Sweet Caroline

27 weeks.   Size of babies :  2 pounds each and 14 inches long…about the size of a head of cauliflower per good ole’ baby center.   Size of mama :  large and in charge.   How I feel :  I really can’t complain during the day, but I definitely FEEL it at night.  Standing on my feet for long periods of time takes a toll, and I repeat the soreness, pressure, etc. going on ….yikes.  I do feel like I’m starting to swell a bit easier.  Breathing becomes challenging sometimes… I know that sounds crazy but apparently very normal.  All your insides just get pushed up so much to make room for babies which is what causes things like heartburn and trouble breathing.  Not too exciting of an update, no big changes right now…which I guess I’m thankful for.  I was talking to someone last night who had twins and had to be put on bed rest at 22 weeks, scary!  I keep praying I won’t have to go on bed rest….it would just totally throw a HUGE k...

DONE!!!!!!   Wow.  What a feeling!  We are officially DONE moving….thank goodness!!  This has been a LONG, tough month.  Between the grueling exhaustion of being pregnant and moving/packing up an entire house/cleaning said house I have been WIPED out lately.  My husband has been FABULOUS and has carried the majority of the load as far as this move is concerned, but I have helped to the best of my ability and did a lot of the cleaning (with some help from my wonderful momma as well).  No matter what, pregnancy plus working all day plus carrying for our sweet, sometimes sassy toddler plus moving and cleaning is TIRING.  Of course, we are really only HALF way done b/c eventually we WILL be moving somewhere else…but I feel like moving into a house is much easier than moving OUT.  Regardless, thankful to be DONE for now.    I did get a nice break Saturday because I hosted my best friend’s baby shower, it was really sweet and simple and p...

I guess it’s time to make the boys names official.  Lordy, what a process this has been.  You think naming ONE baby at a time is hard?  Sheesh.  Try two.    Here’s how it all went down.  Mikey’s middle name is Thomas, after his maternal grandfather, who is still alive.  We had always said we would use Thomas as a middle name if we had a boy one day.  I never really thought I liked it enough for a first name….so a middle name it was.  But, then….when we found out we were having TWO boys, and I wanted to use some of my family’s names in there as well…..  well, then…Thomas started sounding better as a first name.  Really, there was just nothing I ever thought of that I liked better….and there were NO other family names that we liked as first names…..   So one of the GLENN TWINS IS………………..   THOMAS PUTNAM           TPG     Putnam is my mom’s maiden name and my grandfather ...

25 weeks.   Size of babies :  at last week’s appointment, one measured 1 lb. and 5 oz. and the other was 1 lb. and 7 oz.  RUTABAGA is the food item baby center uses for this week. *i have got to get a new phone. All of my pics look blurry like this now. Ugh.    Size of mama :  still growing.    How I feel :  Every day is different.  For the most part, during the work week I am completely fine until about  8 pm  and then I am DONE.  I sit a lot at my job, so no stress on my body.  I can definitely tell a difference on weekends when I am moving around a lot more/doing stuff.  I’ve had a few bad days here and there….but mostly, I’m good until evening.  We had another good checkup last week.  I go back for the glucose test  on May 7 , which will be my 28 week appointment.    The boys’ growth is looking good, little A is still breech-:(   I know he still has plenty of time to flip ar...

So….blogging definitely gets put on the WAY back burner when life gets CRAZY.  And life has definitely been crazy lately…as expected when you move, but still.  WHEW.    -Two weekends ago, we took some time off from the chaos and headed down to Beaufort for the weekend.  Some friends came along and it was the perfect weekend of LAZY and RELAXATION.  We had no schedules, no plans and just did what we wanted.  It was much needed….I took some good pictures of the girls that I’ll have to share once I get around to uploading them from the camera.   -This past weekend was WORK.  Mikey was out of town for most of it and it exhausted me.  Thank goodness for best friends…one of mine came over  Saturday morning  and helped me pack up the entire kitchen, how amazing.  I kept my nephew for a few hours Saturday morning and my best friend brought her little girl over too... So we had three toddlers in the house! This is what the den look...

Well...... That's to be decided ;-) Things I will miss about pregnancy:   ……………. ……………. …………….   Kidding (sort of).   I am forever grateful to be able to have two pregnancies and carry THREE babies.  However, I’m not going to sugar coat it, I don’t love being pregnant.  First go round…it really was a breeze until around 30 weeks.  And then, it wasn’t too horrible until about 33/34 weeks…when I got UNCOMFORTABLE and had tons of back pain.  But, with the first pregnancy…I seemed much more “in limbo” during those 9 months.  It’s a hard feeling to describe, but I just kind of felt like I was in a holding pattern until baby came and I didn’t love that.  This go round…I don’t feel that as much, but the pressure/back pain and soreness that I already feel make up for it.   Most of the time, I still feel great…but day by day I get sore(er), feel more pressure and my back hurts a bit longer.  All of this is normal for a second pregnancy,...

We got a LOT done in the packing department this past weekend.  Seems so early, but we are going out of town this coming weekend and Mikey is out of town the next, and I host TWO baby showers in the month of April………. So yeah, it’s a busy month!   Friday night , we headed to the “MOM” (that would be multiples of the midlands) big consignment sale…….i was PRAYING, FINGERS CROSSED that there would be a baby jogger city select double there……..but no such luck.  We got a few items, but nothing crazy… it’s a better sale for those who will be first time parents or need CLOTHES.  I hesitate to buy too far in advance for the boys b/c I have no clue what size they will be.  After the sale, we met my parents for dinner while they waited on the Carolina baseball game to start.    We were up bright and early Saturday………. Just kidding, we don’t ever wake up bright and early on the weekends.  We snuggled in bed with C bug till 9 and then started making som...

23 weeks. Size of babies :  Weighs as much as a large mango per baby center.  Size of mama :  Growing day by day.  No, really…I think by the minute.  *this one will probably stay the same for the duration………..GROWING, GROWING, GROWING.   Just for a good laugh: here’s the comparison: 23 weeks with Collins vs. 23 weeks with twin boys.  Real life over here folks and it scares me shitless.   HOW BIG am I going to get?!?   How I feel :  Same, sometimes great….but by the end of the day or after exerting myself too much I am worn out and sore.   Trying not to complain. :-)  These little rug rats kick me ALL the live long day.  Collins wasn’t that active inside, but goodness these boys are.  I feel baby A way more than B, but I think that may just be because of how they are positioned.  Happy Wednesday!   xoxo