Marathon!

Matt ran his first marathon today! He did an awesome job and finish at 3 hours 47 minutes and 30 seconds! Anna and I are so proud of him and got to cheer him on during the last little bit! Such an amazing accomplishment! I will post photos when we get home!

Appointments

Today was a day full of appointments! We started the day off with a follow up on Anna's ear infection. Thankfully the ear infection is gone but we are not out of the woods yet. There is fluid behind her eardrum that will be closely monitored in the coming weeks. If it doesn't clear on it's own she may have to get tubes in her ears. We are hopeful that it will clear on it's own and we won't have any more ear infections for a long time! She got three shots and after she got some love from Mom and Dad she was good to go again. Such a trouper!

This afternoon I had a doctor's appointment and, although there wasn't really anything new that we learned, it was extremely reassuring. We got to hear the babies heartbeats and ask our questions and find out about what is ahead. There are a lot more unknowns with this pregnancy that it does make it more stressful. We will go back in four weeks and then start on the ultrasound schedule in order to monitor their growth and make sure that they won't be making their grand entrance too early. :-) Lots of appointments to come.

Matt is a busy guy putting up with a crazy wife and busy Anna Banana! This weekend is all about him though! San Diego here we come! White lightning! :-)

More party photos

Here are some more photos from Lina's party courtesy of Grandpa Arnold. Enjoy!


Lina on the left, Anna on the right.

Lina's 2nd Birthday party!

On Saturday we went to the park to celebrate Lina's 2nd birthday! It is hard to believe she will be two later this week! Wow! Where does the time go? It was a fairy theme and all the girls got wings. Anna did very well with leaving them on. It was cute to see all the excitement!

Here is a photo of Anna sitting on the playground equipment.


And hanging onto Daddy

Lina and Julie were having a great time on the swings!

We all sang the birthday song as Lina waited to dig into those yummy cupcakes!

I love the look on Lina's face when she finally got the okay to dig in!

Yummy! :-)

On Sunday we went to the Strawberry festival and enjoyed walking around and checking everything out. On Monday we did some chores around the house and enjoyed going out for a walk Rufus. Anna had a great time and talked the whole time she was in the wagon. A great three day weekend!

Next Sunday is Matt's marathon! Exciting trip to San Diego!

"Photos"

The top photos is of both baby A and baby B. The bottom set has baby A on the left and baby B on the right.

Visit to the Barn and Ultrasound appointment

On Wednesday Anna and I went to the Avila Valley Barn to visit the animals. She had a great time seeing all the animals. She got to see lots of goats which seemed to be her favorite of all the animals, most likely because they were the only ones that would come close and let her pet them. :-)

The above photo was taken at home while we were waiting for Daddy to get home from work. :-)

Now...our ultrasound appointment went very well! We got to see both babies, and just like Anna they are camera shy! They turned their back to us for a while but eventually they turned and we got to see them. It is so reassuring to see them and hear their heartbeats. Everything looks very good and they are measuring right on track. We have some photos that I will try and remember to scan tomorrow and post. We have an ob appointment on Tuesday late in the afternoon so we should have another update then. Still working on nicknames that are gender neutral.

Happy Day

Just a quick note to wish Mom and Dad a happy 35th wedding anniversary! We hope you have a wonderful vacation in Arizona!

Happy Birthday Michelle! :-) Hope you have a great day today!

Next post will probably be Thursday after our ultrasound appointment. Yeah!

Niece on the way!

We just found out that David and Michelle will be having a little girl! Yeah! Very exciting!

Now, who do you think will have a boy or are all girls on the way? :-)

Can you say ugh?

Anna had her 15 month check up today! She is a growing girl, 31 1/4 inches tall (80th percentile) and 21 pounds, 6 ounces (30th percentile). Everything looks really good, except, she still has an ear infection. Yes, you read that right, she still has an ear infection (and has since at least the beginning of April).

Ugh!!!

She is now on a different antibiotic and we are very hopeful that it will do the trick and she will be feeling much better very soon! We just want our happy baby girl back! We go for a follow up on the 26th and hope that all is well then!

Bye bye

Anna has been saying bye-bye when we put her down for bed. Here is a cute video of her when she went to bed tonight.

Doctor appointment

Today we had a doctor's appointment and we got to see the babies for the third time. Yeah! They are both doing very well. Baby A is measuring 10 weeks 4 days, Baby B is measuring 10 weeks even. It was great to see their little hearts beating and just like Anna they were very wiggly. I am very nauseous and hopeful that when we get close to the end of the first trimester that it will lessen.

Our next appointment is on May 21st when we will get another ultrasound. Always nice to see the babies. After that our next ob appointment is on May 26th. They are going to keep me busy with all the appointments! :-)

Photos and spin round and round

This is a photo of Anna that I had been wanting to post. She loved playing with those Easter eggs.


Anna has started turning herself around on the sit and spin. Here is a video of Daddy coaching her along.

We got a couple of really good (and very happy) photos of Anna today. We hope she manages to stay germ free for a while!

Update

Anna is doing much better and only has three doses of the antibiotic left. Bummer for her because she loves the taste and is very excited when we give it to her.

She has passed on her cough to Daddy and Mommy. It is hampering Daddy's training (he is running a marathon on May 31st!) and making Mommy much more nauseous. We hope that it will be behind us soon.

I will try and get to posting a cute video of her playing with her sit and spin tomorrow. We have a doctor's appointment tomorrow and we are looking forward to getting to "see" the new additions! :-)