We're famous!!!

Have any of you heard of Exposures magazine?? If not, you need to check it out!! My sister just called to tell me that Michael & I are on the cover and on the inside of the Christmas issue! I was stunned! Come to find out, photographers can send in pics & if they are chosen for the magazine, they get a credit! She had like 10 different pictures chosen & ours was one of them! How cool is that?? I can't wait to receive the actual magazine in the mail to see it in person!! This was our 2005 Christmas picture!

If you are one of her clients, check it out!! You or your little ones may be in there too!!!

Nesting???

Since I have been home on maternity leave, I have had three goals to accomplish...the finish all my thank you notes, get a hospital bag packed, & to get the nursery organized! Thank you notes are not yet done & the hospital bag has nothing in it, but the nursery is almost organized! I feel like I am majorly nesting...once I get going on organizing, I can't stop! Although, I have had the worst sleep yet in this pregnancy the last two nights, I feel like I have made major improvements in the nursery! Michael has been in the deer woods since Friday & I think he will be really surprised when he gets back to see how much I have accomplished! By the way, he killed two deer on Sunday (a 5 point buck & a 8 point buck) & he was so excited! Our freezer will be well stocked really soon!! I was really hoping he would be home today, but it doesn't look like it! I am really missing him & Charlie! Hopefully, I can get the rest of my thank-you's written & hospital bag packed before they get home, so I can enjoy their company even more!!! Here are a few pics of my progress over the past few days!!

All the clothes are washed, hung up, & sorted by size!

All the little knick-knacks...

Hat drawer & sock/bootie drawer...

Hadley's pink pig & sleep sheep in her crib...just waiting on her!

And Cooper's frog & sleep sheep...just waiting on him!!!

I need to start working on stuff for the walls! I am trying to decide on canvases with their initials painted on them or big frames with newborn pics of them?? That is my next project for the nursery!!

29w4d appointment

I had a dr's appt & ultrasound yesterday to see how things are going. The babies are doing great & growing so big! Cooper weighs approximately 3 lbs 7 ozs & Hadley is about 3 lbs 3 ozs. We weren't expecting them to be so big, but that was wonderful news! Wow...that is almost 7 lbs of baby in there already!! There is about a 7% difference in their size which the dr. said was great...the nurse said they get worried when the % difference is about 25%. The fluid around each baby looked great & my cervix is still very long. Both babies are head down...that explains all the kicks in my ribs lately! Can you imagine four little feet moving around all the time??? Like last time, we got some great pictures of Cooper, but Hadley didn't want to show us her face again. She was facing inwards towards Cooper (snuggling with him as the ultrasound tech said) & either his foot or the membrane in between them was in her face pretty much the entire time! I will say that Cooper looks just like his Daddy...the nose & the lips are so Michael! Who knows what Miss Hadley will come out looking like!! I can't wait to see! Here are a few ultrasound pics!!

Cooper

Cooper's profile Cooper again with the placenta in front of him

And the only pic of Hadley we got. It is kind of hard to make out! She is facing the bottom left corner with a shadow on her forehead. It looks like she is going to have chubby cheeks!

As for me, I am measuring full term right now. Dr. Laws recommended I start my maternity leave immediately. He said with the swelling starting, my back hurting so bad, & with me being so big, I need to quit work & concentrate on taking care of these babies! My blood pressure was great, but I did have a little sugar in my urine. The nurse said that since I just passed my glucose test last month, they would keep a close eye on it to make sure it doesn't become a problem. I am looking forward to taking it easy & getting caught up on my rest before these babies get here! All in all a great report from the doctor!!

Baby Shower at Work 11-5-08

I had yet another wonderful baby shower today at my work. My coworkers threw a great shower today & I appreciate all of their hard work & generosity! I am so lucky to have such wonderful coworkers, friends, & family that have thrown me such wonderful showers! I never realized how much stuff you need when you have a baby...much less two babies!! Our house is shrinking by the second with all the stuff we are accumulating!! Here are some pics from today's shower!!!



We got many wonderful items including both of our swings!! I am so excited about them! Michael put them together tonight when we got home!!

Thanks again for such a wonderful day today!!

Little Rock Baby Shower

This weekend my two college roommates, Liz & Miranda, threw me a baby shower with some of my college friends at 'Mimi's Cafe' in Little Rock. It was such a great day & I am so glad I got to see my old friends...it brought back so many great memories!!! Thank you all for coming to help me celebrate these sweet babies! Thank you Liz & Miranda for all your hard work to get this together!! You all are too sweet!!

All my girlfriends at the shower

The precious diaper cakes & initials for table decorations!

And the precious & delicious cake!
Overall it was a great weekend with friends & family, but it was very hard on me. I'm not sure if it was the two & a half hour car or what, but this will be my last trip out of FS until the babies get here. My back hurt so badly & I was very uncomfortable all weekend. My swelling has increased & I haven't slept at all the past three nights. I am not sure how much longer I can continue to work all day! I have another appointment on Thursday and I plan on discussing how I have been feeling lately. We also have another 2 hr ultrasound...I am so ready to see the babies again!

Happy Halloween!!!

A few more pictures...

Just a few more pics from Sunday's photo shoot!!

Worth the Wait.....

Charlie is 2 & Cooper's Bedding is here!!!

This is my first child, Charlie! Yesterday was his birthday. Michael surprised me at Christmas 2 years ago with him, & I am not sure what I did without him!! Here is the little stinker tonight still wet from his bath!! Happy Birthday Charlie!!

Cooper's bedding came in on Friday night & I am so in love! What do you guys think???

Photo Shoot at 28 weeks

Isn't my sister the best??....Thank you so much MB...I love them!!! I will cherish these forever!!

So behind on blogging & totally exhausted...

I have been such a bad blogger lately because I have been extremely busy! I had a wonderful, non-stop & exhausting weekend, that I could bring myself to blog last night...I had to go to bed!! I did want to share a pic of the bib/burp cloth that I won last week from a blog giveaway from Stacy at The Fancy Fritter. Thank you so much Stacy...they are precious!!

I went to 'Dinner with TLC' again on Friday night, had a Birthing class at the hospital on Saturday all day, had church and a church baby shower on Sunday, followed by my 28 week maternity shoot & we also recieved Cooper's crib bedding on Friday night, so I need to get caught up on my blogs! I hit 28 weeks yesterday...I can't believe how fast this is going! Here is a pic of twins at 28 weeks!