In week 13!

Our babies are forming teeth and vocal cords... savor this, their non-functional phase. Our Babies are approaching normal proportions, with a head now only one third the size of their body. Intestines are in the process of moving from the umbilical cord to baby's tummy. (Much more convenient.)

Well since Tuesday marked 12 weeks, we are now embarking on our 13th week of pregnancy with the quads! We are so excited to be moving into the second trimester and hopefully this means a little more peace that our babies are doing well!

Finally the nausea has worn off. I still get little spouts here and there but overall I am able to eat a decent amount. You know, initially you would think that being able to eat whatever you want (and more) would sound appealling, but I still feel awful by the end of the day! I have a feeling I will enjoy getting back on the diet I was on before I got pregnant... But that wont be for a while!

This pregnancy really is extraordinary! It just goes by so darn fast and I can really see so much change happening before our very eyes! At week 11 my belly definetly popped and I am sure all those at church on Sunday were quite surprised at just how much a have grown! My belly pic on my new chart really does it no justice!

I have already begun to feel round ligament pain and I can definetly tell that things are being stretched way faster than any uterus should have to lol! I am loving every minute of it though! It is really neat to think about how quickly this pregnancy will go by and how soon I will be holding my 5 children in my 2 arms (wonder how that will work!)

I know I have mentioned this before but Eva really is going through a baby fetish! She just sits and watches A Baby Story and Bringing Home Baby and yells out "bab-a" the whole time! She will probably be sick of babies this time next year lol! No, I really think she will be a great big sister and the best part of it all is that she is so young that she will probably fit right in and when the quads are toddlers people will think we have quints!

Here are some fun recent pics of her!

Crackin' up during bath time!

OK, so Eva just got this new coat and it is so cute because she always wants to wear it. Then she goes and finds one of my purses and waves bye bye! But you know how when you leave someone's house you say "See ya later"? She goes "Dee Dee Dee" in the same tone as she walks out of the room! It is to die for!

Saturday I had a boothe at my neighborhood fair. I guess you could say that it was my last hurrah, probably until I have an empty nest lol! I sold my Uppercase Living and Little Diva Bowtique stuff! Man was it a hit! There were so many people there and it turned out really well! Our neighbors Mackenzie, Braden and Danette Ek were our lifesavers as they all helped us with Eva that day!

Well I guess that is all for now! Next appointment is on Tuesday so please keep us in your prayers!

4 Healthy Babies!

Oh what a relief today was! All 4 babies are getting so big and they are all looking so healthy! All of their hearts were beating away and they were so cute just moving all over the place! It was especially neat for Trever because they were so much bigger than what they were when he saw them last! The tech said that developmentally they are all looking great!

Grammy Tolman got to go to the appointment with us and she loved seeing the babies and hearing the heartbeats. We didnt meet with the doctor because he was in surgery, but now we go in every 2 weeks for cervical checks! It is just so crazy how fast this pregnancy is going by! I don't even think I had cervical checks until like 34 or 35 weeks with Eva!!!

Baby A:Crown to Rump Length-4.22cm (11 weeks 1 day)

Baby A's Heart Rate: 161 bpm

Baby B (top left baby): Crown to Rump Length 4.42cm (11 weeks 1 day)

Baby B's Heart Rate: 164bpm

Baby C: Crown to Rump Length 4.38cm (11 weeks 1 day)

Baby C's Heart Rate: 159 bpm

Baby D: Crown to Rump Length 4.17cm ( 11 weeks 1 day)

Heart rate for Baby D- 167bpm

All 4 babies!!!

Also, my mother, Trever's mother, Trever's grandmother, Emily Taylor, and Neysa Otts are all throwing us a couple's shower on Friday October 24th at the Sage Creek Clubhouse! We are so excited and grateful that they would do that for us! So mark your calendars and book your sitters! It will be so much fun!

Tomorrow is another Ultrasound!

Wish us luck! We are so excited, but I am still nervous! I hope everyone is doing well inside me! I was so excited to learn that our babies are the size of..................A LIME! How exciting is that?!

Well, I wanted to take some time to post some recent pics of Eva and some of the other things we have been up to since tomorrow's post is going to be full of information from our Dr.'s appointment.

The other day, we took Eva to play at an indoor inflatables place called Bouncetown! She had a BLAST! She got to play with her friend Ally and had so much fun! We started her out in the toddler area and that was just not cutting it lol! So she went on the big stuff, and she was in heaven!

Growing Growing!!

Thanks to Becky, I have a belly chart for all of you to watch these growing munchkins! It is time to upload another pic though!

We are so excited for Tuesday because that is our next ultrasound and I am just dying to see the babies again! My worries about them seem to be quadrupled, I miss seeing them so much!

Eva has been doing great! We are excited because we will be going to the Gerwer's on Saturday and so she can see all of the little babies! I just love her so much! Her new fascination is looking at pictures of herself and saying "bayba, bayba" (for baby) and she just loves carseats! I dont know what that is about but she could play with those all day long!!!

I thought this was so neat to read and I wanted to share this with everyone!

Our babies are growing incredibly rapid right now. They are approximately 1.75 to 2.4 inches (4.4 to 6cm) when measured from crown to rump. They will double their length in the next three weeks. Our growing babies weigh about 0.3 ounces (8g).

Their neck is developing and the chin lifts up from their chests. Fingernails are also present. While our babies sex was already determined at the time of fertilization, male or female genitalia are now visible (Yay!!!). Essential organs are formed and most have begun to function. The blood vessels in the placenta are increasing in number to meet our babies increasing nutritional needs. Their ears are moving towards the sides of her head, away from the neck. Your babies heads are still not in proportion with their body. Your babies heads account for about half of their body length.

That is all for now, we will update again on Tuesday! Please keep us in your prayers that all the babies are doing well!

In my 10th week!

Wow! Time is just flying by so quickly! I cannot believe that we are almost in the second trimester already! I definitely think that my tummy is starting to bulge a little bit which is exciting! We are so anxious to see the babies again. Our next ultrasound is the 23rd so we will definitely update again with some pics! I have gained only 3 pounds so far which means I need to gain like another 7 to 10 by 12 weeks! Ugh! Who would have known that gaining weight would be that difficult!

We have already jumped into preparation mode! We have started painting one of the nursery's a beach surfer theme! It is going to look so cute whenever we are done! That room is going to be pretty gender neutral so we can put any combination of boys/girls in there. We have washed and hung all of Eva's clothes. We bought a new car and sold our Jeep. We decided to go with an Expedition that has a 3rd row to accommodate our quickly growing family!

Tuesday night I went to a PAMOM (Plano Area Mother's of Multiples) meeting with my quad buddy Casey! It was alot of fun and I met alot of ladies that I think are going to help me out a ton! Casey is really great too. Last night I went to her home and she is definitely helping me to get on track! Before going over there, I really had no idea what I was doing and now I am way more confident! She took me into her nursery to see her sleeping quads and OMG! They are amazing! I cannot wait to see them awake! I have to say, that makes me 100 times more excited!

She really helped me get organized with a volunteer schedule that we will put into more detail later. My shower is underway and it will be hosted by my mom Susan, mother in law Melonie, Aunt Gail, and friends Neysa and Emily. They are all so amazing! It will be October 25th so mark your calendars! It's a couple's shower so I think the guys will really make it fun and wacky!

Well I think that is all for now!

Scary Hospital Visit!!

Last weekend we went out of town to Broken Bow, OK! We stayed in a really pretty cabin with some friends and had tons of fun! We went fishing, rode the train, had snow cones, and played games! It was a really great time! Eva just loved playing with the bigger kids. Unfortunately she is not as coordinated as them so we have to spend alot of time just following her following the other kids! Eva and Daddy waiting for the train.

The fam! Mommy what's wrong with your hair! Ugh thanks everyone for not telling me I look like a peacock!!!

On the train, all with squinty eyes lol!

Eva playing with the big kids.

"This mattress is a hit mom!"

Well, we were having a great time and Saturday night I felt like I was really going to pass out. I was so tired and I got really nauseaus at about 10. All night long, I just didnt feel quite right. I was kinda crampy and very nauseaus! Eva woke up at about 3 am scared to death (I guess she had a bad dream) and when I tried to stand up I got really dizzy and noticed I was way sick.

So the next morning I used the restroom and lo and behold I was bleeding. Freaked out and in a whirl of panic, I ran downstairs to tell Trever we had to go to the hospital. Our dear friends watched Eva while we were gone, Thanks for that! This hospital was so rinky dink it was ridiculous! Luckily the on call physician in the emergency room was a "world class" OBGYN and had practiced most of his life in Oklahoma City, making me feel a little better! There was no sonogram tech there so the doc had to do an internal. He checked my cervix and he said everything was closed and looked fine.....

Tuesday, back home, we had an appt. with my high risk Doctor, Dr. Albert. He was so awesome and friendly and answered all of my questions and more! We were really nervous that maybe we had lost a baby though, oddly enough, we still were at peace that everything was OK. Unfortunately Trever couldnt see the ultrasound because Eva was all over the place and he had to take her to the hallway. But, the ultrasound was amazing!!!
The babies were bigger than even 2 weeks ago. All of them had a very very strong heartbeat!

Baby A-168

Baby B-160
Baby C-157

Baby D- 150

They all looked so perfect and the doctor couldnt find any sign of a blood clot or that anything had gone wrong at all! WE ARE SO GLAD!!! I even got to hear all of the babies hearts too! My next appt. is on the 23rd and I already cannot wait to see the little ones! We have started on one of the nurseries and it will be so relieving to have those finished. The doctor surprised me by telling me I would probably be on bedrest at 16 to 17 weeks instead of the the 20 we thought!

Here are some of the questions he answered:

1. When will my bedrest be? 16 to 17 weeks, give or take, just depends on my cervix and how my heart is doing.

2. What should my major concerns be for this pregnancy? Premature Delivery and Preeclampsia

3. Can Trever be in the delivery room? Yes, as long as it is not an emergency C-Section

4. When should I expect to be in the hospital on bed rest? 24 weeks give or take

5. What is the average week of delivery for women pregnant with quads? 24 weeks but he wont let me go past 32

6. Should I be concerned about Gestational Diabetes? Yes, because I am at a higher risk being pregnant with 4.

Thats all I can think of right now!

So back to my sweet little princess...

Eva's new word is baby! How perfect is that! I think she will be a great big sister and it will be so neat that she will not be too much older than her siblings! We did give her permission to say "You do what I say, I am the big sister!" Lol! Can you imagine how funny that would be? We are so excited for that time!

This week I am meeting with one of my new Quad Mom buddies, Casey Gerwer, ( remember her name because I am sure I will be talking about her all of the time!) She is going to help me get organized! So if anyone wants to volunteer to help let us know and we will put you down!!! We love you all!