So fast forward to June 2010. We had birthed our twin boys at the end of April and I was (thankfully) feeling awesome. I was so looking forward to this wedding since it was such an awesome family affair! Dana’s grandmother even made the cake! But what I was looking forward to most of all was the laid back, casual feel that I knew this wedding would have. You see, Dana and Mark have been together since junior high. That’s 10 years! They’ve been through so much together and it was obvious that even after all that time that they are still madly in love.

Hope you love your sneak peek, guys! And I’m glad you had a wonderful honeymoon!!

Here’s my sister Kellie with her fiance Mike (they are getting married in December!) They just needed a few quick shots for their Save-the-Date cards, so we went outside and took a couple!

One thing I wanted going into this pregnancy was some nice maternity pictures. During the last 2 pregnancies I had wanted the same thing but had given birth earlier than expected and never got them. So this time at 31 weeks I set up the self timer and took a few. And let me tell you, it’s so much harder taking them of yourself than it is taking them of others! I especially loved this one of my husband and I (it’s now on canvas in our living room). Here’s my 31 week twin belly!

Everyone keeps saying how great we’re doing with the kids and how surprised they are at how much we’re doing and getting out. But really, after 15 weeks of bedrest I was certainly ready to get out of the house! A person can only watch TV and surf the web for so long before they go absolutely batty! I’m starting to book sessions again (my first post-pregnancy wedding is next Saturday and I can’t wait) but I will be conservative with the amount that I book. So if you want a summer session, give me a call or e-mail me and we’ll see what we can do!

We’re all adjusting wonderfully and there hasn’t been any jealousy from the kids at all. In fact, they are so in love with their little brothers that many times we have to tell them to back up a little. Especially Teagan, who loves to get in their faces and kiss them!

And since I know these are what you’ve been waiting for, here’s a few pictures of our little cuties!
The boys only an hour old!

And one of my absolute favorites. The 2 boys snuggled together when they were only a couple of days old.

I could write all day about them, but I hear them waking up, which means they will want to eat! So I have to cut this short. But rest assured you’ll see more pictures and hear more stories about them as they grow up along with the rest of our clan. Wow. 5 kids. I still can’t quite believe it! Are we blessed or what?

But here’s the catch – the other twins were early. Very early. The girls were born at 29.5 weeks and while they are healthy little girls today, it was a rough beginning for them. And rough for us too. So we’re doing everything we can to prevent another preterm delivery. Our goal is to get to 34 weeks (36 would be awesome, but I can’t even let myself dream about having take-home babies because it would be too disappointing not to have it happen.) Right now we’re at 25 weeks and everything looks great. I’ve been on preventative bedrest for 4 weeks now and it seems to be helping a lot. But even before that I was taking it very easy as per my Dr. I’m definitely suffering from photography withdrawal though! I can’t wait to pick up my cameras again! We have a lot of wonderful clients and weddings planned for the rest of 2010, but we need to get through the next 2.5 months first.

I will definitely try to be better about posting here though! And of course once the boys are here I’ll be posting LOTS of pictures to make up for the 6 months of nothing! For any of you interested in following our pregnancy and family journey, we have a personal blog over at http://the-prochazkas.blogspot.com. I’ve been better at updating that one lately, only because it seems like most of my life has been so focused on the pregnancy (of course the fact that I have 2 squirmy aliens in my belly really keeps my attention!) But feel free to drop by that blog! And if you’re on Facebook, look me up! I have a personal page as well as a fan page.

Here’s the fan page: http://www.facebook.com/prochazkaphotography

And my personal page: http://www.facebook.com/kimclarkprochazka#!/kimprochazka

And what would a post be without some pics? Here are the boys at 24 weeks!

Baby A

And Baby B!

Of course while battling morning sickness, we somehow managed to pick up the h1n1 flu. Colin, Meg, Teagan and I all had it at the same time. It definitely hit me harder than the kids, but we expected that since being pregnant puts me at a higher risk, and being pregnant with twins meant that it would be even harder than normal. After a week of living on the couch, I’m finally back to normal. The kids all bounced back quickly (the girls still have lingering fevers, preventing them from going to school, but feel totally fine other than that.) I feel like we need a bumper sticker that says “we survived h1n1″.

So between the awful morning sickness (it was never this bad with the other pregnancies so it took me totally by surprise) and the flu attacking our house, things have been a bit… well, crazy.

A few people have asked if I will be continuing to photograph. And I certainly will – after this pregnancy is over. My pregnancies are high risk due to the fact that I tend to go into preterm labor. Luckily, I knew we were going to start trying for a baby in advance and cleared my schedule in anticipation of it. So from now until June I’m off. Of course you can still order prints and cards if your session has already happened. But I won’t be doing any new sessions for a while.

For now we’re just going day by day and praying for full term, healthy, happy, fat babies. Or at least 34 weeks – that would be awesome.

So I apologize for any delays over the past 2 weeks or so (since it got really bad) and should be back on track tomorrow! My to-do list is huge, but with a properly functioning computer it should be up to date in no time!! Thanks for being patient!

This one I absolutely love because it was totally unscripted, in the moment and so full of joy!

And this one just represents to me what a wedding truly is. The bride and groom quietly praying together during the ceremony. And of course the fact that the church is gorgeous doesn’t hurt!

Thank you for sharing this day with us, Megan & Mike! More to come!