Useful class, tired as hell, 8 more days to go...

8 more working days left yay! I need the rest specially after a busy week this week with evening classes. Seems that my feet want to swell up every night now that I've noticed they are doing that. However, my blood pressure is staying stable so I'm not overly worried, long as that doesn't go haywire I should be fine.

Class last night was useful we were lucky in that the nurse giving it has twin girls of her own so we were able to ask a few specific questions on raising twins as opposed to singletons. I put my first diaper on too! Ok so it was a doll but still :) And we got to learn to swaddle and how to take care of the umbilical cord. Tonight we get to learn infant CPR which I do feel is important and a useful skill even tho I hope we never have to use it.

I seem to be getting more and more congested I wonder if that's a sign of me getting closer to the end of the pregnancy or just a general lack thereof of sleep. Did have another NST last night as well, and I swear I caught myself snoring a couple of times I was that tired. The girls were troopers and were nice and active for the test which helped so I was out of there pretty quick. I think I might feel like I'm living at the hospital tho this week with going back for the class last night and again tonight and again to the Dr's on Thursday for an apt with her.

I'm just so looking forward to not having to work and making the most of getting some rest before these two arrive more than anything. I know I'm still not going to be getting a good night sleep but at least I can nap! And I know I'm going to be busy after the 12th doing the final nesting preparations for the arrival and picking up the stuff that will be missing.

Oh the other thing about last night was it really did hit home how there is no way we could really afford day care in our area for two. I would be spending nearly all my paycheck just on that alone. The low end for a newborn is $1500 and that's a single! An aupair is the most affordable option but we have nowhere for that person to sleep so it's not even an option. So we are stuck. Ah well we will manage by hook or by crook and hopefully my children and I will have a nice healthy relationship.

Reality settling in a bit...

Well my food cravings were happily satisfied this week with honey walnut shrimp midweek, and dim sum on the weekened. I should be set for another months now :)

I think this weekend it's really started to sink in the iminent arrival of the girls. Both of them were pretty active this weekend and my shirt was visibly moving when one of them was kicking or elbowing me. Course movement is good as it means hopefully healthy babies. We have about 5 weeks left of freedom and the ability to sleep (sort of). I mean heck I've not been sleeping well for a long time now I'm constantly tossing and turning trying to get comfy or tying to clear a nostril out so I can actually breath. I think of all things regaining the ability to breathe properly again during the night I'm most looking forward to.

Ooops there goes Abby moving as I type this letting me know she is there. We have classes this week so we can learn a bit about taking care of these two. I'm trying not to be too much of a stress case and figure eventually my instincts will just kick in and I will be just fine. I worry a little about how much stuff I still need before the due date but given the baby shower and the sale I've been having to remind myself wait just a little longer you will still have a couple of weeks where you can get to the store for the essentials you are still missing. I don't think I'm in a position to have to worry about my Dr putting me on bed rest as long as I just take it fairly easy so I do think I will still be able to do to a mad dash around Walmart to pick up bedding for example of we still need it. Heck even if I have to do multiple short trips one in the morning one in the evening, and James can just bring the stuff in when he gets home from work. At least I have a list of the things we really must get before they make their arrival.

I'm starting to wonder what day of the week my Dr wants to deliver me on as well. I'm sort of hoping the later part of the week then that means James can be around more to visit us in the hospital, plus it will be easier on the girls as they will be that little bit older too. I get a stress test again this week on Tuesday and a follow up with the OBGYN on Thursday, then next Thursday am probably one of the last ultra sounds. I do believe tho the last consensus was they are in breach and I know my Dr will be definately doing a c-section if that is the case.

Car lives to see a few more trips

Well the car wasn't such a big deal as we were fearing and only cost us $279 so we got the repairs done.  We only need to keep it going 2 more weeks on a regular basis then we can switch them over.  It just gives us a bit more freedom to have them both,  emergencies etc and we can swap when I want to take the kids out for a day.  I'm almost wondering with the reduction in daily use if we might be able to make it last until my car is paid off which would be totally ideal!  Then we can get rid of it and upgrade to a larger more family friendly car.  I'm somewhat relieved would be so much easier if I had one if we had an emergency specially as James doesn't work just down the road as it were.

Course if we end up with a big expensive repair at some point we are still getting rid of it!  It's just not worth it.

May loose Jagr's car...

Ok, so Jagr's car is sick again, and it's probably gonna be a pricey fix.  At this point we are thinking of cutting our losses with it.  After all I have 2 more weeks of work then I don't need a car for commuting.  Worst case if I need the car for Drs apt etc I can drop Jagr off at the bart station in the morning and then drive home again and pick him up.  We also have a bike option but that also depends on his knee and the weather for a lot of it.  Either way I think we need to say goodbye and farewell.

Once my car is paid off we can perhaps get another at that point and use mine as a replacement until I get back to work again.  I guess all another reason for me quitting work sooner rather than later.  At least we have one good car in decent condition.  But at this stage with 168k on the clock it's seen better days for sure.  And on the other positive side hey we get to reduce our insurance payments a bit.

Urgh!

I hope we hire someone soon! This is getting to be too much. I feel like I'm juggling too many balls half the time, and I'm starting to get upset about some of my co workers not pulling their weight. There is something wrong when you are 7 1/2 mths pregnant with twins and pullin more hours than anyone else in the office. But then again I keep reminding myself that I don't have much longer to go. Honestly he could use a receptionist that tracks the time of the people or a clock.

Ah well, hopefully today will be a little smoother. Although the mistakes that have happened lately well it's not a huge deal as they will learn by them hopefully.

I'm still craving honey walnut shrimp...and my other craving of all things is for Dim Sum, I think I'm going to be dragging Jagr with me on the weekend to a place for some. Might as well do it now while I can it will be some time I think before we will get a chance to do something like that. I just can't see kids with Dim Sum until they are a bit older if ever, although my hope is they will be somewhat adventurous with their food.

Another week...

Jagr got the bookcase out of the nursery so it's starting to come together in there, got a few more bits on the floor that need a home, and a couple more bits of furniture to help keep us organized once the bundles of joy arrive and we should be good to go (I hope).

I'm kind of holding off on buying newborn diapers until closer to the delivery as they really need to only be in those until the umbilical cord bit drops off and that should be 2 or 3 weeks after birth. That is also assuming I got far along enough (I think I will but you never know) to be able to bring the babies home rather than them having to spend some time in the NICU.

I will confess to struggling with staying awake at the moment tho. It gets worse as the week goes by the stuffier I get and the less sleep I have. So much fun, not.

Stoping working sooner most likely

My Dr. is pushing to have me stop working in 3 weeks, I was hoping to go for 5 but I need to keep in mind the welfare of the babies and not just my sanity. I'm also now being asked to do a weekly NST (no stress test), yay yet more appointments.

Ah well, after this week and having to split my time between orders and what I do I'm mentally frazzled anyway. Maybe leaving a bit earlier won't be such a bad idea. I can honestly say right now I'm exhausted. It's been a lot to keep up with. Three more weeks does seem more appealing. I was hoping to work longer mostly because of the financial strain of loosing my income but oh well. We will survive I'm sure. When you add the commute onto my day it just kills me and I've been working longer hours when I can to try to help fill in gaps. This really was a bad idea as I'm putting more strain on myself when I should be trying to take better care of myself. My job isn't going to care if I suddenly go into labor...

Least this weekend will be pretty much a time to put my feet up and rest. James is only working like Sat afternoon for 4 hours so will make a change to have him around most of the time too. Maybe we might get a few more items out of the nursery that need to go. I was thinking of doing some light housework.

The wonders of sleep!

Amazing what having more than 1 hour sleep at a stretch can do for you. I spent most of the Labor Day weekend struggling with not being able to breath due to congestion and unable to take anything to relieve it. Consequently three nights of tossing and turning either from lack of air or pain in the hips from the babies had me feeling exhausted. I went to work put in 6 hours and left when other people came back from lunch so there was phone coverage.

Unfortunately! Jagr had a spot of bother with his bike, in trying to save some gas money, and so I found out yesterday the car is acting up again... Now, he does carry 2 spare inner tubes just in case of a flat. However, he ended up with three! I think he barely made it halfway home. So I had to go out and rescue him. I'll be glad when I give up work and he can use my car more often to try to save some of the wear and tear on his. I think we will need to invest in some spare bases for his car just in case of emergencies...but for the most part if I need to take the kids somewhere we can plan around that so I have my car for those trips as it will be so much easier with the four doors rather than his two.

Baby registry

I've finally set up a baby registry if anyone is interested at Walmart, it's under both our names. There were more product reviews available which aided the choices we've made plus the prices are a bit more reasonable than some of the other stores. Anyone that purchases anything for us let it be known we are extremely grateful. Got to admit just coming up with the list of the essentials was eye opening! Be aware tho coming up in October there is a TVMOTC sale going on so a lot of the items like the bouncers etc we can probably pick up on the cheap from there. I'm not adverse to getting 2nd hand items as they go through them so quickly!

Clothes to be honest at the point shouldn't be too much of an issue as we were gifted a large box of gently used girl clothes from a friend recently.

I hate advertising the fact that and promoting the registry on my blog but I'm going to admit that this endeavour of having twins is not the cheapest thing in the world and any savings we can make will help our pocket specially as I will be having to give up work to be a stay at home Mum. The daycare costs just simply don't make working a possibility on my income, so it's more efficient if I become the carer. And I will admit I would rather be a home and bond with my kids than have someone else raise them.

On the other side of things the nursery is now starting to look like a nursery, Jagr got the 2nd crib up this weekend and I got some stickers for the room to make it a little more em inviting rather than just having white walls. I've also been busy washing a lot of the clothes so I can put them away in the dresser rather than having them sitting around in bags and boxes.

Hoping we can do a trip to Costco next weekend and pick up our first diapers, cotton balls, wipes and cotton buds! Oh I can't wait...(not) I might as well try to start out organized, I know it won't last for long but might as well start out properly, even if it only lasts for the first week or so it will be less of a mess that way.