Weeks Twenty-three & Twenty-four!

It's so hard to believe that we are already 5 days into the 24th week of this pregnancy!  On one hand, time seems to have flown by, but on the other hand, it seems like a long time ago that I was newly pregnant and overwhelmingly nauseated 24 hours a day. 

Someone asked me the other day if I was one of the women that "just loved being pregnant?"  I wasn't sure how to answer that question ... I did not enjoy the nausea and exhaustion that lasted well into the 2nd trimester, but is it the coolest feeling the world to be growing two little babies and to feel them moving inside of me?  YES!!  It IS the coolest feeling!  And it only makes us more and more excited to actually meet Parker and Reagan within the next few months.

The anticipation is like something we have never experienced before - because we know the end result is going to be like nothing we have ever experienced before.  We have literally rearranged 3 rooms in our house, overhauled all of our closet space, and have plans to add shelving and other storage necessities in our attic and garage to maximize our space.  But all this for 2 little bodies that are still so small that they fit in my belly?  It is so hard to wrap our heads around it all!  I keep walking into the nursery and looking at the cribs trying to picture what Parker and Reagan will look like laying in the cribs ... 

I remember feeling this way when my sister, Selena, was pregnant last year with her son, Landry.  I kept wondering what he would look like, act like, smell like (is that weird?) and how he would change as he grew.  But I had no idea that those questions would multiply both in number and intensity when it is now our own children that we are wondering about.  These 2 little miraculous mysteries are so hard to conceptualize! 

Here we are at 23 weeks.  I have affectionately named my baby 'bump' the "twin torso" because the word 'bump' just doesn't cut it!!

And here we are at 24 weeks!

Only one week left at work and then I will be home until Parker and Reagan arrive...I am really looking forward to some time to rest and get ready for these sweet babies to be here!