Pop Pop Pop

So I was sitting in the waiting room at Dr M's office on Wednesday reading my book while I waited to be called in. Out of nowhere it started... pop ... pop... pop. What the heck I thought.. Am I gassy or something? Do the babies have the hiccups? I was too cowardly to ask Dr M but it seemed to continue off and on all day. I finally decided on Thursday to ask some of my friends on-line about what I was feeling. Wouldn't you know, the babies are beginning to kick and those pops are the result. It's actually been kind of cool to feel it happening. I haven't been able to figure out if Lee can feel it yet from touching the belly when they are happening since he keeps missing the window of opportunity. Eventually it will happen. But until then... I get to feel these little kicks and enjoy them on my own and I don't have to share.

I guess I can't complain after all

I was about to come here and complain once again about Lee and his recent behavior BUT he made a nice turn around for me today.. what was I going to complain about?? Oh the usual stuff. the taking 5 billion naps a day on a weekend when I barely get to have 1 nap over the weekend, how he complains that this place is a sty but yet sits on his butt and does nothing about it since eventually Preggie (that's me) will get it done (might take a few days to a week though). Today though he's been really nice to me.. He woke me up this morning and brought me a nice cup of water with ice and a straw since he knows that my throat is usually pretty much dried out from sleep, he then made us breakfast and had to wake me up (again) to come out to eat it. When I left to go to church I realized that it was snowing and that I'd need my gloves and he came outside with me and helped to uncover the car for me. Then when I got home (after being out for many hours) he helped me get the laundry down to the basement (the bucket was a little heavy for me). I just made him a stuffed pepper (frozen) for dinner since he was sort of helpful today.

Just can't sleep

Yup I've reached that fun time in pregnancy when you just can't sleep.. I did fine at 10pm going to sleep but then I rolled over and someone was snoring and I had to pee and it was all over.. I tried I really did.. and then someone left the computer on and it's been a magnet to me since about 4am.. an hour later and I'm still awake.. Maybe I should start some laundry... it may put me back to sleep..

24 weeks and measuring 31 weeks.. (see picture)

Can you believe that I'm not done growing yet????

Goooooo Patriots

I am soooo psyched after Sunday's game.. We are in the Super Bowl. WaHooo go Pats... now since so many of you know that Lee is so NOT a fan of any sport you will not be surprised to know that he fell completely asleep right before the game started (and Preggie here had to clean the kitchen alone) and didn't wake up till it was over. But you will be surprised to learn that Monday morning he asked me who we are playing in the Super Bowl... I didn't even know he cared... awwww (big fuzzy moment). Love you sweetie and it's the Giants (I was secretly wanting the Packers) and the Patriots are going to win. I hope. A 19 - 0 record for the season would be so awesome.. the only thing that will make the day complete would be that my Cousin J has her baby the same day (but after the game please Maddie - I'll buy you a really nice present).

Now I need to tell you all about my day in Boston on Saturday with my mom. We had gone in to Boston to do some business (that didn't work out for her). So we wound up taking a walk from Downtown to the Fanueil Hall for some lunch. Decided to go to the Cheers replica set. It started out as a good idea and could have ended sooo badly. First off we noticed lots of cameras from one of the TV stations.. Hmmm what could be going on? While going to our table we figured it out... Charger fans were in town and they were there in droves. No sooner were we seated and 3 Charger Fans were also seated... right near us.. typical tourists since they had cameras out and were taking many pictures. Then the guy at the table next to us started.. obviously a Pats Fan. We weren't feeling any warm fuzzies from the Charger fan table. We were trapped.. I started looking around for a place to hide (and was silently thanking myself that I hadn't worn my Pats shirt like I wanted to - I wore it for the game instead). Thankfully we didn't need to hide or dive bomb another table since the Pats fan finished his meal and then went over to the Charger fans to make nice before leaving. But the whole rest of our meal I was constantly worried that a fight or something else would break out since we kept hearing the Charger fans cheering away and singing some sort of song (is there a Chargers fan song of some sort? and do the Pats have one?). Even the wait staff was on alert. Everything turned out well and everyone stayed calm but in my mind.. I was worried.

After the game was over, Mom called me and asked if the Chargers fans went back to Cheers for a nice helping of Crow for dinner.

I'm watching the really early news (5am) and I just saw a Patriots commercial (ok it was for WBZ4) and I loved the ending (it shows the 3 other Super Bowl wins and then highlights of recent games) with 18-0* and the * is for One more to Go (a play on the NY papers having an * next to our record this season with the * being for Caught Cheating). I love the Pats but I can barely wait for February 3rd and the game to be over. I need a break from sports till maybe April when the Red Sox start up again.

Waddling by to give an update

I was going to say flying by.. but let's face it.. I don't move very fast anymore.. but I'm NOT officially waddling ... yet.

So let's see what's new here.. not too much.. I'm continuing to add to the registry as I can. We are inheriting so many things that it's hard to remember what we will need for the girls. I am thankful that we have so many friends and family that are willing to loan us their baby stuff and give us their opinions on what is great and what isn't so great.

Lee is no closer to getting his license than the last update. I need to get him out and driving soon. He really needs to get this done. Soon.

House stuff feels stalled or am I just so busy that I feel like it's stalled.

Hey a quick funny (for everyone else).. I was walking back to my desk today from one of my millions of trips to the copier and back and another worker saw me and asked how far along I am. I had to think for a second and during that second she blurted out "You must be what 7 months along?" Ummm no.. I'm only 23 weeks as of TODAY.. I had to explain that no I am almost 6 months PG and having twins so I LOOK bigger than I really am. I have to admit that the question and statement that she made upset me for a few minutes and then I basically laughed it off. Not much I could really do.. maybe I'll ask Dr M if he'll measure me just for fun at my appt next week. I'm getting curious about how big I am measuring.

And in other baby news.. my friend K who I knit with on an almost weekly basis told me today that she is 20 weeks Pregnant.. I had to ask her to stand up and show me her belly. You could have knocked me over with a feather I was so speechless. I don't even remember if I congratulated her at all. She is due 3 weeks or so after me.. or so I hope. She's also having a little girl so my girls will hopefully have a friend rather quickly.

I think that's everything for now.. I'll waddle on back over if I remember anything else.

Just remembered something.. today I totally felt Pregnant and HUGE.. remember how I told you how my oldest brother called me Shamu a few weeks ago.. well today I totally felt like a beached whale. Everyone seems to be noticing the belly lately. I got so many comments today about how big I am getting.. I think it was because my shirt today was a size Medium instead of a Large so I showed a bit more than usual. We'll see in the morning what I look like.

Also, at last week's U/S it was revealed that once again the girls are growing right on track (22 wks) and that they each both weigh a little over a pound each. Next u/s is in early February.. I love my monthly peeks at the girls. It so fun to watch them move and groove around. Also they are moving quite a bit now in my belly. It's fun but can be annoying at times.. like when they find my ribs and decide to have a party. Oh and knock on anything that you desire.. I've stayed out of L & D since December 30th. I'll do my best to not visit there again till at least Feb 10th (when we do the tour) and then not till April or May after that.

General Stuff

Oh where to begin... Lee and I registered for the babies today.. That was a lot of fun and I was glad that I had a list of our preferences and some printouts from Consumer Reports with us. We hardly fought at all over any items though some ideas were definitely hot topics between us. I had to add and change a few things and have more to go before it's finalized but I think I have a little more time to get it done.



The weather here is wacky as anything.. It is still January right.. we didn't just morph from December to April or May already.. If we did I'm in trouble..



Looked at 2 houses today in my hometown.. I liked aspects of both places and didn't like aspects of both places. I may need to walk through them again though with the Realtor that we are working with to get a better feel. Plus I think there were a couple of other places that she wanted us to take a look at too.



Also made it to the cemetary today.. I couldn't find him.. I think he's under a snowbank or something so I left the flowers on Papa's grave instead.. close enough figuratively and logistically since they are only a row or two apart.

Seven Years....

Ok I just realized the date today and that I totally forgot about what yesterday was.... the date that my Dad died. I must be doing better about missing him or maybe I was just too distracted by all the baby things that I've been doing lately to realize what the date was and how one of the most important men in my life has been gone for 7 years now.
I admit that there are many many times that he's all I can think about and I miss him immensely every single day. There were so many things that I never got to or will ever tell him. So many stories that he'll never tell me or retell to me over and over like the time my brother D took a hammer to the tires that were being stored for the Winter and how when Dad put the tires on in the Spring how upset he was to find out that he had 4 FLAT TIRES. It took some clever questions from our grandfather to find out who had done it. He's never gotten to meet any of his granddaughters and I bet you anything that if he had he'd have loved and spoiled every last one of them to bits.
I was always his little girl no matter how old I got. The child who after I was born he went home and painted "It's a Girl" and my stats on a cloth diaper and hung it on the house for everyone to know that I had arrived (I still have that cloth diaper saved in the Hope Chest that mom gave me when I got married). I could do basically no wrong in his eyes and everyone knew it.
Funny but the week that he died I had last seen him at Church and we had a nice conversation, wished each other a Happy New Year and I told him that I'd see him again soon. Neither one of us had a clue that 4 days later he'd be dead of a massive heart attack. That he'd be DOA at the hospital just like his dad 23 years and a few months earlier. I try to visit his grave when I can. I may seem silly to other people but I talk to him there alot. Fill him in on life here. Those visits have included conversations about the births of my two nieces, how I lost yet another job and needed his advice yet again on how to tell S and D, how much I miss him and most recently that I'm finally pregnant and having twins. When I am there I also make sure to visit with my grandfather even though I barely knew him since I was basically still so little when he died.
Have I mentioned how much I miss my Dad???
Lately I feel like I should visit him again soon (maybe tomorrow?). I bought some flowers in his memory for church tomorrow and I think I have to take whatever I bring home with me and I'm not sure what to do with them. Maybe I'll take them to the graveyard and leave them with him and Papa. The weather should be warm enough this week for them to be there and not freeze even though it's January.
I have to admit that even though I miss him like crazy everyday and think about all the things that he's missing now, that he was always there for me when I needed him, he taught me so many things over the years and that he got the chance to see me get married and gave me away on my wedding day and danced with me at the Reception. He was always just a phone call or a short drive away. He was no saint but he was my dad, my original hero and the man I've looked up to my entire life. I could sit here and type forever but you'll eventually get bored so I'll end here. Thanks for making it this far with me (I hope). I love you Daddy and will miss you Forever and ever.

He's a Keeper

So every morning I leave the apartment before Lee.. heck he's usually either still in bed or just making it to the bathroom by the time I leave. Anyway it's been really cold here lately.. which means frost on the car windows that needs to be scraped off so I can see.. what a fun chore for a pregnant lady to do when she can barely stretch at all. Anyway.. so when I finally got home tonight (I went to my knitting group) Lee was telling me that after I went out to the car he peeked out the window at me and saw me scraping away.. he felt bad and quickly got into his jeans and sneakers and came outside.. But alas I was already gone by the time he got that far. Wish that he had made it out there to help me (it's been a small pet peeve of mine) but I'm happy to know that he did make an effort and there's always tomorrow morning for him to help me.. especially since I need to start leaving earlier.

Happy New Year 2008

It's 2008... Ok where did the time go??? I have ummm 5 more months to go on the pregnancy and one of my big resolutions is to continue to enjoy it.. each and every day. I also am determined to buy a house this year. The girls will need their own space and heck I love to decorate and I'd rather do it while still PG than while trying to care for 2 babies. One other thing that HAS to happen is Lee getting his license. He already got his Permit the day after Thanksgiving and I've taken him out driving a couple times but we need to get better about it since we have a timeline (before the babies are here).

NYE here was fun.. we stayed home.. Lee took a little nap and I woke him around 10pm and got him playing a card game with me so he'd be awake at midnight. As midnight approached we got the Champagne (for Lee) and the Sparkling Cider (for me) ready and toasted the new year at the stroke of Midnight. It still blows my mind in many ways that we are going to be parents next year at this time. I have a feeling that next NYE will find us deep asleep at midnight since the babies will have run us ragged. We'll see. What a difference though from last year's NYE. Last year we were in Ventura, CA visiting with Lee's brother and his family. We stayed up till midnight Pacific time (which for us was 3am Eastern time) and still made it to breakfast the next day with everyone else and watched the Rose Bowl parade.