Family pictures

Last week my good friend Whitney took pictures of Sophie and I. A few days later she took some family ones. Here I am 28 weeks pregnant with the little boys.

Good-bye Momma!

My Mom has received a new job in northern New Mexico. She will be the new library director. Today was actually her first day of work. She said she thinks she will love it there. Last week she came to tell us bye. It was sad because it will now be harder for us to see each other. We are very excited about her new job and wish her the best of luck but she will be missed. LOVE YOU MOMMA!

Needing Names!

So we are in need of finding names for these two little guys. We like the name Michael and Matthew and also the name Owen. What are your ideas?

Here is a pregnancy picture taken last week at 5 1/2 months along.

Identical Boys!

We found out we are having Identical twin boys! Well the drs. are 90% sure they are identical. I am worried how I will be able to tell them apart. If you have any ideas please let me know. We are very excited about having the twins. We have to get everything ready for them 2 of everything! Yikes! I am due December 27th say the doctors say they will most likely come a month early. These boys are active. I cannot get comfortable at night just tossing and turning. I feel like they are wrestling already. Sometimes I feel as if they think my bladder is a trampoline. I would love to watch them on the ultra sound when they have their active nights, which is every night. I think they got their nights and days mixed up. Maybe they are on their dads schedule. Here are some of the Ultra-sound pictures.

New Town

So after a month of Joe commuting to and from work. We decided it would be wise for us to move closer to work. That way we are able to see each other a little more and save money on gas. We were spending $500.00 a month on gas when we normally only spend about $250. We have been now living in our new town for a month. We are enjoying it here. We love our house. The man who is renting it out was trying to sell it so it is ready to sell condition. It never sold because of the economy being the way it is so we got a great deal. It has three peach trees and an apple tree which I am very excited about. The apples are now ripe so I plan to make some apple pies pretty soon. The second week here we went to the county fair. We had a fun time. I was not allowed on any of the rides since I am pregnant so Joe rode the rides with Sophie. I think he had more fun than she did :) Watching him get into little train was hilarious. We still haven't met any friends here yet but I am sure we will in time. Our ward is a pretty established ward with older couples and families with older kids than we have. We had to get Sophie out of her crib and into a new bed since I am no longer allowed to carry her. I cannot lift anything more than 15 lbs now, the drs. say it could put me into preterm labor. Sophie loves her new princess bed. Which made the process easy. We figure it's good to do now rather than when the twins come.

Granny's 78th Birthday

So in June we celebrated Granny's 78th birthday. We had a nice time with the family. We drink sparkling cider and had a toast. Granny is a special woman. She loves her grand kids like mad. They can never do wrong in her eyes. She loves them unconditionally. Every Thursday she prepared a delicious meal for the grand kids that live in town. It is always so nice to go to her house because 1. I don't have to cook 2. the food is yummy and 3. there is always great company . Tanya and DeeDee made Granny a beautiful raggedy Ann and Andy quilt. Granny loves raggedy Ann and Andy. We are very blessed to have her in our lives.

As Granny always says : "I may be fat, toothless and bald but Iam still cute!"

We love you Granny!

Joe is back!

Wow! So it's been a while since my last blog. A LOT has happed since then. Let's see... First of all Joe graduated from the Academy. He graduated top of his class! They discourage them from going home on the weekends that way they can focus on what they are learning there. They say if you go home you will perform poorly. Well Joe managed to come home almost every weekend for the 3 months he was gone. He even managed to get me pregnant his first weekend back! :) What a stud. Not only did he get me pregnant but with TWINS! Joe preformed very well in his training. He had the Honor to be the Guide On which goes to the most physically fit person in the unit. At the graduation ceremony he was also award 3 of the 7 awards given. He was awarded the directors award which is given to the person who lives up to the core values of the agency, the PT award and the Top of the class award. He was shocked by these awards especially the directors award. We are very proud of him and know the Lord blessed him in his work/training because he put first things first.... family.