Boom Boom and Pow...3-D Style

Get your 3-D glasses ready...Boom Boom and Pow are coming to a theater near you!

We went in Tuesday for our 3-D scan of the munchkins. My sisters were home for the holidays and able to go with us...never a dull moment when we're all together. It was so incredibly difficult trying to get a clear picture, and our tech warned us before we even got started. They were so smooshed up in there with membranes and cords flopping everywhere...we were lucky to get the pics that we did. Boom Boom and Pow wanted to sleep the entire time, so we decided to wake them up by singing their favorite song, Santa Claus is Coming to Town....all of us. It seemed to work for the most part...and I'm sure the tech and rest of the office think that we're a bunch of freaks!

I also had to go back Wednesday for my one hour glucose test...failed it with a 202. I have to go back next week to do the three hour test. Blech. Hey, did you know that only 2-5% of pregnant women get gestational diabetes? Hmmm. Hey, did you also know that when something only happens 2% of the time, it happens to Jessica 100% of the time? That's how I always roll.

At this time, they weigh almost 3 lbs each! Crazy! My fluid is normal, and cervix is long and closed. On Tuesday, Pow was head down and Boom Boom was breech. She scanned me again on Wednesday while I was waiting on my blood draw and they were both head down! I guess they are doing cartwheels in there. I'm excited to be in the third trimester and pray that I can keep them baking for as long as possible. We need some chunky and healthy babies!

Boom Boom...he has Andy's EXACT nose and family lips...even though poor thing is smooshed. I think that's Pow's foot/knee in his face.

 Pow...looks like my sister. I don't know how, but he does!

 Boom Boom's Penis! Leave it to me to ask for a picture of it!

Pow's Penis! And legs. He was being so difficult as usual!

28 Weeks!!!! Third trimester...ahhhhhhh!

Hope everyone has a Happy New Years! Andy and I will be drinking fake champagne and playing with the Belly Cast. Hope it turns out well. It's hard to believe that this time two years ago, we were having a D&C...that was such a hard time for us. We lost all hope and almost threw in the towel. We are so excited at how far we have come. We never gave up and now we will be holding our babies in a couple months. God is so good!!!

Best Christmas Ever.

Our family has an annual Christmas Eve party every year, and this year trumped them all. It is a tradition to play the game "Dirty Santa" with funny gifts, so Andy and I went out and tried to find the most annoying gifts we could get our hands on. One gift was a McDonalds plastic hamburger play food set, complete with all your local Mickey D's has to offer. The other was one of those annoying, but ever so intriguing, "Sing-a-ma-jigs". Google it. They're hilarious.

When it came time to draw numbers, I was told that since I was pregnant this year I had the privledge of picking the first gift...which also meant that after the game was over I could go back and steal the gift I wanted the most out of all of them. Heck yeah!

I indecisively fumbled through the pile of gifts and just ended up grabbing one. I opened it up and it was a cute little striped newborn onesie. I giggled and thought to myself, now who would have bought a onesie for Dirty Santa?

My sister had drawn the number "2", so she had to pick next. She decided that she wanted to steal my onesie. Everyone, including myself, laughed and immediately thought that she was pregnant. She then smiled and chugged a sip of beer.  

Hmmmm. What is going on here?

Since she stole my gift, I had to pick another. As I opened it up, it was an infant sleep sack. I stared at it. It was then it hit me and I started beast crying. They were throwing us a surprise baby shower.

I was in shock and couldn't believe it! How selfless of our friends and family to organize this for us. It was one of the sweetest things anyone has ever done for us and we are truly grateful for everything we received. Boom Boom and Pow are already loved so much!!! A huge thanks to everyone...you all made this the best Christmas ever and are helping us to get started with the things we will need very soon! The only Christmas that will top this one will be next year when we are chasing our crawlers around!

Here is a slideshow I made that includes some pictures from our maternity session and our surprise shower. Hope you likey! Sorry for the picture and audio quality...Blogger must have compressed and upchucked the file. You can click the YouTube link underneath and it will take you to one that is a little better quality.

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year everyone!

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99 Bottles of Milk on the Wall

Last Wednesday marked 99 days until our due date of March 22, 2012!

Today, we have made it to 27 weeks...I can't believe how fast this is all happening. If you consider the fact that I'm not going past 37 weeks, then we only have about 71 days left...if that. Argh Matey. I'm definitely nesting, and I believe that Andy is to. We just want everything DONE so that we don't have to worry anymore. Plus, I think that my energy is quickly dwindling and I'm not sure how much longer I'll be physically able to get things taken care of (the bump is measuring the equivalent of 36-37 weeks with a singleton). We've been cleaning out closets and drawers and trying to eliminate all of the clutter that seems to pile up over time. I've never seen so much crap in my life!

Andy has been working on the nursery closet and we tried to design it to maximize as much space as possible. We were going to get someone to do it for us, but we ended up saving over 50% by doing it ourselves. We are becoming frugal geniuses! We weren't able to get a big dresser because the two cribs take up so much space, so we basically turned the closet into one big dresser. We are very pleased and I think that he did a wonderful job!

We also got our maternity pics back and they turned out really cute...I will post some of them later this week:)

The pilonidal cyst is dying a slow death, and I'm praying that it will NEVER come back. I still have a second hole in my bungcrack that continues to drain, but it hasn't become inflamed or abscessed again. I'm taking it easier at work and not on my feet as much, so I think that is helping with the healing process.

I have been singing to Boom Boom and Pow...a lot...and I found out that their favorite song is, "Santa Claus is Coming to Town". They start squirming and dancing around whenever I sing it! Either that or they are trying to tell me to shut the hell up.

Here are some pictures from the last two weeks. We hope that everyone has a Merry Christmas, or whatever it is that you celebrate! We are excited that this is our last Christmas as a couple...we will finally have a family to celebrate with next year. We aren't even doing Christmas gifts for each other this year because the best gift is these babies and it's all about them now. We are so incredibly blessed and happy for the first Christmas in a long time, and our hearts go out to those of you who continue to fight the hellish infertility battle. I hope that our story gives you HOPE and helps you to keep the FAITH.

26 Weeks

27 Weeks

Bam!

Closet Before...we started collecting diapers and have abouttttt...2 weeks worth. k.

Closet After... Handy Andy added cube fabric drawers, white drawers, and a top shelf unit

 Some cute little munchkin clothes we've received as gifts or picked up:)

 Handy Andy's corner shelf unit

After we raped baby store of diapers & wipes on Black Friday

Merry Christmas!!!

The Bungcrack

First off, sorry for the lack of updates. Our internet service provider decided to go out of business, without notice, so we have been without internet for a couple of weeks. They were even nice enough to debit our bank account for the month of December...then cut it off two days later. Asswipes.

Second, I'm back off my feet (and butt)...for a few days, at least. I thought it couldn't get any worse than the hemorrhoids, but it does. Oh yeah. I started having a little soreness to my tailbone last weekend and didn't think anything about it. Over the last two days a hard, painful, knot/boil decided to rear it's ugly head to my tailbone area...inside....of my bungcrack. Turns out I have what is called a Pilonidal Cyst that has turned into an abscess. They tend to develop from excess pressure, ingrown hair, or sitting for prolonged periods of time. Other than that, I don't think it's related to pregnancy unless the weight of my uterus caused it. My OB referred me to a surgeon this morning and I had to have it lanced, drained, and packed with about five inches of gauze. I took my poor mother with me to the appointment because I wasn't sure what they were going to do. As it turns out, she had great satisfaction and excitement watching him squeeze green mucus out of the abscess. She's always been one of those weirdos that likes to pop other people's pimples. Thanks Mom, but you're a freak!

So now I have a hole in the top of my bungcrack. Awesomeballs. Andy has to pull 1/2" of the gauze out each day until it is completely out. I didn't think I could take any pain medicine because of the pregnancy, but they were able to call in Tylenol #3 which is supposedly safe. I'm still scared to take it though. I'm going to save it and only take it if the pain becomes intolerable. It's common for them to recur, but hopefully this will heal normally and I won't have to deal with it for the rest of the pregnancy.

Happy Thoughts. We had our maternity pictures taken last weekend and it was so much fun! Lord knows I've waited for that day for a long time, and it was perfect. I'll post our sneak peek below, but I won't have the full CD until sometime next week. I even let her experiment and we did a maternity boudoir session. I was at my sister's house and I don't think we've laughed so hard in our entire lives. They turned out really cute...however, I will save those pictures for Andy's eyes only;)

The nursery is coming along well, only because we were able to rape a baby store on Black Friday...we got all of our furniture for about 50% off! We also got a glider for 60% off! Score! Next we are going to work on decorating the walls and installing organizers, baskets, and drawers in the closet. We weren't able to buy a large dresser because two cribs took up a lot of space, and we don't want it all cluttered in there. My mom's friend is going to make the bedding and curtains, and I'm painting an old bookshelf to match the bedding! Whew!

Now, if I could just get rid of all my bunghole/bungcrack problems, I might be able to get more accomplished! The surgeon even decided to comment on the cluster of grapes while he was packing me full of guaze. Lol. Only me!

Here are some photos from the last couple of weeks...and a sneak peek from our maternity session!

In the process of painting this bookshelf to match the bedding!

 Nursery so far

 The PINK tree that Andy wanted to put in our BOY'S nursery. I guess I'm pretty flexible.

23 Weeks

 23 Weeks

 25 Weeks! Excuse the beastiness...my bungcrack hurts! For all of those asking, here is a name hint...one name starts with an "A", and the other with a "B"! Just like Baby A & Baby B:)

 25 Weeks...I look like I'm about to throw up. Damn bunghole.

 Andy at 25 weeks...lookin' good honey!

24 Week Maternity Session...Love! More to come!