Headed home...

I'm finally headed home after being in Vegas for a few days at a wedding business convention. I am so excited to see my kids and hubby!

NAMES???

That has been the biggest question since e found out what the babies are a few weeks ago...so here are some of the contenders.  Phil may just kill me for putting all of these up but maybe you all want to help! I will tell you we of course will make the ultimate decision but I would love to get more ideas or input. 

Middle names...I am a huge middle name girl!  I love when a middle name has significance.  I am guessing this is because my middle name is Carroll, which in reality is a normal girl name except the spelling makes it unique because it's my mom's maiden name.  Since, I do have this love, I kind of chose the middle names already and Phil gets the power of the first name.  For our baby girl, her middle name will be Louise, after both of our mom's, they happen to have the same middle name and I just love shortening it to Lou as a nickname with whatever first name we go with!   Baby boy, will be named after my uncle who passed away a couple years ago from his 3rd battle with Leukemia, he was also my Godfather so I wanted to not only pick this name because of those reasons but also because my dad never had a better best friend then his brother Randy!  Our little boy will be "something" Randall after my dad's best friend and brother!

So here is a list of the contenders for names...girls in pink and boys in blue!

 

Natalie Louise

Taytum Louise

Kamdyn Louise

 

Everett Randall

Tyler Randall

Wyatt Randall

 

We think we have the final names chosen however I would love to hear your opinions!  Please post a comment if you have a preference of any of these or respectful suggestions are great too!

Week 14 to 17....oops long time

I guess I'm just not the best blogger yet! I have missed a few weeks not only for posting but also pictures. I guess I have a little excuse for this, I hate not being in the exact same outfit each picture, lol. So on Friday mornings when I'm supposed to take the picture clothe aren't clean, I just forget to take the picture, or we're late for school and I have no time! Oops!

 

Since last time I posted, we've had first day of school for all of the kids, a scary fall down the stairs, a couple injuries already at school, a first middle school dance and football season started! Phew! Oh and we've done 2 weddings and a birthday party for the business along the way!  The family doesn't slow down much but honestly I don't know if we would know what to do if we had to slow down!

 

Here you will see my picture from 14 weeks!  Definitely got the pooch!

It's not too big, felt almost like it had shrunk right around this time.  But the next one you will see....

Now here it is a really pregnant belly.  It definitely went from being weird is she fat shape to definitely round and pregnant!  And you can also see why the same outfit would work better, I look plain old fat in this white shirt, lol! 

 

Symptoms and Pregnancy Facts as of now:

Carrying really high yet the babies are at opposite ends of my belly right now.  Baby A, baby girl, she is sitting extremely low on the right side of my stomach taking up most of the room.  Baby B, baby boy, he is up on the left just below my rib cage along with I think every organ in my abdomen.

 

I have had extreme back pain....so I had a scary fall down the stairs, about 5 steps, on my back.  I of course was carrying too many things in my hands and slipped on the edge and just went down.  We went to the emergency room to be sure everything was ok, and babies were good.  Only problem I have had is my lower back, just next to my tailbone.  Not sure what's wrong by boy does it kill.  If I bend over the standing up and walking after isn't so easy.  But working through it everyday.

 

Nausea and no appetite, just hasn't come back yet.  I am blessed that I have not thrown up or had horrible morning sickness but I can only eat parts of meals.  Phil is not loving it too much because I usually give him my leftovers, lol!

 

Cravings...nothing new!  Still loving salty things!

 

Weight Gain...no clue! My next doctor appointment is Monday so we'll see!

 

Babies...the amazing part of this is that the babies are growing like crazy, I had an appointment early this week when I has 16w4d and baby girl measures at 17w1-2days and baby boy is at least 16w5-7days.  This is making me feel really good especially with my past premature labors with the first 2 pregnancies that I feel confident God has a plan for these little ones and if they come out early he will be sure they are ready to go!

 

The FULL Reveal!

This post went up I thought a few weeks ago and today I noticed that for some reason it didn't post completely from my phone.  I am so sorry!  Here are all of the pictures from our reveal night.  These completely made my night when we got them back!  They totally show exactly what I wanted.

 As I am sure I mentioned, all of the family was hoping for 2 boys.  So I knew if there were any pink balloons we would get a great reaction from everyone.  And lucky me, I have all of these to look back on one day.  We are all so happy with one of each of course and love these babies no matter what I think the idea of adding 2 girls to the already 4 we have shocked our 2 boys that they would be over powered.  But we are good!!!!!!

 First picture BABY A...look at how nervous they all look!

 

 There they are the pink balloons...some excitement.

 

 There's Devyn's big jump, it's starting to sink in for everyone else, seriously another girl!!!

 

I am dying laughing because this is the whole reason I wanted these pictures.  Trust me they will all love this precious little girl but for now she's a sassy little attitude girl they haven't met yet! Ha Ha

 

Don't you love Matt's gagging his throat, Dillan totally walking away just upset! 

 

BABY B...At this point Phil is totally freaking out!  He has his fingers crossed to me and looks like he is going to break into a cold sweat at any moment.

 



 There they are the amazing shade of blue balloons everyone wanted to see.  We're excited!

 

 And here you see the kids allowing it all to sink in.  Look at that excitement!

 

Isn't this just perfect, here we hoping to get pregnant with another child and God blessed us with 2, a girl and a boy!

 



Yep, tears of joy! 

 One of each and so excited!

 

The amazing technology!  The kids were able to open the boxes for Matt and Brielle and show them the balloons.  Such a fun feeling!

First day of school!

Just another exciting day for the Bardos Bunch! I wanted to share the first day of school with everyone.  This year we have 2 big steps for the kids...one going into middle school and another starting her senior year.  Crazy how fast these kids grow up.  You not only hear it all the time but you truly try to tell everyone you know that has babies but wow it just flies by.  Of course, life happens and we just forget to cherish every single small and big step.  Well here is me trying to capture this because trust me, I am horrible at the sentimental picture taking, and save every momento they bring home!  But I still love my babies all 6 of them...soon to be 8!

FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL 8-22-14

Here she is...Ryleigh, 17, our big senior!  What?  Crazy how fast high school has gone.

 

 Seriously, how did he get so big!  Dillan, 12, first day of middle school!

 

Matthew, 10, going into 5th grade!

 

 Devyn, 9, big 5th grader too!

Lyndsay, 9, 4th grader this year! Wow!  She's not a baby anymore!

And this would be the big dork that waited in line to get his picture taken too on his way to work!  Gotta love his fun sense of humor, even if the sarcasm takes over the house because all of the kids are just like him and I am surrounded by a bunch of smartie pants!

 

 

Just a reminder, life changes in the blink of an eye, we forget to take in each moment.  Even though Phil and I run a business my first and foremost job is taking care of these precious kids.  Trust me there are days I take it for granted so much, get tired, cranky and irritated with just about everything.  But in these moments, I remember that I have amazing kids!  Each of them so different, so unique with their own personalities, ways of doing things and big huge hearts! 

 

Kids....

I am so proud of each of you kids, you are all so smart, loving and polite, thank you for allowing me to be your mom!  That goes for you too Belle, I know you don't need a mom to tell you what to do anymore but I couldn't be more proud to know you can still call me that when you need me!  And to you 2 babies that are yet unborn, you are already truly loved not only by me and your dad but these beautiful siblings you have are going to overwhelm you with their love and generosity.  Thank you God for bringing each of these children into my life, no matter how they became a part of me I truly love each of them equally for their amazing little human beings they are!

They're a....?

Last night was the big reveal....

Now I have to update you on my day first. All of you women out there will understand, while all the men just don't quite understand and of course there's nothing wrong with that, it's just the differences between men and women. I woke up in a sad, frustrated mood, hormones you have to love them! Let's just say Phil very simply and politely told me that my shirt didn't really match my skirt...which turned into me in the closet crying because I couldn't find anything to wear. Here I was starting a very exciting day and just couldn't get excited.

Of course, the kids and I still had a day of fun. All of us girls got our hair done, so nice to pamper myself and its even better when you're hair dresser is your cousin and one of your closest friends, plus she has the most adorable daughter, my niece! Love them! We enjoyed hanging out there, then yummy in-n-out for lunch! Then some relaxing while it poured outside, love the rain!

Phil came home from work with his phone on face time...he ran over and we all gathered around. It was our oldest daughter in Colorado, her husband Matt, was arriving home from his tour in Qatar. He had been deployed there for 9 months. If you haven't seen one of those ceremonies, man so amazing, emotional and beautiful. The soldiers entered to the sound Proud to be an American, then they did more patriotic songs that just pull at your heart strings. The soldiers were released, 200 something soldiers running to their families...and there he was, of course we saw someone's back as they greeted each other and then the 2 of them together! So amazing and just awesome! It was a great experience for us to be a part of even if it wasn't being there directly!

Then about 530 pm, our family came over, my parents (of course we live with them so they were already here, lol), Phil's mom, Phil's sister and our nieces and nephew. We all went up the street to the orange groves in our neighborhood where our great friends, Chad, Milisa and their son Jaxson showed up with 2 trunks filed with balloons for the big reveal!

We got set up and everyone said we should open both boxes together...My only request was one at a time. Now no one really understood but when I get the pictures back you all will, lol! Everyone wanted boys, because we have 4 girls and 2 boys, so they wanted 2 boys to even the playing field...not to mention there's enough estrogen in the house!

We opened baby A's box and guess what we saw...PINK! The reaction was classic, smiles, but nothing too huge, I think Devyn jumped for joy! I saw the boys give frowns after they realized what they saw. (Pictures will be up tomorrow late night) We all headed over to the 2nd box for Baby B...Phil looked at me like babe please save me, he was so nervous for more pink. Ha ha! Then there they were....BLUE balloons. No joke...the picture had everyone jumping up with joy arms in the air! So classic! Here is the one photo I have.

A huge thank you to our great friends Chad and Milisa who did all this work to make this happen! We love them so much!

In awe with a single kick . . . Week 13

Last night, I laid down next to my exhausted wife as she had already fallen asleep. She was laying on her side, facing away from me, but she had moved one leg up, so she was almost on her stomach.  As she lay slumbering away unaware of my presence, I thought it would be a perfect opportunity to see if I could feel the twins moving.  Up until now, she was able to feel little twinges here and there and had tried to get my hand in the right position on numerous occasions, but inevitably, they would go undetected.  So last night, she lay sleeping and I knew there would be no accessory muscle usage or any other movements besides her rhythmic breathing  . . . 

I snuggled up behind her and took my right hand and slowly placed it under her abdomen.  As I lay motionless, I waited for the slightest movement. Nothing. I repositioned my hand. Nothing. I decided to push a little on her abdomen kind of like the ultrasound tech had done to get them to move . . . PAY-DIRT!!!  

It was the slightest little push back, "knock it off Dad!" . . . and then a second kick, "yeah, what he said, knock it off Dad!" (see what i did there, he?).  It almost startled me, but then I was filled with this immense sense of joy.  Because the doctor can tell you your pregnant.  The doctor can show you a picture of the tiny little babies growing within your wife.  And the doctors can show you a video of babies moving inside her even though there isn't any resemblance of a pregnant lady yet.  But recently, my wife's 'baby bump' has began to grow and the little belly that we admired at first with excitement is becoming more and more pronounced and now, couple that visual representation of pregnancy with a physical touch, that connection to our children, it's such a powerful feeling.  It overwhelms me.  And I'm not going to lie, I had that special little moment all to myself.  Quietly in the still of the night, no one else awake or aware of what I had just experienced.  So cool.

That bump is no longer a bump . . .

And tonight, we find out what we're having!!!!  So exciting and we can't wait to know so we can plan for their arrival.  Pictures and the great news will follow!!!!