It's been a good week. The babies are feeling better and are back to their silly selves. Tater is going to crawl any second and Gracie's long stories keep us laughing.  Sean and I are close to kicking this cold too.  We both cough a bit, but nowhere near the crapfest that last week was.  

I am feeling good on the pregnancy front too.  I haven't gained very much weight (especially considering the endless number of Big Macs I've been eating).   This is a tough time of year though in school.  I don't get a break until spring break in April.  The kids are going nuts and driving me crazy some days. I don't think the pregnancy hormones help in that department.  I almost told a kid to "quit it-you're bugging me" the other day, but I resisted.  They frown on that. 

9 Months Old!

"Threatened Miscarriage"

It has been an eventful 24 hours. Last night before bed I notice that I have blood all over my underwear, but I am not bleeding. Doc says come in in the morning.  This morning I wake up and look clean, but after going to the bathroom see blood in the toilet (sorry TMI), so my OB tells me to come over as soon as they open. I go to school, get a sub for the morning, start my class then go to the doctor. I have an ultrasound and it was a scary few minutes looking at the picture and not seeing anything move. Then the doctor saw the heartbeat, Thank God.  Everything looks good and frankly they don't know what my deal is. Maybe a clot (though they couldn't find one) or  possible sign of miscarriage.  They basically told me if it is a miscarriage there is nothing they can do at 15 weeks anyway.  So all signs look good and I am just supposed to take it easy this weekend and wait. Funny how life puts things into perspective quickly. Not sure how you feel about a pregnancy? Let's threaten to make it disappear!  It clarified things fast.  The tech said she thinks it is a boy.  We are excited now and praying for a healthy little brother to join us in August.

Update on Gracie

My girl is indeed sick!  She has a double ear infection, bronchitis and her cold got in her eyes so they are gooping. We got some antibiotics for her yesterday and I can already tell a difference this morning!  Her eyes were less crusty and her spirits are up.  Yay! I am glad I am home with her today still, but I think she will be happy to go to daycare with Tater tomorrow. I hope they are both healed soon, I miss my funny little babies!

Sick and Sicker

We are drowning in illness over here. They have had colds since LAST weekend, bust just when I thought they were on the mend yesterday Tate barfs all over me (1st real throw up! What a milestone) then we realize Gracie has a fever.  Today they are up too early and they still have their raging coughs. We called the doc about their coughs last Monday, but they said without a fever it was fine (even though Gracie was literally honking). Which brings me to my little girl- she has a fever of 101 today along with just being plain miserable.  Coughing up a lung and now I am afraid pink eye in BOTH eyes!  They started gooping (probably not a word) this morning and it's juts increased since then. They are red exactly, but either way she is lethargic, just wants to lay on us to sleep and then my poking around her eye makes her cry, and cry.....and cry.  It's truly pathetic to look at her. Gladly, she is still eating her bottle. I don't want to add dehydration to the mix.  Sean is going to take her to the doc tomorrow.  I won't take no for an answer!  We called the on call doc tonight and he never called back! Rude!  Anyway, we are blessed that they are still sleeping through the night even with sickness and Tate's 3 new teeth growing in. I am praying for a better tomorrow!

Prayers and Support

Hello All,

As some of you MoM's are aware a fellow member of our message boards has received the worst kind of news this week.  Her sweet baby girls have been diagnosed with Werdnig-Hoffman Disease. It is untreatable.  I am posting a link on my blog for anyone who would like to donate in an effort help ease their financial burden during this time as well as some meaningful gifts like a photographer to capture some of the precious time they have left.  Please donate anything you can, and keep them in your prayers in the coming weeks/months. 

We are all reminded to cherish what we have in times like these and my heart breaks for this family.

SAHM for a Day

It's been awhile since I've been home alone with the twins for an entire day.  We don't have school today and I didn't need to send them to daycare for anything else.  We are having a nice morning, though Gracie is currently fussing because she can't figure out how to walk in her big toy.  They both have non-stop runny noses so I am glad to give them another day at home to get better. I am debating about packing them up and going somewhere today. Not sure if it's worth all the effort though. We could walk the mall or something, but all that loading and unloading of car seats wipes me out (thank you first trimester).  I am thankful for the sun we have been having! So nice to have bright days, even if it is 30 degrees out still. Looks like my time is up-babies need to go down for a nap.