Chatter box

My sweet baby boy has got to be the chattiest little thing alive! He repeats EVERYTHING we say and remembers the words as well. He is also growing like a weed! We measured him 2 weeks ago and then again yesterday and he'd grown a full inch...in 2 weeks! He's now 2'10 (34 inches) tall :) Last time we weighed him at the Dr he was 33 lbs. And so strong. I call him Bam Bam (like the kid from the Flinstones). I also think he's cluing in on the fact that we're about to have some new arrivals. Okay, so I don't think he knows we're having twins, but he loves babies and says "baby" everytime he sees one in a magazine or anywhere really. Sometimes he will come to me, hand me the PBK catalog and say "baby"....this is my cue to flip the pages so he can checkout all the babies! He has also been really into his "I'm a Big Brother" book the past couple of days.

I am also ready for these babies to arrive. Although I know our lives will never be this calm again, I can't wait to meet these 2 boys! I must admit that I didn't care for being pregnant with Calan and this is an even more trying experience. BUT, that said I don't want to have them come too early! I am 31 weeks along now and I really need to make it to 34-36 weeks. I know that I will be so miserable by then, but I just have to keep reminding myself that it's a short time compared to what the babies might endure due to being born early. It's gotten to the point that anytime I stand up, I have braxton-hicks contractions or cramping, so I really try to sit most of the time. Boy is it hard to be at home sitting all the time. I will admit to not always following the bed rest orders - like our trip to Target today, but I try to most of the time. I have another ultrasound on Thursday and I'm excited to see how they have grown in the past month. They were measuring big last time, so it'll be interesting to see if they're still considered "large" for their gestational age.

Hippo?

Calan's favorite word is currently "hippo". He has a book about hippo's and their belly button's and a few other books with hippos in them. He loves saying hippo so much that we actually try not to say it, as he will get on a "hippo" kick and say it non stop for at least 10-15 minutes! Since I have been pregnant I've been showing him my belly and saying "bee-bo" and "babies", to which he will often reply: "hippo". So, he is now correlating the belly button to the large, pregnant belly and to the hippo's. You might have guessed where this is going.....Niki (our nanny) took him to the park yesterday and sure enough he say a pregnant woman, walked over to her and said "hippo"! I had to laugh when she told me that, as the woman has no idea of the bee-bo, pregnant belly, hippo correlation. Niki just told her it is his current favorite word. Oh my...good thing he's cute and still babyish enough to carry that excuse off! Here are a few current pics of my growing little man - he is such a little ham!

Bed Rest

I haven't updated in a while, although I have no excuse, as I was put on modified bed rest almost 4 weeks ago (at 24 weeks gestation) due to premature cervical thinning. I go back weekly for checks and so far things have been stable, which is good. I go in tomorrow (Thursday) for another check, so hopefully things stay as they have been. I'm a little worried because I think I may have overdone it on Saturday, as I went to Target and shouldn't have. It's just so hard being cooped up all the time! I have only taken new pics of Calan with my iPhone lately, as I misplaced my camera (oops).