Our last trip before the girls come

My doctor had told me that with multiples that the potential for complications usually begin between 24-28 weeks.  So she advised us if we were going to take a trip not to travel during those weeks.  And that if I did have complications that travel after 28 weeks was going to be cancelled.  So, we knew we had to go somewhere.  Between my big work projects and the weeks ticking away we finally got to leave for a long weekend in San Diego.

It worked out perfectly.  We got a last minute deal on Delta and went for it.  We had a great time.

The first day we went to Balboa Park.  We walked around the gardens, an art museum and had a great time.  The sun had just come out and so we were soaking up the sun.  I don't think I had seen the sun and felt it's warmth in so long with the cold, rainy, spring we have had.  I had forgotten when in the sun, you can get sunburnt.  So we were a little toasty red that night but it was so nice and fun to just walk around.  One thing that I have enjoyed doing that I never did much of before marrying Shane was walk through gardens, etc.  Shane loves plants and we now both enjoy walking through gardens and seeing all the different plants and flowers.

 yes you can see my belly button :(

This is for Shane's mom who is obsessed with the movie Zorro

 After Balboa Park we went and walked around the shops at Seaport Village.  One tradition we have started is every year we get a Christmas ornament from a place we have travelled to that year.  Knowing this was going to be probably our only trip of the year we were so excited that they had Christmas ornaments here and they even had a whole Christmas shop there.  So we're set with that for the year.  Check.

That night at the last minute we realized The San Diego Padres were playing, so we decided to go.  It ended up being cap night so we both got free Padre hats.  I'm not a Padres fan, but I still love going to a ballpark and enjoying a baseball game here and there.  The game was actually pretty boring and they lost 2-1.

Sunday we drove up to Orange County and spent the day with Christy's family.  My parents also came down from Arcadia on their mission and so we spent the day together.  We had a yummy tri-tip dinner with a great chocolate bundt cake.  Thanks Christy for having us over and having such a great day.

Monday we drove out to Coronado Island.  We walked around the shops, walked down the beach, looked at some tidepools (of which Shane has never been to any...strange to me but true.) and had a relaxing morning.  That afternoon we hit a matinee (fyi, the matinee prices in California are $10/ticket....are you kidding me!!) and then had a casual dinner at a fish shop overlooking the San Diego bay.

Tuesday we headed out of San Diego and made our way back to the airport. We made a few stops at the San Diego temple, the outlets in Carlsbad, the Newport Beach temple and then Newport beach for an hour before our flight.

The entire trip was great.  It went way too fast but we were glad we could get away for a long weekend.

24-25 Weeks

You might be able to figure out a few things from this picture:

1 - We went on a trip.  Another post coming on that soon.
2 - I'm still very much pregnant, and showing a lot!

This picture was taken when I was 24 weeks.  I am now 25 weeks and just had another dr. appt. today.  I go every 2 weeks now.  The dr. appt. wasn't all that exciting today...good.  I did have my glucose test...it better come back fine. 

I think up until last week I was still in a little bit of denial that everyone could just tell I was pregnant.  I know, I know, I'm totally showing, I'm just shocked when random people ask me about my pregnancy.  Like the flight attendant, the guy checking us in at the hotel, the stares from my face to my stomach and back again.  It's a good thing but it still surprises me for some odd reason.

I'm still feeling pretty good.  My back pain is mostly gone, thanks to my sister Michelle.  Everyone kept telling me to sleep with a body pillow or some type of pillow between your knees, which I already was.  It wasn't until Michelle told me that her back hurt more when she did that, that I gave up the pillow and have never looked back.  Now my shoulder and hips hurt a little in the morning but overall it's much better.

A lady at work 2 weeks ago told me I was already waddling...thank you very much lady.  Sheesh, can I help it that I had been sitting for a few hours and needed to get up and stretch and so yes I probably was waddling a little as I stretched my muscles, but did you really have to say something? 

Other than that things are good.  I feel the babies kick non stop.  It's kind of fun to watch my stomach move and bulge out as they kick.  People ask me this and so I will just answer the question that yes I can tell which baby is which when they kick.  I didn't think I would but I definitely can.

Learning to share

I had another ultrasound this week but this was the big one where they do all the measurements.  I am 19 weeks.  Both babies look great and are measuring just fine for everything.  They are both still girls!

So I thought you would want to see maybe the beginning of their personalities.

This is a picture of Baby A.  See how she is all curled up and just minding her own business.

This is a picture of Baby B.  The reason you can't really see her is she is totally spread out laying across baby A.  And what is worse...the whole time in the ultrasound you can see her kicking her sister so hard like she's trying to make more room for herself.  Hello space hog.

So obviously they are going to have to learn to share a little bit better especially as space gets tighter and tighter in there.  However, the last 2 ultrasounds now, Baby B has been kicking away while Baby A is moving but not nearly as aggressively kicking as her sister.  I hope they like each other when they get out but to me it looks like they're already fighting.  Oh the beginnings of their personalities.  We'll have to see if there is a difference in their personalities when they're born.

I now meet with Dr. Draper, a neonatologist who specializes in multiples.  He gave me a lot of good information.  After this next appt. in 4 weeks I start going to the dr. every 2 weeks, meeting with him and Dr. Langer every other time.  He did say that with twins if I haven't had them that they would induce me somewhere between 37 and 38 weeks.

That's the latest on this pregnancy. I've been feeling them move more and more.  I'm feeling pretty good.  When my doctor measured my stomach I'm measuring at 24cm or whatever the measurement is.  I think for a single pregnancy you are supposed to be the same cm as you are weeks, so I'm measuring 24 weeks if I was pregnant with one baby.

I've been feeling pretty good lately.  I've been starting to get a little back pain when I sit too long or lay on one side too long, so it's manageable now but I think I may be in for a lot of discomfort coming up soon. 

And here is the latest on how I look.

Holland

Thursday night, April 28, Brigitte had her baby.  She made her appearance just one day after her due date, not too bad at all.  Holland Bliss Pace weighed 6 lbs. 11 oz. and 20 inches long.  She has long feet and hands, a little light brown hair and the cutest red little lips.  She likes to suck the bottom lip.  She's a keeper for sure.  Both Brigitte and Holland are doing really well.

I got to go see Brigitte and Holland at the hospital on Friday during my lunch break and hold Holland.  While I was holding her both my babies started moving and kicking.  Usually I only feel one kick at a time but this time both were moving quite a bit.  So I think they were trying to let their new friend know that they were there.  Either that or they're already jealous she's here and they're not.

Here are a few pictures of Holland:

And then I didn't want to forget to post this picture that Brigitte and I took together about 10 days ago of both of our pregnant bellies together.  BFF's carrying a new generation of BFF's:

 

April 17, 2011

A Milestone

You might think I've hit a milestone in my pregnancy, and although I probably have, this post is about the milestone of my car.

My 2003 Nissan Altima hit 100,000 miles!!  In my last car I missed seeing the odometer turn to 100,000 and I was so mad 18 miles later when I remembered.  So this time I was not going to miss it.  But I was nervous I was going to get distracted and miss it again.  So I kept staring at it...could I get a ticket for distracted driving for that?  "But officer, I really do NOT want to miss my car turn 100,000 miles!"  The officer would understand, right?  So the day before, I had been talking about it so much that Shane even wrote me a note to remind me.  It just so happens that I hit 99,998 as I got home from work one day so I picked up Shane and we went on a little drive until it turned.


There it is:

This car has been a really good car to me.  My last car I had sooo many issues with and it was supposed to be a really reliable car.  So I've been happy that Nissan has been so good to me and it just keeps running.  It's had a few problems and it's starting to sound old to me but overall I have no complaints and am happy it just keeps running me around wherever I want to go, whether it's just around town, to work or on a road trip.

Here's to staying strong Altima and please keep running for a while longer!

Apparently I'm showing

This week I had the first person who didn't know I was pregnant look at me and ask if I was pregnant.  And it was a guy!  I was talking to him at work, and he kept looking at me and looking at my stomach, back and forth.  I wasn't sure if he knew or not and then all of the sudden he says 'uh...' (and looks at my stomach) 'I don't want to say anything but....'  so I said 'Yes it's true'  and he says 'you say it, I don't want to say it first'  lol...so I told him that yes indeed I was pregnant.  So I guess there's no going back, it's out and forward with my stomach.

I went maternity clothes shopping with my sister in law Whitney this week.  She is 27 weeks and I'm 15.  I feel like I'm catching up to her.  I am not in maternity clothes yet, but am just in the in between stage where some things still fit me but my jeans are really tight on me.  So it won't be long now.  We had a family dinner last week and Whitney and I took this picture together to show our progress.  All my sisters brought over maternity clothes for us to go through and split up so it was super nice of them to get a lot of clothes so I don't have to worry about buying so much.

Inside and Out

Here's how these little ones look on the outside:

And here is what they look like on the inside:

 

That's right, if you are reading the last picture correctly, they are sisters.  We're having 2 girls.  They were positive about Baby B and they want to double check Baby A at my next appointment but they were pretty sure she was a girl too.  I had my latest ultrasound yesterday and both girls are looking great still.  I thought it was so cute that they were facing each other.  The u/s tech said this would probably be the last shot we would get of both babies together in the same picture because they will be too big by the next time.

Other tidbits of information about the pregnancy thus far:

• I'll be 15 weeks on Monday
• My nightly feeling yucky and bloated has subsided a little, yeah
• I haven't been quite as tired...that might be just because I get more sleep now and force myself to go to bed earlier than I normally would.
• I am starting to show...hence the photo above...I wish I could stay this size! :)
• I haven't had any real cravings but there are definitely days that something sounds better than others, but it's just random.  I'm trying to force myself to eat healthy and eat a lot as they want me to gain quite a bit of weight the first half of my pregnancy.
• I started feeling them move this week.  It seemed a little early but I guess with twins it's pretty common.   The first time I felt Baby A move, she did a roll or something. It brought me straight out of my thoughts as I was driving one morning.  Since then I've felt little flutters here and there.  It's fun now but I'm sure as they get bigger and start actually kicking me it won't be as fun.  My doctor and u/s tech. on Friday were commenting on how much they were moving.  I may be in for it!
• No we haven't even begun thinking about names and decorating or anything like that, I'm sure it will come.