The Prego photo shoot

I have so many pictures that I want to post! My GREAT friend Dray came out to watch my kids while we went to Jamiaca and she took some pics of Me, my belly and the boys. I seriously LOVE all of them. I hate showing my naked belly but she made me and I really love them. I am going to post more because I have to! This is just a sneak preview. I have so many great pics that I wish I could post all of of them but I wont be that annoying :) Thank you SOOO much Dray! I just love you and appreciate all you do for me! Your the best!

Keeping the Garden Up!

Grandpa (Ben's dad) prides himself in his garden and he has been feeding us all summer. Vance LOVES to go work in the garden with him and help gather the food for us to eat. Seriously, he grows EVERYTHING and it is all delicious! There is Corn, Tamatos, watermelon, squash, broccoli, cucumbers, strawberries, rasberries, and MUCH more! The corn taste like candy! Tonight I has 7 peices of corn and I could have eaten more! I love that the boys love to eat all this healthy food. Vance woke up today and asked Ben if he could go work in the Garden. I have though about growning one at my house but I don't know why I would when I can go up the rd to Grandpa's and get all I want:) (also, I know nothing about gardening. We didn't do much of that in the AZ heat) The picture above is Brogan collecting pears that have fallen off the trees. Ben tought him to pick them all up and throw them in the field.

Squash, Tomato and Broccoli

Brogan and the Corn. Kind of a weird face?

Doctors and more Doctors

So, I guess from now on, my Thursdays will be Dr day! I have to see my OB every week and My Urologist and Nephrologist every month. This past Thursday was The OB and Urologist. It all went pretty well but it was such a task getting out of the house. I was so tired and sore by the end of it all. My mom spent the day with me and we spent 3 HOURS at the OB's office. I had to get labs done and an ultrasound. The ultrasound was fun because baby boy is getting so cute and chubby. I love being able to see him because it reminds me of how excited I am to actually meet him! He was measuring a little small but it said he was 2.6lbs! That seems big to me, But they said he's small:( The ultrasound also showed that my cervix is opening (duh) so Im just continuing to take procardia and Lay low to stop the contractions. I was hoping that I would go to my Urologist and he would tell me that I am doing so good and he wants to take this stupid tube out of my back! Not a chance! In fact, he kind of laughed at me when I mentioned it! The tube and bag will be there FOR SURE until the baby comes. UGH....... It's funny how before all this I would have just LOVED a day where I cound be in bed all day, but now that I have to, it is making me go crazy! I got my mom to take me to Target and Walmart but I regreted it after when I couldn't hardley sit up anymore! I am jsut going to try to obey the docs and hope that these next 6 to 8 weeks go by super fast. This picture is really lame because I took it with my phone, but he has such a cute little profile with lips like Bro Bro!

Almost meeting baby at 28 weeks...

Well I know there have been a lot of people wondering what the heck had been going on with me and the pregnacy.... WELL, Last Sunday on the way home from Jamaica, I noticed I had some Kidney pain but I didn't think too much about it. The next day, I noticed it just getting worse and worse, but again, I know that I have had so many kidney problems in the past that I tried to just ignore it. That night My contractions began so I got a little freaked out. I tried to tough it out but it became too painful to handle. By the time I got to hospital, my contractions were 7 minutes apart and everyone was freaking out. After, 2 different dugs, and a long night of torture, they finally were able to stop labor and calm me down bit. The next bit they had to figure out what caused labor and all the kidney pain. After one ultrasound, they told me that my right kidney was very enlarged, infected and blocked at the ureter, but they had to do more test to figure out exactly what was wrong. That night they did an IVP and saw that both kidneys are enlarged and the right one is pretty bad. Because I am pregnant, they really cant do much about it! The next day the took me
into surgery and placed a tube in my back that goes directly to my kidney to keep it working. They are hoping that this will hold off labor for a while and keep the infections down. The tube will stay there until the baby comes and then they will try and fix the problem, which might mean just taking the kidney out:( for now, I am stuck in bed and just trying to think positive. The doc just says to focus on keeping this baby in and staying healthy so thats what I will do! I am just so sore! I was so swollen in the hospital but it has all pretty much gone down. Lutheran Hospital was SOOO great! I loved all my nurses and doctors! My Mom has flown out to be with me for a while and she has been keeping thingd together pretty well. Ben has also been so sweet and wonderful to me! It has kind of been a group effort taking care of the boys but it has all worked out just fine! Thanks for all the prayers and concerns, it really means a lot! I will update more as it comes!

My Birthday in Jamiaica!

Before all the Drama happend with the preganacy, we went to Negril, Jamaica for my Birthday! It was so much fun! We went with Ben'd Brother and his wife and it was so nice to just get away for a while. We stayed at an all inclusive resort and I ate the WHOLE time! The food was so good!
Hello Jamaica!
Me and Ben by the pool

Date night on my B-day! I don't know why Ben is making this face?

Our friend Zookie! he sang to us the whole time!

This bridge was crazy! It was so scary

Awe... Ben and I on some mountain

The men loved the massages from the falls

Ben and his Bro Philip

Mayfield Falls... AMAZING

An overlook in Negril

Philip and Mckenzie

Mckenzie and Philip sent some fuys to our room to paint a rock for us... we thought it was nice until he asked us for 20 bucks! Real funny Philip!

The Resort sent us a cake for my B-day!

I think he was wet and and I wanted to stay dry?

Me and Mckenzie

Hev's Visit!

We were so happy that Aunt Heather came to visit for a week! The boys missed her SOOOO much! She is now married, so it was a little harder to pull her away from her Hubby but we are so glad she came! We did hair, had girls nigh and took a trip to Chicago. I wish she lived here because we have so much fun with her. Hopefully she will come back soon!

Weekend Trip

We tok the boys to Chicago for the weekend (we have been going hey love to get a lot lately) and we just took the time to relax and spend time witht the boys. They love to get away and stay in a hotel! They are always talking about going to a hotel! We found this cute park and let the boys play for a while.
Vance thinks this is how you swing! He loves it!

Why cant they just play safe?

this is why we have had stitches so many times;) Actually Vance is awesome at climbing on the equiptment!

this was a cool replica of the leaning tower! It is pretty cool!

Our swimming pool....

there are not a lot of pools out here in IN so we made our own. LOL The boys actually loved it! I don't know how they lasted so long because the water was freezing but I guess they were just happy to be in their "pool"! Good thing we have a bunch of these storage bins left from the move....;)

I asked what they were doing here and they said "warming up" pretty smart huh?

Soda-Pops

I was watching the boys outside eating their Soda-Pop popcycles and I just had to grab the camera. The were being so cute and nice to eachother! (a rare occation) I think that they were just enjoying the nice weather!

Brogan can't really handle the cold too well....

Vance the smarty pants.......

Everyday Vance tells me what he wants to be when he grows up. It changes quite often but most of the time he says doctor because he wants to "give people shots". I was asking him what I should be when I grow up and he said.... "Mom you are all ready grown up". So I said "Oh? so I'm just a mommy?" his response was "NO!! your a picture taker silly" Hmmmm I wonder why he says that? After that he asked me if he was growning and I told him yes and he said "like a strawberry?" Where does he come up with this stuff? I guess he thinks strawberries gorw fast? Who knows?