Eating for three!!

You know the first thing a pregnant lady says when she sits down to a big meal is... "well I'm eating for two"... Well ladies try eating for three! I never thought I'd say this in a million years but eating for three is WORK! They say someone pregnant with twins (or more) need to eat something... a sandwich...a snack... every two hours. Now before I was pregnant I would have thought that would be my biggest dream come true! This girl loves her some food! (Mostly Olive Garden lol) But now when I have to eat all the time.... its really not that fun. I mean how many peanut butter sandwiches can you have in a day? I don't even like peanut butter that much! Not to mention there aren't any fun places to eat here in England. I'm sure eating wouldn't be quite a chore if I had my Training Table around! :) The worst part is at night... I'll literally have eaten dinner like an hour ago and my stomach will be growling..... growling like I'm on Survivor and haven't eaten in days! It's hard to find things that sound good to eat all the time. This being said there are a few things I cannot get enough of!

Cravings at 14 weeks:
*Spaghetti -- I've eaten it for breakfast quite a few times!
*Ketchup -- Forget diamonds... Ketchup is this girls best friend!
*Nerds -- It's the tangiest tiniest candy of my dreams! I love it!
*Sour patch kids--The sour the better!
*Apple Juice-- Cambree and I could live on Apple Juice alone!

Addenbrookes take two...

So when we first got to England in 2008 I was almost 5 months pregnant with Cambree. The Lakenheath Hospital on Base referred me to Addenbrookes Hospital in Cambridge for an ultrasound to take a look at the babies heart chambers. It was my first real taste of what it would be like to be British. You have to pay to park at the hospital for appointments. The nurses wear very old fashion looking uniforms... the whole place kinda makes you think you've entered 1946 or something. Anyway it felt totally weird but cool to be wandering the halls of Addenbrookes hospital today with Cambree on our way to get an ultrasound of our twins. Almost like we had come full circle again!

I waited patiently in the waiting room surrounded by British pregnant women. It's funny how a simply accent can make you feel so out of place. Let's be honest England might as well be Germany or Sweden because half the time you have no idea what they are saying to you. The accents are pretty thick and most of the time I end up saying "what?" at least three times before I understand.

Anyway they called us back to the very same room we were in 2 years ago when I was pregnant with Cambree. The doctor started the ultrasound and suddenly I was watching my amazing twins on the big screen. One was even waving to me. Seriously.... either that or just moving his hand around lol! The doctor said I was measuring at 13 weeks and 2 days instead of the 12 weeks I thought I was at! I was pretty excited about that! My new due date is February 16th which is crazy because Cambree's original due date was February 12th which is two days before Valentines Day.... and the twins are due 2 days after Valentines Day.

So the doctor said everything looked good so I was pretty relieved. It is super exciting to see my babies moving around and kicking... now if we could only find out the sex of the babies we will be set! Well that's my report from Cambridge, UK! :)

Double the pregnancy

From the beginning I had been telling everyone that this pregnancy felt different. The first few weeks I was exhausted. I would be up for maybe an hour and needed a nap. Multiple naps. I was drained of all energy. Then of course I was starting to sport a baby bump... at like 9 weeks. Keeping in mind I didn't really get a baby bump til 3-4 months with Cambree. I had heard that you show earlier with your second, but this was ridiculous! Then came the doctor's appointment.

In the military your first doctors appointment isn't until you are 10 weeks. I was so excited when my appointment rolled around because I would get my first ultrasound. (In the military you only get 2 ultrasounds period. So each one is super exciting!) The day came and I was nervous. I had butterfly's. Keri kept asking me why I was so nervous. So we get into the room and the doctor comes in and we discuss a few things. I told her about my horrible night sweats. Two days previous to my appointment I had the worst night sweats I'd ever had. I woke up at 2am completely soaking wet and had to chance nightgowns and again at 6am I was so drenched with sweat and freezing cold that I hopped right into the shower. The doctor told me that night sweats were more common with twins to which I laughed and said... Well I had them with Cambree. Little did I know that was a foreshadowing of what was to come....

During the whole appointment Cambree was being a monster. Crying, yelling, screaming... she was definately put out. I think she knew what was coming as well. Keri was trying his best to keep Cambree occupied when the doctor first started the ultrasound. I turned to look at the screen and got the shock of my life. I saw TWO babies! The doctor said to me... Do you know what this means? I was in complete shock and thought surely she had pulled up a trick screen to scare me... so I said.. what does that mean? I needed her to tell me that I was actually seeing two babies things. The next thing she said changed my life... probably forever. She says to me... You are having TWINS! I still couldn't believe it. By that time Keri had Cambree and was looking at the screen in completely disbelief. Then we both looked at each other and started smiling. It was completely unbelievable. Never in a million years would I ever think I'd be having twins. Never in a million years did I think I would be capable of having twins!!!!

Well i've had a few days since the ultrasound to process it and I still just can't believe it. Twins. Me. Having Twins!! I am so nervous and scared and happy at the same time. Can I really do this? Am I strong enough to do this? At night I just lay in bed with the thoughts playing over and over in my head... I'm having twins. I'm really having twins!! How am I going to be able to handle twins! We live in a two bedroom house. We drive a sedan. My whole life is going to change. I am going to make the jump from one kid to three kids! And I thought my life with just Cambree was a handful!!! Well this is just the beginning of my adventure.. I'm almost three months and let's hope the next three go smooth!! Hey everyone, I'M HAVING TWINS!!!

Tale of a toddler obsessed with pushing things..

Cambree has all sorts of obsessions. Most of them center around pushing things. She goes crazy if she can't push her stroller... you know instead of actually sitting in it. If we are out and she see's some random persons stroller... she will run up to it and try to push it!! Yeah .. awkward! We were walking around Audley House in Cambridge and this poor old lady was stopped and she had a walker... Keri and I both froze as Cambree made her way over to it!!! The horror that would have been... but for some reason she stopped and walked away!! *Shew*

She is also obsessed with pushing shopping carts... once again she won't sit in the cart like normal.. she will insist on pushing it with you. I cannot begin to tell you how frustrating it is when you go into a store for something little and try to hurry and Cambree is crying because she wants to get a cart to push.

Another obsession is laundry baskets. Yes you heard it here first folks. My daughter has an obsession with pushing laundry baskets around. We have to hide the laundry baskets to prevent a Cambree melt down. She will literally push the laundry basket all over the house. Which brings me to my picture... I dared to take a laundry basket out of hiding and pile up all our dirty clothes and take it to the washing machine. I had no sooner emptied the basket and left the laundry room when I heard a familiar noise.... Cambree had snuck into the laundry after me and was pushing the basket out into the living room. She would stop as she pushed and grab her Cabbage Patch Kid doll and put it in the basket... then she grabbed her Care Bear... and finally she plopped in it to watch tv. Who does that?! Yes... I think my daughter might just be crazy ;)

Baby delight!

Cambree is 17 months going on 13 and Keri and I decided that being in the military... Cambree needed a sibling close in her age that can be her best friend and play mate. Well it didn't take long to find out that I was expecting.... We were actually on our way to Birmingham when I told Keri I thought I was pregnant. I had been exhausted. When I say exhausted I mean I literally had zero energy. I was taking naps during the day which I never do and man was I hungry. I had other things happening that I had happen when I was pregnant with Cambree so I knew before I even missed my period or took a test that I was pregnant.

We got home from Birmingham and I picked up a test and there is was.... pregnant! I was relieved (because it explained my exhaustion and appetite!) and sooo happy! With Cambree we were caught off guard and were completely surprised when I found out I was pregnant. To be honest I cried for at least a week because I didn't feel ready and had other major things going on in my life.. but this time.... I was overjoyed!!

I was overjoyed and then I started getting my morning sickness and it came back ALL to familiar how hard pregnancy and how sick you get. Even when I feel miserable I am so incredibly happy and excited for the new addition to our little family! Now Cambree doesn't have to be alone and all the moving around we will be doing in the military Cambree will always have a friend by her side. I couldn't have made it growing up in the military myself without my sisters and brother. I'm excited for the start of our new journey!!

This..that...and the other

Sadly my time in Utah is coming to a close. I left England November 28th and I'll finally be back May 20th. When we left Cambree was 10 months old and not crawling or walking... by the time we get back she'll be 16 months who practically runs everywhere. The sad part about returning to England is my dear friend Allison and her family moved to Florida while I was gone. I will definitely miss her, Drew, and Rossssss. We had the best times together and I'm definitely gonna be sad without her. My favorite memory of her is walking down Cambridge and seeing a Pub called the Snug.... her with her double wide stroller and asking... do you think we will fit in there? I'm like... well.... it's called the Snug so probably not... we ventured in anyway ... me with cambree in her stroller and her with ross and drew in the double wide and by some miracle we fit. Drew was 4 weeks old when I first met him, now he has grown so much! He's a lil guy now...

Well a lot has happened since we left. I got a call about something tragic that happened to one of our friends in England. Without going into it, it left me very devastated and crying for days. Life is truly precious and we need to make sure we let our family know how much we love them daily. We also had another incident happened that left us realizing not everyone who says they are your friend truly are. I also found out that a few people who were friends before ended up being amazing friends while we were gone and made sure stuff we needed taken care of were done. It's rare to find true friends. I have so many true friends in Utah and it will be so sad to say goodbye to them once again. I have had the best time at lunches with Jerrilynn and Kristi. I've had the best times with Steph going tanning, getting our rock stars and slurpees, our 3 times at the gym together and just hanging out at each others houses. I had the best times with Aubs and her kids. I love all of you guys.

It will probably be quite a while until I'm able to come back to Utah for a visit! Among the stuff I'm going to miss will be:

*My family and Sissy!
*My best friends!
*Target, Layton Hills Mall, The Training Table, Olive Garden, Texas Roadhouse, Wendy's, Paradise Tanning in Kaysville, Layton Nails, Phazes Hair Salon, Kohls...
*My orthopedic surgery who will be seeing me for future knee surgeries
*My podiatrist who has given me weekly injections in my feet for neuroma's
*Texting everyone. In England I'll have a british phone and won't be able to text.
*Being able to watch the upcoming BYU football season on tv

I'm going to miss everyone! Utah will always be home for Cambree and I and I can't wait til I'm able to visit again!

Busy little bee....

Cambree and I had just come back from a fabulous lunch with my good friends Jerrilynn and Kristi.... Cambree had charmed their with her irristable smile.. she has the kinda smile that lights up the room. She gets this gleam in her eye and I swear no one can resist smiling back... so we walk into the house and straight out to the backyard. Cambree had walked possibly five steps out into the grass when she started absolutely screaming and she was down on her two palms... my first thought was that she had been stung by a bee...

So I carried her inside the house and thats when I saw that nasty little bee... it was waltzing around on her shirt. Naturally I start yelling at my mom to swat it off because lets face it, I'm terrified of bee's... so my mom swats it off and i stomp the crap out of that little guy. Cambree was still crying, and my mom was like freaking out as we stripped her down to see if she had been stung. That was when we saw three little welts on her legs! She had gotten stung THREE times!! I felt so awful!! And I was amazed that she could have been stung multiple times in such a short time!

Well we made a baking soda paste to put on her and gave her a tinsy bit of benadryl and she did just fine luckily. I was so sad though... of all the luck.. we are outside 5 seconds and she gets stung! Seriously I hate hate hate bees, hornets, wasps, yellow jackets! UGH!!!!