Weekends of Progress

Exciting times in the Burchell household, lots of great progress was made and I'm feeling really great. I still have my down mood but there's so much to be thankful for that I really cannot be upset and I shouldn't let the downers get to me because Todd and I are just so incredibly blessed.

We've hit 22 weeks today - the comparison from The Bump is the length of a Papaya; the comparison from Baby Center is the length  of a spaghetti squash. Since I've been electing the greens in the past, we chose to take a picture with the big Papayas. It's a little deceiving - it is the length of the Papaya, not the full size! And the babies are all curled up in a tight little ball not stretched out like a Papaya...but still starting to get unbelievable. Babies are nearly 11 inches long each and just shy of 1 pound each. They should start growing rapidly now - we have 15 weeks left, if that...

Over Easter weekend we were surprised and we both survived our first baby shower! Thanks to my terrific family up in Wisconsin for making such a surprise and memorable day. Mom and dad did a great job lying...over EASTER WEEKEND too - the holiest week of all my mom pulls a fast one on us! The theme was perfect, of course Disney. Just an unbelievable amount of support that came our way and really touched our hearts and made me feel so undeserving of that kind of planning and attention. A few pictures from the party:

The dessert table. Yummy!

Beach Minnie and Mickey! (And the cake had a pudding filling...to die for!)

Mickey cake pops, and mickey rice crispy treats. Creativity at it's finest!

  Around the house we've also been very productive preparing for babies...well, Todd has not me. He finished painting the babies room this weekend - the chair rails are up, the floor boards are painted, the ceiling (where I did a poor trim job) has been fixed. Next step is to hang pictures and move in furniture. We also purchased cribs this weekend. Babies R Us we've found had the most affordable options for cribs, and we went in with our 20% coupons ready to be discounted. There was actually a better deal going on so we were able to purchase 2 brand new cribs and a changing table for $500. So this will pretty much take up the entire room now...

 Finally, we also officially registered at Target and Buy Buy Baby. Not that we're expecting or asking for gifts, but it doubled as a very useful exercise to go through to really think about what you need for a baby, forces you to research brands, and forces you to think about how to really take care of babies once they are home. I think we went a little overboard with the scanner but what do we really know yet? I'm sure we'll have a new perspective once we go to our baby classes in May and June.   Tonight is also my first night at Tampa Bay Mothers of Multiples so I'm excited to see how that goes and start seeing how twins are really managed.