Merry Christmas Y'all

IGoodness gracious did it go by WAY too fast! 

Christmas was SO fun!!!!!!! I prayed everyday that I wouldn't go into labor on Christmas because I was so stinking excited about the girls' Christmas! Praise the lord, I'm still pregnant over here 37+2.  The most I've ever been pregnant *wink*. 

I mean, Christmas Eve started out opening a gift for Jolie. A tissue box my mother in law made, with tissues included. My girls ripped out the paper from the bag and said YAY!!!!! Paper towels and were jumping up and down. 

I mean. Come on. They freaking loved it. 

Baby Carlos ,the elf, yes you read that right- left them Elf Jammie's to wear for tech rest of Christmas Eve. 

Pretty much my fav. 

Cookies and milk for Santa. 

Santa brought them their stockings and a new chalkboard, dry erase board with paper roll. It's a hit so far! 

The little frozen chairs are from my momma and they are pretty much the girls favorite.

Christmas Eve was so much fun, Ella was super fast unwrapping where Bria took her time. Not surprised there.. 

I'll do a part 2 update soon! :) 

36.5 Week Update!

How far along? 36 weeks 4 days! 
Total weight gain/loss: 16 pounds total. Right before getting pregnant, I lost 16lbs, so I've gained it back. I'm 1lb off from delivering the twins. 

Maternity clothes? Eh, not really. I have a few pairs of pants that still fit, I wear a lot of yoga pants I guess & I wear my same scrub pants.. The shirts I do half and half. 
Stretch marks? I think I have a few new ones.. 

Sleep: pretty awful at the moment. I have heartburn like no other and I also have a sinus thing and it's just killing my sleep. Poor Andrew slept out on the couch last night because I was snoring. :/ 

Best moment this week: It's almost Christmas!!! I'll be 37 weeks on Christmas and I'm SO excited! 

Movement: She's pretty crazy.. Sometime she hurts she moves so much! 
Food cravings: Honestly,

Nothing.. Ice maybe? Diet Coke? 
Anything making you queasy ? Still some smells get to me.. 
Leakage: yes. Ugh 
Gender : Girl! Jolie Annalynn

 Labor Signs: Not that I know of.. It's hard to tell.. Haha 

Belly Button in or out? Top is out 

Wedding rings on or off? On 

Happy or Moody most of the time: Is exhausted a choice?! 

Weekly Wisdom: Im too tired to

Think of any. 
Milestones: Windows went in Jolies room!! And electricity! Next up, drywall! 

Impromptu work bathroom pic. I don't feel Ike I've dropped yet, I'm going to try to wear the same outfit from my 28 week picture and compare.. 

Renovation Update Part 1

People. 

I have an update.

That's amazing in itself!

We have framework and closets! 

This my friends is Jolies non existent nursery! Although it's semi existent! 

We have a closet framed and the room! Woot! 

This will be our bedroom

And this will be the space for the bathroom

The current entrance they use is right there so it will be a later project to be completed.. Opposite the bathroom will be a hallway, closet and a small little room where we intended for a couch/tv area, but it may end up more like a homework nook. We shall see. 

That's all the updates so far folks!

Hopefully ill have more soon! Friday is our dr appointment and I plan to ask lots of questions! :)

#joliesnonexistentnursery

I am Type A. 

I'll be the first to admit it.

So, naturally, I'm a planner. 

This baby currently doesn't have a room. 

& part of me is dying inside!

I've had ideas of her nursery for a while and things are starting to come together. I've ordered some things from good ol China that I think will tie the room together. Gold circles for the walls, butterflies, a few vases and jars, etc. 

I picked up the jars at Goodwill, I initially thought I would use them in my kitchen, but after contemplating,I thought they would look cute filled with hair bows and headbands.

I wanted to in corporate all the nursery colors in one. Done.

Now, I've been working on the crib. Of course, I forgot to take a before picture. 

But there's just started 

& one coat of paint for all. 

It's Annie Sloan chalk paint, so I'm hoping it pans out like all the blogs I've been researching. I've worked the past 3 out of 4 days, and then our garage is filled with junk until we make a dump

Run so I'm hoping to do a 2nd coat come Friday night. Fingers crossed. I want to say tomorrow, but I plan on taking some Christmas pictures for my sister and want to get a little crafty for that.. Then Thursday I should really edit them. 

Speaking of pictures, we got ours done at a tree farm! Im super pumped about seeing them because as always Stacey was wonderful even though it was cold!! A crisp 45 and wind chill factor made it seem colder. The girls eventually warmed up. & I think they got some awesome shots! I'm dying to see! 

Before: 

After: 

 & also life update:

We are officially an Elf family! 

I asked the girls what to name him. Bria mumbled something which I thought  was Cuddles. I said "Cuddles?" And she said no. Andrew said "Carlos?" And she said yes. So, Ella chimed in- No, it's Baby Carlos. 

Ok.

The next day she called him Tacos. So I'm questioning if it was Tacos all along. We may never know. They eagerly look for him every morning and it's hysterical! They always say "Whatcha doing up there?" So far, we've only hid him in high places so the girls definitely don't touch him. Would hate to lose the magic already! 😂

32 Week update

I took these pictures trying to decide on what to wear for our maternity pictures. I'm still clueless.

But that's a giant 32 week belly folks! 

Im exhausted. That's been the theme this pregnancy and it hasn't changed either. I'm even moreso exhausted than before. My back aches, and at the end of the day I have zero energy. I usually end up vegging out on my bed watching tv. My house and laundry have suffered but I really just can't muster up the energy, like, at all. 

Im 99.9% sure I have a hernia. I was coughing a ton! And I could feel it, I can pretty much push either the hernia or muscle back in around my belly button.. And the scar above my belly button from my gall bladder surgery doesn't help either.  

Besides all that, everything is going well. It's been a weird transition to basketball season. I think it's taken a toll on the girls. They were hard to put to bed yelling for daddy, etc and just fighting any type of sleep- nap or bedtime. It's slowly gotten better into week 3, but it's been an adjustment. Last week was kind of nice, I got to put them to bed by myself and I think that helped and we've managed a routine that we can continue later. 

In the meantime, my big girls are SO big! 

They talk and converse in full sentences and carry on conversations. Just yesterday, I called on my way home from work and Bria answered the phone 

"Hi mommy"

Hey Bri Bri!! 

"Are you coming home?" 

I almost couldn't speak, like- she knew what to say. I started to tear up right there. Andrew got on the phone after she mumbled  something else about the iPad and I said- did you tell her to say any of that? And she said nope. 

SO big! 

Hello Baby JoJo

QI suppose I should talk about this pregnancy a little more huh? Jolie will sure feel left out if I don't! 

We found out on Mothers Day! (Andrew said, what is it with you and all the holidays.. Twins- found out on Christmas!) Anyway, I had a feeling. I was TIRED. I didn't think I should be feeling that tired either. I was losing weight (lost 16 pounds) exercising, eating better and was even taking some vitamins which seemed to help my energy! So I immediately texted Andrew that I felt pregnant. He's like nope. I had taken a pregnancy test and it was negative. So I went on my way. I took another probably 4 days later, still negative. 

I actually went ahead and scheduled myself to get an IUD, we were going back and forth on the baby talk. We were talking about putting AC in our house. Yes,'it was built in 2007 and yes it doesn't have AC. So we were working on a financial plan for that. Estimates, etc. 

Monday was my IUD. I said they are going to make me take a test tomorrow anyways so I'll take one today, Mothers Day. Positive. Guess God answered that question for me! 

Immediately we started talking about our renovations. We had an addition above our stage we were going to eventually finish. Well, it just came sooner than expected. 

I wasn't really very sick, so I had a feeling it was just one. We went for our first appointment and again, we were right. One baby, due Jan 15th! 

I then realized how fun having an old ultrasound machine at my work really is. I love this picture of her! 

Around 14-15 weeks I came down with diarrhea. Like bad. I lost 11 pounds in a week. I couldn't eat. I felt like I could only stomach Diet Coke. The fizz. Yum! But I was in the bathroom a ton! I went to an urgent care, ER for fluids and Was referred To a  GI dr. And after multiple tests, I think they guessed colitis. Maybe pregnancy colitis, maybe not. Either way, I thought I might die. It was awful. 

After getting that under control, besides exhaustion (at 7pm I'm done for.. Even with a nap usually). I still have the symptoms if I drink before I eat- it's coming up. I've been plagued with a sinus issue for about 2 months now and sometimes I just throw up mucous. 

& the heartburn. Oh the heartburn. I'm really torn about this. Heartburn usually means hair, which if Im being honest. Bria's hair right now is divine! 

It's already layered and ombre'd, and gorgeous! It pretty much dries completely straight and in place and she has the cutest top knot ever. BUT Ella's little bald head was my absolute favorite!!

 So, it's hard. I am so curious though as to who this little babe is going to look like. So far, we think Bria. 

I'll be 30 weeks tomorrow! & after switching Drs at 20 weeks, I'm actually excited about going to my appointment! The girls LOVE going! It's adorable! Plus, they are really so good. 

Miraculously, I passed my glucose test by ONE point. I'm still shocked. So that means full term baby over here hopefully!! (Let's hope I didn't just jinx myself, gah!) 

Twin Style Trick or Treat

I just have to say one thing. I am even MORE pumped for Christmas now that Halloween is over. The girls totally "got it" and it was just magical watching them! I am beyond excited. 

We did one trunk or treat last weekend and it went okay. They were excited they got candy but seemed scared. 

They didn't even walk up to anyone until the last person. 

And I think it's just because she had crayons. 

We talked about trick or treat, candy, the song (ya know, trick or treat- smell my feet.. Which they have memorized and I looooove it) all week. They were pumped. 

We did Trunk or treat in our downtown first and they did great, still a little shy. I didn't get any pictures of that one! 

Then we went to my Mamaws. It's seriously a tradition, since before I was even born, my parents used to go just to watch their nieces in their costumes before they adopted me, so whose to mess with tradition. & as usual my Papaw dressed up. Last year he dressed as my Mamaw, his wife. This year, he was box man. Ella was terrified. I have a hilarious picture on my regular camera that I need to upload. It's epic. 

I have much better pictures on my dslr.. But Ella was terrified of box man. So this was pretty dysfunctional. 

We then went actual trick or treating and it was such a freaking blast. Once again all those pictures are with my DSLR and I will upload them soon. Kayleigh and Lylah went and it was a hilarious game of follow the leader basically. Kay first, then Ella, Bria and Lylah excitedly following behind. I didn't even have to go to the door of the houses, y'all. They just went! Ella must particularly love one of our neighbors houses, this is the 2nd year in a row she just waltzes inside without even thinking. It was so great! 

They happily came back home, and dumped all their candy out on the table to admire! We *tried* to combat daylight savings time by staying up later. Which didn't work, FYI. Up bright and early at 6am. (So 5am.) gah. 

If made for one long long morning. 

Which were filled with Pinterest activities. That took up a whole 12.5 minutes. Let me tell ya. 

Christmas planning is now underway now that Halloween is over. Yes, I love Thanksgiving and tradition and food but I want to look at my Christmas decorations lover too dang it!!