22 Weeks

Well, we've made it to 22 weeks and no complications yet! (knock on wood...)  When I was pregnant with Asher I did a lot more updates on my blog about the pregnancy.  This time around, it's harder to do those updates because I'm always trying to keep up with Asher and I am so much more tired all the time, so when I do have a little time I just want to lay down and relax.  So here is my mid-pregnancy post and I'll try to remember everything that I've been going through and then a few tidbits about Asher at the end.  Here we go!

Over Christmas break when we went to Idaho, I told my sister there were a couple things I let her borrow that I would like to have now that her kids have grown out of them (changing table pad, baby carrier, bibs, etc).  Well I got a little more than I bargained for when she sent me back about 7 boxes of baby clothes that she was sick of storing!  So now I have boxes and boxes of little boy clothes.  This was in the middle of my organizing them:

This was my favorite thing that Asher wore!  I called it his Care Bear outfit.  He was soon snuggly in it and I'm totally using it for my twins.

I was a little sad putting all those boy clothes away because...

We're having two girls!  So now I have lots of boxes of boy clothes, and 2 girls on the way.  I really hope another family member is having a boy so I can at least offer those clothes out.  It makes me so sad that they're all in such good condition!  I did go through and tried to separate out the gender-neutral clothes and plan on using them for the girls.  I don't look forward to having to buy enough clothes for 2 girls.  Having twins is expensive!  Thankfully I have family who look out for good deals for me (we got a second carseat for free and my sister is letting us borrow some clothes) and I always keep a lookout on yard sale sites on Facebook! (I got a crib for $10 in pretty good condition and a crib mattress for free)

Having twins, I expected to get bigger a lot sooner.  I was really hoping these babies wouldn't want to swim as much as Asher did.  I had so much fluid with him and got really big my last month!  Here's a comparison as close as I can get between the two pregnancies:

Twins - 22 weeks

Asher - 21 weeks

I think I'm doing ok for now.  I can still do most things and haven't felt overwhelmed with my gigantic belly yet.  I do get sick of growing out of clothes so fast though!  But I know I still have growing room.  Here's a picture of me the day before I delivered Asher (11 days before my due date):

I was very miserable that day and just knew I wouldn't be going clear till my due date.  So I have this big and more to look forward to!  

I had my big ultrasound today where they did all the measurements and made sure that everyone is healthy and doing good.  It took a long time and David and Asher were both very glad to leave by the end of it.  Since they had to do all the measurements for both babies, it took a good 45 minutes just in the ultrasound room.  But I got to look at them both and see how well they are doing!  Both babies were breech, whereas at my last appointment they were both head down, so hopefully that changes before we get closer to delivery.  They are both growing great and are right on schedule!  There was nothing they could find wrong and honestly now that I'm not worried about other problems, I'm hoping I don't have two 8 pound babies!

Here are a few things about this pregnancy:

• I have been so much more tired this pregnancy that with Asher.  It feels like growing two people is just a lot harder than growing one.  And the fact that I don't get to sleep in any more doesn't help.  That's one bad thing about already having a child when you're pregnant.  Also, it is a lot harder for me to get up in the morning.  I usually cheat and let Asher play on our tablet until I feel like I'm not going to die.  I get up with David at 6 and make his lunch and breakfast and see him off to work and then go to sleep until Asher wakes up around 7:30, get him situated, and then go back to sleep until around 9.  I feel so lazy, but at the same time I tell myself that I'm growing 2 people!  So it's ok if I'm a little lazy.
• I had to start sleeping with my body pillow a lot earlier this time around.  My back kills if I don't.  David hates when I sleep with it but it helps so much!  
• I felt these babies move a lot earlier.  I started feeling them around 13 weeks and feel lots of movement now!  Apparently with twins you just feel a lot more movement because they're all pushed out and cramped.
• My circulation has taken quite a hit too.  My arms and legs fall asleep after about 15 minutes of not moving.  I had this with Asher too, it's just a little worse this time.  I just have to adjust my position a lot, and position myself just right for sleeping!
• I haven't been gaining weight as much as I thought I would.  I only gained 30 pounds with Asher (an acceptable amount) and this pregnancy isn't much different. I just look like I gain a lot more!
• I've been trying to stay as active as I can.  I still take Millie on a walk every night, a little less than a mile, and I try to take Asher outside to play at least a few times a week as long as the weather is good.  I figure I'll just try to keep moving until I can't anymore because it's got to help!  Some days are better than others.
• I haven't been breaking out as much as with Asher.  With him, I looked like a teenager going through puberty and had so much acne!  This time I haven't gotten hardly any.
• I've been so much more emotional this time.  I cry all the time over stupid things, which is horrible when I teach Young Women.  I'm sure they hate when I teach because I'm that blubbery teacher that cries over every lesson.  I try to keep telling them I'm not normally like that!  Also, my temper is harder to control.  I've gotten better at it, but it's still harder for me to keep my cool when things really bother me.
• My pregnancy brain is awful.  I can't remember names, I always forget what I'm doing, and David will try to remind me of conversations we've had and I can't remember actually having them.  I also forget about 75% of the things that David asks me to do unless I write it down.  I have to write everything down because I know I'll forget!  There are a million little scraps of paper with notes I've written down.  So if anyone sends me a text or email or asks me to do something, don't be offended when I've forgotten about it!

To be honest, things are going pretty well.  I'm just a really bad pregnant lady and get grumpy about stuff, but I know I'm lucky that things have gone so well, especially with twins!  Next week is my glucose test (yuck) so hopefully that comes back negative!  That's all I can remember right now, so here are a few pictures of Asher just because. 

Asher LOVES balloons and was begging me to get some for him.  So I bought a package for $1 at Wal-Mart and made him one happy boy!  His favorite thing was to put all of them in the crib and try to kick them from one crib to the other, while I try to keep the balloons in his crib.   

"Bury me with the balloons please Mama!"

He loved his crib when he was in it and loves it still!  He's been having fun getting ready for the babies.

He learned to take pictures on purpose.  Most of the time he'll take pictures of his nose, sometimes try to take pictures of me (usually when I'm asleep), and this is one he tried to take of Millie.

He's getting more independent!  He has started insisting on making his own peanut butter sandwich, or as he calls them "keenut sandwich".  I usually put honey on it when I make his sandwich, but he likes just the bread and peanut butter.  He's actually not too bad at making them!

Asher has been really into singing lately and will sing just about anything.  He'll sing along with classical music, nursery rhymes, or he'll just sing whatever he happens to be thinking.  He's also gotten good at singing along with movies!  This is a video of him singing along with the beginning of Wall-E, which we watch about once a day.