...the countdown starts now...

So we went to the doctors yesterday.......

Baby A weighed 4 pounds, 12 ounces

Baby B weighed 6 pounds, 1 ounce

And I am starting to dilate (I am at 1 cm now)

The doctors were saying that if I don't go into labor in two weeks they are going to induce me for the sake of the babies.

The good news about everything is that the babies are still doing very fine. They are going to keep a close watch on Baby B because he is not sharing and he is growing way faster than the other baby. They are both in the vertex position so my chances of delivering naturally looks really good right now.

If there are any other suprises from now til the end of the month we will let you know.

Love you all and thank you for the support.

Our recent blessings...

Our week since the troubles has been awesome. :)

Josh's boss was able to allow him to start work at 7:00 am instead of at 8:30 am. This enabled him to not have such a long day in town. The city bus gets him to work at 6:30 every morning, and with the early morning schedule he is now able to finish work at 3:30pm instead of 5pm.

Most of my doctors appointments are around 3:30/4:00, so it is such a blessing that his boss is flexible with his work schedule so that he can be with me when I get in to see the doctors.

I had a baby shower two weekends ago, so amist the trials, we were blessed with more clothes and diapers and wipes for our babies.

At the last appointment at the hospital, the nurses monitored our babies for about 20 minutes.....their heart rates were totally fine, totally normal and healthy. The doctor did a full ultrasound on the boys and checked/measured everything. Baby A measured at 3 pounds, 11 ounces, Baby B was 4 pounds, 8 ounces! Doctor said they are big babies for what was then 29 weeks, and that I didn't have to see them for another 3 weeks!

I am now into my 32nd week.....look at me now..........man, I am getting so big. I swear every day there's always someone asking me when I am due......and I am kind of tired of saying it all the time, because I feel like a scratched cd or something....but if anyone asks, or if you didn't know.....you can tell them that......

......my due date is not until November 30th......

Honestly I think the biggest reason why everyone asks is because of how huge I look. I know, I totally look like I am ready....but the babies still need time. If you combine the weight of the two babies, yes, it looks like I am carrying a 8-10 pound baby (hehehe).

You know in the beginning, I was just hoping that if the babies could get to 5 pounds that's all we would need.....but they should be at about 5 pounds this week (they've been gaining a pound a week), and I don't want them to come out yet. I want them to stay in as long as can....and at this point I don't really care about how I look...as long as they are growing and that their bodies are fully developing.

I actually don't mind being pregnant...in fact, I know I will miss it once it's over. I don't think I will be able to have the experience of carrying twins again....and I will miss having 2 sets of hands and feet punching or kicking me or two babies hiccupping and moving around.....but when the babies come I will be so happy.

We are super excited for the babies and honestly me and my husband feel like we are ready for them....we've been preparing and waiting for them for so long (or so it seems like). Our families have been waiting, too.

My OBGYN says anything can happen from now til November. I know there is still a chance I could still go into pre-term labor......so even though the hospital is projecting me to give birth around 36/37 weeks, anything can happen between now and then.....but please pray that the babies will stay at least till 37 weeks.....that would be da bomb........please not in October.

Someone already put in a bet for me to deliver October.....please not in October.

I love all you guys. Thank you for supporting and blessing me and my husband.

Our recent troubles.......

Here's an update on our lives since the last post.

As you probably know, we moved into a bigger studio next door about a month ago.....we will have pictures posted once everything is all set up for the babies....this will be their home sweet home for their first few months.

Joshua finally got his background check cleared, so he started working about two weeks ago at the Federal Building in Honolulu.....(yay!). He works with the department of Justice, and enjoys his job a lot. The only thing about it is that now he has to wake up at 4:45 every morning to catch the city bus to work, and man, is he going to have a crazy sleep schedule when the babies come and he has to work. (I don't think he's going to get paternity leave...if there ever is such a thing)

During his second week of work, Josh had gigs lined up in the evenings in Waikiki, so we decided to have him drive our only working car to work (my car has been dead for almost the whole summer)...........the first day it was fine...but the second day....it was a bad idea.

The car stalled in temple valley while it was in traffic. Good thing he left extremely early, because when the car stalled he had a lot of time to try to figure out how he was going to get to work on time, despite the traffic nuilding up. Luckily one of my aunties(bless her heart) lives in Temple Valley, so we got to leave our car at her place and borrow her truck.

Because the car was not working, for that whole week I was left at home having to walk to work everyday.....not good for a pregnant lady at 7 months with twins....so I had to do that and then figure out how my husband was coming home every night for the rest of the week without a car.

His gigs ended at 10pm in Waikiki, and luckily Tyrone, our bass player(bless his heart) was able to drive him at least to Temple Valley. So I either had to borrow a car or have someone drive me to go get my hubby at Temple Valley.....the bummer thing about that whole week was:

1. the car not working
2. having to walk to work or ask people to take me places, because I really couldn't get there myself
3. not having a lot of time to eat as good
4. not being able to get that much sleep

Good thing it only lasted us a week. We were so happy when the weekend came, because we then had time to get the car fixed and play catch up on our rest. Come to find out the car was not in as bad of a condition as we thought it was, so it was an easy fix and it's back to normal now. There was a lot of people that helped me get places and helped me get my husband home every night....to which I am very grateful for.

crazy week!

this week has been crazy for us, but ended out on a really good note. it was good for us to have the Labor Day weekend. work has been crazy for me because fall semester is about to start already.......

we went to a birthing class tuesday night and i swear i was the biggest one in the class. we had to introduce ourselves at the beginning of class and tell everyone when our babies are due and all that. when i told them that we were not due until the end of november, you could just see the suprised look on their faces....like, wow you look like you are due now....but when we explained ourselves and told them that we were going to have twins, it made sense to them.

later in the week josh got a call from the mainland....they told him that his background check is finally done, and that he can start work next week, so we've been really happy. josh starts working at the federal building next week friday!!

today we went to the hospital for a check up and the doctor said that the boys are both doing fine. they are both no longer head down, though......Baby B keeps scooting and shifting, while Baby A stays put but is the active kicker. Baby A is head down, but Baby B is sideways...... they are both getting bigger but they still have time to move around a bit more.

todays check up was very assuring for me....knowing that the babies are doing fine. hopefully i can make it to 8 months.....i am really not in the position to deliver this month! (please no! babies need more time to grow in mommys tummy)

Here I am at 27 weeks!!!

I've been so bad! So I finally took my picture for the month yesterday.......

This is me at 27 weeks! I am getting so big! But, for once, it's such a good thing! :)

Baby Update!!

We went into the doctors yesterday....and usually when I went in for the ultrasounds, the boys would be up and awake, but this time, they were both asleep. It was nice to see them sleeping.

Here's a picture of Baby A........he's very healthy, and although he's the tinier one, Baby A is weighing this week at 2 pounds, 4 ounces.

Here's Baby B (isn't it funny....they were both doing the same thing...sucking on their hand) Baby B is now 2 pounds, and 11 ounces. Doctor says he's a fighter, because he was kicking me while he was sleeping. (hehe) I thought that was funny.

.....babies kicking 24-7.........thats the story of my life right now. Sounds like they could be big babbies...that makes me happy.

That's my report for the 26th week.......... :)

Family and Twin Update

We are both still on the hunt to get into a bigger place for our babies, because we currently do not have any room for them in our little studio. We are both starting to get really worried, because time is getting closer and closer. Soon the babies will be here, and we want to be prepared as much as we can for their arrival.

We got to see one place that we really liked....a two bedroom (2 story) apartment, but we are on the waitlist for it. We are looking around still just in case this one falls through.

Kealani is still working in the office. It is getting a bit harder for her to do things as fast as usual, but she still manages to stay on top of things.

Joshua is still playing music every weekend. His group, Po'ohala, has a website now:

http://www.musicinhawaii.com/

They have improved a lot over the summer, and we are starting to see the potential the group has for the future.

Kealani is at 23 weeks now....

Baby A is 1 pound, 3 ounces.

Baby B is 1 pound, 7 ounces.

They are both healthy as can be and are on the right track. Daddy and mommy are very grateful and happy :)