My Growth...

Okay, I have several pregnancy shots that need to be put on here. I am overwhelmed at how big I've gotten so fast. I know...there are two babies growing inside of me that are now about 6 inches long - so I should expect to feel large, to have to hold my breath whenever I bend over, to not be able to lift myself onto the bed or to roll over easily for that matter. I know that I knew this kind of stuff would come with a pregnancy. It just seems to have come on so fast. I'm afraid that I will soon be out of a cute pregnant belly phase and onto whale-ish looking. Oh well...Trevor tells me, "you asked for this", which I did. Actually doing it is a little different than talking though. No, we still couldn't be more excited to be planning for our little boys. Trevor laughs a lot at my daily realizations of things I have trouble doing or can't do at all. He loves to see that the boys are getting bigger. He rubs them and talks to them as if I can't hear anything he is saying to them. Hopefully those are the times I will remember about pregnancy and not the back pains. My cousin, Angie, has given me some maternity tops which have saved my life the last couple of weeks because I haven't brought myself to buy maternity clothes yet. I'm sure we'll be going out this weekend to get some - because I really don't have much I can fit in. My mother-in-law has spent hours picking out bedding with me and my mother is coming over several days out of the week to paint the nursery with me. We are so so so blessed to have family so close by. They are the biggest support to us with all of our decisions and I love to be able to go through these times of our lives with them. Alright the pictures...

These pictures are of me at about 14 weeks:




The funny thing is when Trevor took these pictures he thought I looked "more pregnant than I was" - we didn't put them on the blog at first because we thought the pictures made me look bigger than what was really there - little did we know...

These are me at about 16 1/2 weeks:




That is where I would have liked to stay for awhile longer, but here is me at 18 weeks (1 1/2 weeks later):



Maybe you don't see the largeness of the belly that I see, but nevertheless, it is expanding quickly. The nursery is still in progress, but here are a few photos of it in the process:





We love you all!

Trevor was right!

Just so that any followers of the blog will know. Trevor and I had the appointment with the doctor today to find out if we were having girls or boys. We saw two very cute boys bouncing around inside!!! Trevor had been talking to them as if they were boys for quite some time - and it turns out he was spot on! They were standing on their head, doing somersaults and were quite shy for a little bit. I will be putting up pictures in the next day or two and filling you in on the other things we've been up to. But that's the news for now...

4th of July Weekend!

Oh, Trevor and I were so reluctant to have this week start again. We had so much fun this last weekend. He knew he was going to have to do homework and study for a few tests he has this week. But there are just weeks left to summer semester and then he'll get a few off before fall semester starts again. I was just loving having him available to play with all weekend instead of waiting until all his homework is done.

Trevor had work off on Friday. We slept in and then went out in the backyard to help/watch his family build a major swing-set. We went to lunch with them and then had a pretty relaxing day spent outside and shopping around - mostly browsing around. On the 4th we woke up to have breakfast at my parent's ward. My dad and sister-in-law, Amber, ran in a 5k race right before it. It was fun to catch up and see old and familiar faces. We go every year and the breakfast seems to get more and more people coming to it every year. There are some wonderful chefs in that ward! Then we headed towards the Granite Stake Parade. My nieces, McKinley and Mollie rode their bikes in the parade. All of the other grandchildren had a hay-day trying to catch the candy that flew everywhere, while trying to stay clear of the water-fight going on next to us. After the parade, my side of the family joined us at the Schow's house for a bar-b-que (which Bob cooked up deliciously). The guys went to our apartment in the basement and held a ping-pong tournament. I'm still not sure if Paul or Bob is the champion of that...The kids played in the bounce-house (well the kids along with Trevor and Jamon). We took turns driving and riding in the go-cart. This go-cart is getting old, but it is still running. Trevor got it for his 10th or 11th birthday! Grandpa Schow made cotton candy that was massive. I'm sure we sent everyone home tired and on a sugar high. After taking a nap we got to go out to eat at Panda Express (the only place we could find that was open on the 4th of July) with Danny and Amelia Morgan. The four of us went to Murray park for the fireworks show. Before the show Trevor got to show off his pull-up abilities, we discovered how nasty the bathrooms at that park are, we talked about babies (because Amelia's Hannah is coming pretty soon!), tried to start up a game of soccer but that mostly failed, and we ate lots of chips when my family arrived. The show was awesome. The night was late and fun! But there's more...Sunday we woke up early to celebrate my dad's birthday, went to church and then went back to my parent's house for a bar-b-que. We all chipped in to get my dad a new grill. It has some new technology of cooking the meat and it worked. It was such a good texture and so tasty! I want my dad to grill us dinner more often. Yum! It was a fun, tiring, family filled weekend. Next year I think Trevor and I will want to get together with friends and put off our own fireworks show.

Trevor relaxing at the bar-b-que. The thought of that is making me hungry (but then again I'm always hungry these days.)


Eva's bright pink cotton candy - a mouthful!


Trevor enjoying the parade.


McKinley and Mollie in the parade with their bikes.


The original Bumblebee!


My parents relaxing at the breakfast, after the run.


Other updates...I'm having to wear my "belly band" more often now. My pants are digging into my stomach and making it really uncomfortable. So that stage of pregnancy has begun. And two weeks more until we find out if we are having girls or boys. Also, if you are looking for a good read, I would recommend Where the Wind Sings by Robyn M. Schow. Its the first book of a series and it is a very entertaining novel. It doesn't take a long time to read. I would highly encourage you to read it. You will love the main character. I love stories that have an element of fantasy and this one fits in perfectly. I can't wait for even more to be published by her! I've also been reading a series that begins with a book called Poison Study. The plot is really thick and it is well written, but it is pretty graphic throughout a lot of it...(rape, killing, etc...)I know I can be kind of sensitive to that stuff but anyhow, there's my opinion for you.