Weekly Update

The weather Monday morning was beautiful so we took advantage of the sunshine and met Linds and Isla at Reunion Trails Park:

Tenley and I went to Babies R Us to buy video monitors for T and the twin's room. Let me just say that it is awesome! We can watch her any time, talk to her while she's in her room, and switch from room to room. Everyone needs one of these:

T wanted to relax in her bean bag chair Tuesday morning:

My lil' chick-a-dee absolutely lovesss to brush her teeth (and does so about 4 times a day). She also insists on brushing her bear's mouths:

We had a great visit with Dr. Adashek and Dr. Acherman at our 20 weeks 3 days appointment.

Tenley makes this silly face where she squints her eyes, sticks out her lips, and sways her head around. It cracks me up:

It is officially time to start working on Wesley and Everly's nursery; which makes me a bit emotional because we had to paint over T's nursery. We have so many great memories in her nursery that I hate to see it painted over, but I know we will have even more great memories in that room now. To kick-start project 'Twin Nursery' Ed took down the decals in Tenley's old nursery:

We met some of our favorite girls for breakfast at Egg Works Thursday morning, then we went to Sunset Park. The girls had a blast, while us mommies enjoyed chatting and laughing together, as well:

Ed taped the lines for stripes in the nursery, while T and I hung out:

I got Tenley dolled up for dinner at the Rices Friday night, but that girl can not keep anything in her hair for the life of her! Her hair is getting so long so I'm always trying to put ponies or headbands in her hair, but they never last:

After our delicious dinner and cookies at the Rices (thanks for making me even more fat, Linds!), Ed and I sealed the tape lines in the nursery so the stripes would be perfect:

Ed worked on the stripes Saturday morning, while I took donuts to the Venturinos. The girls were total goofballs after all that sugar and enjoyed playing outside together:

I came home to the prettiest striped nursery!! I absolutely loveeee it:

I hit the 21 week mark in my pregnancy:

We watched the fights at the Rices and the girls ran around playing until 11pm:

Although the girls had loads of fun playing until 11pm, they weren't in the best mood on Sunday. Tenley woke up at 5:50am and screamed for about an hour and continued to scream throughout the day. I felt around in her mouth and one of her 2 year old molars came through. 1 down, 3 to go! (I'm literally throwing a party when she's done.) Needless to say, Tenley was a monster all day and we did whatever she wanted to keep her from throwing a fit; which included taking Princess Teddy and her baby (with stroller) everywhere:

She was so exhausted Sunday afternoon, that she napped like this:

 Bedtime couldn't come soon enough! While in bed watching Dexter (and eating Oreos), I got this picture from my mother-in-law- Wes's baby blanket:

(Can't wait to wrap my babies in their blankets made by their Grammy!)

Until next week! :)

Bump Watch: 20 Weeks

How far along? 20 weeks 3 days...less than half way to go!!

Total weight gain: 25lbs.- 4 pounds more than when I was pregnant with Tenley! (Why I thought this was a good idea to include this in my first update is beyond me.)

Wedding rings on or off? On

Stretch marks? Not any new ones.

Maternity clothes?  Oh yeahhh.

Sleep: Totally worse now that I can feel exactly where they are. They are both transverse (meaning laying vertical with both of their heads on my right side) and Ev likes to stretch out around 2am. It totally feels like she has her hands on my right hip bone and feet on my left hip bone, just stretching her little bones (and mine) as far as she could. Lil' booger...Mommy needs rest, too!

Movement:  Definitely. According to the ultrasound tech, our babies are "on fire!"

Food cravings:  Nothing this week.

Symptoms:  Exhaustion and dry nose.

Anything making you queasy or sick:  Not this week.

Labor Signs:  None

Happy or Moody most of the time: Happy, but moody if I don't get some time to rest during the day.

Best moment this week:  When we went to our big ultrasound appointment; which included a visit from the Pediatric Cardiologist- Dr. Acherman (loved him, by the way). If you remember my last update, you'll recall that we were worried about lil' Wes' heart due to his SUA, but the doc said his heart and everything looked beautiful. Apparently Ev had calcium deposits in her heart at my 16 week check-up, but they never told us because they didn't want to put too much stress on me. Well, good news is that they dissolved and her heart looks perfect, too! That was the best appointment we've had thus far. I totally feel like I can breath now...definitely the best moment of the week!

Worst moment of the week: When I realized how pregnant I am; which was when Ed said, "yeah, you got really pregnant this week." Thanks, babe. 20 weeks feels like being 41 weeks pregnant with Tenley. It's now hard to get in and out of bed and just uncomfortable. Here's to hoping the other half of my pregnancy goes as fast as the first half!

Looking forward to:  Finishing the paint in the nursery!

Here are some pics of the little babes from our ultrasound...

Everly:

(This is my favorite picture so far! While getting the ultrasound the two kept pushing and shoving each other and we were laughing so hard. Poor Ev even got some kicks to the face!)

Wesley:

I'll keep ya posted! :)