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Oct 25 2007

bump watch '07, Hayden 24 months, hospital stay

Belly Pic

Me and the twirls at 30 weeks!!!!!

Your baby’s about 15.7 inches long now, and she weighs almost 3 pounds (like a head of cabbage). A pint and a half of amniotic fluid surrounds her, but that volume will decrease as she gets bigger and takes up more room in your uterus. Her eyesight continues to develop, though it’s not very keen; even after she’s born, she’ll keep her eyes closed for a good part of the day. When she does open them, she’ll respond to changes in light but will have 20/400 vision — which means she can only make out objects a few inches from her face. (Normal adult vision is 20/20.)

Here’s a new pic of my daughter who is no longer a baby whatsoever.

Oct 03 2007

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27weeks, bump watch '07, twins

27 weeks

This is me with the twins…definitely getting huge!!!

This is me with Hayden at 30 weeks

ps…update on the Day 5 post…I added some pics 🙂

Sep 14 2007

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24w, bump watch '07, twins

I’ve definitely bloomed

Bj told me the other day that I was definitely showing…lol 🙂 yep…i sure am!

This is me…24w1day

How your baby’s growing:

Your baby’s growing steadily, gaining about a quarter of a pound since last week, when she was just over a pound. Since she’s almost a foot long, that makes a pretty lean figure, but her body is filling out proportionally and she’ll soon put on more baby fat. Your baby’s skin is thin, translucent, and wrinkled, her brain is growing rapidly, and her taste buds are developing. Her lungs are developing “branches” of the respiratory “tree” and cells that produce surfactant, a substance **that helps the air sacs inflate easily.

Aug 27 2007

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bump watch '07, summerlins new car, twin baby shower 3

Showers of Blessings
–The Finale

I had a wonderful third shower on Saturday! It was titled a Baby Blessing because the ladies wanted a chance to just sit and pray over me and the babies. It was such a time of peace to be with so many believers who are lifting up our family daily.

We got some more necessities and some super cute clothes, and even some homemade blankets and booties that are so adorable.

My mom gave us very practical stuff this shower. ….it was pretty funny, but it was stuff that I have been saying that I needed and since she comes every Tuesday to help me with stuff, she has been making note of all these things…such as an apple slicer (will save me hours of slicing apples for 5), she got me some fan/light chains, because I can’t reach half of the ones in my house, oh and she got me black peppercorn refills for my pepper shaker, and a book from a mother to a daughter, and lastly….she got me my one big craving that I’ve been having lately…ice cream sandwhiches 🙂 YUM! It was so cute 🙂

I can’t believe we are winding down in this pregnancy. I remember when we first found out it was twins and started planning these showers and I had thought to myself, “Ok, so August is back-to-back showers, then labor day, then hayden’s birthday party and then hospital….ahhhh!” well now we are here at the end of August which means 4 weeks until admittance. I know they will fly by and it is just so crazy how the time is zooming now. (Here’s me at 21w2d)

I have an appointment today which we are looking forward to! I love seeing how much they grow in just 3 weeks time. Plus today we will figure out the day I get admitted and all the in between stuff as well.

We had a really nice weekend. We started it with my parents bringing Chinese food over on Friday night and then we watched the Astronaut farmer, which turned out to be good, but very long and kind of slow. My parents were recently blessed with a new car and so they got to show us, and it is so nice. It has a DVD and fits 8 🙂 Perfect for my growing family!!

Then Saturday, poor BJ hasn’t got to have a day to do his own thing in so long, so he got to play golf twice in one weekend this weekend 🙂 We also got to see his brother’s band play on Saturday night. It was Britt’s last performance with them, as he has resigned his spot in the band.

On Sunday we went to church and Hayden decided she was going to make a grand entrance. She was waving to everyone she saw like she was Ms. america, and then one lady smiled at her, so she came right up to her and said “Hi, I’m Hayden” and just waited for the lady to introduce herself as well. It was hilarious! My little social butterfly.

We got to swim with our pals after church and it was such a hot day! Perfect for the pool!

Such a nice weekend indeed!

Aug 13 2007

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19w3d, bump watch '07

19 weeks 3 days

I look tired from my Sunday nap, but I wanted to get a pic of my belly since its really been on the grow lately.

Jul 20 2007

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bump watch '07, hayden 21 months, remodeling

16 weeks

Oh where has the time gone. I can’t believe I am 1 week away from my halfway mark of this pregnancy. That is unbelievable. Since our news last week from the doctor we have jumped on our timeline of things that we wanted to do before the babes arrived. My dad, mom and aunt and her two children arrived on Monday morning to assist.

We moved furniture, we cleaned carpet, we organized, we painted furniture, we did just about a little of everything it seems. Then Tuesday they all came back (minus my dad) and painted my office, hung shelves in the nursery and bathroom, decoupaged, and more things I’m sure…but we did a ton. These guys were the greatest helpers ever!!!

They were soooo tired!!!

My office looks so cool. The furniture isn’t all back in its spot yet, so I didn’t want to take a picture of the disaster but I wanted to show you the picture of the wall color that we did.

I love it!!

The nursery actually is looking like a nursery finally. We are still a long ways off from finished but at least you can tell what kind of room it is, instead of just a junk/storage room. We registered the other day and that is always so fun. This time I did most of it all online which is so handy! I couldn’t find bedding for so long that would compliment the set we used for Hayden and finally I did. I love it. It’s at Amazon.com and I think it goes really well, yet gives individuality as well–Which is our goal for these girls. We know they will always be lumped together in a lot of things, but we don’t want them to be lost in the “Twinness” of it all. We want them to know that they are both individually special to us and hopefully make them feel that way in life.

Oh…just a sidenote….we got our first round of nuchal translucency tests back and they were all clear!!! Praise the Lord for healthy, growing babies 🙂

My stomach has decided to go ahead and hurry on up as well. Seems that I woke up about a week ago and HELLO TUMMY there it was!

I am up 1 1/2lbs so far and hoping to continue at a slow pace. With Hayden I was packing it on from the day that test said positive, so this time around I’ve really been trying to be healthy and stay active, and how can I not be with a toddler zooming around me 24/7. But I am feeling great. Trying to stay up and active while I can, so if I do have to be in the hospital at least I was active as long as possible.

Speaking of the little tot, she found her mother’s purse yesterday and got into my lipstick…this is what I found

…….already a glamour girl. 🙂

In other news this rain is getting really old! The summer is halfway over and I have been in the pool twice! Ugh! it rains EVERY SINGLE DAY! Now I know how Noah’s family must have felt. At least I’m not cooped up with a bunch of wild animals!