28 weekers with the twinkers

So I typed all this out a good 2 weeks ago but then things got hectic and I never posted.  So much has happened recently but I want to post this and then I'll give an update on where we are now!  

How Far Along:  28 weeks!  This is another one of those little milestones I have had in my head so I am happy to be here.  

Maternity Clothes:  Yes.  I have graduated into Lonnie's t-shirts if I am just at the house.  Pretty much don't want to get into anything else.  

Sleep: Ehhhh.  Not very good.  I just wake up a lot and then can't get back to sleep.  Not necessarily because I am uncomfortable, which I am, but just because I am awake! Sleep great during the day if I get a chance though!  

Best Moment of the Week:  There have been lots of moments.  Lonnie was off this last week so we were able to get quite a bit done around the house.  The very last room to organize is the laundry room...saved it for last because I hate it.  Other than that we have de-cluttered every thing else.  Now we are hoping to have the garage sale in 2 weeks so we can get all this stuff out of the house.  Each room still has a little bit left to do before I can say it is complete but we have made HUGE progress.  HUGE and it makes me so happy.  

We went to Babi.esR.us last week to try and decide on a stroller.  Of course they didn't have the ones I wanted to see out on display so I am just going to have to wing it.  I also wanted to lay eyes on a crib.  Long story with the crib but they don't make Blakely's anymore so I have to get something else.  Which wouldn't be that big of a deal except Blakely's has a very curved back and both cribs are sharing a wall so I felt like they curvy backs needed to match.  Then I needed to match the color.  I think I found one.  I won't really know unit lit gets here so fingers crossed!  

Lonnie also made me get a support belt thingy for my belly.  I haven't been able to stand up much without my tummy just being super tight and painful.  So I reluctantly got one.  Can you say game changer?  I mean so far it is really really helping me.  It helps my back as well.  I can sit up for longer periods of time without being in pain which helps my comfort level when I do actually need to lay down.  

I registered this week.  I am having a shower (sprinkle?) in about 3 weeks.  I wasn't sure about having one but the friends weren't taking no for an answer...and I don't have a single boy thing!  SO I just registered for a few things at a boutique here in town and at BRU for some nursing supplies, etc.  

I got my cloth diapers in the mail.  Why is that so fun?  I don't know but I was pretty excited when I opened them.  

  

Movement:  Yes...all the time.  Now that they are bigger I can tell which one it is that is moving most of the time.  Not always though.  

Symptoms:  pretty much the same with a few new ones.  The reflux has started like crazy.  I can't eat any where near bed time.  I definitely did not have it this bad with Blakely.  I only want to eat cold stuff and not a lot of anything because I feel so full to begin with.  I have gained about 4 pounds in the last month and that is about 25-27 total...I can't remember exactly.  

My skin.  Oh my poor skin.  Just a few days ago it started really hurting on my belly.  I felt like it was going to split open right down the middle.  I have been massaging it with multiple different types of oils and creams and lotions and potions.  That makes it feel better temporarily but then it is right back to the stinging pain.  So far I don't have any new stretch marks just the ones I got with B.  Those are massively stretched out and ticked off looking so I know it is only a matter of time before new ones pop up.  I don't care a single thing about getting new ones because I know it is inevitable but wow....the skin pain.  

What I Miss: I don't really miss much but I do look forward to a large glass of wine.

Gender: boy and a girl.  We still don't have names!  I think baby sister has a name but we went back to the drawing board with baby brother's name.  And Blakely's hates the girl name so we will see how that plays out.  Every time we say it she says NO!  That is not her name but I think she is coming around.  

What I'm Looking Forward to:   I love being pregnant and feeling these babes move so I don't want to wish the pregnancy away.  I know I may not (probably won't) get to do this again.  All that to say...I am really excited for these 9-10 weeks to pass and to get to hold these little miracles in my arms.  

Weekly Wisdom: relax and try to enjoy these last weeks 

Milestones:  28 weeks is huge.  Very happy to be here and now let's get to 32 and beyond!  

I went to the doctor last week and Lonnie got to come with me.  We had a growth ultrasound.  I was so happy to see the babes as it had been over a month!  They were both looking good.  The first thing she measured was baby boy's head.  It measured 31 weeks and 1 day.  I nearly panicked.  Because I was 27 weeks 1 day!  I was mainly worried that he would be much bigger than sister and that would be worrisome.  But no.  That was not the case.  Both babies were measuring 29 weeks and some days.  So they are both large.  About 2 1/2 pounds!  No wonder I feel so super pregnant.  And right now they are both transverse so maybe that has something to do with the extreme stretching of the skin pain?  I get another growth ultrasound at about 31 weeks.  

I passed my glucose test so I had O.reos in celebration.  We talked about different birth plans but it seems like a post of its own.  Cervix is still a rockstar.  I go back in 2 weeks (which is just one week now).  

Happy St. Patrick's Day!

Blakely thought it was pretty cool that everyone was wearing green on Mommy's birthday!  

My mom, aunt and Grand had a little party for me yesterday and Blakely was SO EXCITED about it.  I meant she couldn't stop talking about it.  Right when I walked in the door (she was already there) she started telling me about the shamrock cookies and the pink plates and the cake and the presents that I was going to get.  She told me which chair to sit in and then she told Lonnie all about it when we got home.  Then she told Juanet all about it this morning.  IT was pretty much the sweetest thing ever.  

We are partying hard here for my 33rd birthday.  Blakely went to MDO and Lonnie went to work.  I am laying on the couch all day and then my MIL is coming to make dinner.  Woo hoo!  Party animals.  I am just thankful to be right where I am at 33.  Couldn't be any luckier. :) 

wrapping up the week

Busy week around here.    

Lonnie was on call all weekend but it wasn't a terrible one.  They are never "good" but as long as he doesn't have to go back in multiple times I count it as a win.  We had one of his friends come over on Saturday afternoon to help us move a few larger items in the house and to bring stuff down from the attic.  I pretty much won't let Lonnie lift a thing but it is hard for him not to help.  Man thing I guess.  

He moved the TV's out of the armoire's we are selling and took a couple of large things up to the attic.  The conversion kit for the cribs, the extra leaves for my dining room table, stuff like that.  We had about 5 large bags of baby items he brought down from the attic.  Some of it is to sell and some I need to find a place for in the new baby room.

Blakely was ready to call the Hogs that day.  We lost but we did play the number 1 team.  

That's right.  I actually have a baby room now!  On Sunday, my friend Jenny had her two friends come pick up the king bedroom set she bought from me.  I did not know this guy that was going to move her stuff but I sent him a message on FB earlier in the week to ask him if was interested in moving some stuff around for me and he said yes.  So he moved her furniture out and then moved the baby furniture from Blakely's room into the baby room.  He also moved a few other items up to the garage for the sale we are going to have as soon as winter gets the hell out.  And then I made them move the treadmill.  What a ginorm pain that was.  I actually felt bad because I knew he was wishing he hadn't said yes! 

Lonnie was able to be here while they were here and seriously so thankful for that.  I can't walk up and down our stairs 20 times so he was able to direct them and do that.  Also, Jenny brought her mom and Sarah came over to help also.  It had been raining all morning so I wasn't sure they were going to show up so I didn't take the bedding of the beds.  (They had to move the downstairs mattress upstairs and then the upstairs mattress to the garage).  Well all the sudden they were here so Sarah helped me undress the beds and wash the sheets.  Then Jenny, Virg and Sarah proceeded to do all the things.  They wouldn't let me get up at all.  They vacuumed once the furniture was moved and told them exactly where I wanted things to go.  And they also brought me cookies.  Totally the best.  

After all that moving we were all exhausted.  Lonnie has gotten into the habit of using me as a pillow on the couch.  Usually he has the couch to himself but since being pregnant I have invaded his space.  So this is the compromise.  I'm okay with it.  :)

It is so nice to have Blakely's room mostly cleaned out.  All that is left in there is the queen bed that she sleeps on but will be moved to the baby room once her furniture comes in.  And her nightstands that I need to paint to match the babies room.  And a few toys on the floor that I wanted out of the living room.  The babies room just needs another crib (more on that later) and the bed moved in.  Ahhh.  It feels so good.  

On Monday I had the carpets cleaned in both of those rooms.  Then Tuesday Jennifer (organizer) came over so we could start on the babies closet organization.  So my super cleaned out nursery was turned into a war zone while we completely emptied out the closet. Their closet is really huge.  Part of it is going to have to be for storage of boxes that are not theirs.  But I am only willing to give up a certain amount of space in there and it has to be up on the top shelf.  So we are working on that.  I spent all day Monday going through Blakely's baby clothes.  I thought I had been good about getting rid of stuff as she outgrew it buuuuuut no.  There were like 5 tubs of newborn to 18 month stuff.  So I went back through it because if I kept it all then baby brother would have no space in the closet.  We organized the cloth diapers, baby blankets, toys, etc.  There is just so much.  We aren't done yet but will be next week.  

Wednesday I went and got my hair cut and highlighted for the first time in 8 months.  I HATE going this long but I just haven't made an appointment.  I was supposed to go when I was about 5 weeks pregnant but had to cancel last minute for a lab appointment in Little Rock.  I am really feeling like chopping it all off but I know I will never do it.  Ha!  My next appointment is when I will be like 36 weeks pregnant.  I told her I don't think I will be able to sit there for 3 hours then.  It was tough this time!

Yesterday was ANOTHER snow day.  It was pretty but, like usual, we couldn't leave the house.  Blakely went out to play the minute she got upstairs and saw all the snow.  She played for maybe an hour and then I made breakfast.  This child is having a growth spurt or something because she is eating SO MUCH.  She ate 3 big pancakes, 3 slices of bacon, a banana and half a carton of blueberries.  The rest of the day we just played and cleaned the house a bit.  

Then last night she threw up all night long.  Seriously.  What is up with that?  She did the same thing about 2 weeks ago.  Today she seems a little sickly and her fever is 99.8 but no puking since about 5 this morning.  I had big plans to take her to my aunt's house so I could gather all of our tax stuff up for the accountant.  I don't think that is going to happen.  So I guess we will hang out on the couch and watch movies.  I am not complaining about that but I really need to get some stuff done.  Buuuut I've had about 2 hours of sleep so I am thinking couch sounds pretty good.  

Today is Lonnie's last day of work for a week and we have a lot planned while he is off.  I am ready for him to be home and it isn't even 8:00.  At least we aren't supposed to get more snow.  It is March after all!  Happy weekend!   I am going to scrub puke out of sheets, pillow and peeps.  Wish me luck!  

Friend Babies!

First of all, today is the first day I have had any time by myself at home in, well, I seriously don't remember.  Normally I have a couple of days a week when Blakely is at school to get things done around the house or run errands.  But for about 2 months now, on those days I have had J come over and help me get organized.  For 6 hours per day.  Then the last 2 weeks Blakely has been out of school because of the weather.  Last night I asked Juanet if she could keep Blakely today since she has other kids on Fridays and, hallelujah, it isn't snowing.  She said of course and I was so happy.  Not just for some relaxing alone time for myself but my girl is in some serious need of playtime with her friends.  She is very tired of Mommy.  I really don't even know what to do with myself today and I am sure a very long nap is in my future but first things first.  BLOG!  

I wanted to share about all the friend babies in my life right now!  As you probably know if you are my FB friend or have read this blog for any length of time I have a good size group of really close girlfriends.  Most of us have been friends since middle school or before and we have added a few to the group over the years.  I can't believe how lucky I am to have such great friends.  People ask me sometimes how we have stayed friends for so long and I really don't have an answer.  We just did and I'm so thankful for each and every one of them.  

Two of them, Katie and Keisha, are pregnant also.  Katie is about 7 weeks behind me and Keisha is 12 weeks behind me.  

Casey's baby shower December 2014

December 2014.  This was not long after Keisha found out she was pregnant.  No one knew and she had just told me.  We were so excited!

Our friend Tina has a son that is about 7 months old (her SURPRISE! third baby as she had children before all of us...they are 10 and 8...quite the surprise for her).  Our other friend, Casey, just had her baby girl 2 months ago.  So that is 6 total babies all within a year!  {And not that this needs to be said but, hello, I can't wait for my Sarah to join this friend baby bunch!}

All of us (minus Keisha who met us at the race) at Sarah's bachelorette weekend in November 2013.  Riiiiiight before Tina got the surprise of her life!  

This may not really seem like a big deal but to me it totally is.  I spent a good (ridiculous) amount of time worrying that I wouldn't be able to have kids the same age as my friends or I wouldn't have babies like they would at all.  I mean I really cried about this to Lonnie many times before getting pregnant with Blakely and he obviously thought this was crazy.  

Flashback to 2010.  Lonnie and I had been trying to have a baby for almost 2 years and we were smack in the middle of month after month of failed treatment cycles.  I remember vividly when Keisha told me that she was pregnant in 2010.  I was so very shocked and so very happy for her.  She was sweet and uber sensitive to the fact that it may be hard for me.  I will never forget that.  Most people would not have even thought a thing about it.  It was definitely a hard pill to swallow and I definitely cried about it.  Not because I wasn't happy for her but because I didn't understand why that wasn't me.  I was trying so hard...she was not.  It is a weird thing to explain how you can be ecstatic for someone else's baby news and yet it also feel like a dagger to the heart.  Anyway, I spent the next months hoping that something would work for me and we would have babies close in age.

Flash forward to me getting pregnant in 2011.  I was the only one pregnant but soon after I announced my friend Katie told me she was expecting.  Blakely and her son are 5 months apart.  And Courtney also announced soon after and Blakely and her daughter are 6 months apart.  

This was my baby shower in September 2011

So all that worry and those are 4 babes in about a year and a half.  Looking back I realize how it seems ridiculous to worry about such things.  But infertility makes you crazy and so...I did.  

Now Katie, Keisha and I are working on siblings to our first born and we've added 2 new friend babies to the mix this time around.  It is crazy how life works out sometimes.

I am thankful for all of these sweet friends and SUPER HAPPY that our kids can grow up together.  Yay for friend babies!  

so random

Feeling a little blah today.  A few things from my neck of the woods.  

Winter decided to finally show up.  Now I am not complaining about the snow (I see you Shannon) or the ice even.  But Blakely is SO VERY OVER IT.  She asked me this morning if she got to go to school today.  And when I told her no she was a wee bit pissed.  Our entire town shut down today just because there was snow in the forecast and not a drop had even fallen.  This is the third day this week and it was shut down 2 days last week.  So we are a bit tired of being in the house and I have run out of movie ideas for my girl.  Right now she is watching Toy Story for the second time this week.  And it is snowing...so there is that.  She is for sure going to want to go play in it and I am for sure NOT.  Last week when we just had ice I let her play in the from yard while I sat right inside the front door watching her.  She kept asking to go sledding and I told her I couldn't.  I felt bad because she wanted to play with other kids so bad but there was no one to play with.  Bless her heart.  She looks super adorable though!  

Sidenote....I am so buying a legit snowsuit next year.  This whole searching high and low for snow/ice appropriate clothing is insane.  Nothing is waterproof so it all gets wet and then she still wants to be out so I have to find more stuff while the other stuff dries.  I don't care if she wears it once.  Buying it!  

Lonnie doesn't get to be "snowed in".  Obviously he has to go to work no matter what.  Yesterday he drove in on a sheet of ice but he made it.  Today he will be driving home in the snow.  He took my 4 wheel drive so I am not worried I would just rather him be here.  AND AT LEAST HE ISN'T ON CALL OMG.  

I am feeling so much better than I have been the last 2 weeks.  I really didn't even know how awful I felt until I started feeling better.  I think I had been working on that bladder infection for about 2 weeks.  I knew I was having low pelvic pain but I just figured...twin pregnancy.  Looking back I think it was bladder spasms all along.  That's not to say I am just bounding around with tons of energy and no pain or anything.  I still have to sit down as much as possible and by then end of the day my back hurts and my tummy is super tight.  I had my 25 weeks appt yesterday and all is looking great.  I go back in 2 weeks for my glucose test and a growth ultrasound.  I had a few contractions last night but once I got comfortable on the couch I was fine.  I didn't move the rest of the night.  

Speaking of that I need to just let y'all know how great my husband is being.  I mean seriously.  He works all day long and then when he comes home he does everything for Blakely.  Makes her dinner, gets her cleaned up, plays with/entertains her, bathes her, brushes her teeth and puts her to bed.  All so I can rest.  I try to sometimes help with some of those things...like have dinner ready or something...but generally he does it all.  He also does every thing for me.  Makes my dinner, gets me refills of water, etc.  I know he is worn out and I am trying to let him know how much I appreciate everything he is doing.  Kind of makes me teary thinking about it.  He is the best.  

Juanet didn't come to clean this week (eff this weather) so I am slowly trying to get the laundry and dishes put away today.  It is slow going.  It is ridic how much I depend on her!  

We were supposed to move out the king bedroom set last weekend but my friend got stuck in Kentucky because of the snow.  So we are going to do it this weekend.  Then I will have an actual baby room and can start going through baby clothes.  That sounds super fun!  I just got an email that her furniture is on backorder until mid March.  So she will be living without a dresser for a while but we will make it work!  

Also I need to just stay off E.tsy.  I mean seriously with the adorable twin baby clothes.  

I think that is all the randomness from here.  I am off to fold another load of laundry and eat more pasta.  Or maybe more Oreos.  I haven't decided.  ;)

A little scare

Thursday evening, after resting most of the afternoon because Brenda was here, I got up to sit in the kitchen with my mom and Lonnie when they got home.  I was up for maybe 10 minutes and I all of the sudden just didn't feel right.  I was nauseated and felt like I was having a contraction.  I have Braxton Hicks contractions quite a bit in the evening (did with Blakely too) so I just grabbed my water and went to lay back down on the couch.  

For 20 minutes I could not get comfortable and I kept having contractions.  They felt different.  BH are usually on one side or the other and these were all over.  And they kinda hurt and were coming pretty quick.  I mean they didn't hurt hurt but I could definitely feel them.  I got in a different position and got my phone to start timing them.  Sure enough for the next 20 minutes I was having them every 3 minutes.  So I told Lonnie about it and I went downstairs to get in my bed where I knew I could get comfortable propped up with pillows.  I downed a glass of water, my second since this started.  

After being downstairs for a little over 20 minutes, so a total of 45 minutes of timing the contractions and an hour since they abruptly started, I told Lonnie we had to call.  I had about 13 in 45 minutes, averaging 3 minutes apart.  I texted my doctor to see if he was busy and if he could call me.  He called right back and I told him everything.  He said that was too many and to head up to labor and delivery.  He called them to tell them I was coming.  

So we did.  I was really hoping that just making the call would make the contractions stop.  But no such luck.  I had about 4 on the way there.  

When we got there they hooked me up to the monitor and then started trying to monitor the babies heart rates.  Well the babies WOULD NOT cooperate and stay still so they spent a good hour trying to do that.  They would get them both on there and then one of them would move and then the other would move and we had to start over.  I noticed that the contraction monitor wasn't picking up the contractions when I would feel them.  I asked the nurse this to make sure.  She said it wasn't.  Well the next one I had I made her feel my super tight belly and she said oh yes you are having a contraction.  So we moved the contraction monitor lower and it started picking them up.....every 3 minutes.  Ugh.  

They checked my cervix and it was hard and closed.  YAY.  They did a fetal fibronectin test which came back negative.  Read about that here...  They also checked my urine and apparently I have a UTI.  I had no idea.  I did know that they can cause contractions to start.  So the UTI was the culprit of this mess.  My doctor was in another town about an hour away (he wasn't on call) but came up there to see me when he got back into town.  Yes, he is awesome and I love him.  They gave me a shot of antibiotics and the contractions began to get less intense.  They were never intense for me but less intense on the monitor.  But since I was still having them every 3 minutes I had to get a shot of terbutaline.  They almost immediately stopped.  Man I was happy.  They checked my cervix again to make sure there had been no change since I had been contracting for about 3-4 hours at this point and it was still hard and closed.  YAY....I got to go home.  

So all of that to say it was a little scary but everything is fine now.  I am on an antibiotic to get rid of the UTI and I go back for my regular check up on Monday.  I was pretty calm through the whole thing.  I knew something was up but I never thought the babies were coming.  I just felt like everything was going to be okay.  I had been a little nauseated all day Thursday and I was not hungry which was pretty weird since I feel like I could eat 24/7.  I am hoping to not have to go back to L&D until these babes are full term.  This was just a little bump in the road.  I have been resting all weekend since Lonnie is off to take care of me and Blakely.  

Friday night she woke up about midnight and yelled out for me right before vomiting ALL over her entire bed.  I mean her pillows, her sheets, her peeps, her blankets and the wall were completely covered.  As was she.  All over her face and in her hair.  It was so incredibly nasty.  Lonnie came down to help me and I gathered up all the puke soaked things and he bathed her.  I covered her bed in towels and she went right back to sleep.  She then woke up about every hour to throw up a little and dry heave a lot.  Poor baby.  She feels pretty rough today but thankfully no more puking.  She is just laying around and watching movies.  She even fell asleep on the couch which has only happened one other time ever.  When she had a stomach bug back in October.  So I am hoping this is a quick 24 hour thing and she didn't share it with any of us.  

So that is our weekend!  I hope yours was much better!!!  

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.