11 Weeks

Wow, I can't believe that I'm already at 11 weeks today. This first trimester is almost over! I'm still feeling tired, but I don't think I'm as tired as I was before. I haven't had any intestinal issues in over a week now either. Woohoo! I did go to see a nutritionist yesterday and unfortunately it turned out to be a complete waste of time and money. She wasn't able to tell me anything that I didn't already know. Oh well. The highlight of my day yesterday was having my LAST PIO shot. Woohoo!!!! I can't even tell you how excited I am to be done with those shots. :-) The only other change I've noticed is that the last 3-4 nights in a row I've had to get up in the middle of the night to go to the bathroom three times instead of just one. Sometimes I think I'm walking to the bathroom and back to bed with my eyes closed. I'm convinced that I'm still half asleep when I'm getting up.

Chris' surgery went really well last Friday. Thank you for all the sweet comments and prayers! When the nurse came to get me after his surgery the first thing she told me was that he was really loopy! That was quite an understatement. He was so drugged up and goofy. It was really funny. I went to stand beside the bed and he reached his hand out from under the blanket to hold my hand. After a few minutes he started reaching his hand out in the air towards me and when I asked him what he needed he said "babies...where are the babies?". I told him they were right there in my tummy and he reached his hand over and started rubbing my tummy. So sweet! :-) He's going to be such a great dad.

That's about all I have for now. It's getting close to bedtime and I need to go have my evening snack. Before I go, I will leave you with something I've been promising for weeks...the bump picture! Please excuse the poor quality of the picture. The batteries died in my camera and we had to use Chris' phone.

10 Weeks, but no ultrasound :-(

I'm 10 weeks today, but unfortunately this is our first week without an ultrasound. We won't have another one for two weeks. We really were spoiled at the RE's office by getting one every week! I pray for these babies daily and I thank God for them every morning. Now I just need to sit back and be calm. I need to remember that He is in control and that He is holding these babies in His hands and growing them and protecting them. It's just so hard to give up control!

Chris is having surgery on Friday. I feel so bad for him. They're going to be cleaning out his sinuses, fixing his deviated septum and a few other things. Poor guy. :-( Please keep him in your prayers. I'm praying that he has minimal pain and discomfort and that he heals quickly. So, we'll be having a very low-key weekend. It's a good way to stay on our baby budget, though!

That's about all I have for now. Dinner is almost ready and I am starving! Only two more days until the weekend! I hope everyone has a great rest of the week!

9 Week Update

Whew! What a week! I feel like such a bad blogger. Chris told me a few nights ago that I better update my blog soon because it had been too long. Sorry for the short hiatus. I've just been exhausted this week. I've been keeping up with everyone else, but I just didn't have enough energy to update mine. I promise to do better moving forward.

We had our first appt with the new OB/GYN yesterday and we really like her. She was very nice and very informative. She did an ultrasound so we got to see our babies again. They are both doing well and still measuring right on track. Baby A had a heart rate of 163 bpm and Baby B had a heart rate of 175 bpm. We could actually see them both moving around on the ultrasound yesterday. It was so neat. Our sweet little ones still look like little snowmen blobs on the ultrasound right now, but we could see the heads bobbing and we could see them moving their arms and legs. Baby B was really groovin' yesterday. Dr. M said that's why "she" has a higher heart rate. She's just more active. Now, I know we don't know the sexes yet, but since the first ultrasound I have felt that Baby A is a boy and Baby B is a girl. This is how I will refer to them until I am proven otherwise! :-)

The bump is definitely growing bigger. I know I owe several of you a bump picture and I promise I will post one. I just want to post a picture where I don't look half asleep and I actually have something on other than my lounge-around-the-house pants. My GI issues have been better this week, thankfully. My doctor did refer me to a nutritionist, though. I will see her next week. I'm still hungry all the time and I never feel full. I now have an aversion to green beans and corn. I've always loved veggies but now I'm starting to not like them as much. Green beans and corn don't make me sick, it's just that I don't have any desire to put them in my mouth. They just don't sound good anymore. My dreams are still crazy too. Gotta love pregnancy hormones!

Chris and I are going to the Bluebonnet Festival in Chapp.el Hill tomorrow and I am so excited! I'm most excited about the funnel cake and lemonade that I will be getting tomorrow. I LOVE funnel cakes and lemonade! Yum! I'm hoping to have a relaxing and productive weekend. The weather is supposed to be really nice. I hope everyone has a great weekend!

Baby A (above) Baby B