I had ANOTHER ultrasound today and it looks like these babies are going to arrive sooner rather than later. But hey, today I’m officially at 34 weeks, which is a really healthy place to be! Woo hoo! I have to say, thanks to a fantastic Husband, a doting mom, amazing friends, two showers, and a job I can continue to do from my bed/couch, it’s gone by relatively quickly (thank goodness!).

Both babies are weighing in at over 5 pounds these days, which is pretty big for one baby let alone two. My Hubby says that’s my competitive nature coming though.

I was also really excited because today Seamonkey (Baby A) gave us a GREAT photo. Look at this:

Pretty amazing, eh? And usually he’s the one hiding his face in the ultrasounds.

Unfortunately, all we got from his brother was a really great photo of his *ahem* “Junk.” He’s such a boy already.

I thought I’d let you know up front, that no, the reason I’ve been MIA is NOT because I’ve had babies or because I’ve been hospitalized or anything like that. No, I’ve just been busy. “Busy?” You ask. Or at least, that’s what I would ask a lady who has been on bed rest for over a month.

Frankly, it’s one of those weird paradoxes…I find that now that I have LOTS of spare time, I don’t have as much time to do all the little things. Very strange. I guess I can’t be too hard on myself though, I AM still working 40 a week, and I seem to fill every spare moment cramming all the information about baby sleep habits, breastfeeding twins, etc. I can into my brain before these two little guys administer the test in a few weeks. On top of that, my hubby is going to be in and out over the next little bit, so I’m trying to line up family and friends travel  plans to come stay with me and the babies while he’s gone. It’s all pretty exhausting.

Luckily, I have some fabulous new co-workers who have been keeping me company while I work from home each day. Let me introduce you (I should tell you that in my real office, where I would love to be each day, there are nine of us crammed in an area where there should really only be five of us or so…thus my desk is in this random little hallway area and I’m used to working with lots of ambient noise. So now that I’m stuck working at home, I’ve turned to daytime tv to fill the background noise):

I start each day with my friends Ann, Matt, Meredith, and Al. They’re very friendly. Their water cooler talk makes me feel like I’m right back in the office.

While taking my lunch break, I like to visit with my girlfriends Lucy and Ethel. They’re so silly and are always up to something. Here’s Lucy with her husband–currently they’re touring Europe!

After seeing what Lucy’s up to, there is a midday dead zone, so I usually fill that void with some a little something from iTunes. But each afternoon, my friend Nate stops by!

I just LOVE Nate. First of all, he has pretty fabulous hair. Secondly, like me, he believes that you should never put your furniture all up against the wall (he calls this “putting your furniture under arrest”). Lastly, he gives me that afternoon pick me up when my back is usually starting to ache and I’m starting to get annoyed that I’m stuck on bedrest.

And just when I need someone to really motivate me to keep working and finish out my day…this lovely lady shows up:

I’ve never been a huge Oprah fan in the past, but I’ve found that her voice is very soothing, and she keeps me company as I wrap up my work day.

My treat once I finish up with work is to go visit my friend Ellen.

Seriously, I just love her. And it’s kind of nice because hers is the one talk show I really like to sit and watch (as opposed to having it on as background noise), so it’s my incentive to get up and going in the morning. I need to be downstairs working by 8am, so I can be finished and watching Ellen at 4pm. Because otherwise, I could hit the snooze button about 50 times…

So there you have it, a typical day in the office here with This American Wife. Very exciting, I know. What about you? Are you a work in quiet kind of person or do you need the background noise?

This is the shower in our master bathroom. Isn’t it lovely? I love the look of it, but it has a flaw: the water in there is kind of cold. So even though the shower looked awesome, being chilly in there made me want to hop in and hot out (which is probably good for the environment, but not so good for this pregnant lady, who really enjoys hot water on her sore muscles).

But last week, my hubby fixed the handle so it allows more hot water AND he turned up the water heater a few degrees. Now it’s like heaven in there. Seriously folks, I could stay in there all day long. It’s funny how fixing just a little thing in your house can make you love it that much more.

And on that note, I’m off to go indulge in my new favorite pastime: showering.