After close to two weeks of scraping ice off my windshield every morning before work, this morning I was finally able to jump in the car and go this morning with nothing but a jean jacket on....FINALLY!! I must admit that I actually really enjoy the cold weather - especially being pregnant - but 14 days in a row was getting a little ridiculous.
Stephen and I are offically homeowners again! :) We closed last Friday morning! The army that showed up to help us move in was amazing! We are so blessed. We left the closing and drove to the house where the packed Uhaul along with family and friends were waiting on us to start carrying things inside. The rest of the weekend our home was like a revolving door with people constantly showing up asking what they could do to help!! God is so good! I couldn't believe that by the end of the weekend we actually had some stuff hanging on the walls!! That's pretty impressive and super exciting after your whole life being in storage for 8 months or more.
This weekend we had another team come help - Ben came back and this time brought Jennie. The boys did some more heavy lifting, put some baby furniture together and worked on organizing the man cave (I mean garage) The girls worked on getting the nursery in working order. We officially have two cribs with made beds, two dressers, washed newborn clothes, assembled bouncy seats and an overall a functional nursery!! There is still a little bit of work to be done but the babies have a place to sleep whenever they decide to make their appearance which was the goal! Thank you girls!! :)
This week the goal is to work on getting the master bedroom in more functional working order - there are still boxes and "treasures" everywhere...then it is on to the office - which is the pink elephant for sure!! It was kind of the catch all room when we moved in so there are all kinds of boxes to go though in there. Stephen is hoping to get his garage in total working order this week and maybe - weather permitting - work on putting up the fence next weekend!
I still cannot believe how far we have come in such a short amount of time! I really enjoyed coming up with meals for this week and grocery shopping for the necessary supplies - it has been a long time since I have been able to do that - and I really enjoy cooking so I'm looking forward to getting back into that habit!
As for a baby update....
We had an appointment with the high risk doctors last Tuesday. They were happy with the progress that both babies have made. They actually told me that as of Wednesday of this week - if the boys decide to make their appearance....no one will stop labor - talk about heart palpitations for mom!! That was a scary realization!! Baby B continues to be our big eater - weighing in at 4 pounds 7 oz where as apparently Baby A is watching his weight weighing only 3 pounds 14 oz. The high risk group wants to see us back in 3 weeks and then they will start my weekly scans until I deliver.
I had an appointment with our regular OB on Friday. He informed me that I officially have cankles (only a doctor could get away with a comment like that). He warned me that the swelling would probably get worse before it gets better but said my blood pressure still looked great so said he wasn't concerned. He also informed me that I'm now measuring 43 cm - which he made sure to add in that that is bigger than a mom of one baby at full term - thanks doc!! :) Overall it was a good appointment - he said everything looked good and didn't have any concerns - I did graduate to weekly appointments though which means that I get to spend part of every Friday until I deliver at the doctor (yipee - every girls dream)
Alright - well there is the update - pictures to come...I know that was on Stephen's list of things to try to get done today but if it doesn't happen we will work on getting pictures of me, the babies and the house up this week....I PROMISE!!
Love you all - thanks for checking in with us and lets hope for several more doctor appointment updates before the actual delivery - I want these boys to cook as long
Stephen and I are offically homeowners again! :) We closed last Friday morning! The army that showed up to help us move in was amazing! We are so blessed. We left the closing and drove to the house where the packed Uhaul along with family and friends were waiting on us to start carrying things inside. The rest of the weekend our home was like a revolving door with people constantly showing up asking what they could do to help!! God is so good! I couldn't believe that by the end of the weekend we actually had some stuff hanging on the walls!! That's pretty impressive and super exciting after your whole life being in storage for 8 months or more.
This weekend we had another team come help - Ben came back and this time brought Jennie. The boys did some more heavy lifting, put some baby furniture together and worked on organizing the man cave (I mean garage) The girls worked on getting the nursery in working order. We officially have two cribs with made beds, two dressers, washed newborn clothes, assembled bouncy seats and an overall a functional nursery!! There is still a little bit of work to be done but the babies have a place to sleep whenever they decide to make their appearance which was the goal! Thank you girls!! :)
This week the goal is to work on getting the master bedroom in more functional working order - there are still boxes and "treasures" everywhere...then it is on to the office - which is the pink elephant for sure!! It was kind of the catch all room when we moved in so there are all kinds of boxes to go though in there. Stephen is hoping to get his garage in total working order this week and maybe - weather permitting - work on putting up the fence next weekend!
I still cannot believe how far we have come in such a short amount of time! I really enjoyed coming up with meals for this week and grocery shopping for the necessary supplies - it has been a long time since I have been able to do that - and I really enjoy cooking so I'm looking forward to getting back into that habit!
As for a baby update....
We had an appointment with the high risk doctors last Tuesday. They were happy with the progress that both babies have made. They actually told me that as of Wednesday of this week - if the boys decide to make their appearance....no one will stop labor - talk about heart palpitations for mom!! That was a scary realization!! Baby B continues to be our big eater - weighing in at 4 pounds 7 oz where as apparently Baby A is watching his weight weighing only 3 pounds 14 oz. The high risk group wants to see us back in 3 weeks and then they will start my weekly scans until I deliver.
I had an appointment with our regular OB on Friday. He informed me that I officially have cankles (only a doctor could get away with a comment like that). He warned me that the swelling would probably get worse before it gets better but said my blood pressure still looked great so said he wasn't concerned. He also informed me that I'm now measuring 43 cm - which he made sure to add in that that is bigger than a mom of one baby at full term - thanks doc!! :) Overall it was a good appointment - he said everything looked good and didn't have any concerns - I did graduate to weekly appointments though which means that I get to spend part of every Friday until I deliver at the doctor (yipee - every girls dream)
Alright - well there is the update - pictures to come...I know that was on Stephen's list of things to try to get done today but if it doesn't happen we will work on getting pictures of me, the babies and the house up this week....I PROMISE!!
Love you all - thanks for checking in with us and lets hope for several more doctor appointment updates before the actual delivery - I want these boys to cook as long
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