Dear RaJenBabies,
We have reached Week 26 and we are grateful. Had an OB doctor visit yesterday, but we just checked the tires, no big look under the hood. Baby A, son, your heartrate was a restful 152. And Baby B, baby girl, your heartrate was a wakeful 156.
They measure this thing called ‘fundal height’, which is no more than a measurement of your houses over the mound of my belly. That measurement, in centimeters, should correlate with the number of weeks along that I am. Unless you are having twins, in which case it is a bit more. Mine was 29 cm, but considering you are growing so well, this was pretty much right on target. They say that mom’s of twins tend to look about 6-8 weeks further along than a mom with just one baby in her belly. And, well, that’s about right, too! Here are two pictures: one of your aunt B, two days before your cousin E! was born. And the second one is of me at 25w3d.
Matou was reading to me about your development and you now have your fingernails, toenails, and eyebrows. The nerves in your inner ear are continuing their development, so you can hear things even better now.
All that noise last Saturday? That was your family baby shower! You each got some cute outfits and some important practical gear. We are so grateful for the generosity of our guests and everyone is so excited to see you on the outside.
At our maternal-fetal medicine specialist appointment last week, we saw that Baby A is on my left side, and Baby B is on my right side. And given your size, although your positions will change from here on out, the general placement of each of you is pretty much fixed. So for fun, we took a picture of you wearing your first outfit from Gymboree for all those at the shower to see.
Your Grandma G made you quilts and we got them on Saturday. After you are born, she’s going to sew a patch with your names and birthdate on them. I’m sure we’ll spend more than a few tummy-times on these precious blankets.
Speaking of family, I know you know this already, but your great-grandmother, Grandma ‘Licia is back in heaven with the angels. She gave real good hugs and made great food. You won’t get to meet her on this side, but I know she’ll be watching over us, and there will be many an angel on earth to shower you with all the love you deserve.
Love,
Mommy and Matou
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January 31, 2008 at 9:50 am
milkmaid79
The bellies, the clothes, the blankies… I feel all swimmy with baby-love! Um, this is the LAST thing I need to see near ovulation 😉
January 31, 2008 at 9:52 am
friendamy
those quilts are gorgeous! 🙂 what a lovely gift and they’ll be able to use them for years and years 🙂
January 31, 2008 at 11:41 am
indigoscot
i LOVE the quilts! sounds (and looks) like you had a wonderful baby shower. 🙂
January 31, 2008 at 12:48 pm
Michell
Those quilts are amazing. I love stuff like that. Sounds like the baby shower was great and I’m glad that things are going good for you. Again, so sorry about your grandmother.
January 31, 2008 at 4:36 pm
firefly1818
I looked at the first picture, and my thought was – “oh, wow, Rachel had changed so much but still look great!”, and then I read that it was a picture of your sister:-)
RJBs look so big! great letter, as usual…
February 1, 2008 at 8:55 am
meg
You look great Rach… love the pic’s. Those are some nice quilts for sure!
February 1, 2008 at 2:51 pm
rainbomoms
What great pictures! I especially love those quilts!
April 21, 2013 at 9:00 am
グッチ バッグ
。グッチのハンドバッグシェアの名声は多くの有名人に。例え
ば、マドン
ナ、ブリトニースピア
ーズ、ジュリアロバー
ツとすべて独自のグッチのハンドバ
ッグ。グッチのハン
ドバッグを運ぶ、
あなたが成功していることも信じら
れないほどの味
と唯一の女性ではあ
りませんが、
April 23, 2013 at 11:20 am
グッチ
。、2011年の早い初めに、グッ
チは、私たちにその素晴らし
い歴史と、自社製品への新しいアイデアを与えるための繊細なデザインが認
められた。そのデザインのアイデアのためにグッチは流行
の、世界で最も一
般的なブランドの一つであったと流行のリー
ダーになる。フ
ォワードグッチの新し
いアウトレット、ブーツ、
今年の初めに袋を見てみましょう
。 。私たちは冬
に流行の靴のメインストリームであり、古典
的な赤と緑の
色で装飾されたどちらかと黒色昨年のグッチのデザインを見に行こう
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