They Have Arrived!!

I'm so sorry about the lack in posting. It was an extremely difficult and long pregnancy and I honestly didn't have the energy or gumption to post things. Well, that's all over with now because our babies have arrived!

Charlotte Jo and Harold Benjamin were born on September 14th (Ben's birthday actually.) I carried them until almost 38 weeks which is pretty long for twins. The day before I delivered my uterus measured 57cm from bottom to top (to give you an idea of how big that is, a full term woman with a single baby *might* measure 40cm.) It was a bit depressing that the Dr couldn't help but chuckle every time he measured me. My belly was also 53 1/2 inches around when I delivered, whew. I have some pictures of myself at that time along with pictures of the twins that I will post when Ben comes home with the memory stick from the camera. Haha.

The twins were born at 1:09pm and 1:15pm. Both weighed in at 6lbs 6oz each (yep, they weighed exactly the same.) Charlotte was 19 1/2 in and Harold was 21 1/4 in. They are so tiny! Neither of my other girls were even close to being this small. I suppose it's a good thing they were small, there were two of them after all. Although I had to deliver the babies in the operating room, I did not have to have a c-section. My recovery has been swift and I feel good.
I will make sure to post some pictures of the twins as soon as I have them. Thank you all for your care and concern. We love you and appreciate you all very much.

18 Week Ultrasound

Well, we had our 18 week ultrasound yesterday. And.... WE HAVE ONE BOY AND ONE GIRL!!!! I just want everyone to know that I WAS RIGHT! Haha, I have been wrong with both of my other pregnancies, so it's nice not to be wrong again.

Here is our little girl in profile.

Here is our baby boy in profile.

Here is a 3-D image of the two of them together. Or rather Baby Boy and Baby Girl facing backwards (she wouldn't turn around for this part.)

Here is our baby boy in 3-D profile. We tries to get one like this for our baby girl, but she was NOT being cooperative (sounds like she might have the same personality as her sisters)

The babies are looking great. They are both measuring on schedule. They are also both breech, but they are still so small and have plenty of time to flip (hopefully). At one point in the ultrasound they were facing each other and kicking and punching like mad. It looked like just a tangle of limbs, haha. Thanks to everyone for your love and support. Now, baby names...

Ultrasound Pictures 11 1/2 weeks

We had an ultrasound this week and I was so nervous. At my last ultrasound the Dr. couldn't get a picture of both babies together, and I was worried that maybe he had just gotten the same baby twice! My worries were unfounded though. There are definitely two babies there! Seeing them moving around and kicking each other in the head made it so much more real for me. I'm starting to get really excited.
Both of the babies are measuring a few days big, but that's good. The ultrasound tech still wasn't for sure if they are fraternal yet. The tech could only find one of the two key indicators of fraternal twins. We may never know for sure. She also couldn't tell if there is one placenta or two. I'll have more ultrasounds and things may be clearer then. Here are some pictures of the babies. Baby A was moving a lot during this part and we couldn't get great shots, but enjoy anyway!

We're Expecting More

A complete suprise today. I went in to the dr to have my first ultrasound and he found TWO BABIES. I am still in shock. There is no history of twins in my family, I guess there is a first for everything. From what the doctor could see, the babies look to be fraternal. We are going to have another ultrasound in two weeks to make sure everything looks good. I'll keep everyone posted!

We're Expecting!

I think most everyone knows already, but for those of you who don't, we're expecting baby #3! I put a little widget on the blog so everyone can see how things are going. I haven'e had my first appointment yet, but I will post the ultrasound pictures when I get them. We are super excited to add another beautiful baby to our family.

Lucy's First Birthday

 My tiny baby is getting so big! Lucy turned one on November 20th and we had a big party with all of our friends. She had a lot of fun just watching all of the other kids running around. She is so wonderful.

Lucy went crazy for her cake. Not crazy like throwing it everywhere, but crazy like she had never eaten before. She was really controlled and just kept shovelling through it. I think she would have kept on going all night if we had let her.

We took the cake away after a little while. This is what's left of a two-layer chocolate cake after we finally took it away from Lucy.

Catching Up

I really don't have much in the way of excuses for not posting in a while. I suppose I was busy, and it was the holiday season, and I was out-of-town, but none of those reasons are very good. So I am going to do some catching up on my blogging starting with Lucy's first birthday.
It may take a couple of days for me to get all caught up, but just be a little patient and I will reward you with some awesome pictures of my beautiful daughters.