14 weeks!

How far along: 14 weeks
Total weight gain/loss: not sure, I forgot to weigh myself again (as  you can tell I am not really concerned about it)
Maternity clothes: yup
Stretch marks: nope
Sleep:  Still peeing about 4 times a night, no more tummy time for the mommy to be.  I am having a hard time finding a new position to fall asleep in.
Best moment this week:   Thanksgiving with family and friends! 
Gender: to early to know still, but thinking they are boys
Belly button in or out?: In, but it is wider and not as deep
Craving: I did eat some pickles the other day that tasted AMAZING!   
What I miss: nada
What I am looking forward to:  Feeling them move, still nothing yet.

Milestones: Our first baby gift from their Aunt Robyn. Here is a pic, thanks Aunt Robyn for the diapers, does this mean you will come and change them often??  I hope so!

From Baby Center:  This week's big developments: Your baby can now squint, frown, grimace, pee, and possibly suck his thumb! Thanks to brain impulses, his facial muscles are getting a workout as his tiny features form one expression after another. His kidneys are producing urine, which he releases into the amniotic fluid around him — a process he'll keep up until birth. He can grasp, too, and if you're having an ultrasound now, you may even catch him sucking his thumb.

In other news: Your baby's stretching out. From head to bottom, he measures 3 1/2 inches — about the size of a lemon — and he weighs 1 1/2 ounces. His body's growing faster than his head, which now sits upon a more distinct neck. By the end of this week, his arms will have grown to a length that's in proportion to the rest of his body. (His legs still have some lengthening to do.) He's starting to develop an ultra-fine, downy covering of hair, called lanugo, all over his body. Your baby's liver starts making bile this week — a sign that it's doing its job right — and his spleen starts helping in the production of red blood cells. Though you can't feel his tiny punches and kicks yet, your little pugilist's hands and feet (which now measure about 1/2 inch long) are more flexible and active.

29 things I am thankfull for at 29

A day late, but no less thankful (in no specific order):

1. My loving Husband who takes care of me and our family's needs
2. My sister Sara who is my bouncing board and confidant
   
3. My sister Robyn who is growing up into a beautiful woman and finding her feet
4. My parents and their love
5. My wonderfully large family of in-laws and their even larger hearts full of love
6. My cousins who keep me laughing and are beautiful inside and out.
7. My new minivan that my husband bought for our growing family
8. My friends who invited us to thanksgiving with their family
9. The food that is in our fridge and on our tables
   
10. My job that I enjoy (most of the time!); but that I have learned so much while working there
    
11. My health 
12. The twins growing inside of me, and the 2 sacs that they are in
13. Our God, our savior who saved us by grace
14. The roof over our head, and the safe place to sleep at night
15. My family's health
16. That I get to make my grandmother's wish of making her a GREAT Grandmother in 2010!
17. My best friend that I am getting to go through life big changes with, who understands me even when I am not being the best me.  
18. That I can pray whenever I want to and know that He is listening even to the smallest requests
19.  The education my parents gave me that brought me to this point in my life and will continue to give me what I need throughout my life
20. That my 1st trimester I didn't throw up from morning sickness
21. That I will still be 29 when our babies are born
22. That the Lord blessed our family with twins, with two little babies to love and hold
23. That I can eat almost whatever I want b/c I am supposed to gain weight right now!
24. That I have no school loans
25. The beautiful things that fill up my house making it our home, most of which were given to us and make it that much more sentimental
    
26. That we have no credit card debt
27. All my friends in real life and fellow IF'ers that have supported me this past year in one of the most difficult times of my life
    
28. That I don't have to be patient and wait any longer that my babies are on their way to my arms
    
29. The love from all my family and friends that surrounds me daily
    

a first!

So a complete stranger today ask if I was pregnant!!!  I was like yes, with TWINS!  She was so excited and I think it help me get the tag to my new minivan even faster b/c I told her I was starving and headed to lunch and she was like "well, we need to get you out of here to feed those babies".

13 weeks, entering 2nd Trimester

Woot woot!  2nd trimester here I am!!!

The twins are the size of 2 peaches!  Baby center dot com: "Fingerprints have formed on your baby's tiny fingertips, her veins and organs are clearly visible through her still-thin skin, and her body is starting to catch up with her head — which makes up just a third of her body size now. If you're having a girl, she now has more than 2 million eggs in her ovaries. Your baby is almost 3 inches long and weighs nearly an ounce."

  
How far along: 13 weeks
Total weight gain/loss: not sure, I forgot to weigh myself
Maternity clothes: wearing maternity pants, and mostly regular tops if they are long enough to cover the random waistlines
Stretch marks: none that weren't there before the pregnancy!
Sleep:  Still peeing about 4 times a night, and able to sleep on my stomach.  I am enjoying being on my belly and back as long as I can!
Best moment this week:   When Chris said "you are really starting to show"!
Gender: to early to know still, but thinking they are boys
Belly button in or out?: In, but it is wider and not as deep
Craving: Not craving anything really, just hungry all the time and still somewhat nauseous.
What I miss: Here is what i don't miss...worrying if we will ever get pregnant! 
What I am looking forward to:  Feeling them move, some say you can feel at 14 weeks which would be next week!  
Milestones:  Starting the second trimester and hopefully still feeling this good or even better. As my DR put it, better enjoy this time because at the end I am going to be miserable.  I was reading a blog by a lady who is 29 weeks with twins and she says she doesn't know how she would be able to work right now b/c she is so uncomfortable. That her legs feel like she has run a marathon ever day.

And without any further ado: my belly shot!

christmas comes on monday or tuesday!!!

Our new minivan will be here Monday or Tuesday next week!! I am super excited!!! YIPPIE!!!!

12 weeks

So this is the last week of my first trimester.  It started so slow and has started to fly by!  I can't say that I mind because I am ready to hold these little ones.

How far along: 12 weeks
Total weight gain/loss: gained 5 pounds
Maternity clothes: wearing maternity pants, and mostly regular tops if they are long enough to cover the random waistlines
Stretch marks: none that weren't there before the pregnancy!
Sleep:  Still peeing about 4 times a night, and able to sleep on my stomach.  I am enjoying being on my belly and back as long as I can!
Best moment this week:   Seeing the babies on friday and knowing they are growing right on track!
Gender: to early to know still, but thinking they are boys
Belly button in or out?: In
Craving: Pancakes!  I ate them 2 days in a row!
What I miss: my old beautiful house (even though I wouldn't go back) I wish we had a house so I could start thinking about the nursery.
What I am looking forward to: Next week being in the 2nd Trimester!
Milestones:Last week in the first trimester. I have to say it has been pretty easy!  Even though I have been nauseous all the time, thankfully no vomiting! 

How are babies are growing this week:
babycenter dot com

The most dramatic development this week: reflexes. Your baby's fingers will soon begin to open and close, his toes will curl, his eye muscles will clench, and his mouth will make sucking movements. In fact, if you prod your abdomen, your baby will squirm in response, although you won't be able to feel it. His intestines, which have grown so fast that they protrude into the umbilical cord, will start to move into his abdominal cavity about now, and his kidneys will begin excreting urine into his bladder.

Meanwhile, nerve cells are multiplying rapidly, and in your baby's brain, synapses are forming furiously. His face looks unquestionably human: His eyes have moved from the sides to the front of his head, and his ears are right where they should be. From crown to rump, your baby-to-be is just over 2 inches long  and weighs half an ounce.

Here is what twins look like in the womb.  These are fraternal twins and ours seem closers together on the ultrasound.  Thanks baby center for the photo! I keep saying this, but I can't believe there are two in there! So unexpected!

11 week ultrasound pics

Here are our little babies!  The first one is how they were sleeping when we got there, all snuggled up together.  The second one is where baby A woke up and started wiggling.  Third picture is Baby A saying "hi mommy and daddy!"   Isn't our little alien just so cute!

dang hormones and stupid tree branches

The past few days have been so dreary, cold, and wet with howling winds.  So, this morning as I was backing out of our driveway all of a sudden I hear a horrible noise that could only be me running over something with the Jetta.  Well, it happened to be a massive tree limb (limb does not describe this arm of a tree!).  Well, I got out and dragged it out of the way...hoping and praying I would not be late AGAIN to work.  Well, after lunch today I was walking back to my little Jetta and noticed a HUGE dent under the bumper!  I feel like all I do recently is tear up our cars.  I scratched Chris's work van recently and now this. 

So, it was eating at me and I had to tell Chris and then I started crying.  Dang hormones, no way that I would have cried if I hadn't have been pregnant!  Sorry little ones to blame this on you, but it is your fault.  I forgive you, you are worth every tear.

I am worried about what I am going to do to our new minivan....oh wait! You haven't heard!  We bought a minivan!  We should get it by the end of the month.  It is leather inside and very nice, a 2005!  I am excited! 

just a random post

well, I feel like I am not posting as much as I used to, but it is because I am so happy being pregnant with these twins and thankfully there is not much to report.  I have had all day nauseousness, but thankfully not so bad that I have thrown up!!!!  That is my worst fear of pregnancy other than the obvious fear of labor or losing the babies. 

Well, I bought new slippers!  We are living in a rental house and I felt like I was ruining all my white socks by wearing them around and getting the bottoms dirty.  The choices were funny or granny slippers...so I picked funny (as you can see!).  Please ignore the cankles!

11 weeks!

How far along: 11 weeks
Total weight gain/loss: gained 4 pounds
Maternity clothes: wearing maternity pants, and mostly regular tops if they are long enough to cover the random waistlines
Stretch marks: none that weren't there before the pregnancy!
Sleep:  Still peeing about 4 times a night, and able to sleep on my stomach.  I am enjoying being on my belly and back as long as I can!
Best moment this week:   Going maternity clothes shopping with Christie!
Gender: to early to know still, but thinking they are boys
Belly button in or out?: In
Craving: Cheeseburgers and carmel chocolate covered apples from the holiday show!
What I miss: feeling like myself, but I am NOT complaining!
What I am looking forward to: ultrasound this FRIDAY!!!
Milestones: those close to me say they can see a small bump!  My sister calling me after seeing last weeks picture and freaking out!!

Baby center: "Your baby, just over 1 1/2 inches long and about the size of a fig(or a lime according to the bump), is now almost fully formed. Her hands will soon open and close into fists, tiny tooth buds are beginning to appear under her gums, and some of her bones are beginning to harden.  She's already busy kicking and stretching, and her tiny movements are so effortless they look like water ballet. These movements will become more frequent as her body grows and becomes more developed and functional. You won't feel your baby's acrobatics for another month or two — nor will you notice the hiccupping that may be happening now that her diaphragm is forming."

10 weeks cont.

So week 10 and our babies are the size of a prune.  I don't like the picture so I am borrowing this from another blogger Pippy and what she used as her week 10 picture!  Thank you again to baby center dot com for their descriptions of what is going on in there this week:

"a little over an inch or so long, crown to bottom — and weighs less than a quarter of an ounce, your baby has now completed the most critical portion of his development. This is the beginning of the so-called fetal period, a time when the tissues and organs in his body rapidly grow and mature.

He's swallowing fluid and kicking up a storm. Vital organs — including his kidneys, intestines, brain, and liver (now making red blood cells in place of the disappearing yolk sac) — are in place and starting to function, though they'll continue to develop throughout your pregnancy.

If you could take a peek inside your womb, you'd spot minute details, like tiny nails forming on fingers and toes (no more webbing) and peach-fuzz hair beginning to grow on tender skin.

In other developments: Your baby's limbs can bend now. His hands are flexed at the wrist and meet over his heart, and his feet may be long enough to meet in front of his body. The outline of his spine is clearly visible through translucent skin, and spinal nerves are beginning to stretch out from his spinal cord. Your baby's forehead temporarily bulges with his developing brain and sits very high on his head, which measures half the length of his body. From crown to rump, he's about 1 1/4 inches long."\

They also mentioned that my uterus is the size of a grapefruit!  I wonder since there are twins in there how big it really is!  By the way, the bump slide-show has been updated at the bottom of the blog!  Enjoy!

10 weeks

How far along: 10 weeks, 3 days
Total weight gain/loss: gained 2 pounds
Maternity clothes: down to only 2 pairs of pants that fit comfortably, I bought 3 pairs of maternity pants and LOVE them...even though they fall off of me.  I am sure I will grow into them quickly!
Stretch marks: I am thinking that I am doomed to have them now that there are 2 inside me, they will be worth every mark!
Sleep:  Still peeing about 4 times a night, and able to sleep on my stomach.  I am enjoying being on my belly and back as long as I can!
Best moment this week:   Getting my necklace!
Gender: to early to know still, but thinking they are boys
Belly button in or out?: In
Craving: I never eat the pickle that is next to a sandwich, but the other day I decided to take a bit and ended up eating the WHOLE pickle.  Just thinking about it makes my mouth water.  So, today I ate fried pickles from fincastles dipped in ranch sause...so good!  
What I miss: feeling like myself, but I am NOT complaining!
What I am looking forward to: Our next ultrasound on Nov 13th!
Milestones: 1/4 of the way there!!