Twins!

Its been forever since i made a blog post! Here is the exciting announcement i posted for FB friends, again here for my blogger friends - were expecting identical twins in October! We are excited but also a little scared to have 3 kids under the age of 2 in our family! We're hoping the twins are mono di instead of mono mono - mono di means there is a membrane separating the two babies, mono mono means they can touch and is scary because they can potentially strangle each other with their umbilical cords, if they are mono mono i will also have to go on bedrest in the hospital at 24 weeks because it is such a high risk pregnancy. We found out hopefully this week if their mono di, but will know for sure by 3 months. Prayers are appreciated!! I am happy we picked out a house we're about to close on with room to grow, and ironically enough before we knew about the twins the house has a "twin room" in it from the previous owners where they put up a half wall in the middle of a long room for their twins to share. My head is spinning with nursery ideas in there :). Were excited for this adventure, but i cant wait to get over the sickness of it all, it really is amplified with 2 babies, i thought i was sick with Dalton, but i had no clue how bad it can be with two babies!! We are defiantly counting our blessings twice :) and have faith that all will be well. We had to do fertility treatments before we had Dalton for 3 years, and here i am pregnant without fertility treatments and with twins no less! We are excited for the adventure ahead of us!

The Barn Boutique!!

I have been busily planning my annual boutique and I am so glad it is finally here. This year is sure to be a hit! I hope to see you there!
The Hastings' Residence: 850 N Quinn Ave Gilbert, 85234
Oct 15 from 2-6pm & Oct 16 from 8-4pm

Dalton Lately

Dalton is so much fun, both Scott and I say we never get bored of him, and we could play with him all day long.
He says momma, dadda, babba and shakes his head no at us all the time!
He is starting to walk at 10 months! Yikes, he stands perfectly balanced on his own and takes about 2-3 steps, gets scared and lowers to his knees, I'm glad he hasn't figured out that can do it just yet, because he really can :). He darts for stairs and is pretty good at them, our first tumble was at the condo this week in Park City, he fell down one of the three sets of stairs...which are a nightmare up here, and no where sales baby gates!!!
He loves the horses and begs to see them each day. He isn't so gentle with them but they take the slaps to the face pretty well. He is certainly a little cowboy, everything is about outdoors for him-dogs, cows, trucks, horses, and water-he would swim all day if he could.
He loves the song "Stuck Like Glue" by Sugar Land, it was stuck in my head one day so i was singing him the chorus, "you and me baby we're stuck like glue" it came on in the car later that day and he was trying to sing it, he recognized the song from me singing it. Now every time its on in the car he starts singing (which is yelling "ahh ahh ahh" to the tune) but its his favorite song he sings and dances really getting into it shaking his head all around bouncing up and down. Scott and I decided to make it our family song-cheesy I know.
I have so many fun pictures of him, I have been overdoing it lately but I cant find my camera usb to upload them-that is on my list of things to buy so i can share my cute boy with you. Here is a mobile upload.

My heart is FULL

My heart is full and words cannot express the experiences I have had the past 3 days. They are so sacred and dear to my heart that I will never be the same. I have experienced a true heaven on Earth, a celestial room in the Check's home that i feel privileged to have been apart of. Sweet Emmie is back with the Savior. I wish I could paint the picture for you of the beautiful moment as an inspiration for us all to know that we will live again, that God does hear our prayers, and is good. Emmie has taught me so much, and being able to serve her and administer care to her in her last hours will be a precious memory for me always. From this experience I will take that the most important thing I can do in this life is be a good mother. Tiffany is the most amazing mother i have ever known, she faithfully served Emmie for 8 1/2 years, so lovingly that Emmie did not want to go. She almost passed 13 hours before she actually went, and I know it was because she was torn between leaving her loving parents here on Earth or going to be with her Father in Heaven. What a wonderful mother she is that sweet Emmie feels as much love from her as she does from her Heavenly Father. Sweet Emmie inspired me to be a nurse. I cared for her as a teenager, and now that I am a nurse I was honored to care for her as she passed in her beautiful home. Sweet princess I love you and will cherish your memory forever. Your body will be laid to rest, but your spirit will linger forever more.

I love her Aunt Tracey's inspirational words, and her precious photos of Emmie. She beautifully portrays the painfully sweet scene that has been experienced the past couple days. www.14babyblues.blogspot.com