WE LOVE YOU SALLIE!!!

Today is the one year anniversary of J's Mom passing. :( I'm so sad that she can't be here to see my growing belly. She'd be soooo excited for twin girls!!! (She's a twin too!) I wish she could be here to meet her granddaughters but I know she's watching from above so excited. I'm proud to name one of our daughters after her (her real name).

Here's one of the few pictures she let me take of her and I love it!!! I'm surprised our big giant wine glasses aren't in the pic. Boy, did we use to
go thru lots of red wine!!! :)

Things Looking Great for Week 28!!

We just had 2 great Dr. appts and are definitely feeling some relief, which was greatly needed. :) My cervix hasn't shortened and my FFN test came back negative- it's a test that can possibly determine if I could go into labor in the next 2 weeks. Making it to 28 weeks is a big milestone, for there is a 90% survival rate if they happen to be born now, which we now know they shouldn't be. And the girls are doing great. In just 2 weeks, Baby B has grown from 2 lbs 2 oz. to 2 lbs. 11 oz and her peanut sister, Baby A, has grown from 1 lb. 12 oz to 2 lbs 3 oz! My Dr's are confident that I'll easily make it to 32 weeks and then I start going in for monitoring 2x a week. If they see anything abnormal, they'll schedule my C-section asap. It's such a wonderful feeling to see the light at the end of the tunnel!!! :) Thanks again for everyone's love and support!!

They were so smooshed together, we didn't get really good pics, but you can kinda see their faces. I'm so excited to see what/who they little munchkins look like!!!

What a beautiful day to shower The Girls!!

As I sit here typing, I'm still overwhelmed with emotion. It's an amazing feeling to know that there are SO many people that care so much about myself, my husband and our unborn children.

Lunch from Corner Bakery & Chaparossa Grill was SO good and I know everyone loved it.

My Mom's dear friend MC couldn't believe how many of us were prego. (I heard many comments of "Don't drink the water!" lol)

And then there were the gifts....... Oh my Lord! It looked like it was for a wedding!!! (Despite all the pink!) haha We were spoiled rotten & it was so fun to picture using everything in the near future. I'm gonna have the best dressed kids in OC! :) Towards the end of opening gifts, my sweet hubby, Dad and his longtime friend DC, showed up to celebrate too. (And the girls loved how the men jumped right in and helped clean up!) And my adorable cake was so yummy!! (Although I hated for it to be ruined!)

I have to give a few special shout-outs. To CH for coming down from college in SB, my Mom's dear friends that have always been my cheerleaders and to my SLO friends that drove up from S.D. (I can't believe between the 5 of us, there's going to be 6 new babies to add to our group!!) Also to CL, my sis-in-law, for driving down from B-Field (and endured the long drive with her Dad! lol) to be here for myself and her nieces. Especially thanks to MW, KC, JH, SS, KT, and TK for throwing me such an incredible shower. And my parents for being so incredibly generous to J & I. We can never thank you enough.

My Mom's friends all commented how lucky I am to have so many friends. Despite all the hard times I've had in the past 2 years, I'm far more blessed than not. My family and friends mean the world to me and this special day helped me to KNOW I can get through the next couple months til my sweet girls are safely in my arms....

Thanks to everyone for everything!!

26 Weeks and counting....

See blog below 1st since I didn't post til today.

Hope everyone had a great weekend! We, on the other hand, had another eventful one (insert sarcasm)! Friday night started having contractions every 5-12 min. for 4 hrs. I took 3 of my pills to slow them down, but they weren't working so back to the ER!! They gave me an injection and monitored me til they slowed down and we were released at 3:30am. Since then, things have been better, knock on wood. (Despite I'm now sick with a cold. Ugh.)

This morning I had an appt. with my Perinatologist, Dr. P., whom I love! Once again, (Thank God), my cervix hasn't changed. She looked the girls over, took measurements etc, and everything looked good. From their last check-up 4 weeks ago, Baby B has grown from 1.1 to 2.2 lbs!! Baby A only grew from 15 oz. to 1 lb. 12 oz. Dr. P said she isn't worried cuz she's still within the normal range but does want to check her again in 2 weeks. I have to admit, I am a little worried about her, but happy she is being monitored so closely. I will continue with bedrest until 34 weeks (56 days!!). Thank you so much to everyone for the phone calls, e-mails and lunch and dinner visits. It really means so much to both J & I.

I'm SOOOO excited for my Baby shower this weekend! It'll be so great to get out of the house and be around friends. I feel so special to have so many people that love us and want to celebrate Sara and Siena's safe arrival. :)

Oh! Here's their latest photo shoot. Their too big for body shots but you at least see their upper body.

Welcome to my Blog Everyone!!

Thought it would be a good time to start this while I have so much time on my hands. ;) It's a great way to keep everyone updated on me and "the girls" and will be a lot more fun once they get here!! And thanks to my fabulous Mom, I have this great laptop to keep me busy. :) As of today, I'm 25 weeks and have been on bedrest for a month due to pre-term labor. We've had 2 scary trips to the ER with overnight stays, but fortunately was allowed to come home. I'm taking anti-contraction medication every 4 hrs. but still having approx. 20-40 a day. My Dr's are trying to keep me at home as long as possible, knowing how much more difficult it will be to live at the hospital. They're keeping a close on us and our first goal is to get me to 30 weeks.

I'm very blessed to have such a wonderful family and great group of friends to help me through this. Thanks everyone!!! Til next time.....