We got the wall decorations up in the nursery. This ended up being a two night ordeal, but now that they are up it looks great! On the wall with the cribs we have two coordinating paintings. They are from a series called "The Lion and The Lamb" and are painted by an artist in Kokomo, Indiana who happens to be a friend of Elizabeth's father. The one over the left crib is called "Love is Kind," and the one over the right crib is called "Give Thanks." We framed them ourselves using white cutom-cut mattes and frames that we purchased at Hobby Lobby. The wall hanging in between the paintings coordinates with the crib bedding. Take a look...
On the wall with the window we have a cross-stitched Precious Moments piece that has a little boy (or girl, I can't tell) hugging a lamb. On the right side of the window is a painting of Christ with some lambs. In addition to getting the wall decorations up, we were also able to get a pull-down shade and curtain rod. The valance also coordinates with the bedding. Here it is...
We had a very exciting Fourth of July. We traveled down to Bloomington for a family reunion combined with a baby shower for Elizabeth. It was a reunion for Elizabeth's mom's side of the family. Several aunts and uncles, a cousin, her parents and her brother were all there. We had a very nice time catching up. It was especially nice to see her Aunt Susie who traveled in from Connecticut.
Everyone was so generous, and we received lots of gifts. Check it out.
One special thing that we received is actually being loaned to us. It is a special blanket. The blanket belongs to Elizabeth's Aunt Susie and it was her blanket when she came home from the hospital. It ended up that all of her siblings come home from the hospital with this blanket as well. When it came time for the next generation, most of her children and her nieces and nephews had it when they came home from the hospital. The blanket tradition has never been tested by the challenge of twins, but we'll figure something out. We're not going to break such a special tradition!
As I said before, everyone was very generous. We got lots of cute matching things for them, always (almost anyway) one pink and one blue. Everything was so great!
It was my first baby shower ever, and I had a lot of fun. I even got a gift! They are matching outfits, one says "Daddy's Girl," and the other says "Daddy's Boy."
Even with all of this fun, there's still more to talk about. Elizabeth had a doctor's appointment today. There was no ultrasound at this visit, instead they did a glucose screening test to check for gestational diabetes. She had to wait around for a full hour for that test, so I didn't go to this appointment. They also took some blood to check for anemia and to make sure her blood type hasn't changed (she's Rh-negative). We'll get the results of all of the blood work on Wednesday, but I don't anticipate any problems.
During the one-hour wait, she did see the doctor. She had a new nurse midwife or nurse practicioner with her that just joined their practice. She was following the doctor around "learning the ropes." Dr. Asdell made a comment to her that Elizabeth is doing very well. (Always nice to hear.) They checked the heartbeats and the boy's was 149 and the girl's was 135 and then 142 a bit later. Since there was no ultrasound this time, she felt around a bit a said she thought the babies were still in the same positions. Elizabeth is measuring 31 weeks (she's 25 weeks today).
The next appointment is in two weeks and will include an ultrasound (yay!). Also, on Wednesday or Thursday of this week Elizabeth will go and get her Rho-Gham shot at the hospital. This is to make sure that if she exchanges any blood with the babies during the delivery, and one of them happens to be Rh-positive that she won't develop antibodies to the Rh factor. Because if that did happen, there could be problems in the future if she had another Rh-positive baby.
All in all, everything is still going great. Elizabeth is growing more and more uncomfortable, but she is a very good sport about it. I think I've mentioned before, the average gestation for twins is 35 weeks. That's only ten weeks away. Sounds scary when you say it that way. I can't wait either. I was thinking about the D-day (delivery day that is) in the shower the other day, and I almost started crying. I'm sure it will be another of the happiest days of my life, right next to the day I married my beautiful wife.
Until next time...
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