What a Weekend!

We finally registered.  Oh my gosh that was totally overwhelming and it took forever!  Like, literally we were at Babies R Us for three hours.  It was exhausting and I was STARVING by the time it was over.  We made a lot of progress this weekend too- hubs painted the accent wall in the nursery as well as the ikea spice racks to use as book shelves.  I went to a friends baby shower yesterday, and hubs and I went on a long walk today.  I'm looking huge.  Oh, and my belly button is about to pop out any day.

That is all.

24 Weeks- Update, YO!

How far along? 24w2d

Babies are the size of: An ear of corn of a footlong sub... LOL.  I get two different updates from two different places... I'm loving the sub!  Weight should be about 1 1/3LBS each.  I am looking bigger for sure but it's hard to think I have TWO things that large all snuggled up in there.  

Total weight gain: 11lbs.  I gained most of it in the last 4 weeks but I'm not worried... for all the things going on inside this belly I need the extra weight.  It is starting to get uncomfortable to do things and my back kills me sitting on the couch.  There is a water class in the same building as my OB I'm going to check out for some relief.  

Stretch marks: Nothing yet, and I am so thankful!

Sleep: Been waking up more most nights.  Heartburn, and acid reflux, and charlie horses, OH MY!  The charlie horse night was awful... it happened about 2:30 in the morning and by 3:30 I was awake again because my other leg was starting to get crampy.  I only got the one, thank god, but I was up pretty much after that stretching and rubbing my calfs.  

Best moment this week? Technically it was last Friday, but I'm the one blogging here so I'm going to count it anyway :)  I took a glorious, relaxing, spa-like bubble bath.  For like an hour.  AMAZEBALLS!  I don't know why I waited so long.  I even found some spa music on Pandora.  Only thing that could have made it better was a few glasses of wine... but ahh, oh well.  I slept great that night and felt fabulous the next day.  This is now a weekly must!

Miss anything: Wine... oh the wine. BUTTTTT.... I got the a-ok from my doctor that I can eat sushi as long as the fish is cooked.  So no nigiri or half the good rolls.... but I found out the rolls I loved anyways had cooked fish inside.  Hubs took me to out and it was possibly the best thing I've put in my mouth.  Go ahead and sit with that for a moment.

Movement: It's like all day now!  Constant kicks and squishing of my bladder.  It's very strange when they are kicking towards the inside instead of out towards my belly.  It doesn't hurt exactly but puts weird pressure on my organs.  Still feeling baby boy a lot more than baby girl, but her placenta is anterior (in the front) so she has some cushion there.  

Food cravings: Milkshakes and icecream.. and more milkshakes.  Chocolate or chocolate peanut butter to be exact.  I can't get enough!  Although I think a brilliant business plan would be to open a place that delivers milkshakes.  Helllllo million dollar idea!

Belly button in or out? In, but I don't think it will be long before it pops on out.  

Wedding rings: on or off? ON, and I don't plan on taking it off!

Looking forward to: Setting up the registry in the next week or two.  I am starting to get anxious about having everything and it's hard not to go out and start buying it all.  I did get a few things from Target that were on clearance so that made me feel better.  

Also, we are going to a friend's house for dinner tonight who has three boys with the youngest being almost 2.  They are ever so kindly letting us raid all their clothes so we don't have purchase them!  I am freaking ecstatic!  Once we have that then I am going to start washing and folding everything and getting it put away in the dresser.  

We only have about 3 1/2 more months left.  I can't believe how fast this is all really going.  I remember peeing on the stick like it was yesterday... and then peeing on more and more for days.  Now here we are about to be in the home stretch.  As fast as it all seems part of me wants to just skip to the end and have them here now.  Sometimes the idea of two newborns still terrifies me but I know we'll figure it out!

In my car today... I'm sitting so it's pushed out but some

days I do feel this large! And the boobs... loving it!

That looks a little more normal :)

Ruxin likes having his pic taken! When hubs called

him he turned to look right at him instead of

running over... he knows what's up!

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Dear Babies,

Please don't kick my full bladder.  That is all.

Love,
Mamma

Hubs Felt the Babes!!!

FINALLY!  Hubs felt the babes move this morning!  I am so excited.  I've been feeling movement for weeks now and have started feeling kicks from the outside.  Everytime I tried to get him to feel they would stop. Seriously.  As soon as he put his hand on my belly they would stop moving!  And not just like once or twice... many, many, times.

We almost got lucky on Sunday- I was getting really light kicks and put his hand on my belly and they did a few more but were so light he couldn't feel them.  Then this morning happened :)  The alarm had gone off and we were just laying there so he put his hand on my belly.  (Every morning when he leaves for work he does kiss me goodbye and says goodbye to the babes/belly.  It's the sweetest thing in the world!) Anyway... out of nowhere baby boy starts kicking away! And not just little kicks, full on here-I-am kicks.  I didn't say anything the first few times cause I was afraid he'd stop again, but he didn't.  It was so awesome and I am so glad I finally got to share that with Hubs.

Oh Glorious Sleep, Where Are You?

It's happened.  What everyone warns you about.  And it's all to be expected.  What am I talking about?  Oh just my inability to sleep through the night without waking up!

Granted, it's just started recently but dayummmm.  I am waking up multiple times a night and sometimes I am freakin' wide awake and just lay there waiting for something, ANYTHING to happen.

Oh and the heartburn!  God almighty the heartburn.  It started just a few weeks ago, the first time I had it I wasn't even sure that is what it was.  I had to ask hubs what heartburn even felt like.  Christmas eve it was bad.  One of the times I woke up last night was because I had apparently burped in my sleep and since I was laying down my body decided to let food just come on back up!  I woke up to that feeling thank god and shot straight up, preventing myself from puking all over the bed, dog, and hubs.  Then I had heartburn... oh lucky me.  Maybe I should have just thrown up and called it a night!

I've always tossed and turned/rolled over a lot at night but now every time I do I wake up.  Ugh.  I think I was up at least 6-8 times last night.  At least I'm not having to get up to pee!  Muahahaha... small victory. But... I think I'm waking hubs up too cause he'll ask me if I'm ok and it's freaking 2 am and he should be asleep too!

A week ago I had been exhausted on the couch, went up to bed, and then just laid there for over an hour wide awake.  I don't like taking a sleeping pill in the middle of the night because I'm afraid I'll end up being super groggy in the morning when I do have to get up... and I haven't been taking them before bed because I'm pretty freaking tired already and hate taking any sort of pill or medicine for no reason.  (I'm already tired... I don't need no stinkin' pills!)

It's only 7 o'clock right now and I've been yawning since I slept like shit-ola last night, and I do have my trusty sleeping pill sitting next to me.  I WILL be getting a good night's sleep tonight.