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).

Twins

So, as most of you know, I am 20 weeks pregnant with twin boys! Of course, this was quite a shock a few months ago when we found out but we are nothing but thrilled. We went to the "BIG" anatomic ultrasound yesterday, which lasts much longer when there are 2 babies to evaluate. So, we were there for almost 2 hours. By the end of it, we had seen all of Baby A and Baby B...and they are both doing wonderful and are perfectly healthy! My cervical length was also good, and I was very relieved to hear that. As you may remember, I was put on bed rest at 28 weeks with Calan because of my cervix shortening (thinning) prematurely. I do NOT want this to happen with these 2 fellas, so I am tackling this pregnancy very differently than the first. While pregnant with Calan, I still worked out 5 days a week, traveled vigourously for work and pretty much led my same ole normal life (with few modifications). This time around, I have not exercised since early in the 1st trimester...I was not feeling well until around 18 weeks and now that I'm feeling better, if I stand for too long I basically feel like I need to sit. Obviously, everything is much more accelerated, so I really feel like I'm 30 weeks pregnant, when I'm only 20 weeks along. I've not had much of an appetite still, and have only gained about 6 lbs at this point, but I feel confident that the babies are getting what they need after seeing them in there yesterday.

Too long...

It's been too long since I've updated our blog. Calan has been learning so many new things and keeping us on our toes. He has been walking for a few weeks now and is almost up to a full run! He's also saying so many words - Mama, Dada, Dog, Ball, More, Block, Nana (banana), duck, bus, and a few more that I can't quite remember at the moment. His first year has flown by and i can't believe he is already 13 months old. Still my baby though :) I've posted some pics from his 1st birthday party last month. It was a blast and he LOVED the cake (as you can see)....it took him some prodding to dig in, but once he did, it was ON!

Little Man

My baby is turning into a little man. Instead of just crying when he wants something, he now does a combo cry/talk/yell. It's very....interesting...and loud. He says mama, dada and dog and tries to repeat what we say. Yesterday, I swear he said button (after I said belly button).

Poor guy has been sick for the last week with an ear infection and a cold that settled into his chest, so he's having to take antibiotics AND steroids. I hate it. He doesn't seem to notice though, as he's been up to his regular antics. Yesterday he was doing laps around the patio table with his walker and when he would get to the edge of the grass, he would just pick up the walker and reposition it the way he wanted to go. I thought that was pretty good. I feel like he can walk on his own, but I think maybe he just doesn't have enough confidence yet. No rush. He falls more than I care for now, so I'm sure it will get worse when he's taking independent steps. He got a cut on his eyelid just yesterday while he was making his rounds outside.

His birthday is in 2 1/2 weeks and I'm excited but also sad. I cannot believe he's almost 1. He is still just as sweet as candy and my little baby doll.

11 Months

Calan is 11 months now. He is becoming more and more his own person. Just this morning he stood up all by himself and even stayed standing for 30 seconds. Previous to this, if he realized he was standing he would sit immediately. But not today - instead he was waving his arms in the air like he was so proud of himself! He also LOVES attention and other people...kids especially. If he sees a child that he wants to talk to he will try to get their attention by smiling and talking Calanese, but if that doesnt' work then he just starts giggling! Louder and louder until they look his way. He is our little social butterfly!

We got a new bike seat for Calan on Saturday, as he H.A.T.E.D the bike trailer. So I sold it and used the proceeds to buy a bike seat that mounts to the back of my bike seat. We took him on a 9 mile bike ride on Saturday and he didn't cry or scream like he would about a mile into any previous ride in his trailer. The farthest we ever got in his trailer was 2 miles (1 mile out and turn around b/c he's screaming his head off). So, needless to say I was thrilled we got to go further. Speaking of riding bikes, I just signed up for my first triathlon! I am so excited, as I have wanted to do one for such a long time. It's on October 9th and it's a 1/2 mile swim, 10 mile bike ride and 3 mile run. I started swimming last week and I had forgotten how much I love it. I am so excited to do the race and nervous too. Anyone done a tri before? Let me know if you have any tips!

This week will hopefully fly by so we can get to Friday quickly and head off for Tahoe. I can't wait to go! I was put on bedrest last year so we didn't get to make our annual trip, so we're spending 6 days there this year opposed to our normal 3 day trip.