2 Peas in a Pod

My family and Brigitte threw me a friends and family shower last week. It was the cutest shower. My sisters have been talking about this shower since I announced I was pregnant. They came up with the cutest idea and the theme was perfect, 2 peas in a pod. Everything centered around the theme and it was so cute. The food was delicious and it was fun seeing so many friends and family. I was a little worried that with summer vacations that not that many people would come but we had a great turn out and it was a perfect evening.

My sister Christy was in town and leaving in a couple days so we planned it around when she could be here for it. It just so happened that the best night was also my mom’s birthday. Thanks Mom for sharing your birthday with me for the twins.

The shower was a huge success and I loved all the blankets, outfits and gear that everyone was so nice to give me for these girls.

A HUGE thanks to my sisters, mom and Brigitte!  Such a fun night to celebrate the upcoming arrival of these girls.

 

These are the take home gifts Brigitte made

The infamous fleece blankets that every grandchild on my side of the family gets.  This is #16 and #17.  That's a lot of fleece blankets made over the years.

Pregnancy Update – 31 Weeks

I’m 31 weeks pregnant and really feeling it. I thought I would be totally miserable by this point and although I’m pretty uncomfortable, I guess I’m not as miserable as I thought I would be. Ask me again in a week or so as each day seems to get worse and each day I’m more sick of being pregnant and uncomfortable.

I can officially balance a glass of Orange Juice on the top of my stomach, yes I’ve tried it. And recently I’ve been able to eat my cereal in the mornings while balancing my cell phone on my stomach and checking my email and playing my new favorite game, Words with Friends. I know, I’m so talented.

I have days where I am so excited for the girls to get here and be able to meet them, hold them and take care of them. And then I definitely have days where I’m totally freaked out with the thought of what we’re going to do with 2 babies to take care of. It’s a little overwhelming.

My doctor is saying to plan on sometime between 35-37 weeks and they would induce me after 37 weeks, so we’re definitely on the countdown. Next week I go in for an ultrasound and then I start weekly Non-stress tests from there forward. Baby A is still breech, while Baby B is head down. Unless Baby B pushes her way down a little, they don’t think Baby A will flip at this point, so it’s looking more like a c-section for me. I’m open to whatever and never had my heart set on a particular birth. So I’m fine with whatever the safest way is to get them here.

And I’m going to make an official declaration. People keep asking me what we are going to name the girls. Well, we’ve known the names we liked for quite a while but weren’t completely sure until more recently. So, my declaration is: Yes we know the names, but we aren’t telling people until they are born. Yeah, sorry about that, it bugs, I know.

Things I like about being pregnant:

• Shane saying in a loud voice ‘Hi Girls, it’s Daddy.’ Or ‘Girls be good to mom so she can get some sleep.’ It’s So. Dang. Cute. He wants to make sure they will recognize his voice.
• I’m never cold…everyone thought I would die in the hot summer, and although it’s hot, it’s nice going to work and not being freezing all day long.
• My skin hasn’t broken out since the day I got pregnant, it’s heaven.
• Being able to drink so much water – I’m not a water drinker, or beverage drinker of any kind. I would just rather not drink much. I always feel kind of guilty about it so it’s been nice to be so thirsty and I carry a blue jug around with me everywhere now.
• Decorating, shopping and organizing the nursery. Although it’s a total mess right now, it’s been fun. I’ll do a separate post with pictures when things look more organized.
• Ultrasounds – I’ve been lucky to have so many ultrasounds this pregnancy. I’m sure I just take them for granted and to those who only get 1 or 2 their entire pregnancy, I don’t know how you do it. At the last ultrasound we were focused right on Baby A’s face when she gave us a huge yawn. It was so cute to watch. Unfortunately pictures don’t do it justice but it’s so fun to watch them move around.

Things about being pregnant that I don’t care for:

• Having to go to the bathroom all the time. Because I’m not much of a drinker, I don’t normally go to the bathroom all that often. People call me a camel because although not good for you, I can wait a really long time before having to go to the bathroom. Now, it’s totally opposite and has taken a lot of adjustment!
• Being out of breath – not only from walking up a flight of stairs, but sometimes just walking across a parking lot while talking on the phone totally makes me out of breath.
• Heartburn and burping – the burping is never ending. Heartburn, enough said, it’s annoying.
• Sore body – Now I know why pregnant women waddle, I never really got it. It’s cuz everything is just so dang sore. My hips, my back, my legs, my feet…after sitting for even short amounts of time, I get up and it’s so hard to start walking, so I have to waddle until things stretch out a bit.
• People that know when I’m due, asking when I’m due - like they think it’s changed just because I’m so big. I’ve considered a sign on my t-shirt that gives how many weeks I have left but haven’t dared to do it yet. I know everyone is just excited, but by the end of the day, I feel like I’ve answered that question 100 times.

Sorry if you think some of this is TMI…just stating the facts.  Wow, I didn't realize I had so much to update. I have another ultrasound a week from today so I'll post again the end of next week.

Summer Events

So, let’s see what I’ve been up to, besides being pregnant.

My parents got home from their mission the very end of June. It’s nice having them back in town and because of it we’ve been having a lot of family get togethers. My sister Christy was in town for 2 weeks in July and so it was one get together after another. We always have a good time, and I just realized we didn’t get a family picture of all of us together...dumb.

For the 4th of July we had an early dinner at my parent’s house and then some of my family all went over to Sandy to watch fireworks while the other half stayed and did fireworks in the neighborhood. We ended up getting really good seats and in fact twice we had to stomp out ash as it fell down on us (once on Shane’s foot) because it was so close and still flaming red.

My brother and sister in law had their baby. Max Goold was born on 7/11 (cool birthday huh?) He is so adorable. He came out with the thickest brown hair that at his first bath the nurses put it in a faux hawk. It’s been fun being pregnant at the same time as Whitney and comparing notes on pregnancy symptoms, what each other is buying, etc. When I heard she was going to the hospital and was in labor my first thought was ‘oh crap, that means I’m next.’

Picture of Max and my niece Ella, I stole the picture from my sisters blog because I just realized I don't have any!!!

Shane’s mom has also been in town, so it’s been fun seeing family from both sides of our family lately. She leaves this week but will be back when the babies are born.

We had Draper days and went both nights this year. The first night we walked across trying to find a good place to sit and I swear it felt like everyone was staring at me, like why are you here, shouldn’t you be at the hospital having a baby? Then we sat down right next to a girl with boy/girl 8 month old twins. So it was fun talking to her for a bit.

We’ve also been to a few concerts in the park and even went to a play at the new Draper Ampitheatre.

So you can see, we have been busy. I’m so glad I’ve been feeling so good to go and do all these things as it would’ve made summer go by so slow had I been forced to be on bed rest.

Showering

I have been showered and showered and showered again this summer. I have some amazing family and friends.

My first shower was back the end of May. The laurels in my ward wanted to throw me a shower for a class activity. It was such a fun night. First of all, so many of them came. It was so fun to see them all and just catch up with what has been going on in their lives. Several of them were graduating the following week so we had to fit it in before they graduated and the busy summer started.

Debbie and Shyloh did such a good job. They had yummy food, a bundt cake that I loved and then we played a couple games. They each brought a baby picture of themselves and we had to guess who was who. I was terrible at the game. Then we took some yarn and they had to cut the yarn according to how big around my stomach I was. It was pretty funny to see how big some girls thought I was.

The girls were all so generous and most of them got me gifts, which I had told them was just optional. But it was fun to see what each person picked out and they did such a good job picking things out.

 

Is anyone still out there?

Has it really been over a month?  Are you so sick of me not posting?  I am!

I'm 31 weeks today!  So sometime this week I promise to update you.  I've been busy.  With what you ask?  I've been shopping, organizing, resting, playing, spending time with family, showering (baby showers that is), growing, and growing!

Posts are coming, I promise...even a 31 week pregnancy picture.

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.