what if i have two boys?!?!?

so in my endless hours of parusing the internet in search of "baby stuff", i often find myself looking at baby clothes/shoes/paraphernalia... it used to be maternity clothes (those of you at work who would catch me asking me, are you, are you!??!), but i'm kind over being excited about those and i've moved on to much much cuter things.  such as these mary janes:

of course, i looked at them several times before asking bryan if it was okay if we could buy them.  we haven't really bought a lot of clothes, just because i'm kinda picky (go figure) about what clothes i like and all the unisex stuff i've found is not up to par :).   i couldn't resist these, though.  so of course, bryan wasn't going to tell me no because he's great, and i bought them.  the first thing my mom says, what if you have two boys?!? well, then, they'll either stay in the closet until the boys get a sister, or they'll become a gift for someone else's baby.  but i had to have them.  so here's hoping i have at least one little one in there that i don't have to dress in drag just to wear these. :)

not for the faint of heart...

so they're a little blurry, but you get the idea... sorry if it's a bit graphic- i guess my brother never looks at this, so i don't really have to worry about anyone getting grossed out- i think the majority of you all have either been here yourselves, see it on a regular basis, or can simply stomach a giant vein-y belly... here we are at 24 weeks and 1 day!

they never cease to amaze...

well, we had our 24 week appointment this morning and... lots of things!  we'll start with breakfast: a small bottle of very sweet orange soda.  go figure, i liked it! :)  i couldn't eat anything else, so i welcomed something- believe me, i could've had to eat a lot worse... so we stocked up on almonds, and apple and granola bar and went in.  it's nice, they have the result of the test by the time i saw the doc and... NO GESTATIONAL DIABETES!!!! yay!!!  so that was good to know.  then came the ultrasound- we told the tech we didn't want to know, as we have to every time- and because i had maybe seen something last time on chuck (baby A), i really was hesitant to look even when she told me it was ok.  but of course, it's totally impossible not to and we ended up getting some really good pictures.  these babies are just amazing!  last appointment, they were both vertex (head down), this time, chuck had stayed put and ned decided to be breech.  i go back and forth between wanting to deliver vaginally and by c-section, i'm currently in a c-section phase, so that was ok that ned was breech.  but we'll just have to see what they are when the time comes.  she did all the measurements and everything was right on schedule- they both have legs that are measuring about a week ahead- and we've all seen their noses, so based on these two things, we know they are definitely storks :)...  they both weigh (according to the scan, which she said can be up to a half of a pound off either way) 1 pound and 10 ounces! exactly the same :).  their heart rates were both 153 at the second she was measuring, but by the time my doctor listened to them, chuck was 140s and ned was 160s.  and super super active- maybe the sugar rush had something to do with that... :)  

as for mama, i'm doing well- i had a little protein in my urine, but that was probably because i hadn't had any water to drink, i've gained 8 pounds, so 19 pounds altogether, blood pressure's good (120/80- which i never trust when they give me that exact number, but at least it's not higher).  they had drawn an H&H w/my glucose and i guess i'm still borderline with my hematocrit- he didn't tell me what my hemoglobin was (bryan said some docs are hemoglobin docs and some are hematocrit docs, so he must be the latter), but he does still want me to keep taking my iron.  my uterus, according to him, is measuring 34 weeks! but bryan and i both think he's aiming a little too high on my belly- i don't ever think he's wrong about anything, but i feel the top of my uterus and from where he was, i think he's about 2cm off and we're measuring about 32 weeks.  and of course, he said that was ok. as for the final part of my appt., he checked my cervix and closed and thick, baby!!  he did say it was anterior, which i would rather it be posterior, but he said it was fine- he does say everything is fine, but i trust him and i know what's going on, so we're good.  

okay, okay, baby pictures!!! :):)

so as you can see, pretty perfect! stay tuned- i promise, later tonight, we will have some belly pictures up! hope you're all good! :):)

what a babymoon it was...

so as most of you know, bryan and i traveled out to truckee/fresno/vegas/and back again to truckee last week for our last trip before the babies come.   we had a great time, bryan feels like he got a lot out of his boards review course, and i got to see all of my absolute favorite california people!  i'm currently kicking myself because i'm looking through all the pictures to post and i didn't manage to get any of luke and lily... grrrr... but overall, it was a great trip, not exactly relaxing, but nonetheless, we wouldn't have done it any differently. :)

everyone at breakfast at mimi's- so great to see you all :)

sam and ben at the playground

too much!

happy 4th anniversary to the storks!! :)

sophie- 1 year old!! so big :)

the three preggos... and munch :)

less than a week!

hello all!! just wanted to remind you that i'm coming on monday!! i can't wait to see all of you and i'm wondering if anything's been put together so it's possible... i will drive all over fresno if i have to, but wouldn't it be nice to sit and share a pizookie (or something of the sort)??  as of right now, i'm planning to visit jamie and tina monday for lunch (at our old house) and until thursday morning when i'll be leaving to go back to truckee, have no other plans than to hang out with my triplets plus sophie- and their mama :)...  i'm hoping that even though this is kind of short notice, we can all get together for lunch or dinner and catch up- i miss all of you so much! see you in a few short days!!

two perfect little babes!

well, we had our 20 week ultrasound today- technically, i'm 20w1day, but who's counting? :) bryan was able to go w/me this time (mom went last time b/c he had to work), so he was chomping at the bit because he hadn't seen them in 2 whole months!!! i had to tell him, just wait until we only have one in there- we don't get this many :)... with my previous ultrasounds, i hadn't been feeling the babies move yet, so i would get a little nervous right before the scan and then they would be alright. but this time, i've been feeling them for almost a month now, and i cheated and listened to them at work the other night, so i wasn't nervous, i knew they were good.  better than good- turns out they're perfect!  don't worry, i'm not going to be one of THOSE moms, but i still can't get over how amazing it is that these little beings just know what to do and how to develop- that sounds funny, but their hearts are beating, they're swallowing, their brains are all complete and i am just blown away! and talk about active!  we could see the membrane between them and it never stopped moving because they never stopped- and they totally egg each other on, which we love... :)  and my doc said he doesn't know what they are, it won't say anywhere in the chart, but he did say that the tech knows (obviously).  bryan and i both thought we saw a little something on chuck, so we just get to wonder until they get here...  it's going to get to the point that i'm not going to look at all, because once i'm looking at the screen, i'm looking for something.  i know, i'm bad. i can't help it! it's good bryan's there because he's good at not trying to figure it out... as for me, i'm doing well- my uterus is already measuring 28 weeks!!!!, pressure's good, weight gain is good (my backside hasn't started to widen yet!!), and since i have twins (and all i pretty much eat is some form of sugar), there's a bigger risk of me having gestational diabetes, so i get to take my test early- at the end of the month, which will be 24 weeks.  oh, well, at least i'm not nauseous trying to do it, and orange soda's my favorite, i'll just try and pretend it's that :)   so i thought we got better pictures last time with a different tech, but these two are pretty good.  the rest are on the floppy disc, so i'll post them as soon as i can get out to my parents and check them out.  here are chuck and ned, looking great at 20 weeks and 1 day!!