32 Weeks

So as the Dr. said yesterday we have reached another milestone with the pregnancy 32 weeks. I can hardly believe that we are down to 5 weeks and a few days before they will be here. We have been working hard on the to do list! We have the nursery set up just need to get a few more things done but its painted and has all the furniture set up. I will hopefully post pictures in the next little bit of the progress. Both boys are being pretty stubborn and are not in position so as of now we are planning on a c-section. We have one baby that is transverse (laying across my stomach) and the other one is breech. I am still trying to hold out hope that they will turn but as the weeks go by the chance of that happening goes down.

We have been blessed with two showers to help us prepare for the babies! I will try to post pictures from the showers soon. I really dont want to post any pictures of myself I feel HUGE but I am posting two just to make me feel better......

The first picture was taken in January just a couple of days before we found out we were pregnant I was so excited about all the weight I had lost! =) The second picture was taken this week 32 weeks. I definetly feel like I look like I am having twins although I have been hearing quiet a bit- you really dont look that big! I can't wait to meet our little men but know that they need to cook a little bit longer before making their grand entrance!

Ready for Kindergarten

Christian says he is ready for Kindergarten...he asks all the time when he gets to go since he is going to be 5. We have the conversation weekly talking about him going to preschool one more year and having another summer break before he starts kindergarten. He seems ok with it at the time but then it comes back up in converstation again in the next couple of days.

He loves writing and is starting to read. Here are a few pictures of him practicing writing his letters. We have two books one for capital letters and one for lower case letters. I think he is doing a great job!

Total concentration- more then one person in this house makes faces when concentrating but I will leave them nameless :)

Proud of his hardwork- can't believe he is so stinkin big!

Pretty Awesome if I dont say so myself!

I can hardly believe that in just a few weeks he will start his last year of preschool and  we will celebrate his 5th birthday! The time has flown by...whats the saying the days drag by but the years fly-- S.O. T.R.U.E. He amazes me with how smart he is. We have been working on different things with him. He is reading some, knows his full name, phone number, full address, birthday, days of the week, 12 months, can add and subtract (love this since Math was always my fav.subject) more about dinosaurs, and cars then I could ever think possible.

I know that he is anxious to start Kindergarten but I'm glad that he has one more year at home!

31 Weeks~

I can hardly believe we are 31 weeks!! We are down to single digits until our little men arrive!! I have my check list going and need to finish the last couple of big things that I want to have done before they get here. Sorry I haven't posted any pictures to be honest I dont have many that of myself that I am willing to post. We went to the OB last week and the UNC specialist this week and we have two healthy boys growing! I am measuring just over 40 weeks (although I must admit I feel MUCH bigger =). We are hoping to make it to 37/38 weeks which means we have 6/7 weeks left. When I think about that I get a little nervous.

We were at the specialist yesterday and both of the boys look good and are gaining weight like little champs. Baby Boy A is weighing in at a whopping 3lbs 11oz (35%) and Baby Boy B is weighing in at 3lbs 5oz (25%). Its hard for me to believe that when I combine their weight they are right at 7lbs! We got to see quite a bit of baby boy B he was very active and moving all around. He LOVES to have his hands in his face and even had his eyes open a couple of times! Now Baby A was not as cooperative he didn't want to show us much at all yesterday. He was facing my back so we couldn't see very much but it wont be long =). I was a little upset that they are not in postion and we are running out of time and room for them to get ready. One is breech and the other is pretty much transverse. There is still a little bit of time for them to move I really dont want to have a c-section but God already knows what is going to happen.

Right now each baby is about the size of 4 oranges and 15inches long!

How Far Along: 31 weeks

Clothes: Maternity once again I dont think that will change

Movement: YES! All the time they are quite active =)

Food/Cravings: I would love to have a cup of sweet tea from Chick-fil-a....but that can wait just a few more weeks. I will say that Mexican has been a favorite throughout this pregnancy

What I Miss: Being able to get the clothes out of the washing maching without my belly getting in the way =)

Being able to get up from the couch or a chair in less than 5 minutes

I will try to post pictures later this week.

Wordless Wednesday~

26/27 weeks

I guess its about time that I post for weeks 26 and 27 now that we are close to looking at 28 weeks. Things are going well. Last week I had to take the glucose test again...failed. We knew that was probably what was going to happen but the good news is that it seemed to be borderline. This past week we had 2 visits one to the specialist and one to the OB. We are going to the specialist every couple of weeks for a growth ultrasound and right now that boys are doing great! Baby Boy A was 2lbs 3oz and Baby Boy B was 2lbs 2oz. Baby Boy A is headdown and has been for weeks Baby Boy B however is up in my ribs....transverse. I really hope that he flips. In order to even try to have a natural delivery both babies need to be headdown. I really would like a natural delivery since things went well with both Chrisian and Benjamin. I am not to keen on having a c-section but we still have a couple of weeks to worry about that.

Here is a picture right about 26 weeks.

Right now the babies are about the size of a head of cauliflower.

Fourth of July

We really didn't do a whole lot this weekend. Pretty much stayed around the house had a lazy weekend and tried to get a few things done in preperation for the arrival of the babies.

Daddy did make homemade icecream with the boys to have before the fireworks. Helping Daddy get the mix ready. Strawberry was the flavor of choice.

 Milk

 The boys decided it would be a treat to add white chocolate chips

 Watching Daddy add the rock salt and ice

 Patiently watching the ice cream churn

After dinner we had friends over to watch the fireworks. They haven't seen each other since preschool let out everyone has been on vacation. I think they were excited to see each other.

 Playing with sparklers we had to find something to do to pass the time. Even though we could see the fireworks from our house they still were not scheduled to start until 9:45!

 This is as close as Benjamin would get to the sparklers and to say he didn't care for the fireworks is to put it lightly. He cried and went in the house he HATED them. He didn't even want to watch from a window inside the house. Hopefully in the next few years he will start to enjoy them because for the past couple of years he has wanted NOTHING to do with them.

 Enjoying the sparklers

 This picture makes me think of a firebug we may have to keep our eye on him =)

Enjoying the homemade icecream!

 Taking a little break before the fireworks start watching a movie. Benjamin & Jackson (6 months apart) Christian & Aidan (both 4)

 YAY!! Time for the fireworks you know you live close to where they are setting them off when they shake your whole house and debris lands in your driveway/yard. They are amazing to watch that close up and my hubby got a couple really good pictures!

 The big kids watched them outside while the younger two decided it would be best to stay in the house.

Hope everyone enjoyed their 4th of July!!

Wordless Wednesday~

A Morning Walk on the Beach

One Morning while we were at the beach Christian decided to get up early so in an effort to let Benjamin and Daddy get a few more minutes of sleep I took my biggest boy out to the beach for a little bit.

It was a beautiful morning

He LOVES the ocean. He looks so small to me in this picture standing out by the BIG ocean

It was early but he didn't have a problem with the water being a little less than warm...

He took off running right into it!

Mommy and her biggest boy- Love this picture of the two of us on the beach!

Beach Part 1~ The water Slides

As soon as we got to the resort the first thing the boys wanted to do was hit the water park and the slides. Here they are getting ready to go!!

 Christian enjoyed the water slides for a little bit....

 However our little Monkey L.O.V.E.D. every water slide and would have rode 100 times a day if we let him. Love this picture...He started out on his back and ended up coming down like this.

Whew!

Benjamin again

This picture shows you the height of one of the slides

and here come Benjamin again...

If Benjamin was just a little bit taller we would be heading to a water park because this boy is a daredevil and is not afraid to try A.N.Y.T.H.I.N.G. Christian is a little more on the cautious side takes it all in before he decides if its worth the risk or not. =)

24/25 Weeks

Well I dont have anything big to update this week. We are still plugging right along. I really dont like any of the pictures from this week but I decided to post this one for those of you who are interested. I can't believe we are already 25 weeks if we make it to 37/38 weeks we only have 13 weeks left at the most. WOW!! I have alot to get done in the next few weeks. We did start on the nursery this week.  I will post pictures when we are further along- we are painting with blue/sand colors and going with a boat theme. I am super excited and can't wait to get it finished. Next week we have our second glucose test for gestational diabities. I would love to pass it again with flying colors but we shall see. Until next week.....

This week the babies are the size of a rutabaga guess I have two rutabagas in there =)

How far along: 25 weeks!!

Clothes: Still maternity some are getting a bit small

Names: Still thinking about it

Movement: YES somedays it seems like they are moving all day long other days I have to stop and wait for the movements.

Food/Cravings: Not really craving anything....but I still enjoy my pretzels and ranch dip

What I miss: Being able to bend over/squat down and get back up easily