Big shoes to fill

This may not be a general reference for everyone, but around our house it is. I wanted something that could really show how little Ian and Abby are. They are laying next to Aaron's size 13 shoe (that is 13 inches).

Abby

Ian

WE ARE HERE!!!

Life has been busy but here are the basics. I promise to give more information and pictures soon. We are all doing well. We are very grateful that they were born heathly and were able to come home with us.

Born Friday, February 12, 2010

Ian Edward
2:51 pm
5 lbs 10 oz
18 inches

Abby Kaylin
2:52 pm
5 lbs 7 oz
19 1/2 inches

Update

I know I am sick of seeing my last post, so I think there may be some people out there that may also be sick of it. I have been terrible about this blog, not that I haven't thought about it, but just the actually posting. So humor me with the small synopsis of the last 4 months.
October:
The witches at Gardner Village

Annual pumpkin carving party with our friends.

My little pirate who just loved trick-or-treating this year.

November:
We had an unusually warm start of the month and we don't get many leaves in our yard. We were able to rake up a small pile for some fun leaf jumping.

My grandma's fun fishing pond on Thanksgiving. One of my favorite memories as a kid that thankfully is still done.

A little brotherly love on Thanksgiving.

December:
Festival of Trees. Our tree this year was name "A wish to be a Christmas tree".

Yes, we got some snow. Zach loves to help his dad with the shoveling.

Decorating the tree.

A visit with Santa.


Making and decorating cookies for Santa.

Zach was so excited to open a present on Christmas Eve but was really upset that it was just pajama's. He thought we were all crazy!!

Zach only asked for 2 things for Christmas. First, Super Mario Brothers Wii.

Second, a sled.

But he was also excited to get a Snuggie just his size.

Other highlights of December all include Zach. Zach really got into Christmas this year. We watched tons of Christmas movies and the old classic Rudolph became his favorite one. As soon as we got in the car, he asked for the Christmas music to be turned on. He loved all of the lights. He was my favorite thing about Christmas time helping me to be as childlike as I could be.
January:
Watching a lot of football. Routing for the Colts and watching the opponents that we might have to face.

Other highlights:
-Trying to get a nursery ready. It has been acting as a play room and catch all.
-Actually talking about names for these two little babies who will be joining us.
-Continuing to watch Zach grow and mature. He is very excited to be a big brother.
-Aaron and I celebrating 11 years of marriage.

Things to look forward to in February:
-The Super Bowl and the hopeful win for the Colts.
-The twins making their appearance. With great hopes of them being healthy and not to little.
-Hoping that Zach likes being a big brother as much as he thinks he will.

Drumroll please

We are having a boy and a girl. Zach has told us from the very begining that he was going to get a brother and a sister, and he was right. The both look heathly and are growing at the same rate. Now it is time to think about naming them. We have put off any talk of names since it is such a struggle for us, but now we have to start thinking about it. I don't look forward to this process!

Soccer

Zach started playing soccer this fall. So far he has liked it. Last Saturday he "made a score" (his words), that was his first goal in a game. He was so excited!

Go Cougars!!!

This is where we were Saturday.

Watching this...

and this!


This was the outcome!



These were the seats occupied by OU fans.

What an amazing experience!! In the new Dallas Cowboy's Stadium, Aaron's company put in the bigscreen, which is 60 yards long. Because of this, they had a suite at this game. My husband's boss was kind enough to allow Aaron to play host to the R C Willey representative and his spouse that was going. They happen to be my parents, so it was a really fun vacation. The BIG screen is absolutely amazing and no picture can ever capture that. I had seen multiple pictures of it prior to walking into the stadium, and I was still speechless upon seeing it. We shared the suite with about 12 OU fans, but it was a fairly friendly atomosphere. It was so exciting to win and I have never felt so proud to wear blue!

Surprise!

We are having TWINS!!! Yes that is correct; two babies are coming to our house. We are all so excited! Zach has already decided that he is getting a brother and a sister, and there is no convincing him that it could be different. I am not due until March 6 so that only makes me 6 weeks, but this hasn’t been much of a secret. We did invitro-fertilization (IVF) and so our families have been through it with us every step of the way.

IVF is a crazy but truly amazing process. I had a calendar that let me know what I had to do each day. I spent a lot of time at the doctor’s office being monitored. I had a large assortment of medicines to keep straight. Luckily, my doctor and his staff were amazing in helping me keep it all straight. The procedure went wonderful and they were able to retrieve a lot of eggs. Everything seemed to be sailing along smoothly except for a pain in my arm. Unfortunately, I got a blood clot. I have a preexisting “condition” that puts me at high risk of developing blood clots while I am pregnant due to the increase of hormones. My doctor was aware of this and was treating me with a blood thinner, but it wasn’t enough. It could have also been triggered by the IV I had during my procedure. It was scary but can be treated. I see an OB that specializes in my situation, so he feels it was very treatable. I had to be on blood thinners during my pregnancy any way, now it is just a higher dose. One of the cool and irritating parts of having twins, they will do an ultrasound every month. That makes my appointments much longer but it will be funn to see.

It has taken us a long time to be able to add to our family, but I have felt for a long time that we would be getting twins and Aaron and I have both felt very strongly that we were getting two. It never seemed right for us to say it was only one. We feel extremely blessed to be able to go through IVF and to get to bring two new lives into this world. We are slightly overwhelmed by all that twins entail, but feel that is something that we can handle. We have appreciated all of the love, support and prayers from all those who have taken this journey with us.

Now on to the next adventure!!