Non Baby News and Pics

We finally had the yard landscaped. Sorry the pictures are not a little better. I let the evening get away from me and lost most of the sun light.

Above you see the area on the back of the Great Room

Above is the area off the Great Room and Back porch Above is the area by our bedroom window Above is the raised area off the swimming pool

Above is the front left of the house

Above is the front center of the house

Above is the front right of the house and the tree that is so pretty but dead and needs to be removed :( I'm so sad. It's the biggest tree in the yard :(

The front yard to the right when leaving the house. The rock should help with the erosion problem

The entire picture :)

Everything turned out more beautiful than I could have ever imagined. I can't believe they actually did all this in just 4 days :) Spectacular. The pictures really don't do it justice. You can't see all the little vines and colors. It's going to be amazing in about 4 weeks when the vines have grown some. Hopefully I'll be able to post some more pics then.

Here are some pics of the shower from last weekend here in Texarkana. Sorry about the quality of the pictures. Brooke's camera is not working properly and no one seems to know how to fix it. I think it's time for a new one. I will check mom's this weekend to see if she has better pics and post them.

We started off the evening at Zapata's for mexican food with everyone!!!

To the right above Corey getting is Diaper Dude bag mom bought him. He told me tonight he wants to have Jerry Twins embroidered on it.

To the right is Corey receiving two Red Rider Daisy guns for the boys!!!

The girls headed to Suzanne's for dessert and gifts after we finished up at Zapata's.

Below are the Grandmothers figuring things out :) They are going to need to know how to work everything. They are both going to spend several weeks with Corey and I after the boys arrive. The Lord has truly blessed me with a wonderful mother and I've known that my entire life. He, also, placed Glenda in my life and she is a true blessing. I'm very lucky to have two such wonderful women to help us through the beginning as new parents :)

Suzanne ended the evening in the most special way. Each of us was given a Bible verse that had been printed and hole punched on a ring. Karen began us in prayer and each person read their Bible verse, which had Cage & Colt's names added to it as a prayer and Suzanne closed it. It was so special and again showed me how amazingly blessed I am to have her in my life.

Short Update...

We went in for a doctors visit on Thursday. We will be 30weeks pregnant on Monday. Everything went wonderfully! I had gained another 4lbs (same as the last two weeks). BUT, I only grown 1cm as apposed as 4cm last time...OPPS :) I blame Suzanne and the cupcakes from the baby shower last weekend....although she didn't force me to eat them :) I managed all on my own. I ask the doctor about it and he assured me I am doing just fine. He said I'm measuring 8months and have gained less than the average female does by 8months with one. Sounded good to me, until he reminded me I should still gain around 20 more lbs!!! WHAT? NO WAY!!! I can't stretch that much. That's only a few lbs less that what I've gained so far....eyes popping out at this point!

When we ask the doctor when he wanted to see us next he said two weeks. We were supposed to go to every week several weeks ago so I questioned him about it. He assured me we are doing great and he doesn't feel the time has come to see us every week!!! YEA :) Big smiles.

I didn't have a camera for the shower so Brooke and Mom took pictures. I will get their cameras, or one of them and post some pictures of the shower and the dinner. It was sooooooooo much fun :)

THANK YOU NATHANIEL....Sonogram Pics :)

This is the most recent picture of my belly. I will be 28 weeks on Monday and this was taken Friday night.

The above is what I look like from behind.

The above is me from the side.

Last me and the boys in the raw :)

Nathaniel found a way for me to scan with my new computer even though there's not a driver out for it yet so here are the pictures from our visit on Feb 24th when I was almost 26 weeks.

Cage posing for the camera above

Colt hiding in my ribs!

I can't really tell, but this is the one with Colt's head right at Cage's rear...the position they still seem to be in after todays visit. Two week after this picture was taken.

For those of you who have read the previous blog entry you heard about me measuring 31cms. We went back to the doctor today only 2 weeks later and I measured 35cms. YES that's growth TWICE as much as a single pregnancy. Keep in mind that after 22weeks a belly should measure in cm even with weeks of pregnancy and I won't be 28 Weeks until MONDAY!!! AHHHHHH :) I'm HUGE!!!

Side note: We have finally orderd bedding! YEA!!! It's not what we really wanted, but we never did find the exact material to work with what we had in mind. It's really cute and going to be great, though. We are now trying to wrap our minds around how to decorate with a completely different color palet than we thought we'd go with. It's complicated or I'd explain it in detail. It's brown, tan, blue (two shades) and green (two shades). I'll send pics when I get some of the finished product in several weeks.

25 Weeks & 4 Days

Here's the sonogram from Thursday: 25 Weeks & 4 Days Pregnant.

As you can see they are very active. Especially the first one you see which is Cage "Baby A" He is currently Head down and good to go. Colt "Baby B" is feet down and head in my ribs, however, and not good to go. The doctor let us know they will continue to move (ie roll and flip,but they will not, most likely change positions Baby A & Baby B). Colt may get to head down before I go into labor and if not then he may flip while I deliver Cage. And, if not then the doctor will attempt to flip him. If there's still no success I will have Colt via a C-Section. YEA! I might get to experience both types of birth at once :(

Speaking of Cage and Colt it was brought to my attention. That I have never fully announced their names on my blog....so here they are...... Randall Cage Jerry & Roger Colt Jerry. Cage is named after his daddy and pop (Randall Corey Jerry & Randall "Randy" LaFavor Jerry). Colt is named after his papa (Roger Don Hooten).

Below is little picture of my belly. It's a blurry because of the lighting and I cropped it. I will attempt to get a better one up, but we still don't have a camera :) We're working on it though. As you can tell I don't look like someone who is 5 1/2 months pregnant (this pic was taken well over a week ago). I will be 6months on Monday and I measured 7 1/2 months at the doctor on Thursday :) WOW!!! That's HUGE!

I will try to keep everyone up to date on what's happening as I progress to beyond big with the two little boys!

Update Specialist Visit...

Corey and I went to our specialist appointment on Jan 17th in Little Rock. It was a Level II Sonogram. I wasn't familiar with what this was until I was reading my multiples book. It explained it's a normal sonogram that involves different doctors and a specialized sonogram technician. It was very interesting. The room was very different from the one we have sonograms done in Texarkana. Corey was able to sit on the side of the room my head was on and we watched the entire sonogram on a TV. It was fun. It took close to two hours and over 200 pics of the boys were taken. End result...Everything looked great. They measured every bone and part of both boys. They were measuring around 3days older than they are. I don't know that it means anything but I am praying they don't get too big. I already feel stretched to the limit and I'm just getting started. My tummy is so tight and hard. Corey and I were laughing this evening about how you can swat by belly and it doesn't even giggle a little bit. My belly button has officially gone flat :( It was a really good innee and now it doesn't exist. CRAZY!!!
Corey was able to feel Cage for the first time on Monday night. He was patient and held his hand on my belly for awhile until he felt the kick. The look on his face was priceless. I loved it!
I feel them all the time. They are most active in the morning when I wake up, when I go to bed and in the late evenings. Cage is down low and he seems to be annoyed by any type of waist band...which is on everything even maternity pants (the soft stretchy ban over the belly still meets at the bottom where the jeans/slacks start). He particularly doesn't care for my casual house sweatpants which are all mediums and have way to tight elastic. Corey and I tried to find some today that would fit me, but they were all way too short. Nothing that fit in the waist went below my upper ankle. Victoria's Secret has some that work but they are really expensive :( Oh well, if pants are the greatest of my worries right now for this pregnancy I really have NO complaints :)
I still have no camera...and boy is that a story, short version Dad got ripped off by a company and now he and Nathaniel are getting disconnect numbers, yuck! Brooke is supposed to be coming here to work tomorrow and I will see if I can remember to get her to bring her camera and post a new pick. I'm HUGE!!!

The belly....just a few days shy of 4 months....17 weeks

I will be four months in about 4 days. I realize I look HUGE or maybe that's just me, but I have only gained 3lbs. I was really concerned for a while because of the belly growth and the lack of weight gain. My doctor assured me it is perfectly normal and I and the Boys are in great health. Corey and I head back to our doctor on Jan 17th (that's when we were supposed to find out the sex). After that visit I should start going once every two weeks instead of once a month. We are going to have a level 2 sonogram in Little Rock on Jan 13th. We will meet with a Geneticist and several other doctors at the time. I believe there are going to be 5 doctors and the sonogram tech in the room with us. The reason for such an involved sonogram is simply multiples. Anything more than one baby is considered high risk.

We will be posting again after the New Year for sure if not sooner. HAVE A VERY MERRY CHRISTMAS!!!!