Christmas 09!

Christmas Eve Service....this picture makes me realize what a Finely Tuned Athletic Machine my husband is....and how absolutely ENORMOUS I am getting. LOL.

Me with C & C's (yes we have picked out names officially!!) first Christmas gifts!

Me at 23 weeks next to our little fake tree...yeah we didn't do a real one this year...I figured I wouldn't want to water it and vacuum it frequently in my condition!

Christmas went well...my parents are flying in so we're about to do Christmas round two tomorrow so we're excited about that!

In other news...I failed my gestational diabetes test by 2 points. So I have to go in for the 3 hr test...booooo....

Please keep my friend Denecia in your prayers....she is one day more preggo than I am and just went in to see our specialist this morning for a routine visit. I don't have all the details, but she was sent straight to the hospital, has to stay overnight and will be on strict bedrest for the next 10 weeks!!!

That means that I know ZERO twin mommies who are about as far along as me who haven't had a hospital visit for some reason or another. It scares me...wondering if (WHEN) it will be my turn......yikes....

And the thing that scares me the most was that she felt perfectly fine! I guess I'm going to see my OB again next Tuesday...and the specialist next Thursday...I am being watched pretty carefully, so things can be caught early I'm sure!

Just need to keep praying and trusting God on this one...its out of my hands!

I've decided that my parents won't mind if my house is not spotless and have been taking it easy today...I think I really need to start taking it easy more often...so I don't push myself! I got a lot done over the break so far...did a really big goodwill run...so I feel a lot more ready for babies and all their STUFF!!

Plus my shower is on Wednesday...so exciting!! I'm really REALLY glad we're doing it so early now!! Who knows what could go down between now and their arrival!

OB Appointment

Okay so I didn't gain 12 lbs...I gained 8lbs...which sounds a little better!!! I guess I was off two lbs on my previous weight and I was off two lbs when I weighed myself yesterday...but that still makes the grand total....30 lbs!! Oh boy!!!

I had them measure my stomach (they've never done that before!) and I am 27cm at almost 23 weeks..so that's nearly a month ahead I guess...

If one more person in a store asks me "Are you having a Christmas baby???" I will scream!! LOL...I'm like..."No I'm due in April actually...thanks". :o)

Okay okay...I love that people notice I'm pregnant...I'm not going to lie. ;o)

They did an internal sono (didn't miss that thing!) to check my cervix and he said it looked "rock solid". The kiddos have turned all around in there...baby girl is head down on my cervix (hmmm....vaginal birth maybe........????) and baby boy is still on the top bunk, straight across except his head is on the other side now.

I guess they got into an argument and didn't want to hang out anymore! :o)

Tomorrow will be my THIRD snow day...which is so lovely because I've had time to clean clean CLEAN my house...and I feel the kiddos moving all day long. They have been extremely active now that momma is so relaxed...its been so nice to "hang out" with them all day! And then its Christmas break and I'll get to do more relaxing!

Allright...back to cleaning and organizing!!!

Bottoms Up!

Glucose test today! Oh boy! That wasn't so bad...the drink didn't taste bad at all...trying to make it go down in 5 minutes was hard though because it was so cold!

When I went to get my blood drawn (my OB doesn't agree with the specialist and says that I should be getting the glucose test done at 28 weeks...and probably will be giving it to me again then) I asked the nurse if I could weigh myself.

Why do I do this to myself???

If my calculations are correct...I have gained 12 lbs in a month. NOT GOOD. Scary actually. My actual OB appointment is tomorrow...so we shall see what they say.

The weird thing is that I haven't been doing the "cheeseburger-a-day" thing for this whole month! I've been eating three regular meals...nothing extraordinary! So this is a bit alarming to me...hmmm....

Hopefully everything is okay in there...I guess I'll find out tomorrow!

22 week belly pic!

Okay...I'm not 22 weeks until tomorrow...but here's the pic a day early!! :o)

Its all in the hips!!!

My pain that is...oh nelly...it hurts.

I was limping around all day...and almost thought about calling my doctor. I don't know if its just regular pregnancy pain from my body being stretched to the max in a very fast forward manner, or if this is something to be concerned about. I hear a lot of preggo gals complaining about hip pain so I'm probably just feeling some normal pregnancy discomfort.

Lifting my leg to pull on pants hurts....getting up from a sitting position hurts...walking hurts. Ugh. And my aid, who is a twin mom, said..."I wish I could tell you its going to get better...but its just going to get worse"...oh boy.

I asked my mom yesterday if this really was going to work....can a woman's body REALLY stretch out to hold two babies...is my skin going to rip and little babies come flying out...

My mother assured me that no...they will be fine....yes...my body can do this.

Man, I feel stretched to the max though!

But each little kick inside my body (okay...they're starting to be BIG kicks) reminds me of why I feel this way...and its worth it.

But I may not being working through my third trimester if I can help it!! :o) My Kindergarteners have to get EVERYTHING for me...I drop a paper, I need something across the room...they get it....and they love helping the teacher so thats good. I may miss this class a little bit when I'm gone...they're a bunch of sweeties for the most part!

We have decided to adopt out our biggest dog, the Chesapeake Bay Retriever....that breed just has so much energy and we do not and definitely WILL not have enough time to give him the attention that he needs. We are going to take him to meet a family who's Chesapeake just died last year so they know how to handle him. Plus they have three boys, so Coastie will absolutely be in heaven! We'll see if Coastie thinks they are a good fit!

We still have two dogs and two cats...and then two kids....wow....but the other two dogs are small and easy to exercise. I feel bad passing Coastie on...but I know its for the best.

Can't believe next week is Christmas!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

My baby shower (YES....I AM HAVING A BABY SHOWER....WOW) is going to be on December 30th. I am so excited. I never thought this day would come! We are having it early for several reasons (just in case I go on bedrest etc etc) but the main one is that DH's out of town family and my family will be in town for Christmas, so that would be the only time they'd be able to attend unless we have it after the babies arrive!

It should be fun because its mostly going to be family and people who know what we've been through to get this far (no questions like "do twins run in the family?" and "oh are they identical?" yeah...I've gotten that last one twice now....HOW WOULD THEY BE IDENTICAL IF I JUST TOLD YOU THEY ARE A BOY AND A GIRL!!!!!!!!!!??????????) Unbelievable. Yeah they're identical except for their private areas. Nice. :o)

21 Weeks!!

My two little snuggle buddies. Baby boy is facing us, Baby girl is the pillow. LOL (the sonographer actually rotated the picture to get this shot...he is really laying on her head!)

Baby boy closeup!

Baby girl closeup!

Baby girl...look at those cute toes!!

Everyone is doing well...they are both measuring 14oz....and exactly 21 weeks! So they are right on target! Baby girl's heinie is sitting on my cervix...and her feet are on my bladder...I think I could have guessed that one!!! Not the most comfortable place for her to be!! Baby boy is still pretty much across my stomach but is now a bit above my belly button.

They were VERY wiggly...and we got about twenty pictures of them...the sonographer (is that what she's called??) was really nice....she made us hide the pictures before the doctor came in...LOL...I scanned the best ones to show you all though!

And here's momma....feeling enormous...are you sure there's only about two pounds of baby in there???? :o)

CRIBS!!!!

Thanksgiving day DH's grandma called us up to say she wanted to buy both our cribs....so we couldn't help it...we had to rush out and get them right away! :o)

DH picked them up yesterday and we decided to set them up today! They look so adorable...now I just need my glider so that I can sit and dream of the day there will be two little sleeping (crying, pooping etc....etc...) miracles in them!

Buttercup was not too sure about what was going on..."am I getting replaced?".....yup. *wink*

Putting in the first screw!

Tah-Dah!!! One crib down...one to go!

Brrr....is that snow!!?? YUP!!! There's about an inch or two on the ground now!

Yeah...I totally haven't showered yet...good 'ol Saturday mornings! :o) Can't wait to put their names over their cribs...we've decided on the boy's name...but can't quite agree on the girl's name yet...we're trying out calling her one of the names today to see if it fits...we'll see!!!

And in other baby news...did I tell you that DH felt one of them kick the other day?? One of them was kicking pretty swiftly and I could feel it on the outside...and SEE it on the outside so finally he was there when it was happening (right in the middle of dinner!)...it was way too fun to share that with him finally!

And my newest craving...MILK....WHOLE MILK....I can't get enough of it...I even got up at 2:30am and had some milk today!! Sure helps with the heartburn too. I usually hate drinking milk (mom and dad used to make me drink it at every meal...ugh)...but I guess I need some calcium in my diet!

Next weekend DH wants to put up the closet organizer so that I can hang up all the little clothes that we've bought....and my appointment with the specialist is on Thursday so I'm excited about that! I hear its a loooong one...an hour+ just staring at my babies! YAY!! Definitely took a half day on Thursday...don't anyone getting their panties up in a bunch at work! :o)

Happy Turkey Day!

Well this turkey day started out early for me...I keep waking up at 5:00am or earlier...because I'm STARVING...so I figured I'd look at some of my old posts from last year. I was so surprised when I ran across this one from January 28th of this year...I'm telling about a dream I'd had that night...and this was when we were researching adoption...but I feel like maybe I had the location mixed up...and some of the story mixed up...and maybe....well...just read it!! :o)

"I dreamed that I went to Russia to visit my sister. (My sister does not live in Russia...she lives in VA...but hey...its a dream okay?) On my way to see her I passed an orphanage and thought I'd try to see if I could visit some children. They had a bunch of children playing around but they said that more children were in the back. I asked if I could go back there and they said yes so I followed them to the back of the building behind a large curtain. They asked me what age I was looking for and I said I'd like a sibling group of two under the age of 5. I also mentioned that I would like for them to be caucasian (since there are so many african american and hispanic children in Russia!! *wink*).

They brought me the CUTEST little boy and girl. They must have been twins because they both looked about two years old. The little girl looked a lot like me when I was young and they both were wrapped up in really big puffy snow suits. They both smiled at me and in my heart I KNEW these were my children...my heart never felt so full! I hugged both of them and cried tears of joy!"

I get teary just reading this! Do you think maybe God gave me a vision of my children...ten months ago??? I'm so glad I found this post today...I can vaguely remember the dream...and the two little miracles in it...and I keep replaying it in my mind.

*sigh*

What a great thanksgiving day gift. Thank you God for my little ones.

19 weeks tomorrow!

Tomorrow is Thanksgiving and I have so much to be thankful for!! What a difference a year makes...

I went to the ob today and my blood pressure was way up. It was way up because I had been feeling baby girl moving a whole lot (they told me I wouldn't really feel her too much because her placenta is in the way) and hadn't felt baby boy since Sunday...and he was the one I predominantly felt for the past couple weeks. So I was kindof...nervous...about what they might find.

The doc came in and said "Whoa, what's up with your blood pressure?"

And I said "Just show me my baby boy and then we can redo it!"

She rolled the ultrasound right on top of my belly button (not the most comfortable thing) and there he was...not moving...but she said she could see his little heart flickering. I saw nothing. Then, he moved....arched his back so he was almost bent in half...he was like "HEY LADY GET OFF OF ME!!!" And then when he was still again I could see that little heart flickering....

*phew*

So then after the appointment they redid my blood pressure...and it was completely normal.

:o)

Oh...and did I mention my total weight gain for this pregnancy?

22lbs

WOWZAH!!!!!!!!! That means I've gained 11lbs in FIVE WEEKS....I say it again...WOWZAH....so if my goal was about 24lbs in 24 weeks...I guess I've made it there....and then some!!!! The ob said that she was not concerned at all...that I was doing just fine...and according to my books I'm good too....but its so crazy to me that I could put on that much weight in such a short amount of time!!!

I guess a cheeseburger a day isn't so good for you. :o)

After the appointment I went and got my hair did...feels good to have a style...though I can't wait to wash it and style it myself! And of course I rocked my XL Mom in Training shirt!! :o) That thing is so comfy...and I think it'll stretch with me all the way to the end of this pregnancy!

Happy Thanksgiving everyone!!!

18w belly shot!

Wow...again I say...WOW. I don't feel like I look that big...but then I see the pictures...and wow. Does the saying "The camera adds ten pounds" apply to still shots or video only? I'm thinking still shots too.

Maybe I will have to limit my burger days!!! :o)

And I guess my face is swelling a bit...right along with my heinie and thighs... :o)

But if big momma = healthy babies....bring it on!!!

18 weeks!

Wow...I remember when I was excited about 8 weeks...and here we are at 18 weeks already! Halfway there!!! WOO HOO!!!

DH has been busy getting the nursery ready....here are a few shots of him putting in a new door and the beautiful chair railing and paint job he did!

Now this is the only six paneled door in our upstairs hallway...lol...we need to do the other doors too now!!!

I told DH I wanted the light green on top and a slightly darker shade of green on the bottom...and this is what I came home to. LOL...I guess it looks okay...but I'm worried about it matching the little girl's bedding! I guess it goes with the boy's bedding....we bought a blanket from his bedding to choose the paint colors, but couldn't find a small blanket in her bedding...so hopefully it looks okay!! I was told that if it doesn't look okay...it will be repainted. *phew* :o)

I also went to a children's consignment shop this week. I had the worst day ever on Thursday...I've had so many kids out with fevers and nasty coughs (swine flu anyone)...10 over the past two weeks to be exact....and so it hasn't been too fun in my classroom...trying to dodge germs. Plus I had an irate mother call me several times before I had the chance to call her back saying that her daughter had come home with a 103 fever the day before.

I felt HORRIBLE that that happend...but this little girl was acting normal...looked normal and didn't tell me she was feeling bad! She even helped me pass out papers at the end of the day....I don't touch the kids throughout the day so if she doesn't look sick, act sick and doesn't tell me...I don't know!! But I still felt absolutely horrible. I assured the mother that as a very vulnerable pregnant woman there is no way I would allow a child with a fever to remain in my classroom if I had ANY idea that they had one.

Still felt horrible though...

PLUS that day one of my coworkers came up to me and said "Oh hey! How are you feeling? WOW...your face is really starting to swell isn't it??!! But you still look great though!!"

To which I replied "Oh thanks...would you like to comment on the current state of my heinie too because I'm sure that's getting bigger too!!!!!!!!!!"

Wait...I didn't say that. *sigh* But I wanted to...who says that....to a pregnant woman??? Tell me I'm glowing...tell my I look great....I know I'm getting FAT...I'm trying to get fat!!!!!!!!! But that comment just threw my whole day off. I just wanted to go home. *sigh*

ANYHOO....all that to say I asked hubby if I could go to the consignment shop to buy something for the kiddos because I needed a little retail therapy. So I found this baby carrier for $8.50 and I just had to have it...I thought it was way too cute. And I had to have DH try it on!!! What a good sport! :o)

He wasn't smiling all the way because this was the fourth picture I had taken of him....I had it on the stupid night vision setting for some reason and all the other pictures kept coming out blurry....lol...anyways...how cute is that?? It probably wasn't the best idea to get a non-gender neutral carrier...but oh well...for 8 bucks I couldn't pass it up!!!

No big plans for this weekend...going to a friend's daughter's high school play tonight...Willy Wonka! Should be fun! Then tomorrow I think I'm going to get my hair colored....its been a while...18 weeks to be exact :o) Then conferences from 8am-7pm Monday....ugh. All I have to do is show up on Tuesday and then its time for a nice break!!

Have a great weekend!

Nighttime Peds visit...

I'm about to head over to Nighttime because Thursday night I SHOT out of bed with a leg cramp that went away thankfully after a minute or two....but the muscle soreness/tenderness has not. Yesterday I was limping all around and today I still feel like I pulled a muscle.

Internet junkie/book reader that I am...I discovered that this may not be normal and could possibly be a blood clot.

So I'm going to get it checked out.

Please keep me and my little ones in your prayers...that this is simply an after effect of a nasty leg cramp and not something terribly more serious!!!

**Update**

The doc said that he doesn't think its something more serious but he can't be 100% sure, so he suggested I call my OB...which I would have done in the first place, but I didn't realize that I should use the "emergency" number for this type of thing...though I guess if it was a clot it could be an emergency. I dunno. But he said that if it were a clot it would probably be inflamed and swollen and tender to the lightest touch...and its more tender when you push on it.

Maybe I overreacted...but I'd rather be safe than sorry!!

TEAM PINK AND BLUE!!

Its official!! We are having a boy and a girl! YAY!!! :o) I'm super tired...all this rain and too much excitement makes for one tired momma...I've got chocolate chip cookies coming straight out of the oven and I'm going to eat them in bed with some milk...yummy!!!

Here are my cuties!!

Here is Baby B (MY BOY!) sucking on his thumb...again....oh boy!

And here is mommy's little singer...Baby A!

Cool pic of both of them. Baby B was not cooperating too well...Baby A was putting on a show!

Here is our first 4D pic! Baby Girl is facing us and Baby Boy is sleeping with his back towards us...he wasn't in the mood for photos! :o)

Goodnight to all!! More details on how they're doing later!

16 weeks belly pic!

I figured I'd take this pic on the exact day I became 16 weeks pregnant!! :o) I was letting it ALL hang out in this pic...lol...DH said I don't look this big in real life....but I think I'm pretty close!! Can't wait to hop on that scale in a week!! OH BOY!!! I just keep staring at this picture...and I look enormous...wow...I really think I was pushing my belly out a bit...WOWOWOW... :o) No wonder I'm having trouble sleeping...and getting around!

Over it...

Thanks for your responses about the work drama. I've decided that I'm okay now...I will get to leave early in the year and don't have to deal with those people...so I'm going to stay happy for my babies!!!! :o)

Plus I read that they can start to hear at 16 weeks!!! YAYAYY...so I want the first thing they hear is mommy's happy voice...not her complaining about work drama ;o)

Haven't vomited yet this week (knock on wood)...actually since last Thursday!! YAY!!! And I actually made EGGS for breakfast all this week...and that was a word I couldn't even SAY for the past 8 weeks. (we called it the "e" word...and DH was not allowed to have them either...ughh...)

Work drama...

Why do people have to be mean?

Especially the ones I work with?

Can't we be a little understanding people????

So last Thursday I called work to say I was going to be a little late because the good 'ol morning sickness had hit me again....hard. I was vomiting before my shower...thought I was good to go and then started to head out the door when I raced back in and vomited my entire breakfast (some getting in my hair and on my glasses...nice). So I had to clean myself up...and regain control of my innards before I headed to the car.

Just fyi we have to be at work at 7:40 and the kiddos come at 7:50.

I tell the secretary that I've just finished vomiting my brains out, could she please let my team know I'll be a little late?

I get to work at 7:52...the kids were just let in two minutes ago...and no one was in my room. No one even came in later to say "Oh you're here..good!"

So did the secretary not let my coworkers know? Well that day was our halloween parade and everything so I got sidetracked and never investigated further.

THEN today, another coworker told me that she was walking through our area (we have open space classrooms) and heard the secretary page one of my teammates, letting them know that I'd be running late. After the teacher said thank you to the secretary, she spoke to the other teacher in the room saying something to the effect of....

"Oh, she thinks she can just come late and leave early whenever she wants...must be nice..."

And the other one laughed and agreed.

YEAH...I JUST COME LATE WHENEVER I WANT. BECAUSE I LOVE WASHING VOMIT OUT OF MY HAIR AND PUTTING MY MAKEUP ON AT MY DESK BECAUSE I'M TOO SICK TO PUT IT ON IN THE MORNING...

And leaving early?????!!! The only time I leave early is for my drs appointments....and I'm sorry those are quite frequent...but I'M CARRYING TWINS PEOPLE....and it doesn't really affect you....and the principal has no problem with it....so BUG OFF.

Ugh...I wish that person had not told me they said that. There's too much drama back in kindergarten already....way too much. So now I feel all sick to my stomach (so what else is new)....but I can't do anything about it!!! I can't help it if I'm sick. If I get up earlier I feel sicker...and I'm already going to bed at 8:30!

I'm sorry they can't understand that yes, morning sickness may last longer with twins...and yes my dr. was talking about putting me on a prescription if it didn't clear up soon.

Good grief.

AND they didn't even tell anyone to come sit in my room...like an aide or something...nope..."Well...she's just gonna be late and we don't like that so lets have her kids just fend for themselves".

Great.

Maybe I'll talk with them tomorrow and get to the bottom of this...

Well...at least as to why they didn't assign anyone to my room. But then...maybe too much time has passed. So annoying.

And that's my drama.

Bedding!

So I haven't bought any bedding yet...but I wanted to go out to all the stores and see all the bedding there was to see (seeing it online doesn't suffice...sometimes it looks cheap and cheezy in the store!!) should I have to go on bedrest at any point in time...just trying to enjoy every moment...and hoping that will NOT happen!!! But being prepared...

Anyhoo...I was getting frustrated because I didn't really want gender neutral bedding....I know their genders!!!!! I knew what I'd get for two boys...and for two girls...but one of each????

Most of the things we liked were just so boyish...we've been looking mainly at jungle themed stuff...and I couldn't see my little girl residing in such...manly...bedding. But we certainly can't have anything pink in the boys crib either!!!!!!!

So here are a few....okay TWO options that I found...that actually sortof flow together...and yet are very gender specific!!!

These are too cute...but a little plain...but still really cute. I love how similar they are...and the polka dots are too cute!! Not really jungle themed though....but still an option. (Btw....these were at Bur.lin.ton Coat F.actory...and I did not find them on their website...but they were in the store)

Next, my friend told me that she really loved this purple monkey bedding she saw, so I went to check it out and see if it flowed with some manly jungle bedding we liked. I was SOOOOOOO excited when I discovered that they made a green set and a purple set!!!!!!! Some things are a little different...but the main stuff is the same!!!

Cute huh??? But what color would I paint the walls???????? Orange??? Brown??? If I went with green the boy bedding would just be lost...I guess I could just stick with a boring cream color...but I LOVE color on my walls!!!

I was happy to discover that these bedding sets are found on the internet for about $40 cheaper than they were selling them in the store...good to know.

I still have a while til I have to decide on bedding...but its nice to know that I may have found "THE ONES"...I was starting to get really frustrated....and wanted to especially let my other boy/girl twin mommy friends know that there are some options out there for us!!! Let me know if you gals find anything too!!!

Oh and here's the belly pic...this was actually last Sunday evening...so I was 14 weeks....note to self....stripes across=I look very wide. Yikes. :o)

Plus I was kindof trying to poke my belly out there....cause my friend's belly is super cute and big...she's 34 weeks in this picture....

I need to take more official pictures though!!! The time is passing so quickly!!!

Random laugh...

Friday.

At school.

Brandon: Mrs. W? You know me and my brother were in my mommy's belly at the same time.

Me: Oh yeah? (knowing his brother is a few years younger than he is)

Brandon: Yeah. I came out first though, because mommy ate me before she ate him.

Me: LOLOLOLLLL

How else would babies get in mommy's tummy???? It makes sense to me!

I'M NOT FAT....

I'M PREGNANT!!!! :o)

Here's the story...exactly as it happened today...

Today was photo day at school.

I got all cute...yeah real cute...got lots of compliments even. Lookin' cute and preggo.

All the kids got their pictures taken...one kid had an accident while waiting in line (yum...two kids in front of him and behind him were standing in a puddle...nice) so the lady who was watching my kids in the hallway who had already had their photos taken had to help the little boy get cleaned up. So I had to stand in the hallway.

All the kids were finally done with the photos and I hadn't had mine taken yet, so I got another lady to watch my class so I could get my picture taken.

I went up the stairs and the photographer was off chatting with someone else...so I mentioned that it was my class that she had just finished, but I hadn't had a chance to get my picture taken.

She looked at me and smiled and said...

"No problem! Its not over until the fa..t.....laa...dyy....sings....??" (As she stares awkwardly at my belly...tripping over her words)

ME:

I'M NOT FAT!!!!! I'M PREGNANT WITH TWINS!!!!!!!!

We both had a good laugh...and she was really embarrassed...mumbling something about a poor choice of words. Lol. Thanks lady.

Then I went to my OB appointment (truly disappointing by the way...I didn't realize how crummy their equipment is...no wonder they can't tell you the gender until 18w...I could barely tell I was lookin' at a baby!!) and found out I'd gained 4lbs in the past month....meaning my grand total weight gain for this pregnancy so far is....

11lbs.

Nice one. 14 weeks...11lbs...yikes.

What can I say...I'm tryin' to grow 'em big!!

I'm sure the cheeseburger a day from various fast food places for the past week haven't helped.

BUT I NEEDED THEM.

Really.

Okay okay...I'll try to eat more fruit. But Katie...you know that book you were reading and recommended (When you're expecting twins, triplets or quads)....they want us to eat fast food for breakfast EVERY MORNING...my stomach can't handle that...so I eat it later in the day....and I still haven't gained as much weight as they want me to by this point. So I think I'm doin' just fine.

I'll just keep tellin' myself that.

*wink*

Last little disclaimer...I just eat the wh.op.per ju.nior...no fries...no soda...so it can't be THAT bad right?

Oh...and did I mention that at the specialist's office the Dr. said I was at the "ideal weight" and he wants me to gain 50lbs total for this pregnancy?

So I'm doin' just fine right? :o)

Oh...and that stinkin' H1N1 vaccine...what to do...what to do??????? It freaks me out that this thing has not been tested....but am I gonna die if I get the flu and I'm pregnant? So should I risk dying...and therefore not being able to carry the babies (obviously)....or should I risk my health and my developing babies' health by getting a shot that people truly know nothing about. Is there mercury in it? Are there adjuvents (or whatever they are....) in there that could be bad? Part of the problem is I just don't understand half this stuff and what it is. *sigh*

I asked my OB today and she said "I don't know what to tell you. Its up to you."

Thanks.

I guess I have some praying to do...if you all have any insight...let me know. I've got an appointment to get it next Friday...but I'm REALLY on the fence about it.

On a side note, I have a bunch of awards over at Katie's blog that I WILL be getting to soon...maybe this weekend...I do appreciate them...and I do need to accept them (before you delete my name LOL).

TGIF tomorrow. :o) :o)

UNBELIEVABLE!!!! :o)

Had my appointment with the specialist today!!! Super fun appointment...my mom was here...my sis drove in....and DH was there...lol...I brought a whole crew! We got to look at the babies for a good 30 minutes while they did all the measuring and everything. I even drank half a milkshake beforehand so they would be extra wiggly...but they didn't move too much...they must have been sleepy!!

Baby A was really stubborn so she did the measurements on Baby B first (who was sucking away on its thumb!)...Baby B is measuring 13w 6d...little FATTY!! :o)

Baby A decided to finally somewhat cooperate....measuring at 13w and 1d.

So OF COURSE I asked her to take a guess at the GENDERS....sooooooooooooo....do you AGREE??!!! :o)

After the nurse left, the Doctor came in and said he was DEFINITELY sure that Baby B was a BOY!!!! And Baby A wasn't cooperating again...so we'll try to see again next time! *sigh*

When I came home from work later today DH had these two little outfits waiting for me....AWWWWWWWWWWWWW.

He kept the reciepts of course...just in case my little "girl" ends up being just a late blooming "boy"!!! :o)

Oh happy happy day!!!!!!!!!!

Does this make me look fat?

I can't tell you how many people commented on my belly today...this shirt was the most belly accentuating shirt ever. I even had someone reach out and touch my belly for the first time...that was WEIRD. Especially since I'm not completely sure that its babies making it get THAT big...I think I'm just getting a little tubby too...so I'm a lil self conscious still.

Plus I'm like...they're not up that high yet...and people touch around the belly button area...and my button is still an innie!! Very much so. (in other words...babies aren't pushing it out...so it must be chub right?) Or maybe the babies are just pushing my intestines up and out...and so people are rubbing my intestines. Nice. :o)

This shirt is not a maternity shirt...but once again one of those lovely shirts that are supposedly "in style" these days that looks maternity...I have lots of them in my wardrobe so that's nice!! (mainly because when I wasn't preggo and definitely was getting a bump (from being depressed) I didn't want people to wonder about me!! So big shirts cover little bumps....but not my bump now!!!!!!!)

Anyhoo....just wanted to share that with you...now I need to make some dinner!!! Or maybe make DH make dinner...yeah yeah...I'll sit on the couch and watch Kin.g of Q.ueens....

Spoiled.

Yay for Fall!!!

I have been to three farms in the past three days!! The weather has been so lovely...and Fall-y that its been perfect farm weather!

Saturday, DH and I went and dug up our own mums...not as easy as it looks...the roots are WAY smaller than the bush!! And the bush is only held up by this little stem...that snaps quite easily...but we did allright!

Yesterday I went with my friend to take some belly pics (she's due in two months!!)...it was a beautiful day and I needed to get out because I was vomiting from 6am to 12pm...not fun. I was weak, but with the fresh air I felt wonderful. I had no other flu-like symptoms so maybe it was just hard core morning sickness?? I usually feel pretty bad at that time...but eat a TON...yesterday...not so much.

Then today my kiddos had a field trip to a farm/petting zoo! I am all farmed out!! It sure beats sitting in a classroom though! That's for sure!!

I'm so jealous because my friend Denecia got to go to our specialist Dr. today...I have to wait until the 15th!! But she got to see her little kiddos in 4D and so I'm SUPER excited to go to my appointment!!

The nurse and the Dr. even made guesses at different times about the genders of her twins....and they both said the same thing!!! I'll definitely have them doing a little guess when I go! Plus my mom will be in from the other side of the country, so she'll be really happy if she gets to be there for that news!! My friend said they'll be able to tell her for sure at her next appt. in the beginning of November...and she'll only be 16 weeks! WOW!! I'm curious to see if their "guesses" where right on!

Other than my little vomiting spree yesterday I'm doing allright...I think I have a little more energy than before...but I'm still going to bed at like 8:30 and waking up at 6. I haven't been waking up in the middle of the night to pee as often...or to eat...which is nice because I get more solid sleep.

Oh and my dreams have all been very happy pregnant dreams now!!! I have a little belly and I'm showing it off to all my family in my dreams....its a lot of fun!! :o) I like these dreams!

Guess I just needed to tell people! That did the trick!

Happy Fall Everybody!!!

Cats out of the bag...

I did it. I told my work...most of them knew already...but here's what went down today (BTW I'm SUPER hormonal...maybe because of the lack of hormones?? No more inserts..YAY!!)

I get to work...(after vomiting my brains out...hair in ponytail..no time to blowdry...so what else is new)...and its a little after lunch when one of my coworkers tells me that the reading teacher just told her that she (the reading teacher) just got reamed out by the principal because she (the reading teacher) congratulated me on my pregnancy when she shouldn't have known because it was a secret. So the reading teacher thought I went to the principal and told her I was upset.

Yeah...that's how I roll...NOT.

I told my TEAM that I was annoyed because people keep congratulating me and I haven't told them....and used the reading teacher episode as an example...and guess that got up to the principal and she felt the need to "ream" her out.

Interesting.

So I went straight to the reading teacher....told her I did NOT tell the4 principal that...and that she needs to come to ME if there's an issue..not tell someone on my team because that's how all this rumor stuff happens anyways....and how my business (and other people's business) gets spread all over the school!!! I was about to cry about all this....because it was just getting annoying to keep my secret...and people were getting "reamed" out over it.

DRAMA.

So I asked the principal if I could send out a mass e-mail (we're not allowed to use the school e-mail for personal use) and say: '

The rumors are true...
TWINS are due!!

She said that was fine...and so I did....and I feel so much better!!! Now everyone knows...and it just feels good....everyone kept saying they suspected anyways...but its nice to not be all "secretive".

Since I didn't take my endometrin today my abdomen has felt a little tight...maybe its just my imagination...and maybe things are just stretching but its making me nervous. I hope my body has what it takes to take over where those hormones left off!!!

Praying Praying...

Yay for three day weekends!!!!

Boo for nausea.

I definitely needed this three day weekend....this was the worst week of my life. I felt sooooooo awful...nauseous, sinus headache...dry heaving all the time....really tired. And hubby was out of town for the whole week...so I had no one to take care of me. I never realized how spoiled I really am.

I'm still nauseous...pretty much from morning until early evening. It is not fun. I try to eat and eat...and to eat good healthy stuff...but half the time only the non-healthy stuff will go down. (Pizza for lunch....chicken tenders for dinner...nice) I did squeeze in an apple...and a yogurt smoothie...but ugh...I'm tired of feeling sick. At least I'm not vomiting....but maybe that would make me feel better? I dunno.

I had a horrible nightmare last night. I dreamed that my babies didn't make it. I went and got a d&c...and then I had to call all my family and tell them that the babies were gone. It was a very graphic and horrifying dream. I kept rubbing my belly...just like I do now...to feel my baby bump...and while it was still there, I knew I was empty. It was the most horrible feeling in the world.

Why am I dreaming dreams like this? Why am I not dreaming about holding my little ones? In the back of my mind I'm scared of what could be...but I hope that's not the predominant thought thats running through my head. Though my dreams would say that it is.



We've bought stuff for our little ones (at the yard sale)...but I still feel like I can't run into the store and buy something....and I haven't told everyone at work (though everyone has pretty much figured it out)...I feel like I can't tell until I'm 12 weeks...but maybe I should just spill the beans...that way I can feel like a "normal" pregnant girl...instead of one waiting for something horrible to happen and not telling just in case.

Not sure where all this negativity is coming from...maybe because I'm exhausted...and getting over being sick. I'm too tired to do anything fun...so I just sit around the house mainly. Maybe I need to try to get out and have some fun. I wanted to go to church this morning...but the nausea was too bad...I couldn't get in the shower. I don't know what to eat or what to do to make it better...and I'm tired of "suffering through it" to get to work...seriously...its bad when you're trying to teach and your throat is open and ready to projectile vomit at any second...or at least it feels that way.

Okay okay...I'm complaining way too much. I've always wanted to be preggo...and I'm blessed with being doubly preggo...but I am hoping that the second tri gives some relief...and that I can enjoy feeling actually pregnant instead of feeling like I have a sickness that I just can't kick!

Maybe I'll go buy myself some comfy maternity pants...I think its about that time. Its so uncomfortable now...and the belly band is ok sometimes...but I want to be completely comfy!! And I need some new pj/lounge pants...all mine are getting too tight in the waist...and they're elastic!! yikes!

Here I am at 10 weeks...I think I'm rounding out a bit more....the little bump is almost as far out as the big bloat one...lol.

Oh! And only one more day of INSERTS!!!!!!!!!! YAYAYAYYAYY!!!! I'm so over those nasty things!!!!!!!!! Yuck yuck yuck!!! I know I was so blessed to not have to do the shots...but the inserts are definitely nasty!!

DH asked me the other day if it was wonderful not having a period...and I told him that I didn't miss the pain I was in, but now I just feel sick ALL THE TIME....and I'm pretty much shoving a "tampon" in twice a day...and wearing pantiliners 24/7 so I may as well be on my period!!

Once again...yay for a three day weekend!

First OB appointment!

Here are my little nuggets!! They are doin' just fine! I was quite surprised that they did the sono...I was expecting to just hear the heartbeats...I was so excited!! And my lil sis was in town for the appointment so it was fun for her to see as well!

Now I'm nursing a cold...and its AWFUL...I've never not had medicine and this whole not being able to breathe out of your nose thing day and night is totally STINKING. I'm going to lay down!!

JACKPOT!!!!!!!

We went to that Moms of Multiples yard sale today...can we say JACKPOT???!! I probably bought way too much...but I got it all for about $150....so what can I say??? I had to go for it!!! I also got a maternity black pea coat that I didn't take a picture of. Here's the goods!

Nice Double Stroller Skeleton thing...that you clip the car seats into....nice and lightweight.

Pac-N-Play!

Swing/Cradle and a bathtub plastic thingy...I really don't know what all this stuff is called!! :o)

Matching twinners little mini swings...easy to transport...maybe will be useful when mommy is trying to put her makeup on and decide what to wear??

Okay this was a freebie...from a gal I babysit for...she also gave me a breast pump! My children will not be lacking seating!!!!! ;o)

A cute Eric Ca.rle onesie...the hungry little caterpillar. I had no idea they made things like this!! I need to find its twin so the kiddos can rock it when I visit work!!

Oh...and I also got a belly band supporter "thingy" (I'm using that word a lot here...) just in case my belly is just WAY too big...I dunno...better to be prepared I guess. And we're going into the winter months which means NO YARD SALES....I hate that!! Had way too much fun today...after I got over the morning sickness of course...the past two mornings have been horrendous. Not sure what to do about that...but vomiting never felt so good. Ew. At least I feel better afterwards!

First OB appointment on Tuesday....YYAYAYAYYAYAY!!!!!!!!! Belly is still growing...under the big bloat bump...that's a little encouraging that hopefully they're doin' ok in there...as long as they're getting bigger I'm happy!!