As Shane said, it has been a while since our last posts. Things have been rather busy since our return from Alberta. I have had to juggle midwife appointments, OB appointments and ultrasound appointments. I am very thankful for the families at church who have been volunteering to watch my boys during these appointments. I don’t know what I would do without them. They have been a real blessing!
The ultrasounds I have to have every two weeks because the twins are identicals. The risk with identicals is that they share the same placenta and therefore might suddenly decide not to share nutrients. If that is the case, one twin will thrive while the other struggles to grow. Because of this risk, they watch them close to make sure they are growing appropriately. So far so good! They are measuring right on track and are currently only 3 oz apart, although the OB feels they were closer but couldn’t get very good measurements because of how active they are. At 22 weeks, they “weigh in” at 14oz and 1lb 2oz.
While I have been working on all these appointments, we had to prepare for Shane’s family coming to town for his graduation and his sermon. It was a big weekend and it took its toll on me with all the late nights out with family.
I’ve also been working on getting the house ready to put up for sale. We won’t be listing until much later but given that in another month I most likely will not be able to do many home repairs, now is the time. I’ve been painting various rooms around the house and some outdoor painting as well. There is so much to do and so little time. Knowing that by June I won’t be able to do anything and then most likely will not be able to get back to working on it until September/October when the twins finally settle in, I have lost a lot of nice weather opportunity to get things done.
I am still homeschooling the older two boys. Dylan is working on his grade 3 material while I have Lyndan doing grade 1 work when this would be his Kindergarten year. It has been a challenge to keep them motivated and focused this year but I think we have reached an understanding and they are doing well and accomplishing a lot. Aydan is doing some pre-K/K material when he wants to be like his older brothers and Dannan has learned how to walk.
And that, is our family update.
