made it to 23 weeks!

I am now 23 weeks pregnant. I delivered the boys at 22 1/2 weeks so Toby and I are very relieved to have made it to this point. We are both getting very excited to finally have our little baby join our family. I started going through the baby clothes last night. We have a mountain of newborn clothes. I got very excited looking through them...we have some adorable outfits too. We bought his outfit to come home from the hospital in. It's a little blue and white striped onesie that has a weiner dog on it and it says "hot diggity dog".

We had a good and relaxing Christmas. My parents came down on Wed and left Sunday morning. We went to the Zoo on Saturday, it was 73 degrees out and we needed something to do outside. We then went and ate at the Blackstone Brewery. They make their own beer and have a restaurant there too. I had a pepperoni, tomato and mushroom pesto pizza. It was good! Although my parents and Toby got the pleasure of enjoying some fresh Blackstone beer. That is the hardest part about being pregnant...not getting to enjoy some good beer especially around the holidays.

Well, I am looking forward to 2009. 2008 was a lot better than 2007 and I know 2009 will be even better. We are starting the New Year credit card debt free and will have the car paid off in about 6 months and we have a little one on the way. What a great way to start off 2009...stress free!

20 weeks pregnant

Well, I am officially half way there. I'm very anxious to make it to 23 weeks as the boys were born just before I made it to 23 weeks. From there on it is all new territory. We had a small scare this week. On Monday morning I started getting cramps and low back pain. It was exactly how everything started last time. I called my hubby and he told me to call my dr. So, the nurse told me to go ahead and come in and they would check me out. I rode the bus that day so Toby had to come pick me up from work which was fine with me. We were both scared b/c the last time was so chaotic. I went in, dr checked me and said I was 5cm dilated. I was rushed over to the hospital, rushed into a gown and they shoved iv's and medications in me before I even had a chance to sign anything. We were so scared that the news would be the same. But, dr checked me out and said my cervix is still fully closed (inside and out) and that he thought it was probably muscular pains. We got a quick peek at our little boy again and he was just bouncing around in me. He told me if it did get worse or I had any hestitations to come back in. He is the dr that delivered the boys so he knows how paranoid we are about any pains, etc. Apparently we were very worried when we went in b/c we couldn't remember where we parked when we left. We rode up and down the elevator a few times in the garage before we found it. I've had some more cramps and back pain this week but it has not gotten worse. I went in for my 20 week appt on Friday and everything was checked again. Cervix is still fully closed which is like hearing I won the lottery. They did the indepth ultrasound and he weighs about 13 ounces (he is measuring 20 wk and 3 days). Everything is functioning like it should. He does have one cyst on his brain. We need to go back in 4 wks for another ultrasound to make sure it is getting smaller or it is gone. Dr. said he has never had one yet that didn't resolve itself. Apparently it is fairly common. So we are not too worried about that. I have posted pics of the ultrasound on flickr. His profile reminds me of the boys. I think he might have the same nose and lips but I think they have different chins. I guess we'll find out in a few months. I just can't wait til all this is over. I enjoy being pregnant but not all the pains and aches and worries that make me think something bad is going to happen. I also started having braxton hicks. I've been experiencing it for about a week for two now but didn't realize at first that is what is was until was sister in law said something. So many things are going on in my body, it is crazy when you think about it all. I just wish it was April and my little boy was close enough to arrive any day. Well, except that we still don't have a name for him so I guess we can wait a little bit yet. :)