Peanut and Moose

    Wow! 5 months have flown by!  And here I thought I’d find time at least once a month to keep up the old blog!  HA!  That’s so funny!  Every mom ever is having a knowing chuckle right now.  The past five months have been a sleep deprived yet joy filled, glorious blur!  I am so utterly in love with these twins and they’ve become such a staple of my everyday life, I can hardly believe there was a time I thought I’d never have one child, let alone two!  There is so much I want to share and write about here; since the wee babes were born I’ve struggled with a chronic low milk supply, shuttled poor Peanut to many a hospital appointment for her hydronephrosis (which is not nearly as dire as the name sounds), watched them each grow and learn, reaching new milestones, cheered my husband on while he finished his flight paramedic training, and decided to go back to school myself and get my bachelors, just to name a few.  I’m sure I’ll elaborate on much of those in future blog posts but for now I just want to talk about these amazing babies!

Things that happen to "every" twin mom

-OR- don't believe everything you hear.

Like most first time mom's I read a lot about being pregnant when I got pregnant.  I read even more about twins and what to expect with a twin pregnancy.  Now that I have only days left of this pregnancy, I feel pretty comfortable saying that most of what I read ended up being a load of BS... for me.  I'm sure for other women these things happened, but it just goes to show how every woman, every experience, and every person is different.  My advice?  Read.  Read all you can, and ask all the questions you can, but be realistic and remember that no two pregnancies are the same.  The following is a list of things I read that were often presented as twin preggo facts that just weren't true for me.

Road Trips While Pregnant: Should you do it?

Don't be silly! The answer is NO! 

It's clear I'm not as good and regular at blogging as I used to be... and once these babies arrive, I don't expect it to become anymore regular, but whatever.  What can ya do huh?  Life happens.  A lot of life has been happening for us in the past month or so.  Read on to find out what this nesting mama has been up too!

Roses and Pink Unicorns

Let’s get real about pregnancy here for a minute.  I’m pretty sure I’m one of those annoying women that other women hate because I never experienced morning sickness, I’ve gained relatively little weight for twins, and I am truly awed by every little movement that these babies make.  I really do love it, but as I’ve entered the third trimester, there are some truths that ima spit real quick, because what is life, if you can’t laugh your way through the sorta shitty times?

A foxy little woodland mobile

-OR- how I got my crafting mo-jo back

So I finally got a little crafty for these babies and it turned out to be more fun than I had thought. So much fun that I finished my little project in a day.  I thought I would work on it slowly throughout the week!  I'll just have to make sure my next project lasts a little longer.

The best PCS so far

of the whole two we’ve actually done

As far as PCS’s go this one was smooth as butter!  The only thing we’re waiting on is the car and I’m almost afraid to speak too soon incase something goes wrong with that…

Babies in utero and PCSing

How is this less stress?

As we’ve prepared for this PCS and I look back at our first, I’m pleased that this one has been so easy (at least on my emotions) especially with the added “stress” of pregnancy.  I don’t know if I’m lucky or just that experience has lessened the stress , but between my pregnancy and this PCS, I can’t say which has been easier.

IVF and ICSI

The break down of the whole process

Was I taking a break?  I don’t know… things got crazy busy for awhile and I just kept putting off writing.  (Even though my last post was turning out pretty good… I might have to finish it and back date it)  But as the urging of a friend I’m picking it back up again.  With our new and amazing good news, there’s not a better time to start!!!  WE’RE FINALLY PREGNANT!

Space A Part Two

-OR- how to not hate your life until your name is called

In my last post I explained Space A, which was probably boring, but also necessary.  Waiting 4 days for a flight doesn't make much sense if you don’t understand the crazy rules and order that is Space A, but here I will tell you how I maintained my sanity (or barely managed to hold onto it, might be a better way of putting it).

Space A: Part One

-OR- how to understand WTF this chick is talking about.

When I left for the states I took the cheapest route available to me, which is Space A.  In the military world it has many names including hop and rotator, and for those of you who have no earthly idea what I’m saying, that’s OK.  I’m gonna break it down for ‘ya.

As I Suffer From Jet Lag..

I’ve realized I haven't written a blog post in MONTHS!  It’s shameful really, and yet not entirely true.  I actually wrote about the World Cup and what and experience it was and if I can find it I will publish it and back date it.

World Cup

or: How awesome soccer is when you’re not in the US

I’ve never been particularly interested in televised sports.  For a long time I wasn’t interested in sports AT ALL.  And then I went to a Gator game and I was hooked.  It was nothing like the Colorado high school football games, which I had previously used to gage weather or not I would enjoy any sporting event.  No, this was something entirely new, and I began to enjoy live sports.

Two Months Later…

It’s blog writing time y’all!  I have no excuses this time on length between posts… other than good old fashioned laziness.  But since my last post, much has happened; My first on location radio show and Amsterdam to name a few!

A Big Deal

I try to keep this blog upbeat and fun, it very much mirrors my personality.  I don’t like to dwell in the negative, and when I do, I try to at least find the humor in it.  “Happiness is a choice” is a phrase I’ve uttered more than once.  So I’ve been less than eager to blog about our struggles with infertility, but isn’t this a part of our life?  No one goes through life without their fair share of uphill battles and I am no exception.  Also, this has completely occupied mind for the past year, so it’s time I wrote about it.

March went out like a Lion,

A whippin’ up the water in the bay!

Boy have I been busy!  The musical just ended, we went to our first ball, hiked, climbed, camped and I’ve just undertaken a new volunteer position as a radio personality on AFN Bavaria (Armed Forces Network)!

Parkstein and Duolingo

Last Sunday, Cody and I went to the nearby town of Parkstein as part of our newly added “Sunday Walks” inspired by Germans, who walk, if not daily, ALWAYS on Sunday.

Doing Stuff and Things

Ice skating, ringing in the new year, rock climbing, and Prague have been the highlights since my last post.  I’m co-directing the high school’s musical and it has been occupying quite a bit of my time but I’m loving every minute of it!  Cody is nearing the end of his reintegration period, which means regular work days and a lot less four day weekends, so it will be back to normal soon around here.

Holidays away from Home

or “embracing the suck”

It’s been about 15 years since I moved away from home.  Home being my Mom and the little house I grew up in.  Since then she has sold the Colorado house and moved to Florida but when I think of Christmas, I think of that house and how my mom would put the tree in the same place every year.  I think of gathering at my Aunt Janet’s house on Christmas Eve and torturously waiting for all the grown-ups to finish dinner so we could open presents.  (I swear Uncle Dan got seconds just to give him self a laugh at us kids expense)

Welcoming home my Solider!

I could tell you all about how awesome it is welcoming home that long awaited loved one after days and weeks of anticipation, but lucky for me, I hired an awesome photographer who pretty much captured it all.  I’ll let her photos show you how awesome it feels!

This is just me being silly with Shannon but it makes me laugh

A Year in Germany

well a little OVER a year… ‘cause I’m always late

I’ve made my second turkey for my second Thanksgiving in Germany, which means I’ve been here just over a year and my, how time flies!