Elysa's Dance & 26 week update

Lys is our little dancer. She loves loves loves to dance and perform, and she's really good at it too :) So we decided it was time to get her into dancing. We signed her up at Lashar's. She goes ever Wednesday from 10-10:45. We got to watch her for the last 15 minutes of her first class and OH MY HECK it was adorable!

I was so proud of her because she picked up really quick and (even tho I know she is VERY vocal at home) was surprised at how vocal she was in class. She participated in everything really well and talked to the teacher alot. 

She learned a cute little dance to a song called "Gold Fish" [ I REALLY need to post the video of her doing it]. I found the song for her at home and now she wants to perform it for EVERYONE. I was proud she remembered the whole thing too.

And of course, every mother deserves bragging rights.. right? Well I have to brag :) Lys's dance teacher told us she was so impressed by Elysa because she listened and learned better than some of the other little girls who have been there for months. So there is my proud mother moment :)

I forgot when you sign up for dance that's it's more than just signing up to learn to dance. You have to get the dance clothes & shoes and they aren't exactly cheap BUT she is worth it :) All the little girls had dance backpacks with their names on them so they knew where to find their shoes when it was time to switch so I decided to make Lys her own dance bag. She really loves Angelina Ballerina so we had to put that on her bag :) She has a dance recital in May and I am SOO excited for it. We got her little costume yesterday and OH MY HECK it is adorable!

I am officially 26 weeks now!

I know at times it doesn't seem like it, but when I look back, time sure is flying! These babies will be here before we know it! I've been told several times to just enjoy life as it is right now, and I sure am trying, but it is getting harder! I just want these babies here because it is so hard to not be able to hug my hubby or baby girl close, I am not allowed to pick her up anymore either which is soooo hard because I love her big bear hugs! I can't stand for more than 15 minutes without hurting to the point of tears. We can't go out much anymore [which is fine, it saves money right? ;) ] I do ALOT of laying on the couch, which is what my doc told me I had to do too, it gets old. THANK GOODNESS for all our winter shows or I would literally go crazy! I can't really craft or sew anymore because sitting up for too long starts to really hurt and I get contractions alot.

I have to say to my WONDERFUL AWESOME HUSBAND: I am so glad I have him because he has been amazing to me. He takes such good care of me, he cleans the house, does the dishes and laundry, organizes everything, gets Lys dressed and to dance class, goes grocery shopping.. literally.. he does EVERYTHING since I can't do anything. I DO NOT KNOW WHAT I WOULD DO WITHOUT HIM!!

As you can see my belly is getting HUGE. I have no belly button anymore lol.. the babies move like CRAZY which is the one thing I really love about this experience. I love feeling their little fingers brush around in my belly and feel their little kicks and punches. My belly literally looks like it's a jungle gym in there.. it shakes from side to side. It's fun to watch. :)

We had our development ultrasound on Tuesday and it was amazing! We got to see the babies in 3d and the detail! Oh the detail! It made me wanna hold them :)

This is Henry

He already looks like his papa :)

That cabbage looking thing covering his eye is Hazels head. She was being super shy and would not roll over for even a second so we didn't get to see her little face at all. I was a little bummed.

They are both looking great and healthy and are now 2lbs each :) So everything is going great! And I just love seeing them.

On the way home Lys was looking at the Ultrasound pictures and said " I AM SO EXCITED"

I couldn't have said it better myself!

24 Weeks and feeling very pregnant

I'm only 24 weeks and I am starting to feel like I am 34 weeks pregnant. Simple tasks are getting so much harder to do, like getting dressed, putting socks on, putting shoes on, standing for even just 5 minutes I get really light headed and need to sit down. Grocery shopping has to take only 20 minutes, no longer, or my stomach gets really heavy and my legs just can't take anymore. I feel like a huge whimp! But I know I can't push it either because these babies need to stay put for at least 13 more weeks.


Crazy when I think that that's all I really have left.. is 13 more weeks. That's when I had my first ultrasound and found out I was having twins! Now I am 6 months pregnant!


* Random note because I just sneezed. I HATE sneezing.. my whole belly tightens up and the twins don't like it either.. plus they really hurt now. Devin is  sure that that is how I am going to go into labor LOL*


I am CONSTANTLY tired. I go to bed at 9 pm, go to work for only 3 hours ( 9am-12pm ) come home and take a 2 hour nap and I am STILL exhausted and tired. We stay home ALOT now and just watch a heck of a lot of TV.. which I feel makes me more tired just lazing around.. but I can't move much either or else I feel worn out tired.. so it's a lose lose situation haha.


Oh I didn't post: The ultrasound for my lymphnode came back negative so I am in the clear :) Everything looked good.


Having even more horrible heart burn but Dexilant, my new prescribed medication, helps alot. Indigestion is less which is nice.


I feel the babies move ALOT ALOT ALOT. My belly jumps like crazy too and it's very visible. One is VERY low which is extremely uncomfortable because anything I wear just bugs that little baby and they'll kick kick kick at the waist band. And one is very high always kicking me in the ribs. They like to kick ALL day long and settle down at night which is good.. altho when I roll from side to side whoever is on that side kicks at my side I can only assume saying " your squishing me! Rollover!" but that's also a lose lose because whatever side I am on happens to be where someone else is lying lol.

And lastly.. we thought we were so firm on the names but we changed.. one last time [ at least we hope ]. Our little boy is still going to be:

Henry William Davis

But out little girl has changed from Emma Marie to:

Hazel Marie Davis

Reason for changing? While at Nanny's ( my husbands grandma's ) we found out that their was also an Emma in the family which made naming her Emma exciting because we are trying to use names that have family ties. While going down the family tree we found that Emma was Hazel's grandma who was Nanny's mom. If I am getting this right ( because that always confuses me ) It goes down the line starting with Emma:

Emma

( We can't remember the name that goes here )

Hazel

Nanny

ANYWAYS.. we heard Hazel and both loved it. We know a close friend naming their little girl Emma as well and we really are trying to go for uncommon names so we decided since we love Hazel so much.. lets switch now :)

So that is why we are going with Hazel Marie. Woo.. did you get all that!?

Ta, ta for now..