Now don't get me wrong, I am very happy that God has blessed us with a very uncomplicated twin pregnancy. However, now I am feeling HUGE and miserable. Here is a picture of my big self at 37 weeks. I measured myself recently and I am very nearly 4' around...an entire foot taller then Maggie! It is getting hard to do practically anything. Grocery shopping is even a major chore (and everyone must notice, I've never had so many people ask me if I need help unloading the cart or putting stuff in the car). We don't have names finalized yet, but at least we have it narrowed down to a short list...a big improvement from last week. Now the only thing is that I don't really want them to be born on my birthday (which is Saturday) or on leap year (it just seems cruel...you already have to share your birthday and then it only happens every four years!). Plus, my doctor is out of town this week. I guess that means they'll have to wait until next week. That will be fine with Maggie anyway. When I ask her if she's ready for her baby sisters to come out, she says "No thank you, babies just stay in mommy's belly." We are enjoying our last days with her alone and trying to squeeze in lots of fun things. Hopefully it won't be much longer though! Wednesday, February 27, 2008
37 Weeks and counting...
When we first found out we were having twins and read about all the average twin pregnancies, I was worried that they would be born too early or that I'd have to be on bedrest for several weeks. Average twins are born between 35-36 weeks, but here I am past 37 already! If they were born today, they wouldn't spend any time in the hospital and would likely be around 6lbs each.
Now don't get me wrong, I am very happy that God has blessed us with a very uncomplicated twin pregnancy. However, now I am feeling HUGE and miserable. Here is a picture of my big self at 37 weeks. I measured myself recently and I am very nearly 4' around...an entire foot taller then Maggie! It is getting hard to do practically anything. Grocery shopping is even a major chore (and everyone must notice, I've never had so many people ask me if I need help unloading the cart or putting stuff in the car). We don't have names finalized yet, but at least we have it narrowed down to a short list...a big improvement from last week. Now the only thing is that I don't really want them to be born on my birthday (which is Saturday) or on leap year (it just seems cruel...you already have to share your birthday and then it only happens every four years!). Plus, my doctor is out of town this week. I guess that means they'll have to wait until next week. That will be fine with Maggie anyway. When I ask her if she's ready for her baby sisters to come out, she says "No thank you, babies just stay in mommy's belly." We are enjoying our last days with her alone and trying to squeeze in lots of fun things. Hopefully it won't be much longer though!
Now don't get me wrong, I am very happy that God has blessed us with a very uncomplicated twin pregnancy. However, now I am feeling HUGE and miserable. Here is a picture of my big self at 37 weeks. I measured myself recently and I am very nearly 4' around...an entire foot taller then Maggie! It is getting hard to do practically anything. Grocery shopping is even a major chore (and everyone must notice, I've never had so many people ask me if I need help unloading the cart or putting stuff in the car). We don't have names finalized yet, but at least we have it narrowed down to a short list...a big improvement from last week. Now the only thing is that I don't really want them to be born on my birthday (which is Saturday) or on leap year (it just seems cruel...you already have to share your birthday and then it only happens every four years!). Plus, my doctor is out of town this week. I guess that means they'll have to wait until next week. That will be fine with Maggie anyway. When I ask her if she's ready for her baby sisters to come out, she says "No thank you, babies just stay in mommy's belly." We are enjoying our last days with her alone and trying to squeeze in lots of fun things. Hopefully it won't be much longer though! 
Sunday, February 24, 2008
I'm 2!
Hey Everyone, Mommy and daddy finally figured out the world wide web and started this blog to keep you all updated on our family. I have something very important that I'd like to tell you...I'm 2 years old now! I like being two. I like sleeping in my big girl bed (it has Winnie the Pooh sheets!). I can talk very well, I like to sing, read stories (the same ones over and over), play with my toys, play with my friend Bethany and my favorite bunny, help bake things in the kitchen, and run around and climb on things. I am 35.5" tall (almost 3'!) and 26.5lbs. I am getting to be such a big girl.
I had a very fun birthday. On Saturday, mommy and daddy took me to a special climbing playplace (Jungle Java) and to my favorite place to eat, Pizza Hut! Daddy crawled around through all the tunnels with me even though he was too big. Mommy is REALLY too big and wouldn't even fit. Oh well, I had lots of fun with daddy. Grandma came over to celebrate on Sunday and we also went to two different Superbowl parties. I had been telling Mommy and Daddy for weeks that for my birthday I wanted a Pooh cake, Tigger candles, and a Pooh present. Look at the great Pooh cakes that they made me!
Daddy mostly made the Pooh one and Meghan Armstrong was the creative genius behind the green one. I loved them both along with my Pooh presents. I got a lot of great new things, but the best part is that they have been coming slowly so it feels like it's been my birthday for weeks!
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