November is here!

Halloween was lots of fun, but I forgot my camera, so I have to wait for Kathie to upload all her pictures to show you my little Alice, Crew Chief, & Tinkerbell. They ate waaaaaaay to much candy, no dinner, and now Daddy has candy for a week. For those of you that miss the kiddos, here's some shots of the pumpkin patch.







Photography & Design month is underway, and I have a graduation photo session lined up this evening with my friend Ashlyn, which I will share tomorrow. I'm designing her graduation announcements too, so keep an eye out for those. Remember, if you want a photography session & card design in time for the holidays, email me at watsonfam2007@gmail.com!


Check out House of 3's Gratitude digital kits for all your Thanksgiving needs, like my blog background & header. They have cute printables for place cards for Thanksgiving dinner, and card kits to spread the holiday happiness.

Big News-Times Two!!!

We went to our ultrasound yesterday, and the verdict is in.



We are super excited (Braden is excited now too, it was just a little bit of a shock at first. 4 girls. Yikes.) Now we can get cracking on re-doing the kids rooms, pulling out clothes from the attic and sewing up new projects or our little twin girls. Please feel free to mail me any cute baby girl stuff you make. Or diapers. Or sleep. We're definitely going to need some sleep.

Fall Photo Session

Why is it that when I try to take my own kids out for a shoot, it all goes to hell? I can't get one picture where everyone is looking at the camera and not falling to pieces. We got 2 out of 3 in both shots.

Landen is straight IMPOSSIBLE to photograph. I couldn't get ANY good shots of him. La La is pretty hard too, but Peeps always aims to please.




We got a lot more photos to take this week and all next month, so keep checking the website for some updates.

Babies Update, Presents, and more fall

We went to another ultrasound yesterday, and lo and behold, everything is fine! There are 2 distinct sacs, one placenta, and 2 healthy, strong little babies hanging out in my belly. They are about an inch each, which leaves me wondering why my belly looks like it is housing two 5 pound babies already. Doesn't make any sense to me. And unfortunately, I have only gained one of my 40 pounds I am supposed to be gaining, so I'm not too sure about the belly situation. I think my body is shifting, so I walk with my hips forward already and I don't hold my stomach in all day, so it's kind of deceiving. I think I need a peanut butter milkshake. Oh, and the picture below is at 36 weeks. I am sorry, but that just does not look right. It kind of freaks me out.


Anyway, on to my present. Christmas came early for Rosemary & Braden, and we are IN LOVE with our iphones. I mean in love. I mean like we are texting each other nonsense all day just to use our iphones. It's seriously changing our lives. We have an ongoing scrabble game, that I am losing miserably, but it is so so fun.


And guess what! The Pumpkin Spice Latte is back at Starbucks. I got mine decaf & iced today, since it's 102 degrees, but hey, it's September. I have my pumpkin pie candle lit in my house, and I'm starting my pillows today. I'll share once I'm done.

Big News

Ok, so after calling everyone on the planet yesterday, I figured I needed to post this on the blog so everyone stays updated.

I went in for my 1st doctor's appointment Monday. He said I am due April 2nd and I have to get bloodwork done this week and get an ultrasound Tuesday.

I went in for my ultrasound Tuesday, and got one of those terrific wand ultrasounds instead of the rollerball ones that go over your belly. During the ultrasound (which happens to feel like someone is playing supermario brothers and the joystick is stuck in your body) my technician says, "Ok, what I think I'm seeing here. . . ."

I'm thinking to myself, "Oh crap."

"I think I'm seeing TWO babies and one sac."

Silence.

"Ro?"

"Yeah?"

"Did you hear me?"

"Yeah."

"Are you ok Ro?" (Everyone at the office is super nice and we're all old friends since I'm 3 kids deep, so I'm on a nickname basis.)

"Yeah."

She proceeds to point to the blobs on the screen showing me Baby A and then Baby B. 2 heartbeats. 2 bodies. 1 sac.

"What does that mean?" I ask.

"Well, it's not ideal. When there's twins, we like them to have their own amniotic sacs so they can't hurt eachother, but I've seen it turn out totally fine too. I'm going to get Dr. T and have him confirm what I'm seeing."

This woman has been reading ultrasounds longer than I've been alive, so I'm pretty sure she knows what she's talking about. So my doctor walks in and is cracking up because of course I would be having twins the last time I want to have a baby.

"Oh my gosh, Braden is going to DIE" he says. "Are you ok?"

"Yeah, I think I just had a panic attack, when I was alone in here, but I'm cool now." My doctor is awesome.

Basically I'm only at 7 weeks so we aren't 100% sure if there are 2 sacs or just one, but there are definitely 2 babies in there. I'm going in for another ultrasound next week, so the membrane of the sac might show up better next week. If there ends up being one sac, then I would be put at an extremely high risk pregnancy, which isn't great, but you get what you get when it comes with babies. The whole thing is called monoamniotic twins, (which would also mean they are identical- so 2 boys or 2 girls) and it's dangerous, but there is a lot of new technology out there, so it could turn out fine. We'll see how it goes, prepare for the worst, hope for the best, and hopefully welcome 2 new little peanuts into this Watson Family. 5 kids under 4 years old wasn't exactly what I thought would ever happen to me, but my motto is "You get what you get and you don't throw a fit." That motto also works on the color juice cup you are given.

Ok, I can't take it any longer

Princess La La's Birthday

Olivia's big day was yesterday, and man was she crabby. I guess its her party and she'll cry if she wants to. She was awakened with a hot pink feather boa and a silver sparkling faux microphone, which she didn't want to play with (but when I bought it on Saturday, she was playing with the samples at the store like they were the best thing since Soda Pop. hmph). She was in a better mood once she was served her chocolate chip mickey mouse pancakes with vanilla ice cream and whipped cream, but was superbly crabby when she was dressed in her new blue pettiskirt I spent hours sewing. Momma Suzy took her to Build a Bear to get her first bear, and she picked a Cinderella Doggy. She did fall to pieces when I wouldn't let her go in the splash pad in her pettiskirt, but once we went to Paradise Bakery for lunch she chilled out. Those chocolate chip cookies will do that to you. She threw a fit once we left because she REALLY wanted to got play in that water. Once I threatened to forget about Chuck E Cheese she forgot why she was even mad.
"Momma, look at me."
"What La La?"
"Look at my smile. I'm happy. I'm not mad anymore."
"Wonderful." I said.
I guess she didn't realize that I didn't care if she was mad anymore, because I was mad enough for the both of us.

We did end up going to Chuck E Cheese where she was flitting around like a pixie she was so happy. I actually despise Chuck E Cheese but at least Landen slept through the whole thing so Braden & I only had to chase around the 2 girls. All in all I had a crappy day, but the Birthday Princess had a great time and enjoyed an entire day of being really naughty and not getting spanked for it.

***EDIT** I forgot, Auntie Ashly actually did spank her yesterday. She doesn't care about the birthday rule.