25 Week Scan

Whitley 25 weeks

Wyatt upside down!

Whitley yawning!

Week 25!!

6 Month Picture

22 (and a half) Week Update :)

Howdy!

Everything is going great with me and the Twins! I finally feel like a human jungle-gym! Wyatt & Whitley are frequent movers and shakers now! Frog can feel them every day too!

He read in his 'expectant father' book that by 18 weeks the babies can hear pretty clearly and playing music for them is thought to be beneficial to their learning abilities once they are out of the womb??? SO, his precious little self bought 2 CD's for me to play for them- Bob Marley's Greatest Hits and Baby Mozart! When I play the Bob Marley CD they really do move around a lot! I hope it's because they like the music, and not because it's too loud or something.... ha!

I have started seeing Dr. Shoemaker every 2 weeks now until about week 28, and then it will be every week until they arrive :) Our next appointment is Monday, Sept 14- No ultrasound at this appoinment, at the next one though! YAY!

Not much else to report on. Our Labor Day weekend was great- very relaxing and we ate a lot of yummy food!!! Hope everyone is doing great as well, will post again soon!

Why I will be a good Mother

There are women that become mothers without effort, without thought, without patience or loss, and though they are good mothers and love their children, I know that I will be better.I will be better not because of genetics, or money, or that I have read more books, but because I have struggled and toiled for these children.I have longed and waited. I have cried and prayed.I have endured and planned over and over again.Like most things in life, the people who truly have appreciation are those who have struggled to attain their dreams.I will notice everything about my children.I will take time to watch my children sleep, explore and discover. I will marvel at this miracle every day for the rest of my life.I will be happy when I wake in the middle of the night to the sound of my child, knowing that I can comfort, hold, and feed him.I will not wake to track another temperature, take another pill, prepare another injection or shed another tear.I count myself lucky in this sense; that God has given me this insight, this special vision with which I will look upon my child that my friends and family will never see.I will be a better mother for all that I have endured. I am a better wife, a better daughter, neighbor, friend and sister because I have known pain. I have been tried by fire and hell many may never face, yet given time, I stood tall.I have prevailed. I have succeeded. I have won.So now, when others hurt around me, I do not run from their pain in order to save myself discomfort. I see it, mourn it, and join them in theirs.I listen. And even though I can't make it better, I can make it less lonely.I have learned the power of another hand holding tight to mine, of other eyes that moisten as they learn to accept the harsh truth, and when life is beyond hard, I have learned a compassion that only comes with walking in those shoes.I have learned to appreciate life.Yes, I will be a wonderful mother.

Ultrasound School Scan

My friend Hannah is in ultrasound school and needed a little practice so she invited me to come and let her scan the twins! It was SOOO fun! I'm so amazed at how big W & W get at each ultrasound! You can't even get them in one photo anymore because they are so big! Whitley already needs a talking to about abusing her brother... She was kicking the crap outta him!!!!! hahahahaha!!! I guess she'll run the roost like her mama! (Laney's words!!)

The picture below is me holding a fake baby that is at 20 weeks gestation! SO CUTE!!!

The start of their room!