21 Week Belly

For single babies, a mama's belly should measure one cm per week she is pregnant. So if I had one baby in here, I would be 21 cm (from pelvic to breast bone). I went to the doctor yesterday and I am measuring at 27 cm.

Baby Girl Clothes!

Christa gave us the cutest twin outfits today. They are so perfectly adorable! I love them!

19 Week Baby Belly

So I had a first grader tell me I have a really big belly this week. I asked him if he knew why, and he said no. Then he asked, "Is there a baby in there?" I told him that actually, there are two babies in there! He was so excited and very proud of himself for noticing my stomach. He said, "Wow, I didn't even know that I just saw that you had a big belly!"

And Another Exciting Milestone...

So I've been feeling the gas bubbles/muscle spasm feelings of tiny baby movements for the last two weeks or so. Today in church I kept feeling little flutters in the same spot over and over again. I looked down at my tummy and actually saw a little twitch! I put my hand on my stomach and felt three distinct movements (kicks?) How exciting! It happened right after communion, and Chris thinks it was the babies getting stronger after sharing communion with me. :)

The Moment We've All Been Waiting For!

...and here is the official announcement: The doctor states, with 90% confidence, that we will be having two little GIRLS in February! Here are their little pictures, sans boy parts!


(you are looking at their legs and bottoms, as if they were sitting on the camera)

Baby Shots!

Chris and I went to our 18 week ultrasound today. Both babies look very healthy. We were at the perinatologist and she was very thorough and did all kinds of measurements, and all signs point to average and healthy. Both babies were laying on their backs, so she wasn't able to get a great look at their spines, but she will do this next time. I am going to show general pictures from the ultrasound. Chris has asked me to keep the sex to ourselves for at least 24 more hours so that we can try to tell Eric and Cathy over Skype.

Here's Twin A, the first picture is a profile, then an arm and hand, then a profile of the baby sucking its fingers:


Here's Twin B, the first one is Twin B's calf and foot on the left with Twin A's foot on the right, then the other two are profile shots. It was harder for the doctor to see Twin B because the baby was behind Twin A: