Arizona Shower...

We have had so much going on lately!! I am still playing catch up!!

When we got home from Utah and Lake Havasu... my friends Sara and Carlie were nice enough to throw me a baby shower in Arizona. And our friend Kristy was nice enough to let us borrow her home!! It was fun to get together with the girls in AZ. Most of our husbands are students together and any excuse to get together is always fun!!

Sara and Carlie did such a great job with the decorations, the theme was "Babies Gone Wild." Sara made this cute sign that said "Baby Girls" with Zebra paper.... They also wrapped these water bottles in wrapping paper and stickers that said "Born to be Wild..." I on the other hand am hoping they are NOT wild, but i guess we will find out!!!

They also made two diaper cakes... because their are two babies... which i thought was VERY creative and quite thoughtful!! They also had a tree that they spray painted black white and pink and people could write down their advice and then hang it on the tree. Most of the advice said "take advantage of rest right now." Should i be worried??



Here is the food table, thanks to all the girls that helped bring food and contribute to the shower!!!

I know i didn't post any pictures of the guests!! But thanks to all my friends that came and to the ones that hosted it... we played some wonderful games... Carlie even called Rhett and asked him some parenting questions... it was pretty funny, and Rhett is a good sport!! Thank you again, it was PERFECT!!

Hansen Shower...

Well, i felt so spoiled while i was in SG!! My Mom and my two SIL's threw me a wonderful shower while i was home. Here is a picture of My Dad, my brother JorDan and I... this is AFTER the party, they showed up just in time for cake!!

Here we are all of us girls!! They did such a wonderful job on the shower... it all turned out so great!!

Kylee made me the cutest diaper cake... i LOVED all the ribbon! She wrapped bottles of soap and lotion and onsies and spoons and pacifiers throughout the whole thing, so cute, thanks Ky!!

This present was wrapped in an Easter bag that looked like a dog, it was so cute!! Our friend wrapped onsies, and baby powder and other gifts inside... so creative!! In the background you can see the babies quilts and 1 of the bumper pads.... they are turning out so cute!

My mother ordered this very, very yummy butter cream cake!! It was so delicious.. and so beautiful to look at!!! It even matched the colors of the girls quilts.

Seriously, doesn't it look delicious!! Thanks Mom...

Amy arranged homemade flower vases throughout the whole house, it was so pretty. This is our entryway, mom was so cute and made sure the whole house looked girlie... she even redecorated the bathroom so it was in pinks and greens!!

A close up of the diaper cake....

My SIL's planted little boxes throughout the shower, one for people to fill in their own envelopes, and one for baby names(yes, we still dont have names).

Kylee also organized this cute little, hair bow table. So the guests could make headbands for the girls and send them home with me. Such a cute idea! She also made little tags that the guests could hook onto the headband, so i would know who made them. It was wonderful to come home with SO SO many hair bows!!

The girls and mom gave me some very cute outfits... so i opened them before the shower and then they hung them from clothespins for decoration. Such a good idea!

Thanks Mom and girls for all your hard work!! It turned out so wonderful!!

29 Weeks!!!

Here is the Rhettser and I at the London Bridge in Lake Havasu City. After I left St. George, i headed to Havasu to spend the week with Rhett.

It was so beautiful, the weather was perfect, we got to enjoy a little Spring Break action in Havasu (j/k), we almost made an appearance and went to the Warren G concert just because we didn't have much going on... but then the security guard made us feel silly when he looked at my belly and said, "Oh no, your not going to the concert, are you??" Well, we didn't tell him that we were bored and we thinking about it.... but after that comment, we opted for a walk on the bridge instead!!

And here is a Belly shot for ya...

29 weeks!! I know I'm huge!!! Starting to feel so tired, i think i have been taking two to three naps a day!! But other than a little, okay a LOT, of heartburn i am feeling great!! Oh, also minus my marshmallow feet... note for my next pregnancy... take a picture of your feet BEFORE you get pregnant... because i am just starting to think i have always had large toes and Cankles!!! The swelling never goes down!!

Conference & Easter!!!

Rhett is on a rotation in Lake Havasu City this month... so while he is there i decided to head up to St. George for a couple weeks. Since it was Easter and Conference Rhett drove up from the Lake to spend the weekend with me-- oh and our families!! My little brother JorDan graduated from high school early and we were so excited for him, so we drove up to my parents Race Track in Cedar to celebrate!!

It took Rhett and I a couple hours and some serious coaxing, to convince my Dad into letting me ride on the four-wheeler. He is just looking out for the babies... i hope=)!! But after a while he gave in, and i insisted Rhett was a safe driver... Rhett's mom has been working so hard to finish the baby quilts for us. I helped... um... a little... but during conference we had to hand stitch the binding. Rhett's mom finished hers in one session. I had finished one side in one session, pathetic i know, so by the last session of conference Rhett decided to help hand sew the binding!!! I think he felt bad for me, and so did is mom, because then all 3 of us sat there and binded the same quilt!!

After the binding lesson (good sport honey!!), we ran over to my families for some Easter dinner!! We had both the grandmas there... Grandma and Grannie on the right.

After a fun, very, very hard egg hunt my dad set up for us, our friends the Woodcocks stopped by. We have been friends with them since we moved to Utah. They have two kids who are the same age as my brother Kyle and I. So we grew up together... and i don't think we have recent picture of us... so for our facebook pages, j/k, we had to take a photo.

And of course our family Easter photo.... my parents thought it would be so funny to take a picture with EVERYone looking pregnant!! So they all were good sports and stuffed pillows in their tummy's, well except Kyle, he stuffed something else as you can tell. Another pregnancy moment he wanted pointed out!! We are missing my little nephew Aiden in this one... but for a few poses he was insistent that he had a pillow under his belly too!! He kept walking around trying to find something to put up his shirt like everyone else!!

I think they make me look skinny... how about you???

Frei Family Shower

Rhett's friends and family were so nice to hold a shower for me while i was in St. George this month. Rhett's mom's good friend Barb, with some help from some neighbors, through me a wonderful baby shower.

Here is Bevin and I in front of the "two" cakes that she and her cousin Steph made. They turned out so cute, they even made the frosting match the fabric from the bedding i chose!

Here is Bre, Me, Bevin and Alexis... we are missing Tammy and Katie in the picture... These are the wives of Rhetts high school friends, I LOVE these girls, we all get along so great, sometimes i wish we lived closer!!

Barb made this cute diaper cake!! It had "two" cute little bunnies on top, with lots of pacifiers, spoons, onsies, and socks tucked inside all the diapers... very cute!!

Botanical Gardens.....

A couple of weeks ago, the Johnson's and The Frei's headed to the Phoenix Botanical Gardens. Rhettser and I feel like we need to get our arizona tourism done and out of the way, cuz i have a have a feeling in about 7-8 weeks we wont be leaving the house much!! Here is Brooke and I in a lovely little umm... desert landscape thing... Dont you thin she makes me look skinny??? j/k

Here is Brady and Rhett trying to grind their own corn into flour... they actually did a pretty good job.. i was quite impressed!!

Here is us attempting to hide the belly... i know im HUGE, more abou that later.... The had this cool Cactus garden and we couldnt resist a photo. They also had a butterfly exhibit which was pretty neat, we were however expecting more butterflies.

It was definetly worth the trip, it was beautiful!! However i would only reccommend it in the winter!! It was even a little toasty in March!!

Busy... Busy... Busy...

I have been so BAD about blogging!! I wanted to post a picture monthly... but this is as close as i am going to get!!! I am almost 25 weeks... And Sorry but you are only get a belly shot.. because i have foils in my hair and i though I would just spare you from looking at that!!

I am HUGE, i know, dont tell me twice, seriously where did this belly come from?? One of the girls i work with put it correctly yesterday....

My clients says, "Wow, i didn't even know she was pregnant!! She didn't look pregnant 6 weeks ago..??"

My co-worker says,"Ya she pretty much exploded that last couple weeks."

Oh dear!!! I would hurt her with my hands, if they werent so swollen and cramped all the time... and if i hadnt known her for two years, and besides who can blame her for being honest???

Really, i dont even recognize myself.. the Doctor said the babies are measuring 1 lb. and 11 oz. and 1 lb. and 12 oz.!! Also passed my blood glucose test...(the hubby thought it would be a no go-the way i lurve my sugar fixes, so he was little surprised with the results.. but that is between me and the blog and the millions that read this). I asked the doc if i was measuring big(cuz' i feel huge) and he says, tape measure in hand, "NOPE, right on schedule for twins!!" I am not sure what answer i was hoping for, but for some reason that didnt make me feel better. I do love my ultrasound appts though!! Just to see that they are doing good and moving around, makes me so happy!!

Meanwhile, my MIL got me a sewing machine for Christmas, (i know, when i told my mom she about went through the roof, then she went through the roof again when i told her i actually WANTED one...) So, this past month i made these burp cloths... I made a couple that are normal burp cloth size and then a couple that still contour to your shoulder but they are longer... I can't tell you how many times babies spit up over my shoulder and it just drips ALL the way down your shirt.. so i am hoping to prevent that (a little) with the extra length????

I had leftover fabric.. so i made some matching pacifier clips too... just cuz i couldnt spare to put the scraps in the trash... and i have a feeling pacifier clips are going to be like shoes and purses... One for every outfit!!

I also made TWO car seat cover blankets, tents, I am not sure what they are called these days.. but i am pretty proud. It took me FOREVER... but they turned out cute.. i even made a ruffle for the outside of them... I want to put some flowers on them, with the same material as the ruffle... but for now they are done and washed and i need a break from the sewing machine!!

This is an up close of the fabric, one has polka dots on back, the other stripes, but they are the same colors. And one is pink with paisleys, the other lime green with paisleys...



They turned out good... but dont look to close, it was my first project!!



Rhett's parents came for a visit a couple weeks ago and we made these bad boys, okay, okay THIS was my first project, but Patty was there to help, so that didnt count, but i am also proud again, because these are minky... ever sewed minky?? Not so fun... ever sewed strips of minky together and made binding with left over minky fabric?? Yep, that is right, HARD, sadly to say i did mess up a little, Rhetts mom had to finish the binding on my quilt, my feet were a little large from all the sewing. But they are super cute!! And they are little bigger so they can use them when they are older too. So cute, thanks Patty!!!

Well, i according to the doc. i could only have 11 weeks left, or less. So we finally purchased these cute little things... Yes, we purchased two... Good thing Babies 'R' Us had a free shipping sale. They both arrived this week. I LOVE them they are cream in color and I cant wait to have the hubby set them up in a couple weeks, After he is done at the VA hospital... this rotation feels like surgery ALL over again. Not fun, poor guy hasnt had a day off in 12 days after tomorrow!! He looks sooo tired!! But shh... again between me and you and the blog-o-sphere.

So CUTE!! I also picked my fabric!! There are quite a few that i used and ill show you why, after i make the crib bumpers and their quilts in a few weeks... Actually, bless Rhett's moms heart, her and her best friend got together in St. George and sewed, and quilted BOTH baby quilts in one day!! Seriously, any ideas on how to repay them?? I cant believe it!! So nice of them, so now i just have to help finish them on my next trip up there... I still cant believe that her best friend did one of them!! I think i got a 2 for 1 MIL package when i married Rhett... i feel so lucky and i can't WAIT to see them!!

So here they are, lime greens, baby pink(of course) and some very, very deep purples to break it up a little!! The fabric is by MODA, it is called Eva, i am thinkin' i will love it forEVA!! Thanks to my friend Whitney for taking me to the cute fabric shops!! And to Hillary for introducing me to MODA... love their stuff!!

This one below looks real pink, but actually has a lot of cream in it... they all are kind of creamy, perfect for the cribs!!

Sorry, about the long post, but i am getting SUPER excited!!!

What is new with the Frei's...

Well, we have had a busy couple weeks!! Rhett is FINALLY done with his OB rotation... and has moved on to internal medicine. We are loving the hours and the doctors... and his wife is so glad to have him home at a decent hour!! In between rotations my family came again!! And this time they brought this little guy......

My brother and his wife and my cute little nephew stayed at our house for the weekend!! It was so fun to have almost the whole family in town-- we missed you Kyle and Kylee!!

In other news... we went to see a specialist for an ultrasound on our little's!! Sometimes we like to think of them as Muffy & Buffy... but only for now... and only because we have NO other names we like!! Ugh any good baby name sites, send them my way=)!! Both babies look great and growing strong we are so happy, i cant wait for them to get here!! Well, actually i can-- because we have just about nothing for them!! I have however purchased a double stroller--- I know your thinking that is a weird first purchase, but it was on way, way clearance... and it was the one i really wanted... and well if i can save $80 bucks why not??

Now i am on to nursery theme's.... i am thinking Shabby chic, meets a little retro motif?? But who knows... i am also thinking lime green and pink and maybe a little gray?? But i will probably change my mind... i am pretty sure the pink is a stable color right now though. So now it is on to my fabric choices!!

Also... went to the doc today and he said i was measuring right on, not sure if that is a relief or not... because i FEEL HUGE!! It seems like it grows an inch everyday!! I still don't think it has totally set in... i just feel super bloated all the time.. what a weird feeling. Probably wont post lots pic's of the belly but the sisters have been asking=)!! Here i am at 2o weeks!!