Well we made it through our first Holiday Season with the girls. It wasn't too bad.. For the record we saw Santa a total of 3 times. Well Anna did.. poor Lily missed the last sighting since I thought she was asleep. No tears from being anywhere near the big guy with the white beard. Maybe next year we can actually take them to the Mall to see Santa. That is going to be so much fun. Anyway back to this year.
They got a ton of stuff. Mostly from relatives and friends but not to the point of being totally spoiled. Grandma got them mostly clothing, the cousins (S and D) got them toys and DVDs, Uncle Dave and Aunt Beth got them cute slippers, a book and a tub toy, Joe and Peggy got them a Ball that I swear is possessed and some bibs, Alan and Debbie sent them a stuffed Very Hungry Caterpiller and board book. Daddy and Mommy got them a Fill and Spill toy and a Board Book.
We also had our first Snow a week before Christmas. It was nice even though we got snowed in at Grandma's house. We are expecting more snow tomorrow (unless it's already midnight when I get this posted).
Anna is finally teething.. 2 teeth at once.. Poor thing... Lily is getting more teeth too but it's not as rough on her as it is for Anna. They look so darn cute with teeth but where the heck did my newborns go??? Before I know it they will be One Year Olds... Hmm I wonder if I click my heels three times if I can go back in time to when they were teeny tiny babies.. I'm guessing that it won't work.
Here are some quick hopes for 2009...
That we find a new place to live that has at least 2 bedrooms that we can afford.
That I find a job that lets me still spend time with the girls.
That Lee and I make it to our Tenth Anniversary in April.
Tuesday, December 30, 2008
Tuesday, December 16, 2008
Some Fancy Pictures of the Ringen Family
Our First ever Family Professional Photo
I didn't notice how shifty Lee looked till we got the pictures in the mail
This one is really nice of Lee and myself
The lovely ladies.. Anna and Lily.. at just about 6 months old
We got these pictures done while getting pictures taken for our church's directory at the beginning of November. It was fun and I can't wait to do more when the girls are turning a year old in May.
Saturday, December 13, 2008
I feel like a broken record
because I know I've posted about this before.. but here I go again.
I MISS MY DAD... especially now. I swear that this has been the hardest part of the year to get through the past 7 years and I don't ever expect it to get easier.. well maybe someday when the girls are older.. It should be a great (wonderful ?) time of the year since most people are in the holiday spirit but this year I just don't have it in me to get overly excited. To put it bluntly.. Life just sucks right now. It's hard enough that Dad's birthday is the day after Christmas and he died 4 days into a new year so those couple of weeks are hard on me.. add PPD into that mix and well you have an unhappy Cheryl who is feeling cooped up in a too small apt with 2 babies that want to be mobile but can't figure out how to do that yet. I need to get out of Dodge.. and I have plans to do that tomorrow.. just to the movies and the mall for a couple of hours. Hopefully that will recharge my batteries enough to get me through to the new year.
I MISS MY DAD... especially now. I swear that this has been the hardest part of the year to get through the past 7 years and I don't ever expect it to get easier.. well maybe someday when the girls are older.. It should be a great (wonderful ?) time of the year since most people are in the holiday spirit but this year I just don't have it in me to get overly excited. To put it bluntly.. Life just sucks right now. It's hard enough that Dad's birthday is the day after Christmas and he died 4 days into a new year so those couple of weeks are hard on me.. add PPD into that mix and well you have an unhappy Cheryl who is feeling cooped up in a too small apt with 2 babies that want to be mobile but can't figure out how to do that yet. I need to get out of Dodge.. and I have plans to do that tomorrow.. just to the movies and the mall for a couple of hours. Hopefully that will recharge my batteries enough to get me through to the new year.
Thursday, November 27, 2008
Happy First Thanksgiving
The girls survived their first Thanksgiving today. It went incredibly well. We dressed them in their adorable Pooh dresses that we had gotten for a family picture and then headed to grandma's house with Daddy at the wheel. They sat and watched us eat dinner and then (finally) got to have their special meal of Sweet Potatoes and Turkey baby food. They gobbled it down. Grandma and I took the girls for a walk in the Big Girl stroller (DuoGlider) that Grandma has at her house. Once we were back from our walk I made the big decision to switch the girls from their SnugRide Infant Seats to their big girl Triumph Advance Convertible carseats. It was quite the milestone to make that decision since there are two of them and one of me and I am the one that will be with them a majority of the time. I can't afford to get injured though from attempting to carry both of them plus the infant seats.
Wednesday, November 26, 2008
Sssh!
As the girls are getting older they are starting to realize that the world is a really fun place and that when they are sleeping they can't participate in it. This has resulted in some new sleep patterns that are throwing Lee and I for a loop. I think I need to re check out the sleep book that I had attempted to read while I was pregnant (for the record I didn't get to read much of it). Hopefully it has some new (to me) methods that I can use to get through this "bump" in the parenting road.
For the record, as I type this, I have just had a very sleepy Anna snuglied to me and just was able to get her into the crib asleep after standing and rocking with her while I was reading my emails (multitasking at it's best). I think part of her problem with going to sleep tonight was that she has two teeny tiny little bumps in her mouth where she will have teeth soon enough. Also for the record, Lily fought us on sleep tonight too but she went into her crib much easier than Anna. Oh and I think I forgot to tell everyone... we now have found a way to set up the second crib in the living room so each girl has her own space to sleep in. I'm getting somewhat hopeful that soon enough we'll be able to give them a bedroom to share when we eventually move.
For the record, as I type this, I have just had a very sleepy Anna snuglied to me and just was able to get her into the crib asleep after standing and rocking with her while I was reading my emails (multitasking at it's best). I think part of her problem with going to sleep tonight was that she has two teeny tiny little bumps in her mouth where she will have teeth soon enough. Also for the record, Lily fought us on sleep tonight too but she went into her crib much easier than Anna. Oh and I think I forgot to tell everyone... we now have found a way to set up the second crib in the living room so each girl has her own space to sleep in. I'm getting somewhat hopeful that soon enough we'll be able to give them a bedroom to share when we eventually move.
Sunday, November 23, 2008
I need a Rewind Button
Ugh... I wish I had known a few things before this mommy gig started... I so am wishing for a rewind button these days. Needless to say it's been rough here lately since BOTH girls have had their first colds (they share so well). Also with the economy being the way it is at the moment, I so wish that I had possibly tried to Nurse the girls. It's the weirdest feeling at times since I am so not a breastfeeding type person at all, yet those maternal instincts kick in (after the milk has totally dried up and is gone) and it feels so natural to want that closeness. Ok maybe it's that it would be the quickest and simpliest way to quiet the children when I don't want to prep or heat another bottle first thing in the morning or there is a baby screaming at me because I miscalculated the time since the last bottle and they are HUNGRY. I might have even enjoyed the experience.
I also really miss the Cheryl that was able to work (or even have a job) without having to hope that the stars align just right to get daycare figured out. Everyone keeps telling me that it gets better over time and that things will work out for us. That I'll find a job, that we'll eventually find a bigger place or be able to afford a house, that the economy will get better. I'm so tired all the time and feeling resentful of so many things and it's just not fair to the girls that their mom feels like a failure at times. It's not fair to Lee that I yell and get so emotional so easily lately which is not good for either of us or our relationship with each other. I wish that I'd planned better. Had something lined up for daycare somewhere and worked harder on the job thing and the place to live thing while I was still Pregnant. Instead I'm feeling overwhelmed and stressed and I don't think that mixes well when I'm feeling depressed.
I guess I need to just keep plugging away (like Charlie Brown does) and live in the moment and just keep trying to survive one day, one hour or even one minute at a time.
I also really miss the Cheryl that was able to work (or even have a job) without having to hope that the stars align just right to get daycare figured out. Everyone keeps telling me that it gets better over time and that things will work out for us. That I'll find a job, that we'll eventually find a bigger place or be able to afford a house, that the economy will get better. I'm so tired all the time and feeling resentful of so many things and it's just not fair to the girls that their mom feels like a failure at times. It's not fair to Lee that I yell and get so emotional so easily lately which is not good for either of us or our relationship with each other. I wish that I'd planned better. Had something lined up for daycare somewhere and worked harder on the job thing and the place to live thing while I was still Pregnant. Instead I'm feeling overwhelmed and stressed and I don't think that mixes well when I'm feeling depressed.
I guess I need to just keep plugging away (like Charlie Brown does) and live in the moment and just keep trying to survive one day, one hour or even one minute at a time.
Saturday, November 8, 2008
Here Comes the Sun
sorry for the Beatles reference but I'm feeling so great today..
I feel like I am finally coming out on the other side of my funk from all the PPD stuff that I went through. Today finally feels like the first day that everything went ok and clicked for me since sometime way back in May. I realized this while feeding the girls their dinner tonight and thought back on my day and how I actually got through the day without any tears or anxiety.
Today was the Annual Harvest Fair at our church and I went and worked it while Lee had the girls at home. I feel like I got a ton of things accomplished and had a purpose today. Near the end of the fair I went home and got Lee and girls since today was also the day that Olan Mills would be at our church for Church Directory photos and our appt was for after the fair was over. The photo shoot went well. I think we overspent for prints but included in the package that we got is a small proof size print of all the poses that they took so i can make my own additional prints from them (we asked about this option).
On our way out we noticed that they were taking quite a few of the Attic Table / White Elephant items out to the curb to be FREE Items and I spied an exersaucer out there and ran to grab it (I've been looking for one for about a month now). We also came away with a baby toy (folding pre-walker toy), a rubber ducky, a backgammon set and a small chalkboard that we can possibly hang on the wall here for writing down the grocery list as we need items. Once home and our treasures were inside, I was inspired to clean more in our bedroom and I was able to find homes for a few things that had somehow taken up residence on my side of the room. The best thing about today though.... the babies fell asleep for the night before 8pm and I was able to make a nice dinner for Lee and myself without the stress of having to take care of 2 crying babies as I attempt to cook.
Now I am realistic enough to know that everyday is not going to be this great and that there is always the possibility of many many rocky days ahead of me but for today.. it's enough to know that I am able to have a really good day and that I can feel the warmth of the sun on my face from a sunshine day (even when the weather is cold and gray outside).
I feel like I am finally coming out on the other side of my funk from all the PPD stuff that I went through. Today finally feels like the first day that everything went ok and clicked for me since sometime way back in May. I realized this while feeding the girls their dinner tonight and thought back on my day and how I actually got through the day without any tears or anxiety.
Today was the Annual Harvest Fair at our church and I went and worked it while Lee had the girls at home. I feel like I got a ton of things accomplished and had a purpose today. Near the end of the fair I went home and got Lee and girls since today was also the day that Olan Mills would be at our church for Church Directory photos and our appt was for after the fair was over. The photo shoot went well. I think we overspent for prints but included in the package that we got is a small proof size print of all the poses that they took so i can make my own additional prints from them (we asked about this option).
On our way out we noticed that they were taking quite a few of the Attic Table / White Elephant items out to the curb to be FREE Items and I spied an exersaucer out there and ran to grab it (I've been looking for one for about a month now). We also came away with a baby toy (folding pre-walker toy), a rubber ducky, a backgammon set and a small chalkboard that we can possibly hang on the wall here for writing down the grocery list as we need items. Once home and our treasures were inside, I was inspired to clean more in our bedroom and I was able to find homes for a few things that had somehow taken up residence on my side of the room. The best thing about today though.... the babies fell asleep for the night before 8pm and I was able to make a nice dinner for Lee and myself without the stress of having to take care of 2 crying babies as I attempt to cook.
Now I am realistic enough to know that everyday is not going to be this great and that there is always the possibility of many many rocky days ahead of me but for today.. it's enough to know that I am able to have a really good day and that I can feel the warmth of the sun on my face from a sunshine day (even when the weather is cold and gray outside).
Friday, November 7, 2008
Happy Halloween from the Ringen Girls
Winnie the Pooh (Lily) and Tigger the Tiger (Anna) had a nice First Halloween. Four parties in 3 days tired out this new momma so on Halloween Day they wore Halloween sleep and play outfits instead of their costumes..
Tuesday, October 21, 2008
Go Lily Go
Ok so she's was the first to get teeth but the whole rolling over thing just wasn't happening.. well she must have been practicing for awhile because I put her and Anna on the floor today and they both rolled over.. at first I thought that I was seeing Anna twice but then I realized that Lily HAD rolled over too. I was so happy.. but knew that it could have been a fluke.. so I put them into the crib and low and behold she did it again. It's officially in the baby book as of today. So now I have 2 rollers to keep track of. In other news... does anyone have a spare 2 bedroom apartment that they can rent us? We really and truly need to put the girls in seperate cribs now and there is NO room left here for a 2nd crib. So now we need to step up the hunt for a two bedroom that won't break the bank for us.
Sunday, October 12, 2008
I see another Tooth
This makes 2 teeth for Lily and still None for Anna.. I'm not worried. Anna will eventually get teeth. Till then I'll enjoy her toothless smile a bit longer.
BTW, today is their 5 month birthday.. Can it really have been 5 months since the girls arrived in our lives??? It feels both shorter and longer depending on the day. We eat Rice cereal twice a day along with fruit. So far we have tried Applesauce and Bananas. The expressions on their faces for the first tastes have been priceless. Maybe we'll do a Veggie next.
BTW, today is their 5 month birthday.. Can it really have been 5 months since the girls arrived in our lives??? It feels both shorter and longer depending on the day. We eat Rice cereal twice a day along with fruit. So far we have tried Applesauce and Bananas. The expressions on their faces for the first tastes have been priceless. Maybe we'll do a Veggie next.
Thursday, October 2, 2008
Someday He'll understand
Disclaimer: I'm going to complain...
Two hours to myself... is that too much to ask of Lee. Two hours.. Lee was home today due to an appt regarding his pinky finger that he broke about 2 months ago. So since he was home I didn't need my mom to come over to watch the girls while I went out for my weekly knitting night. He did great for the first 1.5 hours.. but I swear at 7:30 exactly the phone calls started. "I can't calm them down"... "one cried and then the other one started up"... "when are you coming home" and my personal favorite.. calling me and then leaving me a message of a crying baby. I understand that he's not used to being home with the girls during the day but come on buddy give your wife a break for 2 hours so she can knit and see her friends in peace.
When do I get my break? I'm with these babies 24/7 everyday. Even when Lee gets home from work I barely get a break from the girls. I'm lucky most nights if I can eat a meal by myself. Or find time to knit. Even once they are down for the night (I feel so lucky that they sleep through the night already) I don't a break since I feel like I am running around like a headless chicken getting Lee's lunch together for the next day, doing laundry, trying to clean something around here (and it barely gets to stay that way) or any of the other things that need to be done.
I'm tired all the time yet he gets to take naps on the weekend. I also make and clean all the bottles. I can't even remember if Lee has ever cleaned a bottle or two for me.
I actually have a plan in place that will hopefully make him step up. I'm going to an all day crop from 9am till 9pm on the 18th of October. I'll bring my phone so he can call me but I'm not going home to bail him out with the babies. If that doesn't work, I'll get my relatives on his case the next day at the Baby Dedication for our girls. I might need to do that anyway.
Two hours to myself... is that too much to ask of Lee. Two hours.. Lee was home today due to an appt regarding his pinky finger that he broke about 2 months ago. So since he was home I didn't need my mom to come over to watch the girls while I went out for my weekly knitting night. He did great for the first 1.5 hours.. but I swear at 7:30 exactly the phone calls started. "I can't calm them down"... "one cried and then the other one started up"... "when are you coming home" and my personal favorite.. calling me and then leaving me a message of a crying baby. I understand that he's not used to being home with the girls during the day but come on buddy give your wife a break for 2 hours so she can knit and see her friends in peace.
When do I get my break? I'm with these babies 24/7 everyday. Even when Lee gets home from work I barely get a break from the girls. I'm lucky most nights if I can eat a meal by myself. Or find time to knit. Even once they are down for the night (I feel so lucky that they sleep through the night already) I don't a break since I feel like I am running around like a headless chicken getting Lee's lunch together for the next day, doing laundry, trying to clean something around here (and it barely gets to stay that way) or any of the other things that need to be done.
I'm tired all the time yet he gets to take naps on the weekend. I also make and clean all the bottles. I can't even remember if Lee has ever cleaned a bottle or two for me.
I actually have a plan in place that will hopefully make him step up. I'm going to an all day crop from 9am till 9pm on the 18th of October. I'll bring my phone so he can call me but I'm not going home to bail him out with the babies. If that doesn't work, I'll get my relatives on his case the next day at the Baby Dedication for our girls. I might need to do that anyway.
Monday, September 29, 2008
We love our Rice Cereal
especially if you are Anna and Lily and are totally new to eating it at all. or if your mommy (me) is new to making and serving it (especially the when and how part). Thanks to a discussion with my friend Sharlene as to how to go about it at lunch today, I was successful in tonight's attempt at eating cereal. I was so excited I even took pictures of their faces once we finished the bowl. I'll share them once Lee gets home and I can load them. But it was so cute to watch them eat it. Especially Lily since she was my big refuser the first couple of days that I've tried to get them to eat it.
Update from our trip to the Pediatrician on Thursday. We got through our 4 month appt with flying colors. We did really well. Anna rolled over for both the doctors and the nurse (my little show off). Current weights are:
Anna 14 lbs 12 oz
Lily 14 lbs 4 oz
We don't go back till November for our 6 month appt which will include part one of a flu shot as part of the shots that they will get. Then we'll need to go back for the second part of the flu shot 30 days later.
Update from our trip to the Pediatrician on Thursday. We got through our 4 month appt with flying colors. We did really well. Anna rolled over for both the doctors and the nurse (my little show off). Current weights are:
Anna 14 lbs 12 oz
Lily 14 lbs 4 oz
We don't go back till November for our 6 month appt which will include part one of a flu shot as part of the shots that they will get. Then we'll need to go back for the second part of the flu shot 30 days later.
Wednesday, September 24, 2008
I see a Tooth !
My mommy instincts were right on.. though only for ONE tooth..
Lily is getting her first tooth... it's so adorable yet very painful for my sweet little girl. I've been doping her up with Little Teethers and Orajel and Baby Tylenol.
Anna has no teeth at all. Maybe at our Ped appt tomorrow the Dr will find one but I can't seem to find one at all for her.
Babies are starting to stir from their naps so I need to keep this short.
Lily is getting her first tooth... it's so adorable yet very painful for my sweet little girl. I've been doping her up with Little Teethers and Orajel and Baby Tylenol.
Anna has no teeth at all. Maybe at our Ped appt tomorrow the Dr will find one but I can't seem to find one at all for her.
Babies are starting to stir from their naps so I need to keep this short.
Tuesday, September 9, 2008
Playing "I SPY"
Remember this game???
I spy with my little eye... the possibility that Lily has some teeth coming in already. I think I briefly saw a couple of teeth budding. Not exactly sure yet.. but I'll keep the Orajel / Little Teethers on hand as much as possible..
Maybe later I'll check Anna's mouth and see if she has anything sprouting yet.
I spy with my little eye... the possibility that Lily has some teeth coming in already. I think I briefly saw a couple of teeth budding. Not exactly sure yet.. but I'll keep the Orajel / Little Teethers on hand as much as possible..
Maybe later I'll check Anna's mouth and see if she has anything sprouting yet.
Monday, September 8, 2008
Funny pictures of the girls
I'm so glad that my girls are so Close... but really.... would you let the following happen???
Yes Lily really is a tolerant baby... I hope that sometime soon she gets Anna back.. and Lee and I are very bad parents.. we not only took pictures but we filmed them too and were laughing our heads off at them.
Yes Lily really is a tolerant baby... I hope that sometime soon she gets Anna back.. and Lee and I are very bad parents.. we not only took pictures but we filmed them too and were laughing our heads off at them.
Monday, September 1, 2008
New Accomplishments
Apparently it is time to start freaking out the parents..
Anna has decided to learn to roll over. From her back to her tummy. She's been working on it for a small while and decided that yesterday would be a good day to go for it for real. I was changing Lily's diaper when Lee came into the living room, glanced at the crib (where Anna was) and asked me if I'd noticed Anna. Yup she'd rolled herself over and was holding her head up too. Argh. So I figured that was the end of it. Nope. Today she's been rolling herself over all day long. In fact she's supposed to be going off to dreamland right now but instead she is rolling herself over, getting stuck (she can't make it back over yet) and crying.
Lily for the most part is being kind to us. She's only trying to sit herself up, but not rolling over. YET. But she is fighting her sister back on the rolling.. When Anna tries to roll toward her, Lily kicks out a leg to stop her. Hilarious stuff.
Any bets on if we get any sleep tonight???
Anna has decided to learn to roll over. From her back to her tummy. She's been working on it for a small while and decided that yesterday would be a good day to go for it for real. I was changing Lily's diaper when Lee came into the living room, glanced at the crib (where Anna was) and asked me if I'd noticed Anna. Yup she'd rolled herself over and was holding her head up too. Argh. So I figured that was the end of it. Nope. Today she's been rolling herself over all day long. In fact she's supposed to be going off to dreamland right now but instead she is rolling herself over, getting stuck (she can't make it back over yet) and crying.
Lily for the most part is being kind to us. She's only trying to sit herself up, but not rolling over. YET. But she is fighting her sister back on the rolling.. When Anna tries to roll toward her, Lily kicks out a leg to stop her. Hilarious stuff.
Any bets on if we get any sleep tonight???
Wednesday, August 27, 2008
Babies in Denim
Don't you just love pictures of babies in denim overalls.. I know that I do..
So here are Miss Lily and Miss Anna (asleep) in their denim overalls that were given to us by a really good friend of ours in Oregon. Thank you Miss Nora.
Tuesday, August 12, 2008
3 months old
I can barely believe that the girls are officially 3 months old today. It feels unreal to me. Like they've been here forever but yet not.. Still no official schedule for them but I keep plugging away at my efforts to get them there. At least they sleep through the night.
It will all pass eventually
Seems like nothing lately is easy here.. Lots of Ups and Downs.. ok too many downs of late but hopefully things will be looking up soon. I have PPD (post partum depression) and it's kicking my butt in ways that I never knew it could. I hate feeling like this and that my life has been reduced to this so quickly. I want my real life back. I want to be normal again. I want to stop crying all the time. I want to be happy.
Sunday, August 3, 2008
12 weeks and growing like weeds
How can it have been 12 weeks since Anna and Lily have come into our lives.. granted they won't officially be 3 months old till the 12th of August but I'm constantly amazed by them everyday.
At their last Ped appt Anna weighed in at 12 lbs and 1 ounce 22 inches and Lily weighed in at 11 lbs 7 ounces 22.25 inches. Holy cow.. in the words of the Pediatrician, they have never met a bottle they didn't like. They also got 3 shots done and got an oral drink. These shots will be repeated at the 4 month and the 6 month appointments. They had no ill effects from the shots at all. Well there was some extra fussiness but that was to be expected. I had some Baby Tylenol on hand so we gave them that to help with the fussies.
At their last Ped appt Anna weighed in at 12 lbs and 1 ounce 22 inches and Lily weighed in at 11 lbs 7 ounces 22.25 inches. Holy cow.. in the words of the Pediatrician, they have never met a bottle they didn't like. They also got 3 shots done and got an oral drink. These shots will be repeated at the 4 month and the 6 month appointments. They had no ill effects from the shots at all. Well there was some extra fussiness but that was to be expected. I had some Baby Tylenol on hand so we gave them that to help with the fussies.
Sunday, July 13, 2008
Look Who's Smiling Part Two
Lily finally did it....
I'm so proud of her... made me feel much better today...
I'm so proud of her... made me feel much better today...
Saturday, July 12, 2008
Two Months old already
No way... how has this happened??? My babies are 2 months old today.. (ok so it's 12:50am on 7/12/08 but it's somewhat official).. I can't believe that it was 8 weeks ago that I was at Mel-Wak for the last time and giving birth to the girls. They have gotten so big over the past 8 weeks.. we now wear 0-3 and 3-6 month clothing depending on what outfit we are wearing and Size One diapers.. we were supposed to go to the Ped on the 10th but the appt got moved to the 24th instead. So i won't have official weights till then.. but I can safely say that they both are weighing in at about 10 lbs each.. (if I believe my scale). They drink bottles with 5oz of formula at least 5 times a day and are starting to be awake more and more lately during the day and sleeping at least 7-8 hrs at night. We are learning head control and trying to do some tummy time when we are awake during the day. Anna has even figured out how to kick the music box that we keep in the crib on by herself in the middle of the night. We still haven't caught Lily's smile on camera, but I keep trying to get it. It would help if she would actually smile for us. She's going to be the serious one. Time for mommy to go to bed. She had a long week.
Friday, July 4, 2008
Look who's smiling
Anna is such a smiley baby right now. We got it on camera not too long ago. We hope that Lily will follow along soon.. We've seen Lily smile but we just haven't captured it on the camera yet.. she's quite the sly one around here..
Picture Post - Alan & Debbie in Boston
Lily with her Aunt Debbie and Uncle Alan
Lily with her Aunt Debbie
Lily and her Daddy at lunch
Wednesday, July 2, 2008
Picture Post - Church Picnic
Lee, Anna, Lily and Me
Lee, Anna, Lily and Me
Sleepy Babies.. Anna and Lily
Friday, June 27, 2008
Long Time no Post
We've been busy... or at least the girls are keeping me busier than usual.
Quick updates..
Quick updates..
- Lee had his first Father's Day.. It went well. He got a card from each girl, a book that he had wanted and a Snugli (he requested it). We went to church as a family and had a nice time.
- The girls attended their first UU Church picnic on June 22nd. They had a nice time and we took plenty of pictures. I'll post them later.. I need to go to bed soon..
- The girls are starting to SMILE and make all that we do for them so worth it.
- Cheryl and the girls took a train ride into Boston and back on the 24th and survived.
- The girls met their Uncle Alan and Aunt Debbie for the first time. They totally behaved themselves during lunch at American Joe's Bar and Grill. Plenty of photos were taken.. will post them when I can.
Time for mommy to go to bed.. I mean soothe Anna to sleep.. then go to bed..
Thursday, June 12, 2008
New Pictures
Here are some new pictures of the girls.
Wearing Twin Outfits for fun. Anna is further away and Lily is closest
Twin Picnic (Lily and Anna)
Wearing Twin Outfits for fun. Anna is further away and Lily is closest
Twin Picnic (Lily and Anna)
Twin Picnic - staying cool in the heat
Tuesday, June 10, 2008
Picture of us at 3 wks old
I think that we all look fabulous but I'm biased.
Lily is on the left and Anna is on the right.
Lily is on the left and Anna is on the right.
4 wks update
Both girls are doing fabulous.. we actually go back to the Ped on Thursday for our one month appt. so I can't wait to see how big my little piggies are now.
I've been recently playing with bottle amounts and I had moved Anna to 5 oz but then noticed that she wasn't drinking the last ounce so back to 4oz bottles for her. Which is so much easier and cheaper since I don't need to buy more bottles like I thought I needed to on Saturday and didn't.
I just noticed with Lily that her newborn size diapers were leaving marks on her.. so I'm trying out the size 1 diapers on her and they seem to fit and no more red marks.. So now both girls are in size 1 diapers. Yikes. I have a little over a half package of newborn diapers leftover though.. Guess I'll hang on to them for my next friend that has a baby or donate them somewhere.
Since it's been so hot I'm trying to keep the girls inside as much as I can.. maybe later on (after Lee is home) I'll take them out for a walk to the mailbox and back or go by myself.
I actually found some time to actually relax and do 2 loads of laundry (one for us and one for them) today and I got the announcements almost finished (return address labels and stamped). I need to write notes to include with them to the RE that we had and my OB before I mail them out. Hopefully that will happen tonight or tomorrow.
I even worked on some pages for the scrapbooks today. I finished a page or two from my PG album and a page for Lily's album. Just need to scan and copy their footprints and hospital cards for the albums and baby books before I do anything else with them. Maybe tonight I'll get some knitting done too.. we'll see.
I've been recently playing with bottle amounts and I had moved Anna to 5 oz but then noticed that she wasn't drinking the last ounce so back to 4oz bottles for her. Which is so much easier and cheaper since I don't need to buy more bottles like I thought I needed to on Saturday and didn't.
I just noticed with Lily that her newborn size diapers were leaving marks on her.. so I'm trying out the size 1 diapers on her and they seem to fit and no more red marks.. So now both girls are in size 1 diapers. Yikes. I have a little over a half package of newborn diapers leftover though.. Guess I'll hang on to them for my next friend that has a baby or donate them somewhere.
Since it's been so hot I'm trying to keep the girls inside as much as I can.. maybe later on (after Lee is home) I'll take them out for a walk to the mailbox and back or go by myself.
I actually found some time to actually relax and do 2 loads of laundry (one for us and one for them) today and I got the announcements almost finished (return address labels and stamped). I need to write notes to include with them to the RE that we had and my OB before I mail them out. Hopefully that will happen tonight or tomorrow.
I even worked on some pages for the scrapbooks today. I finished a page or two from my PG album and a page for Lily's album. Just need to scan and copy their footprints and hospital cards for the albums and baby books before I do anything else with them. Maybe tonight I'll get some knitting done too.. we'll see.
Wednesday, May 28, 2008
New pictures of the girls
Tuesday, May 27, 2008
That was quick...
2 weeks old and I already mixed them up...
I love the binkie picture a couple of posts down but it turns out that Lily was on the left with the binkie and not Anna.. Lee pointed it out to me.. How could he tell?? The ears. Anna's ear on that side is pinned (though it does unstick itself every so often). Lily's ear is fully formed on that side.. hence Lily has the binkie in the picture below. We actually had to do an ear check while they slept in their crib to confirm the picture.
Otherwise, we are doing well. Feedings are up to 4oz at times this week. My little chowhounds.. though we have seen them eat only 1/2 an oz at a feeding (they each did that today once) or only 2.5 oz or 3oz at a feeding. We have a Ped appt on Thursday this week. I can barely wait to see how much they have grown since their 4 days old appt. from the 16th. I started an Excel file for this type of information so I can keep track and put it in their baby books when I have time.
I love the binkie picture a couple of posts down but it turns out that Lily was on the left with the binkie and not Anna.. Lee pointed it out to me.. How could he tell?? The ears. Anna's ear on that side is pinned (though it does unstick itself every so often). Lily's ear is fully formed on that side.. hence Lily has the binkie in the picture below. We actually had to do an ear check while they slept in their crib to confirm the picture.
Otherwise, we are doing well. Feedings are up to 4oz at times this week. My little chowhounds.. though we have seen them eat only 1/2 an oz at a feeding (they each did that today once) or only 2.5 oz or 3oz at a feeding. We have a Ped appt on Thursday this week. I can barely wait to see how much they have grown since their 4 days old appt. from the 16th. I started an Excel file for this type of information so I can keep track and put it in their baby books when I have time.
Saturday, May 24, 2008
Baby Announcements I'm Making
It's been a fun process so far. I scraplifted (stole) a saying that I saw in the baby announcement book at IParty while I was Pregnant. I also bought my own cardstock (25 already folded sheets with 25 envelopes) and background paper at Michael's (8x8 paper on clearance) for less than $20 total. I'll also be including a wallet size photo of the girls from when they were 2 days old (see the post below for the picture) and came up with the following which I think is a rather great attempt at my own announcements. Maybe this could be a new career for me. What do you all think?
Monday, May 19, 2008
Pictures of the Girls and Us
Sunday, May 18, 2008
Post #100 - The Band has arrived
Ok I've been planning this post since the last one. I've so wanted to post here but I didn't want to waste my 100th post on more whining about the pregnancy. Well guess what? I will whine no more (at least about the pregnancy) since my girls are here now.
Anastasia Elizabeth and Lillian Grace arrived at 4:32 and 4:52pm respectively on May 12th 2008. It's been a very long first week since the Birth experience took way longer than I ever thought it would. I had gone to see my OB on the 6th of May (Tuesday) and while there I kept telling him that I so wanted to evict these little girls of mine since it was starting to feel like I would be pregnant for the rest of my life. He agreed with me and we talked about an inducement date and came up with three options: 1. Thursday the 8th, 2. Tuesday the 13th or 3. wait till my body went into labor on it's own accord. I literally laughed at him which made him decide that Thursday it would be. He called the hospital and got me booked for Thursday at 7am. I then called Lee to tell him the good news. He wound up coming home early that day since he was practically bouncing off the walls with excitement that our babies would be here so soon and his supervisor gave him the rest of the week off to be home with me. Wednesday I had a NST scheduled and it went ok. I really can't remember too much about it at the moment. Thursday the 8th Lee and I got up nice and early and got ourselves to the hospital a little late but they knew that we were coming. I got hooked up to an IV and then was forced to wait on the actual Induction since there was someone getting a C-section done in the OR suite and they weren't sure how quickly I was going to go and didn't want to risk having to make me wait for the other procedure to be done before getting me in. So the actual induction didn't start till almost 11am. Lee and I slept and played games for most of the day as we watched my contractions ebb and flow and basically do nothing. At one point the contractions were being so hard on me that I was literally crying and I could get no relief from the pain. The Pitocin was then turned off and I was allowed off the monitors for a while and even given a shower and some food to eat. Dr M came by during all of this and I had another good cry basically in his arms. Friday morning they tried to induce me again with the Pitocin but differently in that they started the dose off very low and gradually increased it during the day from 2 to 24 with no resulting labor. Dr M came by once again and it got decided (since my dilation was nil) that I should go home for the weekend and rest and we'd try again on Monday morning. Dr M also told us that I should get one truly last NST in on Sunday afternoon. So I spent the weekend trying to further tie up any loose ends that I had on Saturday. Sunday afternoon I went in for my NST and passed it quite easily but the OB on duty felt that I needed a fluid check via u/s. It took 3 hours to get done since the U/S people were rather busy and I had to call my mom to come and sit with me. The u/s seemed to go well but even my mom could tell that the fluid numbers weren't adding up to much and once the report was in, it was deemed that my numbers were too low to let me go anywhere and I got admitted for the night. Lee was called and my mom went and got him for me and my bags from the car with all my stuff for labor and the babies since we knew at this point I wasn't leaving till I had babies in my arms. I got a brand new IV put in to help with the fluid levels and was kept comfortable for the night or as comfortable as I could be with monitors on me. Monday morning (the 12th) the Pitocin was restarted around 10am and Dr M came to visit and check me at 11am. There was still no change in dilation and since the fluid was already low it got decided between the three of us that my water should be broken and then we'd see what happens from there. Well after doing that I swear the contractions came quickly and quite strongly. It didn't take long for me to ask for an epidural for the pain and I got one starting at 1pm. That was the best thing ever. I was still contracting but the toll on me physically wasn't as bad and I was able to rest here and there. Around 2pm I had Lee call my mom to come and visit and she showed up around 2:30pm to help us pass the time. At approximately 3:30pm the nurses decided to check me and low and behold I was primed and ready to go for delivery. Dr M arrived and checked me also and almost delivered me right there in my room before the nurses reminded him that all twins go to the OR suite for delivery just in case a C-section is needed. Lee got a cute little outfit to wear for the delivery himself and followed me into the OR suite a few minutes after they got me situated. Once the girls were delivered (both vaginally) I got to hold them for a few minutes and pictures were taken of us before we all went back to our room to recover for a couple of hours before going up to the Maternity ward where I became the star of the floor with my twin girls and my double vaginal delivery. Anna weighed in at 5lbs 9oz and 19 inches long and Lily weighed in at 5lbs 6oz and 18.75 inches long. Both girls have reddish-blonde hair and gray eyes. Also once we got upstairs to the Maternity ward, Lee kept going down to the Nursery to peek in at the girls. I finally said that I felt jealous that he could go see the girls and I couldn't because I felt so sick. Lee wound up surprising me by bringing by Anna to visit and Lily followed not too long later. It was a nice visit even though my stomach basically exploded and it wasn't a pretty moment for this new mommy. Tuesday we had a ton of visitors at the hospital and Wednesday we were allowed to go home. Since we've been home it's been quite the whirlwind of activity with my mom coming by constantly to visit and help out.
Oh I almost forgot that I need to explain my reference at the top of the post about the Band arriving. We have a really great comedian friend who as part of his act thanks the band (which are some dragon statues at the club we see him at). So when the girls arrived Lee dubbed them as The Band and even printed off a picture of our friend from the net and added a speech bubble that says "The Band" and put it in the crib with the girls.
Anastasia Elizabeth and Lillian Grace arrived at 4:32 and 4:52pm respectively on May 12th 2008. It's been a very long first week since the Birth experience took way longer than I ever thought it would. I had gone to see my OB on the 6th of May (Tuesday) and while there I kept telling him that I so wanted to evict these little girls of mine since it was starting to feel like I would be pregnant for the rest of my life. He agreed with me and we talked about an inducement date and came up with three options: 1. Thursday the 8th, 2. Tuesday the 13th or 3. wait till my body went into labor on it's own accord. I literally laughed at him which made him decide that Thursday it would be. He called the hospital and got me booked for Thursday at 7am. I then called Lee to tell him the good news. He wound up coming home early that day since he was practically bouncing off the walls with excitement that our babies would be here so soon and his supervisor gave him the rest of the week off to be home with me. Wednesday I had a NST scheduled and it went ok. I really can't remember too much about it at the moment. Thursday the 8th Lee and I got up nice and early and got ourselves to the hospital a little late but they knew that we were coming. I got hooked up to an IV and then was forced to wait on the actual Induction since there was someone getting a C-section done in the OR suite and they weren't sure how quickly I was going to go and didn't want to risk having to make me wait for the other procedure to be done before getting me in. So the actual induction didn't start till almost 11am. Lee and I slept and played games for most of the day as we watched my contractions ebb and flow and basically do nothing. At one point the contractions were being so hard on me that I was literally crying and I could get no relief from the pain. The Pitocin was then turned off and I was allowed off the monitors for a while and even given a shower and some food to eat. Dr M came by during all of this and I had another good cry basically in his arms. Friday morning they tried to induce me again with the Pitocin but differently in that they started the dose off very low and gradually increased it during the day from 2 to 24 with no resulting labor. Dr M came by once again and it got decided (since my dilation was nil) that I should go home for the weekend and rest and we'd try again on Monday morning. Dr M also told us that I should get one truly last NST in on Sunday afternoon. So I spent the weekend trying to further tie up any loose ends that I had on Saturday. Sunday afternoon I went in for my NST and passed it quite easily but the OB on duty felt that I needed a fluid check via u/s. It took 3 hours to get done since the U/S people were rather busy and I had to call my mom to come and sit with me. The u/s seemed to go well but even my mom could tell that the fluid numbers weren't adding up to much and once the report was in, it was deemed that my numbers were too low to let me go anywhere and I got admitted for the night. Lee was called and my mom went and got him for me and my bags from the car with all my stuff for labor and the babies since we knew at this point I wasn't leaving till I had babies in my arms. I got a brand new IV put in to help with the fluid levels and was kept comfortable for the night or as comfortable as I could be with monitors on me. Monday morning (the 12th) the Pitocin was restarted around 10am and Dr M came to visit and check me at 11am. There was still no change in dilation and since the fluid was already low it got decided between the three of us that my water should be broken and then we'd see what happens from there. Well after doing that I swear the contractions came quickly and quite strongly. It didn't take long for me to ask for an epidural for the pain and I got one starting at 1pm. That was the best thing ever. I was still contracting but the toll on me physically wasn't as bad and I was able to rest here and there. Around 2pm I had Lee call my mom to come and visit and she showed up around 2:30pm to help us pass the time. At approximately 3:30pm the nurses decided to check me and low and behold I was primed and ready to go for delivery. Dr M arrived and checked me also and almost delivered me right there in my room before the nurses reminded him that all twins go to the OR suite for delivery just in case a C-section is needed. Lee got a cute little outfit to wear for the delivery himself and followed me into the OR suite a few minutes after they got me situated. Once the girls were delivered (both vaginally) I got to hold them for a few minutes and pictures were taken of us before we all went back to our room to recover for a couple of hours before going up to the Maternity ward where I became the star of the floor with my twin girls and my double vaginal delivery. Anna weighed in at 5lbs 9oz and 19 inches long and Lily weighed in at 5lbs 6oz and 18.75 inches long. Both girls have reddish-blonde hair and gray eyes. Also once we got upstairs to the Maternity ward, Lee kept going down to the Nursery to peek in at the girls. I finally said that I felt jealous that he could go see the girls and I couldn't because I felt so sick. Lee wound up surprising me by bringing by Anna to visit and Lily followed not too long later. It was a nice visit even though my stomach basically exploded and it wasn't a pretty moment for this new mommy. Tuesday we had a ton of visitors at the hospital and Wednesday we were allowed to go home. Since we've been home it's been quite the whirlwind of activity with my mom coming by constantly to visit and help out.
Oh I almost forgot that I need to explain my reference at the top of the post about the Band arriving. We have a really great comedian friend who as part of his act thanks the band (which are some dragon statues at the club we see him at). So when the girls arrived Lee dubbed them as The Band and even printed off a picture of our friend from the net and added a speech bubble that says "The Band" and put it in the crib with the girls.
Wednesday, April 30, 2008
Post #99 - Girls aren't here yet sorry
Ugh.. Ok this is no longer fun... I am officially 38wks as of today.. These girls better come soon.. like by Friday.. I am soooo done.. still on the cheerful side of things but done. Lee and I spent Saturday afternoon and into Sunday morning at the hospital hoping that the girls would decide to come. Learned a few things about myself like that I have a very high tolerance for pain. Which is probably why I can't feel some of the contractions that I must be having. We also learned that one of the other OBs that covers for Dr M is not a good or friendly doctor. I should have figured that out when we were still in the car on the way to Mel-Wak (my hospital) and he told me that 37wks 3days is too early. WTH are you smoking buddy??? I'm having twins.. please end my misery. Then when he checked me for dilation he told me that I'm at 1cm and not 2cm like the nurse said I was. He also told the nurses to give me 2 shots of terb (a drug that can stop labor) and send me home. Thankfully at first the shots didn't work but I think over time they did since around 4:30 or 5am my contractions fizzled completely out. The nurse we had the next morning though made me want to leap up and strangle her.. I really didn't appreciate her comment of "Gee you look rather small for twins". Sorry lady but I have gained almost 30 lbs and it's all in the front. So yes I am still cheerful Cheryl but I am slowly morphing into not so cheerful Cheryl. I have an OB appt today along with a NST. Hopefully something will have happened or will happen today.
Wednesday, April 23, 2008
Have I mentioned that I am done being PG?
Cause I am... no the girls aren't here... but with literally 21 days (3 weeks) to go I want these girls O-U-T out ASAP.
I have one day of work left (tomorrow).. and as far I know there is nothing on my desk for me to do workwise.. so I may bring my knitting with me just in case.
I did see Dr M today and I'm still doing fabulous.. I also had a NST today and that went well too.. no clue if I'm even dilated at yet.. noone has checked since Saturday when I thought that I could be in labor but I wasn't.. darn it.
My ankles are non-existant at this point.. and I'm so darn tired all the time..
At least I know that sometime in the next 21 days that these girls will be here.. come hell or high water..
I have one day of work left (tomorrow).. and as far I know there is nothing on my desk for me to do workwise.. so I may bring my knitting with me just in case.
I did see Dr M today and I'm still doing fabulous.. I also had a NST today and that went well too.. no clue if I'm even dilated at yet.. noone has checked since Saturday when I thought that I could be in labor but I wasn't.. darn it.
My ankles are non-existant at this point.. and I'm so darn tired all the time..
At least I know that sometime in the next 21 days that these girls will be here.. come hell or high water..
Thursday, April 17, 2008
Nine Years
No way... way... Lee and I have been a married couple for NINE years now. Nine years ago I doubt that I ever imagined what our lives would be like all these years later. I have to admit though that I had an idea. I just thought that some things (like kids) would have happened a lot earlier than now. Lee and I have had more than our share of ups and downs over the past 9 years. Heck there were years that I thought that we wouldn't be together much longer but somehow we've made it this far and I bet we can make it even further. I'd love to match his parents' record of 60 years. Hmmm that would make Lee 99 and me 84.. completely doable.. :) and the girls will be almost 51.
I had a long drive to work this morning so I had lots of time to reflect on our wedding day nine years ago.
That day it was a nice day but by the end of our ceremony it was drizzly and starting to rain. This is a good luck charm btw.
Today was a great day too. Blue sky with no clouds to speak of and just about 70 degrees out.
Nine years ago I was so nervous I threw up while getting ready for the wedding.
Today I felt icky but that was from the babies in my belly.
Nine years ago we feasted on chicken and twice baked potatoes at the reception..
Today we went out for dinner and I had the best Filet Mignon ever and Lee had a Veal Chop that was ok. Our waitress took fabulous care of us and even took our picture for us after we were done eating our dinner.
Nine years ago I got a really nice pair of pearl earrings from Lee and I got him a pocketwatch. Today I got a knitting book of my own (I'd been borrowing a friend's copy) that I had been wanting and I bought Lee 2 new books to read (great timing on my part since he just finished a book today).
I can barely wait to see what the next 9 years will bring us.. especially now that we will have the girls in our lives very very soon.
I had a long drive to work this morning so I had lots of time to reflect on our wedding day nine years ago.
That day it was a nice day but by the end of our ceremony it was drizzly and starting to rain. This is a good luck charm btw.
Today was a great day too. Blue sky with no clouds to speak of and just about 70 degrees out.
Nine years ago I was so nervous I threw up while getting ready for the wedding.
Today I felt icky but that was from the babies in my belly.
Nine years ago we feasted on chicken and twice baked potatoes at the reception..
Today we went out for dinner and I had the best Filet Mignon ever and Lee had a Veal Chop that was ok. Our waitress took fabulous care of us and even took our picture for us after we were done eating our dinner.
Nine years ago I got a really nice pair of pearl earrings from Lee and I got him a pocketwatch. Today I got a knitting book of my own (I'd been borrowing a friend's copy) that I had been wanting and I bought Lee 2 new books to read (great timing on my part since he just finished a book today).
I can barely wait to see what the next 9 years will bring us.. especially now that we will have the girls in our lives very very soon.
Wednesday, April 16, 2008
Quick Blast from the past..
The following picture was given to me from my cousin when she was cleaning in her parent's basement back in September. It's from December 1974 so I'm assuming that it's from my first Christmas (I was easily 4 months old). That's my dad who is holding me.. Till my cousin gave me this picture I don't think I had ever seen it before. I wish I knew where it was taken..
Just the quickest of commentaries on my Dad's outfit.. (because I just noticed this).. he's wearing plaid pants with a white turtleneck and navy sports jacket.
Just the quickest of commentaries on my Dad's outfit.. (because I just noticed this).. he's wearing plaid pants with a white turtleneck and navy sports jacket.
Monday, April 14, 2008
Feeling Done
I stayed home today (as did Lee) since I didn't feel too great this am.. I mostly slept today but I think I am finally ready physically to meet my girls.. as is Lee since he kept trying to get me to go for an induction today.. Umm No.. only if Dr M says I should.
I have been working on the baby throw that I am knitting lately alot today.. I have been pretty proud of myself. I was a little confused as to how to keep it a flat item and not a round item (I'm using circular needles) and I looked it up on the web instead of waiting till knitting group on Wednesday night. So now I have approximately 6 rows done of it (I need to do 14 rows of just straight knitting before starting the actual pattern).
I think that's all that's fit to print for now.. plus I need to wash some baby stuff and finish the hospital bag and eat dinner..
I have been working on the baby throw that I am knitting lately alot today.. I have been pretty proud of myself. I was a little confused as to how to keep it a flat item and not a round item (I'm using circular needles) and I looked it up on the web instead of waiting till knitting group on Wednesday night. So now I have approximately 6 rows done of it (I need to do 14 rows of just straight knitting before starting the actual pattern).
I think that's all that's fit to print for now.. plus I need to wash some baby stuff and finish the hospital bag and eat dinner..
Friday, April 11, 2008
Caution: Speed Bumps Ahead
So I am now 35 wks pregnant.. I wasn't sure if I'd make it this far but I have and I am extremely proud of myself.. I hope to make it another 3 weeks.. each day is another day towards the end of my pregnancy. I'm not looking forward to it.. Don't get me wrong.. I love knowing that my girls are almost here but I have so truly enjoyed being pregnant... somehow it agrees with me and I swear I have this huge silly grin on my face 90% of the time. There are definitely times that I want to get it over with and get these girls into the real world and get to know them on the outside and heck get my body back.. but for now I'm enjoying this.
A friend of mine who I know online commented today that I am doing so great and that I don't seem to have slowed down much with my interests.. and I had to stop and think and realized that she's right.. I'm still working (3 days a week), plus I'm still attending my knitting group meetings and heck a couple of weekends ago I was out on a dance floor dancing my heart out to 80's music. I really need to slow down a little. But I have no clue what to do with myself.. I am usually always doing something.. I can't sit still.. I think the only time that I truly stop doing stuff is when I am sleeping at night or taking a well deserved nap. Even tonight when I tried to sit still I couldn't.. I pulled out a new knitting project (it's going to be a nice blanket) and started to work on it. Three attempts later I finally got all 207 (yes two hundred and seven) stitches onto my new knitting needles (they are circular needles). I'll recount them in the morning to double check but I think I did it right.
What else is new ? Not much.. The girls and I are almost packed for the hospital. I may just throw in an outfit for myself as I'm flying out the door to the hospital but I think I've narrowed down my choices for the girls even though Lee thinks that they can be discharged with just a diaper, t-shirt and swaddled in a blanket for the ride home. Ummm no... he'll learn.
Speaking of learning.. Lee is doing great at his driving.. we went for a drive on Sunday and without telling me he was doing it (since it was supposed to be a surprise to me) he drove to the supermarket and parked the car.. We then grocery shopped and he also drove us home.. I can so get used to this. His timeframe for getting the license is getting shorter and shorter though with the girls' arrival being very close to happening. Can you say nervous mommy to be ????
Ok time for bed.. even though I'm off from work tomorrow (today?) and can sleep in..
A friend of mine who I know online commented today that I am doing so great and that I don't seem to have slowed down much with my interests.. and I had to stop and think and realized that she's right.. I'm still working (3 days a week), plus I'm still attending my knitting group meetings and heck a couple of weekends ago I was out on a dance floor dancing my heart out to 80's music. I really need to slow down a little. But I have no clue what to do with myself.. I am usually always doing something.. I can't sit still.. I think the only time that I truly stop doing stuff is when I am sleeping at night or taking a well deserved nap. Even tonight when I tried to sit still I couldn't.. I pulled out a new knitting project (it's going to be a nice blanket) and started to work on it. Three attempts later I finally got all 207 (yes two hundred and seven) stitches onto my new knitting needles (they are circular needles). I'll recount them in the morning to double check but I think I did it right.
What else is new ? Not much.. The girls and I are almost packed for the hospital. I may just throw in an outfit for myself as I'm flying out the door to the hospital but I think I've narrowed down my choices for the girls even though Lee thinks that they can be discharged with just a diaper, t-shirt and swaddled in a blanket for the ride home. Ummm no... he'll learn.
Speaking of learning.. Lee is doing great at his driving.. we went for a drive on Sunday and without telling me he was doing it (since it was supposed to be a surprise to me) he drove to the supermarket and parked the car.. We then grocery shopped and he also drove us home.. I can so get used to this. His timeframe for getting the license is getting shorter and shorter though with the girls' arrival being very close to happening. Can you say nervous mommy to be ????
Ok time for bed.. even though I'm off from work tomorrow (today?) and can sleep in..
Saturday, April 5, 2008
Booties and Bellies
I promised you pictures... so here you all go...
34 wk belly (taken on 4/3/08)
I had such a great time making the booties... now I need a new project to work on... till then I'll be working on Lee's scarf..
34 wk belly (taken on 4/3/08)
Booties that I made the girls.. the top ones are not green.. they are a light yellow and blue.
I had such a great time making the booties... now I need a new project to work on... till then I'll be working on Lee's scarf..
Thursday, April 3, 2008
Booties are done
I finished them last week but I forgot to post about it with all the other stuff going on... they are really really cute... I swear that I will take a picture of them and share..
Wednesday, April 2, 2008
Updates from me... all sorts of stuff
First off.. things are much much better... not as good as I wish they could be but better. Lee and I had seen a really great house in Melrose on Sunday and we really and truly wanted it but Sunday night we (ok Lee) felt pressured and so we decided to not do anything about it.. the next morning my mom went by the house and took a look with my realtor. Mom loved the house as did the realtor. So I talked to Lee and we wound up making an offer on it. Our offer and all the other offers were brought to the Power of Attorney (since the person who owns the house is in a nursing home) on Tuesday. So Tuesday we waited and waited and waited.. finally around 6pm we got the call.. Sorry no house for you this time. There was a total of 29 offers (unreal) and the one that they took was way over the asking price (reminder to self to check zillow.com to find out what the price was). As other people have told me.. there are plenty of other houses out there and we just haven't found the right one yet.
I have to say though, I was very productive Sunday night.. I took my frustrations and used them to put on the mattress pad to the crib and then put on a crib sheet, a layer of absorbent padding and then another crib sheet before dressing the crib with two Pooh blankies, a teddy bear for each girl and a small stuffed hippo each. I also reorganized the changing table (lee had brought it into the Living room and then loaded the shelves under it with diapers and wipes for me).
Today (Wednesday) I had 3 appts. The first was an ultrasound. The girls did well.. Anna is now 4lbs and 14 oz and Lily is 4lbs and 8 oz. Lily was a little stubborn and didn't do her practice breathing for the tech but no one seems to be worried so Mommy won't worry either. Since I would be 38 wks by the next appt, I no longer need to go for u/s unless Dr M wants me to.
Next up was an appt with the OB. I now weigh 160lbs... and am still all baby. The OB went over a few little things and answered some of our questions. Next appt with him is next week.. yes I have graduated from appts every two weeks to appts every week.
My last appt was a NST. That went really well since the girls have gotten so big lately. They were able to get onto the monitors very easily and stay there. I had no contractions and the girls were reactive (I forget what that means). Anna tried hard to kick the monitor off but the nurse showed me how to hold the monitor in place so she couldn't do that. I was only there for 45 minutes total this time (my usual length is 60 to 90 minutes). I go back there again next week.
I think that's it for today.. I go to 3 days a week of working starting on Monday. I can barely wait.. I am hoping to work as long as I can but not literally right up to day of delivery. That would just be cruel. I think I'm starting to nest here but I'm not exactly sure. I do know that I bought some organizational crap at Bed Bath & Beyond today (don't tell Lee we'll just let him think I had this stuff already) for the kitchen drawers. Well time to go... I need to hide my purchases and then get myself going to my knitting group.
I have to say though, I was very productive Sunday night.. I took my frustrations and used them to put on the mattress pad to the crib and then put on a crib sheet, a layer of absorbent padding and then another crib sheet before dressing the crib with two Pooh blankies, a teddy bear for each girl and a small stuffed hippo each. I also reorganized the changing table (lee had brought it into the Living room and then loaded the shelves under it with diapers and wipes for me).
Today (Wednesday) I had 3 appts. The first was an ultrasound. The girls did well.. Anna is now 4lbs and 14 oz and Lily is 4lbs and 8 oz. Lily was a little stubborn and didn't do her practice breathing for the tech but no one seems to be worried so Mommy won't worry either. Since I would be 38 wks by the next appt, I no longer need to go for u/s unless Dr M wants me to.
Next up was an appt with the OB. I now weigh 160lbs... and am still all baby. The OB went over a few little things and answered some of our questions. Next appt with him is next week.. yes I have graduated from appts every two weeks to appts every week.
My last appt was a NST. That went really well since the girls have gotten so big lately. They were able to get onto the monitors very easily and stay there. I had no contractions and the girls were reactive (I forget what that means). Anna tried hard to kick the monitor off but the nurse showed me how to hold the monitor in place so she couldn't do that. I was only there for 45 minutes total this time (my usual length is 60 to 90 minutes). I go back there again next week.
I think that's it for today.. I go to 3 days a week of working starting on Monday. I can barely wait.. I am hoping to work as long as I can but not literally right up to day of delivery. That would just be cruel. I think I'm starting to nest here but I'm not exactly sure. I do know that I bought some organizational crap at Bed Bath & Beyond today (don't tell Lee we'll just let him think I had this stuff already) for the kitchen drawers. Well time to go... I need to hide my purchases and then get myself going to my knitting group.
Sunday, March 30, 2008
Feeling so sad
Nothing is majorly wrong.. but today was not such a good day for me.. I'm so definitely feeling the whole hormonal pregnant woman thing today. I want to cry, scream, rant, rave and so not be an adult today but I have to.. there are no other choices left. Maybe over the next couple of days I'll have enough prospective to be able to post something about how today was such a bad day for me but right now I'm feeling so wrung out and all I want to do is cry but knowing myself the way that I do, I'll probably wind up cleaning something to relieve the frustration and pent up energy that I am feeling at the moment, which is never a bad thing to do. Especially here.
Saturday, March 29, 2008
More Pregnancy fun at 33 weeks
I had a NST yesterday and for the first time ever the girls actually behaved while on the monitors. The nurse was actually able to hook them up easily and keep them on the monitors (even when Lily decided that my ribs would make a great hiding place). I also had no contractions at all. I hope that this is my new standard. I can actually enjoy the NSTs if they continue to go this well.
Tonight I went out scrapbooking with friends and imagine my surprise when it turned into a Baby Shower for me. I got mostly scrapbook supplies that I had been wanting for the albums that I'll be making for the girls. They also made me two sets of borders for the albums.. well actually 1 set was already made by my friend J and then everyone else just needed to copy them to make the second set. I am so lucky to have such great friends.
Alright off to bed for me since Lee is already snoring away and we need to be up early to clean since we are having people over tomorrow. One is from church since it's Pledge Drive time and the others are my SIL and her friend since the friend has twins and is giving me her cribs, changing table and highchairs. Plus I'd like to go out tomorrow night to the 80's prom that is being held at church to help benefit the church youth's trip to Mexico (?) to help build a house.
Oh btw we didn't wind up putting an offer in on the condo. My brother didn't like the idea of it.. so the search continues and we are stuck here in Malden for a little bit longer.
Tonight I went out scrapbooking with friends and imagine my surprise when it turned into a Baby Shower for me. I got mostly scrapbook supplies that I had been wanting for the albums that I'll be making for the girls. They also made me two sets of borders for the albums.. well actually 1 set was already made by my friend J and then everyone else just needed to copy them to make the second set. I am so lucky to have such great friends.
Alright off to bed for me since Lee is already snoring away and we need to be up early to clean since we are having people over tomorrow. One is from church since it's Pledge Drive time and the others are my SIL and her friend since the friend has twins and is giving me her cribs, changing table and highchairs. Plus I'd like to go out tomorrow night to the 80's prom that is being held at church to help benefit the church youth's trip to Mexico (?) to help build a house.
Oh btw we didn't wind up putting an offer in on the condo. My brother didn't like the idea of it.. so the search continues and we are stuck here in Malden for a little bit longer.
Saturday, March 22, 2008
32 weeks 3 days and counting....
Warning this entry might be very long in length... time to settle in with a cup of tea or cocoa or coffee before going too much further.
As of this writing I am currently 32 wks and 3 days pregnant. According to Dr M. I'm going to possibly make it further than 35 wks.. he's thinking possibly 38 or 39 wks.. I'm taking this as good news but will take each additional day that I am pregnant as a good thing.
My Non Stress Tests are going ok still. Though the last one was really scary for me since I didn't feel well and even when laying on my side I didn't feel any better. Turns out that my blood pressure had dropped really fast. It did come back up but I was so scared for a few minutes..and tried really hard to stay awake even though I just wanted to close my eyes and pass out. The girls still don't like the monitors or staying on them for any length of time. But they will tolerate the Hand Held Doppler.
On the 15th of March I had my Baby Shower and to say that it was a true surprise is a complete truth. Lee had asked me maybe 2 weeks ahead of time about going to get his hair cut on that date. I agreed but got suspicious and then was told that there was no way that it could be that date at all since the person planning it told me she had tickets to a Hockey Game.. I believed her and accepted that I wouldn't know the date till the actual day but I tried very hard to figure it out for myself. Everyone was working against me.. So on the 13th I got an email from a really good friend asking if she and her daughter could come by to see us since she had a toy for us from her sister's house and her daughter wanted to see my belly and how big it is. Sounded lame to me but heck stranger things have happened in life. I told her that Lee and I had plans that morning (the haircut and lunch out) but that we'd be home in time for them to come over around 1pm. Well the morning of the 15th we wound up having to get up early since I had a repeat BPP appt since the one that I had on the 13th was lower than normal (6/8 rather than 8/8) because the girls didn't breathe during the alloted amount of time. Thankfully on the 15th they did the breathing rather quickly and got perfect scores. Then Lee took me out for breakfast at Bickford's. By the time we got home all I wanted to do was take a nap.. so I did but I made sure to tell Lee that he should wake me up around 12:30 so that I could be awake enough for my friend and her daughter to visit. Well around Noon Lee woke me to say that my phone was ringing and he didn't know how to answer it. Then the house phone started ringing and Lee answered it. It was my friend telling us that she had a flat tire and that we may need to reschedule for the next day.. Well I had a small fit that including lots of shouting and tons of tears... so Lee finally gets off the phone and not even a minute later the phone rings again. This time it's my mom telling us that Lee's book from Amazon.com had arrived and could we come by to get it... well I was still in a bit of a snit and told him that I'd do it the next day. Lee (knowing what the plan was already) tried to calm me down by saying that we should maybe go get his hair cut and he'd take me to the toy store next to the salon for a surprise of some sort. He also said that we should go by my mom's real quick to get his book and a bottle of water for me but that we wouldn't stay long. 5 minutes max. I agreed but told him that I needed to pee first and calm down and wash my face. We finally get going to my mom's house. As we approach the house I noticed that there were quite a few cars and thought to myself that someone must be having a party but then noticed that my mom's car was in a wrong parking spot and I also saw my SIL's car. I turned to Lee and said "Oh my God.. this is my shower isn't it" and started to cry all over again. We get inside the house and there are tons of friends and family in my mom's house waiting for us. To say that I was surprised is a major understatement. I was floored. The friend that we were supposed to see and her daughter were at my mom's and not stranded like I thought. They had called from outside my mom's house and the friend that planned the shower wasn't at her Hockey Game like I thought she'd be. It was great to see so many of our friends and family members. We got a ton of gifts and now I feel much more ready for these girls to get here. Now we just need more space for everyone (the one bedroom apt is not going to cut it much longer) and all the baby stuff. We actually looked at a Condo today and we need to talk to my brother about the financial part of things. I hope that we can put in an offer and get it. It has 3 bedrooms, a living room and totally updated kitchen with new appliances. It's priced really great for us and if we get it the mortgage should be easy for us to afford since the payments wouldn't be too much more than our current rent for the one bedroom apartment we have.
Oh I had Lee take a 32 wk belly picture but I haven't printed it yet.. Once I do I'll make sure to post it. The belly is getting really huge.. thankfully I am all baby still so it hasn't been too bad but I am constantly wondering how much bigger I can possibly get before the girls decide to make their grand entrance into the world. And we started our childbirth classes 3 weeks ago. We have one last class coming up this week. They have been very informative so far but I can't wait for them to be over with so we can settle in till the girls arrive.
As of this writing I am currently 32 wks and 3 days pregnant. According to Dr M. I'm going to possibly make it further than 35 wks.. he's thinking possibly 38 or 39 wks.. I'm taking this as good news but will take each additional day that I am pregnant as a good thing.
My Non Stress Tests are going ok still. Though the last one was really scary for me since I didn't feel well and even when laying on my side I didn't feel any better. Turns out that my blood pressure had dropped really fast. It did come back up but I was so scared for a few minutes..and tried really hard to stay awake even though I just wanted to close my eyes and pass out. The girls still don't like the monitors or staying on them for any length of time. But they will tolerate the Hand Held Doppler.
On the 15th of March I had my Baby Shower and to say that it was a true surprise is a complete truth. Lee had asked me maybe 2 weeks ahead of time about going to get his hair cut on that date. I agreed but got suspicious and then was told that there was no way that it could be that date at all since the person planning it told me she had tickets to a Hockey Game.. I believed her and accepted that I wouldn't know the date till the actual day but I tried very hard to figure it out for myself. Everyone was working against me.. So on the 13th I got an email from a really good friend asking if she and her daughter could come by to see us since she had a toy for us from her sister's house and her daughter wanted to see my belly and how big it is. Sounded lame to me but heck stranger things have happened in life. I told her that Lee and I had plans that morning (the haircut and lunch out) but that we'd be home in time for them to come over around 1pm. Well the morning of the 15th we wound up having to get up early since I had a repeat BPP appt since the one that I had on the 13th was lower than normal (6/8 rather than 8/8) because the girls didn't breathe during the alloted amount of time. Thankfully on the 15th they did the breathing rather quickly and got perfect scores. Then Lee took me out for breakfast at Bickford's. By the time we got home all I wanted to do was take a nap.. so I did but I made sure to tell Lee that he should wake me up around 12:30 so that I could be awake enough for my friend and her daughter to visit. Well around Noon Lee woke me to say that my phone was ringing and he didn't know how to answer it. Then the house phone started ringing and Lee answered it. It was my friend telling us that she had a flat tire and that we may need to reschedule for the next day.. Well I had a small fit that including lots of shouting and tons of tears... so Lee finally gets off the phone and not even a minute later the phone rings again. This time it's my mom telling us that Lee's book from Amazon.com had arrived and could we come by to get it... well I was still in a bit of a snit and told him that I'd do it the next day. Lee (knowing what the plan was already) tried to calm me down by saying that we should maybe go get his hair cut and he'd take me to the toy store next to the salon for a surprise of some sort. He also said that we should go by my mom's real quick to get his book and a bottle of water for me but that we wouldn't stay long. 5 minutes max. I agreed but told him that I needed to pee first and calm down and wash my face. We finally get going to my mom's house. As we approach the house I noticed that there were quite a few cars and thought to myself that someone must be having a party but then noticed that my mom's car was in a wrong parking spot and I also saw my SIL's car. I turned to Lee and said "Oh my God.. this is my shower isn't it" and started to cry all over again. We get inside the house and there are tons of friends and family in my mom's house waiting for us. To say that I was surprised is a major understatement. I was floored. The friend that we were supposed to see and her daughter were at my mom's and not stranded like I thought. They had called from outside my mom's house and the friend that planned the shower wasn't at her Hockey Game like I thought she'd be. It was great to see so many of our friends and family members. We got a ton of gifts and now I feel much more ready for these girls to get here. Now we just need more space for everyone (the one bedroom apt is not going to cut it much longer) and all the baby stuff. We actually looked at a Condo today and we need to talk to my brother about the financial part of things. I hope that we can put in an offer and get it. It has 3 bedrooms, a living room and totally updated kitchen with new appliances. It's priced really great for us and if we get it the mortgage should be easy for us to afford since the payments wouldn't be too much more than our current rent for the one bedroom apartment we have.
Oh I had Lee take a 32 wk belly picture but I haven't printed it yet.. Once I do I'll make sure to post it. The belly is getting really huge.. thankfully I am all baby still so it hasn't been too bad but I am constantly wondering how much bigger I can possibly get before the girls decide to make their grand entrance into the world. And we started our childbirth classes 3 weeks ago. We have one last class coming up this week. They have been very informative so far but I can't wait for them to be over with so we can settle in till the girls arrive.
Saturday, March 8, 2008
It's crazy I tell ya.... 30wks 3days
Oh my gosh... I've made my goal... at least 30 weeks pregnant..
Not sure if you remember, but my friend K had her twin baby girls at 29wks and even though she knew that there was a problem with her baby B's heart she was heartbroken when that baby died 46 days later... (Baby A is doing great and is home now). Well that news freaked me out to no end.. I instantly started worrying (heck I do that anyway) about my girls and with the exception of the bend in Lily's cord, all is well here.. and I am thrilled that I've made it to 30wks so far.. wouldn't it be wild if I go past what Dr M originally told me I'd probably go to (35 wks).. and make it to almost term?? or even past (though I doubt that will ever happen).
Here's a new picture of me and the belly... I feel bigger than I look...
Oh and I still don't look Pregnant from the back at all.. I think I have something like 67 more days to go... who here thinks that I can make it????
Friday, March 7, 2008
He's learning
So Lee and I went to my uncle's to see my cousin and her baby on Feb 24th... Both Lee and I got to hold Baby M... she's very cuddly.. and I was able to get some priceless pictures of Lee with M and a nice one of my cousin with M also.. He looks a little uncomfortable in the first one and a little more comfy in the second one.. none were taken of me since I felt like a whale and probably looked like one too. But it was a really nice visit.. It was nice to chat and such with my cousin and see what it's like to have a newborn around.. I know it's not my reality yet since I'll have double the babies and I won't be able to leave the kids behind and just go home when I get tired, but it was a nice introduction to the reality of it all.
We keep getting offers of all sorts of stuff lately... I'm turning nothing down since we will need a lot and the less that we have to spend the better things will eventually be.. today's emails were for Newborn diapers and some yard toys (for when the girls are older).
Edited for a picture of Lee and Baby M:
We keep getting offers of all sorts of stuff lately... I'm turning nothing down since we will need a lot and the less that we have to spend the better things will eventually be.. today's emails were for Newborn diapers and some yard toys (for when the girls are older).
Edited for a picture of Lee and Baby M:
Sunday, March 2, 2008
Oh what a night
So last night was the Annual Auction at MUUC... this year I was a huge part of it.. I did the Trivia (theme was Elvis) and had fun making Elvis record coasters...
After a small argument before we left for the auction, Lee and I had a great time at the auction.. I think his attitude totally changed once I grabbed his hand and put it on my belly.. the girls moved and grooved for him. A totally huge first.. and I got such nice words from him about it.
Everyone at the auction loved commenting on my belly.. even Elvis himself. I also loved that many people thought that I looked fabulous and they all made me sit as much as possible and that I always had a glass of water nearby to drink and plenty of treats to snack on.
I should be asleep but as per usual lately.. the girls and my bladder woke me up and Lee's snoring kept me up at 4am... It's going to be a LONG day...
After a small argument before we left for the auction, Lee and I had a great time at the auction.. I think his attitude totally changed once I grabbed his hand and put it on my belly.. the girls moved and grooved for him. A totally huge first.. and I got such nice words from him about it.
Everyone at the auction loved commenting on my belly.. even Elvis himself. I also loved that many people thought that I looked fabulous and they all made me sit as much as possible and that I always had a glass of water nearby to drink and plenty of treats to snack on.
I should be asleep but as per usual lately.. the girls and my bladder woke me up and Lee's snoring kept me up at 4am... It's going to be a LONG day...
Thursday, February 28, 2008
Back to the hospital
I was at the hospital again on Tuesday... after being there Monday night for 4 hours I called my OB Tuesday morning and spoe with him about whether I should go to work or not.. He told me that as long as I felt fine (and I did) that I could go but if anything popped up during the day then I was to call him pronto..
So I call my supervisor and tell her that I'm on my way.. go to Toyota, return the loaner car, pay for my car and am on my way to work... well it must have been too much for me since I started breaking down in the car. Got myself to work but within 2 hours I was basically in a lot of pain and eating was not helping like it had on Friday.. so I called the doctor and told him in between my tears what was going on.. He told me to get to the hospital as soon as I could.. get there and the nurses there hook me up to the monitors along with the babies.. the babies are doing great.. Me not so great... turns out I was having contractions so next thing I know I have an IV and am getting a shot of Terbuline and am being sent to get a vaginal u/s to check on my cervix and look for any dilation. Luckily there was no dilation and my cervix was still very long.. so I caught a nice nap (woken by the phone since Lee was panicing that he hadn't heard from me since I hadn't talked to him in hours and my cell phone was forgotten in the car - there were 4 very anxious calls from him). After talking to him I called my mom and told her where I was and she came by right away to be with me. I was at the hospital for 5 hours..
I spent all of Wednesday at home, basically doing nothing (ok a little cleaning but it's hard for me to veg out these days). Lee allowed me out to go to knitting group since I won't be there for a couple of weeks at least due to classes that we have already scheduled.
Today (thursday) I am headed back to work and then I have a scheduled visit to the hospital for a NST at 5:30pm.. should be a fun day since I will want to chat with my supervisor about how much longer I can be there. I mostly sit anyway but still it's a long commute for me at this point anyway and I'd much rather be closer to home if possible.
So I call my supervisor and tell her that I'm on my way.. go to Toyota, return the loaner car, pay for my car and am on my way to work... well it must have been too much for me since I started breaking down in the car. Got myself to work but within 2 hours I was basically in a lot of pain and eating was not helping like it had on Friday.. so I called the doctor and told him in between my tears what was going on.. He told me to get to the hospital as soon as I could.. get there and the nurses there hook me up to the monitors along with the babies.. the babies are doing great.. Me not so great... turns out I was having contractions so next thing I know I have an IV and am getting a shot of Terbuline and am being sent to get a vaginal u/s to check on my cervix and look for any dilation. Luckily there was no dilation and my cervix was still very long.. so I caught a nice nap (woken by the phone since Lee was panicing that he hadn't heard from me since I hadn't talked to him in hours and my cell phone was forgotten in the car - there were 4 very anxious calls from him). After talking to him I called my mom and told her where I was and she came by right away to be with me. I was at the hospital for 5 hours..
I spent all of Wednesday at home, basically doing nothing (ok a little cleaning but it's hard for me to veg out these days). Lee allowed me out to go to knitting group since I won't be there for a couple of weeks at least due to classes that we have already scheduled.
Today (thursday) I am headed back to work and then I have a scheduled visit to the hospital for a NST at 5:30pm.. should be a fun day since I will want to chat with my supervisor about how much longer I can be there. I mostly sit anyway but still it's a long commute for me at this point anyway and I'd much rather be closer to home if possible.
Tuesday, February 26, 2008
I'm all belly
I'll let the picture speak for itself... (taken Thursday night at 28wks 1 day)
But as everyone seems to be telling me... from the back you totally don't look Pregnant at all.. You're all Belly...
Today was not my day
It was bad enough that I had a slightly rough day at work today and did my best to stay at work as long as I could.. I didn't feel that great the last couple hours of work... so when I climbed into my car to go home I had no clue what was in store for me.. I knew that I needed to take my car in to the dealer to get some maintainence done since the light came on yesterday while on my way to my Uncle's to see my Cousin's 3 week old baby. I had even called this morning to make sure that I could get it done today.. well on my way there from work there was a ton of traffic and I was being a good girl staying in my lane and keeping an eye on the traffic in front of me.. well out of nowhere the lady in the lane next to me (4 lane highway) decided to go from her lane to mine.. except that my lane wasn't moving and she was Behind me. Can you guess???
Yup she hit me..
So we both pull over to the breakdown lane, I get on my cell phone to the police, the State Police arrive, the officer takes both of our information, fills out his form. Meanwhile the lady is apologizing over and over and saying that it was HER FAULT. I assure her that I am fine but inform her that I am Pregnant. That made her feel worse.. So I finally make it to the dealership and give them my car to do the whatever thousand mile maintenance that they need to do.. they tell me that it will be at least an hour maybe an hour and a half. I call Lee and my mom to tell them what happened and where I am. I also call my OB to find out if I should go to the hospital for observation.. I knew the answer.. I just needed to know for sure. So after talking to my mom I go back to the desk and tell them that since I had just had an accident that my OB wants me to get to the hospital asap. They wind up loaning me a car thinking that i'll be back by 8pm (when they close). Ha... I get to the hospital, change and then they tell me that I'll be there for 4 (four) hours.. at 7pm the dealership calls... your car is all set.. come on back.. I had to tell them that I'd see them in the morning since I'm not getting released till at least 10pm.
While at the hospital I get blood drawn and find out that my borderline anemia is not doing well. I also get an U/S done (turns out it was a BPP) and the girls are perfectly fine though extremely active. My nurse turns out to be someone I knew in HS and she took very good care of me.. kept bringing me water and ice and came by every so often to chat since for a while there I was the only patient on the floor. Turns out that she had twin girls 8 months ago, lives in the same city as me and she did IVF also.
Not sure if I am going to make it to work tomorrow.. I need to call my OB (it was after hours when I initially called and a different OB was on call) to tell him about the accident and the anemia and also get his opinion about if I should go to work tomorrow.
Warm gooey anything to anyone that got this far in my saga.. since I haven't eaten since lunch today.. and need to find something to eat before I climb into bed.
Yup she hit me..
So we both pull over to the breakdown lane, I get on my cell phone to the police, the State Police arrive, the officer takes both of our information, fills out his form. Meanwhile the lady is apologizing over and over and saying that it was HER FAULT. I assure her that I am fine but inform her that I am Pregnant. That made her feel worse.. So I finally make it to the dealership and give them my car to do the whatever thousand mile maintenance that they need to do.. they tell me that it will be at least an hour maybe an hour and a half. I call Lee and my mom to tell them what happened and where I am. I also call my OB to find out if I should go to the hospital for observation.. I knew the answer.. I just needed to know for sure. So after talking to my mom I go back to the desk and tell them that since I had just had an accident that my OB wants me to get to the hospital asap. They wind up loaning me a car thinking that i'll be back by 8pm (when they close). Ha... I get to the hospital, change and then they tell me that I'll be there for 4 (four) hours.. at 7pm the dealership calls... your car is all set.. come on back.. I had to tell them that I'd see them in the morning since I'm not getting released till at least 10pm.
While at the hospital I get blood drawn and find out that my borderline anemia is not doing well. I also get an U/S done (turns out it was a BPP) and the girls are perfectly fine though extremely active. My nurse turns out to be someone I knew in HS and she took very good care of me.. kept bringing me water and ice and came by every so often to chat since for a while there I was the only patient on the floor. Turns out that she had twin girls 8 months ago, lives in the same city as me and she did IVF also.
Not sure if I am going to make it to work tomorrow.. I need to call my OB (it was after hours when I initially called and a different OB was on call) to tell him about the accident and the anemia and also get his opinion about if I should go to work tomorrow.
Warm gooey anything to anyone that got this far in my saga.. since I haven't eaten since lunch today.. and need to find something to eat before I climb into bed.
Saturday, February 23, 2008
It all started with a kiss....
Lee and I have officially been a couple for 15 years now as of today and I am always amazed at what our journey together has been over the years so today I thought I'd take the time to share some memories.
We met at the Harvard Coop in December 1992 (he thought I was older and I thought he was younger than our actual ages at that time) and he spent approximately 3 months trying to convince me that he was totally wrong for me.. Stubborn person that I am, I spent those 3 months proving to him how right we actually were for each other. This all culminated in February 1993, Feb 14th to be exact. I was over his apartment and I forget what we were doing but the next thing I knew I was being kissed by Lee. It was such a Romantic Moment for me. It took us another 9 days to figure out that we should stop being just friends and move on to being a couple. That was February 23rd 1993. The rest they say is history. We dated for approximately 6 years, got engaged and were married by April of 1999. We've had our fair share of ups and downs in our relationship over the years but we've both always agreed that we truly would not be able to start over with other people should anything ever happen between us. And now 15 years into our relationship we are finally about to start our greatest adventure together... Parenthood in May 2008. Oh and btw... for anyone keeping track, I am now the same age that Lee was when I met him. I that truly scary or what???
Happy 15th Anniversary of our Relationship Lee... I love you..
We met at the Harvard Coop in December 1992 (he thought I was older and I thought he was younger than our actual ages at that time) and he spent approximately 3 months trying to convince me that he was totally wrong for me.. Stubborn person that I am, I spent those 3 months proving to him how right we actually were for each other. This all culminated in February 1993, Feb 14th to be exact. I was over his apartment and I forget what we were doing but the next thing I knew I was being kissed by Lee. It was such a Romantic Moment for me. It took us another 9 days to figure out that we should stop being just friends and move on to being a couple. That was February 23rd 1993. The rest they say is history. We dated for approximately 6 years, got engaged and were married by April of 1999. We've had our fair share of ups and downs in our relationship over the years but we've both always agreed that we truly would not be able to start over with other people should anything ever happen between us. And now 15 years into our relationship we are finally about to start our greatest adventure together... Parenthood in May 2008. Oh and btw... for anyone keeping track, I am now the same age that Lee was when I met him. I that truly scary or what???
Happy 15th Anniversary of our Relationship Lee... I love you..
Wednesday, February 20, 2008
Let Mommy Sleep
Ok so I'm officially 28 wks today.. (it's past midnight).. Two more weeks and I'll feel safe since I have a friend who was PG with twin girls and delivered at 29 wks. I wish I could sleep tonight.. a nap is not an option today.. but my bladder was screaming and then I couldn't get comfy again. Hopefully election results will do the trick.. but Mommy needs some sleep.. soon... girls please settle..
Monday, February 18, 2008
1 down 3 to go
I'm referring to my newest knitting project... baby booties for the girls.. one set will be white with pink and purple areas and the other set will be white with yellow and blue areas (but still very girly). I'm currently working on the second bootie of the first set.. then I'll start on the second set. They are quick and fun.. ok the first bootie took forever but that was because I had to learn some new skills as I went along. The second bootie is going much faster. I can only imagine how quickly the second set will go.
In other news... everyone here is fine and doing well.. I can barely believe that I will be officially 28 wks PG on Wednesday.. How can that be??? That's 7 months.. the girls will be here before I know it and we are so not ready. They don't have a room or anything since we are still in the apartment. Guessing that I'll be doing quite a bit of cleaning up in the next few weeks to get ready. Oh also... I can't believe how big my belly has gotten... I swear that when I look down at the belly that the view really doesn't change much.. but when I am near a mirror I'm always shocked to see how big it looks. No wonder everyone is giving me a wide area to walk in at work and otherwise. I can barely get up off floors by myself anymore and tonight after dinner I had to have Lee pull out my chair so I could get myself out of the chair without getting stuck.
Well it's way past my bedtime.. and Lee left the computer and TV on when he came to bed.. I figured it out when I could hear voices coming from the living room.
In other news... everyone here is fine and doing well.. I can barely believe that I will be officially 28 wks PG on Wednesday.. How can that be??? That's 7 months.. the girls will be here before I know it and we are so not ready. They don't have a room or anything since we are still in the apartment. Guessing that I'll be doing quite a bit of cleaning up in the next few weeks to get ready. Oh also... I can't believe how big my belly has gotten... I swear that when I look down at the belly that the view really doesn't change much.. but when I am near a mirror I'm always shocked to see how big it looks. No wonder everyone is giving me a wide area to walk in at work and otherwise. I can barely get up off floors by myself anymore and tonight after dinner I had to have Lee pull out my chair so I could get myself out of the chair without getting stuck.
Well it's way past my bedtime.. and Lee left the computer and TV on when he came to bed.. I figured it out when I could hear voices coming from the living room.
Saturday, February 9, 2008
Today I feel Icky
Not sure why... I had a nice day.. I went and got my hair done for the first time since November. I had them take an inch off for health.. I then went to my mom's and from there we went to the mall (I was supposed to go with a friend but she bailed on me once again). It was a nice jaunt out since we went to BRU also (Franny Claus strikes again). But I was soooo tired when we got back to my mom's. I drank my tea and then got all comfy on the couch and passed out while watching TV. I napped for about 2 hours. Mom even went to the library and came back and I was still asleep. Finally got home and I feel icky for some reason. Lee just gave me some juice and some cereal and I need to attempt to make some dinner since Lee is too busy watching a movie to even help me out with that. Heck he's not even dressed (and yes I know that it's a little past 8pm). Could someone please kick his butt for me.. my legs just don't reach anymore like they used to.
Oh and a quick pregnancy related thing.. I can't see my feet anymore. I know they are there since I'm able to still walk but I haven't seen them in a while. I can see them whenever I sit or lay down but I sure do miss being able to look down and see them without having to bend a little. Oh and since I can't see my feet, getting laundry done is impossible especially with Mr. I'll help you but only on my time table Ringen living with me.. I swear the cats are more helpful than him right now. I don't mean to complain about him so much but it's hard not to since I'm slowly becoming less and less able to do anything for myself. Getting up from a low position (like the floor) is impossible unless I have something to pull myself up with or Lee is around to help me. I have to give Lee his due though.. Last night I wanted to take a bath and relax and he came and checked on me many times.. he even heated up 4 pans of water for me and poured them into the bath water and then when I was done he helped me out of the tub and into a nice fluffy towel. He even pulled back the covers for me on my side of the bed and left me chocolate and water along with a book that I've been reading. It was so nice.. but I fell asleep moments after getting into bed..
Oh and a quick pregnancy related thing.. I can't see my feet anymore. I know they are there since I'm able to still walk but I haven't seen them in a while. I can see them whenever I sit or lay down but I sure do miss being able to look down and see them without having to bend a little. Oh and since I can't see my feet, getting laundry done is impossible especially with Mr. I'll help you but only on my time table Ringen living with me.. I swear the cats are more helpful than him right now. I don't mean to complain about him so much but it's hard not to since I'm slowly becoming less and less able to do anything for myself. Getting up from a low position (like the floor) is impossible unless I have something to pull myself up with or Lee is around to help me. I have to give Lee his due though.. Last night I wanted to take a bath and relax and he came and checked on me many times.. he even heated up 4 pans of water for me and poured them into the bath water and then when I was done he helped me out of the tub and into a nice fluffy towel. He even pulled back the covers for me on my side of the bed and left me chocolate and water along with a book that I've been reading. It was so nice.. but I fell asleep moments after getting into bed..
Wednesday, February 6, 2008
Hook 'em
No this is not a post about UT- Austin... I wish it were...
Instead it's about my appts today... I'm copying and pasting.. sorry but I'm too tired to type it again and there's laundry to fold...
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Appts Update and Advice needed
and I am so wrung out (but I think that's more from watching election results)Had my u/s and all seemed well till the Peri came in.. she took a look at Baby B and kept looking at something over and over. finally she said something.. I don't remember the term that she used but there is a bend in Lillian's cord and there is a very slim chance (she admitted that she was hesitating to say something but opted to be cautious) that Lillian could become stillborn so I'm to start going to NSTs every week starting at 28 wks (I'm 26 today). I think I went numb even though she said the prognosis is good and it's a very very slim chance of this happening. She asked if I had any questions (which I didn't right away since I was still processing the news). I then went to my OB appt (and GTT) and told the OB what she had told me and he decided to have his receptionist call the hospital to get me in ASAP for NSTs. I start them TOMORROW afternoon 1x a week. After the appt I went into Boston to meet up with Lee for lunch. It broke my heart to even tell him this news especially after I shared the most adorable little baby face pictures with him (they no longer look like aliens, they look like real babies now). I am not exactly scared but I am worried since I have no clue what happens at a NST. Please fill me in (since my mom had no clue)... oh some hugs or prayers might help too. I'm not an overly religious person but I need all the good thoughts I can gather. TIA.
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I've since found out that the NST is that I'll be hooked up (hence the UT reference) to 3 monitors tomorrow.. 1 for me for contractions, 1 for Anna and her heart rate and 1 for Lily and her heart rate. Then I sit back and relax and wait for them to move on their own and it all gets recorded and once they get what they need I'll be released till the next week's appt. Maybe I should bring my knitting to work on or a really thick book to read.
I passed the GTT btw... but am borderline anemic... I get to add Iron pills to my daily pills of PNV and Colace. Ain't my life fun..... not.
I so wanted a NORMAL pregnancy.
Instead it's about my appts today... I'm copying and pasting.. sorry but I'm too tired to type it again and there's laundry to fold...
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Appts Update and Advice needed
and I am so wrung out (but I think that's more from watching election results)Had my u/s and all seemed well till the Peri came in.. she took a look at Baby B and kept looking at something over and over. finally she said something.. I don't remember the term that she used but there is a bend in Lillian's cord and there is a very slim chance (she admitted that she was hesitating to say something but opted to be cautious) that Lillian could become stillborn so I'm to start going to NSTs every week starting at 28 wks (I'm 26 today). I think I went numb even though she said the prognosis is good and it's a very very slim chance of this happening. She asked if I had any questions (which I didn't right away since I was still processing the news). I then went to my OB appt (and GTT) and told the OB what she had told me and he decided to have his receptionist call the hospital to get me in ASAP for NSTs. I start them TOMORROW afternoon 1x a week. After the appt I went into Boston to meet up with Lee for lunch. It broke my heart to even tell him this news especially after I shared the most adorable little baby face pictures with him (they no longer look like aliens, they look like real babies now). I am not exactly scared but I am worried since I have no clue what happens at a NST. Please fill me in (since my mom had no clue)... oh some hugs or prayers might help too. I'm not an overly religious person but I need all the good thoughts I can gather. TIA.
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I've since found out that the NST is that I'll be hooked up (hence the UT reference) to 3 monitors tomorrow.. 1 for me for contractions, 1 for Anna and her heart rate and 1 for Lily and her heart rate. Then I sit back and relax and wait for them to move on their own and it all gets recorded and once they get what they need I'll be released till the next week's appt. Maybe I should bring my knitting to work on or a really thick book to read.
I passed the GTT btw... but am borderline anemic... I get to add Iron pills to my daily pills of PNV and Colace. Ain't my life fun..... not.
I so wanted a NORMAL pregnancy.
Tuesday, February 5, 2008
99 days to go
I am so excited since I have less than 100 days till I officially meet the girls..
Tomorrow will be a busy day for me and them...
7:45am U/S appt
9:00am OB appt and GTT (1 hr test)
Lunch with Lee in Boston
12:45pm appt in Boston
7pm Breastfeeding class
I'm nervous mostly about the GTT... hope that I pass it.
I'll update sometime tomorrow
Tomorrow will be a busy day for me and them...
7:45am U/S appt
9:00am OB appt and GTT (1 hr test)
Lunch with Lee in Boston
12:45pm appt in Boston
7pm Breastfeeding class
I'm nervous mostly about the GTT... hope that I pass it.
I'll update sometime tomorrow
Sunday, February 3, 2008
Miscellaneous Stuff
I sometimes hate Sundays.. why you ask? Because it's usually the day of the week that Lee's brother from CA calls in regard to their mom. Lee is usually able to get through the calls and I've taken to listening in on the second line so I have all the information too. After these calls are over though it's a whole different ball of wax and I just don't know what to do anymore for him. I try so hard to be there for him emotionally and hold him while he emotes but it's getting harder and harder and since I've already been down this road with my Nana (and countless other relatives) it breaks my heart too even though I must be strong for Lee. Why must life be so gosh darn hard at times ??? Why can't it be easy answers most of the time? (please don't feel like a response is needed) I hate this road with a passion. I really do. I hate seeing the people that I care about so much hurting. I have this need to make it all better somehow but I know in my heart that I can't fix things with a kiss or a hug. Today it really didn't help that at church the minister asked us to pull up a treasured memory or snapshot of our grandfather. I was practically in tears when I tried to pull up a memory of my Papa (the only grandfather I knew) and with the exception of his death (great 1st memory to have), I came up blank and then my mind slightly wandered to my Dad and how much he'd be loving these babies of mine to be and how he would be one of the greatest grandpas (or Papas) ever. Which then got me thinking about what if anything I'd have to tell my baby girls about their grandfathers (since both of them are gone now). I'm sure that Lee will have his memories and thoughts to share about his dad but I couldn't even begin to think about what I'd say about my dad. Where would I ever start and when the heck would I ever end? I actually think at some point they'd be telling me to stop talking about him. Maybe this is the WHY as to why family and traditions are so big to me. Why I make it such a big deal to spend time with my family (this includes Lee's family) whenever I can. Why I don't mind being the Family Historian and keeping the Family Trees as up to date as I can (I actually worked on it for 2+ hours tonight). I need those connections since I feel that they make me WHO I AM. Heck of a way to define myself.
Maybe I'll just chalk up tonight's tears and woes to the ever present Pregnancy Hormones that are constantly flowing through me lately though that's not much of an excuse.
Guessing that I'm going to need my glass of Sparkling Cider tonight more than I thought.
The Patriots just lost... Noooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo.
Maybe I'll just chalk up tonight's tears and woes to the ever present Pregnancy Hormones that are constantly flowing through me lately though that's not much of an excuse.
Guessing that I'm going to need my glass of Sparkling Cider tonight more than I thought.
The Patriots just lost... Noooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo.
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