little people BIG attitutes at 31 weeks!

Happy 31 week our little WildThings!  A few weeks ago this day seemed so farfetched!  I’ve learned so much about myself along the way and I’m proud to say I’m stronger than I ever imagined. 

Our children have been named the “WILDTHINGS” by some family and myself.  They move nonstop and have to be “seat belted” in for monitoring for different reasons.  No matter what nurse it is she leaves with for fingers crossed and says we will see how long they last today.  Cole wonders how we will control them out here if they are out of control in there?  They make me laugh.

My mom always said that no matter what we named them they would soon make their name “fit” their personality.  She was exactly right.  We are now 31 weeks to the day and have two totally different temperamental babies it seems. 

Camden tends to be laid back but sneaky.  It usually takes him longer to do his checkups and monitoring because he is on his own schedule; during checkups he’ll show a breath then take a nap, show a movement then take a nap… nurse Lily says boys are just lazier from the get go!  Nurse Kesa nick named him “Pooter Head” because he likes to hide from the monitor (usually behind my left hip bone).  He also likes messing up his tracing by sucking on his cord or having nonstop hic-ups or taking his time to show his accelerations! But man when he is on the move he is on a roller coaster!  They say he is using my cervix like a trampoline and I believe it; every once in awhile he takes my breath away.   

Kimber on the other hand is a tad prissy a tad sassy and loves attention.  She always seems to be posing for the camera in the sonograms and starts kicking or moving over when we try to take pictures of her brother.  She loves to get off the monitors by dancing over to a totally new location or kicking at the monitor which makes an offal loud sound just so the nurse has to come back and reposition her.  She usually does her acceleration in record time and goes above and beyond in her sonogram checks…as long as you ask her nicely.  I think her daddy is going to have his hands full!

 

They already share the special bond of brother and sister. 

The Fights: Early this week in the middle of a sonogram Camden reached over slapped Kimber on the forehead!  She wasn’t going to have it.  She then put her foot over her head a kicked him!  Ms. Ashley, the sono tech, and myself were hysterical, we had witnessed the whole thing!  A few nights later, while being monitored, Camden had the hic-ups (again) and I guess Kimber got tired of listening to him because after a few kicks from her direction he stopped.   

The LOVE: Sometimes their heartbeats are exactly the same so the nurses have to sit and wait to make sure we are picking up two different babies.  We have also captured one of their most loving moments on camera; a picture of them head to head with him kissing her on the forehead. 

Sooner or later we will get to meet our little Wildthings and see if their attitudes hold through.  No matter what we will love them forever and always.