27 Weeks

How Far Along? 27 Weeks...yay for 3rd trimester!

Maternity Clothes? Yes, in desperate need of new ones!

Weight Gain? Still up about 20 pounds
Stretch Marks? Yes
Sleep? The restless legs are killing me! I can't sleep because I can't stop moving my legs! I talked to a few ladies who said that taking calcium before bed helped them. I will certainly be picking up some calcium this weekend!


Best Moment of the Week? My OB said that if I didn't hear from her by Wednesday then I could assume I passed my glucose test, well as of today I haven't received a phone call, so I'm assuming I passed! I'm so happy! My OB was pretty convinvced I'd fail, just because of the whole 2 babies and overweight thing, but thankful we're all good! I'm also pretty excited to be in the 3rd trimester!  We're getting closer and closer to the end!

Genders? A boy and a girl...Coleman Carter and Emily Katherine


Belly Button In or Out? In but slowly coming out. I'm curious if it will end up coming out, it never did with Grace, so we'll see.

Cravings? Nothing crazy lately.

What I Miss? Nothing right now. I'm just enjoying being pregnant with these babies.

What I Love? Feeling the babies move! They move like crazy these days. Grace and Cole talk to them most nights and it makes the babies go nuts!


What I Am Looking Forward to This Week? Being in the 3rd trimester! Only 10-11 more weeks until we meet the twins!


Milestones? 3rd trimester!


Feeling the Babies Move? Yes

Other Thoughts? I'm just so happy and thankful to have made it this far. I've been really bad about taking pictures lately. My camera has been acting up and not holding a charge, so taking pictures has been very difficult!

A-Choo

So today while snuggling with Grace, which was her idea...she now says "snuggle" and pats the spot next to her...who could resist that? Anyways I was snuggling and sneezed, out of no where she says "bess you!" I had no idea she knew to say 'Bless You' or that she could say it. It was so cute, so also replied with a "Thank You" after, she says "thank you" for everything now, whenever she hands you something she says "thank you', because we always say "thank you" when we receive what she is giving to us. God I love her!

In other news Grace had her last gymnastics class for the summer. Her fall classes start up Sept.1st and then dance starts the week after that. Grace was such a champ at class today, she's a pro on the bar and loves it! She was swinging and bringing her feet up to the bar today all on her own! Grace can now even say gymnastics, although it comes out like "nastics"

In pregnancy news, I went shopping today to find a dress to wear to a few of the wedding I have coming up. I was not looking forward to trying to find a dress to fit my belly as well as my plus size frame. I was able to find a cute dress on clearance at Dress Barn today and it was a few size smaller then what I had been. I guess even though I'm gaining weight and my belly is growing,  other areas are shrinking..yeah!

A Few Pictures

A picture of the ultrasound from last week. Emma & Carter's heads smushed together.

Grace trying to share her binkie with Lily

I was able to check a few things off our to do list. I finally was able to track down a going home outfit for the twins. After looking at Target, Babies R Us, and TJ Maxx, I finally found what I was looking for at Walmart. I really wanted the babies to have matching outfits, just in different colors, I had no idea how hard that would be to find!

I got Carter the yellow onesie with a blue owl on it. I got blue pants and socks to match.

We got Emma the same onesie, but in pink with a yellow owl, with a matching bow and pink socks.

I also finally raised the crib and put Emma's bedding in it.

Carter's bedding is the same thing except with green instead of purple. We only have one crib right now which is okay, since I plan on them sharing a crib for a few weeks.

You can see Carter's bedding print on the comforter on the back of the rocker here:

I was also able to get some things done for Grace's birthday party. I made her hat, her tutu, her birthday sign, her bow, her shirt, and her matching bloomers. I managed to remember to take a picture of the hat and tutu.

And I am spent now, I did all this in the past few days, which has left me feeling pretty tired. I also had my glucose test this morning. I should hear back by Wednesday about whether or not I passed.

MOTY

Yup, I get the Mother of the Year Award. Tonight while playing with blocks on the floor with Grace I fell asleep. Oops...I have no idea how it happened, I was playing one minute, then sleeping the next. Luckily it was only for 5 minutes and Grace just kept playing blocks with me, even though I was asleep. Guess I've hit the exhaustion phase of pregnancy. I just can't seem to get enough sleep to feel rested. I was a zombie last night and Cole let me go back to bed after he got home from his interview this morning (where he scored a new hockey job for the fall...yay!) Yet I still feel like I need to stick toothpicks in my eyes to keep them open. Unfortunately Cole has to work late, so I really need to pull myself together and stay awake for Garce until he's home. I'm trying to talk Grace into taking an evening nap, but she's not falling for it.

In other news, I've started planning Grace's 2nd birthday (tears!) How is our little baby almost 2?! I've decided to go with a pink & green theme this year. I'm trying to go really simple this year, well because I'll be 30 weeks pregnant at her party and pretty limited to what I can do on my feet. My Mother-In-Law has agreed to let us use her house, which is a huge help, seeing as we have unsorted baby things EVERYWHERE! Our house is a diaster and I'm very slowly trying to go through everything.

I'm so behind on getting everything together for the twins. So far I have managed to wash and hang up Grace's old newborn and 0-3 month clothes, I've bought a couple things for Carter, washed the carseats, and we moved the crib to our bedroom, but that's it. I still have to re-raise the crib, put new bedding in it, and oh yeah get another crib! We have so much to do, but I just have no energy to do it. I keep putting it off, thinking I have all the time in the world, but in 2 weeks I'll be in the 3rd trimester. When I was pregnant with Grace I was put on bedrest at 30 weeks, which is only 4 weeks away this pregnany. Hopefully I won't be on bedrest this pregnancy, but that would certain make it pretty impossible to finish what needs to get done. Yikes!

25/26 Weeks

Ok, so I missed 25 weeks & tomorrow is 26 weeks, so I figured I'd post a little early.


How Far Along? 25 weeks 6 days

Maternity Clothes? Yes, in desperate need of new ones!

Weight Gain? I've now gained 20 pounds..yikes!

Stretch Marks? Yes sir!

Sleep? I've had a really hard time sleeping lately. One of the babies is on my sciatic nerve which causes my right hip and leg to go numb, which is really uncomfortable. I also have been getting really bad restless leg syndrome at nights, which makes me crazy!

Best Moment of the Week? We had another ultrasound today. Both babies look good! Emma has passed Carter and is now the bigger baby, but not by much! Emma is 2 lbs 1 oz and Carter is 2lbs. We will go back in a month for another ultrasound, where I'll be almost 30 weeks, which seems crazy!

Genders? A boy and a girl...Coleman Carter and Emily Katherine


Belly Button In or Out? In but getting shallow.

Cravings? I've been craving lots of sweets, which make me SO nauseous, but sometimes I eat them anyways.

What I Miss? Feeling my right leg! I just really miss getting a good night sleep, but I know it will be a VERY long time until that happens. That's okay though, I know these babies will be very worth it.


What I Love? I love how active the babies have been lately, it's a nice reassurance.

What I Am Looking Forward to This Week? There are only 99 days left until 40 weeks, which means there is even less then that until the babies come. I figure the babies will be here some where between 37-38 weeks, which means we only have 11-12 weeks left...wow!

Milestones? We are almost into the 3rd trimester! I can't believe how fast this pregnancy is flying by!

Feeling the Babies Move? Yup and I love it!


Other Thoughts? I'm just so happy and thankful to have made it this far.

Sleepy Girl

Grace's new thing is that when she's tired she rubs the silky part of her blankie on her ear. We have no idea why she does it, but it's so cute!

Boo!

"I see you!"