Leabie & Juniper: Congrats on the safe arrivals of your little girls. Girls are so special... although I'm biased at the moment.

Yogi: OMG, I've been away and just read your posts and I'm sending you lots of hugs but I'm happy to read that you are focusing on yourself and your DH as it is your relationship that is the one you really need at this time.

Hope all of your bumps are growing nicely and wow how fast does time fly as all out newbie girls are now getting to the end of the first trimester....

Sorry to have been a bit MIA but we went away last week to have a break before our life is turned upside down when these 2 arrive. We were supposed to be going to Swan Hill and Mildura but due to the chance of flooding that was cancelled at the last hour and we ended up going to Robe in SA instead - which is only about 4 1/2 hours from home. The weather was perfect and it was good to have a break, DD even got to experience her first time at the beach and wasn't fazed by the sand and LOVED the water.

Back home now and back to reality which means washing, ironing etc.... what fun....

Things are going well with us and our growing boys, I'm now 23 weeks but measuring 36 weeks so I have started to get all those uncomfortable feelings that generally hit late in the 3rd tri (and this heat makes it worse) like being short of breath, pain in the ribs, back and pelvis and being unable to get up from a chair without some assistance and don't get me started on leg cramps... It is now getting very hard to do even the smallest things with DD like get her dressed and change her nappy because it is hard to pick her up and I can't reach as far now - plus she likes to kick me in the tummy as well. Oh, and I've now gone from being able to feel kicks and punches to actually seeing my tummy move whenever the boys roll over, this is something that I didn't get with DD until I was at least 30 weeks pregnant. I am really starting to get the feeling that these guys will come early as I think they will have no room. My OB wants to get me to 38 weeks, but I reckon 35 weeks will be my time.....