incommunicado

hey everybody..just wanted to let you know, i am deeep in the midst of studying for finals. my last one is next monday...then i can finally relax!!
so, to anyone who has been trying to reach me...this is why i haven't called back....yet! i will have tons of time to talk next week ;)
lots of love to all!!!

bed restin'

welll...
I went to the doc last week, and he was not happy with my continued (and increasing) braxton hicks, so I have been put on modified bed rest. No more work for me, but he did clear me for finishing school, since I only have a couple of weeks left.
Im now on a schedule of seeing him every week, which is comforting. Now when you think about it, time is about to start moving soo fast, and we still have so much to do! We have to work on the nursery (which is now cleaned out, but still needs paint and furniture)!
Ah well, it will all get done :)
Ron and I did manage to get in one last getaway before the news, and that was wonderful. We went to Nags Head for a night, and ate at our favorite restaurant, Elizabeth's.
Here are a few pics of our last romantic getaway for a good long while :)

stay put babies!

Thank Goodness, It looks like the monkeys are staying right where they are for at least a few more weeks. We had our 25 week doctor's appointment on Thursday, and my doc was a bit concerned with the amount of Braxton Hicks contractions I've been having. He also said after describing something that happened last weekend, that I had a real contraction too (he did say its not uncommon to have a few of those in the last couple of months. So we did a Fetal Fibronectin Test . It came back negative today. Thats a huge sigh of relief. We still have a long way to go to get these babes fat and healthy. We had an Ultrasound that went great. Baby B has always measured a little behind baby A in weight, but it looks like not only has he caught up, but he has become a little chunky monkey. He weighed in at 2 pounds. Baby A is still measuring great, he is 1 pound 12 ounces. They are both breech with butts down.
I am feeling great, I've cut back hours at work, and its a good thing because I have been more tired than I have been in the last few months. Every day I have off I have to take an afternoon nap :). I have really been relaxing for the most part, the doc says that it the best thing I can do for my boys, so I'm working on it. I am taking some time to get some organizing done in our storage room, that will be the boys' nursery. Next week will be the big work week. Ron has taken off so we can get a ton of stuff done.
He has been working so hard, things are going great with the school, and he took me this week to see the space where classes will be held in Va Beach starting this summer, very cool.

Well, heres what you've all been waiting for, more pics!
Enjoy :)

Here is baby A's profile



And here is is in 4D, looking as cute as ever....



Here is my fav pic from this session. It looks as though Baby B will be proficient at yoga when he gets out ;)



And here he is in 4D, moving around again, so pretty blurry, but you can really tell that he is filling out, chipmunk cheeks :)




This one is a bit on the blurry side too, but its both boys together, head to head..very sweet



Lastly here is one of me from last week, at 24 weeks..speaking of filling out :)


We'll keep you updated on baby room progress next week!
More soon...

Our first class..

We had our first "prepared childbirth" class last night. It was actually a fun time! I didn't think Ron was going to be able to go, but he was awesome and surprised me by moving around his students so he could go too.
It is a lamaze class, but you learn plenty besides the breathing too, last night we actually learned some pretty useful stuff about recognizing false labor from the real thing, stages of labor, etc.
Ron did great, took notes and everything, Im impressed. :)

In other news...I'm having a harder and harder time sleeping. Last night I couldn't fall asleep until 4:30 am, even later than Ron! I need a reading light, because if I'm going to be up that late, I'd rather get some good reading in then just stare at the walls in the dark, and I would rather not go downstairs to watch TV or anything, because climbing up and down the stairs has really begun to resemble a hike up Everest for me.
Im already carrying an extra 30 pounds around!
Speaking of, that brings me to the rest of the night..tossing and turing like I have never known. Even though I am surrounded by pillows, I wake about 8 times a night to flip sides because my hips are killing me! If anybody has advice, please give it!
Otherwise things are beautiful. I can't wait to see where they are on Thursday, because I am feeling things everywhere, and I love every second of it. :)

Now Im off to take a nap, so I can get some serious studying done tonight..oh and watch OPENING DAY AT YANKEE STADIUM!!!
more soon!

24 weeks 1 day!

Its a nice place to be! I can't believe we are this far already. I had a doctor's appointment today, and am now on strict orders to cut back working severely. At the last appointment he told me to cut back to 24 hours a week, which I was going to do, I promise ;). Today, though he was pretty adamant that I work no more than 15 hours a week. He said that 24-28 weeks is a very critical time, and when I am not working, I must be relaxing. Oh darn.

So, I called work already and told them, and I have spent the rest of my day cleaning the house. I PROMISE I will relax tonight though! I have to watch last weeks Lost, and tonight's, so I have a lot of couch time coming up ;). 

We didn't have an ultrasound this week, we will next week. The monkey's are pretty active though, so I feel fine. 

I do have some pics from our last ultrasound that I have to add, which I will do right now! 

These were all from 21 weeks..
Here is Baby A, who is always cooperative with the picture taking (which I don't understand, because he is usually the wild one)
He has such a cute button nose :)


Here he is 4D, you can see him so well, because he was asleep..but he is just adorable :)


And here is my little Baby B, Baby A was kicking him in the head, so he was getting frustrated, and kept moving, so his picture looks a little freaky :)


I am getting so much bigger all of the time, strangers keep asking me when I'm due, and saying I must be due any day now. Here is a pic of me on Easter, but this is actually pretty slimming.



Updates will come much more frequently now that I am going to actually be home more. So don't stop looking please!
Much Love to all!

sorry for the delay :)

Sorry, everybody for the delay in updating! Things were crazy at work for a little bit, and now I have an exam to study for...hence, delay!
Just a quick update without the pics this time. We are all doing great! I have gone back to being really tired again (another reason for delay ;) Last night I came home from work, and fell asleep on my bed in my scrubs for 2 hours, all the while the dogs were wrestling around me...Im pretty tired if that didn't bother me.
The boys are doing great, they are moving more and more everyday, and I am beginning to get the feeling that they never sleep, so I am trying to mentally prepare for that ;)
Ron is super busy with the Academy, in fact he is in the planning stages of opening up the Academy of Rock Music East at Alpha Music in Va Beach coming this summer (yeah, we are going to have a pretty busy summer). The classes are already filling up.
Right now we have our great friends Erik and Kela in from Hawaii with their lovely daughters Teilor and Heiden. So we are going to spend as much time with them as possible until they leave, so the pics from our last ultrasound (and more belly pics) will be posted soon. But, I gotta say with an exam, March Madness, and friends in town, it might be just a bit, but I'll do my best!

In the mean time watch No Country for Old Men, we just watched it last night and it blew me away. Javier Bardem's performance was one of the more Oscar worthy performances I have ever seen.

More soon (ish) :)

20 weeks belly pic..

Well..here it is, yikes! At work I was told it looked like I swallowed a volley ball one night, and then this belly was there. haha.
Yeah, and I've still got about 3 months to go! I have to admit I love it though :)