Friday, August 26, 2011

Dammit! :)

Hahahahaha!!!

I was just reading my last post and had to laugh! "Dammit!" was what came to mind. Here we are, about 5 weeks away from having the boys, and per-term labor & bed rest are all that are on my mind.

This past week has been rough, to say the very least. Sunday evening I was very uncomfortable and had my first taste of what contractions felt like. I have to laugh now because everyone was asking me if it was a contraction I was feeling. I continued to answer, "I don't know! I have never had a contractions before!" Well, the answer was "Yes, you are having contractions." That was at 1am on Monday morning. We were also 1 cm dilated. The doctor felt more comfortable admitting me into the hospital for observation. We were able to come home on Tuesday afternoon with the instructions that I was to be on bed rest for the remainder of our pregnancy. OH BOY!

Thankfully we have made it through the week. We are now 30 weeks pregnant. The boys are measuring a week bigger than that (so they are measuring at 31 weeks). Our doctor says to be prepared to have them during the last week of September or the first week of October.

So here I lay, either on the couch or in bed, with nothing to do but "bake" my boys and get them a little bigger and stronger and ready to be born. So .... what to write?! Oh, how about what kind of things have been happening around our house.

New title ... "Getting ready for Babies" :)

Matt has been wonderful! He is so excited about the boys, and I love seeing that light of love in his eyes. One of the first things he did was put the stroller together. :) I have to say, I laughed a lot! Matt is a hoot! Here are a couple of pictures of "operation stroller!"















As you can see, Matt had too much fun! After he finished the stroller, we went on to building the cribs and setting up the nursery. I know, I am a slave driver but I felt like we should have as much done as quickly as we could. Looking back now, I am grateful that we did do a lot since I am unable to help anymore.

Here are pictures of Matt putting the cribs together.















There were plenty of stressful times. Who knew how hard putting together cribs could be?! Poor Matt! The first one went smoothly ... it was the second one that was rough. But, as you can see, he successfully put together both cribs!






Here are some pictures of the nursery now that it is pretty much ready for babies. We have not put sheets on either crib because, well, Charlie thinks they are his. We will have someone make the bed before the babies come home. We also plan on buying two crib tents to help keep our kitties out of the beds. That will come later though. Anyway, here are the nursery pictures.












There are going to be some last minute finishing touches but there will be a little bit of time before that is necessary to complete.

We are super excited! Only a few more weeks!
Can't wait to post more!