Christmas

Christmas Eve, Bastien had a fever ..so we were kinda bummed out cause I had stuff planned for him, like frosting Santa's cookies and letting him open a present. But at like 7pm he was saying "tired"and "bed" and I asked if he wanted to go to bed and he's all "yeah" :(

I was hoping his fever would go away by the morning..but it didnt. He was really grumpy when he woke up. But we showed him the presents under the tree....and he cheered up right away!

I had been telling Bastien weeks before Christmas that we were going to leave cookies for Santa to eat. Since Bastien went to bed before we had a chance to frost them and leave them out...I didnt think he'd get it when he saw a plate of half eaten cookies out. But before we even said anything..he's all "Santa eat!" He's so smart! :)

We had a big lunch at Steven's sisters house. And then we had a big dinner at my parents later that night...so basically..I ate way too much on Christmas!

Vuna and Veronica

My sister Ana made everyone a slideshow of our family. It was cool cause there were some pictures I had NEVER seen of my parents when they were younger.

my dad and his twin brother David (my dads on the right)

my mom with her only sister MaDonna. (who was born when my mom was 18)

my dad was such a stud

silly..just like daddy.

I can already tell Bastien is becoming a "little Steven". He likes to make weird faces for the camera just like daddy.

No, I'm not obsessed with Twilight....I think

I have fallen out of love with the name River. Steven and I were talking about what names we liked and Steven mentioned that he really liked the name Jasper. I was like, "People are going to think we are way too obsessed with Twilight"

But It's not that I like the names BECAUSE of the book. I just happened to really like them while reading the books. :) (If that makes sense!)

So Steven is really stuck on the name Jasper. And it grew on me over the past couple weeks. So the twins new names are:

Embry and Jasper

Graduation!

Steven is finally DONE with Helicopter school! He went to Oregon yesterday to take his final test to become an instructor. His test was today and he just called me a couple hours ago to tell me he passed!!!!!

But now he will start applying to different silver state schools in the US to work as an instructor. There is a huge waiting list for the school here at William's Gateway airport. :( But I hope somehow we can stay here. We'd both rather stay here in AZ. So, basically we have NO idea where we are gonna move, right now. We obviously cant go anywhere until after the babies are born...plus some time after that for me to heal and adjust to this new life I'm about to approach:) So it'll probably be around March. But Steven and I are SO Excited that he's finally finished with school!

* Also, Congrats to Dawn's hubby, Ryan Davis who went with Steven this weekend to take his CFI test as well.

Bastien was SO excited this year about Santa. I thought maybe he'd get scared of him, but he wasnt. He actually looked at the camera and even smiled for me when I said "Smile, Bastien" ! I love how he is touching Santa's hand...Oh, and we just showed him that movie "Polar Express" I havent seen him this glued to a movie since he first saw "Cars". It has 2 of Bastien's favorites...Trains and Santa!

By the way, I had my dr. appt today and both babies weigh 4 and a half pounds! I cant believe I have 9 pounds of baby in me and still 5 more weeks to go!

There are 2 in there....I promise!

Everyone keeps telling me that it doesnt look like I'm having twins. But this is me 7 months with Bastien. And this is me 7 months now! (..gross swollen face...yuck...I cant wait to NOT be pregnant anymore!)

Temple lights

Bastien makes us stop in front of every house in our neighborhood that has lights when we're on our way home. He went crazy when we took him to the lights at the temple!

38 weeks!

I had to add 7 days to my little countdown thingee :( At my appointment on Thursday we set a date and the doctor told me 37 weeks in the beginning. But he changed it to 38 weeks! So my official csection date is January 28th. Oh well, I'm not too upset cause I guess the longer they're baking in there the better, right? I just hope my back doesnt break before then!

They (finally) chose an EDWARD!!!

I've been checking Stephenie Meyer's website almost everyday to see if they've chosen an Edward..and finally the wait is over!

Robert Pattinson ..he was Cedric Diggory in Harry POtter 4! I loved him in that movie! Once again, I never thought of him for the role of Edward, but I am pleasantly suprised.

He is pretty enough to be Edward and looks like he can have Edward's scary/dangerous side too:)

Here's what Stephenie Meyer said about him playing Edward:

"I am ecstatic with Summit's choice for Edward. There are very few actors who can look both dangerous and beautiful at the same time, and even fewer who I can picture in my head as Edward. Robert Pattinson is going to be amazing."

Baby update

Today I had another ultrasound but I forgot to bring my CD so I couldnt get them saved on my disc. But basically it was a normal checkup. They both weigh 3 1/2 pounds. They've always weighed almost the same exact amount, which I'm told is a good thing. Baby A (Embry) is breech, which doesnt matter in my case cause I have to have a csection anyways. But, that's why I've been feeling constant kicks on my bladder! My cervix is long and closed..good:) I hear most preterm labor medicine makes you feel so sick and nauseous! I'm really thankful that I'm not having any problems with preterm labor because Steven has to go to Oregon for 3 days towards the end of this month to take his final test for school. And bedrest would suck so bad. So far, this has been a pretty easy pregnancy for me considering it's twins. But, I have 7 pounds of baby in me right now...get back to me when I have 12 or 13 pounds of baby in me..i'm sure I'll feel different.

(note: NOT my belly...obviously, I wish this was my belly..I'm not one of those lucky sons of....who dont get stretch marks.)

my christmas list.....

We arent planning on having a big christmas this year because Steven has to go to Oregon this month to take his CFI checkride (his final test for school). And thats gonna be a pretty expensive trip, plus the test costs 700 dollars just to take! So I'm not really expecting anything for Christmas. BUT.... I watched the whole infomercial today on this "CriCUT" machine. It's an electronic cutting machine that cuts out letters, designs and can even do vinyl lettering! I've been thinking about starting scrapbooking up again (even though it seems so overwhelming with all my pictures!) But this would really make it fun. And, I think and cheaper, too. But if any of you have it , let me know how you like it. (maybe I could get it later...after christmas!) Here's the website : http://www.4cricut.com/

Bastien and Lana making a choo choo train.... Our First (& maybe last) Christmas in our house

HAPPY THANKSGIVING WEEKEND!

my new header...

I have finally learned how to make these digital scrapbook header thingees. My sister Ana has a program that is so easy called Memory mixer...which I think is going on my christmas list. It's alot of fun to do...and easier than I thought. I couldnt find any good Christmassy pictures to put in the header and we dont have a good recent family picture. So I just used a picture that I found recently from when we were dating. I think it was right after he came home from his mission in Nov 2002. Steven makes faces like this in about 50 percent of the pictures we have. And the other is a picture of Bastien at 8 months. He was scared of the lady trying to take his picture...but it made such a good one!

pictures of River (twin B)

Last ultrasound River was hiding behind Embry. But we got some good pics of him yesterday, and Embry was the one who was hiding this time. I've never had this many pictures of my kids before they were born! I'll have some more in a couple weeks:) But, they both weigh 3 pounds!

They chose a BELLA !!

Kristen Stewart is Bella! They casted Bella for the movie "Twilight"!! I never thought of her as playing Bella ..but she will be really good for her character. She's played in "In the Land of Women", "the Messengers" and " Speak". I'm glad they casted a GOOD actress for Bella. Now who's gonna play Edward?!!!!

Maybe only 6 weeks!

Today at my doctors appt my doctor said they will try to stop me from going into labor until 34 weeks..then if it did happen after that (which he says it does frequently with twins) He would just let me have them!! He said he just delivered twins at 34 weeks that were 6 pounds and very healthy. Crazy! 34 weeks! Thats in 6 weeks! I feel ready...but then I dont. I'm overwhelmed in alot of ways...not knowing what to expect with twins...or how I will handle it. But more than that I'm SO excited! I'll be 34 weeks a few days after Christmas!...so maybe they'll come around then!

I couldnt resist buying these...

These were TOO CUTE to pass up at the store. And he loves shoes that he can just slip on..like his crocs. He's been wearing these all morning. You can tell he put them on himself..cause theyre

on the wrong feet:)

And then I just added these to this post tonight....cause I cant stop talking pictures of him in them..and he's been wearing them all day!!

pregnant lady...? or beached whale?

Dont mind my insanely "swolen" face (Nice word for fat, right) ..I can tell you ...I'm not having ANY problems gaining weight anymore. I didnt start gaining anything until like 5 months along (cause of feeling yucky) and its finally coming...like a freight train. I cant blame all the weight on the twins, either...even though it's a nice excuse. They only weigh 2.2 pounds right now. But... only like 9 weeks left...so hopefully I can go easy on the ice cream until then!