Christmas Party and BirthDate

This past Friday was Jason's work Christmas party. It was fun getting dressed up, even though I didn't get to wear a more formal dress this year. I'm very thankful for pretty maternity outfits these days, and simple dresses can be easily dressed up with the right accessories! Jason looked extremely handsome as always in his suite!



My birthday falls on a Tuesday this year, so we decided to celebrate this Saturday. Jason took me out to A Christmas Carol at the Alley Theater. We are both always so impressed with people's talents. We had a wonderful time. We then went to Peli Peli for a great dinner. The food and atmosphere is wonderful and we enjoyed ourselves. Afterwards we relaxed at home and then headed off to the VFW again for a little dancing as we did a month ago (Family Night). Well, we only ended up being able to stay about an hour b/c all of a sudden people started to light up :( We were both so sad that people were smoking and we weren't able to stay. But, before they did, our first hour was a lot of fun! We got to dance to a few songs and honestly did pretty good... just can't dance to too fast of beats ;) My spinning was even better this time! It sure does feel different though the bigger I get.

25 Week Update - Swelling Increases

So... the past couple of weeks, I've noticed that I'm starting to swell... I'm admitting you can really start to see the water retention in these photos and some of the ones in the previous post. I knew I was swelling a little more, but I couldn't avoid it last night as I tried to put on my boots... They barely went on and then Jason had to help me out of them so quickly b/c it hurt so bad... how sad that my boots are too tight these days :( The doctor has always been amazed that I hadn't been swelling more until now. With twins, swelling is worse than with a singleton pregnancy b/c you have more placenta which causes the swelling. Guess it's my time to bring on the swelling. Still wearing my wedding band, but decided my Aggie ring will have to sit in a drawer until after birth. It still fits, but is pretty hard to get off ;)

I see myself getting larger and swelling and a very small part of me sighs. But only a very small part, because the rest of me is loving my changing body. I'm being as healthy as I can, but truly enjoying this wonderful season we've been blessed with. When I feel our little guys moving inside of me, oh, my heart skips a beat and I'm in heaven. Jason also has been so wonderful... he makes me feel beautiful and desired all the time. I am so thankful for his support and love!

Oh, have to share one more thing... I've mentioned our lil' guys getting stronger... well, there have been a few times they kick so hard it really does hurt. Not just kicking my bladder and ribs hurt, but kicking my stomach hurt... wow, can't imagine when they are 4-5 lbs bigger how it will feel...