What we are up to now!

I came across these old pictures of the girls and I wasn't sure if I had ever posted them, but they sure have grown a lot since, so I figured that they must be pretty old.

 Even though the girls look so similar, they have such different personalities and I love watching them grow. I am always on the edge of my seat with the next funny thing they are going to say!

 Michael was shooting senior photos last year and I was helping him come up with posses. I looked at these pictures and thought "Was I ever that thin"? HAHA! Once I deliver these twins, it's back to the workout for me!

 After an intense year of school, training, work and clinicals, Mike is finally graduating!!! I am sooo proud of him. It was been really tough. You can only miss 1 or 2 days a block is if you get injured, they kick you out. It has been a lot of sleepless nights filled with studying and long hours at school, work and clinicals but he graduates as a Pysch. Tech Nurse and can work in the state hopsital or county mental health. The next step is to finish the California State Nursing Program where he when then have his RN and his PT. Way to go baby! All 5 of us are so proud of you!

 Well, guess what???????? You know those little things growing in my tummy that we swore were girls? Well, we were WRONG! They are BOTH BOYS!!! Leah and Mike came to the ultrasound and we were all speachless. Well, actually, Mike jumped about 2 feet out of his chair. I was in complete shock. Nothing in this pregnancy has gone as expected. I am THRILLED to be having not only 1 but 2 sons!!! And thank goodness because I really getting rather tired of pink. Michael and I feel so blessed that The Lord would bless us with both girls and boys and 2 boys in 1 shot! That being said, I am having problems with my cervix holding up. It is super short and the doctors are very concerned about preterm labor. I have to go in every week and having it checked. Dr. Yin assured me that she would try to keep me out of the hospital for as long as possible but eventually she believes that is where I am going to end up.

This is BABY A. (Mike's baby) He got to choose the name.

DAXTON RYKER NICHOLAS PRIOR

And BABY B (Sharla's baby)

PARKER ERIC ROBERT PRIOR

Leah came with me to the ultrasound and she and Mike will be the only people allowed in the opperating room! I had to bribe the Dr. because normally they will only let 1 person in the opperating room. But I said,... "No Leah, No baby"! HAHA!

Natalie (our first daughter) is also named after Leah. NATALIE NOEL LEAH PRIOR.

All of our children have 2 middle names and when naming our little boys, I wanted them to have a name that really means something to me. Leah and Eric have been our best friends for years and years and there is no one that I trust more with my children. We love them and want to honor them. Hence...

Parker ERIC (in honor of Eric Bodily) Robert (in honor of my father) Prior.

So the 2 babies named of the Bodilies;

Parker Eric Robert

Natalie Noel Leah

Leah and I have been doing freezer meals every week and we are having a blast!!! It's soooo much fun!  We have made Poulet De Franch, Linguinni alla Anne, Chicken and Broccoli, Wild Rice and Chicken and Aztec Quiche! Both Leah and I bought an extra freezer to accomidate all of our extra cooking!

 I told you this would be a long posting. So, while Mike was busy with school and clinicals, Leah and I got the bug to go house hunting. We went and looked at first home and we were not thrilled with it. I was pretty discouraged and was ready to call it quits but Leah insisted that we look at this other home. Thank goodness for her inspiration because we looked at it and we LOVED it! The owner was great, the house was cozy and it was in our budget. As we were looking at the home, 3 other people had shown up and were wanting to apply for it. The owner loved us and although we will have 5 children, she was willing to give it us above the other applicants. Leah was inspired, it's a great home and we love it! It's also only 1 mile from my parents home. My mother has taken on a huge task of helping me with the children while Mike finishes up schooling and I am gettting bigger and bigger with the twins. We are SO BLESSED BY THE LORD to be surrounded by so much love!

 We moved in 5 days ago so not everything is where we would like it to be, but it feels like home and with time, we will get everything put where it belongs. Home sweet Home!