16 week appointment

All's good in babyland. I had a long appointment today. The doc did a complete physical and I had blood drawn and all that fun stuff. Everything looked great! He did an ultrasound to check the heartbeats and they are still beating away. The babes are actually too big to completely fit on the u/s. He didn't measure them today, but they are definitely bigger than last time. They were both laying on their backs face up. You can totally see the profile of their faces. On one of them you can see it's ribs. So cute! I'll post pics in a day or two after I get them scanned.

I'll be going in every two weeks from here on out to check my cervix (and hopefully look at the lil' buggers too). I'm halfway to my goal of 32 weeks. They babies should be completely fine if they arrive after then. This is going by so fast! :0)

As soon as we find out the genders we can settle on the names and I can start shopping!! Woo hoo! We should be able to find out in the next month or so...can't wait!

Preparing the nursery

We have (mostly) emptied out the room that will be the nursery. All that's left in there are two items that are too heavy for me to help move, and some stuff in the closet. I was really concerned about the size of the room. I didn't think I'd be able able to get two cribs, a dresser and a glider chair in there comfortably. Well, after taking out the full size bed, the 40 some odd inch TV, and all the other junk that was in there, it really makes it feel bigger. We just have my cedar hope chest and TV stand to move..but they're both heavy.

We did all that cleaning on Saturday. Sunday we brought in one of the cribs we got and managed to assemble it without instructions and without killing each other. It's actually a pretty nice crib. One side slides up and down, the mattress can be lifted up higher, and there is even a drawer on the bottom for storage. Amazingly we had all the parts and figured out where they all went. It's a Christmas miracle - lol.

We've decided we'll only use one crib for at least the first few months, until they roll around too much and disturb the other's sleep. From what I've read online that could last from 2 months to 6 months. Doesn't matter to me, we have crib number two in the garage and can put it together when needed.

I also went through the clothes and pulled out the items that are gender neutral. My mom offered to "pre-treat" them for stains and stuff - and I know she's itching to get her hands on some baby clothes. There were actually quite a few items that could be neutral. I wish boys could wear jean skirts, one of the items is an overall skirt with leather fringe at the bottom. it is SOOOO cute. I really want a girl just so she could wear that outfit with some little boots. Ah! Cute!

I'm really dying to find out their genders...hopefully they won't be shy when the time comes! I have restrained myself and have not purchased one baby item. I just can't bring myself to do it until I know what they are.

I can't wait!

14 weeks!

Time is going so fast! 14 weeks already! Yesterday I finally ventured out and bought some maternity clothes. My mom and I went to Lakewood Town Center and shopped around. I'm so glad I will finally be comfortable at work in some stretchy pants :0)

Also yesterday, my mother-in-law picked up some items from a couple who has two year old twins. We got two cribs, a few strollers, some toys, clothes, and some other items. We were able to get it for a really good deal. It is so surreal to have baby items in our house that are ours. Now I just need to get on Hubby to help me empty out the room that will be the nursery. I want to put the cribs together now :0)

The "pregnancy thing" is really becoming more real to me. I even can feel little flutters from the babies. I can't wait to feel some good strong kicks.

Two more weeks until my next appointment. Woohoo!

12w6d appointment

All went well today. We got the little guys, but the u/s was pretty fuzzy, so it wasn't as nice of a pic. Not even worth posting. They are 3 inches from head to butt - about 4" to their feet. My mom went to this appointment. I felt bad that she didn't get to see them very well.

My next appointment is in 3 weeks, I'll be 16 weeks. I can't wait to see how big they are then! We'll try to see the genders at 20 weeks (about 85% accurate), and we'll know for sure at 24 weeks (99% accurate).

Well, that's about it. I know boring and not much to report. But no news is good news!