I'm a Big Brother!!!

TWO BABIES!!

(First ultrasound 6 wk 5 days)

Third Ultrasound

(9 wks 5 days)

Fourth Ultrasound

Baby B (13 wk 5 days)

Baby A (13 wk 5 days)

-Yes...for those of you who don't know yet...we are pregnant with TWINS!  Yikes.  I think I kept saying OMG a hundred times in the first ultrasound.  I am still trying to wrap my head around it.  Josh has actually been pretty calm about it all.  Either he is playing it cool, is really ok with it, or he has NO idea what is about to hit him ;)  I am now almost 16 weeks.  I am finally starting to feel better...yeah!  I have been SOOO tired and really nauseous in the evenings.  I just don't like food.  Which makes gaining all this weight difficult.  I know I will be HUGE soon enough, but I am supposed to gain the most of my weight early on so the babies have the best chance of getting nice and fat before they are born.  There are so many risks to carrying twins, that they need to be big early to have the best chance of survival if born prematurely.  However, we are not going there.  I am going to carry them until 38 weeks and that way there are no concerns...right?  Josh has been so great with helping around the house and making dinner. I am doing more now, so I am sure he is happy his wife is back!  I know Brooks is happy Mommy is back too!  I actually went on a walk yesterday and today with him and no naps today!  I have started to feel the babies move.  Baby B is higher and I seem to feel "him" all the time.  Not as much of Baby A yet.  Right now we are not planning on finding out the sex.  I know it is going to drive many crazy...but I just need a good surprise.  There is NOTHING better than hearing, "It's a boy or Its a girl" during one of the hardest experiences in a mom's life.  Brooks has been really cute. He wants to feel the babies move, kiss my belly or read to them.  He talks about how he is going to potty train them, wrestle with them and he has offered for them to have his baby blankets.  He is not going to know what hit him...but I'll take the sweetness for now.  He really wants a baby sister...so at least he has more of a chance with 2!  I'll try to keep this blog updated better (famous last words right?) and give updates of these TWINADOES (as Josh calls them).

Time in St. Louis

Me and my Great Grandpa 

Brutus and I are buddies (as least that's what I think!)

Riding on the Gator with Grammy and Daddy

-We headed into St. Louis for New Years and had a wonderful time.  Brooks got to hang out at Pops house (he was recovering from a hip replacement) and visit with Grammy and PaPaw.  Brooks also got to see his Aunt Tracey, Uncle Ryan, Cousin Miranda, and Great Grandpa.  Brooks kept calling Miranda his girlfriend.  Too cute.  He really loves traveling to St. Louis to visit family.  As soon as we leave Indy he keeps asking where the "arch" is.....it's a long 4 hour wait!

Bring on the SNOW!

One of my first times playing in the snow!  Last year there was hardly any.

I loved to go sledding!  I can't wait to go skiing sometime with mom and dad!

  

Merry X-mas and Happy Birthday Mommy!

Baby Oliver is my buddy now!  Pretty soon he will be beating up on me!

I got my first tricycle for X-mas and love pedaling it around the house.

Grandma got me this cool Hummer.  Why does Oliver look so scared?

Christmas Morning 2012 

I thought Santa was really cool this year.  I told him I would leave him cookies.  

-Merry Christmas 2012!  We had a wonderful X-mas at home this year.  Brooks was so excited to wake up with his Christmas Cozies (Pjs) on and hurry downstairs to see what Santa left.  He really enjoyed his "elf on the shelf" this year and named it "Hot Diggity Dog".  He was really excited to play in the snow this year.  We really have not had many opportunities to play in the snow due to the crazy weather. He loved it, but I think he loved getting  HOT COCO afterwards the best.  We hope to get him on some skies soon!  Maybe next year!

Birthday Time!

CHEESE!  Happy Birthday to ME!

I had a great time at my birthday party.  I got to play games, ride bumper cars, bowl, jump in
bounce houses, and climb on jungle gym equipment with my family.

I wanted a HOT WHEEL party!

Grammy and PaPaw came in town too!

Grandma came over on my real birthday to give me this cute towel.  I love it!

-Brooks is now 3 years old!  I can't believe it.  He is just so much fun, smart, witty and has a great love for life.  He is so funny and likes to entertain.  He is really into trains, hot wheels, ninja turtles, and sports.  He also likes to draw and is getting pretty creative with naming the art work ;) He still loves his books and is working on learning his letters.  He is most interested in B-R-O-O-K-S.  Wonder why?  He loves to help Mommy decorate the home for the holiday seasons.  He is a huge helper around the house (will that last forever?!). His 3 year checkup went well.   I think he was still in 90th for height (39 in) and around the 70th for weight (32 lbs).  It's been awhile since the checkup and I'm playing catchup again with these posts!  Story of my life.  I'm so proud of the little man he is becoming!

Catching up

I have been going to the Library more often with Mommy.  I keep seeing this cute girl each time.

I like to run with mommy instead of riding in the stroller.

Singing Happy Birthday to Brutus while in the tub.  He's 6 years old now!

I voted with Mommy!

Playing at the park in November!

Check out this HUGE slide.  I'm not scared!

Strike a pose!

Learning how to bowl for my first time.

Chilling after a round of bowling.

Gobble Gobble!

Thanks Grandma for my Nativity!

Striking a pose with my Mommy.

On my way to the Tree Farm.

I found one over here guys!

Good job Daddy cutting it down!

Hey...wait up!

The "perfect" Christmas Tree.

Playing with "Pops" 63 year old Lionel Train set.  It's Christmas everyday!

-I have not had much of a chance to blog lately so I decided to add lots of pictures with captions to catch up.  We had a wonderful Thanksgiving at my parents house.  My mom always cooks the best food.  Her stuffing can't be beat!  "Pops" Blackmore came into town despite being in lots of pain. He is waiting to have a hip replacement.  We had so much fun hunting down our "perfect" Christmas tree together.  We ended up getting a 10 foot tree!!!  It is so pretty in the house.  Brooks is in heaven playing with the Lionel train set.  I can not even imagine how much fun Christmas will be this year!

-Brooks has had fun going to the Library, jumping at SkyZone and playing at the park on our days off. He still attends a Mother's Day out 2 half days a week.  He is really enjoying himself and learning so much!  Probably the biggest change with Brooks is that he wears Big Boy Pants all the time now!! Even to bed and naptime!!  I can not tell you how proud we are of him.  It is something you work on (for past year on and off)...but he just woke up and decided to be done with diapers (well...for the most part).  He is still very timid about doing #2 in the potty.  So he asks for diaper to poop, then puts underwear back on.  Oh well...it's an awesome start!  He gets upset if we even mention diapers.  He says, "I big boy now".  Wow...where has my little stinker gone?  My heart is a little sad and a lot happy;)

Happy Halloween Everybody!

I am so excited to carve our pumpkins!

I picked a WITCH for mommy to make

Daddy picked a SCARY MONSTER one!

Choo-Choo All Aboard!!

Brooks's Choo-Choo Express

My Cousin Oliver was a blue Dragon! I think he's pretty cool now that he is moving around!

Hey...Get back here!!!

I couldn't wait to go trick or treating

Enough pix already!!!

I had this down house one!

Daddy and I went back out for round 2

I had so much fun!  Now I can't wait to eat this CANDY!!!

-Brooks really had a blast trick or treating this year.  I don't even think he realized how COLD it was!  He was so excited to get dressed up and walk the neighborhood.  Halloween morning he woke up and asked if it was time to go trick or treating.  He just could not understand why he needed to wait until the evening time.  Aunt Tammy, Cousin Oliver, Grandma McCarroll and Daddy were all there to join in.  Brooks came back in after about an hour and was so upset when I said we were done.  He folded his arms and said, "I am NOT done trick or treating!!!".  Who are we to say no?  It was Halloween of course and this kid has been asking everyday if it was Halloween today.  So Josh went back out for round two.  We had fun eating pizza and CANDY for dessert.  What fun times!  I really LOVE this time of year and to see all the joy in his eyes is priceless!  Happy Halloween to all!  BOO