Monterey Tomorrow We are finally leaving for Monterey tomorrow morning. Yay! I feel like we have been talking about this trip since I got pregnant. I am pretty excited, although not about spending 8 1/2 hours in the car : /
I think we are pretty much packed now, and I am going to gas up the car as soon as FedEx shows up (I am not sure they will leave the package and with us being gone for the next 10 days or so I would rather just get it than have to go pick it up sometime later). We have a pretty full week in Monterey. We will be trying to pack in seeing a bunch of friends, having a family Thanksgiving, and a baby shower!!! I can't wait to see everybody.
We also got our first baby shower gift yesterday... one of my aunts/uncles bought us BOTH our car seats! Seriously? What a blessing. We are so lucky to have a family that supports us so much. I can't thank them enough. It isn't just the monetary stuff either. I feel like these two babies have so many people thinking about and praying for them constantly. I just couldn't ask for a better extended family for these little ones. So, to all our family and friends- THANK YOU.
2009-11-15 (22 weeks)
22 weeks and moving! So I finally felt the babies move! Yay! And it wasn't any of that fluttering, bubbling, pop corn popping feeling I have heard people talk about. We went straight to little kicks. It was very exciting. Maybe the other stuff has been going on all along and I am just oblivious, but I really do feel like it just happened over night. I felt them for the first time on friday night while I was trying to fall asleep. Russell was already asleep so I didn't get to tell him. Then they were actually moving a lot the next morning and I just laid in bed for 15 minutes and felt them. He was already up (and we had house guests, so I didn't want to just yell for him) but after 15 min. I got up and told him they were moving. He came back to the bedroom and tried to feel them, but by that time they were pretty much done. But then this morning we were laying in bed and baby B started kicking, so I woke Russell up and he got to feel it too! It is so exciting. I wasn't worried that I hadn't felt them yet because we have seen them move on the ultrasounds all the time, so I knew everything was o.k. but it is just a great feeling to feel them moving and kicking. I like to imagine what they are doing in there. Anyways, since we still have one more week before we leave for Monterey and Russell has already been able to feel them that means our moms and friends might be able to feel too! I am sure everyone would be really excited about that.
2009-11-12 (21 weeks)
New carpet! So this post is a few days outdated, but we finally got the new carpet all throughout the house last weekend. It looks great and it is like having a whole new house. Very exciting. And I was able to set up the crib in the nursery. It was kind of a pain to do since Russell was the one to take it apart, but he couldn't remember how it came apart/went back together so I had to just play with all the parts to see how they would work. It is one of those cribs that has a slide down rail in the front, so that made it even more complicated. I don't really think we will use that rail much, except if I have a c-section and have a hard time bending over, but we are both tall enough that I don't see a need for the drop down side. Anyways, it doesn't hurt to have, so it could be nice. (new pictures posted)
My cousin Gina and her friend are coming to town tonight. They are doing a dolphin training at the Mirage tomorrow and I am SO jealous. I totally wanted to do that, but it is just too expensive for me, and now that I am pregnant I think it would work even less. But I am really excited for them, and can't wait to hear how much fun they have. She will be the first person from my family to see my actually look pregnant, do that should be fun too.
We are leaving next weekend for Monterey which I am really looking forward to. We will be there for about 9 days, come home for 4 and then leave for LA for that shower. It will be a busy couple weeks but should be so much. I just have to remember to take it easy and rest a lot.
I go see the doctor on tuesday. The pediatric cardiologist, and our regular high risk doctor. We'll have measurements taken and find out how big they are so that's cool. I can't wait to see the babies again!
