Nursery

October 13th

Aunt Kathy, Grandma Linda, Nancy, and Franklin

7 year anniversary

Week 28

Yesterday we had our third ultrasound at the University of Iowa hospital. The babies are weighing in around the 59th percentile. Baby A is 2lbs. 13oz. and Baby B is 2bls. 12oz. Baby A has turned and is now sitting on the cervix. Baby A was head down at the previous ultrasounds. Baby B is still laying across the upper portion of the belly. There is still time and hope for the babies to turn. We go back in 6 weeks (Dec. 13) for a final ultrasound. No expected arrival date was given.

This past weekend we had our first babies shower in Minnesota. As always, Kara was a gracious host. It was wonderful to see many faces and receive such generous gifts. Moose has already practiced installing the car seats in both vehicles.

Week 27

According to some books and websites, this week marks the beginning of the third trimester. I am still feeling great and the weight seems to be staying in the belly region. However, I did read that this trimester the weight gain distribution can change. Hopefully, for me, it doesn't. My hands are a bit swollen. I had to remove my rings this weekend.

Moose worked for over seven hours on Sunday and two hours on Monday sanding and painting a dresser/changing table we bought this past weekend. The glider was also purchased last weekend and it arrived today. Now we just need the babies. But we can wait at least eight more weeks for them to arrive.

This weekend, Moose and I are parting ways. He is heading up to Michigan to watch the Gopher/Wolverine game and catch up with some college friends. I am heading to Minnesota this weekend for a baby shower thrown by a very good friend, Kara.

Week 24

Nancy at 24 weeks and 21 pounds

We had our second ultra sound on October 3rd. The twins are each 1 pound 8 oz and are developing well with no major concerns. "Twin B" does have clubbing of both feet, which does run on the Foster side of the family. This is where the feet want to grow inwards instead of straight out. The little guy or girl will be needing some extra care starting from the first few days he or she is born to help correct this. Fortunately, the world leader in non-surgical correction of clubfeet, Dr. Ponseti, is in Iowa City (actually, the same hospital we had the ultra sound in). So, it was a matter of fate that we moved to Iowa! The following is a website by Dr. Ponseti about the Ponseti method for clubfeet correction. http://www.uihealthcare.com/topics/medicaldepartments/orthopaedics/clubfeet/parents.html We were given printouts of some ultra sound pictures and did not receive any electronic copies this time to put on the blog.

Nancy's mom and dog, Franklin, graced us with their presence this past weekend. After some volunteer work Saturday morning spent landscaping and waterblasting, we went to Davenport to stock up on more baby supplies. Franklin and our cat, Magellen, actually got along okay this time with only minor altercations.

Mini cribs

The Emily mini cribs arrived this past weekend! When I came home from school on Friday, I saw one box sitting downstairs and I immediately knew Rich came home during his lunch and put one of them together. I rushed upstairs and saw the cutest cribs ever. They seemed smaller than I expected at first. But now that both of them are put together, the minis are going to work for us. They are lightweight and fit through the doorway. We'll have one in our room when the babies come home and eventually both cribs will be upstairs in the nursery.

Week 21

Nancy at 21 Weeks and 18 lbs

Today we went to see Dr. Patrick to check in with her in regards to the twins. She checked my weight and my size again and said that I wasn't measuring big. She listened to both babies' heartbeats and they were both good. On October 3rd we will be going to the University Hospital in Iowa City to have a Level 2 ultrasound done on the twins. A Level 2 ultrasound will give us more details on the twins' health and development. She also said I was okay to work until they are born unless she puts me on bed rest. I really hope that does not happen. I have the best first grade class I will ever have. I want to spend as much time with them as possible.

Moose was very busy this past weekend. He painted the nursery, some furniture, and other odds and ends for the nursery. We also ordered cribs; two Emily mini cribs. We realized that we need to start getting things ready sooner rather than later with the reality that the babies could be here around Christmas time.