Hannah and Hailey's room

Today I spent the day working on the Girl's room. I am so happy with how it has turned out so far. I still have a lot of butterflies to hang around the room. That might be a project for tomorrow though. Some of the butterflies are pretty small and I am not 100% sure how to hang them short of gluing them to the wall. I shall just sleep on it.

Here are some pictures of the room so far...

My mom suggested I put some moss or greenery on the sticks to add to the look :O)

We also got the valance hung up that my mom made. Again, these pictures don't do the colors justice. I love them! Can't wait for the blackout blinds my mom made too.

So there you have it. Pictures of their room. Now we haveat least 9 weeks or so until we get to meet our little girls. Can't wait!

Can't sleep

All I have to say is THIS SUCKS! I haven't slept a full night in at least 3 days. Yesterday was one of the longest days at work I have worked through. So tonight I had an early dinner and was in bed by 9pm. Awake at 1am to go pee and then asleep right away.

Until...2am. I thought the leg cramps I have had earlier were bad. They were NOTHING compared to this. It was horrible and wouldn't go away. And now, now I can't sleep. Each time I start to fall asleep it feels like my leg is going to cramp again and it wakes me up. I can't even put any pressure on my leg to walk. It hurts way to much. Walking to the bathroom is excruciating.

Needless to say, at 5:06 am on Tuesday morning (now 26 weeks) I am awake watching Happy Feet, eating toast and drinking milk. I really hope I will be able to sleep a little bit or today is going to be extremely long. I bet there will be a few breakdowns and lots of tears in my near future.

Pregnancy...easy???

Who ever said pregnancy was easy, especially the 2nd trimester, I have decided they are wrong.

Most woman get morning sickness, can't eat, loose weight, and so on in the first trimester. I was extremely lucky not to have any of those things. Other then being tired all the time (that hasn't gone away) I felt good. My stomach would get upset when I hadn't eaten actually. Especially with the increased amount of hormones from having two babies growing I figured I was screwed and would be sick all the time. It never happened thankfully.

And then bring on the 2nd trimester. Not so bad dealing with heartburn once in a while right? Go through a bottle of Tums, the value size, in a week and tell me it doesn't suck? The Tums alone are so not good. You would think that someone would have figured out by this point to make better flavors. But I guess not. And you know, the heartburn wasn't a constant thing so it wasn't that horrible. There were times where I wanted to just scream at the top of my lungs if that would help it go away though.

Then you have weight gain. I have always struggled with weight. I have done Weight Watchers several times, had success sometimes and other times not so much. But it is ingrained in my head not to eat a lot. As much as I have tried, I haven't gotten past that. And now, being almost 26 weeks pregnant I am out of room for food so I can't eat a lot. I have gained a little over 20 pounds in the last 26 weeks but I know I am still not where the doc wants me to be. I am trying. Trying to eat healthy and trying to eat enough so that these little growing babies get all they need plus enough for me. You hear about woman that have babies, full term mind you, and never knew they were pregnant. A lot of the time their babies are healthy despite the prenatal care and eating correctly. That just goes to show that the babies will take what they need from your body regardless of how much is left for you. I don't want to get to the point where I am unhealthy.

One sign of that could be these damn leg cramps I get. The cramps seems to be happening more and more often. I know it is common with pregnancy but that doesn't mean I have to like them. I hate them actually! It has gotten to the point where I know if I roll a certain way my leg will cramp. If I stretch while in bed my leg will cramp. If I sleep with my feet pointed my leg will cramp. And let me tell you, trying to to do those things and get a good night sleep...not easy. Not easy at all.

A leg cramp is actually what prompted this post at 7 o'clock in the morning on a Saturday. I am sure at this point Jake is used to me waking up in pain. I think a lot of the time he doesn't even open his eyes and just starts rubbing my leg where the cramp is. There have been times, a few weeks ago actually, where he got up before I did. And all of a sudden I get a leg cramp and yell for him. I hear the recliner slam shut and Jake run down the hall to the bed room. I could hear the panic in his voice asking what was wrong. The only thing I could say was "It hurts, it hurts!" It took a few seconds for him to realize I was talking about my leg not my stomach.

The cramp this morning was like nothing I have ever felt. It hurt so bad! I couldn't stop crying. The cramp would start to go away and we would both relax only to have it come back with a vengeance. Not just once but 3 times! It was horrible. I am so over these stupid leg cramps!

Some people tell me I need more calcium...with as much milk as I drink and as many Tums as I eat, I don't think that's what it is. Some people tell me I need to eat more bananas. And I have tried that. But did you know bananas can cause constipation? Yep. I have proved it. And constipation is one thing a pregnant woman does not need.

I am open to suggestions if anyone has any. I hate waking up in excruciating pain from a leg cramp.

Its a good thing the end result of a pregnancy is so amazing. I am not sure how many woman would have 2nd, 3rd, and so on babies if the birth of their child didn't outweigh the side effects of being pregnant.

Ok, well that is my little rant for this Saturday morning. I am off to finish reading the Help before Jake wakes up and we have to start cleaning the house and getting ready for the BBQ we are having for all the Tiger Basketball coaches that will coach under Jake this season. Wish me luck, I sure hope I have enough energy after getting up so early to be a good hostess.

Friday night fun

Most people, on Friday nights, go out. Have friends over. Go to sporting events.

In the Martyn house...we put together chairs and fold clothes. I am pretty sure these girls have more clothes then I do! This is just what we have gotten from friends. And does not include what I got this weekend from my sister-in-law and what has been purchased that still needs to be washed. We are not going to need any clothes smaller than 6 months. Just the larger sizes. Sheesh.

Tomorrow Jake is going to move my dresser that I have had for as long as I can remember into the Girls' closet. Their room is good sized but when you put two cribs, a rocking chair and a changing table in the room, the just isn't a lot of space left. Needless to say their dresser will be in the closet for the time being. With that happening tomorrow, I wanted to get some of the clothes organized by size and style so that I can put them in the drawers so they are no longer in plastic bags on the floor.

It will be nice to have just one more thing done and that much closer to meeting Hannah and Hailey :O)

Weekend in Spokane

This past weekend Jake and I made the trek across the state to our home town of Spokane. Something I wish we could do more often by the way. We took our queen sized bed that will not fit in the new guest room with us on the back of Jake's truck. With driving slower so the mattress wouldn't fly off into traffic and me having to go pee all the time...it took us a long time to make the drive. I tried to keep track and I think we made 5 or 6 stops for the bathroom. It was a long drive.

Once we got to Spokane Jake got to go see his boys and do their Fantasy Football draft. They are such boys. And yes, I too think it is funny we had to drive across the state to do a draft for something they are going to do the rest of the season on the Internet but that's ok, I know Jake had fun.

Me not wanting to go got to spend some time with my little brother. Something that doesn't happen very often and when it does you better believe I take full advantage of. We even got to spend some time with his girl friend Caitlin that I absolutely love. How she puts up with him all the time I am not sure, but I know she loves him and we are happy she is making him so happy!

Sunday was the morning I was not really looking forward to. We were going to go to Chuck E Cheese with Jake's sister and her family along with his parents. I love hanging out with his family, so please, when you read this don't think I do. I was not looking forward to not having the energy I was going to need. Chasing after a 5 1/2 year old, almost 4 year old, and an 18 month old takes a lot of energy. I have never had a lot of energy and I really don't have any energy now. Actually I have NO energy now. But...I am happy to report I had a blast with the kids and didn't even get tired at all. I am so glad we were able to hang out with them for a few hours.

Trena and I even had the energy after Chuck E Cheese to go shopping at the clearance sale at Fred Meyer. I got some adorable outfits for the girls that will fit them next summer. So cute and some even matching! And yes, I am going to be that mother of twins that dresses their kids in matching outfits sometimes. Maybe not always the same color but the same outfit. I can't wait :O) Its going to be fun!

On Sunday my mom and I got to go shopping for scrapbook stuff. For the baby shower my mom and best friend are doing for us in Spokane, they are going to decorate a scrapbook for each girl. We got a bunch of stickers and paper for each month. We are going to do one page for each month. I know there are going to be way more pictures then will fit on 2 pages but the books are going to turn out so great. I can't wait to see them. It was fun shopping with my mommy, even though I did get a foot crap as soon as we got into the car. (Cramps have become a normal thing for me, I guess they are common in pregnancy.)

After shopping we had to head back home. Across the mountains we go. I love having weekends where we can go back home and not do anything big. Even just hanging out and Fred Meyer with Trena was a big highlight of our trip. I am very thankful we have such amazing family.

I love our trips to Spokane :O)

24 weeks

Here we are, 24 weeks along with at least 12 weeks left before we get to meet our little girls. You hear that ladies...no being born before November 21st! We are really striving to get these two to week 36 so they will be healthy and wont have to stay in the hospital for very long if at all.

Every day the girls are more and more active. This morning actually, both of the girls were moving. They must have been kicking on opposite sides because my belly was moving all over the place. It was rather interesting to watch. The girls moving is still one of the strangest feelings I have ever felt. Strange and amazing all at the same time. I love it...until Baby "B" starts kicking my lower right rib. That is something she likes to do these days. There they go again :O) Watching my belly move, finding a hard spot where one of the girls is, or just feeling them move is something I could do all day. Just that and nothing else. I find myself spacing out at work doing exactly that.

The girls and I have reached 20 pounds in weight gain! I wasn't sure we were going to get to this point. Well, I knew we would just didn't seem like it. Especially with me not gaining weight really at all. My doctor is going to be very pleased when we go in for our next appointment on the 14th of September. I can't wait to see them again :0)

This Friday was the season opener for the Burlington Eddison Tigers football. We got all dressed up in our yellow and blue and went to the game. Although I am not sure how many of the football games I am going to be able to go to. Sitting on bleachers being 6 months pregnant is not the most enjoyable thing in the world that's for sure.

Needless to say the girls got their first of many experiences of Burlington sports Friday. There is going to be no shortage of sporting events in our near future, especially with Jake being the Head Coach for the boys basketball team. I know he can't wait for the girls to be big enough to want to go to practice and help dad. Speaking of...I need to order their first B-E shirts for their first game.

24 weeks, who would have known, after trying so long that we would be 24 weeks pregnant? That fact still astonishes me. I am sure when these two little girls are born it will still amazing me that we were able to get pregnant. Sometimes it seems unreal...and then one or both of them kicks as if to remind me they are real. My little miracles :O)

Well, here is to another week closer to our little girls!

Butterflies

When we found out we were having two little girls we talked about doing a few different things in their room.

100 acre woods with a big tree painted on the wall.
Pink, brown, and cream dots.
Even Washington state sports (Seahawks, Mariners, ect...)

Ok, I know there were more but right now I can't think of anything other then what we decided to go with..

Butterflies!

Butterflies!

Butterflies!

We are going to have butterflies all over their room. In the fabric...my mom and I found the absolute cutest baby pink butterfly fabric. Ooooh I love it! We are also going to put decorative butterflies all over their room. Just randomly here and there and every where. I can't wait to see it all come together!!!

I found a website that sells the decorative butterflies. I absolutely love this website!! The garlands I found here are so much less expensive then the ones we bought at the Coeur d'Alene shopping center by the hotel. And I am pretty sure they are the exact same thing. I had to buy a few more. I couldn't stop there either. I ordered big ones and little ones. Brown ones and pink ones. I am so excited to get them! It is going to look awesome!