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.

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..

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.

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.

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..

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..

Booties and Bellies

I promised you pictures... so here you all go...

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..

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..

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.