Diaper Bargain Shopper

I'm reading 3 different pregnancy/baby books right now and one is called Baby Bargains. I've found this book really helpful because it tells you what you really need for baby and what's just a waste of money. And for the stuff that you do need, it gives you places and websites for the best deals on these items.

While I was reading through my book last week, I got to the section on diapers. It showed a formula to figure out how many diapers you'll need for baby for the first 6 weeks, since they tend to go a lot more during that time and you should be stocked up before the baby arrives. Well, the formula came out to 600 for one baby for the first 6 weeks, so of course, in my situation, I need to double that number to get my diaper amount so that equals 1,200 diapers for two babies for the first 6 weeks! I immediately ran into David and told him that we needed to go to the store right then and start buying diapers! Thank goodness we didn't do that because I spent the next day online trying to find the best deal for diapers and I'm pretty proud of what I found.

I purchased a box of 240 Pampers Swaddlers for newborns from Amazon.com for $47.50 and free shipping. That comes out to about $.19 per diaper. I thought that was a pretty amazing deal!

The only problem with doing it this way is if I end up with a size that the babies outgrow and I can't take them back and exchange them for a different size. But I figured I could at least get a few of these boxes at first because the book said that multiples are usually smaller than singles when they are born and they tend to stay in the newborn size diapers for the full 6 weeks. So I figured I would get about 3 or 4 of these boxes and get the rest from my local Babies R Us or Sam's(that's the best deal I found locally).

The Neely Wedding

OK, so I've gotten away from the 30 day blog challenge. No one else seems to be keeping up with it either, so I don't feel so bad. I think it did get everyone to start posting more though.

This past Saturday, we got to watch 2 of our really good friends, Amy and Ryan, get married in a very pretty ceremony at the Tulsa Country Club. This was the only picture I managed to get of them though because they were so busy the whole night. But I understood completely because I felt like we did the same thing at our reception. We didn't get to talk to everyone and we didn't even get to sit down and eat because people kept coming up to us. But that's what receptions are for.

I've been slacking on my picture taking lately, because these are the only other 2 pics I got that night...

I tried to hang out for as long as possible, but my 9:00 bedtime came way too fast and after that I was just dragging through the night. I know David wanted to stay and hang out with his friends, but I couldn't keep my eyes open any longer and I just wanted my bed! We left around 10:30, so I felt like that was pretty reasonable and I probably saved him from a massive hangover actually!

He is so proud of the twins that he told everyone there that night about it and I had everyone coming up to me telling me congratulations. It felt really good, especially to talk to the people that know everything that we've been through. It finally does feel real and not like we are making it up like it did in the beginning. But it made me so happy to see David beaming with pride about our babies.

8 week belly pics

So here are the first official "Belly Pics". There is a little pooch, but I'm not sure if that's pregnancy belly or chubby belly from my bad eating habits in the last few weeks.

Pregnancy Highlights:
How Far Along: 8 Weeks
Size of baby: .6 inch long
Total Weight Gain/Loss: Gained 3.5 lbs
Maternity Clothes: Not yet, but I did purchase a Belly Band because my work pants are getting a little snug.
Gender: Can't wait to find out!
Movement: I haven't felt any movement yet, but we did get to see one baby move today.
Sleep: I can't get enough of it!
What I miss: This week, I miss iced tea
Cravings: Yesterday I craved a vanilla milkshake all day and finally got one last night.
Symptoms: Nothing really in the last few days, just extremely tired.
Best Moment this week: We got confirmation that both babies are still in there today and got to see one move around and got to see and hear the heartbeats again. It's so exciting!

And here are the ultrasound pics from today.
These are a little harder to make out than the last ones. I think the top picture is of both babies and the one on the bottom is just of Baby A. But I'm not for sure about that.