Holy schnikey! It is hot out; so hot! 30 + degrees is not something we see a lot in Calgary. I can't say being pregnant makes it worse or less tolerable, because I am bad with heat on my best days. And so far we have been surviving it ok. Stay out of the sun, lounge in the shade, keep windows open and fans on, sleep or hide in the nice cool basement or the air conditioned clinic on work days. Yes, we will survive the summer just fine. Feet are fat most days now, fingers fat too. Might have to keep the wedding ring off for the next few months so it doesn't get to the point where it has to be cut off... My poor usually lanky fingers. Woe is me! Also my pregnant tumor is driving me crazy! Its this ugly red bump on my neck that looks like a blood blister that should be popped. It is an angioma (growth of blood vessels) so it just bleeds like a mother if you do pop it. Once of that is enough, but it's still ugly. Also, had one episode of numb leg... Because baby girl was sitting on a nerve? And the lower back pain hits now and then so I have taken to toting a pillow around the house depending on where I sit. Poor Matt. I must be driving him crazy with all these idiosyncrasies. He's been so good with helping out and letting me just sit around. It can drive a person crazy; the restricted physical abilities that come when you're carrying babies. Ugh... No boat rides, no wine, no late nights, no heavy lifting, no bending over to pick up all the things you constantly drop due to some strange pregnant lady clumsiness... Well, I'm just saying prepare to do a whole lot of sitting around for 3 to 4 months.
Put the rest of the nursery furniture together this week and switched the cribs into the bigger room, and the grandma guest room into the smaller room. We have decided it looks fine and will require no painting, yeah! Just have to get my act together and order my zoo animal pictures. If I could do it this week I'll save 70% so I better get on it. Other than that, nothing too crazy has gone down. Worked the week away, had a whole weekend day of being down and out due to headache, went to Les Mis to culture the babies... The baby girl liked the first act, and baby boy liked the second act more. Also, gardened a bit, helped Matt with some house repairs, drank lots of lemonade, and finished up our greek olive oil for afternoon snack. All in all, life is good for us. Feeling lucky to be worried about watering plants and fixing recliners and awnings when others have to worry about finding somewhere to live and replacing a lifelong of belongings. It's still very sad.
The babies are now hothouse cucumbers... I do not know what this is so I'll just envision regular cucumbers. And my uterus is at least the size of a basketball, though probably a little bigger with two. The ears and eyes are developing keener senses so they can see dark and light and distinguish sounds and voice. Good timing to hear their first live musical! So we are less than 100 days to meeting them and it's starting to feel really real. Though most of my nerves have calmed down... For today at least. Step by step... Oooh baby!
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