I have had a request (ahem - E-Dub) to give more updates on Carolyn. (No worries, just giving you a hard time. :) )

I forget that just because I am in the middle of this tornado of life, that not everyone suddenly through some force of osmosis knows all that is going on here at Camp Cook. I am trying to find a balance of Photography (after all this was initially set up as a Blog for my business), insight into my life and personality, and a way of updating our family and friends across the country as to the progress Carolyn is making while in the third trimester with twin boys.

Tomorrow we have a pair of Dr. appointments and get to see the boys on the sonogram again. We are rapidly approaching the date we get to meet the boys. Carolyn is pre-registered at the hospital and we will be packing our overnight bags for the hospital soon, after-all, today she is 30 weeks pregnant

I will be updating the blog with what the Doctors say in the coming days so please check back and feel free to leave a comment or two.

There is an ad on TV (Nextel I think) about a movie sequel being "Green lit". I have seen the ad a million times, but just now noticed a detail. In the background in the last shot of the ad, they are in a producer's office and one of the fictitious movie posters on the wall is for "Invisible Thunder". That title cracks me up. If you don't get it, just think about it a bit, or leave me a comment. :)

Another great news Dr. Visit...Carolyn has shown marked improvement since Friday and the kiddos are no onger in danger of a declining amniotic fluid level. All seems to be better and the boys can continue hibernating!

We had a name for Baby A right off the bat, but Baby B....a bit more challenging. Friends and family alike seem to be surprised we didn't have both names, but now, we think, we have both names. We are still trying them out, but we are pretty certain we settled on them.

The tough part is we are not telling anyone the names until the boys are born.

We are at the point in her pregnancy that it seems there is no such thing as a routine Doctor appointment. Any Appointment could result in a trip to the hospital and possible delivery of the boys.

That is precisely what happened last Friday. The Dr. did a routine sonogram and in his words" hit a bit of a Panic button." Carolyn's amniotic fluid was low, it is a side effect of one of the meds, and he ordered a rush visit to the hospital for a more thorough look. There was a strong chance Carolyn would have needed to spend the night at the hospital receiving IV fluids. Fortunately we didn't have to go down that avenue. They released Carolyn with strict orders to "drink water every 5 seconds."

Regardless, it was a bit of a scare. While we were talking with the Doctor, he uttered a phrase that caught my attention. He said, "You are 29 weeks and 1 day, if we had to deliver today, it would be OK, but we're not going to be delivering today, but if we had to, we could." As much as I want to meet my two sons, I don't want to meet them yet. They still need a few more weeks to grow stronger.

The other part of the update is Carolyn's T-Pump. This is a good news/bad news situation. Good news, Carolyn is no longer taking oral meds every 6 hours (yes, every 6 hours. She had an alarm set for 1 AM for her meds). Bad news (more like bummer news) is that Carolyn now has a catheter in her leg. It is like an IV, but it is not into a vein, it is sub-Q (just under the skin) and gives her continuous medication to control the contractions. She changes the location every 5 days and has to learn how to shower with a very expensive piece of medical electronics with her. She also has to sleep with it which makes rolling over in bed tough. The other difficult part of the new med is t gives Carolyn the shakes. Her hands tremble a bit and this frustrates her, as it would me too. She is handling it well, but is definitely looking forward to being T-Pump free. Of course being free of the meds will mean the boys have been born, then its a whole new ball game.

I know this is a fairly obvious statement most of us would agree with. I decided a couple years ago, when I didn't have much in the way of income, I would rather save my money and do without until I could afford the right solution, than to throw away my money on a half-way solution.

Why do I bring this up now? We have been using my vacuum from my college days in our house. We have known for awhile now its days were numbered, but we finally grew tired of the smell of burning rubber, and the dust it recycled back into the air. We tolerated this because when we purchased our next vacuum, we wanted to make sure it was a good one, and would last for years to come.

Enter our new vacuum...Dyson. This machine is amazing. It was like we never really vacuumed, and we keep a clean house!