The Weekend/ Girls Night

So I had my second Shower on this past Sunday, but that's not were my weekend started.

My weekend started off on Friday first that morning I had my 3 hour glucose test since I failed the 1 hour and then lunch with the family.

Then later that evening we went to Doug's Company Christmas party. He has been working for his company for 11 years now and every year they have it on the first week of deer season and he wont miss his hunting for the party. But this year they had it Dec 9th so he decided we would go. This was a good time open bar started at 6 dinner at 7 and then we had open bar till 12. We left about 10 so Doug could get some sleep before leaving in the morning to go hunting for the weekend.

Saturday I woke up and met my mom for some lunch and a few last minute shower errands then home to meet the bestie Amy and her daughter my Bug. It wasn't long and we got the call we was waiting for my other best friend Amanda called and was ready to go, so we headed over to her house to pick her up and head to dinner we was having girls night out.

We ended up at Houlihans for half price appetizers. Amanda ended up buying dinner, Thanks girl.

After dinner we wasn't ready for home yet so we headed to the mall to goof off and have fun for a few hours. I did manage to get a few pics of this night.

Here is Amy a few times in her goofy hat.

Here is all 3 of us of course you know which one is me, can you say I'm getting a belly now.

After the mall we decided to head to get the girls some wine and go home to rent a movie. We rented Hangover 2 which I didn't think was as good as the first one. After that was over I headed to bed as I knew I had a long day the next day for my shower.

Then around 1:30 am Amanda wasn't feeling well and had her Mom come get her to head home. I am just glad she felt somewhat better the next day to make it to my shower.

First Christmas Photo 2011

Im hoping to get cards made with this picture in the next few days and get them in the mail!

Baby Shower #2

So this Sunday I had my other Baby Shower my mom threw me. We didn't have a whole lot of people like the one Doug's family threw me but it seems like we picked a bad weekend. But it did turn out nice and I got alot of nice and needed items.

We started off with lunch the family made Chicken salad sandwiches, chips, veggies/dip and 7 layer salad.

After lunch my Aunt Nancy somewhat embarrassed me and gave me 2 cupcakes from the twins. Isn't these cupcakes adorable?

And here is the cake she made for my shower. If you need a awesome cake done like this one go to Artistry on Cakes in Belleville IL.

After lunch we didn't have a whole lot of time left so I opened my gifts and all the ladies played Bingo to win prizes.

It was so great to see everyone and thank you to all who came!

Sorry I don't have a whole lot of pics of the party as of yet but I will post more later.

7 Months Pregnant

OOPS! I KNOW IM LATE I FORGOT TO POST THIS

Pregnancy Highlights:

How Far Along: 28 Weeks

Total Weight Gain/Loss: Gained 10 Pounds for a total so far of 16 pounds

Maternity Clothes: Yes Tops and Bottoms

Gender: 1 of each, Bryce Connor and Lillyana Kay

Movement: I have me 1 soccer player for a little boy and one quiet curled up in a tight ball little girl

What I miss: Right now I cant say I miss anything

Cravings: Depends on the day and time or what I see in sight but nothing special

Symptoms: painful pains under the ribs and back. Swelling of the left foot and heartburn at times.

Best Moment this month: Having 2 awesome showers thrown by the grandma's.

The Ultrasound Zone Ultrasound Photos

Lillyana- The best picture we could get considering she was sleepin, curled up in a ball and didnt want to give us any pictures. Bryce Yawning

Bryce Drinking and Sucking

Bryce Connor

Baby Shower #1

Well I had my first baby shower yesterday, Doug's side of the family threw it and it was very nice.

We had tons of guest show up and got lots of great and needed gifts for the twins.

We started off setting up the hall Saturday night around 5 and yes I know I shouldn't have been there but I am a perfectionist and wanted to be there and Doug's mom said OK!

On Sunday we all got there early, for them to get the lunch prepared, we had fried chicken, mostaccioli , fettucini alfredo, corn, green beans, rolls and salad. What a lunch this was for a baby shower. And then I got there early to greet and thank guest for coming.

We started off with lunch and gave everyone time to fill in their Bingo games of what they think I got from my gifts so when I opened them they could play and then also time for them to fill out these advice to mother cards I wanted for the twins baby book.

While everyone had desert I started with my gifts. Doug's cousins little boy Joseph wanted to help and what a big help he was, I never had to get up once he brought all my gifts to me and even helped unwrap them.

We do have pics of the shower, but they are on my sisters camera so as soon as I get them I will upload for everyone to see. I was to busy to take any!

I wish to Thank everyone for coming and all the great gifts. I want to Thank Sue and Mom for a awesome baby shower and to all the family for all their help and hard work setting up and taking it all down.

My next shower is next Sunday December 11th. My family is throwing this one. Update on the to come next week and hopefully with pictures.

The Ultrasound Zone

So Friday after work Doug and I had a special event planned. We booked at special ultrasound at a place called The Ultrasound Zone in Glen Carbon. This place is so neat, you have several packages you can choose from and several Ala carte items you can also buy.

We of course decided to buy the most expensive package because this will be our first and last pregnancy so we wanted all the memories we could get and cherish forever. This package was really nice we got a 30 min DVD of the babies and their movements, a CD of all the pics the tech could take. They also printed 4 b/w and 4 color big prints to give us, 2 bears with each of the babies heartbeats in them, and other items and then myself, Doug's mom and my mom all ordered a key chain with the babies pictures in 3D and 4D in it so we can always see them.

Oh yeah I forgot to mention 6 to 8 members of the family can come and watch on a big TV, so Doug's sister Sue, my mom Doug's Mom and Aunt all joined us.

I am pretty sure the session ended up longer than 30 minutes but here is why. My son decided he was going to sprawl out and steal the show. We got the best video and pictures of him, we saw him yawning and sucking and drinking etc. Then the tech would switch over to Lilly who was curled up in a tight ball with her knees in her face looking down and we didn't get to see her at all. Also Bryce was kicking her nose, so we think that is why she was looking down. So she would go back and forth, no luck with Lilly so she ended the session and told us to rebook it for a week from now and we will try again and get Lilly next time. She then will give us more pics and video.

I absolutely love this place and the people that work there and would recommend them anytime.

My next session is next Monday night so next Tuesday I will have 3D and 4D pics and a video to show everyone.