Joseph Playing and Babies Moving!

Joseph spent 5 hours yesterday playing at the beach in Lake Zurich, IL yesterday with family. He is loving the water this summer, and apparently can't get enough of it because last week he woke up saying "I want swim". We've got his "big boy room" just about done, and plan to move him into it sometime in July so that we can get him used to a twin bed before the babies arrive, and get a second crib and a few "girly" items into the baby room. When the high risk doctor mentioned 36 weeks as a delivery time to me last week (of course we still have no idea of exactly when), I realized for the first time that we only have like three months left to get everything ready. (to a normal person this wouldn't be a big deal, but to someone who plans everything this means I should have ordered our crib yesterday). The girls are about a pound each, and have maneuvered themselves into the head down position! Pretty early for them to stay that way, but it seems they still have room to flip. There's a lot more kicking and punching going on in there, and quite a bit of belly out here!

Happy Father's Day!

DISCLAIMER: Photo not taken this weekend. Dressing a child in long sleeves and jeans when temperatures are approaching 90 is borderline abusive. More so than spanking. :)

20 Weeks - Halfway There!

Summer Fun Has Finally Begun

Seems the warmer weather is finally here to stay (nice considering it's June and all). After the Penguins won the cup on Friday night, we spent the rest of the weekend outside enjoying the sun. Brewers vs. White Sox at Miller Park on Saturday, and the Milwaukee Zoo and Conway Sprinkler on Sunday. In preparation for all the weekend activity Jay cut the grass during the week, and as usual, Joseph was right there beside him doing his part.

Anatomy Scan....Check!

Today we had our "marathon ultrasound", aka full anatomy scan on both babies. While we're not sure how many toes each baby has or who's feet belong to who, we do know that all limbs, organs, chambers, spines, and heads are accounted for (see two heads pictured above). The girls (yes, they are definitely girls) are facing each other and both feet down so all that could be seen from the 2D ultrasound was a big foot party going on at the bottom of my belly. They each weigh in at 11oz and are measuring on track at 19weeks. The doctor said not to loose any sleep over the feet, and I assured him that is not what keeps us up at night (barking dogs, street sweepers, and the sounds of birds chirping way too early in the morning have that covered). He also said that I need to come back to meet with a different dietitian on Friday to start the finger pricking, and then back in two weeks to meet with both him and the dietitian on the blood sugar levels and next set of growth measurements on the babies. I asked if they had a frequent flier program I could join for free beverages or food in the cafeteria, but apparently no such program exists.

Our First Prom...Together

Now if it were photos from our proms back in high school, Jay would have been sportin a mullet and I would have been wearing a very stylish banana clip back in the early 90s (I still think the banana clip dos look good, but can't say the same for the mullets). For this prom we were out in our neighbors back yard, slow dancing and bustin a groove to popular 80s hits and more recent hip hop (bend over to the front and touch your toes). Hmmm, wonder why there wasn't any country music....

It's funny that you don't realize how big you are until you see yourself captured on film. This time around my belly is super high and super huge compared to when I was pregnant with Joseph (yes, I do realize there are two babies in there but c'mon...that's 14 oz of baby instead of 7). But according to the dietitian, I am "right where I need to be" in weight gain and need to continue gaining a pound a week. I was confused as to how exactly I would do this while on a low carb diet, but to my surprise and utter happiness I am being allowed 30-45 carbs per meal this time and 2000 calories a day. Now it would be nice if those 2000 calories could include a smoothie or huge bowl of pasta, but I'll be ok with apples dipped in peanut butter and a cup of pasta with two meatballs instead. :)