Baby K Update...22 week midwife appointment!

We went to the midwife yesterday and found out a couple of interesting things....I first want to mention that I LOVE our midwife. I love going to appointments. There is no waiting in a doctors office talking to a nasty receptionist. The house that they work out of is in Sherwood Park (about 45 minutes away). They have a beautiful..and I mean beautiful house on a family farm. It is covered in trees and the windows blow in the freshest air you can imagine. We get there and hang out in the front room...sitting on the floor...while the boys play with toys and crawl all over us and Heidi (our midwife). She just eats them up! 

We talk about things we need to talk about including any concerns we have. She takes my blood pressure and we listen to the baby. The appointments are always super relaxed and it feels like we are hanging out with an old friend instead of the women who is going to be delivering our baby. I LOVE IT! 

We found out a couple of things this time. We got back the "official" results from our ultrasound. Everything looks perfect! Baby K is growing at a steady rate and there are no concerns at all. We did find out that my placenta is anterior. This means that it is hanging out at the front of my stomach instead of towards my back. This does not affect anything at all except the fact that I won't feel the baby kick in the middle of my stomach that much. It is also hard for them to get a heart rate. We listened to the babies heartbeat through the umbilical cord for a few seconds. It is more of a "wosh wosh wosh" sound then an actual heart beat. They couldn't get Baby K to co-operate long enough to get the actual heart beat. No biggie though! 

Heidi also got the report from Dr. Romanovski ( the OB who took care of me and delivered the boys via c-section).  This may get a bit graphic. When you have a c-section, they have to stitch up your uterus (inside you), then your actual stomach (the stitches you can see). So there are 2 rows of stitches. Some doctors "double stitch" your uterus...meaning they do a line of stitches first, then they go back and do another line. This is all inside where you can't see. There would still be a line of stitches on your stomach that you can see. Our doctor only did 1 line of stitches inside and 1 outside. It is the doctors preference as to which one they do.

So...because there is only 1 row of stitches inside, it makes the incision more likely to rupture going through labour. What this means is that I will have constant monitoring during active labour. If the baby goes into distress, that means my uterus has ruptured and we will have to do an emergency c-section. The good news is that I can still move around and hang out in the water while being monitored! I am so happy about this. We can still have our water birth as well! If they have to do an emergency c-section, I will be knocked out and I will miss the birth. It is a risk we are willing to take. Dallas will be with the baby and bond with him/her until I am able to. 

We are going to stay positive (like we have been) and hope everything turns out ok and we don't have to have the c-section. But if we do, we have a plan. If I do rupture, it just means more stitches for me with no long term side effects. 

I think that is about it for now!




 

Baby K Update...20 week ultrasound!

We are half way there! Time is just flying by at warp speed! We went for our 20 week ultrasound to check on Baby K. I decided a week beforehand that I NEEDED to find out the sex of the baby. Dallas and I talked about it and we both agreed that it would be a nice change for me to be able to properly "nest" with this baby. We also flipped a coin (our "go to" for decision making) to see if we should find out or not. The coin said we shouldn't find out. I didn't care! I wanted to know!

Well...Baby K had other ideas! The whole time he/she had her (we will call her a "her" because we want a girl) legs crossed! I tried to change positions, and I tried poking my belly. Nothing worked! In fact, it made her cross her legs even more! We are taking that as a sign that she is being a  shy girl who doesn't want to show her girl parts to the wold!

They also told us that it looks like the placenta is not close to my cervix! This means we can go ahead with our VBAC water birth! We are both so happy about this. This news definitely trumps not finding out the gender of Baby K! I am so excited to have this baby and experience what it all feels like!

We have a walker!

No official unassisted first steps but I am still so excited! Dallas has been working with the boys on their walking. They are using their cars to help them. Today I got to sleep in and Dallas took the boys out front. I woke up to seeing my little Kennedy walking down the sidewalk! Here are some pics and a little video!

Epic Fail ~ Taking the boys to the park for the first time!

It has been 12 months and we figured it was time to take the boys to the park for the first time. I thought they would LOVE the swings! Boy was I wrong! We got to the park and put both babies in the baby swing. They fit in perfectly! I was so excited to see the smiles on their faces. I was facing Dylan and Dallas was facing Kennedy. I grabbed the swing..pulled it back and let go! Dylan started laughing right away! He was having the time of his life! Then Dallas told me to stop it...quickly! Kennedy was shaking like a leaf! Poor baby! I guess I swung them way too high! So we took Kennedy out and Dallas calmed him down while I pushed Dylan. Kennedy was so freaked out. Next we tried Dallas swinging with Kennedy. That didn't work. He was still upset. Then we tried to put Kennedy on the grass to play...that didn't work either. He HATES the grass! So we brought them over to the see-saw. He was kinda ok with that but he was still pretty miserable. So we decided to pack it up...after letting Dylan have some fun on the swings of course. On the way back to the car, Dylan had the biggest freak out ever! Apparently he didn't want to leave the park! What little monkeys!!

Here are some pics from our biggest fail yet!

We survived the first year of raising twins!!!

That in itself calls for a celebration! Was it crazy? Yes! Was it tiring? Yes! Was it the best year of my life? Absolutely!!!

I want to take a second to say how much I love and appreciate daddy d. There is no way I could have done this without him. He is my rock. He is an amazing dad and the boys and I are so lucky to have him!

Now for some picture fun! I want to show the boys over the past year...1 picture for every month! Here we go!!

June 2009

July 2009

August 2009

September 2009

October 2009

November 2009

December 2009

January 2010

February 2010

March 2010

April 2010

May 2010

June 2010

You have come a long way boys!

At this EXACT time...right down to the minute...1 year ago today...

Dylan was born!!! 

At exactly 3:17pm he came into the world. Weighing 5lbs even!!! 

HAPPY BIRTHDAY DYLAN BRUNO KYLE! 

At this EXACT time...right down to the minute...1 year ago today...

Kennedy was born!!! 

At exactly 3:16pm he came into the world. Weighing 4lbs 14oz!!! 

HAPPY BIRTHDAY KENNEDY ALEXANDER KYLE! 

Kennedy and Dylan's 1 year old professional pics!

Here are the pics we had taken of the boys for their big birthday! The plan was to send them out to everyone with a thank you card but the boys got a hold of them and crumpled most of them up. We are still going to figure out a way to send them out. Another thing on our never ending list! We had Britty and Jak here so we just had to get a pic with them too!

Fathers Day 2010!!!

For fathers day this year, daddy d wanted a case for his new archery hobby ( I say "archery" instead of "bow hunting" because he is not going to go hunt animals...this is Dallas remember...he can't even kill a spider!). So, the boys and I went and bought him the perfect one! It was kinda huge but we still wrapped it up! Here are pics and a video of the boys helping daddy unwrap his new case!

Dylan and Kennedy's First Birthday Party!!

We had such a great time at the boys first birthday party! I have tons of pics documenting the day. We decorated the house with tons of fun decorations for the boys. We hung things outside to decorate the deck and we had tons of balloons in the house. Here is a pic of the boys high chairs!

Because the boys are identical, I wanted them to wear something to identify who was who. That way people knew which baby they were hanging out with even if Dallas and I were not there. I was going to get birthday shirts made with their names on them but instead we bought "Birthday Boy" ribbons and I added the first letter of their names on them. I pinned them on the boys backs so they wouldn't be tempted to play with them. I though after a while they would notice it on the back of their brother but they didn't! They worked like a charm! Here is a pic of the ribbons and a pic of the ribbons in action!

The cake...*sigh*.  The only positive thing I can say about the cake is that it tasted good and the boys liked it. The idea of what the cake was supposed to look like was cute, but it turned out nothing like the picture. It looked like they rushed through the icing leaving it a sloppy mess. Also, they forgot the "&" in between Kennedy & Dylan. So it read "Happy 1st Birthday Kennedy Dylan"...as if "Kennedy Dylan" was 1 person.  We spent more money on this cake then we wanted to because it was the boys first birthday so I was super disappointed. Next year I will be making their cake! Anyways...that is enough of my birthday cake rant!!! Here is a pic of the cake and a video of the boys eating it up! I gave them HUGE pieces because I honestly thought they would play with it and throw it on the floor...I should have guessed they would eat it all! They are growing boys after all :)

**Also..at this time Dylan had enough birthday. Both babies had reactions to the sunscreen that I used on them. They both got rashes covering their right eyes. Kennedy got it a bit earlier so his was almost cleared up at cake time. Poor Dylan would eat a handful of cake then cry :(

After cake time the boys had a much needed bath..then it was time for presents! They did really good with unwrapping them. Of course they got distracted but it was tons of fun! Here are the present pics!

I will leave you with the link to my Facebook album that has tons more pics of the boys special day!  Click here to see it! Thanks so much to everyone who helped make this day so memorable. Also a big huge thank you to our family back home who sent the boys birthday gifts filled with love!