relief

for my friends who blog but don't do facebook, here's a lovely picture for you:

36 weeks 5 days (12/13/09).

so, i'll be 37 weeks tomorrow. went to the doctor today (first of 4 appointments this week by the way). baby a is still breech so c-section is a must. i was practically in tears when the doctor asked me if i was ready to have the babies. YES!! i keep telling them they should come out and meet everyone and that it's not so bad out here. i guess they're just happy using my bladder as a cushion and being squished together. or maybe (as mom reminded me) they're getting some extra counsel form Heavenly Father and family like my grandpa Wendell before they come.

whatever the case may be, doc scheduled my c-section on my 38 week mark-- Tuesday 12/22/09! it is such a relief to have an end in sight (or a beginning depending on how you look at it). if all goes well we should have them home just in time for christmas!!

first christmas tradition

it's a family tradition in my family to get a teddy bear for baby's first christmas. i still have mine. here is a picture of my bear. his name is bandaid.


i really want to pass this tradition on to our kids. so, since the twins will most likely be here before Christmas, i thought we better be prepared just in case. it took a lot of searching to find just regular teddy bears! but i finally found some cute ones at target. don't they look like happy little twin bears?

my favorite room

so, the babies' room is my favorite room in the house right now...which is a good thing since i'm sure i'll be spending a lot of time in there :) it's probably my fav just because i actually put some time and thought into decorating it. the top 1/2 of the room is cream and the bottom is green with a white chair rail to match the furniture. josh actually put up the chair rail himself and helped my vision come true. what a crafty husband i have!

i made the kiddo's names out of craft letters to hang above their cribs, but now we're re-thinking our boy name so i'm postponing that part of the room decor.

Mom Green helped us find some sweet furtniture. I love this chest--it's gorgeous and will make an awesome toy box:

(chest open:)

another sweet find was this beautiful dresser...now fully stocked :)

just some more pics...

oh, and i HAD to post a picture of the closet. josh's aunt Becky came up to us one day at church and said she had found a bunch of diapers for cheap and wanted to know if we wanted to buy them. of course we said yes. little did we know she had found us 800 diapers for $50! how crazy is that? oh, and not to mention she also threw in 4 jumbo packs of wipes as a bonus. this picture doesn't do it justice, but we have quite the stockpile...which will last us probably a couple of weeks haha.
we really feel blessed. Heavenly Father is taking care of us and these babies by sending us such generous friends and family. thank you all so much!!!

crab 'n snow

ok, so in recent years i have become somewhat...stingy thrifty frugal. i'm all about a good bargain.

this last weekend Raley's had dungeness crab on sale for a ridiculously low price so josh and i splurged and had an at-home crab feed!

doesn't josh look so happy? he LOVES crab.

other exciting news, we woke up to snow here this morning. it rarely even trys to snow here and NEVER sticks so this was a big deal :)

our backyard, orangevale CA 12/7/09

update and paranoia

well, at my last ultrasound "twin B" (baby boy) was measuring 5lbs 13 oz and "twin A" (baby girl) was measuring 5lbs 3 oz. so, since one is a lot bigger than the other my doc wants me to go in twice a week until the end of my pregnancy now to do non-stress testing--just to make sure they are each getting enough blood flow and are moving like they should. so, i'm pretty much going to live at Kaiser in december i think. i don't mind though, especially because yesterday was my last day of work!!!

ok, this is random but last night i was watching a show on the discovery channel about multiples and they showed a woman having quadruplets. when they pulled them out, the nurses were so rough with the babies! flinging them around and turning them upside down, holding them with one hand, etc etc. i was horrified! what if they drop my babies!? am i the only one paranoid about this?

on a brighter note, josh's co-workers gave us a baby shower last night at BJ's in folsom (& we saw the Kutys there which i was excited about). it was a lot of fun and j's work friends were very generous. i can't thank everyone enough for all the help and generousity you've shown us! we truly are blessed.

almost

almost time for maternity leave! i will be so happy when this week is over; only 5 more work days. i can't wait to catch up on sleep and projects before the babies come. and of course i'm ecstatic that i get to be home for at least 3 months with my babies. my job is a good job and i'm thankful to have it...but truthfully i don't want to think about going back to work after my leave time is up. it scares me. so, i'm not thinking about it :) i'm just focusing on this time with our babies. yay!

gratitude

just some of the things i am thankful for. i am so blessed!