17 weeks 4 days and IT'S A..................

As Promised, here are the pics of the little ones: I have labeled them so you have better ideas of what's what :) I realized after I posted them all on here (which is why these are late!!) that they are small on here and you can't read the labels. If you would like to see them larger and read the labels...click here:

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All was well with the twins today! Twin A (boy) was 8oz and Twin B (girl) was 7 oz. They have big heads already...they measured 18 weeks 2 days. Haha...big head= big brain= smart, right? :) Boy's heart rate was 158 (from doing somersaults, no doubt) and Girls's heart rate was 140. The old wive's tale about girls having higher heart rates wasn't true for me :) Kierin and Conner were the same way and also always had higher heart rates. They have passed all genetic testing so far and just have one more screening blood test for spina bifida which was done today. No markers were found for any problems at this point, so it was all good news! I have to tell you what happened. I was so ready to hear that my little baby A was a girl...that when she said Boy...I really was confused! I couldn't believe it for a second. Then I had to wait 15 or 20 agonizing minutes while she did all of the measurements on baby B (the girl) to find out if it was as I thought a Boy. Just as she was about to look and tell us, the Perinatologist comes in and takes her out of the room to talk to her about another patient!! My hands were all cramped and sweaty from gripping the exam table and waiting on her to hurry back! When she finally came back in what seemed like 3 eternities, she was silent for the longest time. I kept looking for a little "wee wee" but didn't see one. I kept thinking oh man...she's not going to be able to tell. The finally out of the blue...shocking us both...she says "I think Baby B is a little girl!!" I told her "Check again...we don't make girls and I want to be sure!" She didn't say anything and I was afraid I offended her, but she looked again and showed me a couple more shots of the girl parts. I was elated. These are our last babies and I just really wanted to end with a bang and have a girl in there somewhere :) Our boy was like a cute little monkey. He really would not stay still! He kept jumping and flipping and kicking his sister. Finally she got tired of it and they had an all out brawl with arms and legs flailing!!!!! It was an awesome experience. I called Kierin and Conner (home with my grandparents) and told Kierin the news to tell everyone. He was so excited that he was getting what he wanted and what he predicted all along. When we got home and showed them the pictures (Kierin was asking to see them as soon as we walked in), Conner just pointed at them and said "babies!". That's the extent of his acknowledgement of them right now.

In other news...Conner can count!!! He counts to 6!! I was shocked when I was reading to him the other night and said "let's count these balls in the picture, Con!" I said "1...." he said "2...3...5...6". He isn't a fan of 4 for some reason, but we're working on it! Here's a cute Con factoid...he loves pants with pockets! He just giggles every time he wears a pair his auntie and uncle from Canada got for him that have nice big pockets he can get both hands into.

Kierin starts soccer again this spring and is super excited about it. He loves soccer and loves Coach Ray, so we are signing him up for the next level class with Coach Ray by his request. His birthday is in 2 weeks and he had a hard time choosing between a soccer theme party and a transformers theme. In the end, Transformers won out and will be at Chuck E Cheese, also by his request. I swore I would never have another party there, but oh what you will do for your kids!

I am so excited I could go on and on, but I won't keep you any longer....

Night!

14 weeks and counting :)

Hello All!

We're all doing well here. Twins are growing and kicking (I feel them sometimes...usually when I use the doppler or when I am laying on baby B's side trying to sleep!). I am big-time showing now and feeling pretty good, but tired sometimes. I went to my OB last thursday and he did another ultrasound to check heart rates (they move around alot and are hard to find with doppler). Both were doing really well...hearts beating away and growing. They were laying right next to each other and hitting/kicking at each other!! It was funny to see them interacting already. Being that the ultrasound tech had already left for the day, the OB had to do the ultrasound himself and he admits to being totally an amateur at the advanced functions (like printing pictures!). He did, however, give it a go and try to print a pic of each for me. They're blurry, but you can see them below. I don't know which is which because he didn't label or tell me. I think the top is B and bottom is A. We just watched them kicking and playing for a few minutes :) My first gestational diabetes test came back...as expected....on the normal/low side. Mine are always like that, but that is a good thing because when it is high is when they have a problem. All of the bloodwork was good and I had only gained 1.3 pounds in all 14 weeks. I am in the second trimester now, so all is looking up.


Kierin update- My biggest baby got promoted!!! They moved him the last week to the 4 year class because he is doing so well and they felt he needed a challenge. I told you he was a smart cookie :) He loves his new class and is doing awesome. He told me the other night..."Mom, c'mere!" I said "What is it?" He said "Come look at my eye...it's freaking me out". Hahaha....he is such my little clone. I looked at his eye and he informed me his eye was shaking. Basically, he and I figured out that his eye was twitching and he had never experienced that before. Once I assured him it didn't mean his eye would fall out or some similar fate, he was fine. An update on his sleep apnea- it is better since going on Zyrtec and Nasonex at bedtime. We are holding off on further treatment right now since this seems to be working. He is such a big boy...he takes his Zyrtec pill every night with a cup of water without fussing. We tried sticking it in cheese, yogurt, apple sauce..you name it and he would cry. Finally I put the pill on his tongue and gave him water to drink and he swallowed it right down. He is asking Santa for a Train Table and train set and Leapster handheld Game system. Santa is surprising him (Shhhh! Don't tell!) with a Ben 10 Omnitrix and a transformer named Prowl.


Conner Update- He is talking more every day! He loves to point at Santa and say "Santa" and then "Ho ho" :) He now is attached to a blanket that he wants to take EVERYWHERE with him. I had to sneak it away last night to wash it because he had gotten it dirty and he was very angry at bedtime last night. He is into watching Ben 10 now with Kierin and still loves Spongebob. We took him to the ENT recently and scheduled his surgery for Dec. 26...he will have a 2nd set of tubes put in his ears as well as his adenoids removed. He keeps fluid in his ears all the time without tubes, so the ENT said that the next step would be to remove the adenoids to see if they were the issue. He said the majority of the time they were. He is also getting a different type of tube put in his ears this time in hopes that they will stay in longer than 8 months like the last ones. He is currently going through a growth spurt. He weighs 30.5 lbs and his 18 mo pants are now geting a little short! He is now wearing 24 mo. pants, but they are still big in the waist! As far as his wish list for Santa....Train table with train set, a handheld game system (similar in size and shape to Kierin's, but for toddlers) and a fire truck theme small ball pit (This is a surprise to him...so Shhh!). Fun!

Pics of Kierin and Conner's wish list to Santa (these are bought and confirmed!):

Kierin-- Ben 10 Omnitrix (It is what changes Ben 10 the kid into the alien)
Kierin and Conner- Train table and train set; this is pretty much all they talk about.

Conner- Toddler form of handheld game system...similar to what Kierin is asking for. This was added to Con's list to avoid Conner from fighting with Kierin over the Leapster. I like to play with it too. You can write on the orange pad and it displays what you write on the screen...cool!

Kierin- "Prowl" transformer

Kierin- Leapster L-Max

Conner- Fire truck theme Ball pit....can you say balls everywhere when the boys attack it?!

Made this on a website using my pic and Marvin's....this is what our kids are supposed to look like. I think they missed the mark a little, what do you think?

What I believe to be Twin B :) Head on right, umbilical cord above belly. Cute little chubby thing :) Other twin's body seen on left.

What I believe to be Twin A :) Baby's head is on left and she/he is looking at you. Look at the fat belly and umbilical cord. So cute :)