Still waiting...

Just another update...
We came home from the hospital last Wednesday evening, so I spent only 5 nights in there. Unfortunately, I was feeling awful last Friday and called the doctor and I asked to be taken off medicine (procardia) cause I don't like how it made me feel, and they made me go back to the hospital and be monitored. I am supposed to take the meds every 12 hours, but they showed me what would happen if I didn't take it, and I began having big contractions. I wasn't at 34 weeks yet then, so they told me to either take the medicine and suck it up or go into labor and put girls in NICU. I chose the medicine of course and after several hours of monitoring they let me come home (at 4 am). So I have been sitting here just waiting on nature to take its course since then. They said that when I am in real labor, that labor will break through what the procardia is doing (which is trying to slow down contractions).
Over the past few days though, I just can't help myself and I have had to get up and move around some. After almost a full 6 weeks on bed rest, I am about to lose my mind! I got up and cleaned some bottles yesterday and have done some little things here and there. I know my doctor would yell at me if she saw me, but I just can't take the sitting around doing nothing anymore. It is awful... at least for me who is such a fast paced person.
I of course want the girls to stay out of NICU and I want them to be healthy, but this bed rest (house arrest) is killer! My hormones are out of whack and I am surprised Aaron hasn't divorced me yet. I feel bad or him and his sister who is living with us right now... They have to put up with my constant moods that change from hour to hour. I can't wait to be a normal person again! LOL!
We're still waiting, but hopefully the "nesting" stuff is a sign. Apparently that is what I am doing, since I all of a sudden think that I need to clean bottles and fold clothes.
Today is Leap Year... I have made it through the first 14 hours of the day, and I am praying that these girls don't decide to come in the next 10 hours. I am so ready for them to come, but they absolutely CANNOT come today! I am so scared that they are going to have that awful February 29th birthday... No offense to anyone who has a birthday today, but I can't imagine having a birthday once every 4 years!
Ok, I think I am done rambling... Next post is going to hopefully be the one that we all want to see! :)

Short update...

Well these girls have definitely already made things interesting...
I went to the doctor last Wednesday for a check up and they redid my FFN test, which checks to see if there is any action going on down there. It came back positive, so they sent me over to Women's hospital on Thursday evening to get steroid shots. When I arrived I told them I was feeling some pressure and tightening, thinking it was only Braxton Hicks, but come to find out they were real contractions. OOPS! So I got admitted and they did my first steroids, which caused bigger contractions and they started me on Mag Sulfate to stop the contractions. My what was supposed to be an overnight stay has now turned into an almost week long stay. I got off mag sulfate Saturday night, but apparently it had already done a number on my body. Yesterday morning I woke up unable to breathe on my own and my oxygen level was very low. I got put on oxygen to help me breathe and they started pumping me full of lasix because I had apparently started to get fluid in my lungs. I didn't realize how bad of shape I was in until they told me yesterday afternoon that things could have gotten real bad and my dr informed me that I freaked her out. Lovely huh? So I am sitting here in the hospital, while mom and Aaron take turns switching off shifts. The goal is still to get the girls to 34 weeks, which will be this coming Sunday. Yesterday, the Dr told me that she was going to keep me hospitalized until then, but since I am doing better today, I may get to go home Thursday and ride out the rest of pregnancy on strict bed rest at home. But things have changed in such short times here lately, who knows! I will try to update again soon. :)
*I never knew how hard this mommy thing was going to be, and Austyn and Addisyn haven't even gotten here yet! LOL! Please say prayers that I don't have anymore complications so I can go home.
Love to all!

Family shower

My mom, mother in law, and sister in law threw me a shower this past weekend. My aunts and our family friends all came to celebrate with us. Below are a few pictures from the shower.

My cake! (from the amazing Julie Moncrief)

My mom had M&Ms with the girls names on them.

Opening gifts...

BOWS!!!!
Liz helping me with opening presents... thank goodness! I don't know if I would have made it through presents without her and my mother in law helping me.

Mom (Grandma CC), Mother in law (Mimi), Me, and my Sister in law Katie

Same people as above but we added Granny Grub (the girls great grandma).

Thank you to everyone that came and for all the gifts. We are so fortunate to have such amazing friends and family.
Hopefully the next blog post will be the BIG ANNOUNCEMENT of Addisyn's and Austyn's arrival!

Update

Just a short update...
I got put on bed rest on January 20 due to my cervix lining being too thin. They want me to now try and get to 34 weeks which will be February 26. Never thought I had to be worried about a leap year birth, but now I am. I am praying that of all days for them to come, that it will NOT be February 29! I knew from the beginning I didn't want to ever go on bed rest because I knew it would be awful, and boy is it. I am such an independent go getter do what I want person, and now having to sit here all day and read and watch tv is not the most fun. But, I know its for the health and safety of the girls and they just need to stay in a little bit longer. I am getting very uncomfortable and sleeping is a little hard these days, but I know it will all be so worth it in a few more weeks. If you're in the area, please feel free to drop in and visit. Having visitors definitely makes the days pass by faster.

I wanted to add a few more fo my favorite pictures from my shower from the girls that for some reason didn't upload the last time, so those are below.

Love to all!


The greatest best friend/sister that anyone could ever have!

Love these ladies!
Marissa, Robin, Micha, and Emily

My favorite little man! Graham Michael...

Liz, Lauren, Me, Danielle, and Amy
My fabulous best friends that hosted my shower.
This picture had to be restaged and taken a week later because we forgot to get one at the shower together... oops!

Baby Shower #1 from the girls!

My 4 best friends (Liz, Amy, Danielle, and Lauren) threw me and the girls our first baby shower last Sunday (January 8). Liz was very generous and hosted the shower at her house, even after we hosted our other best friend Amy's shower on Saturday (the day before). It was a very busy weekend and I was very tired at the end of Sunday, but it was wonderful to have both showers in one weekend and get them both knocked out early. The shower was absolutely amazing and perfect and I couldn't have imagined anything more perfect. We are truly blessed to have such wonderful friends in our lives and everyone is so excited for the girls to arrive. Below are just some of the pictures from the shower. Thank you so much to everyone that hosted and came. It meant the world to me to be surrounded by so many friends and family on such a beautiful day.


Saturday night before my shower. Liz was teaching me how to make ham and cheese sliders. YUM!

My beautiful cake (made by the fabulous Julie Moncrief of course)!

The adorable diaper cake Danielle made.

Me and my cake!

Shot of cake and buffet.

Top of cake!

My old team (Ross peeps) even came! It was so great to see them!

Some of our wonderful friends. (Jessica, Kami, Chanel, and Jackie)

Me and some of my girls. Best friends since middle school and high school.
(Liz, Crystal, Me, Sandra, and Ashley)

One of the precious diaper cakes that Karley made.

Gift pile... WOW! We have some fabulous people in our lives!

Maegan, Lauren, Crystal, and Ashley

Hanging out talking...

Grandma CC, Mimi, and Granny Grub (the girls great grandmother)

About to tackle gifts...

Group shot...

Grandpa and Marie!! I love these 2!

Opening gifts. Bloomers for the girls (Aaron's favorite things for the girls).

other shot of the girls (Lauren, Ashley, Maegan, Sandra, and Amy)

Me and Jessica (my fabulous co-worker that i couldn't make through each day of work without!)


There were so many more pictures, but I had to narrow some down. Thank you again to everyone that hosted and came!

Lots of Love!

Christmas 2011

Our only mommy/daddy photo we have with me Prego!

One more...

2 of the most important men in my life... I should have had my dad in here...

My baby brother. So hard to believe he's 18 and in college!

And again... This is the last picture we may have together before the girls come. He won't be back next semester until the girls are here. :(

We took a picture like this 7 years ago and my mom still has it up in the living room, so we decided to take another one. Maggie is about to be 8 on New Years Eve.

We hope everyone had a wonderful Christmas with their friends and family. It is so hard to believe that next Christmas Aaron and I will have 2 8 or 9 month olds tagging along with us. : )

Amazing how time flies!

Love to all!

A little more...

I always forget to add something...

So we got Darla spayed, and this is her "What did you guys do to me" look she gave us all night. So sad...

The other week I met some of the girls at the wine bar to hang out and catch up. Aaron tagged a long as well and we made him be the camera man. He should've known better. It's so hard to believe that were out of high school for 10 years and we are still a close group of friends.

I am truly blessed!