Getting close!

I'm 35.5 weeks along and have surprised myself that I made it this long. I had my mom come out two weeks ago because I thought I was pretty close to having them. Well with all this bed rest it sure has kept them in longer which is good so they can develop more.

Today I had a non-stress test (I have two a week now), things went good with that and I also had another ultrasound. Both babies are head down so if they stay that way it looks like I won't have to have a c-section (yay!). Baby A is 4 lb 12 oz and Baby B is 4 lb 3 oz. Dr. wants me to squeeze in another week so the babies can get over 5 lbs. Crazy to think I have almost 9 lbs. of baby in me but there are two. Dr. says he will induce me in just over two weeks if I haven't had them by then. We are getting excited to meet these two littles but I'm mentally preparing myself for the lack of sleep over the next year. I don't think we fully understand yet what it's going to be like. I remember the lack of sleep with Carson, but this is going to be double.

I can't walk around much or be on my feet at all because they will swell right up, so Keith and mom have taken really good care of me. Carson has loved having my mom here and it's been nice to have someone to read to him, put him to bed, fix his lunches for school, and play with him. Longmire is finally back on for the new season, after a year of waiting Keith and I are stoked, so I'll have something to watch this last week or two before the babies come. My mom heads home next Wednesday and Keith's parents come next Saturday....so we have help until November which will be so nice. My next blog post will probably be their birth story! EEKK!

Me today--I look huge even compared to last week!

Goodbye Summer.....

I can't believe it's already September 1st! School has started and I have no idea what to do with myself now that Carson is in kindergarten. I guess I only have a few weeks to myself before the babies come and then I'll most likely be catching up on sleep during the days when Carson is at school.

August just flew by. We spent most of it hanging out with friends, getting ready for school to start, prepping for the babies, going to appointments, and figuring out our backyard plans.

Yesterday was Carson's first day of Kindergarten. He's lucky to be going to school with three other boys from his primary class that are his buddies. When we dropped him off at school yesterday he started to cry a bit which made me tear up, but we found his buddy Carter and sat him down next to him and he seemed to be ok. We watched from the window for a bit with our friends before we headed off. I had a pretty hard time with it yesterday, I certainly would have loved to keep him home another year, but I can't. He's my buddy, he's really never left my side the last 5 1/2 years. In some ways I'm ready to see him grow and learn and do the school thing, but I mostly just miss the little guy everyday, I'm sure it'll get easier, especially when the twins come and I will need that time to recover, clean and sleep, but right now I wish he was still home with me.

Pregnancy update: I'm a little over 32 weeks and on bed rest. I missed last Sunday at church and received a whole flock of text messages, phone calls, and dinner offers. Keith said he was bombarded at church with people asking where I was and once they found out I was on bed rest my phone was receiving texts etc. like crazy. We really do have the best ward, people are so genuinely thoughtful and want to help. I'm doing well though, trying not to do much other than the necessary. My dr said he'd be surprised if I made it to 35 weeks, which is two weeks from Monday!! It's getting closer and I'm getting more nervous! My mom might come out next week, we are just hoping I make it to at least 34 weeks so I can have them here in Casper and not Denver.

That's about it! Fall is basically upon us and I couldn't be more excited! I may have already put up my fall decorations :)

Enjoying the last few summer nights at the river with Daddy before school started

Movies in the park with his buddy Carter

Gotta get the last of the fishing in!

Car seats came and it's surreal to have two!

Little man's first day!

At the beginning of August Keith worked with Carson for a couple of days to help him learn how to ride his bike without training wheels. He finally got it down and was so proud!