15 Weeks and 4 Days

This week has been very eventful!!

Oriana had her 6th Birthday on the 27th December.  This week Oriana and I have been on holidays.  We spent our time at Springfield Lakes Water Park, went to Southbank to see the Dinosaur Museum and Southbank water playground, did some baking and visited the local indoor playground where I got to catch up with my bestie Janean.  Very thankful for a day off on Saturday when Oriana spent the day with Grandad and Grandma Stacey and then today we went to GOMA with Nona.

 Orianas favourite moments were riding her new skateboard around the lake and digging for bones at the museum.

We started doing some window shopping for baby items this weekend - Cots, Strollers, Car Seats.  Cannot believe how many choices there are but disappointed that there isn't really much out there suitable for twins.  Still have a couple of prams that I want to see first.

During my research my favourite pram was the Emmaljunga.
Pro's - Has the options to attach capsules, bassinette and normal seat.  Looks really funky, lightweight to push and had changeable suspension.
Con's - 17.5kg, we spent 30 mins trying to fold the pram and gave up when all we could move was the handlebars.

Basically the negatives for most of the prams that had options to attach different style seats required two hands at the full double length to fold and they were very heavy and took up a lot of room in the boot.

So far we have decided that we should focus on prams with the following qualities rather than all the cool attachments etc that you can get.
1. Does it fold easily
2. Is it light to pick up and put in the car
3. Does it compact down so that it doesn't take up too much of the boot.
4. Can both seats be moved independantly

Also my other findings so far are that the furniture packages at the Baby Warehouses are for singletons.  We will not need two changetables or two rocking chairs and to buy another cot, bassinet they want to charge the same amount or more than the package.  I think some negotiating will be required for shopping.   

A big thank you to Bianca, Carolyn for your addition to clothing of the twins. Also a very big thank you to Lyn and Jennie for all the size 00000 clothing and preemie hats.  I have bought some plastic containers and have a great supply of sizes 00000 to 00 at this stage.  Very thankful for the help as this is definitely going to be a hard task.

I also have to thank my Mum, Jennie for the supply of maternity clothing that she got in Melbourne.  I should now be supplied for clothing for most of my pregnancy.  I am very overwhelmed with the help.

Mum says that I am definitely looking like I have shifted up higher in my abdomen this week.  I thought I was looking bigger this week but in comparison to last week I think they look smaller.  I have gained 3.5cm to my waist now at 83.5cm.

15 weeks

So far the following people have put bets on the sexes.
Oriana - Boy and Girl
Brea - Girls
Adrian - Girls
Jennie - Boys
Lyn - Boys
Lizzie - Boy and Girl
Adele - Girls
The Findlay Family - Boy and Girl
Mellie - Boy and Girl



One can only guess what next week brings :)