Its a ......... and a .............!!!!

Well we weren't expecting to find out the genders of the babies this early but they did a sonogram at my 16 week appointment to check on them twinkies and the sonogram tech did a gender determination too!  Brian didn't come to the appointment since we weren't expecting a scan so she had me hide my eyes while she labeled the pictures and put the in a sealed envelope so I could take it to Brian at lunch and we could find out together. 

Baby A is now on my lower left side, head down (such a good baby!) and in great position!  Definitely a girl!!

Baby B is on the right side of my tummy higher up and head up but the tech got a great view of her tush and definitely another girl!!!

Well we were definitely not expecting to have three little princesses but we couldn't be happier or more excited!  Time to go shopping for more pink!!!

So Pretty!!

Tori got several dress up sets for her birthday and she LOVES them!  Its so cute, she loves the dresses, jewlery, and shoes especially.  She loves to get all dolled up and let me take pictures.  She runs all over saying "Tori so pretty!!"  She's going to be trouble some day but for now its so cute!!  My favorite part is watching her try to walk around in little high heels!!   

Hello Second Trimester!!!

Thank goodness the second trimester is here!!  Phew that was a ruff couple of months!  I am sooo lucky that I have never had a bout of morning sickness with Tori or with the twinkies but oh my gosh the fatigue and food aversions sure got to me!  I am now 14 weeks and feeling much better.  I still get tired easily but I have the energy to make dinner and do a little cleaning even after work.  The babies are getting large enough now to cause a few 3rd trimester problems like sciatica and back pain but most days they don't bother me too much.  I can now feel lots of movement!  This is my favorite part of being pregnant!!!  I feel pretty good and I get to enjoy feeling my babies kick, stretch, and roll.  It is rather strange feeling kicks on both sides of my belly at the same time but I love it!  They've even managed to get a few good kicks in already!  Another exciting thing is that we've made our gender determination appointment!  We find out the sexes of the babies September 16th if they cooperate. Just over 3 weeks to wait!  :)  We're so excited to start working on their room and start shopping for those oh so cute newborn clothes!!

I found a good picture to give you an idea of their size, and the picture is even of fraternal twins.  Its hard to believe they're this big already!

Tinkle Tinkle Lil Staaaaaaarrrrrrrrrrr!!!!!!!

Haha, I love this video so much!!!  We've been working on changing Tori's room to a "big girl room" complete with a full bed.  We both love being able to lay down with her and read some books as a family before bed time.  She loves it too!  Tori decided one particular night that she wasn't tired so she was going to put daddy to bed by reading him "Twinkle Twinkle."  Haha, I think you'll enjoy the interprative dancing and singing as much as we did!!  I'm not sure how "sleepy" daddy was after this but he sure was smiling!!!

Tori's Second Birthday Party

Here are some pictures from our munchkin's Elmo second birthday bash!!!

Tori's birthday present from mommy and daddy was a small inflatable bounce house!!   

Elmo smash cake :)

 We decided to do another pull-string pinata this year since Tori was really too small last year to enjoy it.  She loved it and after the party wanted to pull the rest of the strings :)

She had such a fun day!!  Thank you to everyone who helped make her day so special!!!

10 Week Sonogram

Here are a few pictures of the twins!  We've been getting weekly sonograms at the specialist and everything is looking great.  Both babies are growing right on schedule and have great heart rates (162 and 174 this week).  They're both about 1.9 inches long which is right where they should be.  Each baby is in their own sack with individual placentas (known as di-di twins) which is the least risky and means they're likely fraternal (which we expected due to the fertility meds).  The due date is Feb 21st but they will likely be born the end of Jan or early Feb.  Twins tend to be born around 36 to 37 weeks instead of the typical 40 weeks for a singleton. 

We have one more visit with the specialist is a couple of days then we're officially released to the ob!  I will likely be followed very closely since twin pregnancies are considered high risk and are more likely to have complications.  These babies will have even more sonograms than Tori did (we have an album full of sono pics of her!) so we will have lots of pictures to post soon!

Baby B was head down and moving the entire time!  You can see little arms in the picture.

 Second shot of baby B.  You can see umbilical cord and legs also.

Here is baby a.  This one is turned sideways, head is on the left.  You can see the long umbilical cord and its legs.

 Second shot of baby a.  You can see an eye, arms, hands, and both legs in this picture!  If you look closely just to the left of the baby's head you can see baby b's feet! :)  So tiny!

 Yes, I'm already showing.....  I was noticing my pants were tight on vacation before we even knew we were pregnant, but just thought it was bloating from the medications.  Turns out I had two large ovarian cysts that made me look preggo right from the start.  Now since the cysts are getting smaller and the babies are getting bigger I feel like what you're seeing now is actually baby bump.

The Princess and the Frog

I finally got videos working again!!  Yay!  I have been trying to post this video since spring, I hope it is worth the wait!  I found a frog in my garden and Brian caught it and showed it to Tori.  I love her reaction!!  Such a girlie girl! :)