Twinbelly- 37 weeks

Well, I made it to 37 weeks. The statistic is that 50% of twin pregnancies deliver before 37 weeks. So, praise God, He helped me stick it out into the minority. Just a few more days more until Kevin gets home. Praying I make it.
If you click on the photo below you can see my "Twinbelly- 37 weeks photos", but I didn't want to offend any one's eyes or force anyone to look at this monstrosity. So, if you're interested, you can see what it looks like to hold two babies with no hands, just some seriously stretched skin and some strained ligaments. The picture below is what I look like/feel like most days.

37 weeks

I have also gained 45 pounds. I wonder how it is still possible to continue to gain weight. I have not been eating more food than usual. Maybe an extra milkshake here and a cookie there, but nothing crazy. Still, it's two pounds a week I'm piling on. I guess that is the difference that exercise makes. If I eat exactly the same, and yet do no exercise and little chasing after the boys- the result is weight gain. Good to remember. I know being pregnant makes weird things happen, too, so it's not just the simple equation of "calories in -calories out= calories kept in body and converted to something less than desirable." Anyways, still blows my mind to think I'm nearing my 50-60 lb. weight gain goal. Also, I am now officially the Biggest Toth. Kevin weighs 5 lbs less than I do. And yet he carried me to the couch last weekend. I was terrified he was going to hurt himself. But he's He-Man, so I'm not that surprised.
Kevin surprised me over Labor Day weekend and flew home for a few days. It was so sweet I couldn't help but cry and smile when I saw him walk down the hall of our house when I hadn't expected to see him in the flesh for another two weeks. It was just like when we were dating and first married, but separated. We surprised each other all of the time. But I don't expect that now. It was wonderful. Almost romantic, if one can separate romantic from the physical sense and appreciate romance in an abstract, thoughtful way. I'm so thankful for my loving husband.