My Family Baby Shower ("Catch Up Blog Series") :)

Polkadots... Flowers... and Pink, OH MY! :) 

Blessed beyond blessed!  I cannot begin to put into words how grateful, loved and wonderfully joyful my family has made Mike and I feel!  We were completely overwhelmed, in the best way possible, by the outpour of love and gracious hearts of our closest family and friends!  

The shower was thrown by one of my sisters, my parents and my mother-in-law!  

My day started with my "little" making me 'oh so pretty' by doing my hair and my makeup.  

Mike and I showed up a bit early to get a sneak peak of everything before guests began arriving and before we shuffled all of the boys out to enjoy the afternoon having some guy time rather than holding them hostage at the prettiest and pinkest baby shower! :) Haha! Upon arrival to the restaurant where my sister and parents had selected to have the shower, I was immediately brought to tears by all of the very obvious hard work that had been put into the making of decorations during the weeks prior to the shower and then all of the time and effort  in readying the room that day!  The attention to detail and the amount of sweet, meaningful touches is what sticks with me still. :) 

Another really precious detail was in the dessert!  They chose to do an array of beautifully decorated and deliciously wonderful cupcakes!  I loved this detail because I prefer cupcakes to cake any day :) and because we actually had wedding cupcakes rather than a typical wedding cake when we got married!  

Gifts Gifts Gifts!  Oh how blessed Mike, the girls and I are!  We received some great necessities and a lot of wonderfully pink and precious clothing and accessories!  

Seeing double!  The amount of matching outfits we received was wonderful and I can't wait to see our twinkles in them!!!  

My aunt gifted the girls with these PRECIOUS Snow White outfits that she purchased from the Disney store!  They are beyond precious and I can already see our dark-haired beauties in them! :) 

Books Books and Books!  Oh how I love children's books!!! :) 

These turtles are especially cute and precious!  My mom gifted us with these because she knows Mike's love for the Ninja Turtles and this was a perfect gift that I could live with for the girls! :) Haha! 

 My mom spent hours upon hours making these little girls an abundance of headbands!  They are incredibly detailed and have matching flowers/adornments on them!  I cannot wait to see their sweet little heads rocking these great headbands! :) 

Haha!  "Grandpa" even got in on the fun! :) 

XOXOXOXOXOXOXOXO

My sweet sisters and my momma!  I do not deserve the love and attention that they give to myself and these girls.  It makes my heart smile at the thought of my girls in their arms :) 

Be Still My Heart

Oh how I love this man of mine...

We are down to our final days of being a family of two and I am trying to sneak as many kisses and enjoy as much quiet, down time with the hubs before our angel babies arrive! 

36 Weeks... Beautiful Miracles

36 Weeks

What an amazing blessing!!!

How Big Are the Babes? - Oh my goodness!  We are excited and still in disbelief at their size!  Ms. Mikayla is 5 lbs 11 ounces and Ms. Audrey is 5 lbs 8 ounces!!! :) We have been praying for these sweet girls to be at least 5 lbs at birth for our entire pregnancy, though we realize that this is just an estimated weight, we are elated and find comfort in knowing that they are so very healthy.  

Total Weight Gain - 14-15 lbs

Stretch Marks - Shhhhhh.... NO; none as of now!  I'm scared to even say that out loud! :) I continue to lather this big belly with my Avon lotion, Bio Oil, Mustela Lotion, Baby Oil Gel and Bath & Body Works body butter :)  Seriously, every time I'm in the bathroom or walking through our bathroom, I slap one of these products on my belly :)

Belly Button... In or Out - Out.  My belly button 'turkey timer' says that these babies are finished baking! :)

Maternity Clothing - Yes!  I live for leggings these days!  I am officially on bed rest so I am able to wear work-out clothes and t-shirts during the day.  I still throw in my pre-pregnancy shirts, skirts and dresses into my wardrobe but my jeans and leggings are maternity!  

Sleep - With the exception of waking up every 1 1/2 -2 hours to go to the restroom, I sleep pretty well.  I like random afternoon naps... those are the best and I'm very aware that afternoon naps will be nonexistent once the girls get here so I definitely enjoy them now! :)

Best Moments this Past Week - (1) Finding out how big Mikayla and Audrey are | (2) Meal prep and baby prepping with my momma :) | (3) Hitting the 9 month mark (36 weeks) when even our doctors weren't sure if we'd make it to 34 weeks! | (4) Actually booking our delivery date ( OCTOBER 25th)... if they don't decide to come sooner :)

Movement - YES yes YES yes YES yes!  These girls are doing cartwheels, body rolls, kicking each other, all the while kicking me, every day!  They are very active all of the time :)

Cravings - No cravings... I do still LOVE ice cold water and I've actually been wanting to munch on just ice too! :) 

What I Miss - (1) I miss being able to get ready in 10 minutes easily!  Now I can't just "throw on" anything due to the fact that this belly doesn't fit into just anything :) | (2) I miss being able to physically move as quickly too!  I can't even get up from a seated position in one clean swoop! LOL :) | (3) Since it is officially Fall, I am definitely missing a common guilty pleasure of mine around this time of year at Starbucks... Pumpkin Spice Latte! Those seriously taste like "Fall in a cup"!!!  

Medical Updates - These baby girls are doing wonderfully!  As mentioned our girls are pushing 6 lbs! :)  This is wonderful news and a true blessing!  We have prayed for them to be at LEAST 5 lbs to minimize the chance of them needing to go to the NICU and to ensure their health/development.  We can see that both of our sweet girls have beautiful long eyelashes, long hair and plump little lips! :) We have been monitoring their hearts for about 4 weeks now because twins are at a higher risk of congenital heart disease, which was something we were not familiar with, but their little hearts are wonderfully strong.  Both girls are head down... WOOHOO!!!  Baby A is much lower and stretched out but we're still very glad that their heads are both down.  

How is Daddy? - He is absolutely amazing!  He has definitely been my rock!  I am continuously checking on him and trying to get a feel for his stress, worry and anxiety level but he's always cool as a cucumber!!!  I'm pretty sure he is the epitome of a duck right now! :) Haha!  You know... calm and relaxed on the surface but moving and hustling like crazy under the water. :)  He has built and personalized so many different things for the nursery!  I cannot wait to share all that he has done.  He constantly checks on me and wants to do things for me... If only I wasn't so stubborn! :)  I am at the point where I do not have the choice or option to do some things on my own (I.e.: lifting heavy groceries, carrying dirty clothes baskets to the laundry room, reach the bottom of the washing machine to pull out clothes to put in the dryer, vacuum, even driving is uncomfortable at this point) so I'm left with no other option but to ask hubs for help or assistance! O_o LOL! He is ALWAYS touching my tummy and I absolutely love that!  The girls seem to love it to... I swear as soon as his hand is on my tummy they start moving and kicking! :)  It melts my heart :) xoxoxo Thanks to God for a spouse and best friend like him! 

Playing Catch Up...

I'm sad and embarrassed at the fact that it was been several weeks since my last post! The next few blog posts will be me playing catch up!  Everything has been moving at a whirlwind speed and we've just been trying to keep up with it all!  So here is some "bump love" and let's get started on our "Catch Up Blog Series" :) 

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(Red River Shootout 2015)