Where the Wild Willingham's are...

doors drawers and cupboards!

2011-03-28T15:06:00.000-07:00

I think it is time to start locking things up!?

NAP TIME!

2011-03-12T08:59:00.001-08:00

I put them down for a nap, and I can hear Lincoln making all kinds of silly noises, so i go in and check on him! :)

hot tubing!

2011-02-25T14:08:00.000-08:00

They all wanted to help cory in the bathroom!
Shelley and her family came over for dinner and hot tubing the other night! In their swimsuits and ready for the hot tub!

So fun when we are together and watching them play!

NEW LOOK!

2011-02-05T11:04:00.001-08:00

I was in serious need of a new hair due! So i decided to do something I have never done! And I love it!

oh lucy!

2011-01-29T08:48:00.000-08:00

Turkey Trot

2010-12-03T15:37:00.001-08:00

My parents and my two sweet nieces Annabella and Savannah joined us in Reno for Thanksgiving! Thanksgiving morning we ran the Turkey Trot! 6.2 miles! can I just say my mom ran it with us and she did AMAZING! go mom!

New Ride!

2010-11-15T09:06:00.000-08:00

yes we joined the minivan club! and we LOVE it! 2005 toyota sienna.

SUPER BABIES!

2010-10-19T11:01:00.000-07:00

here are just some super cute pics, that johns sister teri took while she was here visiting!

2010-10-19T10:56:00.000-07:00

LOVE THESE TWO!

2010-10-07T15:42:00.000-07:00

Just as much as we like to wrestle with each other....
We like to love each other too!!

Look What I can Do!

2010-10-04T19:45:00.000-07:00

What I love so much about this is Lincoln is just sitting there watching her!

Finally A New Post

2010-09-16T19:17:00.000-07:00

Holding hands during tummy time! Lucy is always holding onto Lincoln. It is so cute
Here they are at 3 1/2 months old. I can't believe how fast the time flies! They are so fun. Lincoln talks all the time. To is frog in his car seat or his own reflection in the mirror. It is so fun. Lucy is a little hard cookie to crack but she too smiles and talks, but it takes more to get it out of here then Lincoln.
Our life has been so crazy lately. With me going back to work and John starting school again. Thankfully we have been able to work out our schedules so that either he or I are home with the babies. It makes for a lot of running back and forth but we are grateful that we get to be at home with them. It isn't easy being parents of twins, but we love them and wouldn't change it for the world!

BAD BLOGGER

2010-08-31T10:06:00.000-07:00

Sorry I have been so bad a keeping my blog up to date. As you can imagine my life is a little busy, and just got worse. I went back to work full time last week. So when I am home I am typically home by myself with two babies and most nights I don't even have time to eat dinner let alone blog. So become my friend on facebook to be more up to date with our lives! and I will try to get some new pics posted of the twins soon.

baby pics slideshow

2010-06-16T09:26:00.000-07:00

Peaceful moments!

2010-06-05T15:20:00.001-07:00

Clean bums, Full Bellies, just chillin with our papa!

Labor and Delivery

2010-06-01T11:57:00.000-07:00

Friday morning I went in to see my Dr and get the results for the testing she had me to do for the preeclamsia. The protein levels in your urine have to be 300 in order to be considered preeclampsia, mine were 297. So instead of waiting until June 1st to induce me she just wanted to go ahead and do it Friday so those levels wouldn't rise. I got checked in and around noon they started me on pitocin. John got there shortly after and gave me a sweet blessing. I was already dilated to a 3 when I checked in and at 7:30 pm I was only at a 4. My Dr came in to talk with us again at 9:30 pm and she discussed the likely possibility of a c-section if at 10:30 pm when she would come back to check I was still at a 4. My Dad offered a beautiful prayer asking Heavenly Father to bless us. My parents then went into the waiting room to visit with John's parents so John and I could try to rest. At 10:30 pm my Dr came back in and said get the room ready Lucy's head is right here and we are ready to push! ( I had to deliver in an operating room, which is a standard procedure for twins, since complications can arise and an emergency c-section is sometime necessary) They wheeled me into the OR and the Dr got scrubbed down, and a whole slew of nurses and other medical stuff came in and got everything set up. I think there were about 20 people in there! But they have to have a double set up. Two sets of nurses for each baby and then my nurse my Dr her assistant, then she also brought in her midwife to help. Then John and my mom. At 11:12 pm Lucy was born and exactly 10 minutes later at 11:22 pm Lincoln was born.
I feel so blessed, and know that Heavenly Father hears and answers our prayer. In a situation where things could have easily been difficult and complications could have arose, everything went perfectly. I was able to deliver them vaginally, they were both as healthy as can be and we all got to go home together on Sunday morning. We have been blessed with so much!

Welcome Home!

2010-06-01T11:18:00.000-07:00

Lucy Lorraine: Born 5/28/10 at 11:12 pm, weighed 6lbs 7oz, 18in

Lincoln John: Born 5/28/10 at 11:22 pm weighed 5lbs 14oz, 17 1/2 in

Maybe Sooner

2010-05-27T10:24:00.000-07:00

So I had an appointment with my OB yesterday and as usual she checks out my swelling, because it is so bad! So bad my gums are swelling and I have to wear my retainers cuz it is pushing my teeth apart! yuck! Well swelling is one of the symptoms of preeclampsia so she always checks me for the other symptoms but I haven't had any others until yesterday. So she had me do some labs, and some other fun tests I won't share, and if they come back positive she will induce me Friday morning! Holy Smokes! so we could have our babies tomorrow!

I can see the finish line!

2010-05-20T10:32:00.000-07:00

I had 2 appointments this week, one with the specialist that I have been seeing and the other with my OB. The specialist has been watching and monitoring the babies my whole pregnancy. Monday I saw her for the LAST TIME! Babies are measing in at 5lbs 10oz (baby girl) and 5lbs 130z (baby boy). WOWzers. Both are heathy. Wednesday I saw my OB and she said that we can induce labor on JUNE 1st!!!! That puts me between 37 and 38 weeks Full Term! I feel so blessed that not only have I made it full term with twins I am still working! Now keep us in your prayers as a twin vaginal birth can be difficult for me and the babies.

just when i thought it couldn't get any worse!

2010-05-18T09:06:00.000-07:00

sorry for all the feet pictures. I just want to share my misery with everyone! :)

Going to POP!

2010-05-10T18:13:00.000-07:00

This is what my feet look like on a regular basis! SO GROSE! I don't know how much more of this I can handle. ;)

2010-04-29T16:20:00.000-07:00

Baby Girl at 32 weeks. She had her face pushed up against the placenta so it was hard to get a good shot! I think she is just camera shy cuz in every ultrasound we have a hard time getting good ones of her.
However Baby Boy is always up for photos! He is even showing us some tricks here, that is his leg and his toes are touching is forehead!

2010-04-24T15:41:00.000-07:00

32 Weeks
Getting bigger and oh so ready to have these babies!

2010-04-17T11:20:00.000-07:00

A couple of weeks ago two of my good friends threw me a fabulous baby shower! They put a lot of hard work into and I am very grateful for all they did! There is nothing like good friends. There was a great turn out and we had a a good time.
Here are the two beautiful women you put the shower together! ( sorry kendall for the eating shot ;) I wanted to show off the amazing diaper cake that Kendall made for me! I love it. So cute! Thanks!

27 weeks

2010-03-24T08:13:00.000-07:00

To the request of many, that want to see my growing belly. Here it is at 27 1/2 weeks. Not too bad considering there are 2 babies growing in there.

Cute Girls

2010-03-10T08:13:00.000-08:00

On Monday March 1st my sister Shelley and her husband Cory welcomed 2 new beautiful baby girls into their family! Everyone is happy and healthy and doing great. We love you and are so happy for you guys!

Babies...

2010-02-05T16:24:00.001-08:00

So here are some new baby pictures...baby girl is showin' off some leg here...not really sure who the second one is... but judging by those bulging biceps...probably brother...takes after his dad...the one that looks like a puppy dog is brother...so they're just chillin' in the womb...only a few months to go!

Bow Holder

2010-02-04T13:48:00.000-08:00

I am pretty happy with how the bow holder I made for Shelley turned out so I thought I would share my hard work!

Christmas Vacation.

2010-02-03T17:59:00.001-08:00

Once again John was awesome enough to let me go visit family while he stayed home to work! This time I flew to Salt Lake to visit my wonderful family. Every year we have a Christmas party with my mom's side of the family and I haven't been able to go for the last couple of years, so I was dying to go, and yes this trip too was worth every moment. I don't think there is anything better the Temple square at Christmas time! And then to be able to spend it with some of the greatest cousins a girl could have, well that just makes it all the better.

Can I just say I have the best family! While there me aunts threw me a baby shower! SO sweet of them!

IT IS FOUND!

2010-02-03T17:47:00.001-08:00

I spend a Saturday deep cleaning my house, and what do you know, I find my camera cable! WAhoo! Now bare with me as we go back to Halloween.

I hadn't been home to visit my family in months and I told John "I got to go wither you can go or not," and being the loving husband that he is he let me go with no protest. And the long boring drive alone was worth every moment. How could it not be when you get to spend it with these two adorable girls! Tinker Bell and a Beautiful Bride

I even dressed up to go trick or treating with them. ( I was a scarecrow if you couldn't tell)

Lost!

2010-01-19T11:20:00.000-08:00

I have pictures I need to post but unfortunatly I can not find the cable for my camera to the computer. I am going to give up looking and go buy a new one soon, untill then sorry about the boring blog!

I have had interest in how exactly I cut myself so bad with a butter knife, so I guess I better give a little more detail. I had washed a tupperwear and when I took it out of the dishwasher the rim of it had warped, try as I might I couldn't get the lid on. Sooooo me and my brillant ideas I figured a butter knife would be a great leverage tool. I was holding the lid with my left hand trying to push it on, while with my right hand (butter knife) I was pushing as hard as I could on the rim to get it to push into the lid! Now I think your imagination can explain the rest of the incident! ;) Butter knife slipped (no surprise since I was pushing on it will all my might) and went straight into my finger! I was home alone and had to drive myself to the urgent care, with a paper towel wrapped around it trying to squeese it to stop the blood, not so easy trying to hold that and drive. Needless to say there was alot of blood on alot of places! ;)

What you can do with a butter knife

2010-01-07T10:10:00.001-08:00

Dont let anyone every tell you that butter knifes are not sharp!

Babies 11 weeks

2009-12-06T09:55:00.001-08:00

baby b is horizontal with its bum in its siblings face!!!

baby a is having some tea and scrumpets...silly babies...

THANKSGIVING

2009-12-04T09:33:00.000-08:00

We had a great Thanksgiving this year! We hosted for the first time this year and everything turned out great! I am not sure why I didn't take a single picture all weekend, but I guess I don't need proof to know we had a great time.

Thanks to great inlaws my brother Danny and his family had a comfortable place to stay, and my parents stayed with us.

Thrusday = games, eating, and hot tubing

Friday = freezing cold weather as we hiked around Mt Rose looking for christmas trees, thanks to my brother and sister in law, they helped me carry my tree back to the car through the snow, since John had to work. Then delicious hot chocolate as we sat by Lake Tahoe and enjoyed the view, and rested from our hard work.

Saturday = Shopping for the girls, and movies for the boys! And then a delcious dinner at Bj's Brewery. Homemade rootbeer so delicious!

I love my family, and am so grateful for the relationship that we have! I couldn't think of a better way to spend the Holiday weekend! They are the Best!

9 weeks-ish

2009-11-19T10:25:00.000-08:00

So here are the most recent spottings of the two rugrats...hey at least they have little nubs now...better for swimming around in the abyss known as the uterus...

heartbeats...

more heatbeats...

b baby...i think it's the boy

a baby...guessing the girl...

both babies...

Drumroll please.....

2009-10-29T12:08:00.000-07:00

Well whatdya know...after months of speculation and tireless hours of calculation...the results are in...two tiny little specs....one mama's boy and one daddy's girl...can't really tell which is which yet...but they're there...we had the ultrasound yesterday...secretly...mmuuhahaha (devilish laugh)...so it would be a surprise!!!well....Surprise!!!

So we went into the ultrasound a bit nervous...thinking if it was one or two....so they got the little probe up there and we saw one little smudge...with a little beating heart (baby B)...so in my mind i was thinking ok...one is good...then the doc said "how do you feel about twins?"...."i think i see one more"...ohhh boy... sure enough there was baby A...heart just beatin' away.. ...say goodbye to sleep as we know it...but we are very happy and excited to start this journey...we have another ultrasound in a couple weeks...so stay tuned...and a very BIG thank you to our family and friends for all your love and support...now we could just get some babysitters....

Update

2009-10-21T11:16:00.000-07:00

So I am offically 5 weeks pregnant! Seems weird since we know the actual date of fertilization and implantation, but they still count from my last period! The first ultrasound will be at 7 weeks, that is when we will find out if we are having 1 or 2 babies! so only two weeks to go and we will reveal what we chose to implant! It has been fun to see and hear what people think we chose, thanks for participating in our fun survey! stayed tuned to find out the results!

What did we choose?

2009-10-09T09:57:00.000-07:00

On Wednesday the 30th of September the Dr. implanted to healty babies to be into my uterus. We knew the sex of all the fertilized eggs, and we were able to choose what they put in. So give us your opinion, cuz everyone has one, of what you think we chose.

Auzzie Baby Products!

2009-10-01T11:12:00.000-07:00

http://www.auzziebaby.com/

All moms or moms to be should check out this site!

One of my good friends is starting up her own little business, and makes some great products for babies. Give it a look!

OUCH!

2009-09-28T13:58:00.000-07:00

Let me just explain to you how uncomfortable and painful it is to have your ovaries stimulated to the point that they have 57 eggs on them! YES I said 57! And not in a whole month, which is a normal cycle where us women produce 1 egg, I am talking in only 10 days! I was so bloated and uncomfortable! And that wasn't even the bad part. I was so excited to go in on friday and have them taken out, thinking that the relief would come, Boy was I WRONG! That is when the painful part I refered to earlier kicked in! Thankfully I was asleep while they took them out, but I had no idea what I was in-store for when I woke up! Let me just say OUCH!

Thank Heaven for a wonderful husband that took care of me all weekend, bringing me meals in bed, and anything else I asked! Thank goodness I am feeling much better today, still a little sore but nothing like the last few days!

OH WHAT FUN!

2009-09-21T18:12:00.001-07:00

You would have thought I was a kid at Christmas when this came in the mail! And most of you are wondering why on earth I was so excited to get a huge box of medicine. Well for us it is just one step closer to being pregnant! However I have been on the medicine for a week now and let me just tell you it isn't so much fun, BUT I know what the end result will be so it makes it all worth it.

Our whole lives are centered around Dr.'s appointments, and keeping track of what medicine we are supposed to do each day! Our nurse gave us this beautiful little calendar to make sure we stayed on track and didn't get confused!
The first needles are the ones for my bum! Which we will start next week, and I am not looking forward too. Cuz the little ones that I have been doing in my belly are bad enough! (which are the second ones in the pic) You can imagine my fear when I opened the box and saw a whole bag of the big needles, (the third one down) but thankfully we learned they are only to draw the medicine from the bottles.

I have to give a HUGE shout out to my AWESOME husband, who wakes up every morning at six before I go to work to give me my shot in my belly that I just can't bring myself to do! and not once has he complained. Other then the moaning when I turn on the light and wake him up :)

I do have to say however that when he just sits up in bed and doesn't even put on his glasses to stick a needle in my stomach does make me a little nervous! ;)

IVF & PGD

2009-08-26T10:39:00.000-07:00

John and I are so happy to share that we get to start our family! We have wanted this day to come for a long time but have not had the means to make it happen, But thanks to lovely and genereous parents we are now able to!

As all of you know my Dad has Muscual Dystrophy. MD is a x-linked genetic disorder, which means it is passed from on generation to the next on the x chromosome, so that makes me a carrier of the disease. That means if John and I were to conceive natually our sons would have a 50 /50 chance of having MD, and our daughters would have a 50/50 chance of being carriers of MD.

MD =http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muscular_dystrophy

Up until a couple of years ago, we didn't think that there was anything we could do, and we would just live with the possiblility that our sons could have MD. Thanks to Shelley and Cory and their hard work, patience and research we now know that there is something we can do!

Through

IVF =http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/In_vitro_fertilization

And

PGD =http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Preimplantation_genetic_diagnosis

we can bring healthy kids into this world! And we start the whole process September 3rd, and we couldn't be happier! So keep us in your prayers that everything will work out great and we can be pregnant by october!

California knows how to party...

2009-08-17T10:34:00.000-07:00

So this weekend we were excited to have our cousin (who shall remain namless), come and visit. Well things don't always turn out as planned, and due to a recent outbreak of the swine flu, she wasn't able to make it...so we decided to IMPROVISE...which included taking a spur of the moment trip to sunny california...more specificly vallejo (six flags) and one of the most ridculous cities this side of the Mississippi!! Apparently this city is soooo special you have to pay a toll just for thinking about going there!!! Here is a look back...

We arrived at six flags early saturday morning ready to ride this ----> The Medusa...well we get there and get in, we start our way up the big incline...then stop...uhhhh...ok its normal...just waiting for the previous ride to finish...waiting...then we start back up...then stop...alrighty then...maybe this isn't normal...so 30 minutes later, sitting on the incline, or sunbathing as i liked to call it, we are all being evacuated off and we get FREE tickets!!!so not the best way to start a day at a theme park ...

*a quick note...there are a few if any times when asking about your saftey when the reply is "you should be alright" ummmm..."i should be alright" isn't what you like to hear sitting on a giant rollercoaster while its broken and you're strapped in!!...maybe we should get off...ya that's a better answer...."check please"....nevertheless we went on to our next ride.

Next up was KONG...hahaha (devilish laugh)...which can be seen here

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and we really did have our feet dangling like that!!! no joke...

but i'm not really sure what it had to do with, im assuming King Kong...unless it means you will be violently thrown around, dissoriented, and want to vomit when your done, then it all makes sense...

Another favorite was the mighty ROAR...wich sounds like a nice and
happy relaxing ride....Think again!!!!it was a freakishly intense

wooden rollarcoaster!!! as you can see pictured to your right ---->

Then we got to see some really cool animal shows...Shouka the killer whale, Merlins dolphins and Odin's temple of the Tiger...First up was Shouka...we'll just let the pictures do the talking...and for those who are wondering...we were in the splash zone and we did get splashed...and we liked it...YEEEA BOOII!

Shouka gettin' her ball touching on...

She ain't scared to show off the goods...

Here are the dolphins...

Here is the...nice kitty...ok maybe he is a 5 year old Bengal tiger...and weighs 400 lbs...and could rip us all to shreds!!! I don't know who that guy is...but he is ca-ra-zy uhhhh ya...that's about 8 ft tall...wouldn't recommend this...

You've heard of jaws...well meet claws...original...i know...

This is Taj...one of the oldest elephants in the world!!!! she was born in 1940!!!!that's 69 years old!! She looks enthusiastic and happy to be there doesen't she....

Next we went somewhere else....

I Wonder what bridge this could be...

hmmm.......

Still can't figure it out?

ahh yes....the Golden Gate Bridge...the bridge of dreams, fantasy, and freezing cold windy weather!!!! It was fun to go on the bridge and freeze...I'll just let the pictures do the talking... Crazy streets...what are people thinking!!!!

This is the bay bridge...4 dollars to cross...just to get to San Fransisco...They should pay US to go to this ridiculous city!!!!

If you ever get the chance to eat here.....don't.... Nasty with a capital N....

It's like Mexico...but Chinese...and everything has to be authentic because everything they sell has a sticker that says 'made in china'....

more bridge....

Susan posing with the bridge...

now this is artistic....

Just hangin' out on the Golden gate bridge...that's all I'm tryin' to say...

Can't feel noses or toeses...frozen tozen

The Fog has lifted....

So that was our fun filled weekend....full of wild rides, wild animals, wild cities, bridges, tolls, tolls, and did i mention tolls...

IF THESE TWO AREN'T THE CUTEST....

2009-08-12T19:59:00.000-07:00

I tell you we have the cutest nieces and nephews in the whole world!

SmashMouth Concert

2009-08-12T19:41:00.000-07:00

Smash Mouth put on a free concert a couple weeks ago, so we went and checked them out. Sadly he was off key alot of the time, so we left early!

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2009-08-04T13:00:00.000-07:00

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Camping like a Frenchman

2009-07-29T10:30:00.000-07:00

A couple weeks ago we went camping at Frenchmens Lake in California. We haven't been all summer...so we decided it was time to get in touch with nature and the great outdoors. It was really nice to get away from all the hustle and bustle of work and the daily routines of life. not to mention it was a good opportunity to get some of dad's famous dutch oven cookin'!! Here are a few snapshots from the weekend...

Myself, Mark, and Sheila...sitting by the worlds biggest fly catcher!!If you notice that double screen room to the right...we wanted to put it over the table so when we ate we could keep all the bugs out...well the bugs didn't get the memo that they (the bugs) were suppose to stay out and we (the humans) were suppose to stay in...so by nightfall the bugs had completley taken it over and i think the more bug spray susan sprayed in it...the more bugs came in...so make sure when you buy bug spray it is a repellent and not an attractant...

Here is Susan striking a pose in a little valley we explored...

...and here is us...those rocks were sharp!!

this looks like a cozy place for a nap...or...a SWEET picture!

you may think this is a nice picture of the valley...but take a closer look...go ahead...get the magnifying glass out...we managed to sneek into this one...

hey...there we are...

Here we are getting ready to enter the "cave of death"...not really...but there sure were a lot of spiders!!!

Here is the 30 ft anaconda we found and wrestled into submission...ok maybe it was like 12 inches...and i didn't touch it...but who's counting...

so that was our adventure filled weekend...we are going camping again in the near future...so we will have more great adventure stories from the "Wild Willinghams"...sounds like a cool TV show...

We have entered the world of blogging

2009-07-28T17:37:00.000-07:00

I finally broke down and created a blog. I have not wanted to do it, for 2 reasons.
1) I thought it was going to be hard and take to much time, and
2) I didn't think I would have anything to blog about
But I have realized that neither of my two excuses were valid so here I am! Diving into the wonderful world of blogs! I love looking at everyone elses so I thought it was time for us to share our lives with all of you! Hope you enjoy!