Happy Thanksgiving!

Because I can't go anywhere, my parents came to us and made Thanksgiving dinner at our house. It was a nice change of pace to spend the day laying on the couch instead of in the bedroom! Little things excite me these days!

29 weeks

Well, after some stress and a sleepless night I went back to the Dr. this morning. I was very nervous he was going to put me back in the hospital, but I got to come back home! Yipee! And I don't go back to the Dr. for 2 weeks. I am still on strict bedrest and the bedsores are forming (haha) but I have had lots of great visitors and people taking care of me! Thank you so much! The babies look great and are still growing ahead of schedule. They are big time movers and shakers in my belly....I suppose it's a sign of what's to come. I haven't been having too many contractions, and I'm feeling pretty good and large. Scotty is sorting through all the baby stuff and it's coming together! Very exciting! My sweet mom has taken on shaving duty because I can't be in the shower that long and it's too hard to bend down and reach my legs. That's what moms are for!

Quite the week....

Well, most of you probably heard, but we had quite the eventful week last week. We went in for a dr. appt and ended up being sent to the hospital b/c my cervix was too short. Within an hour of being in the hospital, I started having contractions and had dilated to a 2. They tried 2 medicines, both didnt work and put me on magnesium and steroid shots to make the boys lungs develop quicker in case they had to take them out. I had to stay in the hospital for a week, being monitored and seeing if they could wean me off of the mag. Sorry no pictures, but it wasn't pretty. It worked, so I came home yesterday will a basket fulll of meds to keep these boys calm in there! I am on strict bedrest, which means only getting up to use the bathroom and short showers. Good news is today we are on week 28 and the boys are growing a few weeks ahead of schedule. Baby A, the lowest, is 4 lbs, and B and C are 3 lbs each. Our goal is now to make it to 32 weeks. We have weekly appts to get checked, and Scotty is doing a great job taking care of me and everything around the house. Thanks to everyone for all the phone calls and kind thoughts, we feel really loved! I will keep you updated!

Trick or Treat!

Happy Halloween everyone! Aside from passing out Halloween candy, we spent the evening doing arts and crafts! Scotty is quite the painter!

Week 25....CAUGHT

I walked into our extra room last night and saw Scotty sorting through our baby stuff...."trying" it all out. He dressed a bear in some baby clothes and proceeded to put in in a baby bjorn and carry it around, he practiced using the car seat, and then a swing. Very sweet.....daddy in training.

Week 24

We made it to the big 24! I wasn't sure why exactly this was a big week, but we went to the Dr. today and he said the babies are "viable" as in, they could be born now and have a high survival rate. We have "mini goals" now. We want to make it to 28 weeks, then 30, then 32, and then they could be born any time after 32 weeks. Everything still looks good. My cervix is at 3.98, and anything over 3.5 is good. He had me push down on the top of my belly and I think Scotty almost had a heart attack thinking I was going to push one of the babies out. Baby C was very photogenic (he must take after his mother...haha) He was smiling for the camera and moving his tongue around, it was really neat to see! Baby B barely stays still and Baby A is very mellow. I think A is the most squished, so he doesn't have much of a choice! They all weight about 1.75 pounds. My movement is now on a "very limited" basis. I can take walks as long as someone is with me. So far so good! Let's hope this continues!

Week 23

Well, I'm on week 23, and into my last week of work. I worked one full week when I tracked back on, and I am now doing half days this week. My long term sub is doing the mornings, and I am doing the afternoons. I am actually really exhuasted working just 3 hours! What a turn around. I still feel fine, just exhausted when up for too long. The Dr. now has me on bedrest 2 hours in the morning and 2 hours in the afternoon. As of now, I have gained 33 pounds. WOW! It's for a good cause though. That means our boys are getting bigger and stronger! Right now Baby A and C are each 1.7 pounds and Baby B is 1.6. They are developing as they should be and everything looks good so far. The babies are officially moving around like crazy. I don't think I eve got to that "butterfly" sensation, I think we went straight to kicking me in the belly. I can feel it really strong from the outside. It's weird because it comes from all over. One side, then all the way on the other. I think they are already fighting!