Wow!!

So Chris and I went down to the hospital today to pre-register and clear up our insurance insurance and stuff.

First let me say, that the lady who is in charge of the billing/insurance stuff is the nicest person I've ever dealt with regarding insurance/payment plans. She actually listened to us, and helped us out even though the hospital policy is different than what we were asking to do. We have lots of options and we are not going to have to pay our entire deductible when we go in. She was sensible, rational, and sincerely a nice person. That is very unusual in my experience.

Second, we were fortunate enough to have a nurse show us around the hospital. We got to see a delivery room and a post partum room. Can I just tell you that I couldn't even have imagined rooms as nice as the rooms they have. They have built in beds for the dad, the rooms are big and private, they have really nice and clean bathrooms with jacuzzi tubs in each room! It's almost luxurious!
In post partum rooms they don't have jacuzzi tubs but they have showers with the jets in them, and like built in seats in case you have to sit to shower. It doesn't feel hospitalish at all!! It feels more like a hotel to be honest. I was so impressed. I am so happy we get to have our babies there! Not to mention the fact that I haven't met a single person there that wasn't kind, patient, and sensitive. I feel so comfortable about having the kiddos there. I am muy excited.

Chris' mom comes into town today. Her plane was delayed though. I am so happy to have some family in town. Plus in about two weeks my Mom comes into town!

Well that's all I've got for now.
Good day!

Umm...

I have a weird feeling about today. I can't sleep (I am up at 7am for goodness sakes), and my stomach is upset. I'm not sure what it is, but I just have a weird feeling. I'm not having contractions or anything this morning and actually I think the babies are sleeping right now but my body just feels different. I can't pin it down.

I think I am going to try to get back to sleep, but lets pray today isn't the day. I gotta hold out until Friday.

**Secretly I want today to be the day! I want to meet my girls!! Alas, two more days is not that long. We'll see what God's got in store though**

OH man...

I feel terrible tonight. I am SO SO nauseated. It's killing me. Add to that some heart burn and it's not been a good night :-(
This is the first time in a long time that I've just been miserable like the whole night. Personally I think it's just a sign of things to come. My body getting prepared for some hard work. Or maybe, I just ate too much. I don't know. Either way I am not a fan. Not at all.

I mentioned earlier that the doc gave me some meds to slow down the contractions. She told me it might make me jittery and boy does it ever! The directions say to take every 4 hours as needed, I am really following the 'as needed' part. I have only taken two doses of the stuff because the jittery-ness is so miserable. Of course I am taking it when I need to, but if I'm not contracting I am not taking that stuff. It's terrible. It's funny because it makes me tired but at the same time it makes me feel like I'm bouncing off the walls. It's weird.

Well that's all I've got for tonight. Three more days and we are in the clear!!! YAY!

Goodness gracious!

Here I sit, basically on bed rest. Not officially, but I was told not to cook or clean and only to do what I absolutely have to do for the kiddos. To me, that is bed rest. I can take a shower and stuff, but I can tell things start to happen if I stand for too long so I just decided to stay in bed, other than to make myself some food.

I got the babysitter, Alyssa, to come over and watch the girls for me today while Chris is at work, and one of the ladies I worked with at the preschool is going to bring us some dinner. Isn't that so nice?! So I basically have nothing to worry about :-) Chris' mom will be here tomorrow, but not until 330pm, so I am going to get Alyssa to come over again tomorrow and then I'll be set.
I just have to call the people who are going to take the girls for us when we go into labor and set things up.
I'm somewhat disappointed because I had made appointments for the girls to see both the dentist and the doctor today and tomorrow so I would have it out of the way before I had the babes. So of course all of this happens and it ends up I can't bring them. I'm going to have to reschedule on a day that Chris can bring them, because I'm not stupid enough to try and bring two girls to the doc/dentist with newborn twins. lol.

I'm a bit hesitant to have people come over, because I haven't been able to clean for the last 2 or 3 days (not well) so the house is kind of messy. It needs a good mop/vacuum but I can't do either of those things :-( So that kind of sucks.

Well, I think I'm going to take a nap.
Pray they stay!

44 days my arse!

So according to our ticker we have 44 days to go. WHATEVER! We are lucky to have 6 days left!
Went to the doc and she says I'll be lucky to last until the weekend. These girls are coming, and coming soon!
I had to go on in because I was having contractions again so she had me come in for an u/s and to check me.
The u/s looked good, I am 2 cent. dilated, but I am almost completely effaced and she could totally feel baby A's head!
She said lets try to hold out until the weekend! My OB is out of town until then, and she said it will be better if he is there to deliver as opposed to the guy who is backing her up currently. He's a good doc, but Plimpton is better. She gave me meds to slow down my contractions too.

So OMG we are about to have babies! Freaking A. Pray that they stay in until Friday!

Well...

here I am, stuck in bed. On husband imposed bed rest. haha.
I was having some serious contractions yesterday. All day. It didn't matter if I stood, sat, laid down, walked, I was having those contractions. So last night they started getting a bit more intense and closer together. That's when I decided to go lay down and start tracking them. Very irregular, and they didn't get more intense each time. Apparently when you are in real labor they become very regular and more intense as time goes on. After about two hours they had pretty much stopped. I had a few during the night, but none this morning though. I still plan on taking it EASY today. I don't think I'll be able to stay in bed ALL day because Chris has to go somewhere for school and obviously we have the girls. So, I'll have to get up a little bit but I'll be in bed most of the day.

I will tell you what, they are moving SO SO much. From what I've read they kind of stop moving as much the closer you get to delivering because they basically run out of room. These girls though--both of them--they don't seem to have that problem. They kick kick kick. Maybe they are saying they want out. I don't blame them. It's crowded in there:-) FYI my uterus is the size of a watermelon now. A WATERMELON! Gesum crow--pregnancy is crazy.

This part of the pregnancy is the hardest so far. Mainly because actually getting to meet my babies is SO close. The waiting is just killing me and I want them to be born! I can deal with the morning sickness and the stretch marks (UGH don't get me started on those!!!!!), but this anticipation is just killing me. I'm so excited!
I'm not worried about being tired, I'm not worried about being a good mother, I'm not worried about the birth (not a lot anyway), I'm just excited to meet my little ones. I want them to be born, and I want our new lives to start :-) This waiting is very hard.

I was talking with someone the other day, and they were basically commenting on how difficult things can/will be. Like the exhaustion and having two and all that. My thoughts however tend to steer the opposite way. Not to say that I think it will be easy, or that I won't be exhausted. However, when you have been faced with the reality of NEVER EVER having children, and having had to find a way to reconcile that in your mind, your perspective changes. I can honestly say that I have never had a single time during this pregnancy that I worried about how things would be for me once the babes are born. Like about how tired I would be or how hard it would be or blah blah blah. It's not that I don't realize it will be difficult, but I know how it feels to truly believe in your heart that you will never get to experience that. I don't give a crap how hard it will be, I am just THANKFUL I get to experience it. I am thankful for every thing about this pregnancy from the unbelievable morning sickness I had, to the amazing midwife I get to use. I will be thankful for every midnight feeding. I will be thankful for my labor experience--even the pain, because there was a time that I believed I would never get to experience it. I know it's going to be hard, I know it's going to suck sometimes, I know that I might not always remember to be thankful--but I'm not focusing on that. It's a miracle that we have these babes, a true blessing from God. I think unless you've been through what Chris and I have been through--it's difficult to understand the fact that we aren't focused on the hard stuff. We are focused on the unbelievable miracle that God has and is about to give us. How could we possibly be worried or feel negative about anything we are going to experience--good or bad. We almost didn't get to experience it all. I am thankful, just thankful.
So no worries! Be happy for us, pray for us, encourage us, and keep positive. This is the best thing that has and will ever happen to us. Praise God!

It isn't very often that I do this...

But I have put my foot down as the man of the house.  Heh, before you jump up in my grits let me explain myself.  Aimee is very, very close to the point where delivering the babies is a-ok but she isn't quite there.  Today she have been having lots of contractions and I'm very nervous that those babies are going to come out too soon!  She'll be 34 weeks on Wednesday and after that we'll be fine whenever they decide to come (New Years babies?).  On top of that, the girls are both sick and our house has been full of snotty noses (and snotty noses are awful when no one has taught you how to blow your nose) and pitiful little coughs.  Today the girls laid down and watched movies all day and Rosa (our oldest) is already feeling better.  Aimee went out to the mall just to get out of the house and I'm afraid that she just shouldn't even be walking around anymore because tonight she was freaking contracting like crazy.  So, I made an executive decision and we're not going to CITD tomorrow; I'm going to do everything I can to keep Aimee in bed all day.  I might take Rosa to one of the churches nearby but she and Ave are going to be stuck in bed all day again tomorrow if I have any say in it.  Keep us in your prayers, we're so close!

Chris

Christmas has

come and gone we had no babies. Part of me was hoping for a Christmas baby :-) I was way nervous on Christmas eve because in the last 4 years we've had two babies born on Christmas eve and I was like "oh no! I am next!" But I wasn't, obviously.

Christmas in the Wickersham house was quite nice. We had church on Christmas Eve, the kids sang some Christmas songs and helped with the service in general--so that was sort of stressful for me, but at the same time really enjoyable. Chris and I decided to stay and go to the next service so we could just enjoy a service rather than only going to the one we were helping to lead. Then we went to this Chinese restaurant (a tradition in our church) with a bunch of people and had a really good dinner. Rosa and Ave had a great time because there was another little girl there that is Rosa's age and they sat together. Rosa especially had a good time. Then we came home, went to bed, and of course Santa came :-) AKA my Mom sent a bunch of gifts that were way awesome. lol.

Christmas morning was cute cute cute. Obviously the girls had a great time opening all of their gifts. Then I decided to start a new tradition. I'm going to cook a pancake breakfast every Christmas morning. I did that this year and it was very nice to sit down with our whole family and eat some good ole pancakes :-) Then we all took naps, got up, and headed over to our friend's house for Christmas dinner. It's more like an open house kind of thing but they serve dinner and everyone brings something and it's almost always the same people every year. It's really nice to have a place to go on Christmas since we don't have any family out here. So thank you to the Brooks!!

So that was our Christmas. Probably one of our better ones since we've been here in AZ. In previous years we've been responsible for a lot that goes on at church on Christmas Eve, but this year it was very minimal for us. Purposefully.

Babywise there isn't much news. Just getting bigger and bigger and bigger haha. I think I might've dropped--if not it's just gotten really low. It's kind of weird feeling honestly. My stomach touches my legs now when I sit, I have to be sitting up straight though. Now that is a weird feeling I am not used to. lol. Otherwise not much happening. Just trying to take it easy and enjoy my last month(ish) without babies :-)

Well, that is all. Good day :-)

Dreams

Merry Christmas EVe! Hard to believe Christmas will be here and gone in just over a day. Looks like no Christmas babies for us. Which is OK :-)

Speaking of, I keep having these dreams about going into labor. Not being IN labor, but going into labor. Like things happening which make me realize that I am going into labor. I.E. lots of bleeding, or being at a store and my water breaking. I'm not a fan of those dreams because they really just make me nervous. I wake up all freaked out and all I think about is being in labor. No bueno friends.

It's hard to believe I am 33 weeks today. In one week having the babies will be completely safe. CRRRRRAAAAZY.
I am very excited. Obviously I am nervous and all, but man am I excited. I can't wait to see their little faces and hold them and their itsy bitsy bodies. We got newborn diapers and OMG they are so small. SO CUTE CUTE CUTE!! I am just so excited.

Well that is all. HAPPY EVE TO ALL.

I hate deductibles.

I also hate the insurance that we have. I hate that we basically have no choice but to have this crappy insurance with an unbelievably high deductible. With a deductible as high as ours, the doctors make you pay a ridiculous amount up front because they are worried they won't get paid. So now, by the time we have our babies we have to come up with $2000 JUST for the doctor. Not to mention what the hospital will want us to pay up front. I have a call into the hospital to see what we can work out with them.

Honestly I feel like an idiot for not thinking about this whole situation months ago. We knew our deductible would start over again Jan. 1 and we didn't ask the doctor or hospital anything about it until now. And actually, they asked us about it--we didn't even ask them. We assumed, quite naively, that they would just continue to bill our insurance and we would pay that way. Duh, as of Jan 1 we will be back to owing our entire deductible again, why wouldn't they do the same thing the fertility clinic did? Stupid on our part. We could've paid little by little this entire time we've been pregnant if we had thought to arrange something earlier. Ugh. I feel like an idiot.

Chris came unglued when we found out about the money. He feels like the doctor just doesn't trust us so they have to charge us all this money up front. As if we wouldn't pay. They do have the choice about charging us up front, or just continuing to charge the insurance. It seems like it's most doctor's policy to charge up front. I don't have a problem with the doctor as much as I do with this RIDICULOUS deductible. And the way this 'insurance' isn't really insurance at all until you dish out $5000. I hate it.
Also, other than like regular yearly visits to the doctor or w/e, you are basically treated as if you are uninsured until you meet the deductible. Which I don't fault the doctor's office with, I fault the damn insurance company.

I will say however, that I am very thankful especially in 'these economically uncertain times' that we can find a way to pay it. Of course it's credit but we are lucky we aren't the situation that all of our credit cards are maxed out and everything, like so many other people. We've actually been able to pay down our credit cards/debt TONS these last 6 months. So, I'm not stressed about the money or anything really. It just really sucks and I feel like a complete moron for not handling this situation months ago.
Chris and I try to be as responsible as possible, but damn we were just really dumb for not thinking about this earlier. I feel that way anyway. He probably doesn't.

Oh well. Pray that we can work out some kind of payment plan with the hospital. So that way we only have to come up with $2000, instead of an entire $5000 (which is our deductible). That would suck.

It's so close!

Goodness sakes. I am going to have my babies so soon!
Today and yesterday were really awesome days in terms of accomplishing things I needed to accomplish.

Yesterday was our baby shower. It was really awesome. A lot of people came, and I got A LOT of gifts. Mostly clothes, very very cute clothes, some diapers, blankets, just lots and lots. So yesterday when we came home, I decided to go through everything I had and do a sort of inventory. I needed to see how much of what size I had in everything. I def don't have any worries in terms of clothing up through 6 months. I don't need to buy a thing until they are out growing 6 month clothes. Even then I have some stuff. Also, I have like 500 bibs. I still need some burp cloths. I only have like 6 of those.
So after all the inventory, I washed EVERYTHING. Every blanket, sheet, piece of clothing. Which meant I then had to fold and sort everything. It was a big job that I didn't finish until this afternoon.
In the mean time I went through everything else like toys, bathing stuff, diaper genie, etc. and unwrapped it all and set it up so I could actually use it. Now that was a job too! I can't even tell you how much garbage I have right now. It's craziness.
Word to the wise, unwrap/wash/set-up everything as you purchase/receive it. It will save you SO much time and hassle later on (like when you are 8 months pregnant and can barely move). As I was doing that I was trying to get the baby's room transformed from a storage room and an actual bedroom. Today I accomplished that!

Chris set up the crib, I got all the sheets and blankets set up on it. I put all the clothes away in the closet/drawers. I organized all my stuff into little organizer bins, I packed the diaper bag for the hospital, I organized the diaper changing areas, I just got the room all together. It's not painted yet, but there isn't much actual furniture in there right now so we can just kind of push it all to the center. Having the baby shower and putting the room together has got Chris super excited so I think he'll be in the mood to paint here pretty soon. He told me to go buy the paint tomorrow so he could get moving on it. I am purposefully not putting much in the room. I want it to just be a relaxing area. Not all cluttered with crap. We have two dressers, the crib, baby changing station, and soon we will have twin bed. I had originally planned to only have one dresser but I actually do need two dressers for all the clothes/blankets/sheets/etc we have now. I want to paint it a really pale yellow and possibly paint like clouds. We are also going to get wooden letters and hang their names up (after we have them). So right now, it's not necessarily 'cute' but it is usable and organized which honestly is what really matters at this point. It's also what I was super concerned with considering the possibility of my having these babies in just over a week. (They won't stop labor if I go at 34 weeks, this Wednesday I will be 33 weeks).

I decided that tomorrow I am going to go ahead and put the car seats in the van so that way they'll be there and we won't have to remember them. I am debating about just keeping my hospital bag and the diaper bag in the van too. I'm only debating that because I have like toiletries and what not in those bags and I don't want keeping them in the van to make them go bad or w/e. I think that tomorrow I am also going to set up the pack n play and basinet where I want it around the house. I want to be as prepared as possible.

I feel like I am going to have these girlies sooner than later. I am starting to have more contractions and today was just like one of those days where I was feeling lots of odd things, in places that might make you think you will have babies soon. haha. Hope that wasn't TMI. haha. Seriously though, I think it's coming up. It just feels like my body is getting ready for it.

Tomorrow I plan on getting the house cleaned up. Getting all this stuff has kind of wrecked my house. The last two days I've just had stuff strewn everywhere. I've got most of it put away now, but I need to mop and vacuum. My two favorite chores...ugh! Anyone want to be my maid for a day? I would probably pay you :-)

Well that is all in baby land. FYI I have an appointment with the midwife on Jan. 3rd and the OB on Jan 14. We will see what happens in the mean time :-)

Oh, and pray that our stupid insurance company gets it's act together. I've never seen an example of such stupidity in my life.
Good day :-)

I have to do this!

So this is in no way pregnancy related, but I care not.

Check out this video. Someone choreographed their Christmas lights to Mariah Carey's "All I want for Christmas"
At 59 seconds it really gets AWESOME!

I'm bored.

Here is a list of random things. I'm bored.


1. I can actually grab my belly button now. Which is weird and cool at the same time haha.

2. I have a baby shower tomorrow that I am mondo excited about!

3. I am so excited to have these babies.

4. I need to read some books on breastfeeding. STAT!

5. I watched 'The Business of Being Born' again yesterday. It takes on a whole new meaning now that I am possibly 4 weeks out.

6. Being 8 months pregnant is incredibly difficult. I can hardly move, I can't walk by anyone or anything w/o bumping into them, I am crazy uncomfortable.

7. At the same time it is wonderful. I love my big belly. I love feeling the babies move. I love anticipating having them. I love that I am in the home stretch.

8. I have a birth class with the midwife today.

9. I am going to ask questions about the placenta aka after birth. haha. Isn't that gross?

10. This is the end of this ridiculously pointless post.

11. Just kidding that wasn't the end, this is. Leave me COMMENTS!

FINALLY!!!

Here are some pics! This is me at 32 weeks :-)

This is my fav heheh

This one boggles the mind!

So, notice the stretch marks :-( 

It's been in the last two weeks that these beauties have come into my life. I looked at the last pics I posted and I have a beautiful ceramic skinned belly. And now, it's stretched out. lol. 

That's OK. I'm actually not that upset about it. As big as I am now, I don't see how it could've been avoided even with all the 'remedies' out there. I grew a lot in a short amount of time. What can you do about it? 

Today was my last day at the preschool. It was bitter sweet. I feel fine about taking this last month or so off though. I plan on lots of rest and relaxation. It's the last I'm going to get for quite a while. 

Well that's all I've got. I am sure you are as amazed by my largeness as I am. I can't tell how big I am until I look at these pics. Every time we take new pics my eyes bug out of my head. I only have a bird's eye view of this big ole belly. I don't get a profile view too often. 

Have a great night and leave me lots of comments :-)

OB appt.

So today I am officially 32 weeks, which is 8 months.

I AM 8 MONTHS PREGNANT!! Yes, I yelled that out loud when I typed it. heh.

We had our ultrasound appt with the OB today. The kiddos are huge!! (compared to last time anyways :-)
They both weigh about 3.5 lbs which is good but Baby A is just a little bit bigger than baby B. Their little feet are about 2.5 inches.
They are still girls, very obviously haha. I was like yeah...def a girl. They are both head down, which is awesome. Of course they can still move, but considering the amount of room they have, from what I've read its about this time they kind of keep their position. Especially twins since they have much less room. The doc said everything looks fine, and in a month they want me to have the babies. I was like whoa. That is soon. She asked about my contractions and since I'm basically not having them anymore we don't have to be concerned about it. And I guess she didn't need to check my dilation since I'm not having contractions. I don't have to have another ultra sound for month, which is around when they want me to have the babies. Although my midwife said she might do one in the mean time just to do it. I have like 4 appointments with her in the next month or so, so even though I don't have to have an ultrasound I will still be going to the midwife. We also asked about the possibility of them not being able to be at our birth, like under what circumstances that would happen. They basically said barring any emergency there is no reason they won't be there. So that is very comforting. That was basically it. Not very eventful this time around, other than the comfort of knowing that all is well :-)

Tomorrow is my last day of work at the preschool. I'm both excited about it and sad. I am excited because obviously it's nice not to work but I love the women I work with. Honestly they've been a great support too, between the 3 of them they've had 14 kids! lol. So they are quite experienced. So any questions I had or worries I could just ask them about and they gave me lots of advice. Good advice. I plan on staying in touch, because they are wonderful people.

So, I am working on the pictures. I have taken several I just need to post them. My computer ran of room to download them so I have to get them on Chris' computer and then upload them. Sorry about that.

Well that is all I've got. Nothing very exciting going on what so ever. Just being large and getting stretch marks :-( blah.
I do have 7 lbs of baby inside me though so I have a good excuse :-)

Good day to all :-)

Well goodness...

things are getting so close. Today I bought and packed most everything I need for my hospital bag. I am most excited about these amazing pair of slippers that are SO comfortable. I am looking forward to wearing them haha. I still need some like cheap night gowns that can pretty much get ruined, I gotta get my music together, and this battery operated candle--that looks and smells exactly like a candle but doesn't actually burn. I need to get my diaper bag together too, I got some diapers and wipes but I need to have the clothes, hats, mittens, etc put together. Problem is that I haven't actually bought my diaper bag yet haha. I need to get on that huh? So I am getting ready for the big day.

We have yet to start on the baby room. I thought I had my paint color picked out, but it turns out it was entirely too bright of a yellow so I need to find a much more pale yellow. We did get our baby gate though, it's huge. This weekend I am going to get set up though. I might just not even paint at this point. I don't know that I care that much. Chris is so busy and he is the one that has to paint, plus this is just going to be a crazy busy weekend so w/e. Maybe I will just roll with it.

Well I am going to take a nap. I am wicked tired after work today. I barely worked 3 hours. lol.

For the record...

I tried to post some pictures tonight, but there are some technical difficulties.
Chris will figure it out tomorrow :-)

Whoa

I am 1 centimeter dilated! That is way crazy!
It doesn't necessarily mean anything honestly. Some women stay dilated at 3 for weeks and weeks. So I just have to keep my eyes open about a few things but everything is A-OK. I am excited to be dilated haha.

We talked a lot about labor in this class, breast feeding too. She basically said relaxation is the key, for both topics. You have to find a way during birth to focus on something besides the pain--especially if you are going naturally. I have some techniques I plan on using. I was also glad to hear that my hospital has a labor tub. So I am happy about that :-)

Hearing that I am dilated honestly just affirms for me the decision I made to slow down at work. Clearly my body is starting to get some stuff going on, so I am glad I made the decision that I did.

So that is all I've got going on. I plan to post some pictures after the Gator game is over. Chris going crazy right now watching.
GO GATORS!

Well Well

Wow, pregnancy is getting very difficult lately. I was talking with someone the other day, and she asked me how much the babies weighed last time I went in. They were about 2.3 each, which is at the very least by now 5 lbs of baby. 5 lbs is almost full term for most women. Which made me realize I am starting to feel the effects of being full term. The weight, the contractions (BH), the tiredness, the pressure. Just everything. I still have quite a while to go too. It's crazy.

This last week at work has just been hellish. I realized my body was just telling me I needed to slow down. So Friday I told them I couldn't work anymore. We actually came up with a really good solution though. I'm just going to cut down my hours--2.5 hours 4 days a week. Possibly a little bit more if I work on Wednesdays too, which is just the planning days. I sit almost the entire time on Wednesdays. We have to run it by the principal on Monday to be sure it's OK, but the teacher doesn't think it will be an issue what so ever. That way I still get to work a little bit, I can take it easier, and they still get the help they need at least to get them through to Christmas break. As of Christmas break I won't work at the preschool anymore though. Which was sort of the plan anyway. So I am happy about that. I actually feel very relieved and I know it's what my body needs. These 6.5 - 7 hour days were really starting to effect my body. If it were a job that I just sat the entire time, I would just get through it. Mainly because I would know I wasn't exerting my body, but working at the preschool I was moving the entire time. Standing up and sitting down, chasing kids, getting on the floor and getting up again, sitting in those little bitty chairs, it was just too much. So, it was a great compromise.

We have a class with the midwife today. I wouldn't be surprised if she does do an ultra sound just because of the whole hospital thing. I know at the very least we'll hear the heart beats which I always love:) I doubt we'll get a u/s though, she has a hard time reading them with twins lol. I'll make a doctor appointment though to see the OB I am sure.

I fully plan on posting pictures today. I really hope to. This week has been crazy. We have had meetings or plans every night this week. I am very glad it's Saturday.

Good day to all!

The unknown tribulations of pregnancy.

First of all, I am 30 weeks as of tomorrow. 30! Very very soon I will have two little bundles of joy to love and care for, VERY SOON!
I can't wait to see them, and their hair and eyes and cute little bottoms. Oh gosh. I am so excited, but at the same time I am getting somewhat wigged out about actually giving birth to them. I am about to give birth. That is truly mind boggling.

Speaking of birth, I have begun the not very fun stage of having Braxton Hicks (BH) contractions. Something that no one ever tells you is that BH hurt! I thought that you could just feel them, I didn't realize they were actually painful. So now, almost every time I get up from sitting or walk more than say--5 steps I get them. It is not fun. I am thankful I really only have two more weeks of work at the preschool and I am finished. I am seriously in pain working. It's getting to be very difficult. I actually only have 9 days left, of kids in the classroom. I can make it. It's a fair amount of money to be earned in the next two weeks so I will just suffer through. Barring anything of significance happening.

As I am typing, 'Big Bootie' is really moving! I can see her just moving right across my tummy. I think it might be a foot or something, I'm not entirely sure. She's just going crazy in there. lol.

Chris and I had a little date night tonight. It was actually very unexpected. We were supposed to go to a class on labor techniques but apparently all the classes at this particular place are 'on hold' for re-evaluation or something. Online they have a whole calendar of classes listed, but aren't actually offering any of them. Thankfully I called to see if I needed to do/bring anything specific, otherwise I would've shown up to an empty parking lot and locked doors. Which really would've pissed me off.
So instead we went to dinner and a movie--we saw Twilight. I liked it and Chris 'didn't hate it' lol.

So that is what is going on lately. We have a class with our midwife this Saturday where I am sure we will at least hear the heartbeats. I'm going to ask her about my hospital visit and these BH contractions.

Oh btw, Chris got his new camera today so we will probably post some pictures tomorrow. Some much higher quality pictures :-)
Good day to all!