USA! USA! USA!

Good bye Olympics :( -- that was fun. By far the girls gymnastics was our favorite event to watch. It was great to see Shawn Johnson get the gold in the last event for beam. The guys were fun to watch too...an Indian, a Chinese and a Russian walk into a beam event. Sounds like a joke, but that was neat to see those guys on the beam. All the volleyballs events were fun, sprinters...Bolt, what a great name for the guys breaking records in track. But who could forget about the incomparable Michael Phelps? What an Olympic performance. This is by far his greatest performance here, the will to win and the great sportsmanship after the win. Incredible.

Dreaming again

Well it happened again, Franks still saying very strange things in his sleep. This week we were sound asleep when Frank blurts out " or will she pee out one last one". Coming out of a deep sleep I think he's saying something logical. I just don't understand and ask what. So he says it exactly the same way. I quickly got up to write it down because there was no way I would remember it in the morning. If anyone want to take a shot at what he was dreaming about go for it.

From Blobs to Babies

Today we start the 15th week:

Your growing baby now measures about 4 inches long, crown to rump, and weighs in at about 2 1/2 ounces (our sono lady said each A and B both weighed 4 ounces!). He's busy moving amniotic fluid through her nose and upper respiratory tract, which helps the primitive air sacs in her lungs begin to develop. His legs are growing longer than his arms now, and he can move all of his joints and limbs. Although his eyelids are still fused shut, he can sense light. If you shine a flashlight at your tummy, for instance, he's likely to move away from the beam. There's not much for your baby to taste at this point, but he is forming taste buds.

We had a sonogram yesterday and the twins have been upgraded from Blob status to Baby status. They look completely human now...especially between the legs. It was obvious...we have TWO BOYS! Baby A is on the left with his head down and Baby B is on the right with his head up. Baby A looked like he was throwing a fit with his head thrown back and his back arched. Sono lady thought he was gonna be trouble cause he wasn't allowing her to get the measurements she wanted. When she panned up, turns out Baby B was kicking A in the head and A was just trying to get away. Without further delay...heres the slide show of old and current sonogram pics. For you guys who wanted printouts, you can order from kodakgallery.com HERE, or just click on the slide show to get the full sized pics and print them out for yourself.

Gravy

Been cleaning house and getting rid of junk or anything we haven't used in a long time. After going through some drawers, Holly came across a note she wrote to herself one night a long time ago. Middle of the night and I wake her up cause I'm dreaming. She heard me talking and didn't want to forget it, so she wrote it down. We have no idea what it means, so let us know what it means to you...

"We didn't get loose with any gravy..."

189 Days to Go!

189 days to go if we go full term, but the twins should be vacating the premises a few weeks early. We are almost through the first trimester. Lets recap the last few weeks.

Week 11: babies' fists starting to open and close; tooth buds forming under the gums; bones are hardening; they are kicking and stretching.

Week 12: most dramatic developments this week...reflexes; fingers will soon begin to open and close; toes will curl; eye muscles will clench; mouth will make sucking movements; intestines, which have grown so fast that they protrude into the umbilical cord, will start to move into his abdominal cavity about now; kidneys will begin excreting urine into the bladder; nerve cells are multiplying rapidly, and in their brains, synapses are forming furiously; face finally looks unquestionably human: eyes have moved from the sides to the front of the head, and ears are right where they should be; from crown to rump, baby-to-be is just over two inches long (about the size of a lime) and weighs half an ounce.

Week 13 (current): Fingerprints have formed on babies' tiny fingertips; veins and organs are clearly visible through the still-thin skin; body is starting to catch up with the head — which makes up just a third of the body size now. If we're having a girl, she now has more than 2 million eggs in her ovaries. The blobs are almost 3 inches long (the size of a medium shrimp) and weighs nearly an ounce.

So thats where we are. On Tuesday we had our first appointment with our OB/GYN. Our doc was very nice and Holly really liked her, so I did too. Dr.Hansard (our fertility specialist) hand picked her, so we were expecting one of the best. We got to listen to the blob's (I guess they are human looking like now and no longer blobs) heartbeats. They were beating strong and fast! One was 160 bpm and the other was 155 bpm.

Holly's belly is getting bulbous. I talked to Holly today and stopped her in the bedroom for an interview. I was able to ask her how she was doing and she replied, "Much better than last week." She is not as nauseous or tired as last week. She is still only eating maybe 5 bites, but she did great at lunch today eating a lot of her waffles from Kerby Lane. She still can't eat meat...gotta find a way for her to get her iron. Mama Karen suggested spinach.

Oh, she still has psycho dreams. Last weird ones had to do with me wanting to divorce her and ending the marriage on a high note! Latest one had me trying to convince her it was a good idea for her to work at a brothel to bring in some extra cash. They do make a lot of money.

Thats it for now...will try to get a Holly picture this week.