24 weeks

How Far Along:  24 weeks.  In my head I have had little milestones for this pregnancy.  The first one was 12 weeks and the next one was 24 weeks so I am PUMPED to have made it.  The babies are considered "viable" meaning they could possibly survive with lots of medical help if born now.  No way do we want that....stay put babes! 

22 weeks

24 weeks

Maternity Clothes:   Of course.  I am realizing that I am going to outgrow all maternity clothes.  Someone told me at the beginning of the pregnancy that I would need 2 sets of them...big and huge.  Well no kidding.  Some of my shirts are getting too short.  I may go ahead and start wearing some maxi dresses even though it is still pretty chilly out.  Or I may just only wear pajama pants because jeans can just suck it.  Leggings are pants, right?  :/

Sleep:  I am sleeping good.  I wake up quite a few times to go pee but I go right back to sleep.  The sad thing is I have kicked Lonnie out of our bed.  I have a good reason!  Promise!  He snores on occasion.  I mean it is a little soft purr type of snore so it has never really bothered me.  And he only does it when he is having issues with his allergies which he is because one day it is 65 and the next it is 35.  For some reason, when pregnant, I CAN NOT go back to sleep if I wake up and he is purring.  After a few days of this I made him move to the couch.  Mean wife.  I know.  I hate it because I love sleeping with him but I wasn't sleeping and it was really making me grumpy.  So we are trying this for a little while until his snot gets under control.  Which will probably be about when the babies get here.  :/   Geeez..we sound so super old.  

Best Moment of the Week:  Lonnie has been feeling the babies move which is just totally fun.  Blakely still hasn't but mainly because she doesn't have the patience to wait.  She pretends she feels them all the time though.

Movement:   Oh yes.  Pretty much all the time.  I love it so very much.  It is hard for me to tell which one is which now since they are both getting bigger.  I do know when I feel movement really low that is is baby brother's head.  We peeked in on them the other day and I have 4 feet up under my right ribcage.  I knew I was feeling a lot of stuff there but I though maybe it was a head.  Baby boy is head down right in the center and baby girls head is in my left lower quadrant.  Obviously that can and will change but it was interesting to see basically how they are laying in there.  

Symptoms:    Same as before.  I have started having a little reflux but it isn't too terrible.  The BH contractions have started.  They started about this time with Blakely also so they don't freak me out too much.  When I start having them I know I need to sit down and rest for a bit.  I am drinking a load of water and peeing all the time.  When my bladder is full it causes BH's and when baby boy is really active I can have some BH's as well.

By the end of the day, ya know, like 5:00 I am ready to be a couch potato.  If there is something that I need to do after that then I need to rest all afternoon to prepare.  The nights Lonnie is on call are the hardest because I have to do it all myself, which under normal circumstances is not a problem.  We try to have my mom or his mom come over on those nights to help.  I am so so so so thankful to have all of the help that we have.  I seriously don't know how we would do it without.  

Food Cravings/Aversions:  I am obsessed with lemonade but only the Sim.ply Lemon.ade.  I loved it when I was pregnant with Blakely too.  I could drink it all day every day but try not to.  I posted this the other day but can you even believe he left this tiny amount of backwash?  I was not a happy mama.  But don't worry...he got more for me :)

What I Miss:  nothing right now!

What I'm Looking Forward to:  Getting the rooms set up.  I sold our furniture and they are coming to get it this Friday.  They are also moving the baby furniture into the baby room once they get that big furniture out.  So I will have a baby room.  Yay!  I have ordered Blakelys new furniture and her new bedding.  I also ordered the rugs for Blakely's room and the babies' room and ALSO the bedding for the queen bed in the babies' room.  Yay for President's Day sales!  The main thing I need to order now is the new crib and the crib bedding.  Planning on doing that this week.  

So ready to get this garage sale over with so I can get rid of all this junk in my house.  It is amazing how unorganized you have to get when you are organizing.

Ummm...buying twin clothes?  This may become a problem!  

Milestones:  24 weeks.  Getting a good reports from the doctor.  24-28 weeks is a crucial time for twins.  It is when you have the highest chance of going into preterm labor.  I am going in every week to make sure all is well and just listening to my body and taking the opportunity to rest when I can.  I have an ultrasound next week to make sure the babies are growing on track and I can't wait to see them again!  

Blakely's take:  She wants the babies to come now.  I told her they aren't ready and she tells them to grow fast!  

Hello babies!  Grow fast!

I get three kisses most of the time.  One for me and then one for baby brudder and baby sister.  Swoon.