latest ultrasound and tangents

Once again, I'm up at 4:30. I think this is the only time I blog.
So we had an ultrasound on Wednesday to check up on the twins. Kiersten is very shy and doesn't like to be viewed much. She kept turning away from the ultrasound and it was really hard to get all of her measurements. That and she is right under my ribs as high as she could be. When the tech went to do measurements of her face she switched over to 3D to get a picture and there is a hand covering her whole face! I don't know how to post pictures on here or else I would- its so cute! I posted it on facebook.
The boy, Brad, was just the opposite of his sister! We got a very cute 3D picture of him and he stayed still for the most part of the measurements. We had to chase him a little but nothing like what Kiersten was doing! We had to stop and wait multiple times for her.
After the tech was done the Dr came in to go over the results with me and to check on a couple things himself. He scared the heck out of me! He barged in the room and quickly sat down at the machine. I thought something was really wrong by how fast he was moving. Then when he went to ultrasound, he dug the wand in my belly and I thought I was gonna die! He just checked the heartbeats on both then asked three health questions about me and left. He was there maybe 5 minutes top.
So the twins weigh 2 pounds 8 oz and 3 pounds 4 oz. Which is not what I really wanted to hear. I was really hoping she weighed more than that. Brad is the bigger one weighing 3/4 of a pound more.

So anyways. I started getting braxton hicks this week. Sunday was the first day and I had no clue how many was normal or if they were normal at all! I scared my stepmom because I kept trying to get ahold of her all afternoon and when she got back to me she though I was in labor because she had 3 missed calls. But anyways, I have still been having some but not nearly as many as Sunday. Whenever I ask someone about how to tell the difference inbetween braxton hicks and labor they always say, you'll just know. It's just something that when it happens, you'll know. It makes me laugh because that is always the response so I guess, I'll just wait and find out!
So the last week or so I have really been worrying about preterm labor, well, I guess it started on the 4th of July I was talking to a random lady at the Bidwell Park celebrations and she said her sister had her twins at 6 months. And then I realized, Holy Crap! I'm 6 months! So ever since then I have really been worried about it. I was over at the Doughman's doing laundry this week and Kiertsen and I were looking for something to watch and they had DVR'd the Baby Story Series and one of the episodes was about twins. Well, I got really excited and wanted to watch it so I could see how another family did with their twins and what they chose for labor and all that jazz because I don't know very many people who have had twins. So the episode only further tramatized me! They chose to do a C-section because it was easier (which I didn't want to see because I am really hoping to not have one) and then both babies were at or under 4 pounds and they were both on oxygen and IV's with tubes going everywhere. And then my babies weigh less than hers so I'm freaking out thinking my babies would be much worse. Poor Adam, he's probably tired of me freaking out and stressing but he handles it well and usually can calm me down right away.

So on a lighter note- My friends in Modesto are throwing me a baby shower tomorrow and I am soo excited! I think I am more excited to just see all of my friends than to actually have a shower haha. Tara, my best friend throwing the shower, wasn't getting any rsvp's and so everytime I talked to someone who might go to the shower I would ask them if they were coming, which drove Tara nuts I'm sure :) But I'm just so excited I couldn't help it! I was laying in bed this morning after Adam got up to get ready for work and I couldn't stop thinking about everything we have to fo before we leave, what time lines are like for the two days down, who I had to call still ect. It was driving me nuts so I decided to get out of bed and join Adam while he was getting ready in the living room. And that's why I am writing this blog. If I write everything down that I am thinking about or worrying about it clears my mind so I can think better (and hopefully sleep). So thanks for going along on the ride of my tangent brain. Now I am going to try and sleep before Adam gets home from work.

My ribs are killing me!

So it has been a really busy week! My Dad flew out from Maryland and stayed about 12 hours. He came to California to go to girl's camp with the ward I grew up in. So I was a pit stop on his adventure. We made the caramels which I had been craving for the last 7 months, which were so yummy that they are already ALL gone. But in my defense we shared them with our cousins : )
Anyways, This last week we have had 6 appts these last 3 days alone!! I had my blood drawn on Monday morning (which the dextrose drink made me sicker than a dog!) But never the less, I passed my glucose test!! YAY!! I was so worried about that! Anyways, Adam and I started Lamaze and labor information class. Poor Adam, he was bored to death during the class because it was info on c- sections, epidurals, and fetal monitoring. But anyways, we decided to do lamaze this early because I don't expect nor want to go to October and August I think I will be on bedrest with twins.

So I had another appt this afternoon and my ribs have been killing me for 2 days now! They hurt so bad!! So the lower baby was breach and kicking my bladder but in this ultrasound, the lower baby has turned around to help their sibling and join in the fun of kicking my ribs. Oh man! It hurts! I have tried everything to move them! Well, nearly. After I finish this I am going swimming and am very happy to go!!

Well, anyways...I hate this heat. But I love coming home because we leave the air running and its just soo refreshing to come into the cool house! That or to walk into a building. Well, au revior! I'm going swimming!

Blog guilt...

I woke up about 2 hours ago with a huge headache, sore throat and a stuffy nose...Great. So now I am waiting for Adam to get up for work (he'll join me in about 15 minutes) Adam works at Target unloading the trucks and stocking the shelves.
Anyways, I've just been up reading various blogs thinking that reading will make me sleepy but it actually made me even more awake. So after reading I feel guilty about my own blog! Normal blogs are just updates on life, kids, work, whatever. Mine is a random tangent mess. Oh well! Although, reading blogs made me want to take more pictures of life and write more about Bradley and Kiersten (our twins).
So the newest update with our babies is yesterday I realized we are going to have a very pretty boy! We have started to collect baby clothes from friends and my sister and we have only girl clothes!! Well, I bought some boy clothes off of craigslist but its a fraction to all the girl clothes we have. I got a bag of baby clothes from my friends sister in law and I thought they were going to be boy clothes because I thought she had a boy for some reason. Anyways- there were tons of pink outfits and I started laughing and said to Adam- we are gonna have a naked boy or a very pretty boy haha. I am very grateful for all the help and items we've been getting for our babies. Our ward has been absolutly awesome! I think this is my favorite ward that I have lived in.
So I last blogged about me having another Dr's app't. It went really well. I told the Dr that I feel so big and my hips hurt so badly. He laughed and said well, your gonna feel 12 mo pregnant by the time your done because your already measuring at 8 months for a single baby. On the ultrasound it showed the twins had their heads together in the middle and their feet at each end. I think Kiersten is the one who is kicking me the most at the top of my belly and bradley is the villian who kicks my bladder! That is one of the wierdest feelings when he kicks there! It is fun watching the babies move around and seeing the bumps all over my tummy. I keep trying to get Adam to watch the bumps but he always looks away right before it happens. You know one of the funniest things is when you try to get someone to feel and the babies stop moving right when they touch your belly. Happens all the time for Adam. Sometimes when they wont stop moving so I can get comfortable, I tell Adam to come calm down the kids because they stop moving so quickly when he's there.
Well, I think that's all for now. Adam just got up for work so I'm gonna go.

7-1-09

Summer is just to hot for me! I love whoever invented air conditioning!
So this week was our 2 year anniversary. We didn't do much, I made home made pizza from scratch and then I made a cake. We didn't go anywhere because it was too hot outside and I can't really hike any trails aaaaand we couldn't think of anything else to do so we stayed home and played board games. Which is always fun because we have a LOT of board games. Random side note: We love board games so much that all our gifts we exchanged for Christmas were games except for one gift each.
My favorite board game is called Quelf. It is soo random that you can't really get a group to vote for playing that one but it fits me perfectly if you have been reading my blogs! His favorite games including strategy and tons of thinking- like risk and I don't like to think really hard to have fun playing a game. OK so back to this week...
I have a doctor's appointment today where I will have another ultrasound. I think I have had around 10, I've lost track. I have only been to one appointment where I haven't had one and my M-I-L was happy because our kids are "going to come out green" because I have too many. Buuut ultrasounds are sound waves- not gamma rays but I didn't want say anything.
Speaking of green- Chico is crazy! I have never seen a city so paranoid about recycling and using your own grocery bags! Btw, grocery stores give discounts for bringing your own grocery bags- Found that out in Chico! We went to a green baby expo ( i was excited and thought it was just a baby expo) and they had at least 5 booths for cloth diapers. They are so expensive! The cheapest is $15 for just one diaper. The normal ones that "fit all but newborns" is $30/ single diaper. I was thinking about doing cloth before I knew the prices and before I moved out of my apartment that had a W/D now- there is no way!
So we found one useful booth- there is a Moms of Multiple club in chico that meets once a month. But their next meeting isn't until August because of so many people being gone for summer.
Well, I had better get ready to go to my appointment! Thanks for the ramble!