Sweet Caroline

So....it happened.   I knew all along it would, it was just a gut feeling.  My 34 week appointment was GREAT….I was still the “poster child” for twin pregnancy according to my doctor.  Not really, he’s just extremely enthusiastic and is good about making his patients feel good about themselves:-) My 34 week appointment was Thursday June 19; again….everything still rolling right along.  On that Sunday I got sick….  And started taking Tylenol cold on Monday (the options for pregnant women are pretty low).  Anyways, I worked just a half day Monday because I was just feeling crummy….worked all day Tuesday and then was due back at the doctor Wednesday morning  for my 35 week appointment.  He had bumped me up to start coming weekly at this point.  So, Wednesday morning  rolls around and ….. WOMP WOMP, my blood pressure was elevated for the first time.  It was elevated twice when the nurses took it, and then after I laid on my side a minute and they took it again,  it was fine.  We did some N

As I’ve mentioned a million times…I LOVE summer.  LOVE it.  It’s what I need each year to regroup, if you will.  I absolutely LOVE the longer days (even the sweltering heat only because that means its summer) and the care free attitude that we adapt on so many of our summer nights.  We are fortunate and get to go down to the coast a LOT, which is fantastic; we are generally down there 1-2 weekends a month in the summer and for a week vacation.  The beach, the boat, lazy summer nights, it is all perfection to me.    And….well, this year.  This year is different.  And it’s hard for me.  Hard to accept and hard to know I won’t get my normal “summer.”  I’m dealing, and I know it’ll all be worth it when these boys get here, but it does kind of stink giving up such an important part of my life this year.  We have gone to Beaufort several times and even took a three day weekend two weekends ago…I’ve been on a girl’s weekend in  Edisto and we’ve been out on the lake a few times too; but that’s

1.       FOUR weeks from today, I repeat FOUR more weeks.  My doctor moved my c section date up a few days yesterday at my appointment and I couldn’t be more excited!  It’s not much, but mentally ….it helps SO much.  I was scheduled for Tuesday  July 22 ….now we are Friday  July 18 , which is 38 weeks and 1 day.  Which is exactly when I got induced with Collins, crazy huh?  Of course, this is all assuming nothing happens and my BP stays good, so we shall see….but for now I’m happy.  Everything looked great at appointment:-)   2.        I’m going to try and keep this post positive after yesterday’s Debbie downer…..  We are celebrating Mikey’s birthday  tonight with a little family dinner date and tomorrow we are having some friends over for a cook out.  I figured this may be one of my last social outings for a WHILE… so I’m looking forward to it!  We are also planning one lake day for this weekend…. I don’t want this summer to go by and us feel like we didn’t enjoy it at all because eit

You may want to go ahead and close out this post if you don’t like negativity.  Ha, kidding....well not really.  But, seriously….woah.  A slight change in tone from yesterday:-)    EVERYTHING hurts.  Things have gone downhill fast the past 10 days.  I feel good for the first few hours in the morning and then the back pain sets in….along with the hip and leg pain.  And the ITCHING…this just started.  WHAT the WHAT!?!  Don’t know what is causing it but my whole upper body itches desperately bad…a lot.  Weird, right?  I probably still try and do too much considering I am 34 weeks pregnant with TWINS.  A lot of people are on bed rest at this point…so I’m thankful for that, but I do know I have to start resting more.  I came home yesterday and laid on the couch on my side for about 45 minutes and it helped so much.    My wardrobe.  Ha.  I think I wear the same 5 dresses over and over and over.  Sorry, friends.  Nothing else is comfortable and I sure as heck don’t care to spend any more mone

*posting this on the day i am 34 weeks pregnant. Surely we have several more weeks to go but you never know so I wanted to go ahead and post so I won't forget! To my sweet Graham and Thomas,    Where oh where do I even begin?  To say y’all were the surprise of a lifetime is an understatement.  Never in my life did I ever think about/dream of having twins.  It NEVER crossed my mind.  BUT, with that being said….it didn’t take your daddy and me long to come around to the idea and fall in LOVE with you two.  Although the thought of twins has caused quite a bit of anxiety and worry (over things you two won’t have to think about for quite some time….like finances and balancing life with three kiddos) it has caused even more love, excitement and absolute  pure joy .  Once we got over the initial shock of being told we were having twins…your daddy and I would stay up late talking or randomly just look at each other with amazement over the fact that God was blessing us with twins.  TWINS. 

I’m super excited about our weekend, which starts at 5:00 today. Although, I wish I wouldn’t feel like a beached whale in a bathing suit… this will be our LAST little mini vacay before our whole world gets turned upside down.  The doc gave me the go ahead to take off for Beaufort for ONE LAST time this weekend.  (I could probably be fine just being IN Beaufort (it’s only 2.5 hours away) but it’s more the fact that we go out on the boat while there, and ummm….going into labor in the middle of the intracoastal waterway?  Not so good.  It’s not really that I think going into labor is that close, but you just NEVER know (says my BFF who just had her first baby at 33 weeks!).  So anyways, this is it.  Our last family vacation (as a family of 3) before the boys get here.  I say vacation, but really…it’s just a long weekend, we are only taking Friday off; but it will still be nice.  That one extra day in the sun helps soothe the soul.   We will arrive  Thursday night  around 8 and have three

33 weeks. Size of babies :  A pineapple.  At our 32 week appointment one was 4 lb and the other was 4 lb 1oz.  I know these aren’t exact but still, that’s definitely more baby than I ever had in me the first time……YIKES.  (Collins was 6 lb. 12 oz.)    Size of mama :  large and in charge.  I mean, seriously.  My dad will just look at me and start laughing….  He (nor I for that matter) can understand how in the world this belly can get ANY bigger.   How I feel :  Blah.  Pain.  Blah. Pain.  The days are still okay.  Although getting up and down/walking around a bit cause pressure/pain…but night times are rough.  Getting in and out of bed is painful and this week I have woken up to pee FIVE times a night several nights.  HOLY.  I never did this with Collins…  maybe  once a night at the end, but that was it.  I’m starting to swell.  Cankles come out at night.  I’ve stopped wearing my rings.   Rolling from side to side in bed is hard and painful.  And I do it frequently to stay comfortable. 

Our new house.  And a really long post about how we got there. I would be shocked if anyone makes it thru this one... But I have to write all this out for me! So, it’s a done deal.  We found another house.  Let me tell you how all of this went down…or really, let me record it for my memory’s sake….it was a LONG process.  The whole idea with us going thru with the sale of our old house was to make money, pay off a substantial amount of debt and find a house that would get us thru till ALL of the kids went to public school and we had NO more daycare to pay!  Sort of a sacrifice if you will, to set us up in a good financial situation for our future.  Well, it took a while to get there.  I’ve always wanted to build, and the LAST lot in our neighborhood came on the market just as we sold ours.  We were THIS close to making an offer and calling it a done deal.  We had the builders come out, we had a plan, we had a budget, etc.  But, in the end….we called it off.  The lot is not that

This weekend was a pretty good one.  Nothing big planned, but we did manage to have a little adult time that turned out to be super fun and got in some good work on the house as well.  Play and productivity?  I’ll take it.    Friday evening  was nothing special.  Colls and I went to the pool for a bit and Mikey worked late at the house, I was in bed by 10.  My mom, Collins and I left the house Saturday   morning  to run a few errands before it was time to head to the farm!  My nephew Grady was turning two and they had his party at a little farm in the country.  It was lots of fun.  Although Collins wouldn’t ride the pony…she had a blast.  She mainly loves being with her cousinsJ  Mikey took this birthday party off so he could work on the house….lots to do, folks!  That night, Mikey’s parents kept C and we enjoyed a night out with friends.  We went on a good, long booze cruise around the lake (well, everyone except me) and then went to dinner.  It was a night we won’t forget anytime soo

Sorry for the radio silence.  Things are hectic around these parts to say the least.  We closed on our new house last Friday (long post coming) and it’s been chaos ever since.  Between getting quotes, buying stuff, starting demolition of the kitchen….we’ve been busy!  I’m obviously not much help right now, which drives me nuts…. I HATE not being able to do anything.  My awesome husband has worked at the new house every night and all last weekend so we can move in before these boys come.  We are still trying to finalize exactly what all will be done renovation wise now and what we will wait a few months on…so many decisions!    Other than that……. I’m still trucking along.  I have been taking Collins down to the pool after work and it has been so nice.  She loves it and it is super refreshing for me and about the only time my back doesn’t ache!   Last Sunday, my AMAZING friends threw the boys and me a little “sprinkle” and it was perfect.  I’m waiting on all the pictures, so that post wi