32 Weeks...and counting!

It's official! I am now 32 weeks! I had an appointment on Thursday and the doctor said everything is looking good. I am measuring like a 37 week singleton pregnancy! I asked him how big you get with twins at the end and he said "Oh, Big! Like 48 or 49 cm!!!!" What! That is like going 2 months over-due! Fun things to look forward to. Anyway, we took some pictures to document of course. I wore the tight shirt so you could get the full twin-belly effect. I have about 8 lbs and 35 inches of baby in me now! Whoa...

33 Weeks with ZACHARY!

32 Weeks with the TWINS.

Yeah, I am pretty sure there is a distinct difference. It is twins alright!

Which view is more convincing? I couldn't decide...

I am definitely carrying these girls more out to the side than I did Zach. I feel them in my sides all the time. Waist? What waist! :) Not too much longer!!!! Hopefully!

Here is an "inside" view of 32 week Fraternal twins sent to me by BabyCenter.com. Sorry if this is too graphic for any of you... :)

What Baby Center has to say about this and coming weeks:

How your baby's growing:By now, your baby weighs 3.75 pounds (pick up a large jicama) and is about 16.7 inches long, taking up a lot of space in your uterus. You're gaining about a pound a week and roughly half of that goes right to your baby. In fact, she'll gain a third to half of her birth weight during the next 7 weeks as she fattens up for survival outside the womb. She now has toenails, fingernails, and real hair (or at least respectable peach fuzz). Her skin is becoming soft and smooth as she plumps up in preparation for birth.

Multilply this by 2...I have a lot of growing ahead of me in the next few weeks! Stay tuned!

Fun at Home

Well, it is getting too cold up here to stay out too long, and yesterday was just one of those BORING days where I was counting the hours until Justin would come home and we would do nothing together! :) Then I remembered that we had a huge box downstairs and my childlike creative juices started flowing. So I made Zach the cardboard cottage of his dreams including shutters, a secret side escape hole, and a chimney!! He loves it. He's already broken a lot of it, but oh well! He really enjoyed bringing us into his home. We all fit...barely. Justin had to get out when his legs started cramping and falling asleep from sitting cross-legged. Forget the Little Tikes stuff, just get a big box!

Every time he comes out he says, "Ta Da!!"

Peek-a-boo!

To One of the World's Greatest Men...Really!

56 years really isn't that old;
You aren't even wrinkley or starting to mold.
Yet 56 years really isn't that young;
You've lived a lot, learned a lot, and had tons of fun!
So if 56 years isn't old, isn't young
What is it that your 56 years have brung?
(excuse my poor English!)

Smiles and laughter to your mom and dad,
and a buddy for your brother, I bet he was glad.
Love to dear Mama, for sure you're her knight.
Happiness and direction to your children, a constant delight.

Stability to your coworkers, support to your friends
Phone calls and service that never seems to end.
Strength to the Church, inspiration through your talks
Guidance for all towards the right path to walk.

Traveling the Nation from coast to coast,
Several hundred thousand miles driven, that's something to boast!
Papa Camps galore with all 20 grandchildren (almost 22)
And Donut Dudes and Darlings on special occassion.

You know how to live and enjoy what you've got

And frankly, from the looks of it, you've got quite a lot.
So here's to you on this special day
We love you and know that you feel the same way!

Two Things...

Okay, so posts without pictures might be boring, but I just have to write about 2 funny things that happened today...

#1- Zach was downstairs all ready for the day and I was upstairs getting ready for the day. All of a sudden I heard him coming up the stairs. When he finally reached me I took a glance at him and he was naked! All except for his socks. AH! I screamed "Where are your clothes?" He said, "Oh, no! Biper?!" (Diaper)...and then "Ba?" (Bath). I guess he just wanted a bath, but yikes! I took off his socks and made him a bubble bath. He loves them. Sure enough, I went downstairs and right at the base of the stairs was his outfit and his clean (thank goodness) diaper. I have a little streaker for a son!

#2-Then we headed to my doctors appointment. That was fun. :) He was getting a little restless when finally we were called in. I put him on the exam table while we waited for the doctor to come in. On the wall was a chart of a naked pregnant lady (an educational drawing might I add) that showed the baby and its position in the uterus. It also showed how babies were born. Anyway, Zach looked at it and said "Baby," pointing to all of the babies. I thought I would use this as a teaching moment to show him that the baby is inside my belly too, to see if it helped him understand. It seemed like he was getting it as I pointed to the mommy's baby and belly and to my belly and said "Babies". Then, all of a sudden he leaned forward and gave the mom on the chart a zerbert! (a raspberry...whatever you call it, when you blow on someone's skin to make a funny sound). It was SO funny because he does this to my belly and any time he sees any skin. Guess you had to be there to fully appreciate this one though. :)

Zach's Cute Moment of the Day

So Zach was eating his lunch today which included pears. He kept calling them apples so I said "No, these are pears. Pears." Zach looked at me and then folded his arms and squinted his eyes ready for another prayer! I said "Not prayer silly! Pear!" He then repeated, "pear." So cute.

Richard's Reception

Well, we had another fun long weekend in Cardston. The occasion this time was for Richard and Leslie's preception. They are getting sealed in the Salt Lake Temple on November 22, so they had a little celebration up here before. The fun part was seeing the family...the not so fun part was that we got a few people sick. Whoops. Sorry guys, but it was SO nice to see you again! Get better soon! Us with the happy couple. Hopefully they will join us here in Edmonton next year!

Zach's favorite part of the reception...he was tall enough to reach the dessert tables!

The tell-tale chocolate drool!

Zach with Grandma and Grandpa. Pretty cute picture of them all, I'd say!

And 3 of Zach's favorite people...Mary, Karen, and Dallin (in the background). Zach clearly says Dallin and is pretty good at Mary. Karen is hard to say, so he just calls her Mimi. :)

Baby Update

Well, tomorrow I will be 31 weeks pregnant! I had an ultrasound today and saw the girls. I don't mean to be biased or anything, but ultrasounds in Canada stink. They turn the monitor away from you during the ultrasound, and really don't say much at the appointments and are very hesitant to answer any questions. "You'll have to ask your doctor." Really, the only question she asked me was after the ultrasound..."when is the next time you see your doctor?" I hope that isn't a bad thing. It looks like one baby is hogging most of the food though. Twin A (Kate I think?) is 3 lbs 14 oz and Twin B (Kara) is 3 lbs 4 oz. So I guess one is measuring at 31 weeks 4 days and the other is measuring at 30 weeks 4 days. It seems to be okay right now, but we will see what the doc says next week. I am feeling okay now. I had an awful case of the flu this week,which I got from Zach, and now Justin is going through it. Poor guy. Now we are heading down to Cardston to spread it there! :) No, hopefully we are all better and no one else gets sick. Justin's brother, Richard, is getting married on the 22nd of this month, but is having his Canadian reception this weekend so we are heading down for the long weekend to play! I am so excited for the next couple months in our lives. We got another crib yesterday and a change table. It is starting to be a little more real that there will be two of them. So weird...and so cool. Anyway, just had to get some thoughts down.

happy ha-LOW-ween!!!

Happy HalLOWeen everyone! Here are a few pics from our night!

We started of with delicious (and very cute I might add) pumpkin breadbowls and soup. Mmmm!

And here is our little Aviator. He is SO intrigued by taking the top off. He just kept saying "birday" because he wanted to blow the candles out. I just wanted ONE picture of him looking at the camera!!!
So, we gave him a sucker and got our picture! He wasn't so fond of the goggles.
He was SO excited about running up and down the sidewalks. He did not want to be carried. He was so worn out by the end. Frankly, so was I. He is quite fast! (And I am getting slower every day...)
My boys are so cute. Flying with Daddy.

He didn't really know how to say trick or treat, but he said "Dee Doo" (thank you) several times after every door. He insisted on carrying his candy. Every so often he would say "bag" and put it in his candy bag.
He got quite a bit! Thanks Zachary! :)

Scary Uncle Jason and Kamry came over to haunt Zach. The mask wasn't his favorite thing, that is for sure. He was really worried and wondered where Jason went whenever Jason put it on. It scared me too! It looked too real.The next night we had an adult Halloween Party. We couldn't find a babysitter until last minute, so in about 20 minutes we threw these costumes together. Can you tell who we are??

We are JUNO MCGUFF and PAULIE BLEEKER!! I actually saw this movie and really didn't like it, especially the ending. I am very glad she kept the baby and decided to put it up for adoption and everything, but was mad at the couple for splitting up in the end. It was just weird. So by wearing the costumes I do not mean to endorse the movie at all, but it was a very easy costume to throw together last minute. Easier and faster than making Justin a bowling pin and me the bowling ball!

Halloween Preparations!

I have to say, out of all the holidays, Halloween is the LEAST exciting to me, but I LOVE holidays and excuses to create and do cool dinners, so bring it on. Now that I have a kid, the excuse to go trick or treating and get candy might not be so bad either! Here are a few of our Halloween Preparations!

First I made these CUTE cupcake sucker things with a couple of my friends up here for our kids Halloween Party we were having. They are SO cute and were easy to make (time consuming though, especially when you make them with 7 children in tow!) We did some chocolate cake ones and some cherry chip cake ones. Delish! It was SO fun and SO worth it. Here we have the Jack-O-Lantern, a mummy, and some One-Eyed-Purple-People-Eaters. These are just a few of the ideas you can make. Idea from bakerella.blogspot.com, check it out!

NEXT WAS ZACH'S FIRST PUMPKIN CARVING TIME!!!

Zach LOVED carving pumpkins! He was so funny digging all of the stuff out. This is always Justin's (used to be Jolene's) job as I am somehow allergic to the pumpkin innards! :) Weird, I know. I was interested to see if Zach had the same rashy reaction, but I don't think he is allergic to it at all. Phew! His favorite thing to do was to put on and take off the lid. You know, I am starting to learn that things just take longer with kids!! (Yahtzee, baking, pumpkin carving, going anywhere...) It is a sure way to develop patience and enjoy the journey.
Zach loved the pumpkin carving. He was so interested in what I was doing, we finally gave him a butter knife to pretend carve. I am not so sure carving with him was the best idea. He is a very helpful and self sufficient guy. This morning as I got ready, he was watching cartoons...or so I thought. When I came down he had gotten into the dishwasher and pulled out not 1, not 2, BUT3 KNIVES and was "carving" our pumpkin again. AHHH! Lesson learned. Don't worry Grandmas and Grandpas, I am taking good care of him! I promise! :}

And here is the finished product!!! Awful angle, but SO funny! This has apparently become our yearly Halloween tradition. I have 3 other Pumpkin-head pictures. The funny thing is I am pregnant every other year!

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By Popular Demand...

Sorry if anyone is getting sick of seeing belly shots, but A) it is one of the only things changing around here and I have to blog something and B) I have family and friends far far away who request these too. :) Here I am at 29 weeks! AH! I can't believe it! They really could be here in 6-8 weeks...whoa. Life is still good, I am feeling relatively well. Sore hips, sleeping, and heartburn stink, but what can you do? I have about 5 lbs and 30 inches of babies in me now, or so the internet says. I can definitely tell that I have 2 GIRLS inside of me because my emotions have been crazy sometimes. Wow. I am glad I can blame it on pregnancy. Poor Justin. All this estrogen coming his way. The babies move ALL the time and put on a show (I love it!). I am a belly dancer now, that is for sure.