32 weeks - 6 to go

Me and my belly:

My face is getting fatter not only because of my water weight, but because I'm congested a lot. My allergies make me look like I just cried or I'm tired all the time. But it's cool...

And here is who will be my first born baby boy:

This is his face - side profile. They are getting so squished that only one would cooperate. But we got this beautiful picture yesterday, which I'm happy about because we always get a good picture of the second baby and now I can see how beautiful this guy is too.

He is 3 lb 10 oz.  Baby B is 4 lb 2 oz.
I've got almost 8 lbs of baby inside me.

Latest symptoms:
> Carpal tunnel (from all the fluid in my body)
> Braxton Hicks contractions
> Sharp pains in my cervix from this little guy above pushing his head down there all the time!
>Using Those Shopping Carts That You Drive Syndrome (That's not a real syndrome, I made it up. But I do use them).
> Vivid dreams... I've heard about this and thought, 'Sure, no big. My dreams are weird enough already.' Nope. Freaking crazy, usually terrifying, all night long dreams. They are scary, but they tend to end pretty neutral. Or maybe I just die, I don't know. And sometimes throughout them, a random boy from my past (before Dave) will ride by on a bike or be in the audience of my dream or something and I'm like oh hey.
Some subjects include:
--Killer whales (one of the scariest creatures EVER)
--Dinosaurs (what I used to have nightmares about constantly as a child because I couldn't stop watching Jurassic Park)
--Battling Arnold Schwarzenegger with another pregnant girl (Fun? No, scary)
--Going back to my last job for a day and them not letting me leave (shudder)

And then Dave has a nightmare about people handing him babies and he keeps dropping them...
That seems to make more sense to me.

The Boys

Ladies and Gentlemen, we are having TWO FRATERNAL BOYS!

I get more and more excited every minute. I have 6 nephews and I LOVE them, and I have always wanted boys, so I feel so peaceful. I am going to love them so much it's insane. And of course Dave is ecstatic. He is going to be an amazing dad, I knew from the beginning. He is so loving. I know they will love us too.

They are both 6 inches now (yeah last time I was wrong. I said each baby was 6 inches but I meant both altogether measured 6 inches).

They are still due August 8th, which is a full 40 week pregnancy, but the doctor said that all they can usually aim for with twins is getting them to 36 weeks, so they might come a whole month earlier than that. Who knows. Here are a few pictures:

^ Baby B was the first one we found out was a boy. He is beautiful.

^ Baby A took a lot longer to turn in a way for us to see his little weewee! Dave loves this picture because we watched the baby put his hand up to his chin in "The Thinker" pose. He is looking up and you can see his eye and his arm bent up and his fingers holding his chin. And you can see all his bones! He may look starved it's just the angle. He has another picture that looks much more like Baby B.

^ I love this. We got a picture of both boys' feet, but this one was funny because the toes were wiggling in a way that Dave wiggles his toes all the time. It was so cute I squealed...

Can you see the two bent legs and the foot on the left side?

14 weeks

I don't have time to say much, so here is the picture. They are both 15 cm (5.9 inches) and have an average heartbeat of 160 per minute. They look like babies now, with little noses, round heads and booties. The due date is August 8th, but since there are two, it will most likely be in July. They are for sure fraternal.

Top: the baby on the right is showing it's body a lot more (it's back I think). You can still see the outline of the other one though (looks more like the side profile). They are parallel.

Bottom: You can see mainly the two heads. Cute heads.

The News

David and I are now "+ two" because we are having TWINS! Total shock and total excitement. It's insane. This blog will be the host of all the crazy and fun stories and updates lying ahead. 

Like this:

The top baby is in a larger sac that is taking a lot more of the room, but they are same size, and this is normal. They are just about 8 1/2 weeks. Hearing their separate heartbeats was the most amazing moment of my life.

We just feel blessed, and we know that if God wants us to do this, we can. We're gonna have a lot of exhausting fun!!! So stay tuned.