It's been a while...

I know it's been forever since I've posted so why not start up again...right? Here's a quick update on the family. Carson and Owen are in preschool two afternoons a week. They love it. They also go to Kids Day Inn on Friday mornings. They love KDI because they get to eat lunch while there. Stella and Isaac are nine months old. Hard to believe! The time is going by way too fast for my liking. Stella is crawling all over the place. She's so fast. Isaac prefers to do the "army" crawl, but is beginning to rock on his hands and knees so it's only a matter of time before he gets the whole crawling thing figured out. Isaac is sporting two bottom teeth. Stella is still toothless. The kids are so much fun and extremely busy in their own rights.
Carson and Owen are pretty excited for Halloween, but aren't quite sure about all the scary costumes. They begged me to put up our Halloween decorations. Their favorite seems to be "Pumpkin Boy." (Named by Carson and Owen of course.)

Thank You

Isaac seven weeks old

Stella seven weeks old.

Thank you to all of you for your prayers and positive thoughts and concerns while Isaac and Stella had RSV. I am pleased to say that Isaac seems to be over his RSV and Stella is almost over hers. What a relief! It's no fun having two sick little babies.
The babies are growing like crazy. We are starting to see them smile a lot more and Stella is cooing.

Welcome Little Ones!

January 02, 2008

Twenty little fingers and twenty little toes, plenty of work heaven knows!
Four little arms to hold tight and four little cheeks to kiss goodnight!

Stella Patterson Wright
6 lbs.
18 inches
7:50 a.m.

Isaac Gary Wright
6 lbs. 9 oz.
17 inches
7:51 a.m.

With Love, Carson, Kara, and brothers Carson and Owen

Time Out

Last Sunday while watching football Carson and I hear our son Carson state that the football team was "very naughty." Carson proceeded to tell us the "football guys in time out!" He had heard the football official say one of the teams had called a time out. Well, I guess it's good he understands one meaning of time out, right?

Patience

No babies yet. I had a doctor's appointment on Friday, December 14 and Dr. Depew told me that I was doing well and the babies are, too. I am not ready to deliver (personally or medically speaking.) I feel I have so much to do before the arrival of the new babies. My stomach grew a lot in the last week. Last time I went to the doctor (one week and two days ago) I was measuring at 38 weeks. This time I measured 42 weeks. I am 35.5 weeks pregnant. These measurements are based on being pregnant with only one baby of course, but that may give some of you an idea of how large I am. So yes, I look like I'm ready to pop! I am feeling good. I haven't started swelling yet. Of course, I can't bend at the waist, which is challenging on a daily basis, but all things considered, this is a small and short lived "challenge."
For those of you wondering, we haven't talked about a delivery date yet. I am one month from my 40 week due date (January 15). It is best for me to keep these babies in utero for as long as possible. Although it isn't uncommon for twins to be delivered early, it doesn't mean that is what is best for them. Dr. Depew is certain that I can hold off until Christmas. This has been his goal for me all along. I would prefer the babies be born as far from Christmas as possible.

PS No we don't have names picked out. Any suggestions?

Happy Thanksgiving

We had 14 from the Patterson side for Thanksgiving dinner. And for those of you who know me well enough know better than to assume I cooked. I called in the professionals (Super Suppers) for help. I will let you know the oven was on because everything was frozen so we had to heat it up. And in my household if the oven was on cooking has occurred. We did make a few of our family favorites to add to the massive amount of food. From what my guests told me they liked the dinner so I will mark it as a success in my book. (Maybe they were just being nice to make me feel good, but I don't care.)

I was not stressed about having 14 for dinner. I was so grateful that our families traveled to Wichita to join us. Carson's parents came to Wichita as well. They ate at his sister's house, but we went over there (all of us) to see them. We had the best of both worlds, we didn't have to travel over the holiday and still got to see most of our family members.

Carson and Owen loved seeing their aunts, uncles, grandparents and cousins. In fact the boys were asking me today if family was coming to see them this weekend. They were very disappointed when I told them we were on our own this weekend.

Getting ready for babies

This past weekend my mom, sister, and her two boys came to Wichita to help me prepare for the coming of the babies. Michelle and my mom were in overdrive! They really cleaned and organized my house. I feel so liberated. I believe we are now pretty much ready for babies and all the things they bring... diapers, bottles, blankets, onesies and etc. Michelle worked very hard of making the most of my limited space in the kitchen and my mom did laundry and finished up the nursery. They also organized closets and cleaned up the master bedroom. Who knew we had so much room in our bedroom?

Carson and Owen loved playing with their cousins Luke and Jake. Luke and Jake wore Carson and Owen out. It was great! It was so much fun watching all the little boys play together. They truly love one another! Too bad we don't live closer.