April Happenings

Early April was exciting with Easter celebrations and Tyson's 3rd Birthday!

Easter Parade and Egg Hunt at school

Hiking with Daddy and Grandpa Coburn

Lunch time at Tyson's birthday

Train ride

Tyson wanted cupcakes instead of a cake this year

First bike!

Being silly with McKenna

Lindsay's homemade Easter cookies = yum!

32 Weeks = Larger than Life

(I just realized that I didn't post this last week, so I am actually 33 weeks to date). I am the biggest I have ever been and I just keep getting bigger! I am borrowing Ashley's support belt and I don't know what I do without it. 32 weeks for a twin pregnancy is the same size as a single pregnancy at 40 weeks... so when I am out in public many people look at me like I should be heading to the hospital for delivery. I am so lucky that it is not over 100 degrees here or I think my ankles might explode in that kind of heat. I am taking it easy and Adam and I are trying our best to get all of our ducks in a row before the babies arrive. At 32 weeks, baby boy weighs 4 pounds 8 ounces and baby girl weighs 4 pounds 6 ounces.

My dear friend Angie made the trek out from California for my baby shower... it was so nice to have a relaxing weekend with her.

Special Visitors

Last week, my parents and grandparents were in town on vacation! My mom and my grandparents made the long trip together from Ohio. It was a treat to spend time with everyone, especially my grandparents who are now in their nineties. My grandparents really enjoyed seeing Tyson since it had been over a year since they last saw him.

Along with special visitors, it was a very eventful week for Tyson: his first broken bone. He fell off of our bed and broke his right collar bone. Crazy! No surgery is necessary, but he has to wear an x-small chest sling for a few weeks along with no climbing or playground slides. He has been a trooper and hasn't complained about pain.

New chest sling and tired of saying "Cheese"Golfing with Grandpa ToberReading with Great-Grandpa Tober

Happy Valentine's Day

Wishing you a great day! Below are some recent photos: Transportation Day at Tyson's school (we got to watch a Black Hawk helicopter land in the school parking lot!) and Tyson "patiently" waiting for his puppy take a bath in the washer (he loves his stuffed-animal puppy and real puppies).

Future fire fighter?

Future pilot?

Or a future veterinarian?

24 Weeks...

and growing! I had another ultrasound this week and we got to watch our twins in action. Our OB-GYN sent us to a more specialized ultrasound office which meant we also got to meet with a perinatologist. It was a long appointment... definitely more than twice as long as Tyson's ultrasounds, but we learned a lot of helpful information. At 24 weeks: 0ur twins are still boy/girl, baby boy weighs 1 pound 13 ounces (average weight) and is on my right side, baby girl weighs 1 pound 9 ounces (average weight) and is on my left side, baby boy is currently breech, baby girl is in the "head down" position, and overall they both appear to be doing well. The ultrasound photos turned out okay, we weren't able to get any photos of their faces because both were facing me (in) during the appointment. Hopefully they will cooperate a little more for the next ultrasound so we can get a better look at their beautiful faces.

Baby boy feet

Baby girl feet

Girls' Weekend

I am so glad that my doctor approved a (final) trip out-of-state to the Bay Area. I am now 24 weeks along and January has been a very hectic month, so this trip was exactly what I needed. The Bay Area is my home away from home...not only is it green and beautiful with mild temperatures, some of my closest buds live there. :-) It was a low-key weekend and I really enjoyed my time there from hanging out with Jena and her 3 kiddos in Mountain View, to exploring Menlo Park and all of its cute cafe's with Lindsay, and then getting a glimpse of Stefanie's life in Oakland. Plus, nothing beats a drive at dusk along the Bay Bridge with views of downtown San Francisco and the Golden Gate Bridge.

Big Mama!

Thank you for all of your thoughts and prayers with our twins news! The twins are more active than ever in my belly and Adam and I are starting to plan out our new "to do list" that comes with any set of twins. Overall, we are beyond excited, but no doubt there are times we are overwhelmed with the big changes coming to our little family and the reality that a pregnancy/labor/delivery with multiples has a greater risk of complications at severe levels. What we do know brings us great comfort: that the twins are under God's protection and we are confident in our OB-GYN and the hospital that we're delivering at. Plus, we have received great advice from family and friends with twins.

Top 5 twins questions that we have gotten:
1. Do twins run in Ilalia's family? Nope.
2. Do twins run in Adam's family? Yes, actually on both sides of his family, but it's carried through the maternal side.
3. Are your boy-girl twins identical? Ah, nope on that one... different plumbing!
4. Were you planning on having twins? Not exactly...but we couldn't be more thrilled to add double the fun.

5. Are you bigger this pregnancy than last? YES, much bigger. See photos below.

22 weeks with Tyson

22 weeks with the twins