4 Months Old!

Collin always on left and Casey always on right.

Collin has become the sweetest baby! He coos, smiles and sings to anyone who will listen. He will charm the pants off of any lady who crosses his path. He still is very demanding when it comes to meal time, and no one is in doubt when this kid is hungry.

Casey is more bashful. He talks to Rian and I all the time, but is wary of strangers until he is good and warmed up. He L-O-V-E-S his brother Cameron and tries to watch his every move. He has finally grown out of the major barfing spells and hasn't projectiled for two weeks (knock on wood)!

26 Weeks

Today I turned 26 weeks pregnant. I am giant. Very giant. Giant enough to illicit unwanted comments, stares, and very large measurements at my doctor's office. Here is the picture so you can see what all the hullabaloo is about.

20 Weeks Pregnant

Here are some of the comments I have heard since returning from Christmas Break:

"OMG Mrs. Kearney! That looks like it hurts!"

"You really got big over break."

"You might want to ask your doctor to check you for twins!" Ummm...read your Memo lady.

The best thing for me about this 20 week photo is that my boobs look kind of small.

Belly Update: Week 17

Going to the doctor today to make sure everything is growing okay! I think it is (obviously).

Can you believe I have only gained 7 pounds? Eating is just not my favorite thing this pregnancy. Actually, strike that. Eating ice cream and cookies is just not my favorite thing this pregnancy. Compared to Cameron, I had gained about 15 by this point. Weird.

Something I am Still a Little Sad About

Must get this off my chest.

I obviously had some pretty bad fertility problems. Not the worst of the worst, but enough for me to possibly need some therapy in the future. Anyways...

Rian and I found out we were pregnant on Day 9 after I had my "get pregnant" procedure. I just had a feeling and took a test. It was WAY early for us to find out, but we did, I went to the doctor and received some very high numbers (they are called Betas, which should double every 48 hours-ish in the first couple months). My betas were SO HIGH the first few times, we kind of had a feeling there was more than one. Possible more than two. My numbers were matching the numbers of triplets and quadruplets.

Then I felt some major cramping. My doc said just to come in and do a quick ultrasound even though I was less than a week away from my official 6 week ultrasound.

The cramping was from the stretching my uterus was already doing because I DEFINITELY had more than one baby in there. At 5weeks and 5 days pregnant, I had 3 babies in there. We couldn't see babies at that time, all you could see were gestational sacs, but there were three. They bumped back my ultrasound to 7 weeks since I had just seen them. Rian and I spent that week and a half in SHOCK. Three babies? OMG. We need a minivan. We need a nanny. I am going to have to go on bed rest at the hospital. What is Cameron's life going to be like? OMG.

At 7 weeks and 1 day pregnant, I went back. There were only two babies. One didn't make it. My doctor tried to make me feel better by saying that it very well could have been a shadow my uterus was making with their ultra-sensitive ultrasound machine, but I just KNOW it was a baby.

While I am ecstatic that I am having twins, and a little relieved that I won't have to be put on mandatory hospital bed rest (like they do with triplets), I am still sad that the third little babe didn't make it.

And...I keep seeing all those damn triplet commercials for the Nissan cars and the Chase Credit card. And the ones with the three cute little girls who all have their own personality but are triplets (I don't remember what company that is for).

Everyday I think about that little babe. But then I try to remember that it is not alone up there, it is up there with the other 2 little babes I lost. I have 3 in heaven now, and soon to be, three on earth. That helps to bring me some comfort every day.

Baby Boy Vaughn

Paul Ryan Vaughn was born on Friday April 16th to my friend's Elaine and Ryan! Isn't he so cute?


I haven't seen him yet because Cameron has a runny nose (not sure if it is allergies or a cold yet), but I don't want to freak out the new parents. Someone did that to us when Cameron was a babe and they brought their kid to visit. I knew he was teething, but it totally freaked me out at the time, and I don't want to do that to someone else. So...we will be patiently waiting to see this sweet little guy!