Only 7 more weeks...

Today I am 30 weeks! I remember thinking "I will not be able to believe it when I get to 30 weeks" and here I am...wow. I will be posting a 30 wk belly picture soon!! We'll take it this weekend and get it up. This belly of mine is really getting out of control, I know I will probably be eating my words here in a couple of weeks but Brad and I are amazed that I don't have stretch marks yet?? I keep looking for them every few days thinking...ok today is the day, nothing.....YET! It's way harder now for me to get out of bed, get up off the couch (almost always need Brad's help). Poor guy, he is so good to me, such a great husband. He makes my breakfast and dinner. Puts my socks on for me, well, helps me get dressed in general actually. I am quite the needy pregnant wife at the moment! Monday is my next Dr. appt. and I am hoping to get the date for my c-section. I won't be getting an ultrasound this visit, just the Dr. checking everything. Then Tuesday is our last birthing class and we'll get the tour of the hospital! Oh, I almost forgot!! There has also been a change to my last day of work from Dec. 15th to Dec. 8th! So next Friday is my last day. I don't think that has hit me yet at all. Well that's all for now...check back this weekend sometime for the new picture! (and I just realized in my last entry that I said I would get a 29 week belly pic up...sorry that didn't happen! I will get the 30 week up though, really!)

Love to you
Amy

Dr. appt. on Nov. 20th...

Hi everyone, I hope that you all are excited about Thanksgiving coming up! I know I am just because of the 4 day weekend! We will miss being with family this year but our great friends Rob and Gina have invited us over to their house for Thanksgiving, otherwise it would have been Cracker Barrel! So thanks again Rob and Gina, we appreciate it so much. So....we had our appt. yesterday, the ultrasound was great, little Lilly has caught up to her brother and they both weigh about 3lbs 2 ounces!! Our precious little ones are getting so big! Lilly is no longer head down, she moved back to her original position, so they are both laying across my belly (back to bunk bed positions) with heads at opposite ends, so...c-section it is! He said with how big they are and getting, they probably won't move much from this position as far as being head down. So that being confirmed, is fine with us, we were sort of expecting a c-section anyways. Some new developments ...I am showing tiny tiny, small signs of pre-term labor, my uterus is contracting just a little because it thinks with how big it is , it's ready! He measured me and I am measuring what a full term pregnant woman would be with 1 baby....plus 1 month! so 10 months! The signs of pre-term labor are not bad enough for him to put me in the hospital on medication to stop it yet, so that is the good news. He says only about 2-3 more weeks of work for me so Dec. 15th will be my last day here at work. The Dr. said I will notice a big difference in my cramping that I am having if I get plenty of rest and put my feet up with this 4 day weekend coming up. I was trying to walk here at work on my breaks, but no more of that! It made me a little nervous to hear, of course that I am showing small signs of pre-term labor at 28 weeks, so I know we have lots of prayers being lifted up for us and please continue to do so these next few weeks. Ideally the Dr. wants them hopefully to make it to 37 weeks at least. So these babies have got to stay put for now! We believe and know God is completely in control and will see us and the babies thru all of this. We are so incredibly thankful and look so forward to what He has in store for our soon to be family of 4! Check back sometime this weekend for a 29 wk belly picture! Have a happy Thanksgiving!

Amy

... 28 wks today, the start of my 7th month!

It's hard to believe that today I started my last trimester. We are really enjoying feeling them move and bump around, which happens quite often! Pretty soon I think they will start running out of room and we may not feel them as much. With the holidays coming up, I'm sure it will make these last few months go by even faster and they will be in our arms before we know it! We washed a couple of loads of baby clothes, onesies, etc...last night which kept us smiling! It was fun to look at all of it and know we were getting them ready for the babies. It was still so unreal to hold stuff up that was for a boy AND a girl, every once in a while we still find ourselves asking each other "can you believe we are having twins?!" It's such a sweet thought, we love it! Well my next Dr. appt and ultrasound will be Monday the 20th. We are excited to see them again on ultrasound and hoping she does another 3D! I have read in my book the babies are around 3 lbs. at 28 weeks, so we will see if that is true with our little preciouse ones.

My friend Jenny sent me this quote...and I just loved it. "Making the decision to have a child is momentous. It is to decide forever to have your heart go walking around outside your
body." I just have so much love for these babies already. Well until Monday, you all have a great weekend! Can you believe Thanksgiving is next week??

Love to you
Amy

27 wk belly pics....

Here are some new pictures of the ever growing belly! I am constantly getting stuff on my shirts now, it has become an everyday occurrence from brushing my teeth in the morning and getting toothpaste on my protruding belly to eating, at least one meal a day will guarantee a stain! The nursery is now full of shower gifts that need to be organized, washed and put away and time is already flying! Sometimes I will look around at what all needs to be done thinking I have all this motivation and energy to do it, and then go lay on the couch instead! Oh there is a small bump in the road that we were made aware of last week in this otherwise greatfully, mild twin pregnancy of mine...I found out I have developed gestational diabetes. So tomorrow Brad goes with me to meet with a diabetes counselor to learn when, what and how much to eat, I have to totally change my diet as well as prick my finger 4 times a day to ck my levels. UGH! The day I found out, I really struggled with the news although I know it goes away in most cases after the pregnancy. I think it was just such a shock to me because everything has been going so well. But I soon realized after a few encouraging talks with family that it's not the end of the world and isn't as devastating as it seemed that day of finding out. I would still appreciate your prayers, I'm sure not looking foward to pricking my fingers 4 times a day! Love to you all!!!

Amy

baby Asher's clothes

baby Lilly's clothes

mom and brennen making punch!