Hangin' with the niece and nephews

Paul and I have been spending a lot of time with my sister's family (Arianne, Adam, Anderson, Aspen, Ace and Aussie). We go over almost every week to eat, play in the backyard and watch the Backyardiagans. We've spent a few nights when Arianne went into labor with Aussie and when Aspen had surgery. It's been good for us to watch four kids under the age of four. There is always something to do! I like it. It's nice to go over and have Ace want me to hold him even though he calls me "Paul" and Paul "Molly". He'll get our names right eventually, won't he?

Busy Week

Paul's sister, Chelsea got married on Friday the 20th. We went to Salt Lake on Thursday and stayed with Paul's family for the wedding festivities. Thursday, we went to Lagoon. Paul went on a lot of rides and got a toasty nose. We were able to spend some time with Jess and Mike's kids, Benson, Grace, and Sabrina. Lagoon has a lot more "kid-friendly" rides than I remembered. Some of the rides are still a little scary. We had a hard time convincing Grace that it was going to be fun. It's always nice to have someone hold your hand during the scary parts!

We also watched Paul's dad (Jeff) and sister (Jenny) get rocketed into the air. I got to go on the Sky Ride and Ferris Wheel. Maybe next summer we can try another amusement park!

Friday was the wedding. Chelsea and Matt got married in the Salt Lake Temple. It was very pretty. We are glad we were able to share that with them. Here are a few of the pictures from the reception.

25 Weeks...

Well, it's been a little while since our last post. A lot has happened. I haven't had an IV for almost three weeks! Yea! When I went in for my appointment with Dr. England a few weeks ago he gave me "knucks" for not throwing up. He's a pretty nice guy. The babies looked good. They're growing and developing just fine. The fluid looks good and there are no signs of pre-term labor! Maybe we will make it to 37 weeks. I've been a little more active with walks around the neighborhood while Paul is in class and going to the the grocery store. I'm trying to learn how to crochet. So, if anyone has any good tips or basic instructions they'd like to extend, let me know. I know the basics and I've gotten yarn, hooks, patterns, and a "how to" dvd. I just need to put it all together.

Paul took the MCAT! YEA! The test was on the 31st. The week of the MCAT, I went to my parents' house in Cedar City to spend some time with my mom and let Paul have all the time he needed to study. He took a few practice tests and finally used the MCAT study book I got him last year for his birthday (not the best present, but he asked for it!). We won't know until July 1st, but I bet he did very well. We're looking at OU. He's also planning on taking the GRE and has been looking at graduate programs, also at OU. So, we'll probably end up in Oklahoma for a few years.

Babies Video

Paul has been working on splicing our ultrasound video. We're going to give this post a try!

Paul's Birthday!

Paul turned 24 on May 8th! Yea! We didn't do a whole lot because it was on a weeknight. His new soccer cleats came a few days earlier. I think they're pretty awesome. He had a soccer game where he scored and they won! We had breakfast casserole for dinner and FunFetti cake. We also got him a bike so he can ride to class and I can sleep in (I'm told we'll save money on gas, too!). On Friday, we went to 10,000 BC and Cafe Rio for dinner. We're planning on going to the new Chronicles movie when it comes out. I feel bad that we didn't do more, but it had been a rough week. Maybe next year will be a little more eventful with some "Happy Birthday Daddy" cards!

We went to Cedar City for Mother's Day. My mom was speaking in Church and wanted her mom to come down. Paul drove Grandma's little red sports car while Arianne's oldest, Anderson told us about his mountain climbing adventures with deer and beavers. He's a pretty imaginative kid at 3. My mom got me the WillowTree figuring holding a baby. She said she looked for twins, but they didn't have any baby twins. Paul got me the pregnant figuring and said he couldn't find the twin one either (he measured the pregnant figurings' bellies and they were all the same size!). We had a good visit with the 'rents and brothers. They can't wait for Paul to come down when it's not Sunday so he can play soccer.

Paul felt the babies kick a few nights ago. We've been able to feel them move a lot more. We've learned that if I drink something sweet like koolaid or apple juice and then wait a few minutes, they kick all over the place. I've been trying to sleep on my sides more. I hear sleeping on my back isn't the best thing. If I'm on my right side for a while and then switch the my left, I can feel Ailsee move across my stomach. It's pretty neat to know that there's actually something there and not just my protruding abdomen! Just fifteen more weeks (-ish)...!

Another Week Goes By

Paul and I have enjoyed some time together while he only has classes Monday, Wednesday and Friday and I'm home every day. We've gone on a few walks, seen a few movies, made another trip to the hospital...Yeah, another one. Last Friday I wasn't feeling very good but thought that it may have been just a bug. I hung out, took a nap, and drank a lot of Gatorade. By Sunday, I was feeling a little better. However, Monday afternoon came and I thought I was going to die! My right back ached horribly. Paul was in class with the car so I waited for him to come home. I thought maybe I had just slept on my side funny. Paul rubbed my back a little bit, but it didn't matter how I sat, walked or lied. I thought I was going to die. We called the on-call doctor who said it was probably a UTI or a kidney infection. By 1:30am I was in more pain than I could bare. If this is what childbirth is going to be like, I am SO getting an epidural! We went to the emergency room and they took us up to the maternity ward where the babies were put on monitors and I was given some heavy duty painkillers. They found that I either had a pretty bad kidney infection or a kidney stone. They wanted to keep me under observation until the morning. They soon decided that it was an infection. Poor Paul had to sleep on the hospital recliner in my room while I was given fluids, drugs, and powerful antibiotics. The doctor said that it may have been caused from the babies positioning themselves on my kidney and causing a serious blockage. I am now supposed to "take it easy" and continue with the IV fluids along with a new arsenal of antibiotics and painkillers. Luckily, the antibiotics have helped tremendously and I haven't needed the painkillers. Paul's been a really good sport. He gets me whatever I want while I lie in bed and lets me take a nap whenever I feel a little drowsy. We're looking forward to having the babies and feeling....I don't know if I'll ever feel normal again, but not so sick. After our trip to the hospital we had a follow-up visit with Dr. England. He had heard about our little visit to the ER and asked if I thought I could survive this pregnancy. We'll see...

Graduation

I finally graduated! I'm pretty excited to be done. Paul says that I've been done long before graduation...I didn't really go to class all that often this semester. Oh well. I still graduated! Paul's parents were out for his sister, Kathleen's graduation. And, my parents came up from Cedar City. When I went to pick my cap and gown up, they told me that they lost mine. They threw some stuff together (not everything in the package) and I left. I was a little disappointed. I was only wearing the cap and gown because my mom told me I needed to. Otherwise, I would have sat with those not in a gown. It was pretty chilly and even started to snow a little bit while we were outside getting ready to walk in. it's in times like these that I am grateful for nylons! Elder Bednar spoke. It was good and not too long. Afterwards, Arianne's family came out for pizza and brownies at Paul's grandma's house. We had a good time. I got to spend some time with my parents the next morning while Paul helped Kathleen and Bryce move out of their apartment. Overall, it was a good visit.

I know, I know. I need to post pictures with my posts. We don't have the internet at our apartment and the times I get to use a computer, I'm usually waiting for Paul to get his homework done in the engineering building (Paul's second home, or is it first and our home is his second?), without the jump drive or any pictures. I promise to scan the new ultrasound pictures and put some "belly-shots" on the jump drive. I must place caution with the pictures of my belly; it is huge! You may even think I'm carrying three and not two...!