The Nursery is coming together!

Yay! So Cory, my sisters, and myself have spent the last month painting and getting the nursery ready. Today Cory and I put one of the cribs together, and I could not help myself. I ran to Target, printed off my own registry, and bought a set of the bedding that I registered for. It looks so cute!

I really am so excited for my girls to get here. I keep going into the nursery and looking in the empty crib and picturing two little girls sleeping soundly all curled up in blankets. I know that they will be crying a lot too, but I like to picture it with them sleeping. (let me dream, at least for now)

I can't wait to be a mommy!!!

Ok, everyone, I have hit the 23 weeks mark.

As for right now we are doing good. (Both mom and babies) I was able to get my blood pressure to come down and it looks like we are going to be sailing to the 30 week mark with no problems. The doctor said at that when we hit that mark we are going to have to keep a closer watch on me and the babies at that time because if I was having a hard time with my blood pressure before we might have a scare later. We will see when we get there!

I can't believe that I am coming to a close on my second trimester. I keep having these "whoa" moments during the day where it hits me what I have gotten myself into. We are going to have two babies running around our house! After 7 years of just Cory and I, it is hard to envision.
Oh, well! It's coming!

Halfway!!!

I am halfway there! I can't believe it.

I will say though, if this is what I look like at halfway I am scared of how big I am going to be at the end of this whole thing.

So far so good. The doctor did say that the babies are nice and healthy and the size that they need to be at this point. So that is great.

Mom has high blood pressure and might be put on bed rest here soon, but we will see what we find out in the next week or so.

Clothes!

It has been three days since we found out we are having girls, and look . . .

They have all been purchased by their two Grandmas. I think that they can't wait to see their two little twin grand babies. (and dress them) What do you think?

It is a girl, and another girl!

The morning started like any other. I woke up, upset that the morning had come too fast and that the night was not long or restful enough. I got ready for work, telling myself "don't worry too much about doing your hair today. Your pregnant and tired. It's not a big deal." I feel like I tell myself that everyday now. About the time I was putting on eye liner it hit me. I felt sick to my stomach with worry. Today was Monday! The day that I have been counting down for the last four weeks. The day of my 18 week ultrasound appointment. The day I am going to find out if I am having boys, girls, or one of each. The ultrasound that most problems are found. The point of my pregnancy where everything changes. I could my hear and feel my heart beat faster and harder. I just had to make it to 1:00pm today at work and then off the doctor. I could do that. Maybe?

Work was hard. I felt worried all morning. I couldn't eat, which made me sick and light headed. I ate an orange, which I didn't keep down. I ate some crackers which got stuck in my throat. Everyone was telling me not to worry. Everything was going to be ok. But I still worried. What if there is a problem? What if they are not healthy. What if one is bigger then the other (which happens with twins, a lot, and will be a big problem) What if? Finally it was 1:00 and I could go. Again, my heart started beating even harder. My chest was really starting to hurt.

Cory and I met my Mom at the Obgyn. They told me my blood pressure was high, which I told them was because I was so nervous. I could not stop worrying about my babies. When the doctor came in I was already on the table and ready to get this going. I can't remember what questions he was asking me and I didn't care. I'll I wanted to hear was "they look healthy".

"Do you want to know the sex?"

"Yes, Please!"

One at a time he focused on each baby. "Looks like this one is a girl" He stopped the ultrasound to show us what he looked for that made that baby a girl (because we don't know!) That's great I thought, can we move to the next one now! "and looks like this one is a girl too"

Two girls, I was happy. Believe me, I was, but all I wanted to hear was that they were healthy. At that point he hadn't say those words so I started probing. "Do they look ok? Are they the right size? Do you see any thing bad?"

"Everything looks good"

I felt all my worry and sickness leave me. I felt so much better. I finally felt like I woke up and could start that day. I felt the feeling return to my body, and oh my, I needed to pee. Wait, did he say Two Girls?

I am having two girls?

What did the dogs destroy now?

Last night before Cory and I put the dogs out for the evening we had a large bag of pine shreds sitting on the ground outside in the backyard. Cory said we should pick it up and put it on the table outside or it would be all over the back yard by the morning. So we picked it up. The next morning we discovered it did not matter that we put it up on the table, they got it anyway. . . . . .

When we asked who did this, Tank shrank against the wall because he knew he should not have done this. He knows that he is in trouble!!!

"I'm sorry."

16 weeks!

It's been a while since my last post and so much has happened since that time. I think the last time I blogged was right before I hit 13 weeks. I did at that time take a picture of my belly. It is the first and last time I will be showing the world my belly uncovered. (You know, before I started looking like a big fat pregnant women) At that time I just had a cute baby bump.

See how cute! (Ok world that's all you get for the uncovered skin.)

A few days after that Cory and I went to my Obgyn and got our next ultrasound. Both the twins are doing great and are healthy and happy. Great news for a worried mom.

I know they are hard to see, but if you can make it out, this is Baby B. That day Baby B was far back in my uterus so it's even harder to make out. Baby B's head can be seen facing left. Above the head again to the left is Baby A. It just looks like a circle.

This is Baby A and he/she was much easier to see. You can see the head and the body. If you look at the head you can see the eye, the nose, the mouth, and the ear. Down where the legs end Baby A is pushing his/her legs into the placenta. It is that clump of material that is being pushed up against the uterus wall. At this point the doctor only sees one placenta, but he did say that it could be two placentas pushed up together. So still no answer to wheather they are identical or fraternal.

Baby A on the bottom (you can see the hand) Baby B on top (and yes that is his/her butt)

Which leads us to today. Today I am 16 weeks! Yeah!

Belly finally sticks out farther then the boobs, and now I finally look pregnant not just fat.

We are supposed to find out what the sexes are in a week and a half. So everyone give me their guesses now. I can't wait!!!