Looking back over 2011

Our year at a glance...

January:
*Basketball leads to Districts, Regionals, and eventually to State.

February:
*Breakdown for the millionth time that our attempts to get pregnant didn't work. We decide to make the next big step and do Invetro.
*BE Tigers win 5th place in the State Tournament

March:
*Eggs harvested, fertilized and 2 implanted on the 29th.

April:
*On the 12th of April we found out we were going to be parents!
* TWINS! We find out we are having not one but two miracles

May:
*Trip to Forks for the weekend. (And yes, we got a picture of me by the "Welcome to Forks" sign)
*Jake is going to be the head coach for the Tiger boys basketball team starting in the 2011-2012 season.

June:
*Bring on the baby planning...room, furniture, ect.
*Summer BE Blaze basketball is in full swing.
*Jake's family visit for a weekend.

July:
*To lake Coeur d'Alene for the 4th.
*Invitations go out to friends and family for the surprise 40th Wedding Anniversary Party for my parents.
* Girls! We are having twin girls! Hannah and Hailey
*I become the God Mother to one of the most wonderful and amazing little girls Alex.

August:
*Jake and I celebrate our 4th wedding anniversary on the 11th.
*Jake turns the big 30 and we have a party for him with friends and family out at the lake.
*Spend hours at the fabric store with my mom picking out material for the girls room.
*Family visit, for some reason all the same week. (See next line for reason...)
*Surprise party for my parents. 40 happy years! (both mom and dad had NO idea!)
*Start planning the baby shower for our girls with my best friend Ami and my Mommy

September:
*Start getting the girls room put together. (Ordered cribs and changing table. Got butterflies up all over the room. Ect.)
*School starts for Jake
*Continue stocking up on baby supplies (especially diapers :0)

October:
*God Daughter turns 1 year old
* Baby shower in Spokane with all our friends and family
*Put together crib.
*Wash a seemingly endless amount of baby clothes.
*Wonder how much longer until I am not able to work...
*Have baby shower in Burlington with girls from work and a few of my friends (Thanks Katina!)
*Visit Ikia for the first time while Jake goes to the Cougar game in Seattle with my dad and brother.
*Baby shower in Bellevue with family from Seattle and Portland
*Starting to feel ready for the girls to be born.

November:
*Put on part time at work due to high blood pressure.
*Tiger basketball season starts.
*Done working again due to high bp
*November 22nd put on strict bed rest until appointment on the 23rd again due to high (160 something/115) bp.
*Call mom and dad the 22nd and tell them to come over a day early...we will probably meet these girls the next day.
*23rd, 1pm appointment. Bp still really high and not going down. Doctor worried about long weekend...we go to the hospital that day.
*3pm we meet my parents and brother in the parking lot at the hospital and get checked it.
*5pm the Doctor is ready to deliver the girls.
*5:39pm Hannah is born.
*5:41pm Hailey is born.
*Our lives are changed forever in those few minuets.
*We entered the hospital a family of 2, and on the 27th we leave a family of 4.

December:
*Getting use to life with two little babies. (Constant feedings and no sleep)
*Forever grateful for my mom staying and helping us.
*Stephen (my little brother) asked Caitlin to be his wife!
*BE Tigers win their first 6 games of the season!
*Jake gets a few full nights sleep before he joins the girls and I in Spokane for Christmas.
*The girs meet their Great Grandma, aka GG, and cousins, my best firend, my God daughter Alex, and lots of other people.
*Christmas at my parents house.
*Back home and on our own for the first time.
*Hailey, at 5 1/2 weeks rolls from her tummy to her back...over and over. (I'm not ready for that)
*Jake and I celebrate the end of the best year of our life sitting on the couch, watching the ball drop in New York on the tv, with a glass of wine (that froze) listening to the noises of our little girls while they sleep on the monitor.

2011 brought a ton of challenges and miracles. We are so grateful for the past year and the new members of our family. I can't wait to see what the year 2012 brings the Martyn family!!