Molly & Joey

Just a few more pictures!

2011-07-28T16:01:00.010-05:00

I finally downloaded my pictures from 4th of July week-end to now. Here are a few from our crawfish boil and then a few of Molly and Joey playing in the crawfish pot and eating their first snowballs. They LOVE snowballs...but Joey had a tummy ache that night...so we won't be getting too many more of those.

And I just uploaded them all backwards...and not going to fix it. So the pictures are snowballs, then crawfish pot, then crawfish boil. ;-)

Here they are waiting for me to put them in their swings. I guess they got tired of standing, so they laid down under them. Silly kids!

Summer Time!!

2011-07-12T18:09:00.011-05:00

It sure has been along time since I've posted anything! Sorry about that...hopefully I will do a better job from now on.

A few things have changed since my last post. One thing: I got a job working at the clinic while MoJo are at daycare. So I still have every Friday thru Sunday with my babies, just three days a week for only a few hours each day to clear my mind and be around other adults. Next thing: We bought a fishing boat. And LOVING IT! Well sort of! Billy does take it out a lot (on either Saturday or Sunday and he's entered every fishing tournament), which means more alone time with me the kiddos. Which usually results in me losing my mind at some point. Going crazy. Calling Billy to get home as soon as possible and then a few beers later...I'm good to go!

If I can figure out how to down size my pictures on this computer then I'll add a few from the past few months. Molly and Joey are growing up so fast! I sure wish time would slow down just a bit...especially since we are done having babies. We only get to experience everything once!

Easter at Sarah and Jud's

Easter in Austin with the Freeman's

Here we are with the Crane's in our new boat! :)

Here we are at Conner Savino's birthday party. Taking a little ride on the train. :) Good Times!

Joey and Billy's legs at Kinsey's birthday party. Billy was a clown. Most adults didn't dress up...but you can always count on one adult dressing up for a kids costume party. Usually it is either Billy or Sarah. hahaha

Grandma and Molly

Wearing a bucket and laundry basket on their heads...anything to entertain them. :)

Kids riding on the trencher with their Daddy.

Kids playing in the trench.

Molly wearing Joey's sunglasses

Molly was cracking up at Joey every time he went down the slide.

Swimming in their first new swimming pool of the summer.

Taking a break, eating some fruit snacks and drinking some juice!!

Ooops...guess I should have made them take a nap earlier. Fell asleep while eating dinner. :(

Molly running after getting off the slip n slide.

The picture didn't turn out too good because the camera was inside and when I brought it out...the lense fogged up and I forgot to clean it off before snapping a few pictures. Cullen and Joey had a great time playing on the slip n slide together.

They are eating their first Oreo's and LOVED them! A little messy...but very delicious.

Toddler Beds

2011-03-14T09:58:00.003-05:00

I have decided to change Molly and Joey's cribs into toddler beds. Lately I have noticed that when they are ready for bed they go into their room and try to crawl up their cribs to get in it. I knew this wasn't going to be easy but I thought I would give it a try. I love SuperNanny. I watch it all the time and try to use some of her techniques. So last night I used her bed time technique...and OMG...it worked! It took about an hour of Billy and I sitting at the foot of each their beds and putting them back in it every time they would get up. But they finally gave up and fell asleep. We were so excited and so proud of ourselves and our little babies. They fell asleep around 8:30 and between that time and the time I went to sleep, Joey fell out of his bed twice. He barely made a fuss when it would happen. I just went and put him back in bed and the rest of the night was great!
And I just put them down for their morning nap and it was a little more difficult without Billy here to help...but they are both sound asleep and it only took about 25 min. YAY!!!! Hopefully after a few nights and naps like this we won't have to sit and wait for them to fall asleep.

"Trying" To Take A Nice Stroll With The Kids

2011-03-03T15:28:00.003-06:00

So this past Monday I was playing outside with the kids and they kept trying to climb into their stroller. So I thought, okay, they want to go for a walk. I loaded them up and started to walk down the driveway to our mailbox. About halfway there, they both started crying and fighting to get out of the stroller. I decided to go ahead and go all the way since I hadn't checked the mail in a while. On the way back they were still trying to get out, so once I got to the turn that heads towards our house, I let them out...thinking they were just going to walk back with me. We had done this once before and it went really good. This time, it did not!! I let Molly out first, and as soon as I put her down she threw herself on the ground and started crying. I let her do that while I got Joey out. Once he was on the ground I picked up Molly and tried to put her back in the stroller thinking maybe she wanted back in since she got so upset when I took her out. But she got even more mad when I tried putting her back in the stroller. While I was trying to strap her in, Joey took off running fast towards 961. The wind on the prairie this day was REALLY blowing. Finally I got Molly in the stroller and started running after Joey. I knew I should have put the brakes to stroller on right after I took off running after Joey. I looked back immediately and the stroller was somehow still sitting in place. But once I got Joey and started to walk back to Molly the wind had picked up and the stroller started going the opposite direction. As I started to pick up speed to get back to it...so did the stroller. It was going really fast, I was thinking "Holy Crap, How am I going to catch it!!!" I took off running as fast as I could to grab the stroller, while carrying Joey. Right as I got closer the stroller it took a turn and went down the ditch...but I was able to grab the side of it before it flipped. OMG!!! I can't believe that just happened!! Lesson Learned!!! Do Not Let The Babies Out Of Stroller Until We Are Back In Front Of The House!!! Hopefully nobody saw that whole thing go down...but if you did...you owe me money for the good show we put on!! Hahaha!!

Day Care For The Twins

2011-01-28T09:45:00.006-06:00

Molly and Joey have started going to daycare. Yay!! They only go Tues., Wed. and Thurs. from 8:30 to 2:00...that is all the time I need to get stuff done around the house and errands taken care of. The first week was okay. Joey absolutely loved it. You would think he had been going there forever. Molly on the other hand...cries! The first day she was there she sat in a crib the whole time...it was the only place she was content. But the next two days she played and ate really well. BUT after just three days of being there, they were both sick. Two weeks later they are well and so am I. After just getting over a really sore throat (maybe strep) and two ear infections...I finally felt like getting out of the house today. Billy and I loaded up the kids in the wagon and cut across the field to The Braden's house. Played there for a little while then came home to play outside. Here are a few pictures of us playing today!

Something to write just for me to remember later on

2011-01-11T14:34:00.005-06:00

So on December 15th I finally went to see my OBGYN since having the babies. Probably should have gone a little sooner...but just couldn't find the time. So a year and 2 months later I finally went. During the doctors visit...I was completely shocked to hear what my doctor had to say during the examination. She informed me that one of the two cerclages was still in my cervix. WHAT?? You have got to be kidding me. I have been calling in with an issue I was having for the past year and never did I think that was going to be the problem. So thinking back to when I went to the hospital to have to babies...this could be the reason I laid up in the hospital for a week and a half after Joey's sac broke waiting to dilate. I was unable to dilate because my cervix was still stitched closed. All the times that a nurse or doctor would check me to see if I was dilating, how in the world did not ONE person see this bright blue string inside me? CRAZY!! Which brings me to the next thing. Thank God that Billy and I were not planning on having more babies...because when my cervix finally did dilate...it tore my cervix a little. Which means the next time it would be a little more difficult to stitch it closed.

On a more positive note: This is why there isn't going to be a next time. Billy and I had decided very shortly after finally having our 2 little bundles of joy that we had prayed for, for so long, that we were done with that part of our lives. We never wanted to see another infertility doctor again and I never wanted another spinal again. So this past December, Billy had a Vasectomy and we are going to stay a family of 4. Yay!! Life is Good!

FINALLY!! A New Post!

2011-01-05T13:14:00.010-06:00

Here are just a few pictures, out of the many, that I have taken over the past 5 MONTHS! Wow...can't believe it's been so long.

Cousin Zoey and Molly at Mindy Freeman's 4th Birthday Party

MoJo on the Slip 'N Slide at Mindy's Party

Here are Molly and Joey playing on the beach at Destin, FL. I forgot to pack our swim suits so we played in diapers and t-shirts.

Playing on the beach was a lot of fun. Unfortunately, only half the beach was left once Mo & Jo got a taste of it...They Loved Eating The Sand!!!

MoJo all dressed up and ready to watch the UT Football game. This was the day of Aunt Abby and Uncle Shawn's wedding... Destin, FL. Oct. 2, 2010

Joey, all dressed up and ready to party!

Molly, Billy, Me and Joey posing for our Christmas Pictures in Destin, FL. Thank You so much Cindy Lu!

MoJo dancing with Ramie Babcock at the wedding reception

Here they are at the Pumpkin Patch with all their cousin's from the Wendel side of the family

Pumpkin Patch

Joey at Carolyn and Brent Bubela's for the Wendel/Rioux Family Christmas

Mom, Sarah, Me, Billy, Dad and Tracy right before the Texans Game. Go Texans!! WooHoo

Nana and Molly, Thanksgiving at the Ranch. Molly sure does like to make some funny faces! (she gets that from her daddy)

Joey, Nicole, Me and Molly - Thanksgiving Day at the Ranch

MoJo swinging on a swing just their size at The Ranch (CCR).

Aunt Cindy always takes such good pictures of the kids. This is Molly on Christmas Day

Joey

Here is Joey with his cousin Zannah at Freeman's Christmas Day

Me, Molly and Joey at the Freeman's Bayhouse - New Year's Week-End

Obviously, I have more pictures to post. I left out 1st Birthday and a few others...but the kids are waking up so I have to finish this later!

Just Some Fun Pictures

2010-08-11T09:42:00.008-05:00

Joey Loves Crawling Into Baskets

Mo & Jo Playing In The Living Room! They Love Having Each Other To Play With 7-12-10

Robin Did A Photo Session With Molly For ICM 7-18-10

Here We Are Visiting With Pam Lester's (Morton) Family 7-19-10

Mo & Jo LOVE Bath Time! 8-6-10

The Kids Had Their First Taste Of Cake - Stone Staff's 1st Birthday Party 8-7-10

July 10th Week-end...

2010-07-16T11:11:00.006-05:00

I forgot to add these pictures to my last post.

Molly and Joey just love the float I have turned into a water play area.

Molly always tries to drink the water out of every pool she swims in.

Me and Molly

Little Miss Kylie Severson

Kinsey was being silly!

Logan, with his new hair cut. So handsome!

Joey...so tired.

Molly always falls asleep in her outside swing. Plus it was a long day of playing outside and swimming.

July 4th and July 10th Week-ends

2010-07-12T11:05:00.004-05:00

July 4th Billy and I had over our friends and family for crawfish. Thank you to everyone that made it out. I had a really good time catching up with all my friends that I don't get to see that often. We forgot about taking pictures until about 9:30 at night. Here are some pictures of everyone that stuck around that late.

Me and Mindy

Blake, Jason, Ashley and Mindy

Me and Blake

Me and Ashley

Blake and Mindy

Trey, Blake, Billy and Kyle watching the UFC Fights.

Everyone that stayed for the fireworks!

Rachel, Ashley, Wendy, Mindy, Christy, Amy and Amanda

Billy had a little too much fun and feel asleep watching the UFC Fights.

Our House

2010-06-30T10:15:00.006-05:00

I was just reading all my old blogs and noticed that I have alot of pictures of our barnhouse being built...but not complete. So here are some pictures of it finished!!

This is the front porch/carport

Porch on the right side

Porch on left side

This is the back porch, where we spend the majority of our time

Living Room and Kitchen area

Living Room and Hall to Bedrooms

Our master bathroom

Molly and Joey's Room

Molly and Joey's Bath

Our Spare Bedroom/Office (upstairs)

PICTURES!!

2010-06-28T21:34:00.009-05:00

It's been so long since my last post...I have lots of new pictures to show you all! Their are more pictures of Joey then Molly because he is so busy these days. Joey is crawling all over the place and pulling himself up on everything. Molly is trying so hard to crawl...but just hasn't been able to do it yet. Unfortunately she has her mother's temper and throws a huge fit after trying for about 30 seconds and then she screams her lungs out until I pick her up and put her in one of the saucers.

Molly Swinging

Joey Swinging

Molly And Joey Playing In/Under Saucer

Joey And Molly Playing!!!

Swimming At The County Club

Joey And Daddy Swimming At The Bay

Joey Falls Asleep Everywhere!

I had just got both kids ready to eat tonight, except I realized right before starting that they weren't wearing their bibs. So I stepped away for about 5 seconds to grab them and this is what happened...

Molly And Joey: 6 Month Doctor Visit

2010-05-17T14:58:00.001-05:00

MOLLY
Weight: 14.03 (10-25%)
Height: 25.75 (50%)
Head: 16.25 (25%)

JOEY
Weight: 15.15 (25%)
Height: 26.25 (50%)
Head: 17.00 (25%)

Here are a few pictures:
Daddy, Joey and Molly, watching TV!! We do this alot!!

Joey and Molly, swinging at Grandma and Grampy's house.

Molly and Joey went to the carnival to watch all their cousins ride the rides.

This was us watching the chicken chase or bull riding?? Not sure what night this was.

Molly, showing off her two front teeth!

Joey, showing us how can grab his feet!

This morning we all got into the swimming pool. It was nice a cool!

Joey liked it!

Molly LOVED it!

Joey's Surgery

2010-04-30T10:43:00.002-05:00

This past Tuesday, April 27th, Joey had his ear tag removed and got circumcised. Everything went so good. We got to Texas Children's at 6:30 a.m., Joey went into surgery at 8:30, he came out of surgery at 9:45, was awake and drinking Apple Juice by 10:15, and we headed home around 10:45. We came home with him and he was acting completely normal...like he hadn't just had his ear and wee wee cut into. Strong little baby!! Wednesday was pretty good...but Thursday morning his bandage came off of his little penis and he was not happy about that. He screamed for about 30 minutes...and then the Tylenol must have kicked in, because he was pretty good the rest of the day. I am so happy that that is over with. He seems to be doing just fine today...doesn't even bother him for me to change his diapers. YAY!!! On the road to recovery!! It still hurts Billy to look at it though...so I have been in charge of cleaning it and changing all his diapers. Tonight I am leaving both kids at home with daddy so I can go to the baseball park to watch Casen's t-ball game at 6:00 and then Cullen's baseball game at 7:45. I hope Billy's stomach can handle it. :)) Good Luck, Honey!

Ty's 4th Birthday

2010-04-23T10:03:00.006-05:00

So yesterday would have been my baby Ty's 4th birthday. I usually try to stay pretty busy on the anniversary of his death. So yesterday morning I got up and went to a play date at Britni's house. Then I went to Flower's Etc. to get Ty's birthday flowers for the cemetery and took them out there. After that me, Mo and Jo went home, ate some lunch and then all took a good 2 hour nap. At 4:00 we ate and then waited for Billy to come home. My dad, Sarah, Joe, Suzy, and Shawn all came out to the house and we planted a Teddy Bear Magnolia Tree in his memory. I was given a Magnolia tree by Payton when Ty died...but that one didn't survive. I didn't want to plant it at our rent house and it took me about a year to finally decide to plant it at the ranch. It was already looking pretty bad when we planted it at the ranch and I don't think it survived. I know for sure it is gone now since there is a big pond where we had planted it. Guess we didn't pick a very good place or it just wasn't meant to be. Anyways...we have a new one and hopefully this one will survive. I pretty much kill every plant I get, so hopefully Billy and dad will keep it alive. Oh and Sarah said she would call me every year on his birthday and remind me to water it. :))

Here is a picture of Ty's grave site. Thank you to whoever put the red/pink and white flowers out there, a while back. Not sure if you read my blog but if you do...thank you!!

And here is a picture of us and the new tree!

And just a two pictures of Mo and Jo.
Joey is so tired...

Molly can make some pretty funny faces

Baptism

2010-04-19T14:54:00.004-05:00

Molly, Joey and Kylie were all baptized this past Sunday. Pastor Joyce from the Methodist Church is leaving June 6th and so Sarah wanted to get the kids baptized before she left. It was a wonderful experience that Billy and I will never forget. I want to thank my good friends Ross and Mindy for joining us, along with our parents and my sisters Tracy and Sarah and their families. Them being there made an already special day ever more special.

Pictures

2010-04-18T15:31:00.006-05:00

I have been trying to upload some of these pictures for about 2 or 3 months. Finally my sister-in-law told me to shrink them. So I did and now my computer was able to download them before timing out. Thanks Cindy Lu for that little bit of advice!!

Molly and Joey love getting in our big bed in the mornings and watching cartoons and mommy!

Molly makes some pretty funny faces sometimes. Not sure where she gets that from...I think The Freemans!!!

Molly and Joey always get so happy when they get in their stroller.

Molly...So Happy!

Joey...Good Times!!

We forgot to get pictures of the kids at Easter...so here we are on our way out the door. :))

Here are most of the kids at Easter...Kylie, Molly and Joey were all eating or sleeping and missed the group picture taking time.

Mo and Jo...Playing!!

Here is Molly grabing at her toy

Joey playing!

Rachel came to visit us while she was in Texas on April 16th. Her and her mom, Nancy, stopped by on there way to EC from Houston. It was so good to see her even if it was just for a few minutes. Thanks for taking the time to come see all of us. We love you Aunt Rachel!!!

Here is Mindy, Kendall and Ross at Kendall's first birthday party. Thanks for inviting us. I had lots of fun visiting with everyone there that I hadn't seen in so long.

Molly at Kendall's Bithday Party

Joey, Playing in Kendall's walker

Joey loves his bath time. Molly didn't get pictures taken of her because she wasn't happy about getting a bath that day.

Visiting Aunt Cindy In Austin

2010-04-13T14:52:00.006-05:00

Lance is out of town for a few days so me and the kidos loaded up and headed to Austin yesterday. We have been very busy since we got here. Yesterday we walked to the park with all the kids to let them play for a little bit...even Mo and Jo got to ride in the swing.

Then this morning after Charlie and Ben went to school we went to take some pictures in the bluebonnets.

Here are a few pictures Aunt Cindy took of Mo&Jo:

I have to tell everyone that I have some wonderful news to spread about a good friend who has been struggling with infertility for many many years. Jennifer and Randy Socha are expecting twins. If you are interested in keeping up with her and her family and this journey of pregnancy she is about to go on...you can find her on my friends list or go to www.bennielou.blogspot.com. I am so excited for them and can't wait to hear what they will be having...(b/b) (b/g) (g/g)?? Congratulations, Jennifer and Randy!!

In Our New Home

2010-03-19T19:47:00.002-05:00

Lots of changes since my last post. We are Fianlly in our new home out in the country. YAY!!!

I no longer have my 2 babies...Nooo I did not get rid of Molly and Joey. I decided Griffin and Rocco needed to go to a home that could give them the attention they have been begging for ever since the other babies entered our world. Griffin has moved back to South Street with Eugene and Dee Bustamante and they have a little Yorkie, Sophie for him to play with. Rocco is living in Wharton with Marla, a lady that my aunt Jill works with, and she has a one year old Pomeranian for him to play with. Hopefully they are very happy...it has been too hard for me to call and check on them, especially Griffin. I have had Griffin for a little over 7 years and that was a very hard decision to make. I just hope they are getting lots of attention from their new families.

Molly and Joey are doing great. They love the new house and having Grandma so close to us has been wonderful. We went to see the doctor for their 4 month visit the other day and Joey now weighs 13.9 lbs. and Molly is 11.11 lbs.

Other family news:
My brother-in-law, Shawn is getting married. He proposed to his daughters mother, Abby Cartwright, in December 2009 and they are getting married in October 2010. We are all so excited for them and can't wait to go to Destin, FL. for the big day. That will be Molly and Joey's first real vacation. They have also decided to move to El Campo. They will be moving into our old rent house, that Joe and Suzy own, on South Street and I know it will be a great change for their little family.

I don't have much time right now...just wanted to give a little update...but next time I will post pictures of our growing babies!

Weight Update!

2010-02-15T11:49:00.009-06:00

They went to see a Pediatric Surgeon on Feb. 4th. Joey now weighs 13 lbs. and Molly weighs 11 lbs. They are really starting to grow now. Joey will be going under the knife for his circumcision and to remove his ear tag and Molly is getting her ear tag removed also. A little nervous but I know they are going to be in good hands at Texas Children's. Here are a few pics!

Molly and Joey in their Camo!

Molly

Joey

Molly with her sunglasses. She actually liked them! Yay!

Mo and Jo, Chillin'! Thanks for their Valentine Bear's Grandma and Grampy! Love 'Em!

Here they are in the Valentine's Outfits from Nana and PapPap

Photo Shoot!

2010-01-21T23:11:00.003-06:00

I tried to do a photo shoot with the kids the other day. DID NOT GO WELL! I got a few of Molly before she started fussing and then a few of Joey. Then here are just a few other pics.

Okay...so my computer is taking too long to download my photos for some reason. Going to bed. Maybe I can get the rest on here this week-end.

Mother Of Twins Prayer

2010-01-15T16:08:00.002-06:00

This is a poem that Dory Labay had on her blog and I just loved it so much I wanted to post it on mine!

Mother Of Twins Prayer

There's two to wash,
There's two to dry,
There's two who argue,
There's two who cry.
One's in the mud,
Having a ball;
The other holds a crayon...
Another marked wall.
Some days seem endless,
My patience grows thin.
Why did God choose me,
To be a mother of twins?
The answer comes clear-
At the end of the day,
As I tuck them in bed,
And to myself I say...
There's two to kiss,
There's two to hug,
And best of all
Thank You, God, for two to love.

Wow! My Babies Are Growing!

2010-01-15T15:22:00.005-06:00

Joey and Molly playing!!

Molly stares at Joey alot while they play...but I don't think Joey even knows Molly exists.:)

Joey watching the Texas/Alabama football game!

Here we are about to head Aunt Jill's wedding!

2 Month Doctor Visit

2009-12-29T19:12:00.011-06:00

We had a great day at the doctors office. Wow-Wee are my babies growing! Molly is now 8 lbs. 10 ozs. and Joey is 9 lbs. 12 ozs. They got 3 shots each and only cried for about 5 seconds. I have been so busy lately that I haven't posted in a little over a month...but I have added some pictures from the past few weeks.

All dressed and ready to go to Thanksgiving. This was their first visit to Grandma and Grampy's house to meet all their cousins on the Wendel side then to the ranch to meet the cousins on the Freeman side. It was a busy day for all of us.

Joey and Pap Pap

Molly and her oldest cousin Zoey

Molly and Joey are NOT liking the Bumbo seats just yet!

Molly and Joey getting burped by their Daddy! Awe...

Santa came to visit Molly and Joey before heading to a party.

Joey, exhausted from trying on all those Christmas outfits.

Molly, also tired of trying on outfits.

Just chillin' on the couch one afternoon with Mommy! We do this ALOT! :)

Aunt Cindy's Photo Shoot With Molly And Joey

2009-11-24T09:47:00.003-06:00

Joey (L) Molly (R)

Joey (L) Molly (R)

JOEY

JOEY

MOLLY

M & J: 3 Weeks And 3 Days Old

2009-11-22T18:12:00.008-06:00

Molly and Joey are ready to visit the ranch for the first time!

Pap Pap holding Joey and Kruppa Dawg holding Molly

Our Barndominium! Getting Closer...

2009-11-21T16:34:00.004-06:00

Billy's Barn Area With Spare Room Upstairs

Living Room And Kitchen

Living Room And Kitchen

Laundry Room And Kids Bathroom

Outside That Faces Garners And Bubelas - Part Of Our Ginormous Patio! :)

The BAMBINOS Are Home - Nov. 16th

2009-11-18T14:53:00.005-06:00

Things are going great! Absolutely Perfect!!!!!

Pictures!

PICTURES!

2009-11-09T10:11:00.013-06:00

This is me the night before delivery

Cigs

Daddy, Joey and Molly in the OR right after delivery

Mommy, Daddy, Joey and Molly in the OR right after delivery

Mommy holding Molly for the first time!

Mommy holding Joey for the first time!

Mommy, Daddy and Joey in the NICU

Mommy and Molly doing Skin to Skin

Daddy and Joey doing Skin to Skin while taking their first nap together.

Mommy with Joey and Molly together for the first time since leaving the OR. This was amazing getting to hold both of them together. Even if it did only last about 5 min.

Joey about to go to sleep on Sunday, Nov. 8th, as Billy and I were leaving the hospital.

Molly about to go to sleep on Sunday, Nov. 8th, as Billy and I were leaving the hospital.

Babies Have Arrived

2009-11-05T15:25:00.006-06:00

Okay...so the babies have arrived a little early. With this blog...I am going to talk about how the babies came into the world, how terribly wrong everything went with my spinal, how the babies are doing and how I am doing.

The Birth Of The Babies

It all started on the morning of October 29th at around 7:00 am. I noticed that morning when I went to the restroom there was a little more "red stuff" then normal. So called a nurse to come look. After she took a look she said she was going to call a Resident to come check me out. At that point I texted Billy (I would have called him, but my phone didn't work in the hospital room). I told him that he may want to start heading back to the hospital...I was about to be checked out by a Resident and I told him why. This was only the second morning out of the 8 nights we stayed in the hospital that Billy woke up at 3:30 am to go to work. All the other times he stayed all night and all day with me. So at around 7:45 am the Resident showed up to examine me. Right away...she said, "You are in labor! You are already dilated to 5 cm.". What? That can not be...I had not felt one contraction and I was there all alone. Mom and Suzy were on there way or just about to leave...but I knew they weren't planning on leaving EC until around 8:00 am. So they were just leaving town. The nurse was like, "Your husband should make it here in time. How far away do you think he is?" When I told her an hour and a half...she said, "oh yeah...he is going to miss it." At that point I freaked out! I texted Billy right away and said, "You better get here quick. Haul A**. They are getting me ready for a c-section and then taking me to Labor & Delivery!". Luckily the first ultrasound machine they brought in to see what position the babies were in wouldn't work. So that took a little time...to go find a different one. When they finally came back with a working machine they did the ultrasound. Joey was still head down in my cervix as usual...but Molly was sideways. Which was no problem since I was doing a c-section anyways. The doctor that was on-call was in a meeting so until she was done they didn't want to move me to L&D. At around 9:00 they started taking me out of the room and there was Mom and Suzy about to come into my room. Relief...They made it! I wasn't completely alone anymore. So then I went to L&D and they started to get me ready for my spinal. At that time...right when I was about to get the spinal...Billy poked his head in the room. All the nurses were telling him he wasn't allowed in there at that time...but he didn't care. He made sure I knew he was on the other side of the door waiting to come in and help deliver our babies. It was so good to see him and I was able to relax a little more. So I am in position for the spinal and the anesthesiologist tells me I am about to feel a little pinch and then some burning from the medicine. Boy did I feel the medicine. I nearly jumped right off the table. I felt something shoot down my left leg and into my foot. So painful at first but then immediately the numbing started to kick in. No more pain for the next 7 hours. It was amazing. Dr. Timmins said, "Here is Joey!" I heard a smack and then his first cry. A minute later, Dr. Timmins said "And here is Molly!" I heard another smack and then her first cry. It was the best sound in the world. I just started to cry. Then they took them out for a second for the NICU team to check them out. They wrapped them up in blankets and Billy brought them both in for me to look at. I gave both of them kisses, took some pictures and then they were off to the NICU. I got stitched up and then went to recovery for about 2 hours.

Finding Out There Is A Problem

Okay...so here is it 7 hours after delivery. I was up in my room with my family (Mom, Dad, Tracy, Sarah, Joe, Suzy, Shawn and Abby). I was standing up for the first time about to get in a wheel chair to go see the babies in the NICU. I noticed when I sat down that I was starting to get this terrible headache. But I was determined to go see Molly and Joey. Billy was wheeling me down to the NICU and Sarah and Tracy were with us. Sarah noticed my head was hurting pretty bad and mentioned something about me possibly having a spinal headeache...but I thought, no way...this was going to go away. I thought I was just really stressed because of everything that had gone on that morning and me just thinking about my last pregnancy and there was just so much going on in my mind...it would go away after I saw the babies and maybe after a good nights rest. But I went to see the babies and it didn't get better. It just got worse. I got to hold each of them for about 20 minutes and then I had to get back to my bed. By the time I got to my room I could hardly open my eyes. So I took a bunch of pain medicine Thursday, Friday and Saturday. Friday morning around 11:00 an anesthesiologist came in to do a blood patch. That will usually heal a spinal headache. So he did it around 11:00 and around 3:00 that evening I went to see the babies. Got to hold both of them for about an hour each and got to feed Joey. My headache was gone and I thought I was cured. That night I went to sleep feeling great. Saturday morning...I felt okay when I woke up. I took a shower and started to get ready for Amy and Wendy to come and visit the babies. I was brushing my hair when I felt the headache coming back. I tried to ignore it. I was so excited to get to the NICU that morning to show off my cute babies to my friends and so I did ignore it for a little while. By the time I got to the NICU my headache was back in full force! Felt like the blood patch never happened. So I went back to the room right away to get back in bed. Mom and Dad came that morning also to see the babies and to see how I was doing. Billy took them to the NICU while I stayed in bed. I layed in bed all day and then around 6:00 that evening another anesthesiologist came in to do a second blood patch. At that time Joe and Suzy were there to see us and the babies. The anesthesiologist told me the statistics of the amount of women needing these after a spinal and how rare I was to even need a first one and then to need a second one. I guess I'm special. So anyways...I do the second one in the evening. This time I decided to stay laying down even longer. I thought maybe I didn't stay laying down long enough with the first one...so this one I decided to not go see the babies that night...wait and go in the morning when this headache is gone. Well...I woke up Sunday morning and the headache was back. So on Sunday I saw my first neuro-surgeon. He suggested me do a CT scan and a MRI. The CT showed that I had some blood on the right side of my brian. So that means that during the spinal the fluid dripping caused a dura hematoma. Crazy! So once they figured out what was really going on they put me on the correct pain meds and then released me on Tuesday.

I will update more later...tired of typing!

33 Weeks and 1 Day

2009-10-27T12:05:00.004-05:00

First I just have to say how proud I am of Billy for coming on here and getting everyone updated for me. I can't believe he was able to figure it out and do it...and yes...it's like you have all said...he types just like he talks.

So here it is my 6th day in the hospital...still pregnant, Thank God! Joey is doing great even though his sac broke. He is continuously creating more fluid and his heart rate is strong. Molly is just hanging out...doing good with a strong heart rate as well. I can feel her growing stronger and bigger everyday. Joey is still way down low with his head on my cervix. Don't feel him as much anymore , I guess because he doesn't have the water to move around as easily...but Molly has been very busy exploring all the new room she has.

For the first few days I was having all kinds of contractions. But ever since yesterday afternoon things have definitely slowed down. Last night was probably the best night yet...no contractions and the nurses took off all the monitors and let me have a good nights rest. In fact it's gotten so boring around here Billy woke up early this morning and went to work for a little while. He is also going out to our land to get things going. Our windows are in and so is all the material to get the framing started. Hopefully the framing will start tomorrow! My doctor came to talk to me today and said that everything is looking so good. She is going to find out what day Dr. Ivey (another doctor within her group) is on-call. She wants to do the c-section on either Monday or Tuesday so which ever day Dr. Ivey is on-call is the day we'll finally get to meet our new bundles of joy! So...by this time next week...they will have arrived! YIPPEE!!! So exciting. Everyone keeps telling me to enjoy this time and just rest...but that is almost impossible. Not only because I have been resting for the past 3 years after my last pregnancy didn't end good...but now I'm in a hospital room with a million RN's, PCA's, MFM's, and of course Dr.'s that come every 20 mins. to bother me and on top of all that I have Molly putting her feet in my ribs and getting them stuck there. At this point I am done resting...now I just want to meet my babies!

I want to Thank everyone for all your thoughts and prayers! We could not have made it this far without all of your support. Thank you for all the shout outs on Facebook and all the wonderful advice on how to get through this very stressful time. I guess the next time you all will hear from me will be after the twins are here and I'll make sure to post lots of pictures! :)

Thanks Again,
Love Billy and Christy

32 weeks and 2 days " the water breaks"

2009-10-22T10:23:00.002-05:00

This is Billy posting this blog, per Christy, she is resting. It was Wednesday, bunko night. I was thawing out a ribeye, & went out to cresent to show Blake P. The progress on the Barndominnium. When on the way back the wife calls to tell me she thinks her h2o broke. I assumed it was pee & instructed her to call her doc. Well, I'm back @ the hse. In 5 min. To my dis-belief Wendy Crane is parked in my spot!!!! Just kidding! Thank God! Wendy, Amy, and Tracy we're there. They we're life savers, I was lucky to have such well seasoned pros there. I wasn't prepaired for this, this early. Christy pretty much was, she was packed, I wasn't. For some reason she packed herself @ 30 wks., must of figured I'd just be naked. I really pretty much stay packed. So we loaded the rig and warped into st. Lukes, Hou. Joey's sack broke @ 8pm 10/21/09. The docs. Gave Molly & Joey some steroids, and Christy some dope to relax her muscles. She was only dialated 1cm., the doc. took her cercloge out around 11:00pm, just in case she goes into labor. In the a. m. We were moved to the Anepartum unit, to try and keep these babies in as long as possible. Tonight @ 9pm the kids get the 2nd steroid injection. This helps speed the growth of the organs. Even if Christy went into labor right now 32 wks. Is a long time for twins. They would be in the nic-u for 2 to 4 weeks, but will be healthy and ready for hunting season! Christy is doing fine, she's a tough Lil soldier. Spirits are high and we can't wait to see Molly & Joey! Joey has had his head pushing on Christy's cervix for months now & Molly is on top taking up all the space in the womb, pushing Joey out of the way. I think they are just excited for deer season!

It Was A Good Day At The Doctors Office

2009-10-12T18:06:00.003-05:00

Today was my 31 week visit with the MFM doctors and my OB. First they did an ultrasound on my cervix that measured 1.42". Not great...but that is right where my stitches are and they are holding up. My cervix seems firm and like it will hold strong for the next 5 to 8 weeks. Then they measured the babies. Joey is 4 lbs. and Molly is 2 oz. shy of 4 lbs. So the babies weights are GREAT! We have decided not to measure the cervix anymore, to just leave it alone, since it can't get any shorter due to the cerclage...and the next thing that will happen is I will just go into labor. My MFM doc and OB doc decided that we will take out the cerclage in 5 weeks, Nov. 18th and scheduled a C-Section for 39 weeks. They said if the babies come at 36 weeks...when they remove the cerclage the babies should be big enough that they will get to come home when I get released from the hospital. I asked her to give me the Steroid injections just in case they come early and she told me,"No. No reason to. Everything looks great and they will just see me in 2 weeks." Yippee! So excited. I can't believe it but I have only gained 18 lbs. and 8 of that is baby. How Crazy!
I am so excited that in just 5 to 8 weeks I will be home with my two babies. I don't care how crazy it will be and how much sleep I'm going to lose. I am so looking forward to hearing them cry and just having them to hold and kiss. I will finally have my little family that I've been wanting for so long and I feel so lucky to have found such wonderful doctors to make this experience a GOOD one.

My poor poor husband!
Billy went to the ranch this past week-end for what they call a "Work Week-End". Although I didn't hear about them doing any work...I did hear that they Bow Hunted Friday evening and Saturday morning. Billy called me Saturday morning after hunting complaining of a sore throat. He thought maybe he was getting strep throat. I told him if that's the case he may need to stay at the ranch or go stay with his parents because I didn't want him getting me sick. Then he called back that afternoon and said that his body was aching, he thought he was running fever, his head felt like it might explode and all the other flu symptoms you might get. So he was on his way to his parents house to get on their couch. I told him to just stay away from me and go to the doctor as soon as possible. He felt bad all Saturday, all Sunday and this morning. So he was finally able to go to the doctor today and sure enough...he has the flu. Maybe the swine flu...but since they treat the flu and the swine flu the same way...they didn't test him to see which one it was. They gave him a prescription for TamaFlu and sent him on his way. So my doctor said that I need him to stay away from me until all symptoms have been gone for at least 48 hours. He just texted me to tell me his temp is now 100.3, so it doesn't look like he'll get to come home until the end of the week. I know this is going to sound selfish...but how bored am I going to be this week? This sucks! It was bad enough being home alone all day by myself...but now...it is going to be all night too. Blah! :( I have to feed myself?! Oh well...I guess it could be worse. At least he got it now...before the babies are here. I told Suzy to make sure she disinfects everything of his before sending him home. So hopefully all the germs will stay over at The Freemans. :)

My Room Is Ready!

2009-10-04T16:26:00.013-05:00

Not Going Crazy Anymore!

So this week-end has been great. Billy has been home most of the time helping me get things in order. Not sure if I've mentioned this or not...but the past few months I have NOT been thinking very clearly. Suzy actually brought it to my attention the other day after she washed some of the babies clothes and other items for me, that I will need a place to put all this stuff when the babies come home. For some reason...I was thinking I was going to get everything washed...but then keep them in the gift bags so it is all together when we move to our new house. Once we get there I was planning on getting it all out and organizing it. But wait...the babies are coming here first...to our house in town. OMG! I was like, I need to get all their stuff organized now. And when I thought now, I meant...NOW! So all last week I was in a panic and this week-end I got it all done! Billy and I organized everything. We cleaned out the spare bedroom and cleaned out the babies dresser and night stand that I've had forever...they were filled with all kinds of crap and tons of clothes. Luckily my aunt Jill is having a garage sale next week-end...so all the stuff that I need to get rid of...she is coming to get from me this week. Then I sorted out all of the stuff that doesn't belong to me and now I have a clean room. SO EXCITED! I can't beleive I got it all done. Well almost. I have about 2 or 3 more loads of baby stuff to wash and then I'll be ready for my babies. The last thing I needed to put together for everything to be complete was the changing table. So I asked Billy to get the changing table out of our storage unit. I thought it would be nice to set it up and get it organized as well. But as soon as he pulled the box out...I saw on the side of the box..."Kiddie Table and Two Chairs". I was like, "No! That's not a changing table"...Babies R' Us gave me something else. So I had Billy open the box to make sure it wasn't what I paid for and sure enough it was a table and chairs. Mom said she would exchange it for us on Monday since she is going into Houston. Yea...after I get that set up...I will be ready.

(I started this yesterday and now I'm finishing it today. Just have to say that I tried to wash all the baby stuff yesterday, BUT...my washer broke. Not really my washer...I have this plumbing problem that I won't go into detail about. But it happens about once every other year. Now I am going to call Tupa's Plumbing and I hope they can come out soon.)

Billy's Man Shower

Very Fortunately and sorta unfortunately Billy's Man Shower was success. The fortunate part is that we collected over 6200 diapers. That is wonderful and I can't wait to see how long that will last us. The unfortunate part is that Lance, Billy's brother, and Billy had a bet that if we collected over 5000 Billy would have to wear a Depends Men's Diaper for the remaining part of the shower and for a picture for the Leader News. Of course Billy had no problem doing this. If it were up to Billy he would walk around naked all the time. So sure enough he put on that Man Diaper around 2 o'clock and wore it all day. He shot skeet, rode a dirt bike, played craps, watched a football game and ate dinner in it and loved every minute. I heard he even used a few of them. If I can find a picture I'll post it. It was really funny to me just thinking about him doing all those activities in a diaper but seeing a picture made it a little bit more funny.

(I did find a picture but Billy has asked me not to post it on here. Huh? That was strange to me to hear...but I guess he did have good reason. He said that if I put it on a world wide website...it might be harder for him to run for President of the United States of America later on. :) Hehehhee! Although I couldn't help myself...I did forward a text of the picture to a few lucky people (or UNLUCKY people), so to those of you who got it, enjoy!)

Here are a few pictures of our diapers in our storage unit.

This is what Eugene and Dennis got us. It is so we can hand wash all the cloth diapers they got us. They even put a wash board in there for us to use along with the rope and clothes pens to hang out the diapers to dry. Apparently they don't know me very well...that is WAY TOO much work. But it's the thought that counts I guess.

I am going CRAZY!

2009-09-30T18:06:00.002-05:00

I am now at the point where I am officially going crazy. I have so many things I want done around my house that I can't do and I can't stand it. Sooo...today I did some of them. I really wanted to clean my floors. So I swept and mopped them. I am washing my sheets and I can't wait to get into my fresh, clean bed tonight. I also am doing some laundry. I was almost out of towels. I'm not going to do the things that I really shouldn't do...but I sit in this house pretty much everyday...it really needed to be cleaned.

My doctors nurse called me today and told me that I failed my 1 hour glucose test I took on the 18th. So I get to go in on October 8th for the 3 hour test, AGAIN! This time I might see if someone can take me...last time I got pretty sick and didn't feel like driving all the way home...especially without eating in Houston first.

Our barndominium was on hold for a little bit due to weather conditions...but things are back on track now. Our barn should have walls by the end of this coming week-end. Then the fun part starts. Hope Kelly is ready! I'm sure he is.

That is about it for now. Other then going crazy...I am doing great and so are the babies. They are kicking none stop and making sure I know they are doing good. Makes me feel pretty good every time I feel one of them kick me. Reassures me that everything is okay with them and reminds me that I'm on bedrest for a very important reason. To make sure Molly and Joey stay in me long enough so that when they do come...they are far enough along and big enough to come home right away.

27 Weeks And 4 Days

2009-09-20T10:30:00.007-05:00

I went to the doctor on Friday. I did a glucose test, met with my OB, got a shot of RhoGAM and another ultrasound on my cervix and then measured the babies. My meeting with my doctor went good. We have decided that I am on light bed rest. Meaning...no standing for more then 30 min. at a time, no shopping, no nothing...just taking it easy. No problem! I've been pretty tired these days anyways. My ultrasound on my cervix showed that my cervix has thinned more. A good, normal cervix at this time will measure at 3+". Last week mine measured in at 2.2" and this time it measured in at 1.7". I will be going back next Friday to see if it has gone down even more. If it measures at 1.5" or less...then they are going to give me two steroid shots. Those are to mature the babies lungs for breathing...if they were too come early. They are also going to do some kind of swab that will tell them all kinds of information but the main result they want out of the test is to know if I will deliver within the next two weeks. They don't think I will...but this is just a precaution. The babies weights are great. Joey weighs 2.9 lbs. and Molly weighs 2.8 lbs. The only picture I have recently is of Molly. But it's a 3D one and unless you have someone point out to you where she is...it's really hard to read. Joey has not been cooperating...he had his head buried really far down "there", so we can't see his face. We can barely get a good measurement on his head because of where he is. I don't know what it is about my boys...they are just so impatient and ready to meet all of us I guess. Hopefully he'll wait a few more weeks. My doctors would like to see me go at least 5 or 6 more weeks. So cross your fingers and say a little prayer for us. ;)

As far as our barndominium goes...well, we are a little behind schedule due to all the rain and no road. All of our concrete is finally poured and the barn has started to go up. In fact Billy has them working this week-end and any other time it is dry enough to get out there. Hopefully our electricity will be going up this coming week and the barn part should be completed. IF the weather cooperates. :)I know we won't be in our barn house before the babies come...but I would like to get into it before they start sleeping in a crib. I am not setting up a nursery in our house in town. Just not going to do it twice! I have a Pack N Play that they will be sleeping in for the first few weeks in our room. Then...they will need our barn house to be ready...so they can sleep in their own room.

This is Billy and a guy from GCLS building our pier. Yes...those sure are some big poles! Billy doesn't play around when it comes to doing things. Go BIG or Go HOME!

Still building the pier! And that is pretty much how it has been left. :)

Here is the slab with the poles for the lean-to's.

Our barn...almost all framed out

Billy and Halle...just getting off the maintainer. They were working on building us a road before the rain starts up again.

MFM Visit

2009-09-11T15:48:00.003-05:00

Today I met with the other MFM (Maternal Fetal Medicine) doctor. They did another ultrasound and said everything looks good. The amniotic fluid is the same as it was 2weeks ago...and that is great. My cervix looks the same as last time also but he would like to see me on bedrest...not strickly bedrest...but some. He said that my cervix is holding the same amount of weight right now that someone carrying a singleton would be at 36 weeks pregnant. He said it is a lot of weight and getting to be too much for my cervix. The cerclage is doing great and holding strong. He wants to see me carry the babies for at least 8 more weeks if not 10. I am going to do my best to take it easy...but it's not that easy to do when Billy is out of state working during the week. But I do have plenty of people to do things for me around town if I really need them to. Just hate asking for help all the time. I go back next Friday for an OB appointment and then I need to figure how to get all my OB and MFM Ultrasound appointments in sync. That way I am only going in about every 3 to 4 weeks. The MFM doctors don't want me traveling more then neccessary and would only like to see me a few more times. After the appointment, Mom and I, went to eat at Gringo's in Richmond...mmmmm that was some GOOD mexican food. Think I have a new favorite place to eat. For a little while anyways! :))

Update From My Doctor

2009-09-01T15:56:00.004-05:00

Last Friday I went to my clinic for an ultrasound. I had a little incident the previous week and went to the ER at St. Luke's Hospital in Sugar Land. It ended up being nothing... but my doctor wanted to double check and make sure everything was okay. So last Friday I met with the MFM (Maternal Fetal Medicine) doctor who looked over my ultrasound pictures. He didn't sound too concerned about anything just gave us a heads up on what was going on. Used a lot of medical terms that Billy and I didn't really understand. What we did understand was that I will be going in every other week from now on to check on my cervix. Apparently when pressure is applied to my stomach my cervix was looking really thin. And there is a little more amniotic fluid then normal in both the sacs. Joey has more then Molly... but since they both have more then usual he wasn't too concerned. My OB doctor called me first thing Monday morning to go over everything the MFM doctor had told us. She put everything in terms we could understand. Basically my cervix is thinning and the membrane is starting to push through from the baby side of the cervix. She told me I need to take it really easy and absolutely no lifting. The cerclage is doing it's job and stopping the membrane from pushing through and the cervix from dilating. She said they will also be watching the fluid in the sacs to make sure Joey doesn't have too much more the Molly and just to make sure it stays the same. For now I am just happy to not be on bed rest. I started my new progesterone last night and it seems to agree with me. Makes me really tired and sleepy... but that's perfectly fine with me.

Update On Pregesterone

2009-08-17T11:39:00.002-05:00

My doctor called me back yesterday and said absolutely NO MORE Progesterone. She said that I was lucky to be at the clinic when it happened and happy my allergic reaction happened as quickly as it did. She said that the progesterone was just a precaution we were taking but is not necessary. Unfortunately there is no other alternative medication to put me on...so we are just going to hope that things stay the same and my pregnancy goes good the rest of the time without medicine. So far everything has been great...but of course this is going to be my worst week yet. I went into labor with Ty when I was 23 weeks and 3 days. Today I am 23 weeks exactly...so I think after this week I will be good to go. Just making it to this week has been crazy! I am taking it easy and getting more and more excited about what is ahead of us. :)

Our Barndominium Is Coming Along

2009-08-15T14:42:00.007-05:00

Just a few pictures of how far along we are on the barndominium! Not very far...but it's coming along.

Yippy! We have our slab poured. This is just the barn area...next week they will come and pour the slab for our wrap-around-porch.

This is some granite boulders that Billy got to put somewhere.

This is Billy and Blake...getting some food together for our BBQ tonight.

Happy I Survived My Injection Yesterday

2009-08-15T13:29:00.004-05:00

So let me just start off by saying that if anything is going happen to anyone...it is going to happen to me.

Yesterday I went in to get my Hydroxyprogesterone Injection just like I have done every Friday for the past 6 or so weeks. But this Friday was not like the others. I noticed right after the needle came out that I felt a burning sensation going down my left leg...the same side that I got my injection in. Then it really started to burn around the injection site. I tried to just ignore it because I figured it was nothing...they feel different all the time. This one was just way more painful then all the others. When I was walking past the nurses station to leave I tried to say good-bye to the nurses...but I started to choke. I figured I just needed some water, so I stopped in the waiting room to get a sip and that didn't help. So I started to walk out of the waiting room when I noticed something was terribly wrong. I thought I was having heart problems and I was sure my throat was closing. I looked down and noticed my arms were bright red and I could feel my face swelling. So I turned around and walked back through the door where the nurses were sitting and sat down in a chair beside them. Don't really remember what I said to them at that time...but I definitely let them know I couldn't breath. They immediately helped me to a room and gave me a shot of Benadryl in my other hip. It started working right away. Within 2 to 3 minutes of getting the Benadryl everything was back to normal. I feel very lucky that I was at the clinic when this happened and not at home with Billy giving me the injections. Who knows what would have happened. Today I don't even feel like it happened. My face is a little swollen but I feel great! I am going to make an appointment with my doctor first thing Monday for sometime next week to find out about continuing on with the progesterone or changing medication or what I should do next. That was one of the scariest things I've ever experienced and don't want it to happen again.

Gotta Love My In-Laws!

2009-08-04T17:00:00.002-05:00

Okay...so it's been a while since I've posted anything. And today I only have one thing to really talk about. It is the Freeman's new toy! A SCHOOL BUS! Joe bought a short school bus for the ranch. He thought, how nice would it be to have a vehicle with A/C and heat and plenty of room to take all his friends and family riding around the ranch...or wherever he decides to take them. This past week Joe and Suzy were so excited about their new toy that they made plans to pick up all their friends on the school bus (that was recently spray painted by the family in camo) and take them all to eat in Blessing at the American Legion. They first passed by our house (blowing the horn) around 6:00 or so and it was just Joe and Suzy...then the next time they passed by our house (blowing the horn) around 7:00 or so it was the whole gang waving and having a good ol' time. They had picked up: Caroline and Dick Ottis, Vickie and Ralph Gold, Zoe and Jim Bouligny and Mike Prasek. The 9 of them passed here heading to Blessing for dinner. It was a pretty funny sight to see. Everything went fine for them on the way there...but after dinner they had some trouble with getting the bus to start back up. Joe tried calling Eugene to go pick them all up...at who knows what time...and Eugene of course told them NO. But Eugene did call his neighbor for them, who just happens to have a Limo, to go pick them up from Blessing. The first trip out in the new toy didn't go as planned, but I think they all had a great time anyway! :)

Here is a picture of the bus.

My Glucose Test Results, Progesterone Injections And Our 18 Week Anatomy Ultrasound

2009-07-17T09:35:00.008-05:00

These past 2 weeks have been amazing and filled with so much good news!

I passed my glucose test...so that is great! I am eating everything and anything I possibly can and loving it!

I had my first injection last Friday and it wasn't so bad. Didn't bother me until the next day. I got the injection in my right hip and that made my right hip and bottom pretty sore for about 3 days...but it healed just in time for me to get my second one today! But it's not bad...I can definitely handle them.

And the VERY GREAT AND EXCITING NEWS!

It's a BOY and a GIRL!

We were so happy to hear the ultrasound tech lady tell us the news. We couldn't stop smiling and just wanted out of there as soon as possible so we could tell our family the good news. But I'm happy we stayed...we got to see our babies hearts beating, their legs, arms, feet, hands and everything else. So far everything looks great! We could not have had a better day at the doctors office. :)

Now here are some pictures!

Here is a picture of Joey and his... Yup...It's a boy!

This is Joey's face

Here is the picture verifying our little girl is in fact a little Girl!

Here is Molly's profile picture

These are Molly's feet

I tried to put an equal amount of pictures of each of them on here...but my camera or computer is not cooperating. It thinks that some of them are duplicates...so there they are.

Official Names and Weight as of July 15th:
Joey Christopher (11 0z.) and Molly Beth (9 oz.)

Our Land Is Coming Along

2009-07-09T17:50:00.008-05:00

I've been taking pictures of what is going on with our Barn/House...or as Suzy calls it...our Barndominium. So far we have just done alot of land work...but in the past couple of weeks we got our water well drilled and our temporary electric pole set up. The concrete guys are coming in about a week or 2...so things will hopefully start moving along a little faster.

Here are some pictures so far. Not really a whole lot to see!

The Pond Being Dug: Yes...it is Gianormous! A little bigger then we wanted...but we needed the dirt.

Dirt That Still Needs To Be Leveled

Dirt For Barn Pad

Our Water Well Being Drilled

Our Water Well

Our Land Leveled

Our Building Pad

Our Temporary Electric Poles - Just set today!

And Last...One of our rolling hills...This is Billy's favorite thing out of everything we have done out there. We probably have about 3 groups of them. :)

4th Of July Week-End

2009-07-05T17:06:00.010-05:00

This past week-end was the 4th of July. Billy and I had made plans last week to go to the bay for the 4th so we could be alone. The Freeman's were all going to Austin to visit Nicole, Bill, Lance and Cindy. Also, Suzy's sister, Trudy and niece, Katy were going to be visiting for the holiday week-end. Since they flew into Austin...Suzy figured it would be easier to just stay there. Billy was on-call over the week-end and I didn't feel like going and having to find a place to sleep. Plus Billy has been really stressed lately...I thought he needed a little vacation.

Before I really get to talking about our weekend...let me just tell you about a phone call I received Wednesday afternoon... REMINDER - I'm still on my diet at this time!

So here it was Wednesday at around 11:00 a.m., I had already eaten breakfast...everything except the egg and 2 slices of bread...just couldn't get them down. I get a call from my nurse and we start to discuss my diet...trying to figure out other things I can eat, that I like, that consists of all the different food on my diet plan. Then she asks me,"Are you planning on coming in on Friday for your test?" I was like,"Yes...that would be the reason for me eating 4 cups of veggies and all this other crap for the past day and a half." She replied with,"Well, the clinic is CLOSED on Friday. It's a holiday." OMG! I was so mad. So basically I should stop trying to eat my new diet and I will start over come Tuesday, July 7th. In a way I was relived to hear that. I already knew what I was going to eat for lunch like half a second after she said that. But then I got a little upset since I had already done the diet for almost half my time. I said something to my nurse that I normally wouldn't say if I had eaten a good breakfast and was in a good mood. But I told that nurse,"If I cold reach through this phone and slap you, I would. I can not believe I've been forcing myself to eat all this food for nothing." But after I ate the pizza rolls from Pizza Hut for lunch...I was fine. I was "Happy Christy" once again. So for the week-end...I was off my diet and eating all the things I love...like chicken spaghetti, Snickers ice cream bars and chips. (Oh and I even had a coke on the way home today :))

So as far as the week-end goes...it was for the most part pretty relaxing. Billy and I went Thursday evening. We hung out with the Bram's for a little bit and then went to bed. Friday morning Billy and Blake got up and went fishing and my sister, Sarah and her kids, came down for the day. They ate lunch and then got to swim for while and then headed home. Short trip...but a good one! That night we hung out at the Bram's again and then went home to bed. I went to bed before Billy and while I was laying there I heard an unfamiliar voice in the other room. Come to find out...Keith Beggs (a friend of Shawn Freeman's) and his girlfriend are at our house and need a place to sleep for the night. Okay...no problem! They stayed the night and the next morning they were gone. Until around 10:00 a.m. Here come Keith, his girlfriend and about 5 of their friends. Apparently they had planned on camping at Matagorda and decided not to. So they just invited themselves to stay at the Freeman's bay house, ALL OF THEM, Saturday night. They were there all day Saturday and that night. I lost my cool at one time...being that we were there to RELAX and they were clearly there to party. I walked upstairs at one time and I saw 2 people taking shots, 2 girls hula hooping in the living room, the music was blaring on the TV and my husband was cooking them all dinner. I got so upset and told them,"Thank you very much for coming and ruining my nice, peaceful week-end with my husband". Now...you would think that when you go somewhere to stay and you know that you are not welcome...that you would leave. Oh no! Not these people...they really didn't care if they are welcome or not...they stayed and continued to party. But Billy did make them go outside so I could at least get away from them in the house. A little later that night I was sitting on the couch watching TV (Top Gun) when Blake comes upstairs to inform me that Kieth was driving The Freeman's golf cart all crazy and flipped it. He almost went into the bay but luckily he didn't. The only thing that really happened was the roof of the cart was broke off. Billy repaired that today before he came home.

Our NICE - RELAXING week-end, didn't not end, like it started. Wish we could have had all day Saturday to ourselves...but no such luck!

Today Is Not A Good Day

2009-06-30T15:32:00.003-05:00

I told myself from day one...this is not going to be easy...but no complaining. This is a huge blessing for us and I will do anything and everything I have to, to protect my babies and get them here safely (after staying in me for at least 34 weeks). The surgery was no big deal...and I'm not that worried about the progestrone injections. BUT me, on a diet...not good! Now I'm just cranky and angry.
I am just having a really hard time today. I got a call from my doctor yesterday to hear that I failed my glucose test. :( I was supposed to start my new diet today. I got all the info yesterday on what to eat for the next 3 days (yes, just 3 days) and went grocery shopping and everything was fine. I didn't realize how hard it was going to be to actually eat all the items on my list. I never really knew how big a cup was until I filled it with 2 veggies I don't normally eat. So this morning I was supposed to eat 1 cup fruit juice, 1 egg, 2 slices of bread, 1-/2 cups dry cereal, 1 cup milk and 1 fresh fruit. The only thing I was able to keep down was the bowl of cereal. For lunch I was supposed to eat 1 serving of meat, fish, egg OR cheese, 1 cup of corn, 2 slices of bread, 2 cup of any green veggie, 1 fresh fruit and 1 cup of milk. The only thing I kept down was the grilled cheese sandwich and the milk. It's 3:00 and I'm not sure about trying to get the fresh fruit down. I really wish I liked veggies and bread. BUT I don't. Hopefully come Friday I will pass my glucose test and be done with this.

Life Is Great

2009-06-26T10:35:00.006-05:00

Now that I am in my second trimester...I am starting to get my energy back. Lets see...it's been a little while since I've written. This week was busy!

Sunday - My family got together at the Braden's house for hot dogs and to celebrate Father's Day!

Monday - Mom, Sarah and I went to Houston to go to lunch (PF Chang's)and a movie (The Proposal). Then Monday night us girls (Mom, Tracy, Sarah and I)ate spaghetti and played games. We played Clue (I won), Taboo (Tracy and Mom won) and then Balderdash (I think Sarah won).

Tuesday - I went to Houston with Robin. We went to (3) Hobby Lobby's, Robin was fitted for her wedding dress and then to dinner with Denise (Day Day) Wendel.

Wednesday - Houston again, I had a doctors appointment. At this appointment my doctor checked my stitches and said everything looks good...they are still in place. I also did my glucose test. Not bad...just felt a little nauseous about 2 hours afterwards. Should find out those results on Friday. But I did find out that my doctor wants me to start progestrone injections. They will do my first one during my 17th week and I will do one every week until I'm 32 weeks. They said I can have Billy give them to me...but I might see if Sarah's nurse at the clinic can. Billy did give me my injections during IVF in 2007 and again in 2008...but that was in the stomach...these are in my hip. Not sure about letting him do those? But we will see.

Thursday - Went to Splashway in the morning with Halle, Amy & Addy and Wendy & Morgan. We had a great time with the kids. We got home around 2:00 pm. Took Halle back to daycare and then I came home to rest up before getting ready for the CCA Banquet. Got home around 10:45 last night and went right to sleep.

Friday - Woke up at 9 o'clock with Roco sitting on my pillow and licking my face. What a great way to wake up in the morning! Today and this week-end I plan on taking it easy. Although later today I am going to Britni's house for Twin Lesson 101. She is going to give me another book to read and help me with registering and any other info I may need.

My Friend Rachel

2009-06-17T14:43:00.005-05:00

Just have to share some really good news I got the other day.

I got a call the other day from one of my very best friends...that moved away about 11 years ago and doesn't seem to want to come home. Rachel Childers Hawkins. She called to give me the most wonderful news. She and her husband, Chip, are expecting a baby and she is due a month after me. I feel like such a goober! I called her in May to tell her I was pregnant and I just went on and on about myself as usual...of course she wasn't going to tell me her good news anyways...since she had just found out...but how weird that I would call her to tell her my news and she had some news of her own. I am so excited and wish she would move home so our kids could grow up together. But that is just wishful thinking! :) Or is it? I know you read this Rachel...get your butt back to TEXAS! I miss you!

If you want to read more about Rachel just click on the "No Really...This Is My Life" blog under MY FRIENDS list.

Anyways...that was my good news!

Doctor's Appointment

2009-06-11T17:36:00.002-05:00

So today I went to see my doctor because of all the pain I was in last night. But apparently it is normal after my surgery (just because of the position they put me in) to feel lots of pain and it will continue for a few more weeks. She gave me some Tylenol 3 and with some Benadryl I should have no problem sleeping. The babies heart rates were good and strong. I did have some glucose in my urine today...so next appointment should be lots of fun...I get to test for diabetes. Other then that...everything looks really good. Nothing has changed since my surgery, so that was great news! So now I don't have to go back until the week of June 22nd. The clinic staff gets a whole week off from seeing me unless of course something else comes up and I feel I have to go in before that. Chances are good that they will be seeing me next week. Hahahha :D

My Surgery

2009-06-10T11:16:00.006-05:00

So yesterday was a long day. Billy and I got to the hospital around 7:30, we were running late as usual. I got all ready for my surgery that was supposed to happen around 9:30. But my doctor ended up having 2 emergencies she had to take care of before she could get to me. So I ended up not going in for the procedure until 2:00. At that point I was very tired, very hungry and very scared. They took me into the room...gave me the spinal and some gas to make me relax...it was all over by 2:25. Everything went really good. My doctor said it was a really good thing that we did the cerclage as early as we did because I was already starting to dilate a little. She said the first stitch they put in did not do the job so they added a second one that pulled my cervix closed tight. I will go back in about a week to make sure nothing has changed. If there is no change...then I will only have to go in as often as a normal pregnancy, but if it's not the same as she left it, then she will see me every week to make sure I don't go into pre-term labor again. My doctor did say that this is not our last resort. If for some reason this does not work for us...then there are several other options for us. She said she will do everything she can to make sure the babies don't come too early.

Today I am really sore and taking it easy. But for everything that I went though yesterday I am pretty surprised with how good I feel. I think most of the soreness is just from the position they put me in for the 25 minutes of the procedure. A little of the pain is in my stomach...very little though. So right now...I'm going to take some more Tylenol and go back to sleep. :)

Surgery Tomorrow

2009-06-08T11:18:00.003-05:00

I just got the best call yet. Dr. Vyas just called to tell me my blood test results... NORMAL! Yes! I am so excited. I have been a nervous wreck all week-end just waiting for this call. And finally I got it. But this means that tomorrow morning I will be having my cerclage done. Yikes! A little scared...but whatever I have to do to make sure this pregnancy goes better then the last then that is what I will do. Dr. Vyas said that the surgery only takes about 5 to 10 minutes to do...but getting there is that hard part. I will go in around 7:00 tomorrow morning at St. Luke's Hospital in the medical center. I will have to register and then do some blood work for the anesthesiologist. Sometimes they just to a spinal to numb my lower half and other times they have to put the mommy under. I don't really know what I would prefer...but I'm pretty sure I won't have a choice. It is whatever they decide to do. My surgery will be done sometime around 9:30. So right now I am going to eat up...since I have to stop eating at mid-night. That might just kill me right there. I am usually starving at 4 or 5:00 a.m. so this should be interesting. If anyone wants to cook me anything I really love and have been craving some chicken and dumplings, Mom. Just Kidding! :D

Our 12 Week Appointment

2009-06-02T10:08:00.006-05:00

Yesterday was our 12 week appointment. Yes Billy made it to this one. :)
We finally met our doctor along with lots of other people. My day started out like any other appointment day. My nerves got the best of me and I was sick all morning. But I was feeling a little better after eating at PF Changs.

We got to our first appointment at 1:00, that was with the genetics counselor, Jennifer Lemoine. She talked to us about a test we were going to do, a non-invasive way to find out about the babies having down syndrome or other problems. After talking to her I went to do my usual blood work and then the ultrasound. The ultrasound was amazing. We got to see them in 3D and they looked so cute. The baby on the left is now Baby A with a heart rate of 167. The baby on the right is Baby B with a heart rate of 161. They still aren't able to tell if there are 2 placentas or just one, but they're pretty sure it separates in the middle somewhere, making them fraternal twins. The ultrasound tech thinks Baby A is a girl and Baby B is a boy...but that is not definite...just her opinion. They looked like they were playing Peek-A-Boo at one time. Baby A had it's hands over it's eyes and facing Baby B. They faced each other most of the time during the ultrasound. So CUTE! The end result of the ultrasound...was that the babies looked healthy...no sign of down syndrome and there didn't appear to be any other problems. GOOD NEWS!

Baby B: Right

Baby A: Left

Next we went to meet with a nutritionist. She was really nice and wasn't too hard on me. Of course Billy couldn't wait for this part. He told her all the bad things I'm eating like: goldfish and peanut butter M&M's. She said that I could eat those things...as long as I eat them with a Fruit, Grain, Veggie, Meat/Beans and a Dairy. SO no problem...except I don't eat veggies or beans. The rest I can do. She did say that I am behind on my weight. Apparently I should have already gained about 12 lbs. and I've only gained 2 lbs. But now that I have something for my nausea and know exactly what to eat...I should start to put on the pounds. :) In the end she wants me to gain around 45 to 50 lbs. (CRAZY!)

After that I met with Dr. Moise. He is the MFM (maternal fetal medicine) doctor. He is basically the babies doctor. If we have any problems with the babies he is the one that does the surgeries. He does surgeries on babies while still in the tummy. Exciting to know that we have him around. He is also the twin expert. He will keep a close eye on us throughout the pregnancy and basically tells my OB-GYN what to do with us or give her his professional opinion. He is the one that told my doctor that we will be doing a cerclage at 13 weeks...even though she probably would have figured it out on her own. Which brings me to our last appointment...

We finally met with our OB-GYN at 4:00, Dr. Vyas. She is super nice and looks super young. Poor Billy got a little nervous I think...asked her if she would be the one delivering our babies and if she would be the one doing the cerclage...after she confirmed that she would be the one doing all those things...he proceeded to ask her if she's ever done one before. :) Poor Billy and poor Dr. Vyas...she said yes, of course, she has done lots of them. She assured us that she, along with the other 9 doctors in there group were all Attendings, not Residents. That made us feel more comfortable. So then we scheduled my cerclage for next Tuesday, June 9th. I got a little emotional after that...cried a little and then Billy called me a cry baby. So nice, right? Good to have his support. :)

Our Babies At 9 Weeks And 2 Days

2009-05-31T14:57:00.004-05:00

Ultrasound Pictures From May 13, 2009

This is baby on the right. This is the one that is always so active in the ultrasounds. He/she likes to be the center of attention. Obviously this one takes after it's daddy.

This is baby on the left. This one is usually hard to see and doesn't move too much for us. But we can always see his/her heartbeat!

My Family

2009-05-31T13:50:00.003-05:00

I had to laugh today. Tracy called me this morning and said she knows she jumping the gun a little bit...but her and mom have picked a date for my baby shower. :) Although it may be early...she does have a good point as to why we should have one around 25 to 28 weeks of my pregnancy. Billy really thought we were crazy when I mentioned it to him. But what does he know...right? After Tracy mentioned the shower to me...I was like WOW...it's starting to really sink in that I'm pregnant again. And this time I will actually get to have a baby shower and do all the normal things that people get to do when expecting. Pretty awesome!

So now I'm just watching TV (Police Academy) and waiting for dinner. I invited myself to Sarah and Jud's for dinner tonight. Apparently mom made them chicken spaghetti and I couldn't help myself after dad told me. So I called Sarah immediately to asked her when it would be ready and it there was enough for me. She said of course there was. :) Luckily for Billy...he went fishing today...caught him a nice big red fish and a couple trout. So he's eating that and I'm eating at The Severson's.

It's A GIRL!

2009-05-27T09:55:00.009-05:00

Well I am proud to say that I have a new niece. Kylie Cameron Severson, 7 lbs, 1 ozs, 21.25 in. long. Other then having brown hair she looks a lot like Kinsey did when she was a baby. Oh my goodness, I can not believe that I now have 12 nieces and nephews. 6 on the Wendel side (3 girls and 3 boys)and 6 on the Freeman side(3 girls and 3 boys). How crazy is that? And finally I have my own little people on the way as well!

My appointment went really good yesterday, other then my husband not making it. I met with the nurse practitioner, Kelly Leake, RNP, that will be there for us during the rest of my pregnancy...she was super nice, loved her paersonality. I also met with a lot of other people that I won't talk about. I got to watch some very boring videos and then I got to do another ultrasound. The baby on the right is always so active, almost looked liked he/she was doing the mashed potato or some kind of dance. The one on the left is really lazy. Not much movement out of him/her and always hiding behind the other one. Both heartbeats looked really good...so that was great to see! I asked Kelly, the RNP, about the cerclage and she said that my doctors want to do it at 13 weeks instead of 14 weeks. So sometime around June 8th is when that will take place. Next Monday, June 1st I will meet with my two doctors, Dr. Johnson and Dr. Moise both Maternal Fetal Medicine doctors, (they are opening a TWIN Center in the Baylor Clinic), then I'll meet with Dr. Vyas who will be my OB-GYN and last I will meet with a genetics counselor. I've been told that when I leave my next appointment I will be very informed about all kinds of different stuff. Looking forward to that appointment and finally meeting my doctors.

Today I'm not feeling very good. Think I'll hang out here all day and watch TV. Now back to the couch! :)

Sarah's Having Her Baby!

2009-05-26T07:02:00.002-05:00

When I went to bed last night I knew to expect a call from Sarah or Jud this morning. They were supposed to call the hospital at 5 o'clock a.m. to find out if Sarah could come in today to be induced, and that was the same time they were going to call me to come over and watch the kids. Well... my call came a little early. Jud called me at 3:45 and said that my services were needed. So I came over around 4:00 and Sarah and Jud were off to the hospital. Kinsey and I went to sleep in Sarah and Jud's bed after watching an episode of Go Diego, Go! Mom came over to Sarah's to help get the kids ready for daycare. Jud called at 6:30 and said Sarah was going pretty fast and that we should come to Houston as soon as we get the kids off to school. So now mom and I are just waiting for Kinsey to wake up and then we are heading that way. I am pretty excited... FINALLY... we will know what it is that we have been waiting so long to here. Will I have a new niece or nephew today... that is the question!

I have an appointment in Houston tomorrow with a Nurse Practitioner... not really sure what for... but I guess I will go and find out. After that appointment I will write again and let you know what Sarah had and all those details and I'll let you know how my appointment was.

2009-05-21T10:42:00.000-05:00

The Begining

2009-05-21T09:50:00.001-05:00

Thought this was a good time to start a blog. Wanted to keep notes on this pregnancy and also give my family and friends an easy way to keep up with us. Hope you all enjoy!