Twins Tuesday - 33 Weeks

Evidently, babies are about the size of a durian...whatever that is!

How Far Along? 33 Weeks. 5 weeks or less to go!!

Total Weight Gain/Loss: I'm totally pleading the 5th from here on out...

Genders: BOY AND A GIRL!!! Grayson Wells and Raegan Elise!

Maternity Clothes? Yep!! With the exception of stretchy pants at home and some maxi dresses, I'm in maternity everything.

Stretch Marks? No. I didn't get any with Hudson, so here's to hoping I have the same luck this time around. 

Sleep: It's OK. Some nights are better than others. I do a good bit of tossing from one side to the other. Still like the room cold!

Movement: Yes. Anywhere and everywhere, especially from baby girl. She likes to assault my ribs.

Food Cravings: Fruity drinks are so good to me right now. The sweet tooth has been in overdrive the last several weeks. I try to eat fruit, some yogurt, or even a little cereal when I want something sweet, but I won't lie and say I don't give in to the occasional donut or cookie. ;-)

Food Aversions: If I get a whiff of something less than appetizing in the morning, that'll get me.

Labor Signs: No.

Symptoms: Sciatic nerve pain, getting tired out quickly, shortness of breath, frequent potty breaks, some head/backaches, and the exhaustion is back. Braxton Hicks here and there.

Belly Button In or Out? Very much OUT!

Wedding Rings On or Off? On

Miss Anything? I just miss not getting so winded after doing the smallest of things. (like, getting off the couch...not even kidding.) And normal clothes. I'm ready for normal clothes!

Best Moment This Week: Definitely loved the weekend with my boys, getting things hung on the twins' walls, and getting their dresser painted! Loving that things are finally almost done! We're just about ready (as ready as we're gonna be) for these 2 new tiny humans to join our family!

Looking Forward To: Getting the room complete. Our 33 week appointment is tomorrow and we'll have a growth scan to check out how the twins are growing and sharing. I'm anxious to see if Grayson's weight is closer to his sister's this time. We'll only have one more growth scan after this one, at 36 weeks (assuming I make it that far. No reason to think I won't, you just never know.).
So surreal that this is almost over.

A little side-by-side comparison of 33 weeks with Hudson and the twins. Whoa, momma!!!!

Happy Tuesday! Only a few more pregnant Tuesdays left! AAAHHHHHH!!!!!

Lately

Whew, it's been a hot minute since I've posted, huh?? Oops. 

Well, I can assure you I'm still here....still pregnant(33 weeks tomorrow!!), still tired, still chasing around a very busy "Wagon Wheel"(known to my child as "Nock Me") crazed 2 year old, while trying to get ready for two newborns. 

Things are interesting around here, and they're only going to get more interesting. 

I think we'll need our own TV show before too long. I mean, everyone else has one so why not??

Here's what the last several days have been like around here.....

I've been working in the twins' room a good bit when I can. 

You can see why I don't always get a lot done.

At least he's cute.

Playing "Nock Me"(AKA: "Rock Me", AKA: "Wagon Wheel") on his Bubble Guppies guitar....in momma's shoes. 

We had a pool day Thursday and Hudson was lucky enough to be the only dude there. 

He's pretty good at picking up chicks. Is that good or bad? Yikes!

Sometimes we take a break from our role as guitarist and sing vocals. Oh, and we use our maraca as a microphone. I think someone needs a mic/stand for Christmas.

And yes....daddy joined in on background vocals. Y'all. The people I live with are crazy.

Which is why things like this happen.....

I managed to get one wall project up in the twins' room. I'm pretty proud of it. We got the other (more complicated) one done last night but I'll wait and share pictures of it when I share it all...hopefully at the end of this week or beginning of next week.

Working on projects makes one pretty tired.

We finally got our acts together and repainted the dresser.(nothing like waiting until basically the last minute!) I've been going back and forth about it for a long time now but the very very pale yellow color just was not growing on me at all. We picked a shade that's exactly what I've been envisioning and it looks SO good, y'all! 

Don't worry. We had both windows wide open, the fan on, and the bedroom door open. This girl didn't breathe in crazy paint fumes!

It's hard to tell in these pics what the true color is. I'll wait and reveal that later when it's all done. 

It still needs some polyurethane. 

The detailed drawers are fabulous.....until you're having to paint them. 

I'm going to see if I can get away with just applying polyurethane to the top, and maybe the drawers. They'll be the most used areas anyway. Momma's just ready to be done, but it also needs to be done right!

Things are SO close to being done in their room. Bedding should here in no more than a week, my mom is making their curtains(because she's awesome!!! Thanks mom!) and I've got a couple more things coming to go on the walls over their cribs. Eeekkk! Cutting it down to the wire, but it's all on its way.

Was your weekend as exciting as ours?? ;-)

Twins Tuesday - 32 Weeks

How Far Along? 32 Weeks. 6 weeks or less to go!! (Doc won't let multiples go passed 38 weeks)
That can't be for real. I still have a strong feeling they'll come on their own around 35-36 weeks. Yikes, that's even more overwhelming!!!!

Total Weight Gain/Loss: I'm totally pleading the 5th from here on out....for my pride, at least! HA!

Genders: BOY AND A GIRL!!! Grayson Wells and Raegan Elise!

Maternity Clothes? Yep!! With the exception of stretchy pants at home and some maxi dresses, I'm in maternity everything.

Stretch Marks? No. I didn't get any with Hudson, so here's to hoping I have the same luck this time around.

Sleep: It's OK. Some nights are better than others. As long as I'm cool at night, I can sleep pretty good. 

Movement: Yes. Anywhere and everywhere!

Food Cravings: I've really been into lemonade, peach punch, lemonberry slushes from Sonic. Fruity drinks are so good to me right now. The sweet tooth has been in overdrive. I try to eat fruit, some yogurt, or even a little cereal when I want something sweet, but I won't lie and say I don't give in to the occasional donut or cookie. ;-)

Food Aversions: Aversions are pretty much gone now. If I get a whiff of something less than appetizing in the morning, that'll get me though.

Labor Signs: No!

Symptoms: Sciatic nerve pain, getting tired out quickly, short of breath, frequent potty breaks, some head/backaches, and the exhaustion is back. I've had a few Braxton Hicks too.

Belly Button In or Out? Very much OUT!

Wedding Rings On or Off? On

Miss Anything? Just being able to do things for myself...lift things, etc. I get super worn out after doing the smallest things and have to rest afterward, which makes being a SAHM/homemaker difficult at times.

Best Moment This Week: We had a date night this weekend and went to a great restaurant. We really enjoyed ourselves, and being able to talk. Usually when we're out, we're making sure Hudson's eating, trying to keep him entertained so he doesn't act like "that child" at the restaurant, (you know the one I'm talking about) and rarely get to actually sit down and enjoy a nice meal and each other's company. Hopefully we can squeeze in at least one more date night before the twins come, but this very well could have been our last one before we're a family of FIVE! Big thanks to Joseph's parents for keeping Hudson so we could go out!!
I'm also making progress on things for the twins' walls so that's exciting (and relieving). I've got to get some frames for that stuff, their bedding should ship in a week or so (YAY!!!!) and I've ordered an adorable door hanger and something to go over their cribs...so much for the DIY project I was going to do. Momma just doesn't have it in her at this point! I'd rather just pay someone to do it for me. I'm working on getting clothes, including Hudson's old clothes, freshly washed and put away and having their clothes organized before their arrival.
Hopefully in a couple weeks, I can finally have their room 100% ready and share pictures. I'm so excited about how it's going to look!

Happy Tuesday!

5 on Friday

Many of you have probably already seen these, but I wanted to share my 5 favorite Hudson pictures from the week.

He was channeling his inner Steve Urkel during lunch the other day.
"Did I do that?"

He loves watching videos of himself on the iPad. It's a little vain, but ya know...whatever. In this picture he's watching a video of himself at about 2 months old. Precious.

It doesn't happen often, so sometimes I have to document when Hudson actually plays independently while I cook dinner.

Or he'll sometimes go back behind me with the Swiffer Sweeper when I'm done with it. He was actually trying to turn on the light switch with it here. Pretty good problem solving for a 2 year old.

He finally came around to the Puddle Jumper and even though he's not comfortable enough letting go and floating around with it, he does like wearing it and mommy feels better knowing he's got it on.

Happy Happy Weekend!!!

31 Week Checkup

Doctor appointment went well yesterday. They did a fluid check and both babies' fluid looked good. Per the specialist's suggestion, they will do a quick fluid check at every weekly visit from here on out. This will just ensure baby girl isn't getting away with stealing all the fluid and "good stuff" from her brother. 

The non-stress test went wonderfully.(having them every week now too) Babies had great heart-rates, with no contractions or distress going on.

Laying on your back for 30 minutes or more with two babies laying on your vena cava, making you all kinds of dizzy and short of breath, and these things strapped to your belly is most definitely not my idea of comfortable, but hey...ya gotta do what ya gotta do.

At least they give me a comfy pillow. Next time, I'll request the lights be turned off so I can nap. :)

 Glamorous NST selfie...and my necklace attacking my neck.

Good looking heart-rates.

During the fluid check, the U/S tech managed to get a good shot of Grayson's face. Cutie!

If you recall from last week, Raegan was head-down in the vertex position for like the FIRST time this entire pregnancy!! Well, little miss decided she didn't like that and now her head is right under my ribs again. She's facing my back so no photo opp for her this week. This also means her butt is right on brother's head. Bless it! Guess it's payback for all the kicking he did of her head early on. 

Not even here yet and they've already got the fighting thing down pat.

When I got home, I had a surprise waiting in the mailbox! My friend Nancy made these adorable onesies for the twins. I die!!!

Can't wait to get these on them! Thank you, thank you Nancy!

I continue to be so thankful for such an easy, healthy pregnancy. Things are getting a bit more complicated, but not because anything's wrong. Multiples are so iffy and we're at the point where they need to watched more closely, and I really need to pay attention to my body in the event these babies decide to come early.

It's crazy to believe these babies will be here in no more than SEVEN weeks! My doctor won't let me go over 38 weeks, but also said if I go into labor at 35 or 36 weeks, she won't stop it. I still have a gut feeling they'll come on their own around 35-36 weeks, but only time will tell. The longer they stay in, the better, but sometimes it's better for them to go ahead and come out and as long as they're healthy and ready to live in the outside world, it's OK with me! I'm sure come 38 weeks(or earlier), I'll be trying every trick in the book to put myself into labor. HA!

I really better get my behind into gear and get things ready for them! (I keep saying that...)

Happy Thursday!