Fun at Grandma's

Tyler had a fun, fun time at Grandma Kitty's on Sunday with Daddy! While I thoroughly enjoyed an afternoon off with Mom, Kristen & Brittany at Chipotle & Color Me Mine, Tyler & Daddy headed over to see Grandma Kitty. Tyler helped pick lemons, oranges & tangerines off her trees and he loved it!

Great Grandma Ruth was there, too!
I know Tyler had fun over there! They came home with 4 grocery bags FULL of fruit! We've been juicing the lemons, tangerines & lemons and boy oh boy...they make the BEST juice!! Tyler's counting down the days until he can go back to visit Grandma Kitty again!

Great check-up!

I'm so happy to report that all went well at my last appointment with Dr. A. Actually, I saw Dr. Haydon, which was a nice surprise since I hadn't seen him yet during this pregnancy. He's so sweet and I just love him!

Both little ladies were being stubborn and didn't want to cooperate at first. The u/s tech got Dr. H to come in to the room to help her get a shot of the hearts that she wasn't able to get. After a few minutes of ridiculously uncomfortable poking on my stomach with the u/s doppler, they finally got what they needed. We're so thankful that everything looked great and Dr. H said their anatomy is perfect and they're growing great. Phew!!

Baby A was measuring 23 weeks, 5 days and estimated weight was 1 lb 5 oz. Baby B was measuring 24 weeks, 1 day and her estimated weight was 1 lb 6 oz. On the day of the appointment I was 23 weeks 2 days. These girls are ahead of the game! :-)

The same day, I had my monthly tummy check with Dr. D and all was well there, too. He sent me for the Hemoglobin A1C blood work and all came back normal, so the next step is just the standard 2 hour glucose test. (I guess this just recently changed from the 1 hour test they offered previously.) I'm going first thing Monday to do that test and I'm hoping & praying that I don't get diabetes this time around! Oh, here's a nice piece of lovely news...I gained 6 pounds. In ONE month. Holy cow! I'm up 13 pounds total.

Starting at my next appointment, at 27 weeks, Dr. D is going to start doing the Ffn tests that we did with Tyler- the fetalfibronectin test- to determine if I'll go into labor within the next 2 weeks. He also wants to talk about doing a steroid shot between 28-30 weeks for the girls' lungs...in case they arrive early.

That's about it as far as appointments go. I haven't been feeling so great the last couple of weeks. It's been so hard to keep my eyes open throughout the day. I'm going with the idea that it's a combo of: getting up at least 2 times per night to pee, chasing Tyler all day and my body growing not one, but two human beings. I'm exhausted!! My back has been doing a number on me as well. It's sciatica on my left side, lower back. Oh my word, it's painful to just walk sometimes. Not fun! I mentioned it to Dr. D and he said if it gets too bad, he can send me for physical therapy, but I'm hoping I can just deal with it. He said the only cure is delivery. Ugh!

I think that's about it for now. Yay for 24 weeks!

Speech

Tyler started speech last week and he LOVES it! Oh my word..it's the cutest thing and so far, all three days I've had tears in my eyes while we're there. His teachers LOVE him and they're so darn good at what they do!! This is the place where Shannon had the triplets go when they were in speech and she couldn't speech highly enough of them, so we had to give them a try. Thank God we did!

He's doing great so far! Both days last week, he didn't want to leave my side. He wanted me to go into the room with him. Today, he didn't want me around! He pulled Miss Stacy's hand and walked into her room without even looking back at me. Cutest thing ever!

His teachers decided it would be best (because he's so young still) to meet with him twice a week for 30 minutes each time. So, he meets with Miss Stacy on Tuesdays and Miss Carly on Thursdays.

We've already noticed such a difference in his attempt to communicate..it's amazing...especially since he's only been 3 times so far! We're so excited to see his progress after a month! It looks like he's on a 3 month contract for now. They'll reassess his at that point to see if he still qualifies for service.

No pictures yet, but I will for sure get one of him & Miss Stacey & Miss Carly!

Happy hearts!

Kristen gave me the idea of having Tyler color some paper hearts for Valentine's Day decorations. I never have any V-day decor up in the house, except maybe a heart wreath on the front door. Boring!

One day last week, I cut out some hearts, wrote L-O-V-E on them and had Tyler go to town. He had fun and it looks cute hanging up!

Shy girls

Here are pictures of the little Kaufman ladies from my appointment on Monday. They're shy little girls!

The appointment went well...my cervix measured 5.6cm (crazy!!) and the girls looked great! Dr. A is going to check those couple of things from our big ultrasound in 2 more weeks. I thought he wanted to check on Monday when I went, but I was wrong. The ultrasound tech made me feel SO much better when I asked her about double checking the face & heart. She said it's really common there to ask the patient to come back to complete the anatomy ultrasound, because many times the u/s is scheduled a tad bit too early to be able to get the angles. I told her I was freaked out about it- she reassured me that it's nothing to worry about and that she sees that all the time. Phew!! I'm still anxious to rule everything out. I just know everything will be great :-)