27 Weeks!!!

We are so excited to be 27 weeks! One more week until our first goal is reached - can't wait!!! Thank you God for these three weeks for Conley and Cooper to grow big and strong!!! Let's see, what is new this week? Well, on Tuesday we (myself, Campbell, my mom and dad) went to "craft time" and made no-sew blankets. It was a great idea that the hospital has come up with for the antepartem moms that are here on bed rest to do, and they provided the supplies! I wanted Campbell to "help". It worked out great, because she was super entertained just playing with the scrap pieces of fleece. I put my dad to work since I had two blankets to make in the hour that we were there, and then when my mom arrived, I took advantage of her helping hands as well. I let Campbell pick out the fabric choices. Notice she didn't pick out anything pink! One blanket is yellow with brown and blue animals and words and a blue-colored solid back to it. Can you tell that I've learned to let a lot of things go??? :-) Here we are making blankets for Cooper and Conley!

On Wednesday, Matt took the day off so that he could go to two appointments with me. First, we went to my weekly sonogram. We got to see both of our precious girls. The little stinkers are both feet-down now. I know everyone keeps telling me there is time for them to flip still, but I can already tell that they are running out of room. I'm not sure the likelihood of them BOTH flipping head-down at this point, but either way it will be just fine. I had hoped to avoid a c-section just because of the recovery after being on bed rest for so long....I'd like to be back on my feet and feeling good ASAP!!! I also really enjoyed our delivery with Campbell and was hopeful to have the same with the girls. I am, of course, most thankful that they are doing well and growing and for them to just stay where they are as long as possible. If that means that they stay feet down, so be it. Although, I don't know what's worse....them kicking you in the ribs if they were actually head down, or them kicking me elsewhere so much so that I'm afraid they are about to karate-chop their way out!! My goodness! I've always said that it doesn't feel much different than carrying one baby, but as they are bigger there really are feet and hands going EVERYWHERE!!! Anyways, the babies looked good and my cervix is still the same. Bed rest is working for me, because Dr. Graham said I would have delivered already if I had still been on my feet for sure. We will find out this next Wednesday how much they have grown over the last two weeks. Here is a shot of both of their heads right next to each other. We have not gotten a picture with both of them in it since our first trimester, so I was excited that he printed this one for us. You can't see their faces, but it's still sweet to see how close they are! Although, it doesn't look like it in this picture, they are actually in two separate sacs with a dividing membrane between them.

Our second appointment was a tour of the NICU. When we were first admitted, I wasn't interested right away to go tour it. I think it was just a little too much for me, and I was still adjusting the realization that our girls might be preemies, or even micro-preemies. We did decide this past week that it was a good idea for us to visit the NICU to learn more about it, see where it was, what it looks like, what it would be like to visit our babies there, how it is setup, what visitation rules there are for us as well as our family....things like that. I'm so glad that we went! It's still a place that I hope Cooper and Conley won't have to be in, but I'm certain that they will be well taken care of there. I think it helped prepare both of us in case the NICU is necessary.

We trust in God's plan for us and our girls, and there is so much comfort in that. Although, our personal hope is that Cooper and Conley can go to term and be of healthy birth weight with strong lungs and eating on their own, we know that whatever God's will is for them we will continue to have faith and trust in His plan. Thank you God again for these past three weeks for our girls to grow bigger and stronger!!

For our present troubles are small and won't last very long. Yet they produce for us a glory that vastly outweighs them and will last forever!

2 Corinthians 4:17