The Belly Chronicles; edition 6

The 31 week belly

I am way behind in this installment of "The Belly Chronicles", but I have not been feeling very motivated to do much. That, plus semi-bed rest has put me far away from the computer universe. I will revisit for a short while to at least give you all an update!

We are quickly approaching 32 weeks, which seems so wild to me. I really don't have much time left, especially if these boys decide to come early (yeah right!). At my last Doctor's appointment we went down to Apple Valley to see the specialist again. The boys both look great, all parts identified, lots of amniotic fluid, good blood flow, so far so good! We got a weight estimate on each. Axel is head down (for now...they keep flipping, already giving me trouble :) and weighs around 3 pounds. Bronco was head down too, for the moment, and weighs a little more then his brother. He is about 3 pounds 7 ounces. So they are looking good, not too big or too small, and as long as they stay within a pound of each other we are doing excellent.

I am doing a little better, feeling a little better. I get tired easily (to be expected) and I am often sore (back, legs, ligaments) so I wear a belly support band when I am up and about. Most of the time I am resting, chugging the water ( I still think a gallon a day is a lot!). My blood pressure has been good in the acceptable parameters, so that has been a relief. My blood sugar is a little high. I had to do both glucose tests, and I was right on the border line with both. So, to be cautious, Dr. W has me on the low carb. diabetic diet. I still cheat now and then, a woman needs her chocolate, but my blood sugar has still been fine even with the cheating. Gestational Diabetes is very common with twins because of all the extra hormones floating around in my body. Apparently hormones and insulin don't get along very well, mine seem on the brink of cooperation! Other then that we are doing well, just counting down the days until we can meet our precious little boys. We have probably about another month and a half before the arrive...we hope!!

The First Day of School

Here in California, school started early this year. The first day

of school was August 6th! Anya started 4th grade, Hannah started 2nd grade and Cora started

part day pre-school.

Anya has a great teacher this year. She is the cluster/gifted class teacher and we have heard lots of good things about her. She also comes

highly recommended from our PTO president. She also happens to have two of her

best friends in her class this year, Shiloh and Cora, both are sitting at her table with her.

Besides her best friends, she has numerous other friends from her class last year.

She thinks it will be a great year!

Hannah has a wonderful teacher who is highly sought after this year too. We were blessed to have a wonderful 1st grade teacher last year, who loved Hannah to pieces, and pulled

some strings to get Hannah into her 2nd grade teacher's class. We are very

excited about the year ahead, and so far Hannah loves her teacher!

Cora is attending morning pre-school, and is so excited about it. She has been

wanting to go to school for forever now. In past years she got very upset when her big

sisters got their backpacks ready with all their new school supplies. Well this

year Cora got to get her backpack ready too, and she was sooo thrilled! Matt and I still have

mixed feelings about sending our "baby" to school already, but with the boys coming soon

and Cora wanting to go, we decided it was time to "cut the cord"!

It looks to be a promising year, and the girls already had a great start! They love their classes and their teachers and they are making some great new friends!

Here's to a great school year!

New Hair Do's for the Jeppson Girls

With the babies due to arrive in just a couple short months, and school starting, I decided it was time for shorter, easier hair styles. Above is the after picture of the girls with their new hair cuts. All of them have a length at the shoulders or a little shorter, Anya's is layered more then her younger sisters. With three kids going to three different schools and drop-offs starting at 745 am...I need simple, fast and easy! I think we accomplished that, and I think they look pretty cute too!

I didn't take a "before" picture right before the Hair cutting session, but here is one I took a few weeks ago for the 4th of July. You can get the idea, they all had a substantial amount "trimmed" off!

Here is how we can usually find Cora late in the afternoon, since she refuses to take naps.

I think she still needs them...?

Here is our little flower pixie. Cora planted her little flower patch last April with flower seeds she received last year for her birthday. She used her own little gardening kit to make the dirt "perfect", and then planted away. Everything grew beautifully! The sunflowers are tall, the Marigolds are thick and beautiful, and the Zinnia's in the back are just starting to bloom.

She is very proud of her little flower garden!