29 weeks 5 days pregnant!

I'm almost at the 30 week mark and can't believe I am actually going to be giving birth to twins in less than 10 weeks!! Holy crap what was I thinking??!! Went to the OB today and everything is good. Both Claire and Connor have strog heartbeats and are moving all around. The belly is measuring at 35 weeks (normal for twins) even though I am not that far along. So, since I felel huge and can't get comfy to sleep and haven't been feeling very good, they decided to cut my hours at work. Now I can come home at 12:30 and sleep before Sam gets home. This ought to reduce some stress and keep those kids growing inside for another 8 or so weeks.

Here is the latest belly shot. For some reason these shots don't seem to look as big as I do in real life. You'll have to take my word I guess. Anyway, here is one from 26 weeks and one from today. I can see the change. But I have still only gained 19 pounds which is great! Less to lose after the fact.

It looks like we may finally get moving on the nursery soon. Just waiting for my helpers to get back to me with dates. I can't wait to have it finished so I can relax about it. One less stressor in my life. Plus I am so excited to see what it looks like all finished!

Now that the hubby is working full time our lives have been a bit hectic. His shifts have been varied and we have no regular schedule as of yet. It has been hard on all of us. Some day we'll have normal lives - whatever they are. For now it is day to day survival.

On the home fun front we are getting a cool new flat screen TV. It will be installed next week - just in time to watch the next Eagles game in high def on the big screen!! Can't wait!! Speaking of football....guess who won this week's pool? That's right. ME baby!!!!! I'm so excited. I haven't won in years! Go Kathie, it's your birthday... LOL

I'm sure I'll be posting more regularly now that I'll be home more. Til next time: Namasté (for you LOST geeks) LOL

26 weeks 3 days

Ah the end of a long weekend - the last weekend of the summer. Where did the time go? No more swimming at the lake. No more fun activity filled weekends at the campground. But what we do have is FOOTBALL baby!! Woo hoo. I love the fall and my Eagles football! I can't wait until Sunday afternoon to watch the first game!!

Today marked the end of a long activity filled weekend. We hit the shore Friday through Sunday morning. Then came home for the hubby's last class and a wedding reception. Then today a family reunion at my mother in law's. Phew! I need another day off to recouperate from all the running!

Attached is the latest belly shot for those who are on belly watch. This past week things have been ramping up. I am starting to get really tired again like in the first trimester. I am having some issues catching my breath these days too. It seems as if the honeymoon phase of pregnancy is over. :) Don't get me wrong, I'm thrilled to be pregnant. It is just very interesting how it all progresses.

The twins have been really active lately. It is neat how much they are kicking. Even the hubby and step son have felt them. My son was kicking up a storm this afternoon at the reunion. Perhaps it was all the food. LOL He also likes to move around a lot to express his displeasure at the fact that I sleep on "his" side all the time. Everytime I move he punches me quite a few times in quick succession.

Our other baby - the puppy - is also quite active. She has chewed through carboard boxes, water bottles, socks, trash and almost anything not tied down. She is now big enough to stand up with her paws on the window sill and look out the window. Of course this means that any plants on the window sill get knocked to the floor. Oh yeah and her newest bit of joy is car sickness. She can make it til we are about 99% of the way to the shore or home before she pukes all over the back seat. Truely a delight.

And so tonight brings us close to yet another work week. I do enjoy my job but am so tired lately. 5:40 AM comes much too quickly. So for now I'm sigining off and going to bed. Off to another night of getting kicked in the gut. :)

A good week!

Well we found out yesterday that my dear hubby got a job!! We are all so happy. I guess that is an understatement. We are thrilled. Over the moon! It is such a relief. We have been worried what would happen if I get put on bedrest and lose 40% of my salary. Plus it has been hard planning anything when his schedule is always up in the air. Now once he is all set we can figure out when to do the nursery and plan Sam's pre and post school care. Can you tell I am a planner? LOL

I also had a doctor appointment yesterday and got good news there too. The babies continue to thrive. Everyone keeps telling me I don't look big enough to be having twins. But the doctor assured me that they are the size and weight they should be. My belly measures at 29 weeks even though I am only 25. The heartbeats were 150 and 152/minute so all is well.

Last night Craig woke me up snoring. So I wake him and tell him to put on his sleep apnea machine. He told me "NO!" I was a bit pissed but rolled over and fell back to sleep. 2 minutes later he wakes me again snoring. Again, I wake him and am told no! So I go to the couch all angry and sleep there with the puppy. This morning my dear husband has the balls to ask me why I slept on the couch! Apparently he has no memory of this event taking place. So I punched him in the stomach. LOL Will this teach him not to talk in his sleep? No. But I felt better.

The puppy is getting bigger by the day. Her latest trick is climbing the baby gate we have blocking the steps. She actually put her paws in the squares and launched herself over it! So now we have to get an extra tall gate without the holes. This puppy can be exasperating! She is lucky she is cute.

Craig did a little experimental demolition on the nursery yesterday. I have to say that whoever built our house must have been a total amatuer. The wood behind the paneling (because they didn't use any drywall in the room at all!) was just hammered up there at varying intervals. Some are an inch apart, others 4 or so inches. And they stopped about 5 inches from the bottom of the floor and 4 from the ceiling . So there are huge spaces of nothingness behind the paneling. We need to do a total overhaul of the room. And we need to get moving since these kids are most likely coming in November!!

Sam started school and seems to be doing well so far. I hope this teacher stays nice and he thrives this year. New school, new schedule, new sister and brother on the way. It is a lot for him. For all of us actually. Change is good, right? Right???