32 Weeks and Counting

Y'all.  We have officially made it to 32 weeks with these twinsies, my belly is measuring 35 weeks and my poor feet think they must belong to a very large, elderly woman.  My tailbone is also killing me.  I have ridiculous heartburn, and don't even get me started on these allergies that continue to plague me.  Regardless, Monday was my 32 week doctor appointment and these kids are doing well.  I can't ask for anything more than that!

LOOK @ my shadow.  That's how I feel!
Someone asked me Friday night if I was "holding them up".
Um, yes.  Yes, I am "holding them up", because when standing for a while, I literally feel like they are going to fall through my belly at any minute!

On Saturday, our sweet friends from Community Groups past and present hosted a shower for us.  It was a cozy event with ahhhhmazing food and fun fellowship.

Fellowship like this...Jon Madill with a few boys beneath and on top of him!

You know what's good about low turnout?  The pregnant lady gets to take home all the leftover sweets! Sunday evening when Jarrod came home from studying at the school, he found me on the couch watching TV with a bag of Hot Tamales.  An intervention was required.  Pouting ensued.

But really, how precious is this?!

In addition to the food, we received some great gifts.  Much needed diapers and other sweet presents.  Everyone has been so great to remember Collin, I think he's going to hope for more babies in the future just so he can receive presents as well!  He is now the proud owner of a few hand-knit hats to match the ones his baby brother has received.  He never wants to take them off!

 

He also received an awesome book full of "quiet activities".  He wanted to try a few out when we got home from the shower, so I let him open it up in the nursery while I was putting things away.  I left to go make lunch, and he was still at it.  At one point, Jarrod became so concerned about the lack of noise, he rushed into the nursery and found Collin peacefully stringing beads and sorting paperclips.  Shout-Out to Leigh Ooms for this magical gift!!

I'm also really excited about the homemade gift we have coming from our friends Jon and Gail Madill.  It involved some wood-burning and seeing just how OCD people can be when trying to "write" with a foreign utensil!  The Madills took it home to "finish", so I'm excited to see how it turns out.  Pictures to come soon :)

Thankful for these ladies and their friendship

Sunday afternoon we made a run to Target in Little Rock.  Ok, full disclosure...two Targets in Little Rock.  Sometimes one Target just is not enough!  However, I now feel better and more prepared with the "basics".  Carrying twins is overwhelming for a lot of reasons, but the biggest one for me has to be the fact that I have no idea how big they might be when they are born because I also have no idea when they might be born.  When people ask me what my due date is, I just look at them while trying to decide what to say!

My due date is December 15 (which is 40 weeks).  I'm scheduled for a c-section on December 8 (which is 39 weeks).  According to the experts, on average, twins are born at 35 weeks.  37 weeks is considered full-term for twins.  So provided that these guys stay put, we are looking at anywhere from the middle of November to the beginning of December.  

I only care that they are big enough to come home with us from the hospital and don't require a NICU stay.  Thus, the Hot Tamale binge...I'm doing my job to combat low birth weight!  (Too bad it can't work like that, huh?!)

And last but not least, in case you didn't catch it from the picture above, our babies have officially been named!  At least until one of us freaks out again and changes something...just kidding, Mom!  Sort of.

Atalie Morgan and Grady Cave.  More later on where these came from and what they mean!