27-week Check-up

Sorry for not posting for so long! Here are the latest pictures of our little guys. They are both doing fine. They're a week ahead of schedule in their growth, which is good, since twins often come early. They weigh about 2 1/2 pounds each already! They're likely about 15" long.

I got into a tangle with a cat over at one of our apartment buildings last Sunday, and I've been panicking about a disease called Toxoplasmosis. It's not harmful to adults, but it can hurt the babies. I talked to the doctor about it yesterday, and they drew blood to test for it. About 50% of people in the US have already been exposed and are immune to it. I'm hoping I'm among the 50%--it's likely since I've lived with cats for so long. The test can determine if you're immune or if you've been recently exposed. If I got it from this cat, then I'd likely go on antibiotics to prevent the babies from getting it.

Chris and I both caught a terrible flu--he had it for about a week and a half, and I had it for about 2 1/2 weeks. It sidelined us from doing a lot of things we had planned around the house getting ready for babies.

We're going to be making our upstairs front bedroom into my office, so I got everything moved out (it was my craft room), and I started to paint. It's about half done, and I hope to finish painting this weekend. We'll make my current office (the back upstairs bedroom) into the nursery. So, once we move out all the office stuff, I'll paint the nursery and start moving all the baby stuff in.

We bought a crib through Craig's List. It has a changing table attached, with drawers and shelves, so it will be very handy. We also bought a co-sleeper through Craig's List; it is a soft-sided crib that attaches to the bed. In the night, I won't have to get up to feed them. If they wake up, I can just reach over and bring them into bed with us.

Chris's mom, Kathy, bought us a wonderful dual stroller, as well as two matching car seats. We also bought a glider and ottomon that arrived last week. It's an upholstered chair-and-a-half, and it's a beautiful lavender color that perfectly matches our bedroom. So, we had to move out the chaise (which is now in the family room), and the dog crates, and then Chris "encouraged" me to clean out our bedroom--he was right, it was a bit of a disaster! So, it's now all nice and clutter-free and clean. We hope to be able to keep it that way.

Bye for now! j&c