I Make Humans - My oven, Their bun

So, since we had the twins, my personal life... it's been a whirlwind. Still. If you thought things would settle down after the twins were born, um... nope. LOL!!! While we were still pregnant, we started building a house. My amazing realtors and I looked for weeks for one that was built that was in our price range and such but everything we found, by the time I asked to look at it (a day or two on the market), there would be a contract on it. :( so... we elected to build. We were able to pick a lot, pick a plan, do a design build and modify to our specs for what we needed. I have to say, during this process, it's actually been pretty amazing. We were able to pick everything the way we wanted! brick, paint, granite, cabinets, floors, fixtures, etc... EVERYTHING. Boyfriend and his mom and dad were definitely included in part of this process too. The lot we picked were right by his parents and brother's houses so we wanted them to be around for the process as they would be o...

Hello again, friends. Today's installment will be talking about what all I've done since having the twins. I've had lots of positive feedback from my last blog and I want to thank all of you for your continued support, love and feedback.  In my last post, I talked about the emotional ups and downs I experienced but there has been so much more to tell you! Right after we had the twins, I think I mentioned before that I had to receive 2 units of blood, I was extremely weak and exhausted. I had never had a C-Section before. I knew that I was prone to be anemic when I wasn't pregnant, but I did not know I was borderline anemic while being pregnant. I mean, I craved red meat and dark greens, so I should have known... but I thought that was just the babies fighting for craving rights to my body! Haha! After being moved to my recovery room, I was still hooked up to all the things from the C-section - IV, catheter, oxygen, heart monitor. I wasn't allowed to walk yet and t...

It's been a while since I've posted... and I'm sorry for that. I am so grateful for the boyfriend and all of my friends/family who have reached out and checked up on me to see how I'm doing.  First question I know you're all wondering... How are the babies!? They are doing amazingly! Their parents are ROCKSTARS!!!! The babies are the sweetest and best nuggets ever!!! I'm so blessed that the parents allow me to keep up with them and see their adorable faces. This was an important aspect for me when deciding to pair up with the parents and they are very sweet to check on me even when they're raising two newborns! Next most common question I get is how are my emotions. This, in my opinion, is the hardest part of the experience/process. I expected to have the emotional roller coaster but there were so many things I didn't expect. I have never been one to hide away from pointing out the elephant in the room... so let's just get into this, shall we...

What a whirlwind... this experience has been unreal in the best way. This post has taken me 1.5 weeks to write. Partially because there's so much to tell but partially because of the healing process both physically and emotionally. But here goes...! I went on medical leave from work 2 weeks ago (Feb 19th). When I made the decision, some thought it was a bit early bc I was only 33 weeks. But something told me it was time for me to step back at work. I was miserable, physically, in a lot of pain in my ribs, hands/wrists, swelling terribly. And I was not providing the value to my teams that they deserved. Of course, the last day of work, I was in the hospital that night with contractions! The contractions were stopped and I was sent home at 2am after getting fluids. It was unexpected, but it confirmed I made the right decision to take off work when I did.  So on my first days off, I was experiencing the ‘nesting’ phase. Huge urge to clean/organize. Did lots of errands in tho...

Well, friends... we're 30 weeks! This is a huge achievement because at this point, the babies are very likely to survive with minimal complications if they were to unexpectedly be born early. They now just get to focus on packing on the lbs so they will be able to control their body temperature and continue with lung development and maturing their digestive tracks. My Dr. does want me to go to 38 weeks (pending the twins weight) - they are around 3.5 lbs each, which is bigger than normal,  and gaining 1/2 a pound each week!  I did get the results from my gestational diabetes test and it was negative. So that makes me feel good to know that their weight isn't because of a problem I have, that they really are developing well. I keep telling my IPs that I make big (and really pretty) babies. :) And coincidentally, I lost 2 lbs in as many weeks which i don't think has ever happened to me before. But let me tell you... it's not for a lack of eating! I definitely don't...

Hi Friends! I know it has been WAY TOO LONG since I've updated you. I did exactly what I needed to do over the Holidays and that was rest and spend time with those I love. This was the first year I did not see my family in Texas. I do miss them so much, but it just wasn't safe for me to travel down there and due to the hurricane recovery, my family wasn't able to come up this way as they're still trying to finish getting their houses back together and find their new normal. But you can bet your rears I rested, napped, played with the kids, spent time with My Favorite and even was able to have a Christmas dinner and spend quality time with my IPs!  Well, when I went back to work last week, I started having contractions and started swelling pretty bad. There are days when I am on my feet a lot and super active and then days where I'm sitting a lot and neither of these things are good for controlling swelling and keeping contractions at bay. We had my 28 week a...