You know your incubating twins when....

...everyone you know is complaining of being cold and you are laying on the couch without a shirt on watching it snow.

...you drink 14 cups of water a day (or try to) and are still considered dehydrated.

...you grow out of your maternity clothes before 30 weeks.

...you go to bed at or before 8 p.m. every night but can't stay in bed too long past 7 AM because your body starts to hurt.

...by the end of the day you are limping around because your back hurts and belly is so tight.

...you are hungry, but after about 6 bites your stomach is full and the food feels like it is in your esophagus.

...you go through toilet paper 4x faster than your pre-pregnancy days.

...you wonder if your name choices are good- should you go with cutesy twin names- or individual names? Decisions, decisions, decisions!

...you are totally stoked, glad, excited, overjoyed that "full term" is 3 weeks shorter for you than other moms carrying just one bundle of joy.

...you spend your days imagining what life will be like with a new son and daughter- half excited, half terrified of what will unfold in the future.

...you are falling in love with your babies before they are even born. I really think that one is almost any mom but it is such a wonderful feeling.

I am excited to meet them. I am really done being pregnant, but want these babies to be born healthy and happy. So...I forge forward. Besides, we aren't ready yet. The nursery isn't finished- really it isn't even begun- so we are SO not ready. But soon enough- we will meet our precious babies. Until then, excuse me while I have some work/planning to do!

p.s. For my visiting twin mommies...leave your own "you know" in the comments and we can have a bunch of laughs.

Please Snow, I'm a teacher....

I was wishing for snow today. We will get it, just not in enough time to cancel school for today. Yesterday was a hard day. The kind that makes you not always want to go back. I am hoping today is better. I am also hoping that the pain I am feeling is normal pregnancy stuff and not anything too serious, only time will tell. Right now, it seems normal. But man, I am tired.

I went to bed last night "wishing on a star" for a day of pjs, hot chocolate, pbj sandwiches, smores, and snow. I was also looking forward to some snuggling with my little one. Maybe it would have worked, had I actually looked at the star instead of just thinking about it...there is always next time.

Instead, today I will continue to change the world, one person at a time. I will get as much accomplished as possible and enjoy teaching many small children.

Today I am thankful for:
warm clothes and shelter
my job
the twins in my belly
that hubby is feeling better

Getting started is the hardest...

Today we are starting serious baby preparations. It has taken me a long time to actually think these babies would be coming home with us in April/May. Things seem to be progressing well. I am stretching out...thinking that I might be in need for some bigger maternity clothes eventually. I need to take another belly pic after some work today. The hardest part about this is actually the effort/energy I will use to get this finished. Thankfully my angelic, saintly, beautiful, wise mother will be helping! I definately couldn't do it without her help.

So today we begin moving Evy's room to the front room and taking down out guest room. I am hoping that the legislatures funded the NBTC money and I will be recieving my bonus later this month...that will go to buying new cribs (I think). I am pretty excited about getting everything together. I have almost finished the carseat re-cover. I just have the canopy to complete. We have been stroller researching and I think we are going to have to make a trip to "test drive" them in OKC or Tulsa. We will also stop off at Aunt Jessica's and gather up the other baby items that we are getting back or borrowing. I feel like this process needs to happen sooner rather than later...Afterall- there is only about 87 more days left until these babies should arrive (we hope)! Best get busy!!!

brain oozes thoughts...

So 100 thoughts have been spinning through my head the last few days. I haven't been feeling too good and started worrying like crazy about preterm labor. Which I guess turns out to be stressful and helped spur me to getting sick. Evy was sick last week, I think I got it today. I went to the dr office and the nurse was great...I guess it was just stressing me out- but nothing seems to be wrong (except this stomach bug). I can't really expect not to feel anything with this twin pregnancy. I have been hurting and uncomfortable. I need to just release it and not worry. Easier said than done!

I feel best when laying lazily in my bed, but I can't keep doing that all the time or I will be a wreck when these babies arrive. Work has been stressful. I have a million things to do before these babies can arrive- at work and home. I don't feel like doing any of it. I watched Olivia today with Evy and that silly pig and I think alot alike. I guess my brain is kind of like an Olivia episode. Wouldn't it be easier if our life was more like preschool. I know understand why women stop working at 24 weeks. I can't afford to do that otherwise I SO would.

I don't really want to ask for help, but I guess I need it. I can tell you that tonight Evy is going to be mad because we can't go to Playa Azul-her favorite restaurant. But after throwing up several times and staying home today- Mexican food can't be on the menu. Anybody want to tell her that?

Feeling the need....

I am feeling the need to post, after all we are a week + into the new year...and nothing so far. I had all these great plans and then I got lazy and unmotivated. I guess I am just tired from incubating these babies. I have increase my water and rest which should help.

Michael and I got our baby registry completed today. We will have a shower from the school and that is it. I had forgot how much of the baby stuff I did get rid of. The little things like mittens, socks, matress pads, etc. We are still in the process of moving rooms and I guess decided that we will buy two new matching cribs at the end of the month.

I am also definately feeling the need to declutter. It is amazing how frequently one can do it and it still piles up. We bought some tubs and containers to help us get more organized, but I am not sure that I have much energy to get it accomplished. I am thankful that Michael and our parents are around!

Please say some prayers this week for my friend who will be having surgery Friday to remove her right ovary. She has a rather large cyst and they are not sure whether it is cancerous or not. She is also like 17 weeks pregnant...so lift her up. Her journey to pregnancy was not easy and this little one is a miracle. I can't bear the thought of her losing this precious life. Also, our pastor's wife has breast cancer. It seems that with surgery and radiation, she will have a total recovery, but the road will be difficult.

Thanks friends!