I need an intervention

Through out this pregnancy, I have become addicted to several different things. Here's a quick list

1. Cheesecake Snow cones


2. Water with tons of lemons (or lemon juice with a splash of water)


3. Icing-so gross (I kept a little container in the fridge and will eat it with a spoon)


4. Marshmallow creme stuff-so so gross (again with the spoon. I can't believe I just admitted that)


5. Grapes (sometimes with icing or marshmallow creme stuff)


6. Burger King chicken sandwiches (sometimes I wonder if I love The King more than I love L)


7. Maxi dresses-really long ones that cover my ankles
8. Flip Flops-because you don't have to bend over to tie them
9. My Old Navy workout shorts circa 1994 (They have become my maternity go to piece, not attractive but so so comfortable).
10. Etsy.com

I saved the best for last. I need help. I am constantly searching for things the babies might need on Etsy. I love love love the site. I love the handwritten thank you notes I get when my purchases come in. I love the prices. I love the reasonable shipping. I just love it.

Etsy makes me feel like I should be making something though. I just don't know what my creative, crafty, skill is. I keep trying new things but, if something doesn't come easy to me immediately, I give up. Not a good trait for a chick expecting twins very soon.

Let's just keep this a secret though. L is getting suspicious of all the little packages showing up. I just tell him it's for the babies without mention that it was purchased using a paypal account in my name. I can't wait to take pictures of the babies wearing all their handmade purchases.

Oh, in for the record, I just got the results of my gestational diabetes test and I PASSED! Yay! I was a little nervous with all of my addictions.

Still Growing

Hi Everyone! Member me? I have been the worst pregnant blogger ever. These babies are causing a weird form of writer's block. It's not that I don't have something to say or want to write, it's that there's so much that I get overwhelmed and don't do it.

We are 28.5 weeks along and doing very well. The babies weigh about 3lbs each and are kicking me like crazy! I remember wondering if I would ever feel them. Now, it's Dance Dance Revolution. They are doing the long pushy movements, not just kicking. It feels like they are running out of room (we all are).

I'm so excited to meet them. They make me really happy. I have wanted for so long to be a mom and was very happy being an Emmy. I didn't know if babies were in the plan for me but, I have been overwhelmingly surprised and blessed.

I remember feeling so scared and honestly a little sad when I found out two people sharing one birthday would be entering my life. Now, I can't imagine only having one to plan for.

The nursery is almost finished (pictures soon), the welcome home clothes have been purchased, and a c-section date has been set. They will be arriving at the latest 8/26/10 at 11:30 am. That seems like a reasonable time to have a baby or two. But, like most things in this pregnancy and my life so far, we might have a surprise in store and they might decide to move out early as many twinados do.

I'm really going to try to start posting again more. I will try not to get overwhelmed and put it off. I want to be able to share this huge experience with my family and my friends so I will try harder. At least I can blog with my feet up!

Our Family is Growing

A few weeks ago, we got a new table to accommodate the new additions to our family. I explained to Jace it was because our family was growing. At dinner this weekend I asked him if he liked the new table. He said that he did and that the reason we got the table was because he was getting bigger, Emmy was getting bigger and Daddy was getting bigger. Our family is growing.

I love the way he took what I said so literally and the bigger table was for bigger bodies, not for more people.

Guess who's in my belly!?!

On Wednesday, me and my babies had a little photo session with our favorite perinatolgist. Let me tell you that I had been a ball of nerves for a week. I am not one to sit back and let things happen. I NEED to know EVERYTHING. I really could not of cared on Wednesday what kinds of parts they had. I just needed a complete kidney count, a good look at their little noggins, and peace of mind that my kids are ok.

The technologist (who was amazing) could tell that I was anxious and agreed to let me see their kidneys first. I was born with 3 kidneys (none of which worked very well) and am down two one somewhat lazy one so, I wanted to make sure that they got L's fabulous pee parts and not mine. Hooray!! They did! Once I saw this, I was able to lay back and look at our babies.

L was working and could not be there for most of the scan. The tech saved the surprise for both of us until the end. She first look at my lower right side and announced It's a Girl! Visions of pink bows and tutu's danced in my head! We have a girl! Then as L stood anxiously, she scanned my upper left and announced It's a Boy! Can you believe it! We have another boy! I have never felt so fulfilled and blessed.

This whole time I have felt all of it is too good to be true. I don't know why I do this to myself but I kept waiting for something to go wrong or be wrong. Maybe it's the fact that I scan patients everyday and there are things wrong. Maybe it's that I have always had something medically to deal with and it is a normal thought for me to assume that there will always be something medically wrong. However, after this last scan, I have vowed to myself and my husband to RELAX. Sure there might be things be wrong but, there is nothing I can do except deal with it when or if it happens.

So here's to the rest of my pregnancy! I am 19 weeks along and starting to feel someone kicking my bladder. My belly is really starting to expand and I can no longer sleep in the superman position (face down arms up). We are tossing names around and trying to come up with a nursery suitable for both a boy and a girl. I like this part! Before we know it they will be here my new excuse for not being a faithful blogger won't be work it will be babies!

When he grows up...

All little boys have hopes and dreams of what they want when they grow up. Our little man is has big dreams too. Big dreams to be able to say bad words.

After dinner tonight, Jace had an interesting question for me. "Emmy, when I turn 21 can I say bad words?" I had to think about this one for a second. "Well Jace, when you turn 21 you will be an adult so I guess you can say bad words if you really need to."

His response, "I will need to say bad words because sometimes grown ups get angry and need to say bad words."

What could I say to that? He is absolutely right. Sometimes grown ups do need to say bad words. And with his obsession with everything grown up (tie, pocket shirt, dress shoes, coffee cup) I guess cussing is just a natural extension of that.

I just hope that along with his desire to say bad words when he grows up will be a desire to maybe attend med school or save the planet too.

Our Tough Weekend

We had a hard weekend. We spent Saturday afternoon until yesterday afternoon in the hospital. We're so glad to be home and sleeping in our own beds again.

As I have written about before, I have a kidney problem. I only have one and it doesn't always perform the way it should. We have known that at some point during the pregnancy I might have to have a procedure to take the pressure and work load off my kidney. I was hoping it would happen a little further along but, it was this weekend.

I went into the hospital on Saturday because I had a fever that I just couldn't seem to break. I was admitted because of the babies and my history. It was decided on Monday to put a Percutaneous Nephrostomy Tube in my kidney to help it drain and clear up the infection I had in it. It was a very painful procedure because it was done without any sedation and very little pain relief (basically it was numbed up and a tube put directly though my back into my kidney). I felt immediate relief from the tube placement.

The plan at this point is for me to wear the tube (with a drainage bag) until the babies are born and possibly have a reconstructive surgery as soon as I can. It is scary for all of us but, I will pull through this like I have a million times before.

The best part about it all is I got to check in with my kids a couple times. It's scary carrying them around doing big procedures and not knowing what the heck is going on in there. They did an Ultrasound on Saturday and the technologist is pretty sure of what we've got growing. I am very excited about this news but don't want to jinx it until my next Ultrasound and they can be certain of their parts. I will share the news as soon as I can.

I can tell you that my precious cargo is fine and growing very quickly. I was so happy to see those strong heartbeats and impressive karate moves. I can't wait to meet these two. I am so curious to know them. I hope they look and laugh like their daddy. I hope they think like me. I hope they are strong babies with no kidney or other issues.

Keep us in your prayers. I will keep you posted.

Big Big News

We have big, big news. It's actually news squared but I don't know how to make that symbol.

We are having TWINS. Yep, two kids at once. I have known this for about 6 weeks and I still can't fully wrap my head around it. I was shocked to find out that I was pregnant and then when she said two I think I blacked out. I nearly did. She was doing the ultrasound and all I could think was "please don't find three."

I was waiting to tell everyone until I got the ok from my perinatologist. That's the doctor you see when you have more kids in you than kidneys. Everything looks great for all of us. (That's weird to type). My kidney is in better shape now than before I started growing babies. I feel fantastic.

I have an app on my phone that tells me how big they are and what's going on in there. Every week it tells me the approximate size of my babies by comparing them to fruits. So, now I call Fridays "Fruit Salad Fridays." It's become my new favorite day of the week. This week I have peaches.

I will add some pictures soon. I just wanted to drop a quick note to say all is well and two more Pinas will be joining us on or around 9/9/10.