23, 1, & 9

I am 23 weeks along, only have 1 week before I move onto the hospital, and have 9 (or fewer) weeks before these babies are born.

O Wow.

So on the left (or top) is a picture of me at 36 weeks with Mr J (my oldest). I wore the same shirt for yesterdays appointment (on the right) at 23 weeks with twins. Whoa! there is a similarity for sure!

Otis fell down the stairs while fighting with monsters and ended up with this awesome black eye. It's pretty impressive.

Mr J just doing his thing

Otis with his shiner

We like Ninja Turtles just a little bit!

Riding Bikes in Grandma's backyard

I love getting to watch movies with my boys. Yeah, I usually pick up a book or something since we only pick movies that we've seen a hundred times, but I love getting to be close to my boys!

So my biggest concern over the last several days, which will continue over the next couple, is my complete worry over moving into a hospital. I was on bed rest in my own home for about 5 weeks. I've been on bed rest in my mom's home for 6 weeks. And I'm hoping to be on bed rest, keeping these babies healthy for 8 weeks (I know it said 9 earlier, but I still have a few days before I'm admitted, so I'll only be there 8 of the 9 weeks left in my pregnancy).

I have only ever stayed in a hospital before when I delivered my other 2 boys. Those stays were both over night and back home. With this I am practically taking up residency in a hospital!

So those of you who have had extended hospital stays, or have worked in a hospital maybe, what are some words of advice? The nurse at my Drs office recommended bringing my own pillow and then not bringing that pillow home after. I think I really want your input! So comment or Facebook me or something! Thanks.

These babies are still looking good. Baby B had his feet right in Baby As face again this week. B was curled up in basically a corner (pushing on some ligaments-ow) and I'm pretty sure had some leverage so he could stretch out and Baby A couldn't push him away. That's how it looked to me anyway. They are both pretty active these days, and I absolutely love it. I love when I can rub my belly and feel a head or bum or something pushing on my side. I love watching my belly move with some of their tougher kicks (I've tried to video this for Zed or get my boys to come see, but the twins have some stage fright I guess, because it hasn't worked out yet).

I am doing great. Tired and sore, but so grateful for healthy babies at this point! We have been warned though, that the bigger these guys get, the more likely we are to run into problems with the cords. Which is why I'm going to the hospital at 24 weeks. I'll be hooked up to monitors pretty much all the time and I'll have ultrasounds a few times a week. Zed and I still haven't settled on names yet for these guys. However, Otis is sure that we will name one Raphael-after the Ninja Turtle. So any input on this is also encouraged. The more names floating in our heads the more likely we are to pick one of the names we have come up with  already! Haha.