:-)

The camera has arrived!

Fedex even called to make sure it was OK to just leave the package since it required a signature.
Now that is customer service!!!

Grr...

No camera today. That is sad. We should definitely be getting it tomorrow though (Friday). So this weekend w/o a doubt we should have some pictures up.
I am excited for Halloween. Our foster kids have never carved a pumpkin or dressed up or gone trick or treating or anything so tomorrow should be a fun day. We carved a pumpkin tonight, and I got them small little pumpkins to draw on and stuff. They spent a good hour drawing on their pumpkins. It was very cute.

I am much excited about next halloween! I will have 9 month olds to dress up and take pictures of :-)

I need to get to bed, so that is all for tonight. Stay tuned for pics!

Fun times.

So as a result of my mini panic attack about not being prepared, I decided to go to Target and spend some of my gift cards. I bought a car seat, a diaper genie II elite, a baby changing/diaper organizer thing, bedding, diaper genie refills, and curtains that match the bedding. I spent about $230.00 and it felt good. Haha. I have about $200 ish left which I will hold onto for diapers and such if I don't get them for my next baby shower. Now all I really NEED is a stroller, which if need be I will buy with the $200 I have left.

Also, we have a break through with the names. Sort of. What do you think of:

Daphne Rose & Olivia Mae

??? They sound beautiful to me :-)

What?

Um....so I just realized that it is entirely possible that I could be having these babies in 9 weeks. 9! That is unbelievable!! In 9 weeks I will be 34 weeks, which for twins is OK. My midwife just told me at our last appointment that if I go into labor at 34 weeks she wouldn't try to stop it. Of course the further along you are the better, but seriously. 9 weeks! I am not prepared in any way what so ever. The baby room is more or less a storage room. I don't have any diapers (except for one pack of 30 which are too big for newborns), I only have one of the car seats. I don't have a stroller. I don't have anything I need for nursing. I haven't taken any birthing classes. Oh gosh. I need to get my butt in gear. I have all of this money from my baby shower but I'm waiting on my next baby shower to buy anything, which I don't think is a good idea. I need to be more prepared. I could potentially have these babies this year. My baby shower isn't until January. Gadzooks! I also need to call the hospital and talk about how much it costs and stuff. I need to try to get a payment plan in place. I need to do a lot more reading too! Gesum crow, now I feel unbelievably overwhelmed.

9 weeks!

Desperate.

Ok. So I have been searching and searching for names that I like. Here are some Chris and I can agree on.

Daphne
Lorelei
Olivia
Addison
Erin (sort of agree on that one)


and here are some I've seen that I like but haven't asked Chris about yet:

Kacey
Aileen
Ava
Cameron or Camryn (?)
Claudia (although my cousin named her little girl that already)
Elaine
Hannah
Chloe

Again, I am not really in love with any of them. Olivia is actually my favorite so far.
This is kind of frustrating. I wish I could just find something I love love.

Oh well.

I look weird.

So. I saw my reflection in the window just now. I realized that, other than my stomach, I look completely normal. As a matter of fact from behind I do not look pregnant in the least. And while I might look completely normal, I also look like I have a huge basketball in my stomach. It's really weird looking. I turn to the side and all you see is ginormous belly sticking out. It's not proportional to the rest of my body in any way.

I knew this lady at Grace (my old church) that looked the same way. She was really skinny though. She just looked regular except for having a huge pregnant belly. I never thought I would have that problem though.

Oh well, it's one of those things that is a good problem to have I suppose. lol.

YAY!!!

So, we ordered a new camera and it will be here on Thursday (hopefully). I am very glad because I have really disliked not being able to post pictures and what not. It's depressing, part of the purpose is so we can have something to look back on, and we've missed some pictures so that is sad. What is not sad is having a new camera though :-)

Pregnancy news is sort of boring lately. As in there is no news. Nothing new, other than finding out it's two girls instead of one of each haha. They are kicking so so much, and I am actually kind of enjoying that. I feel very close to the girls (awe) and I am starting to actually talk to them. I'm not sure why I never really talked to them before, I guess now it's just getting to be so real.

We are having a really difficult time with baby names. So far we like Olivia and Addison the best, but no other names that I've seen have really sparked my interest. Chris and I both want to be totally in love with the name, not just like it, so I think that is our problem. We are very picky! haha. It's not even that we can't agree, it's just that neither of us really like any names. I've decided to put more time into looking at names. I've looked but not a lot a lot.

Otherwise there is nothing going on. Just same ole same ole. I've started working so I am blogging less now. I actually have a life haha. Well that is all. Good day :-)

So...

So I figured out why pregnant women are always touching their belly. It's the constant kicking. Every time you feel a kick your automatic instinct is to put your hand there. It's like when you feel a pain somewhere your first instinct is to touch it and put pressure on it or something.

Never thought about that before.

A list...

1. hopefully we will be getting a camera this weekend. HOPEFULLY.

2. Our due date has changed to like Feb. 6 now. They are growing nicely :-)

3. I am having a wonderfulicious day.

4. I am officially excited about having girls.

5. I've decided I definately want a big family.

6. I've also decided I am really enjoying pregnancy. It's amazing to have a little life, eeerrr, two little lives inside of me!

7. This is a silly post. :-)

Good day!

Recent events!

So last night was cool. The girlies were kicking me lots and lots, and since I can see it now I was watching my belly move. Then all of the sudden there was this HUGE BULGE on the right side. It was kind of firm feeling and so I rubbed it a little bit and it kind of went away. I think it was her butt. haha.

Also we got a bunch of pictures when we had the ultra sound. I have a photo album that I keep all of our pictures in and I put the face pictures side by side. There is a profile picture and kind of a frontal picture and I just kept starting them. One has a kind of a chubby face, and the other has a long face with a long chin. They are quite cute (but I am probably biased:-)

Well that is all. I have to go pic up my foster kiddos from school now :-)

p.s. I am in a REALLY good mood today. Good things are happening!

Poor Chris...lol.

So I went to the doctor today. Found out we are having two girls, instead of one of each. I am kind of still processing it a little bit. On one hand I am sad because I really wanted a boy and a girl, but on the other hand I am excited about having two of the same sex--things will be much easier. I can like girl-ify everything (if I want) plus we are already so well equipped for girls it's craziness.
There is a sadness though. Not like, OH GOD NOT TWO GIRLS kind of sad, just like...a bit of a loss or something. I don't know.
In the end I honestly don't really care that much, I am just thankful for two healthy babies and I can not wait to meet them.
Today I am officially six months pregnant. I've gained approximately 20 pounds since I first got pregnant, and they say I will probably gain 40 total. Wow. 40 freakin' pounds. Although if I am lucky and they go to full term they could be about 7lbs each, which is 14 lbs of baby, not including all the other crap that is in there. Awe, that just reminded me we saw one of them yawn today. And 'baby B' was sitting on "Baby A's" head. lmao. I find that hilarious. They both weigh just over 1 lb, like 1.1 lbs and 1.2 lbs. Perfectly healthy baby GIRLS! lol. You know what else, I could see them kicking and actually feel it at the same time. I was like...ooooooh I feel that one, and that one. We saw their little feet and toes. Actually we saw all of their organs too--kidneys, liver, heart, lungs, etc. Both of their blatters were full. haha. It's pretty amazing what you can see in an ultrasound.
Today's ultrasound was much better than any of my previous ones because the doc really knew what was what. We saw the OBGYN and the midwife today, normally we see the midwife only. I have to have ultrasounds by him more regularly now since I am getting further along. And in a month I get tested for gestational diabetes. I am kind of worried about that. I don't really have a reason to be nervous necessarily, but I am. I don't want to have diabetes.
Oh I was also really happy to hear that I can totally have the type of birth I want, if everything goes normally that is. He said most of the time the first twin is head first, and if it is and there is no distress or anything bad going on there is no reason I can't have the exact kind of birth I want. Also, they aren't going to keep me on a monitor 24/7 while I am birthing, so I'll be able to walk around and stuff while I'm in labor. That is really important to me. They do monitor, but I don't have to be strapped to a monitor the whole time. I really like my actual doctor, he was gentle and very much made you feel secure. He knew exactly what he was talking about and answered all of my questions, and was very open to whatever I wanted to do at the same time assuring me that mine and the babies health were most important to him. So. It was a good appointment.
Twin girls. That is crazy. Poor Chris, hopefully he will get lucky and one of them will be really into sports like he is. Go Gators!

!!!

So now I can see the kicks! I just thought that since I could feel it so well that maybe now I could see when they kick and I totally can! Crazy!!!

Kicking kicking and more kicking

So. These babies are really moving!! ALOT!! All night long, all day long, with only a few minutes in between. It doesn't hurt (yet) but man it's just non-stop! You can totally feel it from the outside too, although Chris doesn't have the patience to rest his hand and wait to feel it :-)

I have yet to discover foods/drink that make them move all around. I ate some seriously spicy chili the other day and they didn't seem to react lol.

Yesterday was a tough day. I just felt really tired and sluggish I guess. I didn't have any energy really. It was not fun.
We had a couple different people come by, the lady to consult on our alarm system and also the AC guys came out for a tune up.
That sucked because I had to make sure everything was straightened up, which actually wasn't a big deal or anything but I just wasn't feeling like doing much of anything. Soooooo tiiiiirrrrrreeeeeeddddd.

I think working for the next few months is going to be more difficult than I thought. However, I really need the money so I am just going to have to rough through it. I think it will be good for me to be more active in these last months anyways, even if I am tired.

Even though i was crazy tired yesterday I made it up to Babies R Us and bought the things I really wanted from there. They had some pretty cool closet organization things that were in the colors I wanted so I went ahead and bought those up. There is really only one other thing I really wanted from that store in particular, but it's $200 and definitely not a 'necessity' so I'll wait on that! haha.

Well i guess that is all I've got. Good day!

:-(

So. Our house got broken into yesterday. Everyone is safe, and we were not home when it happened but unfortunately they took all of our cameras! We don't have a single camera now. So I'm not sure when we will post pictures again :-( I think we will probably buy another camera pretty soon, but I'm not sure when. So that is sad.

They also took a bunch of my jewelry, most of it was stuff I don't wear so I wasn't too upset about that. However, it was a really scary experience coming home and finding my stuff all riffled through. I wasn't sure if someone was still in the house so I bolted out and called the police. We filed a report and tomorrow we are having an alarm system installed. I feel really good about that too. We are getting every window and door covered plus motion sensors. We aren't skimping. I think we kind of lucked out with the deal we got. With the economy the way it is, I doubt too many people are getting alarm systems right now. They had a good deal going and we don't have to pay for installation or the system at all. So I feel much better about our security now.

So that is all that is going on with us. I hope we are able to get a get another camera soon.

Promised pics!

The verdict is in...

and we are having a boy and a girl!!! YAY! I am so happy. That is exactly what I wanted :-) I knew it too, everyone tried to tell me two girls (before we knew about the boy) or two boys but I just had a feeling it was a boy and girl :-) I almost didn't even question it. I just felt like it was a boy and girl :-)

Now, today she couldn't see the bottom of the boy so she couldn't double check, but at our last appointment she was almost 100% positive it was a boy. Today she said she definitely saw a girl. I have an appointment with the actual doctor on the 22nd and he can really differentiate between the two bodies (our midwife has a harder time with twins). She didn't question the sexes, but she has a harder time because she doesn't see too many twins--just because not too many people with twins use midwives and there are so many midwives in the valley the chances of her getting a lot of twins is low. So I am excited about that appointment because I have yet to meet the doctor, and he is going to do an ultra sound and double check to make sure everything is good to go. There is no reason to think otherwise, it's just a policy for him to see us because we have twins. So yay :-) I'm so happy. Everyone is happy and healthy too, good weights and sizes and heartbeats. :-)

My appointment today was pretty cool. It was a group of 3 women all due around the same time. We went over nutrition and myths of pregnancy. We talked about what was normal and abnormal. It was also cool because we got to do all of our own vitals. Like I got to check my proteins and stuff in my urine (sounds weird I know but it's actually kind of cool to play a part in your own prenatal care), and weigh myself, and do my own blood pressure. Then we chart it all visit by visit to compare and make sure everything is looking good.

Chris got to feel the babies for the first time today. They finally kicked hard enough for him to feel. He cried :-) Isn't that cute!
I did too though, I was so happy for him to feel them finally. I love that he really wants to be involved. He comes to every visit, and asks questions and helps me ask my questions and stuff. I really appreciate that about him :-)

Pics to come!

Today!

Sooooo I (hopefully) find out the sex of the other baby today. HOPE HOPE HOPE! I am excited, obviously :-)
Everyone keeps asking me when/if we are finding out. Hopefully after today I will know. Encompassed in my appointment is a birthing class with other people who are due around the same time as I am. I am excited about that also. I am really anxious to find out about what to expect at the hospital and everything. I just found out that this lady I work with has had like 4 of her kids at the same hospital as I am going to use and she used a midwife too. She told me what she was able to do, and it made me feel good. She and I are very alike in our wishes in terms of how we want to birth our children.

In other pregnant lady news. I have grown a lot this week. (I promise to post pictures today or tomorrow). There are clothes that I could wear last week that I can no longer even button. So I am down to one pair of shorts, and one pair of pants that fit. Oy. This lady at the maternity clothing store was saying that it's much better to buy just a few things at a time as you grow, and that way you haven't spent tons of money on clothes you will (unknowingly) outgrow. I am happy to say that is basically what I've been doing. So I guess I have a little bit of shopping to do.

Well that is all. I have to get ready for my appointment but I will post the results!

p.s. Florida was awesome! Had a wonderful baby shower and it was great to reconnect with a lot of people. Thank you to everyone who came and my mommy for putting it on for me :-)