28.5 weeks

this pregnancy just keeps clipping by. I am so excited to reach the 30 week mark. we were able to see the girls today and they are doing great! this is the first ultrasound where they measured a bit different, but my doctor reassured us that the variance is so small that there is no concern and is well within the margin of error of ultrasound machines. both girls are still head down and baby a is really low so it is hard to even get a good head circumference measurement on her. baby a is measuring about 27 weeks 6 days and weighs about 2 lbs 5 ounces. baby b is measuring about 28 weeks 2 days and weighs about 2 lbs 10 ounces (so they are about 2-3 days off). their weights are calculated on their head, abdomen and femur measurements. what they mostly look at is that both babies continue to grow from their last measurements and stay within a reasonable size of each other.  we continue to be grateful that our girls are thriving and growing so well. praise be to our God.

baby a’s profile.

baby b’s profile.

in case you were curious what a placenta looks like on ultrasound – here you go. the u/s tech has to check the placenta, cervix, etc and just happened to print a picture of the placenta. lovely. it is the big grey blob near the bottom of the screen.

here’s the belly at 28 weeks.

in other baby news, we are now starting to put the nursery together for the girls. bill and I were talking about how this is really the first time we are setting up a nursery before the baby arrives. when we were having charlie we moved 3 weeks after he was born so we just had random stuff everywhere and then put together the nursery over his first year of life! we ordered beautiful girl bedding for the girls and I can’t wait to get it into the girls room.

my parents came this past weekend to help me out while bill was on call and my dad was put to work on many house projects. I love getting things checked off my list! thanks dad and mom! we also cheered the packers on together and had some friends over to help celebrate. I still can’t believe they are going to the super bowl!!! go pack go!

charlie and his buddy “rah rah”. too bad c little never smiles for the camera. addison, on the other hand, is a little model!

my dear friend becca loving on charlie and addison.

intensely watching the game. I was a stress ball until the interception with 37 seconds left…then I realized we are going to the super bowl!!!