Thursday, November 1, 2018

Pregnancy Progression


Well this is definitely the hardest thing my body has gone through physically to date. I really didn't know what to expect with carrying twins, but it has been way harder than I ever imagined. I stopped running at 16 weeks. I stopped playing tennis at 24 weeks. And I had to stop water aerobics at 32 weeks. This past month or so, it has been really hard to stand and walk. And now I am barely moving at all! I am so ready to be done with being pregnant. But nervous about being a mom to twins. 

12 weeks

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38 weeks

I can't believe we have made it to 38 weeks and are officially full term! I honestly thought I would go early, but my body is so much stronger than I ever realized and to quote David, I have an iron cervix! LOL. Tomorrow is the big day. We are being induced and I would appreciate any good thoughts, prayers, etc as this delivery could be complicated and scary! We are hoping for the best and just praying we can all get through this safely and healthy. 
Thank you so much for all your love and support!

An Incredible Halloween!!!



Since our two little pumpkins are nice and cozy and have decided not to come out on their own, we were able to pick out pumpkins and celebrate Halloween together!



I would have preferred to go to a pumpkin patch and pick out pumpkins, but all that walking did not sound possible! Instead we opted to get our pumpkins from the local farmer's market instead. 


We got two twin pumpkins to decorate and one larger pumpkin to carve.



We figured carving two pumpkins might be a bit much this year!


The farmer's market has our favorite little pumpkin house to visit too!


This being the last Saturday before Halloween, there were not a lot of options in terms of pumpkin selection and the pumpkin house had a few pumpkins that were starting to rot! I'm not sure why we waited until the last minute to go! 


On Saturday night our ward had their annual chili cook off and trunk or treat. David was convinced that his spicy chili would do the trick and send me into labor. Not so much!


We carved our pumpkins with our Incredibles Halloween theme.



I also created two baby pumpkins in honor of the twins. I had done this once before for a friend's fall baby shower and thought it would be perfect for this year's pumpkins!


Finley was excited to be Dash from the Incredibles and run from house to house!


While the boys went door to door, I parked it on the front porch in a camping chair. You gotta do what you gotta do! I will say that dressing up as Elastigirl ending up making perfect sense as my stomach has stretched beyond anything I could ever imagine! 
Happy Halloween!



Friday, October 5, 2018

Showers & Sprinkles


So, I hate to brag, but I have some of the best friends in the world! Last month we headed to Chapel Hill so my mom's church and ballet school friends could throw me a baby shower and attend another shower hosted by my high school friends. Unfortunately I didn't take any pictures at the church/ballet school shower . . . but I did remember to take photos with my HS friends!

Chapel Hill Sprinkle:


Hadley and Rizzo both flew in for the weekend from across the country just to help throw me a shower! Aren't they awesome? It was so nice to have everyone together again and catch up!


And of course fellow twin mama, Sarah, who lives in Chapel Hill was also there to offer all kinds of advice and love on my belly!



Seriously, she was all over me all weekend. I joked that it seemed like we were having babies together from all the pictures of her loving on me! Lol. 


My girlfriend shower was at Rizzo's house. They decorated with an adorable clouds and sunshine theme. It was super cute!



And the food was amazing! I'm still craving the spinach dip and orange brownies! This shower included my good high school friends and their mamas. 


Hadley and Connie


Me and my mama


Randee and Jamie


Diane and Rizzo (ok her real name is Laura)


And Sarah and Penny


Finley really wanted to come to some of the baby showers so he and David also attended this one.



It was really so great to see everyone and catch up! I hate that so many of my good friends live so far away!


We were definitely spoiled at the shower!


And Finley loved being a big helper!

Tennis baby shower:


Is that not the cutest cake you have ever seen? The design is based off of an invitation that my good friend Marie made for a shower with all my tennis clinic and tennis team friends.




It was hosted at Amy's brand new house out in the country. Again we had amazing food and a great time visiting!


It was a smaller crowd as a lot of friends were out of town and several of the Swedes moved back to Sweden over the summer, but it was so much fun and we were blessed with a lot of wonderful gifts for the twins!


Greensboro Church Shower:


The last shower was hosted by my good friends Bridget and Andrea. It was a storybook themed shower and the decorations were adorable!


Kelly, who made a special trip in from out of town, made these really cool decorations out of pages of a book and now they are up in the twins nursery!


All the food matched book themes too! Pop to drink from the book Hop on Pop, cheese and crackers represented the book The Stinky Cheese Man, meatballs for Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs, veggies and fruit for The Very Hungry Caterpillar, red velvet cupcakes for The Velveteen Rabbit, and cookies for If you Give a Mouse a Cookie. So fun and clever!




We had a great turnout of my church friends!


Even friends who have moved onto other church wards were there!





And isn't this the cutest take away? Fun little bags of gummy worms for all the bookworms!



I really didn't expect to have any baby showers since these are our 2nd and 3rd babies, but it was really fun and special to celebrate the twins! We can't thank everyone enough for all the showers, gifts, and supplies to help us prepare for the twins arrival! We are truly blessed to have so much love and support as we prepare to welcome these babies in the world!