Summer is here!

Hello everyone!

We hope this entry finds you all enjoying the nice warm weather!!!

We've been having some really warm weather lately. Brady is having a great time soaking up the sun and playing out in the water. I've never seen a little kid love water quite as much. Not only does he like to swim in his pool and splash around but he loves to dump water on his head and spray himself in the face with it?!? It doesn't even matter if the water is freezing cold - he still loves to do it. It's just hilarious too because then he starts to just crack up.

The other day we were at my parents house and he's out in his pool there and just decided to lay back in the water and just lays there relaxing in the water which was not all that warm but he was in heaven.


Everything else is going good. Still having some contractions here and there but nothing too strong or frequent yet. The girls will be here in less than 4 weeks - pretty crazy but I have to say I'm really looking forward to it. The heat seems to be taking its toll on me - I've been even more tired than normal and my stomach is just huge. I got in my mom's car last night to turn on the air as she was putting Brady in his car seat and I have to say I'm sure glad I have a van and not a car because I could barely fit behind the wheel.

Brady trying to find room againt to sit on my lap...

Have a wonderful week and enjoy the nice long weekend!!!

Brady's 2nd B-day Party

Hello everyone!

Hope you're doing great! So far this blogging thing seems pretty easy! This is my 3rd entry in a week I believe. We had such a fun and busy weekend! On Saturday we celebrated Brady's 2nd B-day with a huge group of family and friends. It was so much fun and Brady LOVED it! He had so much fun playing with all of this friends and cousins and even enjoyed some of the adults that came to the party too. Sometimes he can be a bit shy at first but he was not shy at all. It seemed like he totally knew the party was for him and he was ready to just take it all in. We're so lucky that he's got such wonderful people in his life to be able to celebrate!

That night he was wide awake and had no intention of going to bed early like we thought he might from all of the activities of the day. Then he woke up the morning after at 5:30 talking all about his party and taking me out to see his balloons in our living room. He then went on to tell me that he wanted to go back to the park and party. Although I was really tired being up that early it made me very happy to know that he had enjoyed his party so much that he wanted to go back.

We ended our weekend with a bit more excitement - I started to have some pains in my stomach and back. They didn't seem like the full on contractions that I remembered with Brady in the hospital but they got stronger and wouldn't go away so my OB had me go into the hospital to get monitored. They said I was having contractions but nothing too serious and nothing else in the whole labor process had started to happen so they let me go with some new restrictions... no picking up Brady. Apparently 15lbs is now my limit and since he's 34lbs it's out of the question. So luckily we've got a great grandparents that are going to be able to help Reid take care of him. Reid already has to do so much since my mobility is a bit limited and he's been wonderful about it but I'm also glad that he'll be able to get some help now that I'm really going to be out of commission.

Everything else is going great - we continue to make small preparations for the Reese & Madison's arrival but luckily have the major things all done.

We hope you all have a great week!

Brady's 2 yr appointment

We hope this post finds you all well!

Brady had his 2 year check-up this morning and it went so well. The doctor and nurse both went on and on about how well he did and even said that it would be hard from anyone else to live up to the way he was acting. Of course we're not shocked by this but it sure was nice to hear!

We got there and they did his measurements and guess what??? They said he's the size of a 3 year old. He's 37 1/4 inches tall and weighs 34lbs - both of these were apparently off the charts for a 2 year old. At this rate it looks like he'll end up being taller than his daddy.

They then went on to get a urine sample which came back great. I think his favorite part was actually when the cute nurse came in to take his blood. She pricked his finger and he just stood there smiling at her and gazing into her eyes as she squeezed his finger to collect it in the tube. At one point he even started dancing for her while she was still trying to get it. He really liked this nurse - she asked him later on if he was flirting with her and he said "yeah" and had a huge smile on his face.

Showing nana his finger after it got poked

Sweet little angel waiting for the doctor to come in...

Enough being an angel - he's ready to party!

Then it was time for the doctor to do his exam and Brady just went right along with it and even asked for him to look in his ears some more. That doctors kit that nana and papa got Brady has really helped out with his doctor visits - he now loves watching them do everything b/c he's able to go home and do it to all of us!

Nana and I were so proud of Brady for being such a great sport during the whole visit and couldn't wait to tell daddy and papa how brave he'd been. This afternoon he's off to the zoo with nana and papa and should have a great time!

Totally off subject - this is what a baby does when he wants to sit on his mommy's lap and there is no longer room!

Hope you all have a great day! Thanks so much for checking in on all of us!

The First Blog

Hello everyone - I hope this entry finds you all well. I've been terrible about updating our baby sites lately - mainly b/c there are 2 to keep up with and I just keep putting it off but I want to be sure to keep you all up to speed (especially those of you not on Facebook) on the kids so I decided it might be easier to combine everything into one single blog for everyone to read and stay updated. Wish me luck!

Things have been going really well. I'm very pregnant right now - bigger than I was with Brady for sure but the doctors are very happy about this. I was so sick in the beginning that the twins were significantly underweight but based on the doctors' instructions I've been eating a ton and they have been able to grow! I go back in for another ultrasound June 1st so we're hoping to see that trend continuing. We also just found out that the girls will make their official appearance on Wednesday, June 23rd at about 7:30 AM.

We finished the nursery for the girls this last weekend and I love it. Reid and my parents did so much work on it -it would not have turned out so nicely if it wasn't for all of them.

Brady is doing great! He's very excited about that babies coming. If you ask him where they are right now he'll say in is mommy's tummy. He's also been working on saying their names - it's super cute! He does seem to get very concerned when we're out and he hears a baby cry so we're going to have to make sure he understands that babies just cry sometimes because otherwise we're going to have a very concerned 2 year old on our hands.

That leads me to our next exciting event - Brady was officially 2 years old yesterday! I really can't believe that he's already 2. It feels like it was just yesterday that he was born. Such an adorable little baby and he's still so cute! He's got the most amazing eyelashes that I've even seen. He's also got such a great personality - he constantly makes us laugh. He's going to be a class clown and a huge flirt - he loves the ladies already! He's also very friendly - he loves to say "hi" and "bye" to people when he's out and about. He got his 2 yr. pictures taken last Friday and he did so well! I was a little worried that he'd be too busy to sit still but he sat there like a perfect angel!