How Far Along: 20 weeks. Halfway. Although surely we will be taking these babes before 40 weeks! 37 weeks is my goal. I can do this.
19 weeks
Best Moment of the Week: seeing these precious ones on our ultrasound. They looked perfect and cooperated great so we could see everything that needed to be seen. So thankful for that. I will have growth ultrasounds now every 4 weeks and have appointments every 2 weeks.
Movement: yes. I feel them pretty often and it is getting stronger and stronger. I feel baby boy the most because he is low. I do feel baby girl up high but just not as strong yet. I love it so much and I can't wait for Lonnie and B to feel them. I have been able to feel some kicks a couple of times from the outside so it is just a matter of time. On the ultrasound today she was trying to get some pictures of baby girl but baby boy kept kicking her so it was making her jump even thought it wasn't her doing the actual moving. I foresee a lot more of that!
Symptoms: still the same as last time although I think my "super fun pain" is a little better. Or maybe I am learning when I need to rest and not overdo it. And the girls have started leaking. I expected it as this is about when they did that with Blakely. Real fun.
Food Cravings/Aversions: Can I just let y'all know that I wake up with the appetite of 10 men. I act like I haven't eaten in days...all day...until about 4:00 and then I'm not so hungry anymore. I want all the pasta that was ever made in the world too. Should be good for the poundage.
What I Miss: nothing right now!
What I'm Looking Forward to: getting things together with the house. It is so hard to find coordinating boy/girl crib bedding. I know what I want but finding it has proved to be a little difficult. Although yesterday I think I found a lady on E.tsy who can do it for me for a reasonable price. I just purchased each babe a quilt and I can't wait for them to get here. I hope to sell our bedroom furniture this week or next so then I will have a baby room to play in. Fun!
Also, naming these babies! We have about 5 girls names that we would both love to use. Boy names? So much harder. Seriously. I don't like ANY of them. Or I like them but it just isn't his name, ya know? We have a family name for him that we always thought we would use but now it is super common so we are kind of backing off on it. But it just seems like nothing will live up to it. We will see. We have time!
Milestones: reaching the "halfway" mark and just getting one week closer to meeting these babies!
Blakely's take: Blakely talks about the babies a lot so I thought I would add this in to these little updates. Right now she tells me that she has babies in her tummy too. Which is pretty funny because she raises up her shirt and pokes her little belly out. My mom sent me this the other day...
Blakely's take: Blakely talks about the babies a lot so I thought I would add this in to these little updates. Right now she tells me that she has babies in her tummy too. Which is pretty funny because she raises up her shirt and pokes her little belly out. My mom sent me this the other day...
When I am making her pick up her toys before bed she tells me that she can't bend down because of the babies in her tummy. Smart girl really.
We were sitting together at the window waiting for Lonnie to get home 2 days ago and she reached over, rubbed my belly and said, "I can't wait for the babies to come out". Sweet girl. Although I am pretty sure she is going to want them to go right back in once they do come out.
Someone asked her if she was excited about becoming a big sister in a few months. She said I ALREADY AM A BIG SISTER!
She wants to feel them move so bad. She comes over and puts her hand on my belly for a minute and then says that they must be sleeping and we should be quiet.
Yay for another week in the books!!
Boy names for you to consider:
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Everette
Emmett
Gentry
#1 Easton Lonnie W....(LOVE THIS!) :-)
Keston
YOU ARE SO SO SO ADORBS! Seriously, what a cute twinsie bump! So glad to hear everything is going well and smoothly. :-)
Cute bump!!!!
ReplyDeleteB is the best what a sweet smart girl!!!!
We loved
gavin
cameron
Camden
logan
everett
and luke
good luck, boy names are so hard.
Oooh also cooper
DeleteI'm absolutely dying to see the nursey that you're going to put together & hear names when you've chosen them. You look wonderful! B is hilarious. We also had a VERY hard time coming up with a boys name. Shane was very close to being named Joel after my brother-in-law. I've always loved that name.
ReplyDeleteYEAH for halfway! And I'm totally the opposite.... girls names were MUCH harder! But maybe that's because we had Andrew picked out ages ago. :) Anyway, can't wait to see the nursery come along and hear more about the belly!!
ReplyDeleteI can't wait to see their room either! Are you going to share the names or wait until they are here? We had a terrible time coming up with a boy name. I have no idea why we felt like it was harder, I guess maybe because we wanted something fairly unique but yet still wanted it to be a strong name. Graham was one on the top of my list. Dylan, Parker, Garrett, Cason, and Braxton were others too. Funny, I still have my list. :)
ReplyDeleteWow, the comparison pic is so fun to see!
ReplyDeleteAlso, Blakely is right - she already IS a big sister. :)
You have such an adorable twin bump!! So fun to hear an update. I can't believe you are half way there... or more! :) Aww so sweet of B saying she is already a big sis. And about wishing them back in.. maybe she won't at all. Lids never ever says anything even close to wanted Ezzie away. She is her best buddy and she misses her even when apart for a morning while Lids is at school! Hopefully B and her little siblings are the same! :) Boy name ideas we had were Charlie (family name which is now Esme's middle name), Sam, Max, Oliver, Elliott, Toby... hmm I can't think of any others at the moment. I can't wait to hear what you name them!!!
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