They are HERE!

The babies arrived early on November 18th. It was a crazy night on the 17th that ended up with me delivering the next morning. I ended up having a vaginal delivery as well as a csection (because his cord was prolapsing). I am recovering quite well and I am feeling much better. Now we just have to get the rest of the room done. Awburn and I painted the letters for the nursery and now we just have to get them hung up and make it just perfect. Hopefully the babies will be home in a few days or a week or so. I really want them home now so we can really start our life as a family!

Hayden Elizabeth born at 800am weighing 3 lbs 14 oz
Kaden Cole born at 823am weighing 4 lbs 4 oz

Reality is setting in...

OK so last weekend I had my shower...and WOW we got a lot of stuff! It was crazy, I am so grateful for everyone, it really helps out a lot! Now we are starting to sort the stuff and begin the laundry...I think that it is kind of setting in...OH MY GOODNESS!

Just think in about a month and a half we will have 2 little babies in the house! Am I scared? YES! Am I nervous? YES...Do I have every emotion in the book right now? YES. I feel so bad because I am getting uncomfortable and I am becoming a crabby patty! I am very snappy, but you have to realize, I am getting HUGE and uncomfortable, I guess it is a price you pay for generating life :)

31 Weeks!

Hi there...no belly pic this week (well not yet anyway). It is getting closer and we now have a goal...We need to make it to 36 weeks...I am sure that will happen...YES it is getting uncomfortable to be preggers now...It hurts to get up out of bed, it sometimes hurts to walk (not all the time) but its crazy!

About the Gestational Diabetes...I am doing fine so far, I have a little diet to follow to keep my sugars in tact and I have been monitoring myself 4 times a day. I thought it would be worse, but it isn't all that bad. I am just hoping that it will continue to be like this, they say it can get worse and harder to control towards the end of the pregnancy, lets hope for the best that it doesn't happen that way.

Oh and we got the cribs put up this last weekend...Here are some beautiful pictures, it will look much better when the bedding sets are in and all that good stuff!!! ENJOY :)

Baby Update...

Went for my growth ultrasound today, everything is still looking good...Our baby boy is weighing in at 3 lbs and our baby girl is close behind at 2 lbs 14 oz...Our baby boy was being stubborn (there is always 1 child that doesn't cooperate!) At least she was able to get the measurements that she needed. Our baby girl was better and head down (which is a good sign). Our baby boy was in his favorite spot being transverse (which is sideways).

I go to my regular OB doctor in the morning and who knows what is going to happen. I got a heads up today that I did not pass my 3 hr glucose screening test so that means I am most likely have developed Gestastional Diabetes. I have come to expect it because I was warned in the begining about it. It occurs more in women who have multiple births because of the 2 placentas. Gestational Diabetes is caused by a hormone that the placenta releases, so it makes more sense to have more of that hormone floating around because I have double the placenta mass...I will just see what the DR has to say in the morning and take it day by day...

Other than that, everything else is going well...I am in a pinch trying to figure out what to do about my leave of absence...I guess I will just have to talk to the DR and see what he suggests...I just want to be prepared and make sure to get paid and all that good stuff...it is all frustrating...ahhh...

29 weeks! Oh my heck!

So I haven't taken a belly photo for a few weeks, so I had my co worker take a belly photo and then I looked at it and said "OH I AM HUGE" it can only be expected, but sheesh....

Oh and KUDOS to my niece for doing my hair, she did a WONDERFUL job and I am super dooper proud of her...

Its a slide show!

For the time being till I can get Nick to take some halloween photos, I have put together a slide show of the nursery, so fun! Of course we will be going shopping this weekend for the beds and that will make it complete!!!

Is it really happening?

There is this thing that they call "nesting" and it is what a mother does to prepare for a baby...now I haven't fully come to the full blow of nesting, but I have been getting these urges to just hurry up and get the house all cleaned up so I can just relax and enjoy these next few months. Yes, the baby room is done, however there is other stuff out in the living area that needs to find a place. Nick and I have made an agreement to get the house in order by the end of the month....so that leaves me about 2 and a half weeks? Oh my HECK! I guess I better get going and get this done... The "nesting" will come! Lord help me get this done! :)




LOL J/K!

Its almost Halloween!

As you know, or maybe you don't...Halloween is one of my FAVORITE holidays! We decorated the house today for Halloween (on the outside). I still have to get some stuff put out on the inside, but have some cleaning to do as well...I cannot wait to get home tonight and check out how it looks at night!

The weather is getting much cooler and kind of nice...It was warm today, but it is nice when there is a breeze..

I don't have much to say today, but all I know is that I will be a busy bee this month, with Dr appts, getting the house cleaned, preparing for babies and whatever else is coming my way...

Little do I realize that in a few months, my life will revolve over 2 little infants and then I will realize that it isn't all about me!

Its my FRIDAY!

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I am so happy that my weekend is finally coming...I have been sort of "outta it" today, it sucks, but I am feeling better though. I went to perinatal doctor and everything is still doing good...These babies have been kicking up a storm and I think I have felt them have the hiccups at times...It is still so strange for me to think that I am going to be a mom in about 2 months...Its too late to turn back now!

As for my days off, I will be working on the kitchen and the desk to get things put in place so we can finally relax...yes there is still stuff that needs to be done in the babies room, but we will get it done eventually. The painting was the most part, and now that is done...the border is next, then we have to clean the carpet and let it air out, then we can start moving stuff in! WAHOO....

Until next time....Make it a great day!

Its coming along...

Nick has been working pretty hard in the nursery the last 2 days so that we can get the border up on Friday (when I will be able to help him). You can see what the colors are, it looks like a mint green in the photo, but it is actually a light lime green and a lilac, obviously the lilac looks darker, but I am sure it is beautiful. He was sending these pics via his cell phone, kinda cool huh? Oh and the last photo is of our silly dog Bear, he LOVES to sit by fans and just "chill" out, check him out!

Yummy

Snickers

Nutty and gooey - you always satisfy.

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Vacation...

Well now that I am back to reality from having a nice vacation this last weekend in San Diego. I loved the weather and just relaxing! We visited Sea World as well as did a city tour that took us all places. I enjoyed every bit of it! I hated coming back to reality, however, sometimes you just have to :)

We stayed at the Bahia Resort, it is right in Mission Bay, they had this really cool paddle boat that circled the bay to another hotel and it was FREE to guests. It was nice, I think we stayed on the boat for 2 hours. I loved just sitting on top with the wind running thru my hair! ahhh, relaxation...

Sea World was fun, however, now they have rides and of course with me being preggers I couldnt go on any rides. It kind of sucked, but hey it is for my safety...I loved the dolphin show and they had this really cute pet show with dogs and cats and pigs, it was the cutest thing! I was really missing my dogs when I was watching that show! Shamu was also beautiful, it is amazing how they can be trained and loved so much for being a killer whale...

On the trolly tour we stopped at the cruise ship terminal where they had Fleet Week and it was focused on the Navy. It was really neat to see the air craft carriers and planes. It was amazing, Nick took lots of cool pics, I cannot wait to see them all. We then walked down to Sea Port Village and had lunch. It was yummy! We hopped back on the Trolly and headed out to Coronado and it was just beautiful down there, we opted not to get off because it was a little walk back to that hotel, so hopefully next time we can get to see that goregous hotel up close...When we got off the Trolly at Balboa Park there were Brides everywhere! It was nuts...everywhere you turned there was a bride...One bride was getting married right in the middle of the park in the organ area! It was nuts because you have people just wondering around and the wedding is still going on. It was funny :) I wish we could have done the ghost tours at night. There is this home called the Whaley house and it is said to be VERY haunted! I wanted to do that, but it was still early in the evening and that tour began later that night, hopefully next time!

A funny thing that happened on our trip, and you will just have to understand that it would probably not happen to other people, but just me...We were on our way home and since the weather was so nice we were cruising with all the windows down. All of a sudden I look down and on my pant leg there is a BUG, now I don't like bugs, but this was like a little bee looking thing or something, but it didnt look friendly...so I grabbed the papers that I was holding and flicked it off and out the window goes the directions to get home!!!! I was just cracking up immediately because I found it to be so funny! Well luckily we were already passed the switching of the freeways and it was easier to find out way home, but it was just funny...

As for travelling, this a was and will be my last trip for a while because of the pregnancy. We don't need to go into pre term labor in another city!

I will do my best to keep this blog updated...have a great day!