1-6-08

I had two China friends call me today to check on me and the babies, so I figured I'd better do an update. Anita told me she had read our blog to see if I had them. Then, our China friend, Katie, called tonight to check in. So....as it is now, no news is good news. I went to the doctor on Friday and told her how their movement had really slowed down. I assumed it was because they are just running out of room, but she had me go over to the hospital and let them monitor me just in case. The nurse at the hospital actually told me she thought I was "small for twins"! Bless her heart, I think she's my new best friend. They hooked me up to all the machines for about 45 minutes and their heart rates and such were fine. They really are just out of space. My mom is back here with us since JR starts school again tomorrow...She thinks the babies are coming any day and tells everybody I'm "touch and go". (If you know my mom I'm sure you are giggling right now.) I really wouldn't call it 'touch and go', more like bored, fat, and uncomfortable ;-)

Still Sittin' Around

My BFF when we were in China, Anita, called me this morning....she was sitting by the pool at Animal Kingdom at Disneyworld. My buddy Shelley is hanging out in Cozumel with her boyfriend (she's probably sitting by the pool too). And my friend since middle school, Allison, just got back from her family's second home in Mexico...no doubt, there was some sitting around the pool going on there. Well, I'm sitting...but no pools nearby for me! My weekly doctors appointment (and weekly trip out of the house) went good. According to the ultrasound it looks like both babies are around 4 pounds, and everything else is as it should be. Jason asked my doctor if she thought I would make it to 37 weeks (last week in January), and she didn't seem to think I would with the babies already so big. So, we're just taking it day by day, week by week. I'm not eating as much as I did with JR (when I found a new buffet to visit everyday) but I'm still gaining weight...4 lbs just this week. Yep, I'm big!

Big Thank Yous

I had a visitor today!! Allison came over and spent the afternoon with me, which was awesome. AND she brought me the best present EVER....She came with a bag full of magazines! And when I say "a bag full of magazines" I mean a bag full of about 15 of the newest magazines out there! Woo-Hoo! I can't wait to dive into them. My next thank you goes to my faithful companion, Hunter. He has done such a good job of being on bed rest with me. I even took a picture of him hard at work. Yes, that is my leg under the blanket that he is resting his head on.






I also need to thank Granny Sherry and Granny Buffie for driving me to the doctor, taking JR to his activities, and cooking me REALLY good food and bringing it over. I also really appreciate all the emails, phone calls, and messages on my blog, it really helps to break up the day. And of course, Thanks to my mom who has been beyond fabulous taking care of JR and me. We are going to let her out of prison (as my mom and I refer to it) on Thursday afternoon as Jason will be on vacation until New Year's. If I get put back in the hospital under Jason's care he's going to have a lot of mad grandparents...so I think he'll do an okay job. Thanks everybody! Hugs and Kisses!

Baby Update

I went to the doctor on Thursday (it was so exciting to get out of the house) and everything is still good. My doctor told me that she really wants me to carry these little guys for 37 weeks, so that would be until the last week in January! My stomach is already 40 inches (it grew 3 inches from last week) so I'm as big as a woman who is due to give birth any day. So, I'll continue to be on bed rest and we'll see how long they want to stay in. Jason, JR , and Grandpa Gary are on their deer hunt this weekend. I've talked to them a couple of times and JR is having fun and thinks he is a real hunter. They will be back tomorrow so I'm excited to hear all their stories....which I'll be sure to pass along....

I thought I was on bed rest!

And here I was thinking that I was the one that was supposed to be in bed. Last night MawMaw and PawPaw took JR to the mall to eat Chinese food. He could pick any restaurant he wanted to go to and he picked mall Chinese food...I think the mall trip also included a couple of rides on the carousel and some "mall games" (that's what he calls video games at the mall). When they got home it was time for JR to go to bed. I was watching Jamie and Bobby Dean travel around Georgia making and eating candy on the Food Network. JR got really excited about the food (especially when they started making gingerbread houses and red velvet cupcakes) so I let him climb in bed and watch with me. JR loved the show and was pretending to eat all the yummy goodies. Later, they started showing how to make a turducken, which was completely uninteresting to JR and he fell asleep. Unfortunately, I think JR is a more restless sleeper than I am (if that's possible). I took this picture of JR, Buzz Lightyear, and, Hunter on my way to go sleep on the couch. They are all completely sideways in the bed; that's why none of them are laying on a pillow...the pillows are all at the top of the bed. So it was couch city for me last night; I hope they enjoyed it...there's no way Jason would ever let them get away with that one!

Out of the House Adventure!

I got to leave the house yesterday, woo-hoo! It was a big exciting trip to the doctor. We decided that it would be best for Jason's mom (Sherry) to take me to the doctor since my mom hasn't driven in Houston in years. We were also worried that if I got admitted back into the hospital my mom wouldn't know how to find my house (she doesn't really have any sense of direction). But my mom is taking wonderful care of JR and me!! I had an ultrasound and the babies are good. Sherry had never seen an ultrasound so she was excited to get to see the babies on the "big screen". I'm still on the medicine to stop my contractions, but I'm getting used to it; I'm not near as shaky, which is really nice. I'm at the point where I see the doctor every week now, so when Sherry brought me home I said, "Well, I guess I'll get to get out of the house again this time next week". I'm feeling good, just really bored. So, if you need a recap of any of your favorite TV shows or need something researched on the Internet don't hesitate to let me know, I've got it covered!

Bed Rest

So here I am sitting in bed, yep, I'm on bed rest. Unbeknown to me, I kinda brought this on myself. We had a Christmas Open House here last night (Sunday) and on Thursday I was trying to get things ready for that. After I got JR on the bus I ran to the grocery store, then Costco, and when I got home I started making teacake cookies. I forgot how much work teacakes can be and I was in a rush to get them made before JR got home. So, instead of eating lunch I ate a couple of cookies and had 2 diet cokes. By the time I got the kitchen cleaned up, JR was home and we had to leave immediately because he had both gymnastics and karate that day to make up for missing karate on Thanksgiving. While JR was in his classes I decided I would get our Christmas cards addressed. I was sitting at a kids sized table in an adult chair, and when I started to get uncomfortable, I decided that it was just because of the size of the table and chair. As I was driving JR home that night I finally realized that something might be wrong. I walked in and told Jason, "I think I may be having contractions". I didn't know if I was or not because I never went into labor with JR. I was supposed to be walking out the door to go to KD dinner, but Jason told me I better call my doctor, who told me to go to the hospital. When we arrived at the hospital my contractions were 2 minutes apart! The nurses told me that dehydration, not enough to eat, and too much movement can start contractions...Well, I'd pretty much done all 3 to myself that day! They got the contractions down to a minimum later on Friday and let me go home on Saturday afternoon. We still had our Christmas Open House on Sunday; I just had to sit and let Jason and all the grandparents take care of everything....which I'm VERY grateful for! It's hard for me to talk on the phone because the medicine I'm on to stop the contractions makes me shake, short of breath, and makes my heart race, but everybody's more that welcome to email me, I need lots of entertainment! Jason has to go to Singapore and Thailand for work this week, but my mom is here to take care of JR and me. I think JR is a little scared of me right now...when he got home from school today he told me, "Mommy, you're stomach is REALLY big!" Hopefully it will get bigger, we need these babies to cook a little longer!

Ingy Babies Update

I went to the doctor today and the babies are doing great. In fact the doctor said, "things couldn't be better." One of them weighs 1 lb. 11 oz. and the other is 1 lb. 9 oz. They couldn't get a good picture of them together because they were moving around so much...and yes, I can feel them jumping around like crazy! I'm not sure if Baby A is the "me" or the "Jason" in the family. He made sure to at least try and get in both pictures like I would do, but then if you look closely at the second picture you'll see that Baby A is actually mooning the camera! Now I know that's more Jason than me! When looking at the second picture you'll see Baby B's profile, and then if you look to the right, those are 2 legs and a butt that belong to Baby A! Full Moon!! And I thought JR was going to be the "bad" one! (To get a good look at the "moon" just click on the picture to enlarge.)

Surprise!

We're Having A.........


boy and a boy! Yes, I am in shock. Yes, I see a lot of camouflage in my future. Yes, I think I need to go lie down, something tells me I need to rest up!