29 Week Dr. Visit

Things are going really well. Babies are both growing at a great rate and their heartbeats are in normal range. Good news!

Since the babies are growing so well, the Dr. put me on Modified best rest for the remainder of the pregnancy (9 weeks to go) to prevent preterm labor. Basically because they are getting so big, my body only knows "size" not how many babies. So because everything is so large, my body would naturally think its ready to deliver... but of course the babies are not ready yet.

Modified bed rest means I am supposed to lay around and do NOTHING all morning and all evening long. For an hour or two during the afternoon I can get up and do small things, but simple things. I started this yesterday, and I am already bored out of my mind. I don't know how I am going to do this for 9 weeks. I tend to catch myself walking around the house looking for things to do... I know *BAD* but I feel so unproductive and BORED! Ugh!

Thank you!!

A special thank you to Heidi Lund for thinking of us when her friend was ready to pass down some baby clothes! She brought us over a bag full of little girl clothes, adorable clothes!! I had so much fun looking through them all and can't wait to put them all in the dresser in the nursery!

We have a TON of baby girl clothes Newborn-3 months and are in need of only clothes 6 months and larger at this point... as well as Boy stuff. We have nothing boy yet :o) other than a couple of outfits.

Here is a pic of the pile Heidi brought over tonight.

There were a few little outfits that refer to Grandma, I thought my mom and Kathi might like... here is a pic of one of them... adorable!

Progress on the Nursery

First off, we would like to thank my Mom and Dad for the wonderful surprise that we received today. They purchased the nursery furniture that we need and we are soooo incredibly grateful. We have a few more items to get, but how nice it is to have that help!!

Here are some pictures of the nursery in progress.

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Here is a picture of me, in the nursery at 28 weeks pregnant (only 10 weeks to go)!!

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I purchased the letters of the babies names, painted them and glued brown ribbon to them so we can hang their names above their beds.. I can't wait to get them hung!

I start my 2 week appointments with the Dr for a while, then will be going to every week. Things are going pretty good. The babies are growing inside me every day (and it shows). Dr. said I do not have to go on modified bed rest for another 2 weeks and when I do, I can still go to lunch or dinner and small things like that, but he wants me to take it very easy in the morning and in the evenings. He asked that I do not push a shopping cart, or a vacuum things like that (Danny is going to have to step up) but it doesn't mean I have to be in bed all the time, which is nice (I would go CRAZY).

I want to thank Kristy for the generous gift she brought by for Danny and I the other night. She had blankets made with the babies names on them. They are So incredibly soft and beautiful! The colors (chocolate/pink and chocolate/blue) are perfect and will match the nursery, I can't wait to put them in their cribs.

This past weekend I hosted one of my best friends baby showers at my house (with the help of Anjela.. thank you so much) and it was a lot of fun! It really got me so excited for my shower which is coming up in a couple of weeks.

26 Weeks

My Ultra Sound Appointment went great today. Both babies are growing at the perfect rate and are looking good. Derrick had a little growth spurt, which is wonderful, being that we are watching his growth closely due to the missing artery in the umbilical cord. Elissa's estimated weight is 2 pounds 2 oz and Derrick's estimated weight is 2 pounds 3oz.

They were being a little difficult again this time for the pictures. Each time the nurse would try to freeze the screen for a picture, one baby would push the other baby out of the picture. LOL.

Baby Elissa

Baby Derrick

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Great Sale

One of my online moms groups that I belong to mentioned a great sale at Target, so I headed over to see what it was all about... ooh ya, great sale alright. 50% I was excited. Here is what I got. Everything was less than $4 each.

In Comparison...

This is me with a belly bump pillow under my shirt... (I was approximately 3 months along, and not really showing yet)



And this is me going on 26 weeks pregnant with no pillow under my shirt...