A new member of the family

--a 4-yr.-old female Pomeranian, Cleo (short for Cleopatra--yes, now we have a Cleo and a Chloe (the cat)). She is so sweet and good. Jared had her here waiting for me when he picked me up from the airport last Sat. night. She is so good. There have been no accidents and she's not a yapper. She's so cute and sweet! She was given to us by Jared's boss and his wife; they breed Pomeranians and she was one of the moms. She gave birth to 4 litters, which is the maximum # of times they breed their females. She was one of their favorites and wanted her to go to someone they know. Thanks Dave and Darlene!!!
Welcome to the family, Cleo!

Moving!

We have another huge life-changing event coming up in the next few months. We're moving to Safford, AZ because Jared is being promoted and transferred again. I'm hoping to be moved by Nov. so I can get the house set up before the twins are born. Scary that everything is happening all at once but I have faith that everything will be just fine.

Jared will be the manager of a brand new operation in Safford that will haul sulfur, just like they do here. They don't even have an office built yet and he has to hire all new people. I'm so proud of him and I have all the faith in the world in him and his abilities. I know he'll be an awesome manager. The operation officially start hauling on Jan. 15. That could very well end up being the same week that the babies are born but the company has known about the adoption since July and they are willing to work with us and give Jared whatever time he will need to get the adoption finalized.

Jared will be traveling a lot over the next few months to check out other facilities and learn from them. He is leaving next week and will be gone for at least week. As soon as he gets back from that trip, he's going to Utah to see his little brother, who's a senior in high school, play football. That means we have to wait until at least after he get back on 10/14 to go to AZ to find a house. I wish we didn't have to wait that long but it is what it is and it will work out somehow.

Please pray that our house here sells fast! We're still not sure if we can use a realtor of our own choosing, or if we have to use one that the company picks, so we have to wait to find that out before we actually put our house on the market. I'm just ready to get everything going and I'm finding it hard to have patience with everything so up in the air. Trying not to freak out. :)

The ultrasound!!!

While I was in Utah, I was able to go to the ultrasound appt. to find out what the twins are with the birth mom, her mom, and my MIL. It was so cool!!! Kiki and I drove up to visit our friend, Amiee, then I went to the appt. and went back and picked Kiki up afterward.

The babies both look as healthy as can be. They both have their own placenta and sac, have great heartbeats, are measuring right where they should be and are almost the exact same size. All great signs! Baby B was on the left side and cooperated wonderfully. She was on her back with her feet crossed (so cute!) and the technician got perfect pictures of her. She was so impressed that she couldn't help taking a couple of shots of her head.

They name the babies A & B according to who is lowest in the womb--baby A is always the lowest, stays that way throughout the pregnancy, and will come out first. Baby A did not cooperate at all. She was balled up facing down and the technician could NOT get her to turn over--she jiggled the belly and made the birth mom turn over on each side but Baby A would not budge. Here are ultrasound pics:

{Baby A's bum shot--nothing between the legs!}

{Baby B's bum shot--another girl!!!}

{Baby's B's beautiful face}

{Baby B's adorable crossed feet}

{Another shot of Baby B's head}

It was so exciting to find out they are both girls!! I can't wait to decorate the nursery with all girly stuff!!! :) :) :) We received a DVD of the ultrasound and I watched it with Jared as soon as I got home, which was special. He is just as happy they are girls. We can't wait 'til they are born!

So much for posting pics along the way

Here are tons of pics from my trip to Utah and Disneyland. I put the pics from Disneyland in a slider to shorten the post. :)

Carma and Judson started school the day I got to Kiki's. I was geeking out over Carma in her uniform. Is this not the cutest little school girl you've ever seen?
I love to see Judson playing with Wyatt:
Eating blackberries from the side of Kiki's house:
On 9/5, we left Kiki's house after church and stopped just past Las Vegas and stayed in a hotel, the drove the rest of the way to Anaheim the next day. We got there in the last afternoon and just swam at the hotel and hung out. Mom and Dad flew there a couple of days before and drove to San Francisco and stayed with my mom's brother, Wayne. They got to our hotel late that Monday night. On Tuesday, I went with Kiki and her fam to Huntington Beach:





Wed., Thurs., and Fri. I went to Disneyland and California Adventure. Wed. was just me, Mom, Dad, Kiki and Juddy. Thurs. was me, Mom, Dad, Kiki, Carma and Wyatt. Fri. was everyone.

Disneyland was awesome, of course! And we were able to see the new World of Color show, which was awesome! It uses water, lasers, lights, fire and fog with high-definition projections on mist screens and shows pictures with accompanying music from various Disney films.

My last week in Utah was awesome, too.

Here's the little nu-nu addict; I think he's starting nu-nu rehab soon, ha ha:

Becky and the girls were in Utah the last couple of days we were there and the kids had fun playing together in the basement:

You wouldn't know from looking at these two that they were born the same month!

Judon got magnifying glasses on our Disneyland trip and had fun using the sun to burn stuff when we got back:

Making cupcakes:

Eating cupcakes!:

A picnic in the canyon. I miss Utah falls so much!!!
The girls modeling for me the morning I left--they were going to Temple Square after dropping me off at the airport: