Meadows Family: July 2012

Ok, since my last post (over a year ago), we have had LOTS happen around our household! We have had birthdays, anniversaries, a pet lost and a pet gained, quitting of a job and probably the most exciting is that we are expecting TWINS in December! Like I said, there has been LOTS happening and I know that there will be TONS left out of this post, but most importantly, I want to get back to blogging to document this monumental and LAST pregnancy for our family. Before I found out I was pregnant (a day before Thad's 30th birthday, April 23rd), I had become a runner to get myself back in shape and I absolutely fell in love with with! I fell SO in love with it, that I actually ran numerous races and was doing great losing weight and having some "me" time that I never thought I would find from running! I was 2 lbs away from my goal weight (125 lbs) when I found out I was pregnant and since then, running has taken a backseat to all of the hormonal changes that have taken place in my body, carrying two babies! (Those changes came on FAST and have been FURIOUS up to about 2 weeks ago when I was 14 weeks) I told myself that I was going to continue to run during this pregnancy so not to gain the 52 lb like I did with Berk, but since finding out there were two, I have NOT ran, but I am still planning on getting around to walking! I do plan on continuing to run after this pregnancy and hopefully I will be able to have them naturally so that I will not have to wait too long to hit the trails again!

I am NOT going to recap the last year, but will put some more recent pictures of the kids. We have been beyond blessed this last year and I know that the months to come will lead to many more blessings for our entire family not only with the addition of our twins, but also with me being able to stay "home" with the kids. This change took lots of thinking and praying about but after we found out that the twins were on the way, we knew that God had lead us to a position in our lives where this will be the best for our family. We are just praying that He will provide what our family needs both before and after the twins' birth and we are relying heavily on a lot of love and support from friends and family. So with that being said, here are some pictures and I hope you keep tuned in to all of the fun and exciting things that will happen in the upcoming months!

Our newest member of the family that we got last summer after we had to put Maddox down. He is another Border Collie (is MUCH bigger now) and his name is Sparky