Berry Berry Busy: baby photos

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So it’s been a long time since we’ve updated our berry blog, but that doesn’t mean that things haven’t been moving along for us. Really we’ve just been busy trying to settle in to our schedule and getting ready for the girls to start their Montessori school (they start on the 13th). Some of the highlights:

    *          Aunt Trish came to help out (Auntie Trish is hard to catch on camera)
    *          We started our cloth diaper journey (we’re really loving it so far)
    *          Mom and Dad went to classes for the girl’s baptism

double berry goodness

* The girls had their first pediatrician’s appointment. Mina weighed 6 lbs 2 oz and was 19 3/4 inches long. Evie was 5 lbs 12 oz and was 19 3/4 inches long.

Froyo visit

* We took our first trip out of the house - for froyo

Grandmom Leane double burp pose

* Grandmom Leane has been helping us a ton
* The girls enter the system – we receive their social security cards

Off a walking we go

* We went for our first ride in our jogging stroller

First Play date

* The girls got to have their first play date with Miss Clara

Mia and berries

* Granddad Richard and Miss Mia came to help out

Evie boppy berry

* The girls made an appearance at their first Bluepers softball game

Granddad Richard with berries

* Seth & Granddad cut tons of dead leaves off a massive tree in the back yard

Evie the game show host

Mina the Flamenco Dancer

* Magnifico reveals what our girl’s are going to grow up to be – Evie a game show host, Mina a flamenco dancer

Aunt Lala and Unkie Monkey with Berries

* Grandee, Unkie Monkey, and Aunt Lala came for a weekend to help out

Auntie Trish captures some fun photos

* Auntie Trish came for a weekend to help out
* Our great friend Larry took pictures of the girls for us

* The girls started sleeping together in a crib in their room

Yin/Yang Twin moment

* The girls had their second pediatrician’s appointment (with bonus immunization shots). Mina weighed 7 lbs 8 oz and was 21 ½ inches long. Evie was 7 lbs 4.5 oz and was 21 ¼ inches long.

Snuggleberries

* Mommy had her follow up appointment with her OB and was released for all activities, she still is on meds for her blood pressure
* Mommy started swimming again (1-2 times a week)

Grandee, Mom, Berries

    *          Grandee came for a week to help out
    *          The girls attended their first knitwits
    *          The girls got to go up to Mommy’s work to meet all her coworkers
    *          Daddy was put back on the job market

Berries with Grandma Pam and Grandpa Jack

* Grandma Pam and Grandpa Jack came to help out for a week
* The girls had their first visit to IKEA

double daddy changing system

    *          Mommy and Daddy had a week or two flying solo
    *          The girls started sleeping 4 hours between their feedings at night
    *          The girls outgrew all their newborn clothes!

Mina Smile

Evie Smile

* We've seen some real smiles from the girls
* Mommy started back at work

Mina Spider booty

    *          Grandmom Leane came back to catch us up before the girls start school
    *          Mina saw the Dr. to have her umbilical cord site recloterized, Mina had her weight checked at the Dr. – she’s over 9 lbs!
    *         Daddy accepted a new position at SoftLayer in Addison (Starts September 13)
    *         The girls have started mimicing us (especcially when daddy sticks out his tongue).
    *         The girls lift up their heads really well (with great neck control) and have started grasping things
    *         We've finally managed to take all our feedings from mom over the weekend - boy is it nice to not to have to worry about bottles 24/7! This definitely helps us all out!

Three months

* The girls had their third pediatrician’s appointment. Mina weighed 9 lbs 7.5 oz. Evie was 9 lbs 2.5 oz. The pediatrician is beyond impressed with their weight gain and says we can feed on demand now and don't have to wake them for feedings any more.

Now that you all are caught up, here’s the plan for the future – I’m going to start a new feature – “TWIN TUESDAY”. Every Tuesday I am going to do a quick update on what our family has been up to and post at least one photo. Hopefully this will keep mommy from slacking off on the blog.

Hospital Photos

So things have been super busy at the Thornberry house. We all got to go home on Friday 9th of July. But not before the hospital took a few snapshots of our little ladies.

Mina Evie

Jack and Pam shared photos

The Harper Grandparents added a gallery of their photos of the T-Berry Berries:

Week 31 Doctors Appointment

Sonogram:
Can you believe the girls are still changing locations! Baby A has shifted to a breech position with her feet constantly dancing on my bladder and her noggin is angled to my left side. Baby B is oblique transverse and is folded in half with her head angled toward my lower right side and bootey around my belly button. The girls had lots of fluid in their sacs still, but are definitely cramped for space. It was really hard to get a decent picture of them since they are so smushed, but we were able to see little A berry kick little B berry in the noggin. The sibling rivalry is back in full swing!

Sibling Rivalry pic

Baby A Face

HB 135
Weight 3 lbs 14 oz

Baby B Face

HB 153
Weight 3 lbs 8 oz

Visiting with the Dr.:
The doctor was quite pleased with the way things are looking. My cervical length hasn't changed since he last saw us, which is great news! We were a little worried since the past week had been pretty busy. He said that now that we're past 31 weeks he'll still be checking the length, but we're past the point he was really concerned about :-D He was happy with the weight gain and my blood pressure. We talked to him about the braxton hicks contractions I've been having. They happen several times a day, but nothing's been painful (just uncomfortable). He told us what to look for that might indicate something more and told us to give him a call if any of those things happen. All in all things are great. Momma berry is a little more tired each day, but she gets two more weeks of going to work (which means I get two more weeks with the girls after their born - so yippee!!!)

Next appointment is June 7th at 3:30pm (one month from D-day) :-D

Week 29 Doctors Appointment:

Sonogram:
So the girls keep shifting around - not quite sure how since they don't have a ton of room. They're still looking great. Baby A had a heart beat of 136bpm and Baby B had a heartbeat of 145bmp. We managed to get a couple of pictures of them and got to see our little Berry B give us the biggest cutest yawn in 3d. Too bad we couldn't have recorded that! It was beyond adorable. The girls are kind of oblique at this point with their heads down on my left side and their feet up by my upper right rib. No wonder I'm getting lots of punches in the bladder and kicks in the ribs (boy are my ribs sore)!

Baby A Profile

Baby B Yawny girl

Meeting with the Dr.:
Basically he said I narrowly missed being put on bed rest. So I bought myself two more weeks before another appointment. My cervical length had dropped 1 millimeter, but he was confident that if we could keep it to that for each week we'd be fine carrying the girls to the date we want to. I am to continue on the restricted activity that I was on this past week that essentially means I can go to work, but I need to be laying down on my side when I am home. We can go out on occasion, but I'm not to do a lot of walking around while we're out.

He suggest that if I have any of the symptoms that might indicate that I might be headed into premature labor that I should call him and let him know. He suggested we have an 'itchy trigger finger' when it came to anything like that.

So for now - Yeah for two more weeks! Now I can go to Revit training at work and we should be able to go to our breastfeeding and cesarean section class at the hospital :-D We have opted to miss our last two operas (Madame Butterfly and Moby Dick) since it won't really allow me the opportunity to at least put my feet up. It's a small price to pay though to keep the girls 'cookin'.

Our next Drs. appointment is Monday May 24th.

49 more days till the 7th of July!

4D Sonogram photos

Tara posted the pictures from our 4D sonogram last week. Here's a small collage I made for Grandma Buchanan so she could take some pictures back with her. That's baby A on the left and baby B on the right. I think baby A looks just like Tara. :D

22 Weeks - 4D Scan

20 weeks and 3 days Drs. appt

Today was the 'big scan'. It was so amazing. Seeing not only the girl's hearts beat, but seeing the four chambers of each of their hearts beating beautifully. The technician measured around their little noggins and their tummies. She measured the length of their legs and arms. We got to see their adorable little feet as well as their kidneys and stomachs. The technician even surprised us with a 4d picture of each of them. They're just beautiful. They've apparently already started sucking on their thumbs and playing footsie with one another. Baby A was especially active starting out head down, kicking her sister in the head, and then flipping over so that they were both feet down.

Baby A had a heart beat of 148 and was 14 oz and baby B had a heart beat of 152 and was 13 oz. Needless to say they are two very healthy girls.

After the Dr. reviewed our scans he came into the patient room saying that really he couldn't be happier with their development and progression. He also said that with the way my body is adapting to the pregnancy he was really optimistic about us being able to make it to term and come home with two health 6 or 7 pound little girls. My Dr. seems has started referring to my support system as a 'cervix of steel'. He gets a big grin on his face every time he says it. Even though it's silly, part of it makes me feel a little proud. It's like I was made to bring them safely into this world, even though I've got to admit sounds a little scary from the view point of my elastic belly. Really though, I'd do anything to make life easier for our little girls.

Here are some of the pictures from today's visit:

Baby noggins: