16 weeks 4 days pregnant

Some days it feels like this is going by really fast and others it is excrutiatingly slow!
I want to have that lovely pregnant belly so that the whole world knows. Instead, I feel fat. Plain, old, boring fat belly. Everyone keeps telling me to wait. Once I truely pop I will long for these days. Somehow I don't believe them. After all it took for me to get here I want it now!

Today was a bit crampy. Some days are more so than others. Again, they say this is normal. It just feels weird. I want to feel these two aliens move around inside me. I'm awfully needy today aren't I? Monday I go for a cervical length check. Gee, another ultrasound. I wonder how many times I've visited "Wanda" since all this started. It has to be in the 100's! Hopefully I will get to see my babes swimming around in there too. There is nothing more reassuring than that!

So today wasn't a good day otherwise. It started with a huge brew ha ha at home this morning. My dear stepson was hellbent on challenging me and I was in no mood for any of it!! I left the house in tears slamming doors etc. I'm so mature aren't I? There is only so much I can take first thing in the morning. So to relax tonight I got a lovely pedi. Nothing like a hot stone massage to calm the nerves. And now my piggies are all pretty to boot.

Well time to pack for our 4 day weekend at the shore. I pray the weather will be nice so we aren't trapped inside the trailer with a rammy 9 year old and a spastic dog. Have pity on me God!!

Happy 4th of July to all! And if you don't celebrate just enjoy the long weekend! Someone please have a Cosmo for me!! :)

Another weekend finished....

What a nice weekend! I'm sad to see it go but happy I got to share it with friends and family. Yesterday I got to catch up with Sue and also do some shopping - always a pleasant passtime. I still can't quite top Sue's shopping abilities though. Some day I will!

Today I got to spend with my brother and his family. Sam and I went to the pool with them while my dear hubby slaved away at work with a cold. Love ya honey. It was so niuce to spend a day with the kids again. I miss them so much. Whenwe got home Meg and Eileen got to listen to the babies' heartbeats. They were very touched and thought it was cool. Personally I can't listen enough but am controlling myself or else hubby will ban me from the machine.

Well hubby is home and wants the computer so I'm signing off.

TGIF

Good Friday evening to you all. Today I am 16 weeks pregnant. Wow 4 months already. And in the past 2 or 3 days I've really started to show. It is so weird! I'll have a picture by the end of hte weekend.

Today we got the dopplar and I'm happy to report it works great! Craig got to hear the babies' heartbeats for the first time. It was a beautiful sound! Even though he hems and haws I know he is happy we got it.

My husband is working the over night shift again tonight. It sucks for him but is nice for me. Then we don't miss him so much. Of course whenhe is sleeping the day away it is a pain. Soon he will be done school and then we can hopefully get a normal life back.

Chat with you all soon,
Kathie

Good Tuesday to ya!

Well I had my 2nd OB appointment today and am I relived!! I heard both heartbeats and my uterus is measuring at 19 weeks even though I am only 15. This is a good thing with twins and is expected.

When I got to work I ordered a dopplar so that we can listen to the heartbeats at home to alleviate my worry and stress. Can't wait to hear them anytime I want! I msut admit to being just a tad neurotic with worry prior to all of my appointments. I always am afraid that something has happened to one of the twins inbetween appointments. Sad and true. This dopplar should let me relax.

So we will find out what the sexes of the babes are on July 17th. Right before we pick up our new puppy! How exciting. What a big day for all of us! Our family is ever expanding. We are going to have Sam and Granny there with us for the big reveal. I knwo Granny will be crying her face off. Sam most likely only if they are girls. LOL

Happy Father's Day

Well folks I'm back. Now that I have fun and exciting things to write about.

First, Happy Father's Day to my wonderful husband who is upstairs in bed with a 101 fever! He is a wonderful father and a great husband. I am so lucky to have found him. And this father's day is even more meaningful since he is going to becme a daddy again!!

Which brings me to the present... I think all of you know that I am pregnant by now. 15 weeks and 2 days with twins!! I am so excited and happy and scared all at the same time. This has been quite a long journey for us and we are thrilled to be able to say we are going to be parents!! I still don't believe it sometimes.

Tuesday is my second OB appointment and hopefully I'll have a better handle on how things are moving along. I miss being in the care of my fertility docs since they were monitoring me so closely. I got to see the babies every other week. Regular OBs don't do that. So I hold my breath between appointments praying that everything is going as it should.

We also have another addition to our ever growing family. We are getting a puppy. In another 3.5 weeks I will have another creature to clean up pee and poop after. Does the fun ever end you ask? LOL But just look at that face!! Who could possibly resist?? Say hello to Duchess Reed.