31 weeks!

Gosh, I cant believe we are already 31 weeks! Every day is surely another miracle for us.

Today we had a baby shower at the hospital. It was a very nice shower I must say. My sister Toni put a lot of work into it and the food was fabulous and the cake was just precious. If I could have put it on display and never had to cut I certainly would have. :) She even coordinated the shower colors, to go with their pink and green nursery. I loved it!

We had a great turn out of wonderful friends who have been so encouraging to us throughout our entire pregnancy. We got so many adorable outfits, and even some necessities like medicines, bottles, wipes, diapers, etc. We were truly blessed.

Now those of you who may be wondering, "Why didnt I get an invite?"

Don't worry you were not forgotten. We are having another shower soon after the girls are born and you can be expecting your invite then.:) We have so many people that love us and have supported us that we would love to invite to our shower so we felt it would just make more sense to have two showers instead. Im sure you all understand!

My great friend Meghan came all the way from NC just to be here today and she just started learning how to sew and she sewed her very first blankets just for my girls!!! She even monogrammed their initials on them!! It was so thoughtful and precious of her. It was surely made with love!

Also, my wonderful friend Trish who is also expecting her first baby came from Simpsonville to be here today. She has been reading our blog religiously, and she printed out every single blog I have ever posted in regards to our journey and made a GORGEOUS scrap book out of it all!! I was so amazed, I really didnt even know what to say or how to say it. It even made Rick choked up.

Gosh, we have some pretty amazing friends and we are so thankful for each of you.

And I have to share this sweet story. My step-dad's wife's little girl, is 12. She had her classmates take up donations for Molly and Emma and all of those sweet kids came together and blessed us with a nice little chunk of change to shop for things our girls need.

We really enjoyed our shower and appreciate all of you that came or sent gifts or stopped in before hand. Everything we recieved was much needed and appreciated. I cant wait for my girls to get here so we can put it all to use!!!

We had an ultra sound yesterday and their fluid levels looked great. As you know, Thursday we had an amnio because Emma had no fluid and Molly had 9.1cm after the amnio was done I stayed in pain the whole day and then the next morning I actually had an episode of labor. For several hours my contractions were 2 min apart and I hurt like the devil.
My grandma in California texts me every morning and asks how I am doing. And when I told her I was contracting, I didnt know but she had called my dad and the next thing I know he and his wife had left work to come up here. It so happens that I was craving a Mc Donalds Biscuit and sweet tea in the midst of all that pain, and without me even saying anything they show up with several different types of Mc Donalds biscuits AND sweet tea. haha So I was quite excited about that!
Shortly after they got here, my IV meds came back from the pharmacy and it didnt take too long and the contractions ceased.

You hear people say that when it comes to your kids you will do ANYthing for them no matter what the cost. Well, I am beginning to learn already what that means.
Before they could give me meds to stop the contractions they had to first check my cervix because my contractions were so close together, they needed to make sure I wasnt in active labor. Well never ever EVER in all my life have I had a male doctor. EVER. And even since I got moved over to the high risks Dr B and Dr G, I have been fortunate enough that all of my exams have been female Dr's.

Well not the case yesterday. Dr B is the one who came in to check my cervix and OMG that was SO hard for me to let him do. I mean, you may not understand because most women dont mind male doctors but for me, this was a pretty big deal. I still cant believe I did it.

Turns out my cervix is still SHUT. Thank God! Dr B was impressed that this was the case considering I am 31 weeks with twins and have gone through 5 amnios.
So maybe My girls will get to make it a couple more weeks after all. Given I dont need another amnio. This last amnio really put it on me.

At anyrate, I started out talking about the girls ultra sound yesterday and then skipped all over. I was going to say that on Thurs their fluids were 0cm and 9.1cm BUT on Friday Emma had went from 0cm to 3cm!! So she was able to gain some. And Molly had 6.8cm

I should be having another ultra sound tmw. I will be suprised if their fluids have changed much because my belly seems pretty soft tonight. But of course that could always change at anytime. But lets just pray!

The day to meet them is getting nearer and nearer. I am so excited. I cant wait to see their faces.