Groundhog Day

I'm sure everyone remembers the movie Groundhog Day with Bill Murray. That is pretty much how life has felt for the past few weeks! Every day is basically the same. Breakfast, trying to find a comfortable position, once finding said comfortable position having to go to the restroom for the hundredth time, re-finding said comfortable position, snack time, restroom, lunch...well, you get the idea! But I am counting down the days until we meet our two little bundles of happiness, and all the pain, discomforts and worries will be worth it!

I have two doctor appointments this week (OB Monday and perinatologist Friday), and we are hoping they will provide some more information regarding delivery, how much longer, etc. It looks like we won't be able to close on the house in NC before they arrive afterall, so we are making new arrangements to deliver in GA at Kennestone Hospital in Marietta. Dan in on his way to Charlotte now to pick up some things from our babies shower in August, so we can begin preparing a temporary nursery here. Although it is not the ideal circumstances we had anticipated, we are making the best of it and rolling with things as they come. The babies won't know they didn't come home to a fully decorated nursery (or even a crib!) right? We figure they'll be living in the pack-n-play for the first few weeks, anyway. At least we'll have lots of people in GA to help us out in the beginning (hint, hint, wink, wink!)

Atlanta Babies Shower/Going Away Party

This past Sunday our friends Karen and Yvette hosted a babies shower/going away party for us, even though we aren't quite ready to leave Atlanta yet. We are still in the process of closing on the house, but that is another story for another blog post! But as the pregnancy is progressing and I'm getting more uncomfortable, we thought this would be the best time to have the party. Once the babies arrive, it will be even crazier, and we may be moving in a short period of time without much time to plan.

It was wonderful and bittersweet at the same time to see everyone. It really started hitting me that we will be leaving lots of great people and great times once we move to NC. And it reminded me that we will have to visit often! I think we also broke a record for the most pregnant women in a room not attending a birthing class-5 at one time...7 babies total, 5 boys, 1 girl and one surprise!

Thanks to everyone for being so generous and giving up your Sunday afternoon to spend time with us. We are glad to know we will have so many babysitters! =)

Here are some pics from the memorable day:

6.6 Pounds of Babies!

I went for my check up with the perinatologist Friday and just like usual, one baby cooperated, and one didn't. Is this a sign of what's to come? This time our little girl was posing for the camera like she was on Project Runway, while our baby boy had his face buried so deeply it looked like he was in the witness protection program! We were barely able to get his head measurements.

Our baby girl had a heart rate of 141 and weighed 2lbs, 14 oz. Quite the growth since my last appointment! She had her eyes open, was yawning and stretching her arms (well, as much as she can in that tight space!). It was pretty amazing to see her so active, especially since her features are more fully formed now. She was laying completely horizontally across my abdomen. Her measurements looked good and were within the "normal" range.

Our little boy had a heart rate of 153 and weighed 3lbs, 8 oz. He was laying diagonally across my abdomen, so not only is he taking more of the nutrients right now, he is taking more of the space! I'm sure his sister will remember that after they are born! Her face was laying right by his little booty. We weren't able to see his face clearly this time because we couldn't get him to flip over, but thankfully his measurements were also in the "normal" range and that is what really matters.

Dr. Nathan was slightly concerned with their weight variance (18%). He would like it to be less than 20-25%. But so far it is ok and we are just going to monitor it throughout my appointments. I am now going to the OB every 2 weeks and the perinatologist every 2-3 weeks. The appointments are one of my few adventures out of the house since I'm still on restricted activity. My cervix was measuring a little short again, so he told me to continue to stay off of my feet as much as possible. Dr. Nathan seems to think I'll be able to get to 34-36 weeks as long as there are no unforeseen problems. I can't believe we'll be parents by Thanksgiving!!!

Happy Anniversary!

Dan and I celebrated our 6 year anniversary yesterday. It's hard to believe we have been married for that long, and what a wonderful present we received this year. Actually, two wonderful presents! Since Dan has been traveling so much, and I'm on bed rest, it was a pretty low key day-which was perfect!

We try to stick to the traditional gift giving, and the 6th year gift is candy or iron. The candy part was easy (snickers and smarties!) but the iron part a little more difficult. We agreed that iron was a type of metal, and decided to go that route instead. He gave me a heart locket and two little heart lockets to match, and I gave him a die cast Atlanta Braves OCC replica motorcycle. And we had breakfast for dinner...yummy!

Happy 6th Anniversary, Dan. I love you more today than the day we said "I do!" Thank you for the two most wonderful presents ever! Hope you enjoy the memories...and here's to countless more.

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