25 weeks, 2 days!

   We've had a busy week since our appointment last Friday! My mom arrived late Friday evening and last weekend was spent organizing, crib construction, and shelving construction - most of which was observed by me! The crib construction was much less entertaining than I'd hoped for - Travis must have been on his best behavior because he didn't snipe once at my mom (unlike when WE work together)! We got the bedding all washed and the crib looks so cute - the babies' room is coming together slowly but surely! Favorite comment of the weekend was when Travis complained about having to wash all the sheets, clothes, etc... I think his exact words were "why do we have to wash this stuff, it's new?! seems fine to me..." My dad made a similar comment later on this week.
   My dad arrived Tuesday afternoon with his truck filled to the brim! Travis hadn't seen all the gifts we'd gotten at the baby shower last month and it was so fun to go through things again! However, the clean room is now a disaster area again as we need to further organize, wash all the clothes, and figure out where everything is going to go! Luckily my parents are hauling back a bunch of stuff for storage for us... including Travis' shuffleboard table (we need room for baby swings, bouncy seats, and goodness knows what else!).
  I had an appointment with our OB on Wednesday - which consisted of a quick sonogram to check the babies' heartbeats (it's too difficult to distinguish otherwise), blood pressure, stepping on the scale (ouch), and a quick conversation with the doctor, who is pleased with how things are going so far. She said we reach our first big milestone - "viability", not that we want to meet the girls in person any time soon! Our next big milestone is 28 weeks where survival rates increase dramatically. After that she said she'd be "thrilled" if we make it to 32 weeks (January 4th)... The girls' activity has increased - they seem to like being awake in the afternoon/early evening and enjoy boxing each other or by insides on a daily basis!
   We'll see the specialist again on Tuesday, and Aunt Bre will be coming along to the appointment! It's been nice having company and we look forward to Bre getting in on Saturday night! On other news - I officially accepted a position at the University of Nebraska Omaha beginning Fall 2011! We're excited to have made a decision and to actually have a plan in place. While I was at the doctor's office yesterday I read that Omaha is the 12th best city to raise kids in the U.S. which made me feel even better about our decision.
   According to baby center, the baby is approximately 13 1/2 inches long - that translates into more than 40 inches of babies in my belly! Now that's freaky! It also mentioned how in addition to the baby growing more hair (and if heartburn is truly an indication of lots of hair these girls are going to have full heads of golden locks) I should notice a change... unfortunately I'm losing hair at the same rate as I did before getting pregnant, nor is it growing any faster! The two things I was looking forward too! ha!
   Here's what else our 25-week update had to say... How your baby's growing: Head to heels, your baby now measures about 13 1/2 inches. Her weight — a pound and a half — isn't much more than an average rutabaga, but she's beginning to exchange her long, lean look for some baby fat. As she does, her wrinkled skin will begin to smooth out and she'll start to look more and more like a newborn. She's also growing more hair — and if you could see it, you'd now be able to discern its color and texture.
   Below are some pictures of the nursery - we' haven't taken down our golf pictures yet... guess we still need to do that! I've also included a picture of me at 25 weeks - getting BIG! If I only had one in my belly I'm measuring at almost 35 weeks! yikes!

 Above: looking in from the doorway - and no, the picture above the crib is not staying! 

Below: Our converted computer desk into dresser/changing table... we'll see how it works!

Above: Our office bookcase which is now a dresser/storage area for baby stuff.

Below: Our FIRST crib! Love it! But we realized we're going to have to get another one sooner rather than later!

 Above: Our bedding... nope, not 'girly' - totally gender neutral! and it's so soft!

Below: As my dad arrived and they started the unloading the room quickly filled up!

 Above: Yep, all those totes are filled with clothes and whatnot for the girls!

Below: The girls are already excited to read all their new books!

Above: Just some of the clothes... we're going to need a bigger closet!

Below: no explanation needed, and no - there's NOT a basketball under by shirt!