I'm a Mommy!!!

I'll do a more lengthy recap later, but please welcome:
Baby A - Alexander "Alex" Martin
6lbs 12 oz, 18 inches, born at 9:59 AM

Baby B - Anton "Tony" Mikael
5lbs 1 oz, 17 inches, born at 10:00 AM

Alex and Tony are sleeping, so now Mommy and Daddy are napping too!

It's 3:48 on December 7th...

...And I'm in labor!!!!

Apparently these boys just wanted their own birthday...and will be born either today or early tomorrow since my water broke! Striker won't have to share his birthday and his 30th birthday gift will be here on time ;)

BTW, 4:15 is the perfect time to commute on a Monday morning :) We are driving safely in the rain listening to Mariah Carey Merry Christmas.

Of course they picked a Monday...Striker was born on a Sunday and I was born on a Tuesday. Love these boys!

BTW, so happy I ate a HUGE dinner last night!!! We went to Red Robin and I ate: a cup of chicken tortilla soup, Whiskey River BBQ Chicken Wrap and fries, and half a chocolate shake. Needless to say, I'm not hungry yet.

Thanks to all the well wishes and early morning commenters...Facebook First Responder was Ann, BBM was ABBA, and text was Judy Hsu!!! My ear still hurts from my mom screaming into it. :)

Almost to the hospital...it's showtime and I need to fix my hair!

36 Weeks Belly

Will this be the last one? (Hey look, I have a butt!)

36 Weeks

Today was the final ultrasound for measurements for the boys. When we arrived at the hospital we were forced to wear a mask "for 'our' protection". Please note, I received both flu shots. I wanted to argue this point, but the rule follower in me kicked in. When you are already warm and breathing takes some extra effort because you are 9 months pregnant with twins, wearing a mask DOES NOT help the situation. The best part is that I get to wear one again tomorrow for my non stress test. Did I mention that I was also huffing and puffing from my walk into the hospital? They were running 45 minutes behind, so the 2 reserved spots near the bat cave entrance were both taken. I had to park in the regular lot. Sigh.

A is measuring full term (39-40 weeks) and is weighing about 6 pounds 14 ounces. B is measuring a little small at 34 weeks and 5 pounds, but that's been consistently where he's measured. All 3 of us are doing well, so we're just going to continue the non stress tests and wait for them to decide when they want to be born.

I'm just impatiently sitting around and waiting. We all know how patient I am and how well I wait for things. ;)

Belly picture will be posted shortly...Striker is bowling :)

Eviction Proceedings - Day 2

Today I:
-Napped until noon (I was up until midnight and wake up every hour and a half or so, so don't be too jealous)
-Ate WAY too many Oreos
-Spent the entire afternoon sitting up and reading...finished Going Rogue - highly recommend it
-Noticed that stretch marks are now appearing on my belly like fault lines near the San Andreas...luckily they have not traveled north of the belly button
-Answered numerous inquiries by phone, email, Facebook, text, and BBM as to whether anything was happening - not a darn thing
-Got stir crazy, needed out of the house and decided to go watch Striker bowl league tonight, he drove and we're within an hour radius of the hospital
- Tomorrow is 12/3, 36 weeks and the last big ultrasound for measurements - it's at 3:30 and I promise to update Facebook and the blog ASAP after, though that may not be until 5 if they can do my NST after the ultrasound
-Committing to y'all that when things happen: 1) Mass BBM will be sent to all contacts where updates will be posted in real time, it'll be like a group chat, so you can all entertain each other...this will also allow Striker or others to update should I be unable to; 2) Facebook will be updated regularly...now would be the time to add Striker and Lil Dahl if you haven't already; 3) I have a list of people to text, if you'd like to be on this list (and don't fall under the first 2 notification categories), let me know.

Once again, technology/communication plan is in place, hospital bag is still not packed...I should probably do that when we get home. ;)

-It seems that B is currently tap dancing on A trying to shove him out (at least he listens to Grandma Barbie). Other than that, they've both been pretty quiet the last 2 days...perhaps they are resting up for their big debut?

LOUD Carpet

This picture doesn't do it justice. They are the brightest neon colors that I have ever seen and also the new carpet at Striker's Wednesday night bowling alley. Seriously, you need sunglasses to look directly at it.

Let The Eviction Begin!

Tonight we are enjoying dinner cooked by Mr KFuj (at least I'm assuming so since it involves raw chicken), watching Kings vs Ducks (let's go Kings), and dessert of Double Stuf Oreos and Dr Pepper.

My to do list, with the exception of packing my hospital bag and removing the stupid Verizon message from my mobiley posts - no it's not under Email Settings, is complete.