Happy Birthday Sydnie!

May is a very crazy month for us. With all of the birthdays and holidays. But I wouldn't want to forget about Sydnie. Sydnie turned 4 years old this week. I can't believe she is already 4, how the times flies!! She has such a fun personality. She loves to with her big sister Rylie. They either love each other or hate each other. Sydnie is also our singer. She is always singing to the songs on the radio. She even sings the KIX 96 song. She loves to be outside with her dad, fishing, on the four-wheeler, basically anything he is outside doing. The funny thing is she can be as stubborn as her dad is also. Grandma Shirley says she acts just like Ryan did when he was little. I am not sure if I should be worried about that. This year she started preschool and dancing. She loves both. Below are a few pictures of her throughout the years.

4-months old



Ryan thought it would be funny to put her on the bunk in the trailer...now she just cries when he puts her up there.



Turning 1 year old



4th of July 2006 - Waiting for Rylie and Ryan to finish their 1K Fun Run.


2006








Camping by the Snake River 2007


Pictures in the Sunflowers by Grandma Shirley's house...she was not at all happy that day!



Fall 2007



Fall 2008




Oh, I almost forgot....she did get a Barbi fishing pole for her birthday. She got to go out on the boat with Grandpa Von and Ryan to try it out the next day. She was very excited!!


Happy Birthday Sydnie!! We love you!

More Baby Updates!

We were at the doctor's again today. I am currently 29 weeks. We had an ultrasound done with the tech and were able to get two more pictures. Both babies are head down!!! YEAH!! However, there is still a lot of room for them to flip. They are both measuring 2lbs. 13 ounces. Let's put this into perspective...both babies are 3 ounces from being 3lbs. That is almost 6 lbs of baby. When Rylie was born she was 6lbs. 14 ounces. When Sydnie was born she was 7lbs 2ounces. I still have 2 more months....I am in BIG TROUBLE!! No really I am very grateful that they are both growing so well, just a little worried what the next two months might have in store. The doctor said that he was a lot more comfortable if the "twin-twin transfusion" were to happen now. He said it could still happen, but there would be a lot less to worry about if it did happen.

I go back to the doctor in two weeks and then we will start doing the "non-stress tests." My understanding is that the "non-stress tests" are fairly common with twins. I will most likely be going to the hospital twice a week to have the nurses there monitor the babies. The tests will start when I am 32 weeks. It will be a good thing that I am done with school by then!!

Both pictures are of their two heads together.

Happy Birthday Ryan!!

So there have been a couple of times throughout the last year that I have had some very embarrassing pictures end up on our blog. So I thought it was time for a little payback. Today is Ryan's birthday. The girls and I tried to pick out some pictures of him, just to give you a little sneak peak of what he likes to do as hobbies and things. While I was going through them, I thought, "Oh, yeah! He likes to do that...oh, and that. Oh, I almost forgot about that." I have probably forgot something, but it will give you an idea of what he likes to do. The sad part is....there was not a lot of embarrassing pictures!!




This one I had to put in just because I don't think Ryan's luck has not changed at all since he has started having kids. His sisters will probably hate me for it, but it made me chuckle when I saw it. He will always be surrounded by girls!!




Ryan loves sports...he is a huge fan of the Denver Broncos. He was able to go on a trip with some of his buddies from high school to see a Broncos game before we were married, but I couldn't find any of the pictures. His second favorite is the Angel's baseball team.




Ryan enjoys scouting. He is an Eagle Scout and is now working with the 11 year old scouts in our Ward. I think he would enjoy just a little more if he had his own son in scouts. But hey, Rylie and Sydnie could always sell Girl Scout cookies!!



This was him and his cousin John during their freshman year at USU. (It is probably the most embarassing one I could find. How sad!!)


Ryan served a mission in Mendoza, Argentina. This is him standing in front of the Temple in Buenos Aires.



Ryan has started a new hobby within the last couple of years. We bought a 4-wheeler and he is on it any chance he gets. There a small group of guys from our ward that get together very early in the morning to ride up the canyons behind our house. In fact they left his morning at 6:00 am so they could be back for work. That is just nuts if you ask me! Although, it is quite entertaining to listen to this group when they get talking about their next 4-wheeling trip. It is almost like kids in a candy store. Last year he was able to ride with a few guys on an over night trip. They left Beaver Mountain and rode over to Soda Springs, Idaho on their machines. They were able to see the Montpelier area as well. I am surprised they don't have a mascot yet!!



This is him and Sydnie on the 4-wheeler. She loves to go with him, any chance she gets!!




Ryan also loves to go camping. This was us going last year. We bought a trailer 6 years ago and try to go as often as we can. Generally the trips include a lake or some where he can ride the 4-wheeler.



Ryan's greatest hobby is fishing!! As you can see his desire to fish started at an early age. If he is not on the 4-wheeler, and has a spare Saturday, chances are he has gone fishing. He has also picked up ice fishing in the last couple of years! And again, he will leave as early as he can. He often goes with his dad and grandpa!


He has tried to get the girls to fish with him. Rylie isn't into as much, but Sydnie LOVES it. In fact she wants a Barbie fishing pole. Ryan keeps saying No. Maybe she will be able to talk him into one someday.





This is Rylie and Ryan. She is 3 years old in this picture.




Ice fishing



We were able to go to Alaska the first year we were married. Ryan caught this salmon and 2 halibut.



One night after we were first married, Ryan came home and said "I want to carve a fish." Truthfully I thought he was nuts but went along with it. This is the last project he has created. He doesn't get to work on this hobby as much as he would like. He really doesn't have a great place to do it. (Maybe when he gets the "man-shed" built out back.) He does really great work. He won a sweepstakes award at the Box Elder County Fair when he first started to do it. He has three rainbow trouts and one brown trout done. He has even sold one. The latest is this project below, which is now on my wall at home. People often comment on how real they look. I know I doubted his talent at first, but I am very proud of what he is able to do!





He also loves to hunt.....anything. This last year he has picked up goose/duck hunting.


















Ryan loves to be in the outdoors. Our neighbors often joke about how he can't sit down and how he has to be tinkering with something. I do have to admit that the winter months drive him crazy. But I am very greatful for all of his many talents and hobbies. He is so handy around the house and yard. And if anyone every needs anything he is there, and is generally able to fix whatever they need. He has done most of our yard and finished all but one room in our house without having to hire it out. I am very greatful for that!! I threw in a picture of the fence he finished a couple of years ago. He then went on to help the neighbor out with his fence and yard.





Happy Birthday Ryan!! We love you!!

Love, Kim, Rylie, & Sydnie

The Latest....

We just got back from the doctor today. All is well. I am 27 weeks today. We are still shooting for delivery around 37 weeks. We didn't have a normal ultrasound with the ultrasound tech...that will be in two weeks, so no pictures. My doctor just did a little ultrasound to find heartbeats and make sure there was enough fluid around them. (It was kind of funny...he had to use a real old, ultrasound machine because the new one had died earlier in the day.) He wasn't able to do any measurements...so nothing to report on that. The babies have actually switched, so now Baby A is breech and Baby B is head down. He told us there is still plenty of time to have them switch. He said that I am suppose to start taking it easy and rest more....YEAH RIGHT!! How is one suppose to do that when we are finishing up the school year, dancing, soccer, and I have two more children at home?!?!?! Anyway, all is going well. Please keep us in your thoughts are prayers...the goal is make it 10 more weeks!!!

Updates!

We were back at the doctors this week. We went on Monday...but it has been one of those weeks. So I apologize for how long it has taken to get things updated. The babies are looking very good. They both were weighing around 1 pound 7 ounces. The doctor said they are "neck and neck with each other." So we are kind of out of the woods for the "twin-twin transfusion" to happen. The doctor said that it could still happen, but the babies would be further along and so the effects wouldn't be as dramatic.

Baby B is still breech...so keep sending prayers our way that she will eventually turn. We do not want to have a C-section. The ultrasound tech said that the babies can still turn, right up to the last week. So we have a little time. The tech also said that the ultrasounds will get harder and harder to see, or to tell what things are, the bigger the babies get. So again the pictures are not great and I hope you can tell what things are. We don't have to go back for another ultrasound with the tech until the end of May. We are done with the "every 2 week ultrasound" schedule. Yeah! It was getting hard to try and schedule two different doctors back-to-back and also after school, so I didn't have to take any more work off. We still have to go back to my regular doctor every two weeks, and he will still do an ultrasound, himself. (Which means I probably won't have as many pictures) So as of today, my next appointment is scheduled for May 13th.


As I stated before Baby B is breech and so they are sitting head to butt. This picture is of Baby B. She is on the left. You can see her head and a little bit of her nose. Her left arm is coming up and over her nose...maybe that is because Baby A's butt is sitting on her head. Baby A is the one on the top right. That is her bum and one of her legs that go off the side of the picture.



This is a profile of Baby A's face. There really isn't a hole in her head. And hopefully her nose really doesn't look like that. She kind of looks like a "Who from Whoville."




I think this was my favorite to see. It really goes to show how tight things are in there. This is a picture of Baby A in the background with Baby B's leg coming right up to Baby A's head. So it is Baby A's arm and Baby B's leg. It is so amazing how they are grow and develop with so little room. I hope they don't come out hating each other!!


I have been asked a lot lately if we have names picked out yet. No, we haven't agreed on anything yet. I will come up with one that Ryan doesn't like and then he will come up with one that I don't like. It is so hard and then knowing that once we get the first names we still have to come up with middle names. At this rate maybe they will just be Baby A and Baby B.