Friday, October 29, 2010

Be Still and Know That I Am God...literally!

Whew! What an emotional week for the Jones'! I went in for my first stress test on Tuesday. It was kinda fun! They give you this little button like Jeopardy that you have to press any time you feel any kind of movement. They look to see that when the babies move that their heart rates go up around 10 beats and stay that way for 10 seconds. Kennan did very well but Kohen they had to "wake up" (by zapping my stomach with a vibrating thing - SO WEIRD!) a time or two. Once they did that he did well too.

Kennan's Face- Love those cheeks!

After it was done the nurse read the results and said that she thought they were good and passed. She then sent me over to ultrasound to do the first "Flow Study" on Kohen. He measured a little small on the last ultrasound so they wanted to make sure that he was getting enough nourishment through his cord. The study showed that he only has one vessel instead of 2 in his umbilical cord. This is causing him to be on the smaller side. Kennan weighed in this week at 3.6lbs and Kohen was 2.9 lbs.
Kohen's Sweet Face - Isn't he precious?

The high risk Doctor came in to talk to me after they discovered that Kohen only had one vessel in his cord and shared some complications that can happen with this type of cord. This "abnormalities" can lead to several things such as chromosome disorders like Down syndrome and also heart defects. They have scheduled a "Fetal Heart Echo" for Kohen on the 8th where they will look at all the parts of his heart to see if there is anything out of place. As far as the chromosome disorder, we will not know until he is born whether or not he has it.


Kennan's profile


Needless to say Tuesday was a very emotional day for us. After sharing some tears and talking a while Jordan and I spent sometime praying for this precious boy and for the Lord to prepare us for whatever may come. We know His plan is perfect and that He will equip us with whatever is necessary to take care of these two little boys that He has in trusted to us.


Kohen's profile

After finding these concerns with Kohen the Doctors felt like bed rest was necessary for me at this time. I have to lay down or be reclined a minimum of 18 hours a day (yikes!) for the next 2 weeks. They have told me if doing this doesn't help improve things a little and Kohen's weight doesn't improve, then I will be placed in the hospital to be watched closely until the boys arrive. We are doing everything we can to keep it from getting to that point!

They will continue to do 2 stress tests every week and 2 flow studies as well. It is comforting to know that they will be watching so closely and that if something were to happen it could be caught fast!

We are very blessed to have such a wonderful family who is willing to help us with Kelsie for the next few weeks. It was so, so, so, hard to know that I would not see her for a few weeks but at the same time it is not worth risking something serious in the lives of these little boys. For Jordan and I it was the first big decision we had to make regarding not just our "child" but our "children". We know she will be well taken care of and she LOVES being with her "people"!

I know these next weeks will be difficult at times and I am trying to put into practice (literally)Psalm 46:10 "Be still and know that I am God."


3 days of bed rest down ..... ? more to go!

Monday, October 25, 2010

Fall Fun!

I love Fall! It is by far my favorite season! I love all the smells and colors and most of all the days when you can snuggle up with your favorite blanket and enjoy a nice warm bowl of homemade soup!

Since this is our first "Tucky" fall I was a little sad about not being able to do our usual fall traditions like going to Carter's Mountain to go apple picking in Charlottesville and having bonfires with friends. So I asked a friend here what her family did for fall and if there were any good pumpkin patches close by. She told me about this adorable pumpkin patch and then about an apple house that is right up the road from it so we decided to check it out!


It was the most adorable pumpkin patch I have ever been to in my life!!!! Not only did it have pumpkins but it had all kinds of cut outs from popular Disney films that kids could run and play in, many farm animals that you could see and pet, hay rides and more! It was wonderful!



They had Aladdin's Palace, Cinderella's pumpkin carriage, a Nemo maze, Captain Hook's pirate ship, scenes from the Wizard of Oz and the 3 little pigs house! It was all hand built and painted which I absolutely loved! It reminded me so much of something my "Mumpy" (wonderful Grandfather) would make!

Below are some pictures from our wonderful little trip to the pumpkin patch! We are excited that this will become our "Tucky" fall tradition while we live here!


Our Little Punkin' with the Pumpkins!
Picking out her pumpkin

Some days you just need to roll in leaves with your "Essie"


Kelsie and Daddy


Me and My Best! I was so so so so thankful that she was able to come when she did. It had been a very rough week for me both physically and mentally and I was so thankful for her help and company! It was so amazing to me that she had booked her flight a month ago and came in on a day when I needed her most. God is so good! He knew exactly what would be going on in life right now and knew what I needed. Nothing is ever a surprise to Him! I am SO very thankful that He has blessed me with a Best friend who cares about me and my family so much! She is a huge blessing to us!


The Princesses in Cinderella's Carriage
Me and My Husband :)

Kohen & Kennan needed pumpkins too! ha!

They love each other!

Saturday, October 16, 2010

"Kelsieisms"

Don't you just love what kids say? I love to watch and listen to Kelsie and see what her little mind is thinking! It is so fun and I love her little imagination! I have decided to go through and collect as many "Kelsieisms" as I can and write them down so that one day when she is older I can give it to her! It will be so fun to be able and look back and see the precious and often hilarious things she has said throughout her childhood! Below are a few of the "Kelsieisms" I have collected so far!

October 2010


- Jordan: "Kelsie, you look beautiful like a princess!" Kelsie: "I'm not a princess Daddy! I'm Baby!"


-After jumping off of her bed and body slamming Jordan who was laying on her floor: "HAHA! Daddy "scrummed" Mom!" Me: "He scrummed?" Kelsie: "Yep! I jumped on him and he scrummed!" Me: "Do you mean he screamed?" Kelsie: " Yep! I made Daddy screamed!"


-In a very aggravated voice "Mommy, dat truck waked me up!" Me: "Umm...what truck Kel?" She then goes to her window, pulls back the blinds, points and says "Dat big beep, beep, beep one!" (Apparently the trash truck woke her up from her beauty sleep and it was NOT ok!


- "Ummmmm Kelsie...what are you doing?" Me (after she runs over and starts rubbing her nose on my belly!) "I had to nose kiss the brudders Mom!"-Kelsie


- Me: "Kel do you know what time it is?" Kelsie: "Ummmm...time for PEPSIIIII!" Me: "HA! try again!" Kelsie: "time for COOOOOOOOOFFFFFFFEEEEEEEE!!!!" Me: "Um...how about bedtime?!" Keslie: "Ummmmmmmmmmm.............nope!"


September 2010


- MOM! MOOOM!MOOOOM! THERE ARE APPLES IN MY JUICE!!!!!!! - Kelsie's revelation while looking at the picture on her juice box


- "You sad Mommy?"- Kelsie "No, I just don't feel very good Kel" - Me ; she then leans over, kisses my head and starts clapping and squealing "YAY!!!! I FIX IT!!! YOU ALL BETTER NOW!"


August 2010


- "Mommy lets share to-get-er!" - Kelsie as she take our bowls of cereal and pours them into one, thankfully there was no milk involved!

- "Mommy, I need to hold you!"

- "Mommy, I need some Coke....it makes me crazzzzzy!!!!" - Kelsie "Ummm...I'm pretty sure you don't!" - Me "Oooooo man!" - Kelsie

- "Daddy I wanna go on a date!" - so off to Chucky Cheese we went!


July 2010


- "Daddy, I "quean" you!" - Kelsie as she whacks Jordan with a broom!

- " Mom, the two little babies are coming on a choo choo train!" - It took us a while to figure out where she got this from! Finally we figured it out! She was with us for an ultrasound and to her the heartbeats sounded like a train! So precious!


June 2010


-"Daddy, Daddy look! These are my sassy pants!!" - Kelsie in reference to her new glittery leggings!


- "WHY is my leg WET? Oh my GOSH! She PEED on me!!!! She was mad at me and I think she did it to punish me! Ahhh!" - Jordan ... .Kelsie's response while sobbing "I pottied on my Daddy!"


- As I am dealing with the joys or morning sickness (joy) Kelsie comes in and rubs my back and says "It's ok Mommy... you need some macky cheese?" Apparently when you are two"macky cheese" can solve anything!


- After coming home from running errands Kelsie ran to the couch and pulled the computer on her lap and started typing... "Kelsie what are you doing?" - Me "I checkin my email Mom!"


Such a sweet silly girl!

More "Kelsieisms" to come as I get them collected!

Tuesday, October 12, 2010

Getting Ready For The "Brudders"

"The Bump!"
30ish weeks

Signs I made to go above their crib!


All ready for the "brudders"!

The amazing bumper pad that my Best lovingly and patiently sewed together for me!


We don't have much storage space nor do the boys have their own room right now,
so this is our solution to having 5 people in our little apartment!


Life Lately....

Well talk about being a major slacker with blogging! ha!


After traveling for a few weeks in a row I just got lazy and didn't keep up! So sorry friends! ha!
Life these days in "Tucky" are going pretty well. Jordan is studying away at Hebrew Union learning all kinds of different languages and such. It all just looks like chicken scratch on a rock to me but he can actually read what it says! ha! He is loving the challenge and working very hard in all of his courses! I am very proud of him. I laughed pretty hard when I went to take a bubble bath last night and he had used Kelsie's bathtub crayons to practice his Hebrew while in the shower ha!


Jordan's Hebrew...in the shower! ha!



Kelsie has started preschool and LOVES it! She has 9 little classmates and loves her teachers Mrs. Bobbie & Mrs. Ruth. They are very sweet ladies and so much fun to be around! I love for her to tell me about what she has learned and sing me the new songs she learns. So far the "Bumble Bee" song is her favorite! I am so glad she loves it and even though it is just 2 days a week for 4 hours a day it is an AMAZING break for me!



Kel's class!


As for me ... I am "hanging in there"! ha! Growing two little people at once is SO NOT easy! We are now in the third trimester and I can't believe it has gone by this fast! Last week I went to the hospital for some monitoring to make sure I wasn't going into pre-term labor and the Dr. believes I am actually 3 weeks farther along than originally thought!!! ah! Good thing we are all ready ... besides one good cleaning of the house of course! So now they are telling us to be prepared to meet these "little men" sometime between Thanksgiving and the beginning of December. We are so so so excited and can't wait to see their little faces!!! Little turkeys or little elves? That is the question! ha!

We have gotten really spoiled with the doctors doing ultrasounds every 2 weeks to monitor their growth! It is so amazing to see them on the screen and see how they are changing. Below are the latest pictures. I go again on Tuesday and can't wait to see them again! It will be so fun to see if their personalities are a lot like they are in the womb. Kohen (Baby A) has always been very calm and cooperates etc. Kennan (baby B) however, has gone from being breech (upside down) to now being transverse (laying horizontal across my stomach- which let me tell you is SUCH a pleasant feeling- not! ha!) and has always been the one who is wiggling around and wild on the ultrasound ha!

Sucking their little thumbs!

I am thankful that I have not been put on full bed rest yet and am only on "limited activity". Still not fun but I think I would go insane if they put me on full bed rest so I am hoping that we can make it without it! Fingers crossed! On a positive note I have only gained back 12lbs of the 15lbs that I LOST the first few months! ha! When I first found out we were having twins I read that the average woman gains between 35-65lbs when carrying twins! Was soooo not looking forward to that! ha! So as long as we can keep up this pattern I may end up weighing less once these little guys are born than before I got pregnant! ha! One can dream! ha!
Until next post....which I promise won't be far away!

Monday, October 11, 2010

Crunchy Leaves & A Little Punkin'

A view of Cincinnati

Sharing a leaf!

Playing in the leaves!


So sweet!




Such a silly girl!



Smiling with her pumpkins!