I really don't feel that big...

Here is the most recent belly update. 25 weeks. When I look in the mirror I am shocked at my reflection. I don't feel that big, but I am starting to bump into things with my belly.

I'll put up the past few photos to see the change:

this is 9 weeks:

18 weeks:

22 weeks:

25 weeks:

baby ultrasounds

I finally got to scanning my latest ultrasound photos. Our desk top computer is ancient, so I rarely use it, but finally got it working this morning:)

The first two are pictures from 18 weeks looking up at their bums, and kind of in a sitting position with their legs out straight. The first one is the girl (arrow points to no penis) and the second one is the boy (arrow points to the penis).

This is Baby A (the girl) face down about 20 weeks

And this is Baby "B" the boy face up about 20 weeks

They both moved around quite a bit so the u/s tech had some difficulty getting their pictures, but here they are:)

My next u/s is Oct 6th. I'll try to be better at posting those pictures sooner.

22 weeks. 5 months down and 4 to go...

Well, I officially hit the 5 month mark, and seem to have ballooned within the past week. Grow babies grow:)

Here are the most recent belly photos:

I am feeling good overall. A little more tired and my daily walking (one mile) has not been quite as daily lately. (Don't tell my Gramma) :) I get heartburn like crazy sometimes, but am trying to nail down the foods that trigger it so I can avoid them! I go to the Dr this week for my regular check up, and have another ultraosund at the beginning of Oct. We're still trying to clean out the nursery (getting there) so we can pick out colors and get it ready for these babies.

Buffett 2008, "The Year of Still Here"

Rob, my sisters and I went to see Jimmy this year. It was not even close to the crowd we usually bring, but being die hard Parrot Heads, we went! The show was scheduled for Sat Sept 6th, the same weekend hurricane Hanna was supposed to hit us. So Jimmy and the Coral Reefers upped the time of the show from 8pm to 3pm to avoid some of the downpours we were supposed to get that evening. We got to the parking lot at our usual 11am time and set up camp, this year in the handicapped parking (much easier to get out!). And the fun began. We met up with Em's friends:

and headed towards the Margaritaville van to see if we could get some shrimp, and ended up finding the guy taping the parking lot crowd to put on the jumbo screen during the show. Heidi grabbed the guy and said, "look at her belly!" He taped me, and then of course got the guy in a wheelchair some air time too. They showed us during "Changes in Latitudes, Changes in Attitudes." 11 years of Buffett and I finally got on the screen; not for showing boobs, but when I am pregnant! It was awesome.

FYI: Jimmy Buffett fans are "Parrot Heads" and their children are "Parakeets". My shirt read "Parakeets on board!"

We then toured the lot for a bit, Heidi and Rob picked up as many free beers and jello-shots as they could handle, while I was sweating away in 80 degree heat and about the same level of humidity.

Above: This is a "parakeet" motoring through the parking lot

Not sure who brought this guy...

When we finally headed into the show, Em and Heidi were on the lawn and Rob and I had actual seats...that were AWESOME. For 10 years I sat on the lawn, usually drunk and enjoying more of my friends than seeing the show, but this year, sober and pregnant me had great seats and really got to enjoy a Buffett concert. The rain started as soon as the show started. We brought ponchos with us, but of course Em and Heidi didn't grab them before going in. They got SOAKED. The cameras kept panning to the lawn, and although everyone was drenched, it looked pretty fun up there:)

The view from our seats

The lawn people

So we got some pretty cool photos, and since the show started early, we were in the van headed home by 6:45 and home at 8:30pm. No complaints from the preggo about that! It really was a great day. Here are the some more pictures:

Above: Look closely, Rob got the crowd doing Fins.

Jimmy's encore. What a day:)

Labor day cookout!

Rob's extended family does a cookout at Stage Fort Park in Gloucester every Labor Day weekend. It involves 30+ people, lots of food and drinks, horseshoes, ice cream and an egg toss. Inevitably we end up staying from noon till dark, its a lot of fun.

These two are Rob's cousin's twins, Madison and Jackson. They are adorable.

Food....

fun...

my belly at 18 weeks

below: Melissa, me, Rob's cousin Erika

the egg toss...its serious folks!

quick update

Rob and I have had a busy summer. He was the best man in his cousin's wedding this past weekend, and this weekend we are looking forward to a relaxing weekend with just the two of us!! (while we still can). Here are some belly updates, AND...we went for an ultrasound yesterday and found out I am growing a baby girl and a baby boy!!! The tech saw the girl first, and Rob held his breath until she was able to see "baby B" was a boy (from nay different views).
So we are both just beyond excited. We have some names, but decided to keep them to ourselves until our peanuts arrive:)

16 weeks (Sorry my belly looked fatter than it did pregnant on this week so I kept it covered)

18 weeks clothed

18 weeks belly with twins!

Thelma's new home

Well, my sister Emily and I brought Thelma to Maine this weekend. Rob had planned on going, but Thursday night he fell out of his chair reaching to get the phone away from her, so we wasn't quite up for 6 hrs of driving.

Thelma went to my friend Charlene's in-laws in Harpswell, Maine. They live on an island and have a 101 lb chocolate lab. He is enormous, but so gentle. As soon as Thelma got out of the car they started playing, and when I called Jean on Sunday, she told me they haven't stopped playing since. They seem to get along really well. It was very emotional for me, but I knew as soon as she jumped out of the van she would be happier there then she ever could be at our house. She can run the island with Hunter (the lab) and the other neighborhood dogs and swim in a pond and the ocean daily. Talk about a doggie heaven:)

Here are a few pictures digging in my flower garden and then in the house before we brought her there, and then playing with Hunter.