not..." you know the story. So they schedule me to come back the following week for an ultrasound but I left feeling like I was doing it for no reason. All week long I talked myself out of feeling like I was having twins. I decided I just had a wild imagination and that it was going to be so easy to have one kid after having both the boys all the time, etc. Well yesterday we go in for our appointment. I get on the table and the tech immediately locates our beautiful baby.

I'm 11 weeks now and it really looked like a baby and so cute. I remember my first ultrasound with Miles. I was only 7 weeks along and he just looked like a little peanut. So this time I was just in awe of the beauty of our child. After about 4 minutes and tons of measurements, it seemed like we were wrapping things up. I was relieved and sad. Joel seemed a little disappointed but I couldn't feel disappointment. I was grateful that our baby looked so amazing and really I was more confused than anything. (What were all those feelings about?) I asked if the baby looked okay and if everything was normal. He affirmed that everything was great and then I said, "and there's just one". He ran the ultrasound across my tummy and said, "actually..." and there it was clear as day, another little beauty. I start crying immediately. I asked, "Are you serious?" Joel is beaming now. No question how he felt about it. The tech says, "looks like twins." Again, "Are you serious?" I couldn't believe it. It was like there were only 2 because I had asked. I was in shock. I asked again and again if he was serious or if this was some weird joke ultrasound techs like to play and finally the tech said, "are you seeing what I'm seeing? There are two!" Clearly there were two. There was no denying it. It seemed like once we found both of them we couldn't get just one on the screen and I wondered where the other one was hiding during the first 4 minutes. Then the tech said he thought he saw something but didn't want to say anything until he was positive. So then of course I had to ask, "there're just 2 right?" Yes. Just 2. So now I had a million questions, well, 3 really. I wanted to know how big I was gonna get. He said 25-30 lbs for the pregnancy + the weight of the second baby. What a relief! I thought I was doomed to gain 50 lbs just because I was having twins. 2nd I wanted to know when they would be born. Dr Judd said general rule with twins is you deliver 3 weeks earlier than you typically deliver. Miles was a week early so I'm looking at a 36 week pregnancy. (Roughly the first week in February.) Another relief! 3rd I wanted to know if I was doomed for a c-section. (Yeah, yeah. I know all you c-section moms loved having c-sections but it still scares me.) Good news is as long as the first one is head down we're good to go. My only concern with a single pregnancy was gone as well now that I knew I was having twins (and about a month early at that). Miles was a whopping 7 lbs with a tiny head and I was more than fine with that. Landyn was a scary 8 lb 2 oz with a huge head and I was really worried. (I know, I know. Some of you are thinking "Try having a 9 or 10 lb baby" no thanks!) Although Landyn's mom did gain 15+ more lbs than me in her pregnancy (which is mostly likely the contributing factor) I still worried. But with babies coming as early as these I am home free!
All in all, we're really excited. I know there's a lot ahead of us but at the same time I can't help but think that we have a loving Heavenly Father who doesn't give us more than we can handle so I just have to have faith that this is something we can handle. As well I can't help but think that if Joel and I had stayed married to our first spouses that we'd each probably have another child by now and I just feel grateful that maybe we still get to have those children in our family.

TAG

How To Play This Game of Tag: Post these rules on your blog List:3 joys, 3 fears, 3 goals, 3 current obsessions/collections, 3 random surprising facts about yourself. Tag 5 people at the end of your post.

Joys:
1. Taking pictures
2. Reading
3. Ice-cream

Fears:
1. Twins
2. Spiders
3. Getting fat

Goals:
1. Be sealed to Joel
2. Buy a home
3. Clean my house

Obsessions/Collections:
1. Pirates (not for me but my boys. they love anything skull & cross bones)
2. Going to Disneyland. I could go there everyday.
3. Disney dvds. Still need Beauty & the Beast, Pocahauntas, Lady & the Tramp and Lion King.

Random Surprising Facts About Me:
1. I love coloring books.
2. I like it when my family wears matching outfits. (not a surprise)
3. I really like doing jigsaw puzzles.

Now I tag... Sunshine, Leah, Laura, Becky, Weedle and who ever else wants to play along!