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Hey loves! Long time and no post. Just wanted to say hey and missed you guys. How was your New Year?
Sorry for the lack in posts, we've just been super busy with our beautiful babies, and our wedding! Yes, we're getting married February 17th of 2013! Ah so exciting!!! I can't believe I'm finally gonna marry the man of my dreams! :D I love Kyson. <3

But we'll get back to updating you guys in a couple of weeks...  we haven't forgotten about you! Thanks to everyone who continues to support us, we appreciate you guys so much, you have no idea. :) xxxx

Quick life update:
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RESULTS...

Wow, this is my second post today. Is this a record? Lol. My posts are usually long and explanative, but I'm just gonna keep this very short and simple. Excuse the grammar BTW. The letter FINALLY got mailed home just this second and after reading it, we found out we're not expecting! This is a relief b/c I just gave birth to my twins 7 weeks ago. I just wanted to make it clear. Lately it's been getting hate letters in my Inbox. Nice right? Said that I would have an abortion if I was pregnant. Why on our life would I have an abortion if I didn't abort the twins? Every child is a blessing from God and they deserve a chance no matter what. (Like I stated before.) It's just life; and we all make mistakes.

BLOGtober day 3; StyleDiet

Keeping fit isn't as easy as it looks like. GAINING pounds is no big deal. You can slack all you want, and within days you could already gain weight. But it's LOSING pounds that's REALLY tough.

Ever looked at commercials and saw that people made it look like it's so easy to lose weight? Well, let me tell you by personal experience it's not. There are diet pills, "don't go on a diet, just take these!" pills....
Well to tell you the truth, none of these will help you! Forget the pills. They are way too expensive, and they do you no good.

"I don't believe you one single bit. If pills don't work... what DOES?!" 

There's only one answer to that. You're eating to much carbs, 2. consuming too much, or 3. Just slacking! Carbs are like energy, and TOO much energy causes you to gain weight. If you're the type of person who eats many carbs in a day, then try to work it out. It takes about 5 minutes if you are consuming too much carbs, and 30 minutes if you consume way over the limit you should have a day. Just something to think about. 

For more information, go to http://www.hsph.harvard.edu/nutritionsource/what-should-you-eat
/carbohydrates/ 

Have requests? Comment below or email me at ashlynandbabies@gmail.com

BLOGtober day 2; Nursery tour

Hi everyone, I realized that I haven't been able to make a nursery tour for this blog or anywhere else so I decided to make one today! Good start off of BLOGtober, right? :) Anyways, here it is!

The entrance, so this is basically what you see right when you walk in. You can see a glimpse of the bathroom in the background as well!(:

Kaden and Kyle's closet :)
(temprary clothes, mostly toys)

We have this playmat, which the twins are using already. We don't need two, Kaden and Kyle both fit perfectly on one mat. This is stored in the closet, as well as most of Kaden and Kyle's toys. This was $49.99 at Target

We have two of the same bouncer, but it's actually placed in the back of Kaden and Kyle's crib. The twins used to hate this bouncer/swing but now they LOVE it! 5 stars

Kaden and Kyle's closet

Closer view

Closer view















So that pretty much concludes the nursery tour. Tell me what you guys think, and if you guys have any suggestions! :) Thanks you guys

BLOG EVERYDAY OCTOBER (BLOGtober) Day 1; Intro

Psyched to announce that I will be doing a blog everyday this month. You can probably tell that's why it's called BLOG tober ... or is just me? Lol but anyways, moving forward..

SOCIAL MEDIA QUESTIONS:

What is BLOGtober? BLOGtober is where bloggers like myself blog everyday for a month. Since it is OctOBER, it's called BLOGtober. 
What will I blog about? Family matters, mommy favs, updates on Kaden and Kyle, and things that get on my nerves :) 
When is the official first day of BLOGtober? Tomorrow! Super excited. I dunno what I'm gonna do yet, so leave your comments and requests below. (Baby Lala's B-Day is tomorrow, turning 8 maybe I could do a post on that?)
Letters and comments? Addressed to my PO , email me at ashlynandbabies@gmail.com for more info 
Guest blogger? I love this question. I got this question from my Twitter, so thanks to Lesley for tweeting me this! Hm, I don't exactly know yet, but since my sis was my only one and only guest blogger, maybe I could do a raffle? We'll see. Again, email me at ashlynandbabies@gmail.com if you are interested.
Fiancee tag? Thanks to Malisia for asking me this on Twitter. I've actually been thinking about it, and I guess that's doable. When Kyson is unlazy we'll see. :) You all know I love my man. 

IF YOU HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS, PLEASE COMMENT BELOW THIS BLOG POST AND I WILL GET BACK TO YOU AS SOON AS POSSIBLE! Or.. you can just tweet me @Ashlynandbabies 

Thank you guys so so much as always! From the bottom of my heart,
Ashlyn 

6 week update

My, where has the time gone? Our twins are growing up faster than we could have ever imagined. They are the loves of our life, someone who gets us up every morning with a smile on our face. It seems as if Kaden and Kyle are learning something new each and everyday... and that's why we're (meaning I lol) consrantly taking pix of our twins from morning to night, wondering if fthey might look different the next day. Time surely does run by fast,when you're busy having your hands full and having fun.                                                                                                                                                 No, of course not being a parent is not just fun and games. We will, and DO provide for our children with not only a roof over their heads, but with LOVE and CARE. That's what being a parent is all about.
 Comfort also comes within being a parent, and making sure your child is well, healthy, having fun, and getting an education.  
Just a little thought that was mind blowing to me. So anyways... should we get to the six week update?! :)                                                                                                                                                 Just Monday, Kaden and Kyle seemed to have a little cough but then when the day was slowly coming to an end, their cough was taking turns toward the worst so we had to bring our boys to our doctor. The Dr. said that they seemed to have a little bit of a fever, so Kaden and Kyle stayed for the night at the hospital. While we were there, we did a miner checkup (you know, sorta like physical checkup.) Both twins gained about 3ish 4lbs since birth, which was a good thing b/c they were tiny newborns! They each grew about 1 1/2 inches since birth.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         Milestones :)                                                                                                                                              1. Kyle was TRYING so so so hard to roll over! It's the cutest little thing ever! 2. Kaden is trying to lift his head up in glancing position (with his arm on the mat) but he ends up falling on the mat. Like I said.. cutest little thing ever! My both babies! 3. Both babies' first time visiting great aunt Shelly! I don't think they like her though, lol ;)                                                                                                                                                                                                                     

Waiting for the results....

Hi guys! This week, this post is by me, Ashlyn! :) Long time and no talk!

Before I get into anything, I wanna tell you guys something. I woke up with a headache, nausea, and dizziness. I mean.. could it be? Could I, Aahlyn Jane Shafer possibly be PREGNANT again? It isn't possible correct? I mean.. I just had my twins not even six weeks ago. And Kyson and I DIDN'T even have sex since the moment Kaden and Kyle were born. It's WAY to early to do that.

I'm NOT, let me repeat NOT with any other guy other than Kyson. Why would I do such a thing? Even thinking about this makes my head ache. I hope Kyson and I can make this work, no matter what happens. And I KNOW I haven't been with any other guy.

So to clear all my thoughts and confusion, I went to the hospital to get a pregnancy test and all of that. You know... same thing that I had to do about 10 months ago?! I got an ultrasound done, but so far they don't see anything. Good sign  so far, but we still have to wait for all the other results to come back by next week.

Now Kyson and I have to wait for the results to come, hoping and praying I'm not pregnant. And IF I am, there's NO doubt in my mind the baby's not Kyson's. Some relevant questions I got when I came home from the hospital was "Are you going to abort the baby if you're pregnant?"

WHY on my life would I abort this baby (IF I was pregnant) if I didn't abort Kaden and Kyle? We, as a whole family, are strong believers that EVERY child from deserves a chance, and they are blessings no matter what. Teen parents, young parents, 30-something parents... who cares?? It's the love, care, and providness that counts. Not anything else. People NEED to get that through their heads. Why are people so critical about teen parents? Yeah, some of us don't take care of their kids but most of us do... providing and suffering for our kids each and every day... just like YOU guys do. We're human too, you know. You can mess with me, but definitely not my family. I'll deal with you... words can't bring me down. Bring me down, but my family doesn't have to suffer. I'll do anything for my family. Like I said... we're human. We eat, drink, learn, (etc) every single day. But most of all, we have feelings. And we should all respect each others' feelings.