Things in Threes…revisited
Yesterday, Seth and I celebrated our third wedding anniversary. As a followup to our previous “Things in Threes” post we were reminiscing about the past three years made me think about all the “threes” in our life right now. When I woke up yesterday, I asked him:
“Did you ever think that I would be pregnant with three babies on our third anniversary? Or that on July 30th, I would be 30 weeks pregnant with three, 3lb babies ?!?”
To celebrate our anniversary, we went to the Cheesecake Factory to take advantage of the special that they were running for their 30th anniversary – $1.50 Cheesecake (yes that’s 2 for $3.00).
tags: memories, musings | Comment (0)It takes a village . . .
There is a saying that “It takes a village to raise a child.” In our case, it also takes a village to put the nursery together! Like most women in their third trimester, I am definitely getting the urge to get the house ready for the babies. Since I am on modified bedrest, I can’t do much of the work myself. Lucky for Seth and I, our family and friends have jumped in to help us get the nursery ready for the Chislets!
Earlier this spring, my Dad installed a screen door for us on the nursery so that we could keep the cats out, but still let fresh air in. I love it. Sometimes I sit in there and read and just enjoy being in a cat-free zone.
Two weekends ago, Jen and Neil painted the nursery while my parents took care of Kelly (and catered the event! I was craving homemade pretzels, so Grandmom, Grandpop and Kelly made them for me!)
Once the paint was dry, my Mom and Dad hung the border and helped get the closet organized.
Last weekend, our good friend Christian came over to help Seth pick up the dresser and assemble it. Little did these boys know that I picked out a huge dresser with a lot of unassembled drawers – It took a while to get it together, but I think that it looks great!
Overall, I am really happy with how the nursery is turning out. We still have a couple things to go. . . My sister-in-law, Kristine, is painting wall letters to hang over each of the babies’ cribs. When my mom comes back to visit in August, we are going to get everything washed and put away in the proper places.
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28 Weeks – More growth updates
I just got back from my 28 week ultrasound and am proud to report that the kids have kept up their outstanding growth! They are currently measuring 3lb (Baby A), 2lb 13oz (Baby B), and 2lb 13oz (Baby C). I am so thankful that they are growing at such a great rate, especially since they only have 54 days left inside me!
In addition to the babies doing well, my body is holding up so well that Dr. H said that Seth and I could go out to dinner this weekend. Woohoo … another trip out of the house!
Attached is a quick snap-shot that Seth took of me tonight so that you all could see that the babies aren’t the only ones who are growing fast. I feel like my belly is growing at an exponential pace! (I guess that I shouldn’t expect any less considering that there is 8lb 10oz of baby in me.)
tags: 28 weeks, pregnancy | Comments (3)26 weeks – Happy 4th of July!
I got some great news at the doctor yesterday! I went in for my 26 week growth scan and I am happy to report that my babies are huge! Baby A measured 2lb 4oz; baby B measured 2lb 3 oz and baby C measured 2lb 7oz. (Yes folks, that’s a total of 6lb 14oz of baby! — Now I know why my back hurts!) Average fetal weight at 26 weeks is 2lb 0oz, so all of the kids are measuring ahead of average!
The doctor also said that we could tentatively plan on September 10th as a delivery date. We won’t schedule the c-section until we get closer to the date, but this does mean that I have just 68 days to go until I am a Mom!
I hope that everyone has a fun long weekend planned! Seth and I have a great weekend planned. My doctor gave me the go ahead to go to a cookout at Jen’s tonight and a movie later this weekend! I am so excited to get out of the house for a couple hours!
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