It's a date!

March 26th is our date to have these babies! The girl is head down, but the boy is still head up so I have a c-section scheduled for this Friday, March 26th. We are very excited to finally meet these two little ones... a little nervous to double our family in size, but thrilled all at the same time. Thank you all for your thoughts and prayers through this pregnancy... I can honestly say, it was not terrible! In the last few weeks, I have had trouble getting comfortable to sleep (but doesn't every pregnant woman?!!) so again, not to shabby of a pregnancy especially for twins. Friday will be 38 weeks which is great that we surpassed the goal of 36 weeks. I have been on bed rest for 5 weeks now. Really, I like to call it "couch rest" because I am literally on the couch all day long (only in bed to sleep at night). Lexy and I have had some serious bonding time since I have been home :) I worked throughout the entire bed rest which helped tremendously as I would have been thoroughly bored had I not had something to focus on. And Brett has been such a huge help with everything... I think I have mentioned before that he has had to do everything... literally. From cleaning to cooking meals to yardwork to helping me get up from the couch :) and getting me anything and everything I ask for... he's been a blessing all while still working lots of hours trying to close out projects before the babies arrive. Our families have also been a huge help by running errands for us, providing meals, and doing anything they can to help both of us out. I couldn't have made it this long without all of the help we received so thank you!!! Here's the final belly shots at 37 weeks and 4 days.

Definitely March Babies!

Quick update --- Not much has changed since the last update... I am still on bed rest and working from home. Our goal was to make 36 weeks so if we make it through tonight, we will have reached our goal! :) The doctor doesn't think it will be much longer so I am always watching for "signs", but so far... nada. He has officially scheduled us and put us on the books for a c-section on Friday, March 26th. I will be 38 weeks then so if they don't decide to come out before... their birth date will be March 26, 2010! Stay tuned...

36 weeks photo

Rest, rest and more rest!

We are down the final weeks (for a twin pregnancy, that is). I am currently 34 weeks and we're shooting for at least 36 weeks. In early February, my girlfriends threw Brett and I "Couples Baby Shower" in Dallas. It was really great to be able to gather all of our friends and family together in the area and celebrate the two growing munchkins. Carrie, Michelle and Mattie did a wonderful job hosting the shower and they had all my favorites... queso, brownies and lots of beer for the non-prego people :) Here is a picture of me at 31 weeks in front of the awesome diaper wreath they made for me (it will hang on my hospital room door).

Me with the hostesses - Carrie, Mattie and Michelle

Us with the Parkers

All was moving along well and then at 33 weeks, the girl "dropped" putting too much pressure on me so the doc prescribed full time bed rest! Now, I know it sounds delightful to HAVE to lay around all day long (literally), but let me tell you, it's not all that fun. I literally have to "lay" down all day and night, only sitting up to go to the restroom, dr appts and eating. Everything else --- horizontal position! Brett has taken on ALL of the household duties, last minute baby tasks, Lexy-duty... you name it, he's doing it. Luckily we had his parents come in one weekend and cook meals for us so he can heat up some yummy food after he gets home from work. And my folks came down to clean the house and do some random projects... all while I laid on the couch with my feet up :)

I have officially been on bed rest for 11 days now and we are into the middle of my 34th week of my pregnancy. We had another Couples shower planned in Austin last Saturday and I was determined to be there... so I laid on April's couch during the whole shower :) The hostesses did an awesome job with decor, food and beverages. I think everyone had a great time considering not a single soda was consumed, but all of the wine was depleted and a majority of the beer!

Here's a picture of me with the hostesses at 34 weeks -- Stephanie, Chrissy, April and Ann.

At the shower with Brett's sisters, parents, Aunt & Uncle and my parents.

They did a "divided" cake --- Texas Tech and Texas A&M.

That's all of our updates... now how 'bout them babies?! We had an ultrasound today with the specialist and they are growing right along. The baby girl is approx. 5 lbs 6 oz and the baby boy is approx. 4 lbs 2 oz. Yep, the girl is bigger and probably hogging all of the room in there! So that means I have over 9 lbs of baby inside of me! Craziness! All of their measurements (head, stomach, legs, fluids) look great. They are definitely scrunched up in there and we can't seem to get any more profile shots of them. I go in weekly to the specialist's office to check their fluids, heart rates, movement and make sure they are "practicing" their breathing. We watch the screen until their stomach/chest moves up and down like they are breathing... amazing that they know to "practice" this movement. The girl is head down and the boy is head up --- a little yin-yang-style going on there. They move around so much, my stomach looks possessed as random areas poke out here and there. Lexy seems to be getting used to it as she cuddles with me more and more by laying her head on my stomach. Her head bobs up and down as they kick her... very cute. Here's a picture of Lexy snuggled up next to my belly. We'll try to keep this blog up-to-date more frequently than we have in the past... babies should be here soon... but hopefully not TOO soon :)