Update on the Twins

I went to the doctors today and everything is going great. The first heart beat was 146 and the second was 145. I am measuring 22, and I am at 18 weeks tomorrow. I am going in for my ultra sound on Tuesday the 4th at 9:20 am. We are very excited and can't wait to see what they are and of course make sure they are healthy. After this ultra sound I will be having one once a month to make sure that everything is going well.

Spur of the Moment

Yesterday Blair got board so he got thinking of things we could do. So he decided that we needed to go canoeing, have a BBQ, and take our dog swimming for the first time. So, we did! We had a BLAST. Randy and Sandy would have had a blast too if they would have joined us in the boat. But they thought the side lines were best. Right when we got there Bella (our dog) jumped out and seen duck's. Well our fearless hunting dog was scared to death of the ducks, and for a long time she was terrified to go in the water. Once we got the canoe in the water Blair and McKayden set off

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Then Presley thought she was missing out on all the fun so she had to join in.

Bella and I started feeling left out too!!

Bella was a little much for me to handle on the canoe so we paddled back and dropped her off well she didn't think that was very nice and that is when we discovered that Bella was a great swimmer. As long as I was in the water.

Latter on after we ate Kara and her two boys joined us. You have to know Connor her oldest I'm pretty sure that he was supposed to be a fish. The kid sees water and has no fear. He will just jump in, put a canoe in the mix and you have one HAPPY boy!

Connor thought that it would be funny to splash his Uncle Blair with the ore. He was right we all laughed our butts off.

Kaleb had a good time to but the poor skinny little guy was so cold when we was done he's legs had turned purple. The kids swam and played in the water and wore there little self's out. We all had a lot of fun and we hope to go again soon.

California Adventures!

As all of you know Blair had to go to school in California for 5 weeks. Well he started missing us and we started missing him so we all decided that the kids and I would fly down there and spend a week with him as soon as his school was done. So I booked the tickets and the next week we were off. We got on the plane at 7:00 am and let me tell you I sure wish that I would have brought Presley's car seat on the plane with us. In about two seconds she had the seat belt figured out and kept standing up on the seat to tell the little Chinese girl behind us Hi. "the little girl just looked at her." After about an two minutes in the plane Mckayden and Presley were already watching Sponge Bob. Mind you that they didn't have any sound, but that didn't stop them. Presley really didn't like sitting still and I think that the flight attendants knew it because they got the drinks and cookies right out. After the kids had finished Presley decided that shereally didn't want to fall asleep any where but my arms. So I let her she slept all through the landing and nobody seemed to mind that she was not in her seat belt. " I think that they were just happy that she shut up." We got off the plane and got our stuff. I really don't recommend that you fly with two kids and be pregnant, and not check your luggage. It was really hard. Any way, Steve and Blair was there to pick us up and go to Tustin, where we would be staying. The rest of the day was great. After getting a nice nap in, we went for a swim in Steve and Vickie's "Blair's cousin's" The Next morning was another early one because we had to go all the way back to where Blair had been going to school. He took us on a small tour of his barracks, and of where all the WWII tanks are.

Tuesday we took the kids to see the ocean and play on the beach for there first time. We all had a blast. We build sand castles and as fast as we did a little blond Godzilla could crush them down.

I am pretty sure that Blair had forgotten how cold the water was and nobody thought to tell McKayden. That night we went to Disneyland and had a great time watching Fantasmic. We rode the Winnie the Pooh ride about seven times and then a few more different rides.

Wednesday the Hollingshead family went to California adventure with us all day. Until the kids started to get tired and hungry. Well the little ones anyway. Josh and McKayden wanted to stay forever. Where as the two prego's just wanted to get out of the heat. Later that night just our family went back to Disneyland to ride a few more rides and to watch the firework show.

Thursday was the last day at the Hollingshead house so we let the kids play until nap time and then we set off to Las Vegas. After a very tiring 6 plus hours in the car we got to our hotel at the Stratosphere Tower. If you are ever going to go to Vegas make sure you go and stay on a week day you can get a suite very cheep!! The kids went crazy over the room that we got. It was 18 floors up and had a strip view. Not to mention a tub that could have fit our whole family. McKayden called it a hot tub and Presley called it her swimming pool.

That night we went to the Excalibur to eat and show the kids around a little. We found a great Arcade/Midway and the kids played games and won tickets and prizes. We went back to our hotel and went up to the tower which is about 1,150 feet up in the air. I was a bit bummed because I really wanted to go on the rides but I didn't think that would have been a very good idea. I don't think Blair thought twice about going on them. So we just took in the view.

The next morning the kids went "swimming" in a bubble bath, and had a great time.

So after the bath a good breakfast and a long drive we made it home safe and sound.