YaY

Worked on the babies' room today. Our friends, Brian and Amanda Jenkins came over. Amanda worked on the babies room with me. That's her below working on polka dots.

Brian and Brian worked on the laundry room. Or friend Plato helped out down stairs too. They got the walls painted, The one strip of green on the top and the trim in there where the coating and the dry wall meet up will be the same green. And the trim on the bottom will be green too. I haven't tried my washer and dryer out but I'm way excited about them being in! I might have to go buy the drawer to set them up on because it is really low to the ground. I don't know if I will be able to get in to the washer to get the clothes out... I was having trouble getting them out of the old dryer... But anyway. I can't use them until we get the hooks. We weren't planning on stacking them, but then Brian took down the shelf in there to paint so I figure might as well stack them! Make a little more room in there! I didn't remember that you have to have hooks to make it stable... I'm not sure. Anyway those pictures are below...

So, another freak out moment... We had a doctors appointment today. The babies did very well. We got all 2's on the Bio-physical profile. That's the ultrasound, when they check the breathing, (make sure their chests are moving up and down) The heart is beating, the fluid levels are good, and they are moving. (2 is the highest they can score!) Then, we had the fetal monitoring. We sat in the chair and they are getting big enough, to where when they move they can really only go back to the same spot they were in...

Dr. Stephens said that even though I didn't gain any weight that week, the babies defiantly grew! He said IF we make it 4 more weeks we will be doing good. Holy cow! He really put it in to perspective for me that twins usually come early and in all reality we only have a couple weeks left! HOLY SHIT! I really hope we make it through March! All the showers are in March! We have to have the showers! We don't have anything!

So anyway, I guess that's the info. I'll try to scan the ultrasound pictures and see if they turn out. They really are getting big so you can't really see much... But we will see. If it turns out I'll post them on here.

Anyway, have a good night!

Leslie :)

Ugh!

Ugh! That's all I can say! God is obviously not a woman! If he were a she... She would have made the whole pregnancy thing more fair! Here you carry the kid for have the time and then it's the man's turn! I am so freaking exhausted it is unreal! I'm so tired at night, but as soon as I get into bed I can't sleep. So I drag ass all day because I got maybe 2 hours of sleep the night before. The only time I get decent sleep is on the weekend after Brian gets up to go to work. I don't know, maybe it's him. I can't sleep, so I lay in bed listening to him breathing or snoring some nights... Then my mind gets mad because he can sleep any where any time and I'm exhausted and can't sleep. Ugh! It's not fair!

We have a busy weekend coming up! Actually the next few weekends are going to be busy... This weekend we have Erin and Ethan's reception thing in Vienna, that morning mom is coming up and we are going baby shopping for her gift for us at the shower, and it is the Polar Bear plunge. Brian was actually going to try to get over his fear of water by doing the plunge this year... But he got denied for the day off. Stupid DOC scheduled some training so hardly anyone could get off. He did go Kiyaking last weekend though. I'm pretty proud of him for that! He is getting there... He didn't drown or break a phone, that's a major plus!

After our doctor appointment tomorrow, Brian and his friend Brian, (see there are to many Brians in my life and He wants to bring another one! Another UGH!) Are going to work on the laundry room. Hopefully get that mostly done. He is going to paint it so it doesn't look so funny with the new wall being different. We picked out the paint last night. Hopefully he gets that done so we can get my new washer and dryer in there. I'm not doing any more laundry until I get it in there. I'm out of soap and the HE washers take a different soap.

After this weekend it is MARCH ALREADY! Holy cow! March is the Month of showers! the 14th, my sisters are throwing one, the 20th is my dad's birthday! FYI, and my work people are throwing me a shower, I believe that's the date they set, then that Sunday the 22 is my friends shower. Then somewhere in there Brian's sister Jes is planning one. Whew! Busy month. I just hope I can still walk! It is getting harder and harder. Somewhere in there we have to find room to finish the babies' room so when we get all our great gifts we can put them where they belong instead of just in the basement! So much to do so little time! Anyway, I think that's all I have for now. Will hopefully get more pictures of the babies up soon. Should have some new ones tomorrow! YaY! Have a great day! Leslie :o)

Pictures of the Babies!!!!

This is the crowns of both their heads. They are both head down. A is Catie, B is Brian III. Brian is still sitting pretty high in my tummy but Catie is pretty low.

These are all of Catie. She's looking at you. The top one is the best. I think she was moving on the 2nd two. She has her little fist by her chin. You can just see her chubby little cheeks.
These are all of Brian, He's looking at you too. You can see his face about the middle and his tummy if you look towards your left, his spine is at the bottom.

Update

So, we had another appointment last Wednesday. The babies were both 2.5 pounds. Doing very well. We did the heart rate monitoring where they strap this belt around me with these two round things to pick up the heart beats. That was tough! We had to keep one on one baby and one on the other and in the mean time make sure I didn't pick up my own heart rate! Plus they don't like to be told to sit still! So they were moving all over the place! Brian watched the monitor and had to tell me every time we lost one, then I had to move around and find it back.
Also had the glucose test. It really was not as bad as I had myself prepared for! It did taste like flat Sunkist soda. That was a relief! I guess I'll find out tomorrow if I passed that...
Other than that, Sonya came over yesterday and we worked on the babies' room. We got everything touched up. All the stripes are touched up and I started to draw the polka dots! Yaa!! I got the long wall drawn! I don't know if I will have the energy to work on it this week or not.
My stomach is really starting to hurt now. Along with my ribs, and just about everything else. Getting harder to breath too, I guess they are fighting for space in there and moving around putting pressure on everything. If you think about it I have a 5 pound baby in side of me! That's pretty much a full term baby right now and I still have 11 weeks left! Last week I was all optimistic thinking that this wasn't going so bad and that I really thought I could make it to the 40 weeks. Now... I'm starting to doubt myself. Kim said she started to feel it at about 28 weeks... Right on Kimmy! But I'm going to hold out as long as I can. If it comes to me being miserable, or them inducing, I'll take being miserable. I want my babies to cook as long as they can. I hope I can keep working though... I really need to work as long as I can. I'm worried about being put on bed rest with my legs going numb and weak like they do. I'm also starting to get worried if I'm going to make it to the showers that my friends and family have planed for us. I guess we will just take it day by day...
Anyway, I guess that's it for now! I hope to get some more pictures posted soon!
Have a great day everyone! :)

more pictures

Woah!

So, the babies' room is almost done! I started to pull a couple pieces of tape off last night just to see what the stripes looked like. Then Brian got involved and we ended up getting all the tape off the walls! It looks so good! I'm so excited. Because we have the stupid textured walls in the house we will have to do quite a bit of touch ups because the tape wasn't as secure due to the stupid bubbles on the wall. But it still looks really really good! I'll have to get the latest pictures posted.

We have another appointment on Wednesday (Feb 11). I'm pretty excited because it has been 4 weeks since we have gotten to see the babies! I'm also kind of nervous. I hope to find out that they have moved and are now side by side long ways. They were vertical in my belly. Because it makes me nervous that I don't think I feel Catherine very much at all. I hope nothing is wrong. Brian, well, let's just say he holds up to the name! Takes after his father I can already tell! Sleeps quite a bit and then is full of energy! Kicks the crap out of me and probaby his sister too I'm sure! We were playing last night. It was fun. I'd push on my stomach and he'd push back. Then he'd push and I'd push back. I miss that with Catherine... I can't find her! She is so low and back so far that we don't get to play. :( Unless they have moved... I don't know I'm confused! This whole two baby thing is confusing! I'm 28 weeks Friday. Wow 12 more weeks and I'm at 40 weeks. That is if I make it that long! I hope grandpa J gets done with the crib soon! Since it is odd shaped, we will have to make the pad and the sheets our self. This is where we got the idea... http://multiples.about.com/od/cribs/ss/twincribs_7.htm

It is really cool because once they get to big for a crib the front comes off and the sides shorten and it becomes like a sectional couch thing... Pretty cool I think!

Anyways, I'll hopefully get more pictures of thier room posted soon. Plus an update on how everyone is doing after Wednesday's appointment.
Talk to everyone later! :)
Leslie

Baby room in progress!

Even though my grandma isn't here any more, her little stool is helping us get ready for our babies!

Yay Good news!

I must say that I don't know what I would do without my mom and Sonya! Mom came up Saturday and helped me finish drawing the stripes on the wall. We would have gotten them all taped but we ran out of tape again! After about 4 rolls of tape I am sooo happy to report ALL THE STRIPES ARE TAPED OFF!!! Sonya even came over on Sunday and put the first coat of paint on them! I wanted to pull the tape off sooo bad! But she told me no! :( it does need another coat. Now I'm looking for a cool polka dot pattern. I want sporadic polka dots, nothing uniform, but I'm afraid that if I just draw them on my own then I'll get the colors messed up and have a blob of blue polka dots all in one spot, or green or yellow.
The yellow... Drama behind that! Mom and I was at Wal-mart looking at yellow paint. We found two colors. One I really liked and one I thought Brian might like. I really only wanted to give him a choice between two different shades. Thinking he would agree with the one I liked of course... WRONG! He liked the darker of the two and I like the bright cheery color of the two... To give you an idea of the yellows... In the words of Sonya... The one Brian likes looks like a breast feed baby's crap! Enough said there! The one I like isn't as bright as a lemon, kind of a dulled down lemon color. I actually think I'm going to win this argument because simply I will probably be the one getting the paint! Plus as I look at it I really don't like the darker one. The babies' room should be bright! :)
Anyway, hopefully I will get some pictures of the first coat of stripes posted soon. And by the way... If I ever say I want to paint stripes ever again just remind me of this experience. It is sooo Time consuming. It better look awesome!
Anyway, I can't believe it is only Monday! This weekend went by so fast. I worked my butt of! Cleaning house, Brian invited people over to watch the super bowl, then fell and hurt his foot so I was stuck cleaning all by myself on Sunday. I hope the week goes by fast! I have next Thursday off. More cleaning and hopefully arranging the basement. Brian tells me that he is having Plato come over Wednesday and help move the furniture back into the basement... Keep your fingers crossed! Then I am co-hosting a baby shower for a friend at my house next Sunday and then I have that Monday off! I can only hope the work day goes fast and the evenings go slow!
I'm in my 27th week, the start of my third Trimester! Holy cow! That means according to all the books I have like 10 weeks or less left with having twins! OH MY GOSH! We have another appointment on February 11th. Then after that they said I will probably go to weekly status for check ups. I'm seriously starting to freak out! Not so much about the house anymore, but in like 10 weeks these babies are going to be here! We have nothing, (showers are coming up) But oh my gosh! We don't have much time left! I'm starting to feel the pains and stuff more and more. Before they were just on occasion, but now there is a pain more often then not.
Anyway, I guess I should probably get some work done... Hope everyone had a good weekend. I hope to get pictures posted soon!
Later taters, Leslie :)