27 week check up

Went to the OB today for my 27 week check up. Every two weeks now! I'm a bit disappointed as it looks like a C-section is in our future. My dr and her partners don't do many vaginal births with twins any more. Too many risks with baby B and would rather schedule a C then to have to do an emergency after delivering baby A. I understand and know they are just looking out for what's best for me and the boys, but it's still surgery and scary! She said that if I haven't gone into labor, that she would schedule me for 38-39 weeks. On a plus side- everything looked good today. I passed my glucose test so no diabetes for me. Babies weights looked good, BP was good. Nothing much else to report on that!

Grandma Ring worked on the nursery walls this weekend. She worked so hard and did such a great job. I know the boys are going to love their room and will think of Grandma Ring every night when they fall asleep. We just need to add the stars to the white boarder. Then I need to think about window treatments, closet doors, a ceiling fan/light. Never ending! :)

26 weeks already!

It's hard to believe we are already into our 26th week of this pregnancy! The babies will be term in about 10-11 weeks (36-37 weeks). I am still feeling really good. I am lucky it's the end of the school year and the kids are so independent. It allows me to stay off my feet more. As I sit here typing I can see them wiggling around- the ripples rolling across my belly are so fascinating!

Today I had a glucose test- drank some orange sugar water stuff then had to wait an hour at the lab so they could draw my blood. Hopefully that will all come back fine. It wasn't as bad as I thought it would be. Then in the afternoon we got our monthly ultrasound. Derek was able to come this time to see the boys again (yes, they are both still boys!). Baby A has now flipped head down while Baby B has flipped breech. I thought B had moved this weekend when I felt what I thought was his head shoving under my ribs. Baby A is 2 pounds, 2 oz and Baby B is 2 pounds, 1 oz. They are measuring in the 50th % for singletons so for twins they are doing well. The tech commented again how Baby A has such long legs. Guess he'll have some Reyelts height to him. Both Boys were really active during the ultrasound. We got to see profiles, them looking at us, what looked like a smile, one resting his chin on his hand. The really neat shot was Baby B grabbing his leg with his hand. We could clearly see his little fingers wrapped around the leg bone. So cool!

Baby A- profile shot


Baby B- looking right at us, you can see his nose (the light lines in the middle of the face)


I am looking forward to Memorial weekend- Derek's parents are coming to visit. Derek and Keith will work on enlarging out garden pond while Susan will be painting the nursery. I can't wait to see it finished! I have some yard work I'm hoping to have the energy to get done. Most things are coming back nicely in the gardens, if I could only keep the bunnies away from my purple cone flowers!

showers galore!

The past two weeks we have been "showered" by my co-workers and Derek's family/friends. We feel so blessed to have so many people excited to share in preparing for our little ones.

Friday, May 8th my co-teachers threw me a fun shower during lunch. We had a yummy salad bar and an ice cream cake (yum!). I received lots of gifts from our registry to make bringing home the boys much easier.

My cake


The shower was extra special to my Mom and I because Donna Bowden (on the right) threw my Mom's shower when she was expecting me. Now she is throwing my baby shower. Kathie Mangun (between Mom and I) was also at my Mom's baby shower. Such a special event to share with them!


This past weekend we went to visit Derek's family in Indiana. Grandma Ring and Aunt Alli threw a wonderful shower for me and the boys. We were spoiled with lots of great gifts- many clothes, these boys will be the best dressed babies around!

Here's all the baby gear we have so far:


Check out the cake Grandma Ring made:

Happy Mother-To-Be Day!

We spent Mother's Day with my parents- lunch and then a trip to the pond nursery. Then I got a nice LONG afternoon nap. Couldn't have asked for a better day! Next Mother's Day will certainly be different! The babies continue to be VERY active. Derek commented one morning he couldn't believe I could sleep through all the kicking and punching going on in there. As long as they are not beating up on each other! It reassures me every time I feel them that things are going well.
Updates... Thursday I had my 24 week OB check-up. The usual: pee in a cup, weight, BP, heartbeats. The nurse easily found Baby B's heart beat (in the 150's) but of course, Baby A was moving around so much she had trouble catching his heartbeat (found it and was in the 140's). I have a feeling this kid is going to give us a run for our money! I've gained 6 pounds this month which Dr. Pierre said is right on track. My BP was perfect as usual. I was a little dehydrated so she said to make sure I'm getting enough water throughout the day. It's hard to remember when I'm teaching but I'll work on that. She wrote me an order to have a glucose test in the next week or two. She wants to see me after that and my next ultrasound (May 20th) so I will see her in 3 weeks. After that she wants to see me every 2 weeks.
On Friday my co-workers through me a shower at lunch. They worked so hard to make it such a fun party. We played two games, had a salad bar to eat, and an ice cream cake (Yum-o!). Everyone was so generous with their gifts. I feel so fortunate to have such great friends at work. It was extra special because one of the teachers who threw the shower also through my Mom's baby shower when she was expecting me!
This week should be pretty calm at work- field trip to Pilcher Park tomorrow then a normal week the rest of the week. Friday night we will head to Indiana to visit Derek's family and have a baby shower with them. Have a great week everyone!

Derek's First Post

Hey folks, I want a lot of comments out of this. Before I can have my dinner Amy wants me to write a post to the blog. We had a nice day to take a picture and Amy's comment was "the last one you took is very nice because I don't look absolutely hideous." I told her that she never looks absolutely hideous.

It's been really neat the past couple of weeks because I've actually been able to feel the little guys moving around. Kind of weird feeling something poking out of my wife's stomach! Actually saw a little jab as well with a little bubble popping up on Amy's belly. At night Amy sometimes tells me that they're being active and that she just wants to go to sleep. I'll put my hand on her belly to see if I can feel them and then they stop before I even put my hand on there. I guess they know when Dad's around they'd better shape up and stop messing around. I really don't think anybody is going to mistake me for the disciplinarian between the two of us and it's not going to be a household where Amy is frustrated and says "wait until your dad gets home." That is the one thing I'm most nervous about is when they are old enough to talk back and how I'll respond. I guess I'll just have to wait and see.

We're starting to get the nursery around. We know what we're going to do with the colors (so I've been told). It's just amazing the amount of stuff 2 little people require. I haven't even heard of half of the stuff we've registered for but if the boss says we need it, well then by golly we need it.

I guess that's it. I don't have too much more to say. If you want to know anything that I didn't say above, go ahead and ask a question in the comment section.