Cold Season

Well I hate to say it but both of our little angels have a cold. It is the most terrible thing ever. Gabriella was the only sick one for a couple of days but now Isabella has it too. Gabriella seems to be getting over hers but Isabella has just began. I wish they knew how to blow their nose and spit lugies (spelling??). It would make them feel so much better. Some good news though for the past 4 or 5 nights one baby has slept though the whole night!!!! They switch off though, Isabella slept all night last night but the night before Gabriella slept all night. So hopefully we will get it together soon and both of them will sleep through the night. Keep your fingers crossed. Also the girls went to Athens this weekend for their first college visit...HA HA. Actually Eric and I went to the UGA Football Gala and the girls came along with us. My mom and Laurie stayed in the hotel room with the girls while we went to the banquet. It was a nice trip and we had a great time. I cannot wait to take them again when the weather is warm so we can actually take them around campus and around downtown.

Long Night

I hate to say it but I think the girls are getting my snotty nose! Yesterday Sunny came over and kept both girls while I had to go to Atlanta for a mediation that took forever. I think that is the longest I have been away from them since they were born. I was so glad when I got back home to see them. A little side note Sunny is an awesome babysitter!!! She comes highly recommended from both Gabriella and Isabella. O.k. back to yesterday by later in the evening Gabriella was sounding pretty snotty and she had this pitiful little cough but seemed to be sleeping just fine. However, I woke her up for her last feeding at about 10:00 PM and she would never go back to sleep. She was so sleepy but could not ever get comfortable enough to sleep so I ended up sleeping sitting up in the bed with her on my chest. Now, before I get hate mail I know you are not suppose to do this but their was no other way she would sleep. Every time I laid her down in her cocoon she would cough and let me assure you I did not sleep a wink with her on my chest because I was so scared I would fall asleep and drop her! She seems to be doing a little better this morning but we are going to go ahead and make an appointment at the doctors office just to make sure. Eric and I got to go to the hospital last night to see Jamie and Nick White's new addition, Judah. He was so precious!!! He will be the perfect little protector for the girls as they get older. We are so blessed to have such awesome friends like Jamie and Nick and it was truly a blessing to have Jamie to go through pregnancy with. I am sure there will be plenty of pictures of the three of them on the blog before you know it! Keep Jamie, Nick and Judah in your prayers and pray they will get to come home from the hospital healthy and soon!

We survived!!!

Last week was very interesting! Eric was out of town the whole week for work, so me and the girls packed our bags and went to stay with Grammies for the week. Thank the Lord for Moms and Dads. My Mom and Dad were the biggest help this week. Me and my Mom both begin to get a little snotty later in the week so my Dad actually helped me pull some night duty and he changed a diaper!!! We had a pretty good week some nights were a little rough and both girls had some really smelly gas! You would be surprised the stink that comes out of those little ones. I think that my parents are probably having withdrawals this week because the girls are not there any more but maybe not they might just be enjoying their uninterrupted sleep. Eric was so excited to see them when he got home but they had changed so much. They are so alert now and they have a new sound every day. It is truly amazing! I had hats on both of them when he got home and at first he could not tell which one was which. So, the more weight they gain the more they begin to look like each other.

1 Month Old

Isabella hanging out with Daddy.

Isabella in her cute bow!

Taking a Bath, Gabriella ready to punch Isabella at any second!



Gabriella, thinking "What the crap is this thing on my head??"

It seems unbelievable that the girls are already one month old!! They are getting more and more beautiful as each day passes. They were very excited when their Dad got home and Wednesday and they had a great day at Grammies house for Thanksgiving. Their two littlest cousins Macie and Ella sang to them and patted them on the head. Next Thanksgiving and Christmas is going to be a blast with all of the little children I cannot wait. Both girls are continuing to grow each day and are getting more and more of a personality as the days go by. They had another bath this week and they got to try on their bows from cousin Mandi. They are adorable and they told me they would love for cousin Mandi to make some more!! Their Dad has to go out of town again this week so the girls are going to have withdrawals again (so is Daddy) but he will be back soon thank goodness. It is hard trying to take care of the girls without Eric that is for sure. I am going to include some new pictures and a link to look at all the pictures I have taken so far. Hope you enjoy!!

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Mom home alone

Eric went out of town last night and he is gone until Wednesday so this is officially the first time I have been home alone with the babies for an extended time!! Of course my Mom stayed the night last night so I had some help then. Thank goodness, because both babies had some really bad gas so it was a rather long night. But once they were asleep both sleep until about 5:00 AM and then went back to sleep until around 8:00 AM. They are the sweetest things ever but it is really hard to try to feed one while the other one screams. It makes you feel so helpless sometimes. Hopefully they will have no memory of waiting for their sister to get through eating while screaming at the top of their lungs. Yesterday we were going to try and take the girls to church, but their feeding schedule totally did not work out. They were going to end up needing to eat as soon as we got to church so we decided to wait until next week or either after Thanksgiving. Plus, they are both so little still and it is so cold outside. However, we did go to Grammies and Pops' (my mom and dad) house yesterday where they were cuddled by many family members and where they slept most of the time. Then wouldn't you know as soon as we got home they did not want any part of sleeping at all!!! We hope to have many visitors this week as I will need help managing them by myself most of the day. I am going to include a picture of their really cute outfits from yesterday, a nice resting place Gabby found, and an adorable picture of Odell loving on Isabella just a few minutes ago!

Isabella and Her Big Brother Odell

Gabby Taking a Nap on Pops' Belly.

Isabella Posing for the Camera, Could she be any cuter?? Really!!

Gabriella & Isabella screaming at me to Hurry Up!

Baby Girls

This is us after our bath. We are squeaky clean and Dad fixed our hair so nice. (Izzy on Left, Gabby on Right)

The girls are doing wonderful! We gave them their first bath this week and they were the cutest things I have ever seen. Both girls seemed to enjoy the bath and just laid back and relaxed. Eric fixed their hair once they were out of the tub. He tried to spike both girls hair up and Gabby looked like she had a little Mohawk. The girls have been sleeping better too. I have only been having to get up and feed them one time during the night which has been great because I am actually sleeping in my bed. The twins also got to meet their cousins Macie and Ella this past weekend. It might be the cutest thing you have ever seen. Macie who turned two on Tuesday just wants to hold them the whole time and tell you their names. If they go to sleep she will scream at them to wake up. They are all going to have so much fun growing up together. We have 4 little Pruitt/Labbe girls under the age of 3.

Two Little Piggies

We went to the doctor this morning and both girls have surpassed their birth weight!!! Gabriella who weighed 6lbs 13.3 oz at birth now weighs 7lbs 3 oz and Isabella who weighed 6lbs 1 oz at birth now weighs 6lbs 9.75 oz! We are super excited because that means we do not have to go to the doctor again until their 2 month visit Yipee!!! They have both also grown a half an inch. They are doing just wonderful. Now if they could just sleep a little bit longer we would be in business.

2 Weeks Old

I can truly say that these have been the best two weeks of my life! Thank God for Mothers and Mother-in-laws. I do not know what I would have done without both of them the past two weeks. My mom seems to have the magic touch and can handle any situation. I am truly blessed to have such a wonderful caring mother and I do not know what I would do without her. The girls are doing great and continue to melt our hearts day by day. They are some of the strongest little things ever. They can both hold their heads up on their own it is just amazing! They actually got out of the house today and went to Grammies and Pops for the first time. They got to play with their other cousins, Lexi, Macie, and Ella. Macie who will be 2 on Tuesday absolutely adores them. It is the cutest thing I have ever seen she just wants to hold them all of the time and she gets so excited she stutters! Lexi is so good with them too she is truly a little mother and I know that they are going to worship the ground she walks on when they are older. Both girls are so alert and have the biggest blue eyes you have ever seen. Eric is going to be wrapped around their fingers for the rest of his life. They actually sleep through most of the night two nights this week so that was awesome. Plus Eric and I actually slept in our bed last night and they slept in the room with us in their Arm's Reach Cocoons. They look like little baby hammocks and they seem to love them. I will have to post a picture of them in their Cocoons later this week. We go back to the doctor tomorrow morning for a weight check. I am keeping my fingers crossed that they will both be back at their birth weight or even beyond. They still just seem so little. I cannot wait until they are about 10 lbs each. Also this week I have mastered a new nursing position and have been able to nurse them at the same time on several occasions. It really makes life easier when I can do that and tomorrow I think I am going to try and pump some too but I am not going to give them a bottle until after Thanksgiving if I can help it. Odell continues to do great with the babies. He just sits down in front of the couch while I feed them and lets me pet his head or he will get up on the couch and lay down right beside me. I am reminded each day how truly blessed we are and what a great future our family has in store.

Precious Girls

The girls are doing wonderful! We went to the doctor on Monday and Gabby weighed 6lbs 10 oz and Izzy weighed 5lbs 14 oz so they are both almost back to their birth weights which is great. We are no longer supplementing formula which I am very happy about. However, all I do is feed and feed some more. I have been letting them go a little longer in between feedings the past day though. I figure if they are getting 8 or more feeding in and want to sleep a little longer why not. Eric has went back to work this week and he misses the girls so much. He calls the house at least 3 or 4 times a day to check on them. It is so cute! My Mom and his mom have been staying at the house with me during the day and night this week as well which has been a great help. That means I actually get about 3 hours or so of sleep and even get to take a few naps during the day!! I was super excited because today I got to shave my legs...I think Eric was beginning to wonder if he had married a man they were so hairy. That is the first time I have been able to shave my own legs in about 4 months or so and it felt liberating. The last couple of months of pregnancy Eric actually had to shave my legs for me. What can I say I think I have the best husband in the world!! Oh one funny story...the girls seem to have some really good force behind their poops. Almost everytime they poop you will hear or feel it on your hand as it exits their little bodies at the speed of light. So, Eric was asking me while changing Isabella the other night if they pooped without their diaper on if it would shoot out. Well on cue Isabella let out a loud little toot and out came flying poop. Eric screamed like a school girl and jumped to the side so he did not get any on himself but it did go all in the floor and on the dresser. I was laughing so hard I about peed my pants! It was perfect...these girls are going to drive their daddy crazy for the next 18 years or so and I cannot wait!!!

Happy Birthday!! One week old.

I know I have been a little slack with the blog lately but I have been a little busy being a milk factory for two beautiful growing girls. This first week has been full of its challenges but I think it has been the most amazing week of my life. These two little girls are so precious I just cannot get enough of them. Actually I think their Dad is worse than I am because I have to make him put them down at times other wise he would hold them all day long. They have been great babies thus far. Sure they do not sleep really well at night but I thought that was a given. During the day they sleep like logs though. I am feeding them every two hours during the day too and every three hours during the night so I am literally a jersey cow!!! I am feeling pretty good too. I am still a little sore from the operation and my body is never going to be the same but it was totally worth it! We had our first doctors visit on Thursday and Isabella had gained 2 oz so that was awesome and Gabriella had stayed the same which is fine because she is a little piggy. We also went to the lactation consultant on Friday to make sure I was doing everything right and the lady said that I had "Super Babies" and I was so easy to work with for twins so that is awesome. Currently I am trying to master the technique of feeding both babies at once which is quite the task but when I can get it down we will be in business. The babies will go back to the doctor on Monday for another weight check and lets keep our fingers crossed that they have gained more weight that way we do not have to start with the formula again. I am determined to be strictly breast as long as I can. The girls are both so cute they have the funniest little personalities already and they are both the spitting image of their father all the way down to the complete blow out poots! Also an update on the dog, Odell Dooley is doing so good with the babies it is amazing. He has to be where ever we are and he does not try to jump up or get them at all he just calmly lays down beside the chair and waits. The only problem he is having is being scared of the backyard because we hooked up an electric fence around the bottom and he has been shocked twice and now you have to drag him outside. I am going to include quite a few pictures with this blog and also a link to go look at other pictures. I hope you enjoy and as the days go by maybe I will be better at updating the blog.

Grammies at the hospital with the babies.




Lexi holding cousin Izzy.
Dad the day we came home!!!

Nothing like sleeping with a baby on your chest!!


Pops with Gabriella!



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THEY ARE HERE....

Well as most of you already know the girls are here. Their names are Gabriella MillieMae Labbe and Isabella RubyRae Labbe. Eric and I finally got to come home from the hospital yesterday and we are truly exhausted so this is going to be very short and sweet. I will have to get on later and add some more detail. We have been truly blessed and could not ask for more beautiful daughters. We are both head over heels in love. Just remember to keep us in your prayers that are little bundles of joy will continue to gain weight and be successful at breast feeding. We go for our first doctors appointment on Thursday. Also, Eric seems to be getting sick as well. We love you! I will post pictures soon.

WE ARE AT THE HOSPITAL FOR GOOD!! THANK YOU JESUS!

All I have to say is finally!! We went to the specialist today at 11:00 AM after about 2.5 hours at his office he decided to go ahead and send me to the hospital. I am so swollen it is crazy. My legs had gotten so big they would not even fit in the seat in the waiting room. I have to say the swelling is the most uncomfortable part thus far. Things are swollen on my body that I did not even know could swell! Currently I am in a lovely room with a beautiful view and a great air conditioner. They have me hooked up to a monitor which I will be hooked up to for the rest of my life apparently! It is pretty uncomfortable but at least I am here to stay. They are going to start medicine tonight to ripen my cervix after I eat dinner and then they will start the pitocin (spelling) tomorrow morning at 7AM. I told my doctor I did not have any request except that we get these babies out before 3:30 PM! I will try and write another update tonight if I cannot sleep. Please keep us in your prayers and hopefully we will have some beautiful babies tomorrow! Oh by the way, we are at Cobb Wellstar hospital in room 20. I love you all and thanks so much for all of your thoughts and prayers! Eric says he is very excited and of course his hair is perfect, he smells nice and he has on a button up shirt for skin to skin contact.

Doctor Visit and Hospital Again!!!!!!!!!!

Holy Moly! I think God is really testing my patients at this point. I went to the doctor yesterday about 1:20. I had gained a good bit of weight in a week....DUH, my legs and feet look like they could explode any minute! Also the doctor measured my uterus and it is measuring like someone who is 48 weeks pregnant. Then she proceeded to tell me I had the biggest belly she had seen in quite a while even with triplets. They really know how to make you feel sexy!! Among other things my blood pressure was a little high and they also said I had high levels of protein in my urine. So, they decided that I needed to go ahead and go to the hospital. The Midwife said she did not think they would send me home, but would keep me and probably go ahead and move up my induction date. Even though I really did not want to be induced I was so excited I could not contain myself. Off we go, me and Mom to the hospital. Meanwhile Eric left work and drove to Bremen to get the car and all of our stuff as well as take a shower and make sure his hair was perfect for the arrival of his little girls! You have to love marrying such a metrosexual man, he is such a hottie!! Well, after about 3 hours in triage, being hooked up to monitors and having my blood pressure taken ever 15 minutes while laying in the most uncomfortable position....oh did I mention Dr. Brenda Pruitt reading the monitors the whole time and giving me her expert opinion on what was going on. The nurse came in and said I have some great news, "You get to go home!" I could have slapped her so hard her hair would fall out. I was seriously so mad I wanted to tie myself to the bed. I said that is not good news, it just means one more day of being totally uncomfortable and not being able to sleep. Eric was also disappointed once again. I have decided I will not believe anything the doctors say again, these girls are clearly coming whenever they feel ready regardless of what any of us say. Sounds like they got some of their parents' stubborn genes. Just as a side note too, Eric and I have taken the advice of all of you experienced mothers and I assure you we have tried EVERYTHING to get this labor going and I am telling you nothing is working. I just might go jump on a trampoline tomorrow or something. Keep praying, hopefully we will have some babies before election day!

Another Trip to the Hospital

Today was another day filled with lots of pain and disappointment. I did not sleep very well last night and somehow I finally ended up asleep in the girls' nursery covered up with two of their blankets. My very sweet husband did not wake me instead he left me a note that said he was at church and had left the phone of the hook so no one would bother me. He is truly wonderful! So, after sleeping for a couple of hours I was awoken by my back hurting again and having a contraction that was not really painful but never ending. I thought I would be o.k. but it only got worse. The back pain took my breath away and made me feel like I was going to throw up and pass out all at once. I walked to the kitchen very slowly trying not to panic and took some Tylenol and called the doctor. She said to go ahead and come in so that they could check me out since my pain was so bad and only on one side they just wanted to make sure it was not my kidneys. I sent Eric a text message and asked him to hurry and come home, which he did and we left for the hospital yet again. This time Eric drove much faster with a lot of urgency because I was in so much pain. When we got there of course they hooked me up to the monitor and checked me again. They told me that I had not dilated anymore but that they were going to watch me for a while. After about an hour, a cup of the best ice ever, and a glass of cran-grape juice they said they would have to send me home again! However, at this point I was in so much back pain that tears were rolling down my face. They decided to give me a shot of some kind of pain killer and told me if tomorrow the pain came back to go ahead and go to the doctors office and they would write me a prescription. The nurses (sweetest ladies ever) said that the pain would come back and since they ruled out my kidneys it was being caused by having such big healthy babies who are crushing my insides! We left the hospital again but not before Eric stopped and got me a bowl of my favorite soup in the whole world from Ted's Montana Grill. It is tomato soup that is to die for and they only make it on Sundays, so as you can see God did reward me in some way today! I didn't have babies but I did get my soup and a glass of fresh lemonade and no heartburn!!! At this point I am just taking it one day at a time and hoping that I can actually sleep tonight.

Will they ever come....

I have quite a bit of news to add. Eric and I ended up going to the hospital on Friday morning about 5:30AM. I had been having contractions for about 2.5 hours that were regular and uncomfortable. I also had a lot of back pain. I was convinced this was it. So, I took my time fixed my hair, put on make up put everything by the door and then woke Eric up. By the time I got him up I was feeling pretty bad and of course he had to take a shower and fix his most perfect hair before we left. When he was finally ready I was very uncomfortable. However, he looked really sexy for 5:30 in the morning. Well, we got to the hospital and it was very rainy and cold it took us right at an hour because Eric was driving very carefully because of all the rain and traffic. They hooked me up to a monitor and the doctor came in to check me right away. He had some disappointing news that I was still only about 1.5 cm dilated but they would leave me hooked up to the monitors and see if anything changed. In the mean time I seemed to totally relax and the contractions basically stopped. A lady came in to do a position check of the babies and they are both still very far head down and look just perfect. There was a shift change and the new doctor came in to check me again. She also said not much had changed and there was really no reason to keep me!! She still seemed to think that I would go any day maybe even later that night. So, Eric and I left the hospital very disappointed!!

The rest of the weekend has been very interesting. I have felt like complete and totally road kill. I am having contractions that are uncomfortable but never painful and usually not consistent at all. The babies are moving around like they are having a fiesta inside my stomach and my back feels like it is about to snap in half. Basically my whole weekend as consisted of begging God to let my water break or real labor to begin, sitting in a chair with a heating pad, taking tylenol every 4-5 hours to relieve my back pain, watching football, and living in my brother and sister-in-law's spa tub (literally, I stay in for about 2-3 hours)! I just got off the phone with the doctor again this morning about my back pain and she suggested that I try to hold out on coming to the hospital unless something changes and wait for my next doctors appointment on Tuesday. She said they might move my induction date up at that point.

So, I am asking everyone to take a moment and pray that it be God's will that I have these babies before then. I really do not want to be induced and I am hoping I can go on my own and preferably before Tuesday! Again thanks to all of you for your continued support and prayers we have been truly blessed to be so lucky this far (which I have to keep reminding myself of), but I want to curse Eve daily for taking that fruit from the snake!!!

Seems like they are stalling...

EGGPLANT PARMESAN

Eric and I decided that we would go ahead and eat at Scalini's last night hoping that the eggplant parmesan would put me into labor. But as you can tell it is about 20 hours later and we have no babies. I did have a good bit of contractions last night but still they are not regular! I just finished eating the rest of the eggplant for lunch so keep your fingers crossed and maybe we will have some action later today. We were totally convinced it was going to be last night but appartently my uterus is really cozy and they have no desire to get out. I did walk to the mailbox today hoping maybe that would help a bit. Everyone keeps saying to walk but at this point I am so uncomfortable and my feet are so swollen that walking is quite the task.

Making some progress finally!!!!!!!!

We are considered FULL TERM now!!! This is what we have been praying for since day one. So first let me say thank you to all of those prayer warriors out there. Next let me say everyone can change their prayer to hurry up and get out!! I went to the doctor yesterday and the babies are still doing just wonderful! I am finally dilated. However, it is only a dilation of 1.5 cm but "Baby A" is so low that she could actually feel her head. It was insane. Also I stopped taking my medicine yesterday so maybe the babies will decide to go ahead and come visit the world before the week is over. I felt really bad last night and had contractions all night long. They were never consistent though but some of them did hurt so we might be on the right track. So far today I have been contracting all morning but again not very consistent. However, the babies Godmother (Emily P.) called and had a talk with the girls on speaker phone to try and encourage them to go ahead and come on out. Hopefully that has encouraged them some. Yesterday when Eric got home he attempted the task of putting the car seats in the car. All I can say is he was out there for hours putting them in and they are strapped down but were not real sure how correctly they are strapped in. One of our friends is going to come by today and check them out for us. So, if Eric could give you one piece of advice he would say no matter how pregnant you are go ahead and put those seats in now!! I am going to include a picture of the girls big brother. His name is Odell Dooley and he has been mine and Eric's only child for almost 5 years. He is absolutely precious and has gotten totally spoiled since I am home all day with him. He really enjoys laying in my lap and resting his head on my belly. I think this has been his way of bonding with his two little sisters for the past nine months. It is funny though because when he does this they always move around like crazy. I think he is going to be a great big brother and cannot wait until he meets his sisters. FYI he is not a pitbull for all of you wondering. He is a Stafforshire Bull Terrier and in Europe there breed is nicknamed "The Nanny Dog" because they are such compainions to children. However, do not worry I have done all kinds of research which even includes emails back and forth with "The Dog Whisperer" himself and we are going to follow all the proper steps to introduce the babies to their big brother! Hope you all have a wonderful day!

Isn't he the cutest thing you have ever seen!

Rocking my big baby to sleep!

Yes, that big thing he is laying on is my belly!

No News Yet....

Well, I hate to say that Eric and I did not make it to Scalini's this weekend so I have no new news to report. We did go eat at Tokyo's on Friday though and I have never ate so much food in my entire life. I felt like a complete pig! I did not have much action this weekend at all. On Saturday morning I was having some pain in my back but Eric gave me a rub down and it went away. I really did not have that many contractions yesterday at all if any. I only take my medicine one more day though, so maybe after that I will go ahead and go. Also I go back to the doctor tomorrow afternoon. At this point I am getting pretty restless and would really like these two precious girls to get here!!! I was hoping they would at least be about 3 months old before I have to go back to work.

Doctors Appointment

We went to the doctor today and the babies are still doing just wonderful. Both babies are very low and seem to be eagerly awaiting to come visit the world. They are both around 6 pounds now. The doctor did not check me but he says that it could be anytime. He still wants me to keep taking the medicine for the contractions because he would prefer that I make it to 37 weeks which is what I have been wanting all along. I will be 37 weeks on next Wednesday so not much longer. Eric and I went to get a video camera tonight so I think we are completely ready at this point as far as having everything together that is. I believe Eric and I are going to go eat at Scalini's tomorrow night. It is an Italian restaurant in Marietta that has amazing eggplant Parmesan and they claim it will make you go into labor. So I will let you know how that works if we go tomorrow. We are both very excited and cannot wait to bring our two beautiful girls home!!!!

The Date Is Set

Well, I went to the doctor today and everything is just fine. Both babies have beautiful heartbeats and are moving more than anyone thought they would be at this point. Also today at the doctor's office I set up my date for induction which is November 3rd at 7PM. However, that will be 39 weeks so I am really hoping that I will go ahead and go on my own before then. I felt pretty good for the first part of the day today and then I felt terrible the second half of the day. Go figure! Now I am going to try and go to bed...we will see how that goes.

A little Sleep Finally

Well, let's just say I think I slept about a total of 4 hours last night in the bed and it was awesome!! That is the most I have slept during the night in quite a while. I really have not had any contractions lately but the babies are still moving like wild animals in there. I go back to the doctor today around 3:00 and hopefully I will have some kind of update for you all. Yesterday I had quite a few visitors which was fun. It gets very lonely here all day by myself. Things seem to be going smoothly here at the end except for the fact that just thinking about food gives me heart burn and indigestion so bad I think my throat is on fire. I finally broke down last night and took some Mylanta up until then I had just been eating tums like they were skittles. Also I am guessing my hands are starting to swell more now too because they go numb a lot. But one of my books says carpal tunnel syndrome is very common. I am assuming I have a little touch of that too! That is all I have for you right now but I will add another update when I get back from the doctor today. Have a great day!

Feeling a little crappy

Well, today has been interesting. I did not sleep very well at all and I felt awful when I got up this morning so I tried to go back to sleep. I had a few contractions early in the morning but they were not regular and went away after a short while. On Thursday I went back to the doctor and everything looked just fine. Both babies are still moving every where which blows my mind because at some point they are suppose to run out of room and slow down. However, at this point they seem to still be fighting with each other non stop! I go back to the doctor on Tuesday and I will go ahead and schedule my induction. I think I am going to schedule it for 39 weeks that way maybe I will go ahead and go naturally before the induction date. Yesterday was fun because I finally got out of the house for a little while and went to visit my hair lady in Atlanta. Then I ate lunch at firehouse subs which is amazing by the way and you should all go get a sandwich today! The rest of my day today is going to consist of trying to write some thank you notes and watching the Dawgs play!!! Go Dawgs!!

Lazy Day

Well, I have to say today me and the girls were very lazy! At this point I am not able to sleep at all at night. I get in the bed and might go to sleep for an hour at the most and then the rest of the night consist of going to the bathroom, staring at the wall, hating Eric because he looks so cozy, and trying to move Odell (our wonderful dog) who is also sound asleep. One really funny thing about Odell is he loves to sleep right on top of my stomach and when he does this the babies go crazy. I guess it is there own little way of bonding with each other. So, as I was saying today was a very lazy day. I got up about 5 AM when Eric left to go work out because I was not sleeping anyway so there was no use in staying in the bed any longer. I fixed some breakfast which consisted of spaghetti casserole made by one of the wonderful teachers at BHS and then I watch two Oprah shows. Thanks to Oprah's soothing voice and the pidder padder of the rain on our sky light I was ready for a nap so I sleep until about 10 AM. The rest of the day consisted of watching Oprah shows and reading. I really tried to make myself stay in one spot today because my feet have started to swell again. But it is horrible sitting and thinking about all of the things I could be doing or the things that need to be done and not being able to do them. It will drive a person crazy!! I am going to end this post by attaching some pictures of the babies room for all of you who have not got to see it. Eric did about 98% of the work himself and his father and a couple of friends helped with the rest. It is absolutely beautiful and Eric really took a lot of time to make sure it was perfect.

Let's See if this works...Beautiful Pictures

Here are some awesome pictures that my cousin Cory took when he came up to Georgia for a visit and you can also view my 3D/4D ultrasound photos. I hope you guys enjoy!
FYI you can check out more of Cory's brillant photos at www.corycallahan.com .

Click on the link below for the pictures

http://www.kodakgallery.com/I.jsp?c=a4r7kru.9e7aeuwy&x=0&y=wf2ctp&localeid=en_US

Almost Time

Well, this is my first entry into "The Adventures of the Labbe Girls". I am currently about 35 weeks pregnant and on bed rest. I just got back from the doctor today. I have not dilated at all but last night was filled with contractions. Eric and I both thought we were going to have to high tail it to the hospital last night! Both of the babies are about 5 pounds now which is awesome but my hope is we can go about 2 more weeks so that the babies will be more like 6 or 7 pounds. Eric and I are very excited and I feel like we are as ready as we can be. Of course I am still racing to finish reading all of my baby books so that I can be the best mom ever and Eric is researching video cameras so that he can take some good footage at the hospital. Also Eric and I made a cast of my belly last night. It was pretty interesting because I had to sit still for a very long time while he placed wet plaster strips across my stomach. The end result is pretty cool though and I hope that the girls will appreciate all that my body has been through for them. Well, I am going to head off to the bed and make myself lay down for a while.