Pregnancy Week 34

Hello All- Thought I would add a picture of Ethan doing one of his favorite things, typing emails on the computer. He also enjoys the Disney Playhouse website, but who doesn't enjoy a good Mickey Mouse encounter. Matt and I still can't believe he is going to be 4 in September. He wants to have another Mickey Mouse birthday party, which he also had for his 3rd birthday. Honestly Matt and I were not surprised, he has been in love the big mouse since our trip to Disney just over a year ago.

We are coming into the home stretch with this pregnancy and are very excited that there is a light at the end of the tunnel. I am 34 weeks and have 16 or 17 days to go. Yes days, not weeks, not months- but days!!! We saw my regular OB yesterday and he completed the c-section surgery request form for either July 12 or July 13. Now there is always a possibility with all that is happening that I could go before then, but I am hoping to make it to the day of the scheduled surgery. My OB is actually going to get the Fertility OB in his practice that was responsible for the Invitro process that got me into this situation :) to assist with the c-section. Matt I think that will be cool to come full circle with the person who helped make this possible from the beginning, to be there at the delivery.

The babies are doing well, we have one more ultrasound on July 3rd (35 weeks) to measure the babies with the high risk OB, then we see the regular OB on July 6 and we won't see him again until the day of the surgery!!!! Our last ultrasound at 33 weeks showed they were weighing about 4lbs 8oz and 4lbs 11oz. They each gained a pound from the ultrasound 2 weeks earlier.

We appreciate all of your support through this craziness and look forward to introducing you to Cameron and Zoey! We will let you know of course if anything changes, but look forward to hearing from us after our next ultrasound and then again after these babies are born.

Love,
Penny, Matthew, Ethan, Cameron and Zoey

P.S. Ethan figured out this weekend that we would all have E's in our names, but that he was glad he was the only one that started with a vowel :) Kids really are funny about what they pick up on!

Family/Pregnancy Update-31 weeks and counting...

Hello All- We have made it to 31 weeks in this pregnancy and just hanging in there. We had an appointment with the high risk OB on Tuesday the 5th of June and things are good. Cervix is holding, so bed rest is working. Zoey and Cameron are growing 3lbs 8oz and 3lbs 11oz respectively. The doctor can't predict how long my cervix will hold because everyday as the babies grow it puts more and more pressure on it. I do know that we won't have to wait more then 5 and half weeks now to meet these two miracles. The longest they will let me stay pregnant is 37 weeks and I will be 32 this Tuesday June 12th.

Bed rest is boring but totally worth it. I watch the shows on TV with the preemie babies at 27/28 weeks and it just reminds me everyday how important these days of laying around are! Just continue to keep us in your thoughts and prayers and we will continue to keep you updated on their progress.

Ethan is doing great. He is so patient with the fact that I can't help him a lot right now. He loves coming in to see me in the AM and then coming home from school and telling me about his day. We try to talk, play games and read books, stuff I can do, everyday.

He is still amazing us in school. The class has mostly turned 4 except for maybe 5 of the kids who have later B-day's, including Ethan who is the baby, but as his teachers tell us time and again he is the brightest. They are doing a lot of one on one work with him now, since he knows all his letters and sounds, which some of the kids still don't. He not only can write his name, but the names of every kid in his class. He is starting to practice reading by sounding out words with his teachers. None of the other kids have the slightest interest. He is also working on his math. The teacher will write out addition problems for him, simple ones like 1+3 or 4+ 5 and he will write the answer. He thinks it is so fun to do math. Again none of the other kids have any interest. We found out one of the other parents in the class actually got angry at the teacher and wanted to know why her son was not as smart and doing the same things as Ethan. I just laughed because you can't compare kids and we DO NOT push Ethan like this lady pushes her child and that has a lot to do with why he likes it, because we make it fun!

Thanks for letting me catch you all up and I hope you are well. I will send some pictures soon, I am having some trouble with this new software and uploading the pics to Shutterfly.
Take Care!!