For those of you not on Facebook (and I know that's very few...), here's a photo of the babies and I at 22 weeks. Everybody's growing! For anybody interested in the details of my pregnancy, overall I am feeling great. I really expected to be feeling much worse! Even if I end up feeling miserable these last few months, at least I've made it this far! And yes, I know that every pregnancy is different, so I might not be so lucky (sorry Mom, 'blessed'...) next time - let's just get through this one and not worry about a next time. Sleeping is getting a little harder between the heartburn and having to wake up each time I need to roll over and change positions, but I'm still trying to store up as much sleep as I can right now! The babies are moving lots - the last couple weeks they've been especially active during church, that could be a good or bad sign...either they like it, or they're being naughty and not sitting still! Mike hasn't gotten to feel them anymore, other than church we never have a chance to sit down together, and when he's tried in church they hold still. He thinks they're being uncooperative, but I think it's more like "Oooo, Dad's here, we'd better behave!".
Earlier this week, I had the pleasure of going to my first 'Mothers of Twins' club meeting. They were having a new mom's social. Interestingly, it was both encouraging and overwhelming all at the same time! I met some great moms who have so far survived having twins, and I think they will be a great encouragement in the coming months of craziness. Of course, having two babies is a bit overwhelming in and of itself - there are a whole host of things that parents having one baby at a time don't have to think about, and just like anything else, there are TONS of various opinions out there! Between feeding, sleeping, and what gear we really need, my head is spinning a bit. At the meeting they had lots of great door prizes, and I won the adorable diaper cake you see in the photo. (Did I ever think I'd be excited about diaper cakes???) For those of you who know me well, you know I'm rather shy in these types of situations, and I was just sitting there thinking, "I want to win something cool, just don't call my name first..." And what do you know, first name drawn, "Elizabeth K.!" So, I had to overcome my fear of going up to the table first, but that meant I had first choice of all the neat prizes. :)
Mike's work has had a crop duster come in a couple times now. I don't know why but I always thought it was airplanes that did it, but apparently helicopters do too. I was rather disappointed the first time it came that Mike didn't call and tell me it was there so I could come see it, so the other day he called to let me know it was back again. So, Macy and I drove over to watch a bit. This photo shows the helicopter just taking off from the truck where he lands to fill up - they set up right behind Mike's packing shed so I was able to get a good vantage point. It's pretty fascinating to watch the helicopter buzzing around over the fields, then coming right over me to go in for his landing on the truck. Macy wasn't quite sure what to think of it, I think maybe she thought it was a really big bird she should be trying to go after??
We haven't made a ton of headway on house projects, except we've discussed what we'd like the layout of the bathroom to be, and I've maybe made some headway on decision-making for decorating the nursery (I really need to just get over it and commit to something). One thing at a time...
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