Weekly Meal Plan 8-2-26
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Monday, February 07, 2011
I know I must be crazy...
But at some point I really want to make this very neat bow holder! It can't be that hard can it...? *It might have to wait until we are in San Antonio though.
37 week photo!
Monday, January 24, 2011
December in review
Ok, since they (medical personel) don't think I'll be making it another week, I figured I'd better get December taken care of. I'm sorry if it isn't in as much detail or if I forget some stuff (I'm claiming "Mommy Brain" which is medically proven because the babies are taking a majority of my blood meaning less to my brain.) ANYWAYS, back to December.
December started off with a 2nd Marine Division Christmas Party (the pictures of Rush in a suit and me in the pink dress with black cardigan) which was a lot of fun and I enjoyed getting to dress up and wear the pretty dress!
The next weekend we had a 5/10 Christmas Party which was a large gathering of people (we knew only a handful) but we were both still glad we went. We got to see and catch up with some people we hadn't seen in a while and I got to decorate Christmas cookies! I know I'm a kid at heart. :)
December 15th Rush celebrated his 26th BiRtHdAy! We didn't get to have a party or anything because December was so busy and also because there wasn't many friends here at the time. Instead I treated him to Outback Steakhouse where we had dinner and dessert with another couple that we hang out with on a weekly basis. It was fun except for some reason they took FOREVER on our food, so they said they would comp us dessert. All four of us proceeded to order our own dessert! :) Hey, you gotta get the most out of it and they serve Blue Bell ice cream. ;) The only problem with that was that I had bought Rush a cookie cake and had thought we would all eat that for dessert. Oh well. The guys at Rush's office enjoyed the cookie cake.
The weekend after Rush's bday there was a 5/10 Officer's Christmas Party, that I went to without Rush (he was away on Marine Business) but still enjoyed myself. There was tons of food and a lot of the wives I hadn't seen in a while so I was happy to spend some time with them. :)
Also the weekend marked the end of my Administrative Assistant position. I am no longer a working woman, but a woman trying to finish getting ready for her babies, and resting up so that those babies don't decide to try and get here early!
Luckily that was the end of the social parties. At some point during all of this I managed to talk Rush into putting lights up on the house and bringing in the Christmas tree for me to decorate. It was weird being away from family knowing Christmas was only a few away. I made cookies and we went to Christmas Eve service, and then had a Christmas breakfast with Rush's aunt, uncle, and cousins and a Christmas lunch/dinner with some friends who were also staying here for Christmas. It was a very nice Christmas, but Rush and I agreed that it didn't feel like Christmas since both of us were used to being around a large amount of family and festivities. Of course the main thing was that we remembered what CHRISTmas was all about and celebrated that.
Not long after Christmas we got two special visits from Jean (Rush's mom) and Quinn (Rush's brother) for a few days. Jean was able to go with us to a dr appt and see the girls on ultrasound in Wilmington, and as a group we went to Mike's Farm and enjoyed family style dining. Rush and Quinn enjoyed playing a round of golf on the golf course here on base, and overall we just enjoyed having family around.
We brought in the new year with Quinn and another couple but were all in bed around 12:30! And to think that just a few years ago we would've been out partying until the sun came up (not literally, but you get the idea.)
Well that was my summary of December! I hope you all enjoyed. :) I'll be trying to get some more posts up in the next few days since I have dr appts tomorrow and the next day. Of course if the girls decide they want to come this week, I might not get those posts up! And just to let you know where I am coming from and why I am saying this I'll tell you about my Non-Stress Test that I had today.
Okay so today was my second NST (Non-Stress Test), and I will continue to get them weekly until the girls arrive. They only give NSTs to med and high risk pregnancys, and I am considered higher risk because the girls are sharing a placenta (they are worried about the placenta getting worn out). It's nothing invasive, they just sit me in a reclining chair and strap those external monitors to my belly so they can get the girls' heartrates and my contractions (if I have any) on paper. It's the same monitor that women get hooked up to when they are in labor. After about 20-30 minutes if they feel they have a good read on the girls' heartrates they then take me off and do an ultrasound. In the ultrasound they are working to get a picture of the membrane seperating the girls with fluid on both sides. Once they get this they take it to a provider (dr) and if he signs off on it, I get to go home. NOW the whole reason I am saying that I might not get to post this week, is the RN that gave me my NST today said she would be surprised if I saw her next week for another NST. She believed that I would be giving birth before next Monday. Of course this is just her (professional) opinion, and I've been doing really well at surprising all my drs by coming in pregnant each week! So I'm taking this more as a challenge and hope to prove her wrong. And of course if the girls' are determined to come, there will be nothing I can do to stop them. :)
Until next post, take care!
December started off with a 2nd Marine Division Christmas Party (the pictures of Rush in a suit and me in the pink dress with black cardigan) which was a lot of fun and I enjoyed getting to dress up and wear the pretty dress!
The next weekend we had a 5/10 Christmas Party which was a large gathering of people (we knew only a handful) but we were both still glad we went. We got to see and catch up with some people we hadn't seen in a while and I got to decorate Christmas cookies! I know I'm a kid at heart. :)
December 15th Rush celebrated his 26th BiRtHdAy! We didn't get to have a party or anything because December was so busy and also because there wasn't many friends here at the time. Instead I treated him to Outback Steakhouse where we had dinner and dessert with another couple that we hang out with on a weekly basis. It was fun except for some reason they took FOREVER on our food, so they said they would comp us dessert. All four of us proceeded to order our own dessert! :) Hey, you gotta get the most out of it and they serve Blue Bell ice cream. ;) The only problem with that was that I had bought Rush a cookie cake and had thought we would all eat that for dessert. Oh well. The guys at Rush's office enjoyed the cookie cake.
The weekend after Rush's bday there was a 5/10 Officer's Christmas Party, that I went to without Rush (he was away on Marine Business) but still enjoyed myself. There was tons of food and a lot of the wives I hadn't seen in a while so I was happy to spend some time with them. :)
Also the weekend marked the end of my Administrative Assistant position. I am no longer a working woman, but a woman trying to finish getting ready for her babies, and resting up so that those babies don't decide to try and get here early!
Luckily that was the end of the social parties. At some point during all of this I managed to talk Rush into putting lights up on the house and bringing in the Christmas tree for me to decorate. It was weird being away from family knowing Christmas was only a few away. I made cookies and we went to Christmas Eve service, and then had a Christmas breakfast with Rush's aunt, uncle, and cousins and a Christmas lunch/dinner with some friends who were also staying here for Christmas. It was a very nice Christmas, but Rush and I agreed that it didn't feel like Christmas since both of us were used to being around a large amount of family and festivities. Of course the main thing was that we remembered what CHRISTmas was all about and celebrated that.
Not long after Christmas we got two special visits from Jean (Rush's mom) and Quinn (Rush's brother) for a few days. Jean was able to go with us to a dr appt and see the girls on ultrasound in Wilmington, and as a group we went to Mike's Farm and enjoyed family style dining. Rush and Quinn enjoyed playing a round of golf on the golf course here on base, and overall we just enjoyed having family around.
We brought in the new year with Quinn and another couple but were all in bed around 12:30! And to think that just a few years ago we would've been out partying until the sun came up (not literally, but you get the idea.)
Well that was my summary of December! I hope you all enjoyed. :) I'll be trying to get some more posts up in the next few days since I have dr appts tomorrow and the next day. Of course if the girls decide they want to come this week, I might not get those posts up! And just to let you know where I am coming from and why I am saying this I'll tell you about my Non-Stress Test that I had today.
Okay so today was my second NST (Non-Stress Test), and I will continue to get them weekly until the girls arrive. They only give NSTs to med and high risk pregnancys, and I am considered higher risk because the girls are sharing a placenta (they are worried about the placenta getting worn out). It's nothing invasive, they just sit me in a reclining chair and strap those external monitors to my belly so they can get the girls' heartrates and my contractions (if I have any) on paper. It's the same monitor that women get hooked up to when they are in labor. After about 20-30 minutes if they feel they have a good read on the girls' heartrates they then take me off and do an ultrasound. In the ultrasound they are working to get a picture of the membrane seperating the girls with fluid on both sides. Once they get this they take it to a provider (dr) and if he signs off on it, I get to go home. NOW the whole reason I am saying that I might not get to post this week, is the RN that gave me my NST today said she would be surprised if I saw her next week for another NST. She believed that I would be giving birth before next Monday. Of course this is just her (professional) opinion, and I've been doing really well at surprising all my drs by coming in pregnant each week! So I'm taking this more as a challenge and hope to prove her wrong. And of course if the girls' are determined to come, there will be nothing I can do to stop them. :)
Until next post, take care!
Sunday, January 23, 2011
The belly in pictures...
Father's Day 2010!
13 weeks
15 weeks
23 weeks 1 day
24 weeks 6 days
28 weeks
30 weeks 6 days
31 weeks 2 days
33 weeks 2 days
34 weeks 6 days
Saturday, January 22, 2011
35 weeks...are we ready?
What do you think? :)
Their snuggle buddies!
Carseats with blankets (the bases have since been installed in my car!)
Their bed, I hope they don't mind our snoring! :)
Friday, January 21, 2011
5/10 Cookbook!
I'm sorry I haven't been the best blogger lately! I thought I'd be more likely to blog once I quit working and it turns out I'd rather sit on our soft comfy couch than the hard barstool we have as a computer chair! LOL! Anyways I am actually here for a reason today, 5/10 is asking for help with a cookbook fundraiser. It's for a very good cause and is something that you can help with by either turning in a recipe, buying a cookbook, or just donating some money. Let me explain the cause to those who don't know much about the Marine Corp., every year the Marines get together (as close to Nov. 10th as they can) and have a Birthday Ball (to celebrate the birth of the Marine Corp.) It's always a lot of fun and who doesn't love getting to see Marines in uniform?! Personally I believe they have the BEST looking uniform. ;) Anyways, it is actually mandatory for the Marines to attend (not mandatory for the wives) and sadly if the company doesn't have the money then the Marines end up footing most of the bill. You see, even though it is mandatory, it isn't free. Marines have to pay for themselves (because it's mandatory) but can't always afford to pay for another ticket to take their wife/girlfriend/friend. SO back to my original point, this cookbook will hopefully raise enough money to throw a grand ball and also pay for some of the tickets for those young enlisted Marines who can't really afford it. I just wish we were going to be able to attend this ball come November, but happily we will be at our new station by then!
Alrighty then, let me climb off my soap box and get you the website! If you would like to make a recipe submission but don't quite have the computer skills please feel free to email it to me and I will input it on the site for you under your name. You can also purchase and make donations on this website as well.
Here it is, 5/10 Cookbook website.
Also just FYI, the babies are still doing great and happily growing in my uterus! Tomorrow makes 35 weeks which is a real blessing since most don't last this long in utero. Thank you all for your thoughts and prayers, they really do make a difference! I'm going to try and update the blog within the next few days with all that has been going on in this Baskin household since we finally got our computer fixed and I can now upload PICTURES! Yay! :) Until then, take care!
Alrighty then, let me climb off my soap box and get you the website! If you would like to make a recipe submission but don't quite have the computer skills please feel free to email it to me and I will input it on the site for you under your name. You can also purchase and make donations on this website as well.
Here it is, 5/10 Cookbook website.
Also just FYI, the babies are still doing great and happily growing in my uterus! Tomorrow makes 35 weeks which is a real blessing since most don't last this long in utero. Thank you all for your thoughts and prayers, they really do make a difference! I'm going to try and update the blog within the next few days with all that has been going on in this Baskin household since we finally got our computer fixed and I can now upload PICTURES! Yay! :) Until then, take care!
Friday, December 31, 2010
An eventful Christmas morning!
Where do I begin?! I'm going to have to go back a little further than Christmas so bare with me.
So I am officially NOT working anymore, but that hasn't meant I've been able to slow down! I was quite busy leading up to Christmas trying to get the house cleaned up and decorated and getting all the last minute baby gear I thought we needed (I had a bunch of coupons that expired on Christmas Eve) and trying to make our first Christmas away from family not so "hard" on us. For those who might not know, because of being preggo with twins I was told not to travel after 27 weeks gestation, meaning we were going to be spending Christmas in North Carolina. It was a first for both of us, but we knew why we were doing it and weren't upset. As long as the girls stay healthy and growing, and we want to keep them in utero for as long as possible. Which brings me to another point, when you are right around 31 weeks with twins, don't try to make over 2 dozen gingerbread men from scratch...it might put you in labor! Don't worry I'm about to go into detail. ;)
Let me start with all of the events that led up to my eventful Christmas morning...
So Christmas Eve I decided I wanted to make Christmas cookies. And what is more Christmas than gingerbread men? I had bought two rolls of gingerbread cookie dough thinking that it would cut down on a majority of the work and that it would be a breeze for me to roll out and use my cookie cutter to make the men and bake them. Well, I was wrong. I think I spent three hours trying to roll out the dough and cut out the men, but they kept sticking to the counter or breaking. When it was all said and done I ended up with around 30 little men when there should've been closer to 40. Luckily I gave myself plenty of time to bake them before I needed to get dressed for Christmas Eve service.
Service was nice (different (for me) since it was Methodist) but I still enjoyed it and they sang some of my Christmas hymns and had the candle light vigil at the end where we sang Silent Night.
Once we got home I made a batch of Mom's individual cheesecakes and a loaf of pumpkin bread all for Christmas day breakfast and lunch. Well while the cheesecakes were baking I made Rush take who-knows-how-many pictures with me in front of the tree because we were dressed nice from church. Lets just say we both were pretty frustrated by the time we got one that was satisfactory to me. By now it is getting very close to midnight and my pumpkin bread is still baking and I noticed that my lower back was starting to really hurt. I tried laying on the couch while I waited, but it didn't really relieve any of the ache. Somewhere in the back of my head I heard some small warning bells, but I didn't want to jump to conclusions so once the bread was out, I went to bed.
That only lasted an hour and a half before the ache and smaller bladder woke me up. Knowing I am always at risk for preterm labor and that a lower back ache is a sign of preterm labor (and after talking to my sis-in-law earlier that day about a friend of hers who had her baby at 31 weeks because she had ignored the signs of preterm labor) I decided to call the Labor & Delivery and asked them what they thought. After a few minutes on the phone they decided I should come in just to be on the safe side. So at 3:30 Christmas morning I drove myself to the hospital. Before anyone gets on to Rush for not driving me, I did tell him where I was going but told him to go back to bed. I wanted one of us to get a full night's rest because I still planned on eating breakfast with his aunt, uncle, and cousins that morning.
So once at the hospital they hooked me up to monitors to follow my contractions and the girls' heartbeats. I couldn't feel the contractions but they said they were more like labor contractions than Braxton-Hicks so around 5:30 they gave me a shot to stop them, and were going to watch me for another hour before they sent me home. The contractions stopped, but one of the side effects is that it made me feel jittery and my heart race. BUT on the very bright side, I didn't ignore any preterm labor signs (that could've meant Christmas babies for us) and they were able to stop what little labor I was in. On a side note: I did get to hear Camp Lejeune's first Christmas baby crying! It was very sweet to hear that healthy cry.
So I happily left still large and pregnant, and I have one heck of a Christmas morning story for those girls when they are older! :)
*Since this post ended up so long I will be posting later about how the rest of Christmas day went down, and all the other events that have happened up to today. :) I hope everyone has a safe and Happy New Year!
So I am officially NOT working anymore, but that hasn't meant I've been able to slow down! I was quite busy leading up to Christmas trying to get the house cleaned up and decorated and getting all the last minute baby gear I thought we needed (I had a bunch of coupons that expired on Christmas Eve) and trying to make our first Christmas away from family not so "hard" on us. For those who might not know, because of being preggo with twins I was told not to travel after 27 weeks gestation, meaning we were going to be spending Christmas in North Carolina. It was a first for both of us, but we knew why we were doing it and weren't upset. As long as the girls stay healthy and growing, and we want to keep them in utero for as long as possible. Which brings me to another point, when you are right around 31 weeks with twins, don't try to make over 2 dozen gingerbread men from scratch...it might put you in labor! Don't worry I'm about to go into detail. ;)
Let me start with all of the events that led up to my eventful Christmas morning...
So Christmas Eve I decided I wanted to make Christmas cookies. And what is more Christmas than gingerbread men? I had bought two rolls of gingerbread cookie dough thinking that it would cut down on a majority of the work and that it would be a breeze for me to roll out and use my cookie cutter to make the men and bake them. Well, I was wrong. I think I spent three hours trying to roll out the dough and cut out the men, but they kept sticking to the counter or breaking. When it was all said and done I ended up with around 30 little men when there should've been closer to 40. Luckily I gave myself plenty of time to bake them before I needed to get dressed for Christmas Eve service.
Service was nice (different (for me) since it was Methodist) but I still enjoyed it and they sang some of my Christmas hymns and had the candle light vigil at the end where we sang Silent Night.
Once we got home I made a batch of Mom's individual cheesecakes and a loaf of pumpkin bread all for Christmas day breakfast and lunch. Well while the cheesecakes were baking I made Rush take who-knows-how-many pictures with me in front of the tree because we were dressed nice from church. Lets just say we both were pretty frustrated by the time we got one that was satisfactory to me. By now it is getting very close to midnight and my pumpkin bread is still baking and I noticed that my lower back was starting to really hurt. I tried laying on the couch while I waited, but it didn't really relieve any of the ache. Somewhere in the back of my head I heard some small warning bells, but I didn't want to jump to conclusions so once the bread was out, I went to bed.
That only lasted an hour and a half before the ache and smaller bladder woke me up. Knowing I am always at risk for preterm labor and that a lower back ache is a sign of preterm labor (and after talking to my sis-in-law earlier that day about a friend of hers who had her baby at 31 weeks because she had ignored the signs of preterm labor) I decided to call the Labor & Delivery and asked them what they thought. After a few minutes on the phone they decided I should come in just to be on the safe side. So at 3:30 Christmas morning I drove myself to the hospital. Before anyone gets on to Rush for not driving me, I did tell him where I was going but told him to go back to bed. I wanted one of us to get a full night's rest because I still planned on eating breakfast with his aunt, uncle, and cousins that morning.
So once at the hospital they hooked me up to monitors to follow my contractions and the girls' heartbeats. I couldn't feel the contractions but they said they were more like labor contractions than Braxton-Hicks so around 5:30 they gave me a shot to stop them, and were going to watch me for another hour before they sent me home. The contractions stopped, but one of the side effects is that it made me feel jittery and my heart race. BUT on the very bright side, I didn't ignore any preterm labor signs (that could've meant Christmas babies for us) and they were able to stop what little labor I was in. On a side note: I did get to hear Camp Lejeune's first Christmas baby crying! It was very sweet to hear that healthy cry.
So I happily left still large and pregnant, and I have one heck of a Christmas morning story for those girls when they are older! :)
*Since this post ended up so long I will be posting later about how the rest of Christmas day went down, and all the other events that have happened up to today. :) I hope everyone has a safe and Happy New Year!
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