Yes they are both STILL girls lol. They are doing wonderful! Baby A is 1lbs 1oz and Baby B is 1lbs 0oz. A perfect 48th %tile. I had my iron tested today and should have the results tomorrow or thursday. I've been thinking my iron is low since I've been so tired. I'll have my 3hr glucose test at my next appt. (Sept. 8th) and another ultrasound at the end of Sept.
The OB did check my cervix which is closed and thick. So that is REALLY good! The official weight gain so far is about 3lbs and yes I really am trying to gain weight but my poor tummy is running out of room for food.
I guess our "talk" didn't go so well since baby A decided to turn butt down instead of head down lol but baby B is still sideways. Other than that the appt went really well. We are just about 1.5 weeks from the 24 week mark of survival outside the womb! Lets just hope I can make it to at least 35 weeks. I'm starting to feel like a house and don't know if my poor uterus can grow much more lol.
Thats it for now! I'll update in another 2 weeks at my next appt! :)
Tuesday, August 25, 2009
Monday, August 17, 2009
It's official...
We have NAMES!! Yep thats right! After locking Jose in a closet for a week with no food or water he gave in and picked out two names lmao! I'm just kidding but after some fighting and a few days to think about it we have decided to name the girls......
Arianna Faith Banderas
and
Araceli Grace Banderas
I'm still working on the spellings since you can spell both about 20 different ways and the middle names may be switched or changed but I'm pretty sure they will stay as is. They are pronounced: Are-e-on-ah and Air-ah-celey. Nicknames will be Ari and Celi. Ari's name means Holy one of Faith and Celi's means Alter of heaven and grace.
Arianna was my pick and Jose picked Araceli. Still trying to figure out who is who but I think Ari will be Baby A and Celi will be Baby B. So it looks like the twins wont be Thing 1 and Thing 2 lol! Nevy is VERY happy about her sisters. She just loves the belly! Not sure they love her laying on the belly or trying to sit on the belly but you know how sisters can be lol. I think Jose has finally got used to the idea of a house full of girls. He's really excited and can't wait to see them.
As for a son.....
HAHAHAHAHAH.....wait my side hurts.........HAHAHAHAHAHAH........deep breath........HAHAHAHHAHA..........Ok no really.......lol
I've decided to keep that door cracked. Maybe not open but cracked lol. I decided a LONG time ago that b/c of my PCOS and how hard it was to get pregnant both times that I want to be done before I'm 30 years old. So maybe just MAYBE when the twins are 5 years old I may try for another one. Of course this time we may ask the Dr. to do a gender test to the embryos b/c I wont be having more then 4 kids! So the next BETTER be a boy! lol
Arianna Faith Banderas
and
Araceli Grace Banderas
I'm still working on the spellings since you can spell both about 20 different ways and the middle names may be switched or changed but I'm pretty sure they will stay as is. They are pronounced: Are-e-on-ah and Air-ah-celey. Nicknames will be Ari and Celi. Ari's name means Holy one of Faith and Celi's means Alter of heaven and grace.
Arianna was my pick and Jose picked Araceli. Still trying to figure out who is who but I think Ari will be Baby A and Celi will be Baby B. So it looks like the twins wont be Thing 1 and Thing 2 lol! Nevy is VERY happy about her sisters. She just loves the belly! Not sure they love her laying on the belly or trying to sit on the belly but you know how sisters can be lol. I think Jose has finally got used to the idea of a house full of girls. He's really excited and can't wait to see them.
As for a son.....
HAHAHAHAHAH.....wait my side hurts.........HAHAHAHAHAHAH........deep breath........HAHAHAHHAHA..........Ok no really.......lol
I've decided to keep that door cracked. Maybe not open but cracked lol. I decided a LONG time ago that b/c of my PCOS and how hard it was to get pregnant both times that I want to be done before I'm 30 years old. So maybe just MAYBE when the twins are 5 years old I may try for another one. Of course this time we may ask the Dr. to do a gender test to the embryos b/c I wont be having more then 4 kids! So the next BETTER be a boy! lol
Wednesday, August 12, 2009
20 week update!
So we had our 20 week anatomy ultrasound today. It was so great to see the twins again. It was "supposed" to be 1.5hrs but Baby A (my flipper) decided to show off and would not hold still for more then 5 sec. I could not believe how active the baby was. Baby B on the other had just sat there sucking it's fingers and not moving lol. I guess they are going to be exact opposites. I can see Baby A is hyper like Nevy. My ultrasound ended up taking almost 3hrs but it was so nice to just watch them move. They both have big feet like Nevy too!
So the official report is Baby A @ 11oz and Baby B @ 12oz. PERFECT for 20 weeks! They are both laying transverse (sideways) with both heads on my left side and facing each other....STILL! I guess Baby A needs a "little talk" about going head down so Mommy doesn't need another c-section. Baby A's placenta is against my back and Baby B's is against my tummy (which I knew and explains why I dont feel B as often). Since Baby A would not hold still the tech had a hard time seeing the heart chambers. So I go back in 2 weeks for another ultrasound just to double check. My OB appts are now bi-weekly as well. So I will see the Dr. and get an ultrasound on the 25th.
The Dr. said everything looks great with all of us. Babies weights and fluid level are fine. I will have my cervix checked at my next appt. So all in all the three of us are healthy and doing very well but of course with twins that can change day to day. My first goal is to make it to 24 weeks (which is the earliest for survival outside the womb) then to 30 weeks (less chance for development problems) then 35 weeks (less chance for NICU time) and my last goal which I pray very hard to make is 37 weeks (which is considered full term). I wont be allowed to go past 38 weeks (Dec. 14th) since your uterus gets way to big and can cause problems. The average for twins is 35-36 weeks. So as long as I can make it to Thanksgiving I'll be happy!
And now for my EXTRA ADDITION OF NEWS.....
Jose and I have talked and since there really isn't much of a surprise to it anymore we decided to tell everyone the sexs. We were both VERY VERY shocked. I think he is still adjusting to the news but I've come to terms with it and I am very happy. So without further waiting..........................................................................................................pause...........................
.................Ok I lied about the further waiting part lol..................................................
We are Having................................................................lol...............am I driving you nuts yet??..........
TWO VERY HEALTHY...................................................AND VERY CUTE.....................................
BABY GIRLS!!!
Yep Twin GIRLS!! God save Jose! Poor man has 4 women to live with now! Good thing the new house will have two bathrooms! hahahahahah! Plus side is we don't really have to buy anything now. Down side is I dont think they will EVER have NAMES!!! lol
20w3d Twin belly shot......hey and I've only gained 2lbs!
So the official report is Baby A @ 11oz and Baby B @ 12oz. PERFECT for 20 weeks! They are both laying transverse (sideways) with both heads on my left side and facing each other....STILL! I guess Baby A needs a "little talk" about going head down so Mommy doesn't need another c-section. Baby A's placenta is against my back and Baby B's is against my tummy (which I knew and explains why I dont feel B as often). Since Baby A would not hold still the tech had a hard time seeing the heart chambers. So I go back in 2 weeks for another ultrasound just to double check. My OB appts are now bi-weekly as well. So I will see the Dr. and get an ultrasound on the 25th.
The Dr. said everything looks great with all of us. Babies weights and fluid level are fine. I will have my cervix checked at my next appt. So all in all the three of us are healthy and doing very well but of course with twins that can change day to day. My first goal is to make it to 24 weeks (which is the earliest for survival outside the womb) then to 30 weeks (less chance for development problems) then 35 weeks (less chance for NICU time) and my last goal which I pray very hard to make is 37 weeks (which is considered full term). I wont be allowed to go past 38 weeks (Dec. 14th) since your uterus gets way to big and can cause problems. The average for twins is 35-36 weeks. So as long as I can make it to Thanksgiving I'll be happy!
And now for my EXTRA ADDITION OF NEWS.....
Jose and I have talked and since there really isn't much of a surprise to it anymore we decided to tell everyone the sexs. We were both VERY VERY shocked. I think he is still adjusting to the news but I've come to terms with it and I am very happy. So without further waiting..........................................................................................................pause...........................
.................Ok I lied about the further waiting part lol..................................................
We are Having................................................................lol...............am I driving you nuts yet??..........
TWO VERY HEALTHY...................................................AND VERY CUTE.....................................
BABY GIRLS!!!
Yep Twin GIRLS!! God save Jose! Poor man has 4 women to live with now! Good thing the new house will have two bathrooms! hahahahahah! Plus side is we don't really have to buy anything now. Down side is I dont think they will EVER have NAMES!!! lol
20w3d Twin belly shot......hey and I've only gained 2lbs!
Monday, August 10, 2009
I'm pregnant with an Octopus!
I'm starting to think I have Quads in there lol. It seems like I get kicked in 16 different places at once. These two are getting soooo active and STRONG! I swear one kicked my bladder yesterday and I had to RUN to the potty lol! They seem to be most active when I'm trying to sleep. So needless to say I haven't been getting to may Zzz's!
It's so weird how different being pregnant with two is vs. one. Nevy didn't become this strong until I was about 26 weeks. Humm....I wonder if they are already working together to drive me crazy HA! Well no matter how painful.....and yes it does create PAIN when they kick at the same time.....I'm still happy to know they are both doing well. :)
I have tried to get Nevy to feel them move but she wont hold her hand on my tummy long enough. You know there are more important things to a two year old then feeling babies kick.....like hiding grapes under my TV or drawing all over herself with a pen :insert eye roll here: lol. As for Jose, Well they seem to enjoy teasing him already b/c every time he puts a hand on me they move to the other side of my tummy lol. It's just to funny! I feel bad for him since he really wants to feel them but I can't help laugh when they do it. It's like they know DaDa wants to feel them and they want to tick him off already! lol poor Jose!
Well thats it for now. I doubt you want to here about my hip and back pain. So I figured I'd share the nice side of a twin pregnancy and not the "whine and vent" side lol. My ultrasound is Wed. the 12th. So I will have another update for everyone in 2 days. :)
It's so weird how different being pregnant with two is vs. one. Nevy didn't become this strong until I was about 26 weeks. Humm....I wonder if they are already working together to drive me crazy HA! Well no matter how painful.....and yes it does create PAIN when they kick at the same time.....I'm still happy to know they are both doing well. :)
I have tried to get Nevy to feel them move but she wont hold her hand on my tummy long enough. You know there are more important things to a two year old then feeling babies kick.....like hiding grapes under my TV or drawing all over herself with a pen :insert eye roll here: lol. As for Jose, Well they seem to enjoy teasing him already b/c every time he puts a hand on me they move to the other side of my tummy lol. It's just to funny! I feel bad for him since he really wants to feel them but I can't help laugh when they do it. It's like they know DaDa wants to feel them and they want to tick him off already! lol poor Jose!
Well thats it for now. I doubt you want to here about my hip and back pain. So I figured I'd share the nice side of a twin pregnancy and not the "whine and vent" side lol. My ultrasound is Wed. the 12th. So I will have another update for everyone in 2 days. :)
Wednesday, July 29, 2009
SwagBucks BABY!!
So I know I've gone on and on and on....and on (lol) about Swagbucks but I can't help it! The site is awesome!! I've earned six $5 gift cards for Amazon.com and two $5 gift cards for EuphoriaBaby.com. I bought Nevy some books last week with my Amazon cards and I bought a two pack of natural breast flow bottles for the twins from Euphoria and guess what I DIDN'T PAY A THING! So you must be wondering how am I earning all these gift cards without buying or spending a dime??? Well let me share the wonderful world of SwagBucks with you!!! :) .......
Swagbucks is a search engine. Yep thats it just a plain old search engine like google or yahoo. All you do is join, download the search bar from their site and use it to make everyday searches! Thats it! See how easy it is!! As you search sometimes a little box will pop up with your search and say "You have won $1 (or anywhere between 1 and 5) Swagbucks!" It adds it to your account for you. So you dont have to do ANYTHING! As the swagbucks add up you simply go to the "prize" section of the site and pick a prize that you have enough swagbucks for. You can buy a $5 Amazon card for 45 swagbucks or a $5 EuphoriaBaby card for 5 swagbucks! They have TONS of prizes. Not just gift cards (like Jc Penny, Barnes & Noble, Starbucks & Target which range from $5-$150) but you can buy shirts, music downloads, trading cards, an Xbox 360, posters and so so much more!
Ok so lets say you don't want a gift card to a store or anything else I've talked about..... how about cash.....yes you heard me I said CASH! You can get $5 in Paypal credit for 70 swagbucks! Or a $10 MasterCard for 135 swagbucks! Yep you heard me right that is cash for doing nothing but using a search engine!
No Junk mail! No questions! No phone calls! No bugging you period! The only emails I receive from Swagbucks is to confirm I bought a gift card and to let me know when its ready to be used (in about 5-10 days). Most never expire but some need to be used in 30 days or so.
This is an AWESOME way to earn extra $$$$! You dont do anything other then your normal everyday searching and I DO mean NORMAL searching. Dont go into hyperdrive and search like 500 sites in 5 mins. It wont make a difference. I normally win at least 2 swagbucks a day doing about 10 searches. Sometimes I win a 3 swagbucks or a 5. In two months I've made over 200 swagbucks! It's easy and free!
Dont believe me?? Ask the thousands of fans Swagbucks has on Myspace, Facebook, Twitter and everywhere else! Best part if you add them to your accounts you can watch for free Swagcodes! Whats a Swagcode??... It's when swagbucks feels nice and gives away an extra 1 or 2 swagbucks just because! There is at least one everyday! Get the code add it to you account and thats it! Check out this blog that announces when swagcodes are out, where they are and how long you have to snag them! http://www.we-love-swag-bucks.com/ (they even have proof of their winnings on the site!)
Well all I can say is this.... if your STILL reading this and STILL don't sign up for Swagbucks then you must be rich and not need the extra $$$ because there is NO reason NOT to join! Free stuff, No bugging and no work! Why not join???!
CLICK the link BELOW to JOIN SWAGBUCKS NOW!! (You get 3 free swagbucks just for joining!)
*>>>>>http://swagbucks.com/refer/Banderas85<<<<<*
Then go to the site http://www.swagbucks.com/ and DOWNLOAD THE TOOL BAR (you cant earn if you don't have a tool bar to search!) and check out the prize area!
Also they have drawings on the Blog to win stuff like 500 swagbucks (3 swagbucks to enter) or an Xbox 360 or a signed poster by a band! Everything (even the gift cards) are donated by the sponser. So your NOT winning STOLEN stuff and TRUST ME the gift cards work and they DO mail out the prizes (if you order something like a shirt). So make sure to give your correct address for them to mail things to!
(On a side note: It can take 4 weeks to earn 100 swagbucks at first but as you learn how to use the site and how to win you can earn them faster. Earning free stuff doesn't happen over night but even if you only get one $5 gift card a month thats STILL a FREE $5 every month. I average about 2-3 $5 gift cards a month right now. It's sooo worth it!)
Swagbucks is a search engine. Yep thats it just a plain old search engine like google or yahoo. All you do is join, download the search bar from their site and use it to make everyday searches! Thats it! See how easy it is!! As you search sometimes a little box will pop up with your search and say "You have won $1 (or anywhere between 1 and 5) Swagbucks!" It adds it to your account for you. So you dont have to do ANYTHING! As the swagbucks add up you simply go to the "prize" section of the site and pick a prize that you have enough swagbucks for. You can buy a $5 Amazon card for 45 swagbucks or a $5 EuphoriaBaby card for 5 swagbucks! They have TONS of prizes. Not just gift cards (like Jc Penny, Barnes & Noble, Starbucks & Target which range from $5-$150) but you can buy shirts, music downloads, trading cards, an Xbox 360, posters and so so much more!
Ok so lets say you don't want a gift card to a store or anything else I've talked about..... how about cash.....yes you heard me I said CASH! You can get $5 in Paypal credit for 70 swagbucks! Or a $10 MasterCard for 135 swagbucks! Yep you heard me right that is cash for doing nothing but using a search engine!
No Junk mail! No questions! No phone calls! No bugging you period! The only emails I receive from Swagbucks is to confirm I bought a gift card and to let me know when its ready to be used (in about 5-10 days). Most never expire but some need to be used in 30 days or so.
This is an AWESOME way to earn extra $$$$! You dont do anything other then your normal everyday searching and I DO mean NORMAL searching. Dont go into hyperdrive and search like 500 sites in 5 mins. It wont make a difference. I normally win at least 2 swagbucks a day doing about 10 searches. Sometimes I win a 3 swagbucks or a 5. In two months I've made over 200 swagbucks! It's easy and free!
Dont believe me?? Ask the thousands of fans Swagbucks has on Myspace, Facebook, Twitter and everywhere else! Best part if you add them to your accounts you can watch for free Swagcodes! Whats a Swagcode??... It's when swagbucks feels nice and gives away an extra 1 or 2 swagbucks just because! There is at least one everyday! Get the code add it to you account and thats it! Check out this blog that announces when swagcodes are out, where they are and how long you have to snag them! http://www.we-love-swag-bucks.com/ (they even have proof of their winnings on the site!)
Well all I can say is this.... if your STILL reading this and STILL don't sign up for Swagbucks then you must be rich and not need the extra $$$ because there is NO reason NOT to join! Free stuff, No bugging and no work! Why not join???!
CLICK the link BELOW to JOIN SWAGBUCKS NOW!! (You get 3 free swagbucks just for joining!)
*>>>>>http://swagbucks.com/refer/Banderas85<<<<<*
Then go to the site http://www.swagbucks.com/ and DOWNLOAD THE TOOL BAR (you cant earn if you don't have a tool bar to search!) and check out the prize area!
Also they have drawings on the Blog to win stuff like 500 swagbucks (3 swagbucks to enter) or an Xbox 360 or a signed poster by a band! Everything (even the gift cards) are donated by the sponser. So your NOT winning STOLEN stuff and TRUST ME the gift cards work and they DO mail out the prizes (if you order something like a shirt). So make sure to give your correct address for them to mail things to!
(On a side note: It can take 4 weeks to earn 100 swagbucks at first but as you learn how to use the site and how to win you can earn them faster. Earning free stuff doesn't happen over night but even if you only get one $5 gift card a month thats STILL a FREE $5 every month. I average about 2-3 $5 gift cards a month right now. It's sooo worth it!)
Tuesday, July 21, 2009
The name game...
I wish I could just toss all the girl names I like into a hat and draw two lol! Then Jose wouldn't have a choice on what names we used. I think he assumes that if we don't pick girl names out then we wont have any more girls...riiiiight.....nice try buddy. I like to be prepared. I've spent the last 17 weeks calling my twins "it" "they" and my favorite "hey you stop kicking my bladder". So I can't wait to find out what they are and give them names. I want to have everything lined up for my BIG ultrasound on Aug.12th but Jose wont agree on ANYTHING....can you say pain in the butt!
We have boys names picked out. Our first son will be Jose Artemio Banderas Jr. (like the world needs another Jose but I promised him a JR.). If it's two boys the second will be James Robert Banderas (after my father Robert James Tracy). So yeah if its girl/boy or girl/girl twins I guess they will be called "Thing 1" and "Thing2" (yes Nevy reads to much Dr. Seuss).
Personally I really like Jazmin Faith or Jacquelyn Anya for the girl/boy twins. If it's girl/girl I really like Allison Hope and Addison Faith (Ally & Addy) or Arianna Faith and Ayanna Hope. Jose hates all of them except Jacquelyn Anya. I really want to stick with the whole "heavenly theme" because of Nevaeh which is why I picked Hope and Faith as middle names (because Jose hates them lol). I wouldn't mind input but thats the problem! He doesn't want to think about girl names.....like at ALL! Uhhh men I tell ya!
So at the moment that is where we are. Stuck with no girl names. Which is why when everyone asks me "So do you guys have names yet?" I say "Dont ask. Sore subject!" :P Now you know why I dont want to talk about it lol.
We have boys names picked out. Our first son will be Jose Artemio Banderas Jr. (like the world needs another Jose but I promised him a JR.). If it's two boys the second will be James Robert Banderas (after my father Robert James Tracy). So yeah if its girl/boy or girl/girl twins I guess they will be called "Thing 1" and "Thing2" (yes Nevy reads to much Dr. Seuss).
Personally I really like Jazmin Faith or Jacquelyn Anya for the girl/boy twins. If it's girl/girl I really like Allison Hope and Addison Faith (Ally & Addy) or Arianna Faith and Ayanna Hope. Jose hates all of them except Jacquelyn Anya. I really want to stick with the whole "heavenly theme" because of Nevaeh which is why I picked Hope and Faith as middle names (because Jose hates them lol). I wouldn't mind input but thats the problem! He doesn't want to think about girl names.....like at ALL! Uhhh men I tell ya!
So at the moment that is where we are. Stuck with no girl names. Which is why when everyone asks me "So do you guys have names yet?" I say "Dont ask. Sore subject!" :P Now you know why I dont want to talk about it lol.
Sunday, July 19, 2009
Welcome to MY WORLD!!
I have decided to start a blog since my crazy preggy brain seems to forget EVERYTHING! I really want to remember the twins pregnancy and having 3 kids under 3 I'm sure it will be a fun ride once they get here! So to start the blog here is a little info about us....
My name is Jennifer (I'm the one doing all the incoherent postings :) hehe). I'm the proud wife of Jose my loving hubby for the last....oh God what is it now.....hummm.....lol.... almost 5 years! I'm also a SAHM (stay at home mom) to my adorable daughter Nevaeh Inez (Nevaeh is Heaven spelled backwards :wink:). My princess will be turning TWO in about a week (eeeek!!). I am also expecting TWINS (eeek AGAIN!) in Dec. (that puts me at 17 weeks). As you can tell I'll be going crazy in a few short months. Which is why expecting double the trouble means I'll have triple the fun with the 3 of them!!!
So stop on by to get your dose of laughter as I share our crazy journey with 3 kids under 3 years old!
My name is Jennifer (I'm the one doing all the incoherent postings :) hehe). I'm the proud wife of Jose my loving hubby for the last....oh God what is it now.....hummm.....lol.... almost 5 years! I'm also a SAHM (stay at home mom) to my adorable daughter Nevaeh Inez (Nevaeh is Heaven spelled backwards :wink:). My princess will be turning TWO in about a week (eeeek!!). I am also expecting TWINS (eeek AGAIN!) in Dec. (that puts me at 17 weeks). As you can tell I'll be going crazy in a few short months. Which is why expecting double the trouble means I'll have triple the fun with the 3 of them!!!
So stop on by to get your dose of laughter as I share our crazy journey with 3 kids under 3 years old!
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