Thursday, October 25, 2012

23 weeks and counting!

For most pregnant ladies 23 weeks is a great time, feeling good, not too far along, getting things done.

Then there is me :)  I am not sure if I'm not too far along.. or if perhaps a little over 2 mos from now these guys are going to make their entrance! As you know twins come early and the doctor says about 15 more weeks or so... but other twin moms tell me more like 12 weeks left!  Which is about 90 days.

HELLO TIME FLYING!!!!  Not complaining though- I do look forward to meeting them!

They FINALLY have names!!! WOo hoo!!! Are we sharing?! Not sure yet! But we are excited about their names and their upcoming arrival of course!

With that being said my contractions have slowed down/stopped. It depends on the day, but most days they're stopped. I go to the doctor twice a week and get monitored as well as get an ultrasound to check on everything. I think this is a multiple special thing because most only get a couple ultrasounds.
I have a TON of pictures, but wont overload you with them all!

We have started on their nursery so we can be prepared if they decide to arrive earlier than planned, not that they'd be home to use it but Lord only knows. They look to be extremely healthy little guys :) No complaints here!

The doc told me yesterday 'oh wow those are some healthy big boys!'  They're just under 2lbs right now and measuring at 24wks.


Here is Baby A- he's on my right side and generally hangs out- lots of kicking I feel these days. It's fun to watch them move on the ultrasound and feel the movement at the same time. Happens with the doppler too! You'll hear the movement and feel it at the same time!

We got some action shots- he was opening and closing his mouth, sort of waving hello by lifting his hand up and down, and of course kicking away!

Twin B- always loves to look at you- we did not get a shot this time of him looking over but he kept moving his head back and forth looking at us then looking back up. This guy is a riot! You can never find his heartbeat- he's always either on my chest making breathing and digestion difficult or he's buried deep down.

When we left them yesterday they were both in a bunk bed style laying transverse rather than head down or breech!

I'm not even gonna lie to you when I say I play 'find the babies' in these pictures... here they BOTH are. I'm still studying it trying to figure out exactly what is happening. I can say one is looking at us, the other is there too. Not sure what he's doing though!

Pretty cool to see how close they are right?!?!

They're buddies already! Check out how close they hang out with each other :) And they have space still so this is not necessary!  But space time is limited as they grow :)

I could go on and on with all the pictures i have. But lets talk about the Nursery!

So we decided to go with a Zoo/Jungle theme while they're babies and sports can come later when they understand teams and chose their team of choice :)

So we painted the nursery a blue and brown.... here are some shots...


The blue is very bright because I'm all about the bright colors and I'm color blind! I think it'll do great for them :)  The brown is a chocolate brown and we painted around the window so it wouldn't shrink down the room much at all!

Here is the decals I ordered that I'm going to start working on...  I think they will compliment the colors great :)

Their cribs will be here next weekend along with dressers so everything is coming together and that is good because time is ticking!

Our goal is to be settled, relaxed, and ready before Christmas! Just in case anything happens early, or I get hit with bed rest.

Our move has gone really well too. Hal has done just about everything you can think of. TONS of work to get the house settled while I've been on what the docs call a 'couch potato' rest. I can do a couple things a day and then I have to go back to resting. Thank God I work from home right?!

I am super thankful for my job, it has provided us with a LOT and allowed me to be home without a worry!!!

The baby shower is coming up in a couple weeks and gifts have started to pile in. Their mattresses are here, their bouncer seats, and one of the most important pieces their car seats! I picked a red/gray/black- whatcha guys think?!!?


Bailey loves them as you can see :)  He's excited for what is happening! He loves to lay on my stomach and listen to them. He is my little body guard! Always sitting right by me, very protective yet still super friendly to people! He's going to be an awesome big furry brother!

Lots of boys in my house! I'm the only girl! Should be a lot of fun!

That's about all for now!  I'll update more as time continues to fly! It's just about November already! CRAZY! Looking forward to the holidays this year!!

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