Standing up

Today Emma worked on standing up at the learning table. She is very unsteady right now, but loves it. Charlotte was rolling all over the room while this was going on. Also, we went to the doctor's office today to get their second flu shot and got their current weights. Charlotte is 20 lbs and 11 oz and Emma is 19 lbs and 10 oz.

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!

A Huge Sigh of Relief

The surgery is done!  I am so glad that this step is behind us.  We still have some rocky patches ahead, but this was a huge deal for me.  Now I know that there are two tight and knotted stitches of material like 30lb fishing line holding my babies in.  I had a doctors appointment today to check everything, and it looks really good.  I feel much more relaxed about things right now.  I know that as time goes on and we approach the time when I delivered my daughters, it will be difficult.  But that is later, and right now I am really working on being in the moment. 

Hope you are having a nice start to the week.

11 Weeks with Muppets

I am now 11 weeks pregnant.  I had another doctors appointment today.  I have been going every two weeks, but from now I will be going about once a week.  I think that will really help with my fears and anxiety.  Just as I start to really let thoughts get out of control, I can go and have the doctor reassure me.

We got to see both babies and hear their strong and fast heart beats.  Even at 11 weeks we could see a distinct profile of one of the babies.  That is so amazing to me.  Everybody is doing well and the doctor was very patient and answered my long list of questions and concerns.  Next week we have an appointment with a maternal/fetal medicine doctor.  I am looking forward to this appointment to get a second opinion on my doctor's treatment plan and hear the specialist's thoughts about everything.  It should be very informational.

I am so thankful that so far that things are going so well and the babies are healthy and growing well.

I will leave this post with something that really made me smile and that I secretly wish I was brave enough to wear.

                               It is a muppet dress!!  :) Picture from here