A chance of Showers...Baby Showers...Updates, too!!

This is going to be a post about the Baby Shower's I had and some updates. I know I’m really behind on updating and blogging. The reason being is I couldn’t find the cord for my camera to put pictures up. Plus after my last post I came down with a terrible cold / sinus / ear infection to get through. That took a good 2/3 weeks. Then it just got plain busy around here with the step-kids and the end of the school year stuff…craziness’s.

My first baby shower was April 28th at my work hosted by my co-workers. All the wonderful ladies I work with are very generous and truly happy for me. Most of them don’t know that I went through IVF to conceive the twins…so a lot of them are in the dark about that. But it’s so cute hearing some the questions I get asked and so worried on how big or small I am. We had pizza, salad, and of course cake. My twin brothers who are 10 yrs younger than me got out of school early that day and showed up for the shower at the end…that was very cool!!! :) But I received a lot, a lot, and a lot of nice things. I got 2 BIG ticket items…my jumperoo and my storage cart. Plus some other very necessary items for the babies. Here are some of the pictures from that shower…







Me, Nathan, Mom, and Tyler



My second baby shower was May 15th at my mom’s house hosted by my mom, step-daughter, and sister-in-law. Again a lot of wonderful women who’ve come into my life blessed me with some wonderful gifts and necessary items for the babies. Most of the ladies at this shower did know that I had help and were so happy for me and Mike that we are able to conceive on our first try of IVF…and blessed double. We had lots of wonderful food…chicken / egg salad sandwiches on croissants, artichoke dip, tossed wild green salad, jell-o molds, and a yummy punch. Here are some pictures from that shower…














Game Played...Sniff-A-Poo...melted candy bars...LOL


UPDATES:
I’m officially on bed rest now. Reasons being I had to go to the doctors again on May 17th because I was having more contractions, but my cervix is handling them quite well. I’m now on a beta blocker to help keep them at bay. I only get contractions when I do too much.

Also, I was supposed to do the 3-hour glucose after my last post but that’s when I came down with the terrible cold / sinus / ear infection that following week. I told you it lasted quite a while… So I finally did the test on May 18th the Tuesday after my baby shower. And did it SUCK!!! I didn’t go back to work after the test because I was SO tired. Plus I failed… Yep I’ve been diagnosed with Gestational Diabetes. So with those two diagnoses me being on medicine to help keep the contractions away and the gestational diabetes…I’ve been put on house arrest…I mean bed rest…LOL.

So May 21st was my last day of work…I was hoping to make it to this Friday, June 4th (32 weeks) but I guess we have to do what is best for our bodies and babies. I’m enjoying the time off and the extra sleep I’m getting too. I don’t have the swelling issues like I was having at the end of the day at work. The only bad thing about me being home is I want to put the baby stuff away and start nesting. But the nursery is not finished yet nor is the dresser. I’m going crazy!!! Not your fault mom…she reads the blog and she is painting the dresser. I should be able to update my blog easier than before, but for some reason naps seem to take priority over doing other things…hmm.

The nursery has been primed and 1st coat of paint is up. So it’s getting closer to being done. Anthony’s basement bedroom is almost done, too. We just have to finish dry walling his closet and mudding the seams. Then we can prime and paint and get carpet in there and we would be done for now. The trim work can be done some other time. Lots of projects and no time I feel like because I can’t help with any of it. Mike being on 1st shift…that’s probably a new update…I thought we would accomplish more during the week then before when he worked 3rd shift. But I hate 1st shift…he is so tired when he gets home. His work hours are long…he gets up at 3:45 a.m. and doesn’t get home till 4:00 p.m. That is a LONG day…I get that. BUT there are certain things that need to get done, now. Vent over…

Gestational diabetes…oh what fun…NOT. I thought if I just cut out my sweets (ice cream) and fruit juices I would be fine. Nope…I’m on a special diet and can’t cheat at all… Not that I’m doing major cheating. A few things that really make my sugars sky rocket are carrots, small pieces of pizza, apples, potato salad, and macaroni salad. Then because I can only eat a certain amount of starch, fruits, veggies, and meats…I’m hungry a few hours later. I feel like I’m losing weight, which at this point would not be good. I’m pretty sure if the scale doesn’t move up a few pounds this week at the doctor’s appointment I’m going to be questioned once again, but this time I can blame it on the diabetes diet I’m on.

The boys last growth scan...they weighed in at 3 lbs a piece...right on track!!

I think that’s it for the updates for now. I’ll post my recent belly pictures and nursery pictures…too.

Bare Belly Pics...TMI Warning