Basement Ceilings

Jim has been diligently working to frame in all of the duct work and pipes on the basement ceiling. Here are a few recent pictures of his accomplishments:

Hallway/Living Room

Living Room

Bedroom

Down the hallway

And the Master himself at work....

Growing Belly

Here are a few pics of my growing belly...

11 weeks

13 weeks

14 weeks

And a pic of me with each of the babies that we already have...

We have walls!

Jim has been working very diligently on the basement. In just two weeks, he has gotten all of the walls framed! Here are some recent pics:

Bedroom

Entrance to one storage closet

Utility closet
Bathroom linen closet

Bathroom (complete with tub!)

Future kitchen and storage room #2

Living Room

BABIES!!

Since I am just getting started on this blog, I thought I'd post all of the ultrasound pics that we've had to date.

Our first baby pics were earlier than most. This is what our little "babies" looked like at 5 days post fertilization, at just over 100 cells each. This was the day that they were transferred into Mommy's belly:

On Oct. 5, 2009, we traveled back to our fertility dr in Charlotte to see how things were progressing and to find out how many little ones we were going to have. And as you can see below, we saw TWINS!!

Upper left: Two sacs=TWINS!!

Upper right: Baby A

Lower left: Two sacs=TWINS!!

Lower right: Baby A's measurement = 0.62 cm(equivalent to 6w3d)

Upper left: Baby A's heartrate = 127

Upper right: Baby B

Lower left: Baby B's heartrate = 132

Lower right: Baby B's measurement = 0.65 cm

(equilvalent to 6w4d)

We are so thankful to be blessed with not one, but two miracles!! It was so amazing to hear their little heartbeats for the first time!

It turned out to be a little more challenging than expected to get an appt with a local OB, so we traveled back to Charlotte for a follow-up ultrasound on November 6th. We were pleased to get to see our doctor and nurse there one last time--they were so wonderful!! We were 11 weeks, 1 day at that point. It was amazing to see how much the babies had developed!! We could count fingers and toes, see little faces and vertebrae, and watch them move all around. Here are our pics from that visit:

Upper left: Baby A profile

Upper right: Baby A--bottom and legs

Lower left: Baby B, who stayed upside down

Lower right: Baby A

Upper left: Baby A--straight on

Upper right: Baby B's measurement=4.3 cm
(equivalent to 11w1d)

Lower left: Baby A's measurement=4.6 cm

(equivalent to 11w3d)

Lower right: Baby A again

Upper left: Baby B--upside down

Upper right: Baby A

Lower left: Baby B

Lower right: Baby B

Left: Baby B

Upper right: Baby B

Lower right: Baby B

Finally--our first real OB appt!! We went to see Dr. Roberts of Carilion OB/GYN on November 19th. We really liked him and his staff. We were able to see our babies on the ultrasound, and they were both moving all around. They had grown, measuring about 6 1/2 cm each (right on track for 13 weeks) and had heartrates of 162 and 166. Everything looked great! However, we only left with one pic of the two of them (profile of Baby A on the left, "alien"/straight on shot of Baby B on the right):

Remodeling Projects

Before starting on the basement, we knocked out part of the wall between the kitchen and living room to open up the floor plan and to make everything more accessible. We love the result! Here are some before and after pics:

Kitchen-BEFORE

Wall Between Kitchen & Breakfast Nook-BEFORE

Living Room-BEFORE (except hole in the wall-that was during!)

Mid-Project

View from Kitchen-AFTER

View from Living Room-AFTER

Jim has been working very hard in the basement over the past couple of weeks. Here are some before pics:

Future Storage Room & Kitchen

Future Bedroom/Bath

Future Living Room

Welcome

Welcome to our blog!! We thought that this would be a great way to keep our family and friends updated on everything that's new in our life, including the babies-to-be and home renovation projects.