There are never moments of regret.
There are moments where I don’t know how I’m going to do this with two babies and no sleep, even with the most supportive and involved husband in the world.
There are moments where I have to laugh to avoid crying when both babies need attention and I only have two hands.
There are moments when I look at one of them and my eyes tear up with joy at their very existence, and tears fall when I marvel that they’re our daughters.
There are moments when Megan is only happy in mommy’s arms, often in the middle of the night.
There are moments when Kayla makes me laugh out loud with her constant chattering, reminding me of myself.
There are moments when we wake Mike with screaming in the early hours of the morning because I can’t make either one happy long enough to tend to the other.
There are moments when I wonder what the future holds for us with twins.
There are moments when I think of the journey that got us here and think how it was all worth it.
There are absolutely never moments of regret. Not one.
Friday, October 31, 2008
Monday, October 27, 2008
A few new pictures
Aunt Kathy and Great Grandma Vogts came to visit. Aunt Kathy here with Megan I believe.
Grandma with Kayla, again I think (believe I can tell by the hair, but not 100%)
60+ years of dealing with children, grandchildren, and great grandchildren pays off.
James, Tricia, and Justin also stopped by.
James takes to babies like a duck to water these days.
Becker, not so much, but we got him with one regardless.
Loki watches over the girls as we try to get some "dress up" pictures.
Finally, a little snapshot demonstrating that taking pictures is, in fact, tough business.
Wednesday, October 22, 2008
Week 2
Couple of more recent photos to start things off. Don't ask me why there are three pacifiers in that first picture.
Things have been going pretty good. The only issue we've run into so far is the girls seem to have confused 11pm with 11am, and are usually awake and ready to rock right about the time we're both ready to hit the hay. Those of you with children are right now laughing that I find this unusual, and in fact I don't, as this was pretty much the same schedule they kept in-utero. We're trying to get them in the habit of eating a nice, big bottle right around this time, to hopefully knock them out for a few hours, so far with limited success. Jenn has been taking the brunt of the nights so far, and napping during the day when she can.
Other than that, however, one could not ask for better babies. They rarely cry unless a need is not being met, eat well, sleep a lot (during the day at least), and only reluctantly punish daddy for not changing a diaper quick enough. We had their two week checkup (a day early) today, doctor was very pleased with how they're getting along. Kayla weight in at around 7 lbs 6oz and Megan at 6 lbs 9 oz (guestimates, they wrote down the numbers for us but a baby on my chest prevents me from checking easily). Doc said that the goal he looks for is to have them back at their birth weight at two weeks, so they are well ahead of that. Barring any issues we don't have to take them back until their two month checkup.
The girls had their first "trip" to Grandma Bingham's last night as well. We went over for the evening, a task that sounds a lot easier than it is with two babies in carseats and a still-recovering wife. Granny and Grandpa Vogts were also down last Saturday, and both girls got their first sponge bath at home, of which I have video. When I get really ambitious (and have some time), I'll maybe see about YouTubeing it. Great Grandma Vogts and Aunt Kathy are supposed to be stopping by sometime tomorrow as well.
Not much else to report besides baby stuff. I'm still off this week, but head back to work next week. Just for fun, we'll end this post with a random picture of Loki.
Thursday, October 16, 2008
Hi everyone!
Hello world! Daddy fell asleep at his computer while holding us, so we thought we'd take a minute to introduce ourselves. We're Kayla and Megan Vogts, born at 7:52 and 7:54am respectively on October 9, 2008. Kayla weighed 6 lbs 12 oz and was 17.5 inches long, and Megan was 5 lbs 12 oz, 17 inches long. That's Kayla on the left and Megan on the right, and if you can't tell the difference, that's OK, neither can mommy and daddy. They're keeping labels on our hats to tell us apart. We're both doing great, as is our mommy. We're officially one week old this morning, and believe us, it's been a heck of a week!
It was pretty nice in mommy's belly; to be honest, it was getting a little cramped. So it was a relief when the doctors brought us out, and we got to meet daddy for the first time!
Mommy and Daddy are nice, but some of the doctors and nurses were mean to us! They poured water all over us, and it made us cry!
But after that it got better, because we got to meet Granny Vogts, Grandma Bingham, and Aunt Karen! Grandpa Vogts was also there; he couldn't come hold us because he was sick, but we yelled extra loud so he could hear us.
We had lots of other visitors too! Cousin Nathan came by, Uncle James and Aunt Tricia, Uncle Jeff and Aunt Chris, several friends of mommy's, daddy's boss Penni, and probably several other ones we're forgetting about. Aunt Linda also came by, with Cousin Jordan and Jalen.
We spent most of the time in the hospital eating and sleeping, and being wrapped up like burritos.
But finally mommy got better enough that they let us all go home! We're embarrassed to admit that we slept pretty much the whole way home. Those carseats are comfy!
So far this week we've been to the pediatricians, who said that we were looking good, and that the slight risk of jaundice we had wasn't anything to worry about. Since there's two of us, we've decided to take it easy on mommy and daddy, and haven't been too fussy or demanding about anything, but don't worry: if they start going soft on us we'll get them back in line.
Daddy got a new camera right before we were born, and we heard him say that he's going to use this blog to post lots of pictures, and keep track of how we're doing/growing up. If I were you, I'd bookmark this site and check back lots. Hopefully daddy will figure out our routines soon and do a better job keeping our blog updated, so we don't have to take matters into our on hands.
Saturday, October 04, 2008
Days away now
We have a c-section scheduled for October 9. So barring labor pains between now and then (which seems unlikely at this point), next Thursday will be the big day.
We passed Week 37 this past Thursday, Oct 9 will be Week 38 exactly. Both girls are still doing great; sonograms have been coming fast and furious lately so we've had plenty of opportunity to see them. We have pictures of faces around here somewhere, if I wasn't incredibly lazy I'd go find them and scan them in....eh, we'll have plenty of better pictures soon enough. To say that Jenn is ready to be done with being pregnant is an understatement the likes of which the written word has seldom witnessed. Pretty much everything is a struggle for her at this point: sitting, standing up, laying down, sleeping. Best estimate from the last sonogram though is that she's carrying about 12 pounds of baby, though, so it's no wonder. She continues to amaze our doctors.
A few remaining tasks are slowly but surely being marked off the list. Pack-and-Plays have been purchased and setup. Carseats are installed and will be inspected Monday. We're going to be getting a new washer/dryer set very soon, as the current ones are old-ish, and not fully functional. I'm going to be ordering a new digital camera, as we've had our current one for probably 5 years now, and pictures taken with it are starting to show their age when posted online. My intention is to take a lot of pictures and video, and make liberal use of this blog and the Google server space.
We passed Week 37 this past Thursday, Oct 9 will be Week 38 exactly. Both girls are still doing great; sonograms have been coming fast and furious lately so we've had plenty of opportunity to see them. We have pictures of faces around here somewhere, if I wasn't incredibly lazy I'd go find them and scan them in....eh, we'll have plenty of better pictures soon enough. To say that Jenn is ready to be done with being pregnant is an understatement the likes of which the written word has seldom witnessed. Pretty much everything is a struggle for her at this point: sitting, standing up, laying down, sleeping. Best estimate from the last sonogram though is that she's carrying about 12 pounds of baby, though, so it's no wonder. She continues to amaze our doctors.
A few remaining tasks are slowly but surely being marked off the list. Pack-and-Plays have been purchased and setup. Carseats are installed and will be inspected Monday. We're going to be getting a new washer/dryer set very soon, as the current ones are old-ish, and not fully functional. I'm going to be ordering a new digital camera, as we've had our current one for probably 5 years now, and pictures taken with it are starting to show their age when posted online. My intention is to take a lot of pictures and video, and make liberal use of this blog and the Google server space.
Monday, September 15, 2008
Week 34, almost 35
Girls still both doing fine, but wow what a week. A brief timeline:
Wednesday: I catch the flu. Called in sick to work, Jenn and I basically spent most of the day in bed. By the evening I was feeling better, was able to eat some Jello and soup.
Thursday: I was scheduled to be out of work anyway as Jenn had two sonograms that day, in the morning with our OB and the afternoon with the specialist. Felt OK, maybe dragging a bit but was able to keep real food down, no big deal. We go to the sonograms, all is looking great. That night, Jenn throws up. Uh oh.
Friday morning: Jenn is throwing up again that morning. I drop off her laptop at her work for repair that morning, and when I call her for directions she's sounding like death warmed over. I go to work for about an hour and tell Penni I've got to head home the rest of the day to take care of Jenn. Stop at the store on the way home and get the usual "I'm sick" stuff; soup, 7Up, Gatorade, Jello, etc. I get home and try to get some liquids in Jenn, and she can't even keep Gatorade down. I head out again after a bit and get some Pedialite after doing a little internet research on how best to stop dehydration. After sleeping some Jenn's doing a little better, she's keeping down water and the Pedialite, and by the evening is able to handle some toast.
Friday night: Jenn has been having contractions all day, but around 7-8 they start getting more frequent, and, more troubling, more severe. She grins and bears it for a while, we hem and haw some trying to decide what to do, and eventually err on the side of caution and head to Wesley. We get checked into labor and delivery there, and by then Jenn's having contractions 3-5 minutes apart and is starting to think this might be the real deal. They check and indeed, she's 60% effaced and 1cm dialated. They call our OB and docs decide that she's dehydrated, so they're going to put some fluids in her to see if this helps, then check her cervix again and see if progress is being made. Nurses seem to think that this might be happening though, they're asking us if we like 9-13 as a birthday.
Friday around 12-1am: The torture begins. In the best of times getting an IV is something that Jenn mortally fears; being dehydrated, it's pretty much all she can do to keep it together. Several nurses try and fail. They call in an anesthesiologist nurse, she fails as well. Finally they call the anesthesiologist, and he gets it, though it was a bit of a struggle for him as well (and he was kind of a jerk about it too). Finally though, in go the fluids. At some point during all this though, another cervix exam is done, and there is no change, which basically means Jenn's not in labor. So along with the fluids Jenn also gets a little morphine to help her relax and help dull the contraction pain.
Saturday around 4am: Another doctor does another cervix check, still no change, definitely not labor. Jenn's gone through about 3 bags of fluid by now, turns out she was more than just "a little" dehydrated. We both try and sleep fitfully at various times during the night, we're basically just hanging out so they can monitor the girls and make sure everything is OK.
Saturday around 6am: We finally get the OK to get out of there. After all of that we go home, grab some McDonalds breakfast on the way home and start our weekend.
The good news is that getting all those fluids did wonders for Jenn, her contractions are nowhere near as severe as they have been, and we got ample confirmation that the girls are still doing great. The "bad" news, of course, is that she's still pregnant. Week 34 with twins is definitely taking it's toll on poor Jenn; getting out of bed/chairs is painful, babies and bladder keep her from sleeping well at night, it's hard for her to get comfortable, etc. Nothing you wouldn't expect from a twin pregnancy I suppose, and as far as the girls doing well, we basically could not have asked things to go any better so far, but still, not very fun for momma. How long it will be now no one can say, but presumably it will be within the next couple of weeks or so.
As for the rest of it...there really isn't all that much of the rest of it. We're just kind of in a holding pattern of course right now, so there's not really all that much to tell. Kevin sends word that his crew are in Chicago tonight, getting ready to head over to France tomorrow for the next 9 months. Parts of Wichita had 8+ inches of rain this past weekend, lots of houses were flooded. Jenn's birthday is Thursday, assuming we're not in labor, sounds like maybe Mom and Dad are coming down. Chiefs are galactically bad, and I'm sitting here rooting for the Cowboys of all teams because I have Romo on my fantasy team.
Wednesday: I catch the flu. Called in sick to work, Jenn and I basically spent most of the day in bed. By the evening I was feeling better, was able to eat some Jello and soup.
Thursday: I was scheduled to be out of work anyway as Jenn had two sonograms that day, in the morning with our OB and the afternoon with the specialist. Felt OK, maybe dragging a bit but was able to keep real food down, no big deal. We go to the sonograms, all is looking great. That night, Jenn throws up. Uh oh.
Friday morning: Jenn is throwing up again that morning. I drop off her laptop at her work for repair that morning, and when I call her for directions she's sounding like death warmed over. I go to work for about an hour and tell Penni I've got to head home the rest of the day to take care of Jenn. Stop at the store on the way home and get the usual "I'm sick" stuff; soup, 7Up, Gatorade, Jello, etc. I get home and try to get some liquids in Jenn, and she can't even keep Gatorade down. I head out again after a bit and get some Pedialite after doing a little internet research on how best to stop dehydration. After sleeping some Jenn's doing a little better, she's keeping down water and the Pedialite, and by the evening is able to handle some toast.
Friday night: Jenn has been having contractions all day, but around 7-8 they start getting more frequent, and, more troubling, more severe. She grins and bears it for a while, we hem and haw some trying to decide what to do, and eventually err on the side of caution and head to Wesley. We get checked into labor and delivery there, and by then Jenn's having contractions 3-5 minutes apart and is starting to think this might be the real deal. They check and indeed, she's 60% effaced and 1cm dialated. They call our OB and docs decide that she's dehydrated, so they're going to put some fluids in her to see if this helps, then check her cervix again and see if progress is being made. Nurses seem to think that this might be happening though, they're asking us if we like 9-13 as a birthday.
Friday around 12-1am: The torture begins. In the best of times getting an IV is something that Jenn mortally fears; being dehydrated, it's pretty much all she can do to keep it together. Several nurses try and fail. They call in an anesthesiologist nurse, she fails as well. Finally they call the anesthesiologist, and he gets it, though it was a bit of a struggle for him as well (and he was kind of a jerk about it too). Finally though, in go the fluids. At some point during all this though, another cervix exam is done, and there is no change, which basically means Jenn's not in labor. So along with the fluids Jenn also gets a little morphine to help her relax and help dull the contraction pain.
Saturday around 4am: Another doctor does another cervix check, still no change, definitely not labor. Jenn's gone through about 3 bags of fluid by now, turns out she was more than just "a little" dehydrated. We both try and sleep fitfully at various times during the night, we're basically just hanging out so they can monitor the girls and make sure everything is OK.
Saturday around 6am: We finally get the OK to get out of there. After all of that we go home, grab some McDonalds breakfast on the way home and start our weekend.
The good news is that getting all those fluids did wonders for Jenn, her contractions are nowhere near as severe as they have been, and we got ample confirmation that the girls are still doing great. The "bad" news, of course, is that she's still pregnant. Week 34 with twins is definitely taking it's toll on poor Jenn; getting out of bed/chairs is painful, babies and bladder keep her from sleeping well at night, it's hard for her to get comfortable, etc. Nothing you wouldn't expect from a twin pregnancy I suppose, and as far as the girls doing well, we basically could not have asked things to go any better so far, but still, not very fun for momma. How long it will be now no one can say, but presumably it will be within the next couple of weeks or so.
As for the rest of it...there really isn't all that much of the rest of it. We're just kind of in a holding pattern of course right now, so there's not really all that much to tell. Kevin sends word that his crew are in Chicago tonight, getting ready to head over to France tomorrow for the next 9 months. Parts of Wichita had 8+ inches of rain this past weekend, lots of houses were flooded. Jenn's birthday is Thursday, assuming we're not in labor, sounds like maybe Mom and Dad are coming down. Chiefs are galactically bad, and I'm sitting here rooting for the Cowboys of all teams because I have Romo on my fantasy team.
Thursday, August 28, 2008
Week 32
Things continue to go well. We had a sonogram today, both girls still looked good. We also got a picture of Baby A's hair:
Jenn's on what she likes to call "house arrest" at this point. She had a positive fetal fibronectin test last week, which they perform basically to see if you're not going into labor within 2 weeks (~95% chance of this if the test is negative). If it's positive it seems the test becomes less useful, as the prognosis becomes "Meh, you might go into labor within two weeks or you might not". She is not dialated at all though right now, so it's not like delivery is imminent.
We also had a little concern last weekend while getting a steroid shot, which helps babies lungs develop, a precaution due to the positive fetal fibronectin. Jenn was having pretty severe contractions, ones that were timing 3-6 minutes apart. Since we were at Wesley anyway we went to labor and delivery, they spent 2.5 hours trying to get both babies heart rates on the monitor at the same time for a 10 minute stretch, and finally a resident checked her over and cleared her to go home. Turns out these contractions were perhaps a result of her level of activity, so "Dr. Mike" put her on bed/couch rest, and contractions have been much more manageable since then.
The new goal is Week 34, two weeks from now, which the resident at Wesley this weekend said would probably be the cut-off point for when they would not try to delay labor. DePew today however talked like that they wouldn't try to delay if she went into labor tomorrwo. So basically it's just wait and see at this point: we want to go as long as possible but it could happen at any time.
In other news, work threw us a shower the other day as well. Of note are the cakes they got:
I've worked with Penni and Ruby, who threw the shower, for over 8 years now, apparently they know me pretty well.
Jenn's on what she likes to call "house arrest" at this point. She had a positive fetal fibronectin test last week, which they perform basically to see if you're not going into labor within 2 weeks (~95% chance of this if the test is negative). If it's positive it seems the test becomes less useful, as the prognosis becomes "Meh, you might go into labor within two weeks or you might not". She is not dialated at all though right now, so it's not like delivery is imminent.
We also had a little concern last weekend while getting a steroid shot, which helps babies lungs develop, a precaution due to the positive fetal fibronectin. Jenn was having pretty severe contractions, ones that were timing 3-6 minutes apart. Since we were at Wesley anyway we went to labor and delivery, they spent 2.5 hours trying to get both babies heart rates on the monitor at the same time for a 10 minute stretch, and finally a resident checked her over and cleared her to go home. Turns out these contractions were perhaps a result of her level of activity, so "Dr. Mike" put her on bed/couch rest, and contractions have been much more manageable since then.
The new goal is Week 34, two weeks from now, which the resident at Wesley this weekend said would probably be the cut-off point for when they would not try to delay labor. DePew today however talked like that they wouldn't try to delay if she went into labor tomorrwo. So basically it's just wait and see at this point: we want to go as long as possible but it could happen at any time.
In other news, work threw us a shower the other day as well. Of note are the cakes they got:
I've worked with Penni and Ruby, who threw the shower, for over 8 years now, apparently they know me pretty well.
Tuesday, August 19, 2008
Just a quick picture
The local sherpa's tell us that it is best to make our ascent on the north face, so as to avoid the harsh southern winds. We are awaiting the last of the supplies, due to arrive from a local village tomorrow morning. Even at base camp the air is dangerously thin, so I must keep this entry brief, for even the effort of typing is strenuous at this altitude.
Thursday, August 14, 2008
Week 30, and the new nephew
Linda had her baby yesterday around 1pm. Jalen Durant was 6 lbs 6 oz, and is doing great, as is Linda.
Things continue to go great for us as well. We had a detailed sonogram yesterday, both girls weight in at around 3 lbs and measured between 29 and 30 weeks, right where they should be. Doc said that getting to Week 38 is still the goal, but also that it's not uncommon for twins to decide it's time anywhere from 34-36 weeks as well. In three weeks we have another sonogram and will start weekly appointments with the high risk specialist to do sonograms where they basically just watch the babies for a while, and look for specific movements and some other criteria. Plus Jenn will continue her weekly appts with our regular OB.
Babies room is pretty much done. I still need to hang some curtains, and get the dressers finished, but aside from that, the room is painted, the border paper is up, the cribs are assembled, and the glider rocker is gliding. We still have a few things to pick up, bottles primarily I think, and some odds and ends stuff, but overall I think we're fairly prepared.
Kevin and Kelsi (and Harrison) are getting ready to leave for France around the first of September. Some kind of program through Spirit; Kevin will work over there for 9 months, get a bump in pay and have Spirit pay for nearly all their expenses while they're over there. Kind of odd to think that by the time they get back the girls will be ~8 months old.
Thursday, July 31, 2008
Week 28
Things are still going good. Jenn had an appointment/sonogram with the OB yesterday and everything looked well. At an appointment last week she got the results from a 24 hour urine test that revealed a protein number of just under 300 mg/L, which is apparently the low end threshold for being concerned about preeclampsia, which had us a little concerned. However the doc said that just having some trace proteins isn't uncommon and would account for the reading; they're going to do another test at some point to be sure but he was not worried. He also said that as of right now he's hoping to have the girls go to 37 weeks.
Which will suck for Jenn, because this whole pregnancy thing has really been hitting her like a ton of bricks this week. Severe round ligament pain, to the point she's limping around a little, and is having more trouble getting in and out of chairs/bed. Doc was ready to pull her from work, told her that "most women with twins don't make it at work this long", but instead she's going to try and be more diligent at just putting in 4 hours at the office each day and finishing up at home. Basically, she's pregnant with twins, and it's starting to really show.
We got a new car this past week. Chevy Equinox, tan/gold/brown/sandstone metallic depending on which adjective I happen to pull. It's got a lot of fancy features on it: heated, leather seats, sunroom, remote starter. Essentially I was looking for a model that offered both side curtain airbags and power seats (for Jenn to more easily change the position/height when she drives it), and about the only model we could find in dealer stocks around here happened to have all this other stuff.
Jenn had her first baby shower this pass weekend, down in Canton with most of the aunts/cousins from my side of the family, plus her mom and sister, Julie Hoyer, etc. Got a lot more clothes, some baby seats, blankets, a lot of other stuff that I don't really remember. She has another one this weekend, thrown by Tricia and some other friends.
Been feeling the girls move a lot more as well, both internally by Jenn and externally as well. I got kicked in the back early yesterday morning, with Jenn laying up against me.
Still need to get the border paper up in the girls room, Jenn talked like her mom might come over some night this week and give it a shot. We've painted a couple of old dressers Jenn had that we'll use for baby room furniture. After that it's just assemble the cribs and glider rocker we bought, and after that it will just be minor decoration left.
Which will suck for Jenn, because this whole pregnancy thing has really been hitting her like a ton of bricks this week. Severe round ligament pain, to the point she's limping around a little, and is having more trouble getting in and out of chairs/bed. Doc was ready to pull her from work, told her that "most women with twins don't make it at work this long", but instead she's going to try and be more diligent at just putting in 4 hours at the office each day and finishing up at home. Basically, she's pregnant with twins, and it's starting to really show.
We got a new car this past week. Chevy Equinox, tan/gold/brown/sandstone metallic depending on which adjective I happen to pull. It's got a lot of fancy features on it: heated, leather seats, sunroom, remote starter. Essentially I was looking for a model that offered both side curtain airbags and power seats (for Jenn to more easily change the position/height when she drives it), and about the only model we could find in dealer stocks around here happened to have all this other stuff.
Jenn had her first baby shower this pass weekend, down in Canton with most of the aunts/cousins from my side of the family, plus her mom and sister, Julie Hoyer, etc. Got a lot more clothes, some baby seats, blankets, a lot of other stuff that I don't really remember. She has another one this weekend, thrown by Tricia and some other friends.
Been feeling the girls move a lot more as well, both internally by Jenn and externally as well. I got kicked in the back early yesterday morning, with Jenn laying up against me.
Still need to get the border paper up in the girls room, Jenn talked like her mom might come over some night this week and give it a shot. We've painted a couple of old dressers Jenn had that we'll use for baby room furniture. After that it's just assemble the cribs and glider rocker we bought, and after that it will just be minor decoration left.
Tuesday, July 22, 2008
Week 26 (and a half)
Still going strong. Jenn has had a couple of minor sonograms the past couple of weeks and everything still looks great. Jenn has been getting noticeably bigger as well, moreso almost every day. Starting this week Jenn is going to be working half days at the office, then coming home to put her feet up and finish up the work day remotely.
Jenn felt one of the babies (she thinks Baby B) hiccup yesterday morning. She was in the bathroom I believe getting ready for work and all of the sudden felt weird movement. She was actually able to see her belly move a couple of times as the baby hiccuped. Some movement felt last night as well that she wonders if it might not be one of the babies kicking down on her abdomen.
Out utero, preparations continue. Mom and dad came down this past Sunday, and mom helped me get the girls room painted. White on top and pink on bottom, with soon-to-be-applied border paper as separation. We also last week picked up both cribs and a glider rocker from Babies R Us, which are sitting in the garage waiting to be assembled. We're also going to paint a couple of older dressers to use in the girls room, which should pretty much take care of the furniture issue.
Jenn has a baby shower this weekend up in Canton, one mom and all the aunts are throwing, then has another one Tricia and some other friends are throwing the weekend after I believe.
Car shopping continues as well. I think we have the list pared down to a couple of choices at least: Chevy Equinox and Toyota Highlander. Still need to take some test drives, perhaps later this week.
Jenn felt one of the babies (she thinks Baby B) hiccup yesterday morning. She was in the bathroom I believe getting ready for work and all of the sudden felt weird movement. She was actually able to see her belly move a couple of times as the baby hiccuped. Some movement felt last night as well that she wonders if it might not be one of the babies kicking down on her abdomen.
Out utero, preparations continue. Mom and dad came down this past Sunday, and mom helped me get the girls room painted. White on top and pink on bottom, with soon-to-be-applied border paper as separation. We also last week picked up both cribs and a glider rocker from Babies R Us, which are sitting in the garage waiting to be assembled. We're also going to paint a couple of older dressers to use in the girls room, which should pretty much take care of the furniture issue.
Jenn has a baby shower this weekend up in Canton, one mom and all the aunts are throwing, then has another one Tricia and some other friends are throwing the weekend after I believe.
Car shopping continues as well. I think we have the list pared down to a couple of choices at least: Chevy Equinox and Toyota Highlander. Still need to take some test drives, perhaps later this week.
Monday, July 07, 2008
Week 24
We had our first sonogram and consultation with the high risk specialist last week. In the words of the doc, the girls (this is pretty much official now) "looked great". The sonogram was intensive; they got down to the detail of looking at the lobes of the brains, chambers of the heart, umbilical cords connecting to the abdomen, kidneys, blood flow, etc. No problems seen. She also put our minds more at ease by declaring there were no signs of twin to twin transfusion or preeclampsia. She also said that, at this point at least, she didn't think Jenn would have to be put on serious bed rest, and didn't see any reason why we wouldn't be looking at a Week 36 delivery.
In the outer world, preparations continue. We got the spare bedroom pretty much cleaned up this weekend, just need to get the furniture moved downstairs. After that the painting will begin. Jenn has picked out the cribs she wants, and we have at least a good idea of what glider rocker we're going to get.
We also picked up carseats last week, in anticipation of getting a new vehicle. Considering several different models of small to mid sized SUV's, or possibly sedans, and Feature #1 on the list is whether the vehicle will fit two rear facing car seats in the back and still allow us to sit comfortably up front. We're going to take one along with us when we go looking to see how they will fit. The idea is to get this probably-SUV now, and then get a minivan at some point after the girls are born.
Last weekend we also went up to KC and did quite a bit of baby shopping. Picked up a lot of clothes mostly, and looked for cribs/rockers and such. Overall Jenn is doing OK, but definitely gets tired a lot easier these days. As we found out in KC, too much walking is a bad thing.
In the outer world, preparations continue. We got the spare bedroom pretty much cleaned up this weekend, just need to get the furniture moved downstairs. After that the painting will begin. Jenn has picked out the cribs she wants, and we have at least a good idea of what glider rocker we're going to get.
We also picked up carseats last week, in anticipation of getting a new vehicle. Considering several different models of small to mid sized SUV's, or possibly sedans, and Feature #1 on the list is whether the vehicle will fit two rear facing car seats in the back and still allow us to sit comfortably up front. We're going to take one along with us when we go looking to see how they will fit. The idea is to get this probably-SUV now, and then get a minivan at some point after the girls are born.
Last weekend we also went up to KC and did quite a bit of baby shopping. Picked up a lot of clothes mostly, and looked for cribs/rockers and such. Overall Jenn is doing OK, but definitely gets tired a lot easier these days. As we found out in KC, too much walking is a bad thing.
Sunday, June 22, 2008
Week 22
Things are still going great. We've had some "interesting" sonogram mis-adventures the past few weeks. Missed appointments (or ones I couldn't go to), rushed sonograms by the technician, sonograms by a different doctor as our OB was off delivering babies or something, etc. Hasn't been very fun, but the important part is that both girls are still doing great, no problems to speak of. In fact our OB on one of the sonograms thought that he saw the fabled membrane between the two, meaning two pregnancy sacs, which is a good thing. As the title suggests we have passed Week 22 this week.
I say "girls" because we have also had another confirmation on that as well, one that sounded quite a bit more sure than past guesses the doc has made. Still not 100%, but these things never are, so in the absence of any contradictory evidence, It's a Girl. We have decided on the names Kayla and Megan. Emailed Linda and Mom and told them the names, Linda responded that Kayla was on her list if her 2nd had been a girl.
For her part, Jenn is definitely feeling pregnant these days. Not sleeping very well at night, problems with her hand falling asleep all the time and having to pee multiple times during the night. Her feet are swelled, tough for her to walk/stand for any length of time. Typical pregnancy stuff I guess. She has done exceptionally well with the gestational diabetes, is an old pro at testing and giving herself insulin shots. She has also been feeling the girls move quite a bit, in particular during the evenings it seems. Whenever we have seen them moving on sonograms they both seem very active, which is a good sign.
We're definitely entering the home stretch. End of June, and by all accounts/guesses we're probably looking at an end of September delivery. We still need to get registered, something we were going to do this weekend until the weekend got busy all of the sudden. Perhaps next week. Also still need to get the spare bedroom cleaned out, start decorating for the nursery. Jenn has selected a theme, and it sounds like has some ideas for colors/painting/etc.
Went to and got back from Orlando for the TechEd conference fine. Picked up a couple "baby gifts" on the way back at airport stores; two pink Minnie Mouse "onesies" for 3 months, and a Dr. Suess "Thing 1 and Thing 2" onesies for 6 months. They won't be wearing them right away, but choices are a bit limited when you're at the airport, and it'll probably be a while before I'm in Orlando again so I figured what the heck.
I say "girls" because we have also had another confirmation on that as well, one that sounded quite a bit more sure than past guesses the doc has made. Still not 100%, but these things never are, so in the absence of any contradictory evidence, It's a Girl. We have decided on the names Kayla and Megan. Emailed Linda and Mom and told them the names, Linda responded that Kayla was on her list if her 2nd had been a girl.
For her part, Jenn is definitely feeling pregnant these days. Not sleeping very well at night, problems with her hand falling asleep all the time and having to pee multiple times during the night. Her feet are swelled, tough for her to walk/stand for any length of time. Typical pregnancy stuff I guess. She has done exceptionally well with the gestational diabetes, is an old pro at testing and giving herself insulin shots. She has also been feeling the girls move quite a bit, in particular during the evenings it seems. Whenever we have seen them moving on sonograms they both seem very active, which is a good sign.
We're definitely entering the home stretch. End of June, and by all accounts/guesses we're probably looking at an end of September delivery. We still need to get registered, something we were going to do this weekend until the weekend got busy all of the sudden. Perhaps next week. Also still need to get the spare bedroom cleaned out, start decorating for the nursery. Jenn has selected a theme, and it sounds like has some ideas for colors/painting/etc.
Went to and got back from Orlando for the TechEd conference fine. Picked up a couple "baby gifts" on the way back at airport stores; two pink Minnie Mouse "onesies" for 3 months, and a Dr. Suess "Thing 1 and Thing 2" onesies for 6 months. They won't be wearing them right away, but choices are a bit limited when you're at the airport, and it'll probably be a while before I'm in Orlando again so I figured what the heck.
Wednesday, June 04, 2008
A possible milestone
Jenn believes she's been able to feel the babies moving the past couple of days. She's not 100% certain; more of an "in the absence of any other explanation" thing for the weird feelings she has, but given we're approaching 20 weeks it seems likely.
Friday, May 30, 2008
Week 19
Still going strong. Jenn had a little bit of worry this week as she was having some cramping around Tuesday night I believe. She went to the doctor Wed and found she had a bladder infection, which she got antibiotics for. More pain on Thursday, but different pain, a sharp stabbing, which turned out to be round ligament pain it looks like, and nothing to worry about. We figure we've passed the halfway point, seeing as how twins rarely go full term.
The course of all these she had a couple of sonograms done (we were scheduled for one anyway this week), and both babies continue to look good. Heartbeats were visible, arms were moving, etc. No attempts were really made to confirm the "It's Girls" prediction as they were just very quick checks. Sounds like we may be getting a more detailed sonogram with a high risk specialist sometime in the next few weeks.
Everything has arrived for the home theater (except for a couple of HDMI cables which should be here next week), we got a TV stand this week, it's all sitting in the basement ready to be setup. That's the task for this weekend, Dad will be coming down to help me out.
I'm going to Orlando the week of June 9-13 for an MSDN conference. After that, probably have to get serious about getting the upstairs spare bedroom cleared out, getting some of that furniture moved into our bedroom, in preparation for the nursery.
Linda found out she's having another boy the other day. They didn't seem to like my suggestion that only 3 more and they'd have their own basketball team.
The course of all these she had a couple of sonograms done (we were scheduled for one anyway this week), and both babies continue to look good. Heartbeats were visible, arms were moving, etc. No attempts were really made to confirm the "It's Girls" prediction as they were just very quick checks. Sounds like we may be getting a more detailed sonogram with a high risk specialist sometime in the next few weeks.
Everything has arrived for the home theater (except for a couple of HDMI cables which should be here next week), we got a TV stand this week, it's all sitting in the basement ready to be setup. That's the task for this weekend, Dad will be coming down to help me out.
I'm going to Orlando the week of June 9-13 for an MSDN conference. After that, probably have to get serious about getting the upstairs spare bedroom cleared out, getting some of that furniture moved into our bedroom, in preparation for the nursery.
Linda found out she's having another boy the other day. They didn't seem to like my suggestion that only 3 more and they'd have their own basketball team.
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