Happy Birthday Bub!!

HAPPY 22ND BIRTHDAY!!

And they used to think I was the ham in the family......you learned from the best!! Happy Birthday Bub, hope you are having a fantastic birthday in Chicago.....All four of us are wishing you the best!!!! LOVES!!!

In Case you were wondering--Faternal Twins at 36 Wks

I know it's a bit graphic and it's like a week ahead, but this is kinda what the twins look like right now.


The babies are shedding their downing hair and some of the vernix. They are swallowing it (yummy) and it will come out during their first bowel movements as meconium. They are now squishing the bladder more and the uterus is doing more braxton-hicks.

Ready at the start

We received really good news at my doctor's appointment on Friday......Chloe has flipped and is now head down! If I think about it, I think it happened last weekend. She was really moving and groovin'. :-D This is such a relief, although I was ok with her being breech. But now we don't have to worry about trying to wait for her to flip or flipping her manually (which I don't think would be very comfortable!) Just pray she stays that way! Doctor said that I am still doing really good my blood pressure is great (110/60) and that there's no signs of preeclampsia! I think she starting to get really excited too! Tuesday (Bub's bday) I have my next appointment and we are going to start checking my cervix! We are getting so close!

I am not sure when, but my body is definitely preparing. I have been getting stronger braxton-hicks contractions and I can actually say now, that I have had a few actual contractions this weekend......had two yesterday (one in the morning and one at night....nothing yet today).....The twins are going to be here soon!

Here's the latest belly picture! (Click on the picture to enlarge it)

Latest Appointment

I had another doctor appointment last week....we are going to start going weekly now. Doctor said that the trinity is doing very well. My blood pressure is doing great....really hasn't changed all that much. My weight gain is fine and that she's really happy with our progress.

The good news is that if they decide to come now, the doctor isn't going to stop labor, but it would be preferable that we make it to 34 weeks....which is this Thursday!!!! Holy Cow! I can't believe we are soo close now! We are getting excited, yet very anxious and nervous. I feel like I am living everyday now with so much precaution and nervousness. Walter doesn't want me to "roam" too far away from the house and the hospital....he's such a great husband and soon-to-be dad, he takes good care of the trinity!

I don't want to not be pregnant to a certain degree, but long periods of sleep are getting hard to come by now....I am waking up every 2-3 hours either to roll me and my tummy to the other side or to go to the bathroom. And sitting for too long gets me all stiff.....but the great part about being this pregnant is that Walter is able to talk to the babies and have them respond. He's getting more excited everytime....he talks to them at least 2-3 times a day....and he's always got his hand(s) on my tummy. I can't tell him to go away...it makes me just soo excited!

Well, the load of baby laundry is almost ready to switch to the dryer and I can feel my feet swelling a little.....so we are going to say goodnight....Loves to you all!

Nursery Time!

So Walter and I finally finished the babies' nursery like 15 min ago! I am sooo excited. There's still somethings that can be done, but I am not sure yet what I want to do. Yes, I know, we are still missing the diaper pails and diapers, but Walter and I decided to do clothe diapers. And we are going to do diaper service for awhile (shout out to my parents for giving us two months and Ann & Alexa for another month!!!)...so that won't be delivered until August 5th, or earlier if the twins come early....just gotta make a phone call.

Everything we wanted to get done is done for their room, so we can breathe with a sigh of relief!

This is from the doorway looking into their room

This is on the left....Corvin's crib (which is actually about 24 years old...it's my old crib :-)) and Mom's rocking chair from when we were babies :-)

This is to the right....Chloe's crib and Bubba's old dresser we are borrowing

The rest of the dresser and their closet and a little bookshelf for all of the great books we got!

Now, all that is missing is our two precious little ones! Can't wait to show them their room!

Watermelon Babies

So on the 4th Walter and I were headed over to my parents' house in the early afternoon and we went to pick up some food on the way there....chips and a watermelon. It was a rather quick trip....that was after we decided to not buy the cherries ($3.99/lb...holy crap!). Once we got back into my truck, which was really packed up because we were heading over there pretty much for the day and Walter put the watermelon on his lap (18.5 lbs), we were only going to be driving like another mile and half to mom and dad's. So I have one of those e-brakes in my truck that you engage by stepping on and then releasing with the lever.....well, with the watermelon on his lap Walter reeeeaaached for the lever and grunted. I couldn't help myself and started to laugh....then told him "Now you know what it's like to be me!" He grinned and laughed....it continued to be a joke all the way to mom and dad's.

As we were walking in, we told my parents of the little "simulation", and dad got a little protective and told Walter to stop teasing me. Walter and I looked at each other and I piped up and said I started it and that it's ok....dad just kinda looked at us and said ok.....hehe!

Waiting.....and pondering.....

It's getting harder and harder to wait. After the baby shower last weekend I am getting antsy! But on the other hand, I feel like I need a little more time....and of course energy :-) before they come so I can prepare their room and the house and us! Which, I know, the preparing us isn't ever going to be as much as we will want :-D They are moving more and more and the movements are getting larger....I have the world's most lumpiest tummy lately. Most of the time it's our little boy poking out, while our little girl is moving her little feet near my pelvic bone and tickling it and my upper thigh (yea...my tummy is sitting on my lap....weirdest feeling!) or they are both moving and reacting to the other one. It's always soo comforting to feel them move....makes me feel like everything is ok....but there's those times when they both get going...I kinda feel left out...

Last nite was our last class for our childbirth classes....can't believe those 7 weeks went by sooo fast, but I am feeling more and more confident in our abilities to get through the hard intensity of labor. In a way I can't wait to do this with Walter. He always has my best interests at heart and he was soo good in classes asking questions and soaking up different techniques for helping me through labor. He's going to be such a good coach/partner and I don't think I could do this without him....In a way, I have been viewing this as a partnered activity...don't know why, I know I will be doing the hard work ;-) but he's got to be able to help me through it and these classes has made me feel closer and more trusting of his abilities to help me through it all. I can't wait to see him afterwards holding one of our little ones! He's going to be such a great dad!