21 Weeks

Starting off, here is my 21 week belly.
I looked like hell in the picture, so I cropped myself out of it.


This past weekend was a lot of fun, and quite busy. Saturday we had dinner with our friends at Valley Vineyard in Morrow, Ohio. It was a lot of fun and I enjoyed getting to see everyone.

Then Sunday I went to the outlet mall with Charlotte. I got some cute baby outfits.



I was also able to find two maternity dresses, and a few shirts. The shirt I'm wearing above won't be working for long...I learned while shopping that buttons down the front isn't going to last as I grow. :) I'm thinking eventually I'll just start wearing tents.

The best part was coming home Sunday and finding this:



Brian put the cribs together and even attached the mobiles. They look so stinkin' cute. Now we just need to decorate!

Today I got a package in the mail from my mama. She sent me some different quilting stuff and a really cute maternity shirt she made me:

My mama is so talented!!

Tomorrow I have a follow-up OB appointment, and a list ready with many questions and stuff to go over. I can't wait to hear the heartbeats and then eventually have another ultrasound to see the babies again!

Boo!

Either I'm getting sick or allergies are starting to bother me, but either way I am not feeling so swell today. Hopefully this passes soon...

20 Weeks- Halfway there

So I'm half way there...or more than half way if the twins factor is taken into account. :) I've been feeling great and actually had enough energy after work today to walk Wilma around the block and then paint the baseboards in the kitchen. Now I've eaten dinner and I'm thinking ice cream sounds delicious! Oh- my appetite has kicked in too.

Here is my 20 week belly:



Please excuse my "appearance" this is after all the walking and painting and dinner and I'm settled in for the night.

We met up with the Downing and Wessel families for dinner. It was a nice grill out hosted by Jack and Sarah and afterwards we enjoyed some social time around a nice bonfire. We were up very late, and ended up sleeping in Sunday. Brian took me to breakfast for Mother's Day and then we did some light shopping and had dinner with Brian's parents. It was a wonderful "1st" Mother's Day. I can't wait until next year when I'll have two babies to celebrate the day with! While out shopping we picked out the babies nursery bedding sets:


Carebears & Looney Tunes

So once we get the kitchen finished- soon, so soon- we are going to move onto decorating the nursery! :) Speaking of babies- according to my weekly e-mail updates the babies are the size of 10.5 ounce cantaloupe. Which sounds HUGE to me, but I do love cantaloupe. :)

Registery, check!

Last night Brian and I went to Babies R Us after work and registered! I had researched a lot of technical stuff on-line beforehand and even we that we ended up being there for 2.5 hours! It was a fun trip though. We played with the stroller, drove it around the store, made sure we liked the way the car seats worked and even "messed" with pack n plays to ensure we liked the one we chose. In addition we were overwhelmed by the feeding department and fell in love with a $700 glider and ottoman set...which we did NOT register for. :) It was a good trip for us to get our feet wet in this whole "baby" thing too. I'll admit, I felt pretty ill prepared for having children while there. I wasn't sure about half the stuff there. Then Brian reassured me, "People have been doing this since the caveman days.", and I just know we will get this right. :)

After registering we had yummy burgers at Red Robin- Brian's favorite! By the time we got home we were both pretty beat. We did make a quick pit stop by Lowe's to purchase the tile saw for this weekend.

I'm very happy it is Friday. Tonight we are going to relax, then tomorrow we are getting our new dishwasher and perhaps starting on the tile. Tomorrow night we are going to the Wessel home to celebrate Mike Downing's birthday with a grill out. Should the weather permit there is going to be a bonfire later that night and we'll meet some new people. Then Sunday more tiling and I'll work on some house chores. Kind of busy weekend coming up, but we're almost there with the kitchen... :)

And the results are...

Baby A is a Girl and Baby B is a boy! Here are the ultrasound pictures:


Baby Girl's Profile


Baby Girl's Foot


Baby A is a Girl!



Baby B Profile


Baby Boy Thumbs Up!


Baby B is a Boy!

And here is Mommy at 19 weeks:


Both babies are doing great and measuring right on track. They are each 10 ounces and the heart rates are good and strong. Baby A was moving all around in the ultrasound, very active little girl. Baby B was pretty calm and just floating around in there, like his Daddy, cool and calm. :)

18 Weeks 2 Days

Here are some pictures of my belly at 18 weeks, as well as a picture of Wilma and I. Also in the background are our new counter tops and painted cabinets. Hopefully this weekend we'll get paint picked out, and perhaps on the walls.

17 Weeks

Sorry I missed Week 16, but here is Week 17:

Today I saw the OB. It was a good appointment and we went over a lot of information. I'm measuring right on track for twins, but that also means I'm measuring a "normal" 26 weeks pregnancy! Which explains the horrible back and belly pain I've been having.

My mother-in-law has offered to co-host a baby shower with my mom, for the family people to attend! Then...my wonderful friends Sarah, Erin and Angela offered to throw me a "friends" shower, which is so generous of them. We are certainly lucky people! Additionally Aunt Katie has given us not only two cribs, but two high chairs and Aunt Patty has given us a number of Little Tikes toys...so we are off to a good start. I've started really narrowing down what we'll register for, man there is a lot of stuff to take in!

We are mostly excited for May 4th, when we'll have our next ultrasound AND found out the babies' genders. I've posted a poll for Baby A and Baby B. So...everyone VOTE! :)