29 Weeks & Growing

Well, these pictures are actually from her 25th week. Yes, I'm a little delayed in getting them posted here. But they were posted on Brandi's Facebook page the night we took them, if that counts for anything.

And here's some actual late-breaking news:

After spending two nights in the hospital for pain and a minor bladder infection, Brandi came home Tuesday afternoon. Then Tuesday night she stayed up sick all night. She finally felt better for her doctor's appointment yesterday, which included a blood-sugar test. The news today? The test was positive, and now we get to go in Monday for a four-hour sugar test to see if she has gestational diabetes.

This poor girl can't catch a break. At least we got some good news during her hospital stay: they did a test for premature labor, and it came back negative. That means she's in good shape for at least two weeks.

If she makes it to 37 weeks, which would be the end of April, the twins will be considered full term. I think we'll schedule a c-section sometime during the 37th week if we haven't had to go in before then. I know Brandi's ready. The doctor says she's already the size of a woman with a single pregnancy at 9 months. Brandi just gets to enjoy the 9-month aches and pains for another 7-8 weeks.

Since I don't want to end this post on a low note, I'll also report that Brandi's first baby shower, thrown by Sommer in Dallas with their sorority sisters, was a great success. She came back with lots of goodies, and she had a terrific time seeing all her old friends. Plus, while she was out, her dad and uncle came to the house, and we got new flooring installed in the nursery.

21 Weeks Worth of Belly

The belly pictures are finally here. I hadn't taken any like these until now primarily because I wanted a more dramatic reveal. However, now that we're beyond the halfway mark, I thought I better get some images of Brandi posted before the babies arrive.

These were actually taken last week. That puts us somewhere around 22-23 weeks at the moment. Brandi has her first visit with the perinatologist next week, and I think we'll be scheduling weekly appointments with one doctor or another from here on out.

I've still got some more sonogram images to post, but they're from a few weeks back. I'll get around to those a little later this week. For now, enjoy these belly pics, and send us a message if you have any name suggestions (see last post).