MOAB

we took a little weekend trip to Moab with some of our best friends. We had such a good time. We went into Arches national park, did some hiking and let the kids climb rocks and play in the dirt. We all rented a house and it was busting at the seems with adorable kids playing so well and having tons of fun. Halle was so sad when we had to go, even if she had to sleep in the bathtub. :) Here are some pics from the trip. 

 Here we are at Double Arch, a family favorite when i was growing up. You can see how happy my family was to be taking a picture, and how incredibly large i look. Eww!

Miller could have played in the dirt all day. He was in heaven. Wide open spaces, sunshine and dirt.

Eating lunch. :)

We brought all the kid's bikes and they were all in heaven riding outside our rented home, which was at the end of this circle that only one other car was there too.

Claire and Avery.

Tate

Again, Miller in the dirt. :)

So hot right now! every time i caught a glimpse of my shadow, i was shocked at how big i am.

I love this one of Halle eating Craisins and walking with her little personality shining bright. :)

i love this one of Halle as well, she hates having her picture taken but LOVES to take pictures herself.

That is Corey and the twins Avery and Breckon. Yes they have 2 year old twins. I love having so many friends who have had twins. It's just so reassuring that they are still alive and seem to be happy.

This picture kills me of Miller. What 2 year old makes that face. He cracks me up.

I wanted to hike to Delicate arch (3miles) , but after we took an hour and a half just to hike to Landscape arch(1.5miles) the day before, we decided to just do the 100yard delicate arch viewpoint "hike".

Halle took these shots. One of Russ, and one of her baby. I love it.

Amber and i found the twins and Miller playing in the shower. Good thing they didn't turn on the hot water. 2 year olds, gotta love em.

 All tuckered our from a long weekend. I am a bad mom and forgot sunscreen so we all got a little sunburn on our cheeks. it kind of feels good though to have some sun on my face, and know that i was able to go on a trip 27 weeks pregnant with twins.

Terrified

Ok so i feel like my belly is getting bigger and i don't really know if it is growing at a normal "twins" pace. So last night i looked up some photos of women at 25 weeks with twins and i got more then i was ready for.
so here is my picture at 25 weeks with twins

and here are a couple i found online that seemed about right and about where i am. 

And then i saw these pictures of women 36 weeks pregnant with twins, and about shiz a brick!

am i going to look like that???

Oh.  My.  Gosh.  I am.

That first one still gives me chills.

anyway i just had to share. I have been thinking a lot lately about how rough these next couple of months will be. I am a nesting fool and trying to get everything done before i look like a freak of nature and can't do anything. :(


OH and if you have any suggestions for names, feel free to share, i just feel like nothing is good enough for my babes.

Baby A and Baby B

I realize i haven't even posted about what the genders of my babies are. I know i have posted it on Facebook, but i might as well do a post on here.

My baby A is a boy, and is on the bottom.  He likes to poke my bladder. He is pretty gentle about it but i think he is pretty smashed down there so i basically just feel him bumping into my organs. My baby B is a girl and she is on top. I think she has more room and likes to play around doing flips and summersaults. I am absolutely thrilled that i am having a boy and a girl. I can't wait to meet them and discover their little personalities. It's funny because i always thought i would have a boy next but as soon as i was pregnant i felt like it was a girl. BUT every time i thought of names or anything i kind of thought it was a boy too? I was so confused because with both of my other pregnancies i felt like i knew what i was having right away and this time around i felt like it was a girl, and then i would feel boy  too. i was confused but once i found out it was twins, it made more sense.

Anyway i went and had an ultrasound done today. I am 24 weeks today and the boy is measuring at exactly 24 weeks and the girl is measuring 24 weeks and 1 day, so they told me you can't get more perfect than that. They also looked at my cervix on the ultrasound and the doc said it looked "gorgeous." I don't know how you can call a cervix gorgeous, but i was happy to hear it. I have been so blessed with healthy growing babies and a gorgeous cervix. Hopefully the pregnancy continues to go well.

And i have to have pictures on my blog. A couple weekends ago russ had a campout with the scouts, (0 degree temps, NO THANKS!!!) anyway i asked my parents if they wanted to go stay at the cabin and they were happy to join, even if my mom and i didn't get much sleep. :) it was fun to be up there in the winter wonderland. The kids loved playing in the snow.

 bed head is always at it's best at the cabin!

 The cabin had huge icicles hanging from it

 "I can't put my arms down!"

 Isn't she so cute!

belly photo

This is for my sister Lindsey who wants to see my progress. i took these pictures by myself with my phone, that is why they are so crappy. i feel like i have an almost full term belly that is just in the cute stage, but i know that won't last for too long. I am 22 weeks on wednesday. It is crazy because i feel like i have 2 babies in my belly. it is really uncomfortable and just not enough room in there, and i can't imagine what it is to come. YIKES!!!

of course i had to put a picture of my babes. love them!

Stuff

 HAPPY BIRTHDAY RUSS!!! Poor Russ woke up to all of us vomiting and being sick all day. We finally made him a cake and surprised him after work. This picture makes it look like i have 34 candles on there, but there are only 4, not sure why my phone made it look like a fiery inferno. The kids helped make the cake and put lots of green sprinkles on it, daddy's favorite color.

One night Halle, Miller and I decided to go to see the Zoo Lights at Hogle Zoo. They were really cool, but it was really cold and windy that night,  i was pregnant pushing Miller around those hills and dragging a crying cold Halle to get in the car as fast as possible, so needless to say, the fun was short lived.

I had to snap a shot of my Miller's curls. I can't cut his hair, so if you see us and he looks like his hair is all shaggy and unkempt, it's because it is. But it looks really cute right after i do it or after he has taken a nap and gets all sweaty and it gets curly.

We also celebrated Miller's 2nd birthday in December. (it's a busy month for our family on top of being busy from the holidays) We went out to lunch with Russ's parents, Miller wanted Pizza. Then we went to my parents to have dinner and cupcakes and donuts. He is such a big boy and i am not looking forward to missing out on his adorableness because i am taking care of twins. :(

(notice his hair)

Mommy and Halle. She is getting so excited to take care of the babies in mommy's tummy.

So, Miller is obsessed with cars! He loves the Cars movies and any car he sees.  So we have all been looking forward to going to the car show. We went this saturday and the kids had so much fun "driving" and testing out the different cars.

Christmas 2011

I hope you all had a fabulous december. I know i did. These pictures aren't in order, but here we go. 

Christmas day was spent at my sister and brother in law's with all of the Pages. We ate, we played and opened presents, it was a good day. Best presents were these adorable masks and cape's made by Aunt Deni. My kids had been wearing them ever since. THANK YOU DENI!!!

For Christmas Miller got die cast Mater, Lightning McQueen and Finn McMissile cars. It was the best day of his life, he hasn't been napping since because he just wants to play with his cars all the time. My mom gave them to him, i am grateful but wish he never got them, he seriously won't nap. 

Halle fell asleep on me it was really sweet, doesn't happen, so russ had to snap a photo. it was about 4 in the afternoon too.

Miller and his cars, he loves them, seriously he tells me, "i love my cars"

Halle got some Calico Critters, she loves them too, but not as much as Miller loves his cars.

Here are Halle and Miller in their mask and cape. We told them to pose like super heroes, this is what they came up with. My kids are cute.

The park by my house is so awesome. They lit up a bunch of the trees so we didn't have to go all the way downtown to see Temple square. The kids loved it. we went a couple of times and they were in heaven.

We went to my sisters to make gingerbread houses out of graham crackers. It was fun to be with everyone and the kids got to eat tons of candy.

I love this one of Crew, he looks like such a tough guy.

Christmas Eve was spent at my parents. We ate home made cafe rio, and the kids opened presents from my mom. She said, i think i went a little over board this year. It was fun and the kids were in heaven. Here is Halle and Laina, best buddies in their christmas jammies.

All the grandkids, we will be adding at least 3 more next year, my 2 and Lisa announced she is pregnant with her 5th!!!

This was Miller opening his cars, he was speechless and just kept saying, "oh, oh, oh."

Miller sure loves his papa. He just cuddles all the time. 

This is christmas morning. Halle woke up before Miller so she organized all the gifts. She was so excited, she told me, "i think santa is real" it was so cute.

opening gifts. Miller just wanted to play with the cars he got the night before.

Is he not the cutest thing ever, look at those eyes.

And this is what i got, a new camera, it was a surprise, as you can see on my face.