Twins' Ultrasound at 13.5 weeks

Yay! Twins are healthy at 13.5 weeks. Still not sure if they are fraternal or identical and don't know gender but they are well and so is Mom. See about half way through when one of them is wiggling his/her fingers. Amazing to be able to see that detail-beautiful babies.

Happy Anniversary!

Happy Anniversary to my love. God connected us 12 years ago when we had unknowingly been playing just across the street from each other nearly all of our lives. He must have been waiting until I blossomed into the mature, intelligent, witty man I was at the ripe old age of 17 before making the official introduction so we could run away together into the sunset. I guess it was sort of like that after all though wasn't it. We met, and then like the Thompson Square song, you said "Are you going to kiss me or not?" and planted a good one on me. 

Our wedding day was simply one of the best days of our lives but as Father Brian told us, today you marry the one you love but tomorrow and forever, you must love the one you married. I can't thank you enough for taking this ride with me, sharing love, laughter, and tears. 5 years ago today we stood overlooking the valley from the chapel at Our Lady of Peace and exchanged these vows, "I promise to be true to you in good times and in bad, in sickness and in health. I will love and honor you all the days of my life." We've remained true to these vows, we've loved each other in sickness and sadness and equally in joy and happiness and I look forward to spending all days of my life loving and honoring you, my wifey. We have much to celebrate! I love you.

Eye of the Tiger

Carter bustin' a flex for the ladies. Carter got a smooch at school last week from a girl named Savaanah. Grandmairs asked what it meant to him and he said it meant "they got married." Feeling very blessed to have Carter in my life today to share life's simplicity from his perspective. He's beautiful in every way-We love you Carter

a day at the hospital

This was a post from May 2007 that I came across

Wed. May 28th, 11:45am Rhiannon is 33 weeks. She calls me and tells me to clear my day, she's going to the hospital. She had her scheduled check up with the midwife but her blood pressure was running so high, the midwife had to send her down for more testing. The fear was Preclamsia which would mean Carter wasn't getting enough oxygen from her blood and...yes, worse case scenario, they told her they would need to induce labor immediately.

Rush to the hospital, blood testing, monitors, baby's heart rate and vitals are great, blood pressure going down naturally with additional H2O but now there are mild contractions every 2 minutes, not painful, just present and causes concern because of the frequency. Check for dilation, nothing going on there so they give her Tributeral (like adrenaline) to elicit fight or flight response which make the contractions go away. Long story short, 4 hrs at the hospital, lots of concern for her and Carter's health and today, everything checks out okay so far. Stay tuned, Carter may be early. (spoiler...he wasn't early)

Carter-18 mo.: Lizzy's 2nd B-Day

Carter at his friend Lizzy's 2nd birthday party. He always wants to play with older kids. Watch him take a bruiser on the head and keep rolling, then get into a squabble at the supermarket with a another little nugget.

Disclaimer

I should mention as a disclaimer that we got a Flip camera after Carter was about 18 months. We were able to capture most of 0-18 on a Mini-DV but you know how that goes with portability online etc. Also, since Carter is 3 at this point, we'll be back tracking a bit here and there with posts about Rhiannon and I and Carter at various stages until we catch up and of course we'll be looping in the business about the twins and such....enjoy

Carter-18 mo. Coffee and Oswald

Carter loved watching us drinking coffee in the morning....or at least enjoyed doing whatever he did at night to warrant copious amounts of coffee in the morning. I don't think either Rhiannon or I really drank coffee in the morning before we had Carter. At least not ritualistically. The music in the background is the opening theme from the show, Oswald, which played on Nick Jr in the mornings. It was Carter's favorite show and to this day, the tune provides us with amazing memories of Carter at 1-20 months at Amaya Dr.

Who, me?

By way of brief introduction, I'm Adam. 12 years ago, I met my dear sweet Rhiannon shortly before we both graduated high-school and we've been off making memories ever since. I won't sweat the details for now as there are certainly plenty of stories yet to be told from our 12 years together. For now, we'll be celebrating 5 years of marriage in July and in that time, I've changed jobs once, we've moved three times, we welcomed a beautiful son into our world who is now 3, Rhiannon has put teaching on hold to raise our son, and we bought a house. Let's see....what else? Oh yeah.... and we're expecting twins in January. That should be a good start. ;)