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24 Weeks!!

We are at viability stage number 1! Not that these babies are allowed to come any time soon, but it's nice to have a psuedo "safe" feeling!

Had a great appointment this week. Saw the boys, who are now over a pound each. Our goal is 2 five pound babies, delivered at 37 weeks!! The doctor this week was very optimistic that we can make it til the end of Sept/early Oct (I'm still biased toward a Sept delivery, for the oh so pretty Sapphire!) Lucky for me I'm not bleeding/leaking/contracting, which means the doctors have no cause for concern.

He was also very happy with my BP (really...90/60 at 24 weeks?! :-)) and my weight gain. Although, trust me, I feel like a blob! The weight is being distributed different now, so it's definitely taking a tool on me.

The babies are now positioned head over head...so that means all the kicks I'm feeling are from four legs, in the same area!! It makes for a lot of fun!

We do have the nursery painted. Aunt Nikki came down to make sure her nephews had the best looking nursery in town! We are just waiting on the cribs and then we can start hanging up the final touches.

Oh, and big sister Dakota...well she seems to be becoming a tad protective of me. If I move, she moves...and the barking...seriously...those people outside are our neighbors having fun!!! But I'm glad she has a sense of the changes that are coming. She's a great dog, and I know she's going to love the boys and the boys are going to love her!!

22 Weeks and Baby Kicks

Time really is flying. What's up with that?? I want to slow things down, but I want them to be here at the same time! It's funny how that all works. It's really after they arrive that I want time to slow down!!

At 22 weeks, nothing is really all that different. I look pregnant at least, even if I don't feel pregnant most of the time. I am feeling A LOT of kicking, especially Baby A...oh my goodness, he feels like he's trying to kick himself out!! I feel Baby B, but not quite as pronounced. 2 nights ago they were both moving around as I was trying to go to bed!!

One small concern is that Dakota is starting to hover around me more. Not that I mind (who doesn't love puppy kisses!) but I just don't want her to get jealous once the boys are here that I'm not able to give her my undivided attention at all times! Ignoring her isn't easy either!!

In other news, Aunt Nikki is here this week to help out with the Nursery. I really have no design style, so I wanted someone here who at least knew how to make things look good. Of course, given we don't have cribs yet, it's hard to see the nursery come together! We did buy a bunch of Eagles and Phillies gear to help decorate, but it's not nearly enough I'm sure. Hopefully Nikki will have other ideas!!

Slacker Girl - 21 Weeks and 4 Days

I know...I'm been slacking at writing anything, but really, nothing all that eventful has happened since finding out the babies are boys!

That is until this weekend! I've been feeling baby A move since about 20 weeks. He gets especially active after I eat. Well now I can also feel baby B. That happened this weekend while in California for my adorable nephew's baptism. And then on Monday as we were waiting at the airport, I felt full on kicks from baby A. Feeling movement is pretty newsworthy right?!

I have a 21 week picture...it just happens to still be on the camera! I'll upload it sometime!! (I wouldn't want to ruin my slacker image!)

May 26, 2010 - Anatomy Scan

Today was the big day! And both babies fully cooperated!!

We are having 2 baby boys!!! Daddy is extremely excited...Mommy can't believe she is going to be outnumbered (at least I have Dakota!) I'm extremely happy too!! Both are growing well and are healthy, so I couldn't ask for anything else!!

19 weeks...and time is starting to fly by!

What's interesting about being pregnant is that while it seems time is flying by, it also seems to be going REALLY slow. We are at 19 weeks already, which is now more than halfway! Wednesday should be "the big" ultrasound. That assumes that both babies are cooperating, and that my OB's office can actually read anything on their antique model ultrasound machine! Sleep hasn't really gotten any better. The best sleep I've had so far was the 2 hour nap on the couch yesterday. After waking up my third time this morning (and getting back to bed only to the sound of Brian snoring) I was pretty much doomed! One of us might be leaving the bed soon!

Saturday we went to IKEA to buy something for all my stuff that I get to keep (the rest of it got donated on Saturday). While we were there, I also wanted to see if we could find a bookshelf for the nursery. We did! It's white, so it totally won't match their beds...but it's never too early to introduce your kids to living the college style! When Nikki comes to help sort the nursery, we'll have her do it up all fun and stuff so it doesn't look so out of place!

That's really about it. I think I might be feeling flutters, only because I'm feeling things I haven't felt before, yet I can't really identify it. So who knows...most people still can't tell I'm pregnant! I can, so that's all that matters. We still need to take my 19 week picture...laziness for the win! (Actually Saturday, our normal picture day, was a very busy day for us!)

Sleep

Who knew the beginning of my sleeping woes would come in my 2nd trimester?! Aren't I supposed to have those issues in my 3rd??? It might be time to increase the pillow to human ratio up even more (right now I think it's at 3 to 1!) Maybe kick Brian out of bed? That just seems wrong to me! Side sleeping definitely isn't all it's cracked up to be. I wake up with sore shoulders, sore legs, neck cramps, and a general feeling that sleep didn't really happen. And work thought I'd stay up all night to finish something they couldn't get done in time...HA!!