Katelyn & Haley

How do you like the make over?  I thought that since we were getting so close to having babies and Fall is just around the corner I would switch things up and make things more "girlie" around this blog of mine.  So here we are quickly approaching 36 weeks (tomorrow), but before I even can think of getting into this post and writing about anything regarding myself I must must must tell you all that my sister had her babies on Sunday!  It was actually her Monday, but our Sunday!  So Haley Madison and Katelyn May arrived safely weighing a respectable 5 lbs 5 oz and 5 lbs 6 oz.  They are eating well and Mommy is getting some well deserved rest after a tough go with the epidural.  Not to get into too many details, but Jill had to be put under general anesthetic because the doc couldn't get the needle to go in her spine. At the end of it are these two beautiful baby girls.  Jill wrote me an email and said that she feels complete now (I hope so, you better not get pregnant in 6 weeks)!  She now has her four girls and adoring husband and now she can just be a mommy to all the girls and a non pregnant wife to Mark (which I am sure he will appreciate).  They are just perfect and I love them already.  Its times like this that make it hard to be apart though, I want to be there to hold Jills hand and give her a hug and kiss and tell her that she is an amazing mother and has been so strong, but I can't.  Its just the reality of everything though.  I am sure that there will be long conversations on Skype over the next years while all of our children grow and change...
  So onto our ultra sound today.  I was patiently waiting and the tech was about a half hour late, but I read a good article in Readers Digest so it wasn't that big of a deal really.  We got in there and she was super chatty, unlike most of the ultra sound technicians we have had who are normally sombre and quiet, so for me that was great.  It turns out that at almost 36 weeks our babies are 5 lbs 13oz and 5 lbs 5 oz already.  So that is a really great size!  I mean its not exact or anything, but nonetheless I am very proud of my little pork chops.  The other really great news was that the baby who is in position "a" her head is down and engaged!  So lets keep our fingers crossed that we will be able to have a "natural" birth.  This week has reeked havoc on my body, yet again I am facing another very interesting symptom or side effect of a surge of hormones.  I have broken out in hives pretty much on all of my joints, so my ankles, knees, elbows, shoulders and wrists to be exact.  Those along with an extremely itchy tummy make for uncomfortable nights.  I just am trying so so hard to just keep the end in sight and stay focused and realize that we are so close to these babies I can practically hear them crying!  I see the doc on Friday so I hope that he will have some more insight into why this has been going on.  As far as I understand is there is a lot of pressure on my ol' liver and since the skin is our largest organ the liver is detoxing through my skin which is causing the hives.  So we shall see.  I have taken an antihistamine and it seems to take the edge off of the itch.  So that is nice.