Baby Belly 17 weeks

Exciting news! The first kids at Eldorado now know about the babies. I was in a second grade classroom today and the teacher took me aside and whispered, "OK, some of the kids have started asking if you're pregnant, but they're too shy to ask you." So before I left their classroom, I told the kids that yes, I'm going to have two babies in the spring. They were very excited. So cute!

Laffy Taffy Joke or Wonkalicious Magical Fortune Telling Candy?

Abbey got this joke on a piece of Laffy Taffy today:

Q: WHAT DO YOU CALL TWIN BROTHERS?

A: A SUNSET

awesome.

-Chris

Mother Rose

I got to work this morning and there was a beautiful pink rose in a vase on my desk. I'm working with such a great team this year! I haven't told anyone at work about the pregnancy yet, I'm trying to wait a few more weeks, but we'll see...
At any rate, Georgia, the SLP who had given me the rose said, "Abbey I gave you the Mother Rose."

15 Week Ultrasound

Here are the most recent pictures. Both twins look healthy and their heart rates are in the 140s. My belly is measuring 18 cm, and typically in single pregnancies, bellies measure one cm per week, so I'm bigger than I would be with just one baby. I have told everyone at work, so the news is definitely out! :)

Baby Belly - 14 Weeks

I always ask Chris to take these pictures in the morning because by nighttime I always feel a little bigger (due to bloating and eating I guess) so I want to be as accurate as possible by doing morning shots. In the last shot, I edited out my face because I had tired puffy eyes and it was obviously the morning. That is the case in this picture as well, but I refrained from the editing, just for you Wendy.

The Beginnings in the Baby Room

The onesies needed a home so I decided to start in the closet. This is a great cube organizer I found at Target. The drawers will be great for socks, clothes, diapers, towels, etc. We haven't done anything to the rest of the room except empty it. Paint will go on the walls when we find out the sex of the babies.

The Story of the Traveling Peas

The peas, the peas. Where to begin? Well, the peas began as a childhood toy for Chris, Eric and Mike. Then when Eric and Mike were in high school the peas found their way from storage in the basement to one of their bedrooms, and began their adventure as the traveling peas. Mike and Eric passed them back and forth, hiding the peas in each other's bedrooms, until someone got sick of them and mailed them to Chris at college. Chris held onto the peas for awhile, but eventually mailed them to his cousin Allison while she was studying abroad in Australia. The peas have become world travelers. They journeyed with Mike through Europe and came with Chris and I to Ghana. We mailed them to Liz's little boy, Johnny, from Africa. Then last week a very special package came from Liz, John, Johnny and Heidi in Michigan...

A Shout Out....

...to the doctors and nurses who helped us get here! :)