Monday, July 23, 2007

The girls at 23 weeks 6 days

Had another ultrasound today and the girls are growing well. They are both around 1 1/2 pounds now. The ultrasound tech I had today said that based on the size of the membrane they are probably fraternal twins. The last tech said it was 50/50 - I guess we'll find out when they get here, although whatever they are they'll probably look alike at first. I heard you should paint one of their toenails to tell them apart.

There are a couple of good shots of the faces. Although their eyes are still closed, they are now able to make some facial expressions.

I have another ultrasound in 3 weeks. They are doing them pretty frequently so they can keep track of how they are growing compared to each other. They are within 2 oz. of each other right now, so they are doing fine.




Friday, July 13, 2007

Dogs and Birds

My mom pointed out to me that I have not put a picture of our boys on the blog yet. I have pictures of Simon and Bailey in random places but not any good ones I could locate, so I took one today to post. You can tell that Bailey is less enthusiastic in front of the camera. But he's good for close-up shots, of which we have several, but I took another one today.

Simon has a problem with his right eye - if you click on the picture, you might be able to tell that his third eyelid is covering part of his eye. But he'll be fine - it will get better in a month or so - of course, we found this out a few vet visits and few hundred dollars later. It was worth it though to know we are doing the right thing. At least our kids will have insurance.

We've had 2 bird families on our back porch this summer. This is the last family that was started there. The babies stay in the nest for about 2 weeks. These flew the coop last week. I don't know what kind of birds they are, maybe sparrows, but I think they are the same kind as our first bird family. The other day there were a lot of birds just hanging out there, scoping out the place. Maybe we'll have a new family move in soon.

Monday, July 9, 2007

Why yes, it's a girl... two actually

I am noticeably pregnant now, probably much more so than if I were carrying a "singleton." It's near the end of the 22nd week. I'd rather be noticeably pregnant than people just wondering if I'm just gaining weight.

I'm standing in front of our new baby chest - well, new to us. Found it at this secondhand/antique shop called Circa on Friday. My parents and brother were in town from the 4th through Friday, which was nice - first time Russ had been to C'ville. We did a little shopping while they were here to find a dresser for the babies' room without much luck. I found this one after they left, and it's pretty solid. They don't make things like they used to. I like the colors too.

I recently got the first comments from a stranger on the babies, and I'm sure there are more to come. It was odd - just a random guy I saw walking across the street while I was on my way to my gym, ACAC, after work. He stopped me before I could cross the street, pointed at my belly and said "You're having a girl!" I think this was a few days after we found out the sexes...

me: Actually it's two girls.
random guy: I can tell because you're carrying it up high. Two, huh... they gonna cut you open?
me: Well, that's not really the plan, but I guess if they have to.
random guy: These your first? You know, all you'll have is girls from now on. That's gonna be a lot of work though - but if you've got an old man at home that's a lotta work too.
me: Yeah, I guess it will be a lot of work. I've gotta go but that's pretty perceptive of you knowing I'm having a girl.

He seemed satisfied with himself, being perceptive and all. And I had a good story about the crazy man I saw on my walk over to ACAC. At least he didn't try to touch my belly - I hear that's coming next.