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My boys had their 2 month appointment last Friday. Edward weighed 11 pounds 11 oz, from a birth weight of 6 pounds 2 oz. and William weighed 11 pounds 8 oz, from a birth weight of 7 pounds 10 oz. They were both 24 inches tall. They got their shots and they have had fevers off and on since then. They are beginning to start bat at something on their activity mat. William likes it the best. My sister came and took pictures for Easter yesterday.

It is fo much better being at home, not the hospital. No one coming to take their vitals all the time. Edward likes to eat for 15 every hour to hour and a half but William likes to eat for 35-40 minutes every 3 hours. About every other feed they are together which is nice. It is sort of funny how it is breast milk in poop out at. Almost every feed. I just love how they curl their little hands up by their faces and watch me with their big blue eyes. I am so in love!

It is fo much better being at home, not the hospital. No one coming to take their vitals all the time. Edward likes to eat for 15 every hour to hour and a half but William likes to eat for 35-40 minutes every 3 hours. About every other feed they are together which is nice. It is sort of funny how it is breast milk in poop out at. Almost every feed. I just love how they curl their little hands up by their faces and watch me with their big blue eyes. I am so in love!

Then for your sake I am glad they put the stitch in as early as they did and am glad it did its job to keep her inside as long as possible!

Wow, Marily, NST twice a week? Sounds like you will be at the doctors office a lot. Sounds like they charges are in line with "over and above the global ob fee" just like the ultrasounds I have to have once a month to make sure my boys are growing like they ought to. Only "good thing" for us is that we will meet our out of pocket maximum before we have to pay our part of the global ob fee.
AFM, went for our 24 week ultrasound to check on the growth of our boys. Everything is right on path for a 24 week old baby which was reassuring. Baby A was 1 pound 8 ounces and Baby B was 1 pound 9 ounches so they are growing equally well which is good.
I talked to the doctor about the "laboring" in the OR and found out that although the tour guide said I wouldn't have to the OR unless I was gettting a C section, the doctor said that will go to the OR once I get to the pushing stage of labor. When I asked her about the last natural birth she had attended, she couldn't come up with an example. She said the last few times she has been on call there were lots of scheduled C-sections. Yeah, that doesn't make me particularly comfortable since I would like to avoid a c-section if at all possible. Right now both my boys are head down, which is good.

I am having 2 boys! Off to eat and celebrate!

Marilyn you look like a beautiful pregnant mommy! Love the bright pants.

Congrats!

I saw a thread that answered my question about the USCIS website: "You need the number on your Biometrics appointment notice" to use with uscis to check for status updates. Bummer. I don't have that yet for DH. Hopefully in the next couple of days.

My husband was approved for his green card today! We arrived at the Detroit office at 10:10 for our 11:00 a.m. interview. We entered the office, went through security, and were told to go to window 8 and put our appointment letter in the box there. We went to the bathroom first, then went down the hall to the window number 8. There wasn't even a person at the window, just a box of other people's letters. We put ours on top and then sat down. I waited and watched until a human actually came to letters. One person got called back to the window because they were just there for finger prints, so that person was redirected.
We sat on the chairs until 10:35 a.m. when an older man came to the door and called out my husband's name. We followed him down to his office. As we entered the man (Greg Gellert), said, "I think today is going to be a good day!" We sat down, he had us raise our right hands, and swear to tell the truth. Then he asked, "Do you have anything else that you would like me to add to our file?" I asked for clarification if he meant our "supporting evidence of our relationship." He responded, "Whatever you want to have added to your file to help me make the decision." I then handed him a copy of our car insurance listing our names both on the policy, then I gave him a copy of a letter from our bank stating that it was a joint account and a screen shot showing both my name and my husband's name and the fact that it was a joint account, and then two photos from our wedding that were printed on a 8 1/2 by 11 sheet of copy paper (in color) with captions (one was a photos of us and our wedding party and the other photo was a whole group photos of our extended family that came to the wedding).
Then the IO went through the I-485 line by line to confirm my husband's name, our address, my name, his birthdate, his country of birth, and when he arrived in the U.S. Then he asked my husband what his parents names were. Then he asked what my birthday was. The IO asked if my husband had left the U.S. since he arrived (of course not!). Then the IO started going through the list "Have you ever been convicted of a crime, ever received public assistance, engaged in illegal gambling, assisted an alien to enter the U.S. illegally, etc" found on pages 3 and 4 of the application. The IO was circling in red the "No responses" as he went along. He offhandedly said, "I have to ask these things so they know I actually interviewed you."
Then the IO asked my husband, "What are you wife's hobbies?" My husband responded, "Photography, scrapbooking, and cooking." Then the IO asked, "What did you eat for lunch yesterday." My husband responded, "Well my wife wasn't feeling well so we ate peanut butter toast with applesauce." The IO laughed.
Then the IO asked me, "How did you meet your husband?"
Then the IO asked me, "If I had ever met my husband's parents?"
Then the IO asked me, "What do your husband's parents do for a living?"
Then the IO asked my husband, "Do you plan to leave the U.S. in the next 2 weeks?" My husband said no. The IO said, "Good, otherwise we would need another picture and would have to do some special stamping so you could leave."
Then the IO turned around, pulled a sheet of paper from a file folder, and said to us, "Today's a good day. You are approved." He then went over when we should apply for the I-751 and the fact that there is no "reminder" notice sent about filing for it. He wrote his name on the top of the form letter that my husband received and said that if we didn't get my husband's green card in 2 weeks, we should call the circled number, and ask to be transferred directly to Greg Gellert's office. Then the IO asked, "Do you have any other questions?" My husband asked about his EAD and whether it was still valid. The IO said it was valid until it expired but that once my husband has his green card he wouldn't need the EAD and that my husband could throw it away or keep it if my husband wanted to. Then the IO escorted us back out to the waiting room and it was over and we were back in the car by 10:50 a.m.! It was over so quick.
The IO was very courteous and professional. Tonight at 8:18 p.m. we got an email saying that our green card production had been ordered. Yeah! Tomorrow my husband has a second interview so hopefully my husband will have a job offer by the end of tomorrow!

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I sent my AOS package off on July 14,2010 and still no message or anything from USCIS !!!!
I hope that i will hear from them soon .

Wow, don't these people have real lives where they can meet people and ask, "Hey, what's your name and number?".

Did you get the police check/certificate same day/while you waited?

Hhhhmm so has anyone else gone to get their police check without having the packet 3 checklist? I brought a copy of our NOA2 to show them the case, but the officer said he didn't need it...just the ID's with birthdate.
The police check I got says it went through CPIC, and has the police seal on it (raised stamp)...

I have a few things left to print off, but that's about it. I think the thing I'm most worried about right now is what I'm going to wear, lol. My fiance's mom and I are going to go shopping here in a few days so I can get something.
I'm amazingly calm about the whole situation right now. I suspect that the storm is brewing, and that come the 14th when we leave for Montreal, I'll be a spazzy, nervous wreck.

Yeah I know, 12 more days til my interview.. I'm not ready at ALL. lol Well I have all the important papers, just need to print out some evidence of our relationship.