Team Netherlands

Ashlynn in action

Avery as Forward...who knew!

This is what I captured of her first ever goal!!  She went on to score 4 in this first game = )

These silly girls....

The Steele/Patman squad

Ashlynn warming up

My beautiful Avery

This picture captures all of my Kinsey-bears spirit!

Ashlynn always ready for a close-up

Post-game snacks!

And a ring pop cheers to celebrate Ashlynn & Kinsey's 4th birthday!

Ashlynn & Kinsey's 4th Birthday Party!!

Meet the Steele Spa Team!  Because what better way to celebrate Year 4 than a Spa birthday party!

The Avery's at the pedicure station

Ashlynn & Maddie at the manicure station...the fabulous Grammy & Nene at your service

Very satisfied clients

The youngest Spa client of the day - Miss Scarlett Patman

Ashlynn getting her fancy nail stamp on

More pedicure fun!

Kinsey-bear with her Daddy

Getting nail stamps is serious business

My Avery-butterfly

Luke getting his foot massage

Ashy at the pedicure station

Avery getting her manicure...I had a blast eavesdropping on these two and their girl-talk!  Good news, Avery is not married and probably won't have a boyfriend until she's 20.

The birthday girls at the pedicure station

Madison unrecognizable as a cat

Ella Bella Butterfly

Avery J Butterfly...butterflies are very in this year at the spa circuit

4 Candles for my big 4 year olds!!!

Ashlynn channeling her inner Evie (from Descendants)

Avery borrowed Kinsey's Mal wig...because who doesn't love purple hair!

We had one successful Spa Party to celebrate these two beautiful, crazy, loving little twins!

Baby Belly - 36 Weeks

Whew, we've made it to 36 weeks and are exactly one week away from meeting these little ladies...unless they decide to arrive before their scheduled c-section = )  So excited for Sept 29th!!  

Avery is so excited to be a big sister!  On the other hand...she is not excited to share her blog with these two adorable little sisters.  Sooo...we're moving....to a new Steele Family blog instead.  Email me if you would like access to the new blog = )  I will wrap up Avery's blog this week and FINALLY begin turning it into a blog book for her to have down the road!

Count down to meeting Ashlynn Reese & Kinsey Ryan!!!

I Got My New Shades On!

Avery LOVES her new 'eyes' (as she calls sunglasses).  $5 at Walgreens...who knew!

So Much To Talk About!

First...its football time!  Daddy & Avery sported their SD Chargers t-shirts this weekend and it was absolutely adorable.  For some reason Avery's word for Chargers is 'Dar-Dar' = )

When you're as big as I am its hard to sneak up on your toddler in her princess tent to catch a picture of the cuteness overload.  As I attempted to kneel down with camera in hand she bolted out and tried to steal my camera = )

This is what you get when you sneak up a bit later and just put the camera in the tent and hope you catch a picture of the girl.  I promise my pictures will get better once I can actually move freely again ; )

And on to the BIG news!  Looks like we'll be scheduling a c-section at our next Dr visit.  Miss Ashlynn is determined to stay breech and at this point there is no longer room for her to make a major 180 move.  So...next Monday we should officially know when these ladies will be making their big debut unless my body decided on earlier.

And even BIGGER news...ok, not really but now we're talking baby size = )  Ashlynn weighed in this week at 5 lbs 3 oz and Kinsey at 5 lbs 5 oz.  Yes, I am carrying more than 10 lbs of baby right now...and yes, that is right on track for a singleton pregnancy.  The ultrasound tech said these girls obviously don't know they're twins and should be a bit smaller!

Happy Birthday Uncle Mikey!

Avery wants to wish Uncle Mikey a Hap-hap-happy Birthday = )

Can't wait to see you again soooo soon!

Baby Belly - 34 Weeks

And there you have it...my belly enters a room before I do = )  The sweet people that ask 'When are you due' now follow it up with a look of...are you about to go into labor in the store?!  The little girls are doing fantastic and we will have a new Growth update next Tuesday!!  I absolutely can't wait to see how much they weigh now.  So far they have scored perfect scores at all of their BPP Ultrasounds and are right on track for a healthy arrival.  The nursery is ready for them and our checklist this weekend includes putting the carseats in my car - one of the last To-do's until they arrive = )

We've Made It To...

34 WEEKS!!

Just had to make sure everyone was aware = )  I might even consider taking another belly picture to show off just how ridiculous things are starting to get here!

33 Weeks - Getting Closer

And since Canon has not yet developed a camera that has a wide enough setting to capture my belly...

You get pretty pictures of Avery instead ; )

Mouth full of snacks while playing in the backyard still in her pajamas...that's a nice start to Labor Day!

Sneak Peek - Twin Nursery

Avery did not take to her toddler bed as quickly as we had hoped so the second crib is still in Avery's room.  Our game plan is to have the girls share a crib until they can roll over on their own so we definitely still have some time before we officially have to make the transition.  The nursery is almost ready...now we just need these girls to grow and develop a bit more so that we can introduce them to their super cute room = )