2010 Ended with a Bang and 2011 Started with Me Still Pregnant!!

Ok, I will admit it, I have been in a funk.  This is getting hard and uncomfortable and I am starting to get whiny.  One friend I talked to said that she guessed it was like running a marathon and I am getting to the point where people "hit the wall," before the end but after they have been going for a while.  I like that because lots of people push through and finish marathons, so I can push through too!

There is really good news though.  It is 2011 and I am still pregnant.  That is amazing.  It was a huge goal for me and we have made it.  I had a doctors appointment on Monday and he is so excited that we are 29 weeks and a few days.  He really feels like no matter when the babies are born there will be a good outcome and we are going to take babies home.  He does really want me to hang on for another month so we can have and keep the babies at the hospital here and not have to go an hour to the level 3 NICU.  I am hoping for that too.  The babies look great and are getting big.  Baby A is 2lbs 13oz and Baby B is 2lbs 14oz.  All the egg nog I drank during the holidays helped I think.

2010 would not leave without making a statement.  I felt like it was taunting me, saying "I know you want me to leave, but I am not done with you yet!"  New Year's Eve brought horrible storms, lots of lightning and thunder, and power outages for hours.  During one of the violent weather cells one of the trees in our front yard got struck by lightning!  I have never been that close to a lightning strike.  The whole house lit up and shook.  Now our tree has a strip all the way down one side where the bark was forced off.

The beginning of 2011 has also brought the realization that I need to get organized and more prepared.  I now have a list of lists I need to make, such as "things to pack for the hospital," "meals to make and freeze," "things needed for sleeping or diapering or feeding, ect" and more.  It is a start!