Jul
24
2009Food is an all consuming part of my life right now for three reasons
- I’m hungry all the time.
- I want these babies to grow as much as the doctors do!
- Every time I open the refrigerator, I have one of two reactions: excitement over something that appeals to me or despair because nothing looks yummy.
Since food is very much consuming me (or am I consuming it?), I thought you may enjoy seeing just what I eat in one day to support the three of us.
7:40am: I’m starving at this point from the 8 hour fast and far too lazy to make breakfast. So I started my day with an “Almond Joy Shake” This is an extremely high calorie mix of coconut milk, almond butter, half and half, and a pint of chocolate ice cream (don’t worry that pint is supposed to make at least 3 servings. I usually get 6 out of it). I’m downing lots of fat, protein, and calcium and a whopping 400+ calories. Yummy.
9:40am: Unfortunately liquid food runs through me pretty fast, so I’m already digging through the fridge again. This is the last of my frozen hash browns (OH NO!) and a slice of bacon. I added ketchup before serving, since ketchup is the whole reason the potato was created 😀
12:30pm: Homemade minestrone with overgrown alphabet pasta and Parmesan. This photograph does not look so appetizing since I was trying to show just how overgrown the alphabet pasta is.
2:40: Mom and sister arrived bringing with them a 12-pack of Chick-fil-a nuggets. An unusual but appreciated treat 😀
7:00pm until 8:45: Pheasant, Boar, and Buffalo Sausage pieces. Spinach and Bacon Dip with Corn Tortilla Chips. A lovely wild game dinner sampler including duck, steak, and lamb with garlic mashed potatoes and in season veggies. (I forgot my camera for dinner, I’m so sorry!)
Okay so snack and dinner were not very typical for a day (since mom and sis were in town and treated us to dinner), but you get the idea:
It’s A WHOLE LOT OF FOOD!
Jul
20
2009After finishing that quilt top last Monday, I have had no motivation to do anything! I made a couple of little butterflies out of the four 2.5″ squares left from my charm pack and I moved my sewing machine to the built-in desk downstairs.
Yesterday, the doctor informed me that I’m more or less supposed to be sitting around letting the babies consume the food rather than me burning the calories to move myself. So that sparked a wee bit of motivation to do a few little projects. Here’s what I’ve got so far:
Owl Wall Hanging progress. I added some lazy daisies for a little more girliness. 😀 All I need to do is make binding, but I think I’m going to wait until I’m also binding the quilts.
There’s a lot going on in this picture because I was far too lazy to take separate pictures. Here’s what you’re looking at:
- 6-12 month sized lavender Baby Bolero made from some knit scraps from my mother-in-law.
- Self-drafted newborn skirt from the remaining lavender knit scraps.
- Pink Baby Pants in a modified from a very old McCalls Pattern made from some rib knit from my MIL.
- More newborn hats using the remaining pink rib knit.
I also started pressing the backing fabric and assembling the quilt sandwich for Baby A’s quilt.
It’s been a busy, but sedentary day 😀 Thanks, doctors, for the needed motivation!
Jul
16
2009Derek and I are taking a Multiples Birthing Class out at Greenville Hospital. It’s really fun to hang out with other expectant parents of twins while learning about caring for our babies.
A few nights ago at almost 5 am, I awoke to Olive cat retching (so I threw her out the front door to avoid having to clean the carpet again, aren’t I nice?) and had a wonderful idea in the 45 minutes it took me to fall back asleep. The scads of red corduroy could be put to a fun use: presents for my fellow expectant parents!
Military inspired hats for the boys in the group. This is from Amy Butlers Little Stitches for Little Ones.
A pleated modification of Made by Rae’s Itty Bitty Dress for the girls.
The sad part is: I didn’t even make a dent in the amount of red corduroy on that shelf. There’s still about 3 more yards…
Jul
13
2009I can’t express how relieved I am to have visited the Maternal Fetal Specialist. Finally, I’ve had information poured into my type A brain and feel like I actually know what’s going on with the babies. WOOHOO! So here’s a bullet list of some of the more important information we received today.
- Baby A had rotated from footling breech to frank breech before the ultrasound. In the middle of the ultrasound she returned to footling breech. I love that stubborn little girl 😀
- If Baby A has club foot it’s relatively mild.
- The babies BOTH weigh approximately 2 lb 3 oz
- My cervix was declared a “triplet cervix”. It’s holding out at 4.8cm at 28.5 weeks
- Baby A is a little small in the torso despite weighing approximately the same as Baby B, so the Maternal Fetal Specialist will be seeing me for weekly ultrasounds to monitor blood flow from the placenta to Baby A. Every two weeks they’ll measure her growth.
- I’m still allowed to function normally because of the “triplet cervix”.
- The babies both really enjoy holding onto their feet above their heads.
- Baby A is my shy stubborn one.
- Baby B is my camera hogging diva. She even put her feet in front of Baby A’s head to block a decent head shot.
- Both girls are practice breathing already!
- Baby A has plenty of room to flip…if she chooses to do so.
- I didn’t even get close to passing out today from lying on the ultrasound table for over an hour. This one is quite comfy 😀
- Derek cracked me up writing on a Etch-a-Sketch while waiting for the doctor.
It was a good visit AND we got 3D ultrasound photos! I love how they are fascinated with their feet though it proved difficult to get face shots with all those feet. By the way, Baby B’s feet are the ones blocking Baby A’s shot. She did not want her sister to have the limelight!
I finished the quilt top today which I did not expect at all! It’s so much fun!
Whew! What a day! I’ll leave you with the 28 week belly shot in the dress I sewed last week from stash fabric.
