33 weeks & bedrest

On Friday I will have made it to 34 weeks, yay!! That is a big milestone with twins, anytime after week 34 our sweet little girls can come.  I have weekly appointments now that seem to last forever, I have a sono, have to be on the fetal movement monitor for an hour (it watches my contractions too) and then I see the doctor.  The last sono appointment where we had measurements of the girls, I think it was about week 32 the girls were 3 lbs, 11oz and 3lbs, 9oz.  Getting sono pictures of the girls is harder now because the girls are getting big and more squished.  My doctor is still holding out that we'll have the C-section wk 37-38..only 3 1/2 more weeks to go.  I have been on bedrest for 14 days due to contractions.  It sounds nice not able to do anything just lay in bed all day but I find it really challenging.  I spend my days reading and watching tv and thinking about all the things that I should be doing but can't.  I am very thankful for James, he makes sure that I follow the "rules" and has taken over all the household duties and taking care of Caleb.  I certainly couldn't do this without him! It's really hard to be on bedrest during the Christmas season, I feel like I'm missing out on the Christmas spirit, not being able to do any of the wonderful Christmas activities like going to see lights, photos with Santa and shopping.  I have done the Christmas shopping online and it's a lot easier but I miss the busyness of Christmas shopping, it's just not the same.  I seem to be more focused on the girls coming rather then the fact that Christmas is just a little more then a week away.  I did take a break from bedrest to build a gingerbread train with Caleb.  He built the gingerbread house last year and has so much fun doing it.