Twins at 32 weeks

By now, your baby weighs 3.75 pounds and is about 16.7 inches long, taking up a lot of space in your uterus. You're gaining about a pound a week and roughly half of that goes right to your baby. In fact, she'll gain a third to half of her birth weight during the next 7 weeks as she fattens up for survival outside the womb. She now has toenails, fingernails, and real hair (or at least respectable peach fuzz). Her skin is becoming soft and smooth as she plumps up in preparation for birth.

Nursery Pictures

Tonight we put the finishing touches on the babies' room. As promised here are some pictures:
The glider rocker & car seats.	Do you like my pretty Boppy covers?
Finding Nemo pictures for the wall!	The desk area converted to a changing area.
The cribs! If you look by the closet you can see where Greg has the swings stored for now.	We've had this dresser forever!
The cribs. One of the pack and plays is between them, probably the only thing we haven't opened yet.	Their stuffed toys and first books.

Car Seat Installation

Last weekend we took the car seats we bought down to the Wilder Fire Department and had them installed by one of the certified car seat installers. One of the firemen and his captain both took a 40 hour course at Cincinnati Children's and are certified car seat installers and inspectors. The fireman installed all four bases in the two cars and showed Greg how to re-install them if we ever need to take them out and then he showed us how to ensure the seats are balanced properly. We have the Latch system in both of our cars so it made the installation very straightforward. Once the installation was complete I was once again overwhelmed by the look of two of a baby item somewhere in out lives now. We don't have much longer to go and I have been taking it easy the past couple weeks so these girls stay inside me as long as possible.

On The Run!

Today I ran in the 2010 Cincinnati Flying Pig 10K. The race started out with thundertorms and rain. I got up early, showered and got dressed. Melissa dropped me off and I walked acrossed the bridge that I would be running on to re-enter KY in 20 minutes. I arrived just in time to catch my breath and mentally prepare for about 15 minutes and the get to the starting line. Then it was "On your mark, get set, GO!" time. We took a quick run through downtown and the ran across the bridge into KY, made a left in front of Newport on the Levee, and then along the waterfront. I had recently started training on the hills outside out apartment and that was helping out a lot with my endurance and stamina. I ran the Turkey Trot last year and probably walked 2/3^rds of it because I was ill prepared for the hills. I managed to run the entire 10K this time. Running up to the third bridge I was thinking "I am running to get healthy and be around for our unborn twin girls." This kept me going. When I hit the 4^th mile marker I knew the end was near. One more trip through downtown and then we hit the homestretch. I hit the finish swine and was overjoyed because I ran the whole thing. You can see my time below:

Age:	31
Gender:	M
Overall Place:	812 out of 1586
Division Place:	77 out of 107
Gender Place:	406 out of 586
Time:	1:07:52
Pace:	10:57

I am looking forward to the Indianapolis Monumental Half Marathon in the fall and I'll be back next year, maybe for the half! Good luck to all the other racers!

Friday night at Babies R Us

Greg and I went out tonight and picked up a few of the remaining must haves we need to finish out the babies' room before I get bigger and more uncomfortable. While we were there we found Winnie the Pooh and Tigger hooded towels!!! I've been looking for these everywhere without much luck and we were looking at the hooded towels and there they were. Before I washed them we decided to model them:

The room is about ready to go we just have to put together some finishing touches. We will post some pictures soon.

30 weeks 3 days

April thought she was part of the photo shoot and sat just in case!

April's Haircut & Funny

Today we took April for a haircut. We have to keep her trimmed every 2 months or she becomes a big ole mess!!! That afternoon after he took her to the groomer he went to the grocery store. While he was there he picked up some Dingos, which are April's rawhide of choice. When he got home he brought in half the groceries and went back out to the car to get the rest. I was resting on the couch and April went over and sniffed at the groceries bags as she always does. I told her no and she darted away. When Greg came back in he asked her why I gave her a Dingo already and I said I hadn't, the little sneak had managed to get her nose in the package and get one before I told her to get out of the groceries! Here is a picture of her with her loot!

30 week ultrasound

If you look you can see Baby B gave us a nice profile. Baby A was much less agreeable and we got part of her face. Baby A is still breech and I have about given up on her turning in the next couple of weeks, basically if she doesn't turn by 32 weeks there won't be room for her to turn anymore. This just means I will have a c-section. I'd really hoped to avoid this but it is not looking possible.

As you can see they are getting harder to catch on ultrasound as we get further along. The ultrasound tech warned us about this at our last appointment. Today she also told me I needed to make sure to start and take it easy since I've been having mild contractions throughout the past couple of weeks. I have a follow up appt with my physician Tuesday morning.

Baby A:
Heartrate: 135 BPM
Weight: 3 lbs 5 oz (approx.)

Baby B:
Heartrate: 141 BPM
Weight: 3 lbs 1 oz (approx.)

5 year anniversary

Melissa & I celebrated our 5 year anniversary today with our annual shot. However, we had to make a minor adjustment since Melissa currently can't drink.

Nick is here for Spring Break!

28 weeks 3 days

Not quite two weeks this time but worth sharing.

Crib Assembly

Today was the big day. I finally gave Greg the go ahead to put the cribs together. He cleaned the carpets in the babies' room first and then he went at it. Here are some pics:

Greg the "crib master"

April was hiding behind the cribs!

The final products!

Twins at 28 weeks

By this week, your baby weighs two and a quarter pounds (like a Chinese cabbage) and measures 14.8 inches from the top of her head to her heels. She can blink her eyes, which now sport lashes. With her eyesight developing, she may be able to see the light that filters in through your womb. She's also developing billions of neurons in her brain and adding more body fat in preparation for life in the outside world.

Quiet Easter Sunday

Happy Easter! He is risen!

We celebrated quietly this year. We started with the early Easter mass so we did not have to go with all of the C & E's to the mid and late morning masses. Mass was still a little busy but not as bad as we've seen later in the morning. We went to the parish Greg officially registered us with this past week, St. Therese. After mass we headed out to Sunday Brunch at Claddagh Irish Pub. It was super yummy! We've been their for brunch on other occassions and it is always nice. Then we hit Meijer where it was great to grocery shop and practically be the only people at the store!

After all of this we came home and I was ready for a nap! I slept for a couple hours while Greg went for his long run of the week. He is preparing for the Flying Pig in 4 weeks and is in the final stages of preparation. When Greg got home we prepared a turkey breast, potatoes and green bean casserole. This is one of Greg's favorite meals because he loves my maple bourbon turkey glaze & gravy.

It was nice to have a quiet Sunday and relax a little as we prepare for the excitement that is to come in a little less than 3 months!

27 weeks 1 day