Hailey's 1st Time Fishing

Hailey got a new Dora fishing pole. She practiced in the living room with the rubber fish for about an hour & seemed ready to go. We went to her pa-pa's pond (Jeff's dad.) She could real in all by herself & she caught 5 fish! I had to help her not get her pole pulled in & her daddy helped her get the fish off but she did the rest herself.

31week Dr appointment.....

So, I've been very uncomfortable this week because I had a little stomach bug. I went for my 31 week doctor appointment, yesterday & everything still looked good but I'de lost 5 lbs since last week (probably water weight from loosing fluids.)



I was instructed to call back if things hadn't improved by noon today & today I feel MUCH better!! I hate being sick, especially when I'm pregnant because it makes everything miserable. Everyone's happier, when I'm feeling better:)



I went for my weekly steroid shot today & heard both of our healthy boys' heartbeats, again. So, our boys are another week stronger / healthier........hoping for another 5.5 weeks of time in my belly!!

Pre-Term Labor Scare......all's well, now

This is kind of long but here it goes.......on Monday I got a Rhogam shot.

Tuesday all day I progressively felt worse....muscle achyness, not functioning very well, so I called my dr & they said take a warm bath & some Tylenol to see if it helped, that it may have just been a reaction to the Rhogam. I took their advice & felt somewhat better but by morning I was going back downhill.

Wednesday my intuition was telling me 'somethings just not right but I can't place my finger on it.' I'm glad I listened to my intuition!!!!!! I got a sharp pain across my lower abdomen & still couldn't function due to muscle achyness all over. I called the doctor, again. They asked if the babies were moving, I said, I didn't know......I couldn't place that I'd felt them BUT it could be I was concentrating on the sharp pain. They sent me L&D for a NST, just in case (neither of us thought it was a big deal.) When I got there @ 10am, I was 0 dilated, & the babies looked good BUT I started contracting.....about every 2 minutes apart & they started intensifying. After 2-3 hrs of consistent contractions, they decided to start Terbutaline (a drug to stop contractions.) I got 2 shots, 1hr apart. The 1st just made me feel horrible but did nothing to slow contractions......the 2nd slowed them & made the intense ones become further apart (never completely stopped.) They decided to give me steroid shots, to help develop the babies lungs, just in case. I got 1 @ 5pm & after an exam @ 7 (still not dilated), I was allowed to go home on strict bed rest. I could only get up to use the rest room, take a quick shower 1X day, & sit up to eat

Thursday I had to go back to the hospital for a 2nd steroid shot (the 1st 2 have to be given 24 hrs apart, then once a week until you're 32 weeks, if you have a pre-term labor 'scare'.)

Friday morning I had to go into my doctors office for a follow up. My contractions are much further apart & less intense. I was still not dilated. So, he told me to be on light bedrest. I can sit up, eat, get up to do light things but I'm supposed to be off my feet more than I'm on them, taking it VERY easy. He took me out of work, so I'm home until these boys arrive which we HOPE isn't for, at the very least, another 1w2d...when I'm 32 weeks BUT WE REALLY HOPE it's not until I'm 35 weeks (June 16th), or even better yet, July 1, their scheduled arrival date!!

Hailey, practicing to be a Big Sister to Boys!

Hailey got a gift card to Babies R Us at my baby shower. We went online & found a book called 'Brother's are good for making Mud Pies,' about everything brothers are good for & ordered that with her gift card. It hasn't arrived, yet, but she remembers the title & the NEXT day she told her Gramma that she wanted to make mud pies!! So, here she is, practicing to show her brother's how to make mud pies. Notice, she starts off in a sun dress, just playing with her hands, & then.......

Ultrasound Today went Good.

Kaden is now 3lb 1oz & Talen is now 2lb 13oz.......both EXCELLENT weights for this stage!!

We are so glad both babies are such good weights & thriving so well together.

They're getting so compacted in there that it's VERY hard to get any 'recognizable' pictures, so I don't really have any pictures worth sharing.

Mom is still doing incredibly well for a twin pregnancy. Uncomfortable, yes, but no real complications at this moment......& looking forward to being able to take a MUCH NEEDED break from work, starting in 2 weeks. (I will be out of work from May 26 until the end of August sometime!!)

Hailey's 1st Dentist Appointment

Hailey did WONDERFUL @ her 1st Dentist appointment. She shocked everyone with how well she did. She never made a peep & did EXACTLY as she was instructed!! The employees there were SO impressed, they named her the patient of the month(usually a drawing but they said she made the choice too easy) & she 'won' a $20 gift card to Wal-Mart to get a prize!! These pics are off my phone, so they may not be great but it's all I had.






Here she's getting her floride treatment.....what a good girl!!

Nursery Update.....

We now have 2 cribs & the furniture 'arranged' how we think it will stay. It still seems a little cluttered but we're still storing car seats & strollers in there until a little closter to thier arrival date.

Shower Pictures......

Notice my wonderful helper! Hailey is getting so excited!








Here she is trying on her 'big sister of Twins' shirt, & modeling it for us!

Today was my Baby Shower.

Kaden and Talen got lots of great things, to include:
*Handmade blankets (one for each)
*a Bumbo seat with play tray
*car seat toys
*Personalized silver piggy banks
*Booster seats
*tons of onsies
*several matching outfits
*bathing stuff
*diapers

All in all it was very nice! Hailey got a few 'big sister' presents, too.....even a shirt that has 'I'm the big sister of twins' on it with a big penguin holding the hands of 2 smaller penguins. I think she'll wear this to the hospital when they arrive.

I will post pictures from the shower, Monday, when I get to a computer I can download my camera onto:)

Look at our progress in the Nursery! & Hailey's excitement!

Jeff's been painting away, this week. Monday he painted the white stripe, Tuesday the light blue, and Wednesday he finished the painting with the dark blue. Yesterday we cleaned the carpet and after it dried, he put together the 1st crib! Here's some pictures of the paint and a good shot of the crib.




The cribs are convertable, so they will become full size beds, one day. We're using Hailey's changing table, even though it's a little bit lighter wood but eventually we plan to get them each a dresser that matches thier crib/bed.

We got our color scheme from the valance you see in the 1st picture. That's what all the coordinating bedding stuff will be, eventually.....one item at a time.....but it all seems to be coming together!

Hailey has been in the boys room everyday wanting to paint or help Daddy. She tells everyone she's going to share the blue room with TalenKaden (she says thier names in this order & run together every time.) She went in there this morning, saw the crib (because Jeff put it together after she was in bed last night), and told me 'try it, mom.' So, I put her in it and she told me 'Hailey a baby again, mom!' She seems SO excited but I'm sure no matter how excited she is now, Kaden and Talen's arrival will ROCK HER WORLD!!

60 Days until Kaden and Talen's 'scheduled' arrival (July 1, 2008).

Hello!!

Just wanted to say Hello because this is my first post ever! I guess I've joined the blogging world:)Hopefully I'll be good about keeping it up to date & learn how to post pictures & stuff quickly!