34 Weeks!!

My Doctor's goal for me for this pregnancy was to make it to 34 weeks...that was yesterday!! :)  I'm hoping to make it at least another week to decrease the twin's chances of having to go to the NICU.  They're both measuring 5 pounds 3 ounces (Almost exactly average for their gestational age which is awesome for twins) and are both head down.  Everything is going great, no complications or any speak of bed rest.  What else could a mama ask for!?!

Here is a picture of fraternal twins in the womb at 36 weeks just to give you an idea of how squished everyone is.  I am short waisted so I've got baby just about everywhere possible, especially under my ribs which gets pretty painful.  Now I understand why twins like to be swaddled so much once they're born :) 

We're getting very excited as the likely hood of their arrival becomes more and more likely.  Tori likes to hug and rub my belly and will tell you she's going to be a big sister.  She knows both babies names and that the pink clothes are baby Lizzi's and the blue are baby Leeman's (how she pronounces Liam, it's so cute!).  She's really into wrapping her twin baby dolls in blankets and rocking them which melts my heart right now.  She even sings them this little song "rockin' my baby, rockin' my baby."  I can't believe how quickly this pregnancy has gone by.  We can't wait for the twins to be born and for our little family to be complete!

Christmas Tree Farm

This year we took a trip to a local Christmas tree farm to look for our tree.  We thought this would be fun for Tori but she ended up being pretty grumpy until we got to the petting zoo :)

Tori loved the goats and the pony!  She has no fear of animals and loves to get up close to them.  She petted them until it was too dark to see any more!

 She loved the pony!

 We got to make ornaments out of the tree stump slice and some stamps and ribbon.  The perfect craft for a toddler since it didn't take long to complete.

 Tori with her ornament and our hot cocoa and popcorn.

 The tree farm was a fun little outing that we will most likely do again next year with all three kiddos!

28 Week Appointment

I had my 28 week appointment last week and both babies are still doing great!  Lizzi is measuring 2 pounds 9 ounces and Liam is 2 pounds 12 ounces.  I go back next week for my 30 week appointment and imagine I will be going weely after that.  My goal is still to keep the babies cooking until at least 34 weeks.  I am still trying to work until after Christmas which would put me at 32 weeks.  I have been feeling pretty good except for struggling to get comfortable at night.  Maybe it's the body's way of getting me used to only sleeping for an hour or two at a time.

Here is our sweet baby girl Lizzi!!!!  We finally got a picture of her pretty face!!!  <3

 This one is a little hard to see but it's both babies' hearts.  The large circles are their chests, the small dark circles with the arrows pointing toward them are their hearts.

 This sonogram is of the top of Liam's head....he already has some hair growing!!  It is labeled on the left hand side of the picture and its the fuzzy white line.  The sonographer said that 28 weeks is the earliest they see hair starting to grow so he may have a head-full by the time he's born (and explain all this heart burn!). 

 Another artist's rendering of fraternal twins at 28 weeks.....getting big!!  I'm wondering where all my organs are now?

Festival of Trees

We took a little trip to the festival of trees so Tori could tell Santa what she wanted for Christmas.  She LOVED all the trees, especially the huge tree covered with candy :)

 She had to ride the train twice.....and cried both times when we dragger her away!

 She did great with Santa this year!  She told him she wanted a horsey for Christmas and gave him a big hug.

 She hugged and kissed the little gingerbread baby cut out while we waited in line to buy their famous cookies!

 Yum!  The best part! :)

A Few Pictures

We headed to the park today to take a few fall pictures before it got too icky outside and before I get too big to want to have pictures taken.   Tori was very tired but she did great, and said "cheese!" almost every pose we asked her to do.  Thanks Jeff for taking them for us!

Happy Halloween

Happy Halloween from Mario and Princess Peach!!

 Tori had a great time trick-or-treating!  Brian would pick her up so she could reach the door bell, she would ring it and say trick-or-treat (which sounded like Chuck-e-Cheese) and then say thank you at each house.  She kept telling us she was having so much fun :)  We took her through a neighbor's haunted house they do in their back yard each year and and loved that too! 

 We ran into a little Mario and he got SO excited to see the "real" Mario and to see Princess Peach.  It was so cute!

We had a fun night and Tori came home with lots of candy.  She's getting so big and each holiday just gets more fun!!

Six Months Down!

Well we've made it to 24 weeks!  It is a little comforting to know that if the twins were born at this point that they would have a chance of surviving but they definitely still have a long way to cook before they're ready.  All three of us are still doing well, no complications yet.  I'm now going to the doctor every other week for closer monitoring and growth scans.  The babies are getting cramped already and we still have at least 10 weeks to go.  William is measuring 1 pound 10 ounces and Elizabeth is 1 pound 8 ounces.  They are still in the same positions, with William low and head down with his feet on the upper right side of my stomach kicking his sister in the head (see sonogram picture).  Lizzi is lying horizontal across the top of my stomach with her head on the right top and her tush on the left top.  Her feet are down by her brother's head kicking him in the head and back.  :)  No wonder I usually feel them both moving at the same time....they're waking eachother up each time.

Sonogram picture is Liam's leg on top and Lizzi's head.  You can see how thin the membrane is between them, its the thin white line under his leg.

24 Week Belly....getting big!!



I love these pictures :)  Here's a drawing of fraternal twins at 24 weeks.  Look at how big those babies are!  This pregnancy is going so fast, I can't believe we only have a few months left!