Third trimester!!!

Lucy is ready for summer, how about you? This kid could live outside with no problem. She craves nature, relaxes in the grass and lives to go to playgrounds!  She's definitely going to wear me out this summer. 

This. This is how I am already feeling. I cannot even imagine a few weeks from now....but at least the itching is minimal! So little, I often forget about getting welts from a little scratching. I HAVE to have Zesto's little pellet ice, it's kind of ridiculous but I buy a couple cups every day so I can take a cup to school in the morning. It is the best thing ever. I think the staff at Zesto is actually getting annoyed with me.... haha!

As for me and the babies! My last appointment was to do the glucose test. It might be weird that I really don't mind the lemon-lime flavored juice...its tasty...

I was diagnosed with strep throat just hours after the glucose test and was worried it would affect the results. If it did, it was in my favor! I passed! 

With Lucy, I didn't pass the one hour test and had to go back and do the three hour test. I am thrilled to have passed the one hour test this go round! 

So that was May 2nd, two weeks ago. This appointment (May 16th), we listened to heartbeats. His was 159 and hers was 154. They are both laying sideways, back in that "ying yang" position. I am definitely feeling movement from both babies! They usually take turns, but it is mostly her punching and kicking. Every once in a while, someone sits just right to where I struggle to get a deep breath or talk without trying to catch my breath. Super fun and I know Lucy didn't give me this kind of trouble. 

Both baby quilts are officially finished! Ready to snuggle!

So we are ready (kind of) to share names. Now, really anything could change- it won't- but it could. This time was so tough!! Between having to pick FOUR names and comparing it to having Lucy's name ready for yeeeaarrss, this was hard work. Sooo in that spirit, we are not asking for approval and we don't want to know if your brother's cousin's neighbor's dog has the same name, hahahahaha! We know other people exist with these names, we also know that in our circle-neighborhood-family... no one close to us shares these names. 

The growth of these tiny embryos is amazing!!

From 5 day old blastocysts to 29 weeks!!

I love that we have photos from their very first existence all the way up to when they stopped fitting in ultrasound photos together. 

The room is also officially finished! Names are up and quilts are finished- all we need now is to get baby monitors ordered and up!