11 week belly

Ok... Here is a picture of me visiting Heather in Charlotte. If you can believe I am only 11 weeks in this picture! I did start out my pregnancy between 230 & 240 but I can honestly say I swelled pretty quickly. Ginormous boobs and a stomach shoved up with babies underneath. It was 102 heat index that day in the shade...so if you look closely I am glistening.

As soon as Robb takes a picture of my current cute belly I will post it, maybe this Friday. We are going to a Halloween party and we are going as Ashley Simpson and Pete Wentz.

Blessing and Love to you all...
and please....don't forget to vote!
Elizabeth :)

2 Girls...

The wait is now over. It was confirmed on Friday that we are going to be blessed with 2 girls.
Robb is still walking around like a deer in headlights. "What am I going to do with 2 girls?" I think he is worried about all the boys he will have to deal with down the road.
Me.... I am not as disappointed as I thought I would be. I am so excited ... now we just have to come up with an equally cool name as Zoe for her sister.

Babies are growing well. Baby A (formerly known as Chance) is around 15 oz and Zoe is 14. On track for week 21. Both placentas are out of the way making it possible to dream for a natural birth.

I have been pretty tired. But feeling a million times better. I feel like I have been eating constantly, however I am still losing weight. The Dr isn't worried and neither am I. I know I have sufficient "reserves" for us all to get the calories we need to be healthy. I also am confident that the healthy way I have been taking care of my body the last few years has built up some healthy nutrient reserves as well. I just have to concentrate on making sure I get the vitamins that don't store well ( like vitamin C) and getting enough protein, iron and calcium.

I just can't believe I am getting two girls. I got to spend a good hour or so watching them yesterday as the ultra sound tech checked over everything. They are not something I dreamed up...they are really there...growing and moving and learning already. Two little pieces mixed of all the hopes and love my hubby and I could make. I am elated and terrified all at the same time. I just pray that all ups and downs will bring me to the healthy, happy babies I have been dreaming of my whole life.

Love to you all,
Elizabeth :)

Week 19

I had felt better last week..then have felt yucky most of the weekend and today. Perhaps I am just going to be one of those women who are sick most of their pregnancy.

The babies while quiet most of last week have been kicking up a storm today. I think I am starting to sound like a crazy woman at work. One can hear at random times of the day "Ouch, stop kicking me". What I am really thinking is "damn it kid, stop head butting me!" Head butting is a guy thing on Robb's side of the family. Robb did it as a little kid, Dylan did it too. One of the more distinctive pains I can recognize is a head slamming against the wall of muscle.
And that would be baby A, the lower one, who I think is my boy, Chance. I have no cute, fluttery feelings of baby movements. The only thing I recognize is that pain usually means someone is moving.

I didn't purchase much at the Mother of Multiples sale over the weekend. Just a few small odds and ends. However I am feeling very blessed in all the things coming my way. Between my sister-in-law Kyria (who had the last baby, Cici) and my best friend, Dina (who has the 6 month twin boys) I now have everything I need furniture wise for the first 6 months! 2 Cribs, 2 car seats, 2 swings & 2 bouncy seats! And to top that off, we raided Dina's closet again on Sunday and found more maternity shirts for work and weekends. And I get to borrow a really nice black cocktail dress that should work for the Holidays. I am so lucky to have their kindness and love!

My next appointment is on Friday, so I am sure I will have more Dr. news over the weekend. I will be interested to see if I have gained any weight in the last 2 weeks. While I feel that the babies are growing I know I am still not getting enough calories for us all. My face is starting to look less chubby. For those of you that knew her, or have seen pictures of her, I have the bull dog jowls of Oma deWolff (not Marie our Oma, but Opa's mother from Holland, who was my Mom's Oma). Heather insists that I get her pictures of my belly.... and there was an anonymous post by some kind soul who thinks I look pregnant...so I will put pictures up this weekend for you all to laugh at and enjoy.

I can't tell if I am really this bad at bouncing from topic to topic with really bad paragraphs. Or if it is baby brain. Maybe it is a little of both. I ramble ...it is quite common. I am off to bed.

Love and Blessings to you all,
Elizabeth :)