Babies are hungry today

Perhaps it has something to do with the fact that I lost my healthy dinner last night while I was at the OSU basketball game. The babies just don't like healthy food. According to Jim, when I was in the bathroom heaving the team did good. I will have to remember that at the next game I go to.

Still have not felt a real kick. I guess I feel some flutters on a rare occasion, but nothing too convincing. Doc said it is ok. Apparently the placentas are in the front cushioning anything I would feel.

The Boys....

The big question. People have asked what are we doing with the boys after the babies are here. Others that know our dogs have asked if we are getting rid of them. And the final question we get is how will the boys be with the babies. Well, I do not have answers to any of these questions. I am pretty sure Tippy will be extremely jealous and will never again get enough attention to make him happy. Luke will continue to sleep 90% of the day. Both boys will have a whole new world of things to eat that are disgusting. I can guarantee they will love to eat diapers. I experimented by putting a diaper on the bed for the dogs to sniff. Well, it seems as though an empty diaper does nothing for them. At this time, I choose not to experiment with a loaded diaper. On the bright side, I rarely have to vacuum or clean the floors. The dogs pretty much do that for me! That will only be more useful with two babies in the house. This is how I invision the boys and the babies in my dreams:

Luke of course is giving the baby kisses and Tippy is enjoying the hand on him, petting him (it does not take much). Of course my dogs are a lot bigger, less gentle and Tippy rarely sits still, but remember this is my dream!

I guess we will just have to wait and see. I can guarantee it will be chaotic. How could it not be, we are going to be bringing home 2 newborns into a house full of inexperienced adults! Basically our household count will be doubling over night. I cannot wait!

20 week Ultrasound

Everything looks great. The babies are both 10 ounces which they tell us is right on schedule. We got to see them for about an hour and a half, well I got to see them. During the last 20 minutes or so we heard someone in the room SNORING. It was not me, the babies or the ultrasound tech, so you can guess who it was. I guess what amuses me does not amuse Neal.

We were really lucky because there was someone training so after we were done she asked if she could look around. The ultrasound was zoomed in, so we did not get to see as much as we have in the past. Both babies were moving around a lot. Our girl flipped which she also did at our last ultrasound. Our little boy was constantly kicking at my cervix, apparently he is ready to be released. I go back in another 4 weeks. I am so spoiled with ultrasounds.

I again have been getting sick. I am in a nice every other day pattern. I am going to start taking some medicine to help with that. Even while getting sick, I am not having any problems gaining weight! I think I am at about 10 pounds. I will get Neal to take a belly pic this weekend. Today I said out loud I am going to be a parent.............SCARY, ISN'T IT!!!

I saw this on another blog and it was just too cute to pass up. I still am not really feeling the babies move. At last Wednesday's ultrasound our boy was moving all over and our girl was sleeping. Friday we have our big ultrasound. We should get to see them for a good hour and learn how big they are.

Time is going so slow......

I am ready to meet the babies already! Things should start moving along quickly. We are taking a Marvelous Multiples class on the 28th. It will be nice to meet some new people. We will also get a tour of the NICU. Hopefully we will not need it. Neal is ticked because it is all day. Yes that is right 9-5. I myself am not sure I will make it through the day. That is a long day. Beforehand we are hoping to swing by a twins sale and pick up some cheap, used things. As my dad informed me, this baby stuff is expensive! We also need to pick our au pair. For some reason, we are just not motivated to do this. Perhaps that has to do with the down payment we have to put on her once we make the selection.

Surprise

We got quite a surprise at our doctors appointment this week. We are not supposed to find out the genders of the babies until next Friday, but when I went for my cervical check, the doc did an ultrasound. Luckily Neal came to the appointment with me or else I would not have been able to find out. What is it...........boy/boy, boy/girl or girl/girl?






















Boy/ Girl
We could not be happier. Let the spending begin. It is so hard not to buy the cute little outfits! I wish I was in more of a nesting mode. I will probably want to nest when my belly is so big I cannot stand up without toppling over.

Yoga

Since I have been inactive since becoming pregnant, unless you count laundry as exercise, I decided to sign up for prenatal yoga. I am not very flexible, so I can use some help. I figured it would be a joke. Leslie and I took a class a couple of years ago and after realizing how bad it sucked, we ending up using that scheduled time as time to meet at a bar and drink together. I found drinking just as relaxing as yoga. Unfortunately that is not an option at this point in my life.

My expectations for prenatal yoga were simply to meet some other preggers so my non-preggers friends did not have to hear me talk about being preggers. The class is typically from 6-7, however the first week was pushed back to 8PM! What? This is way past my bed time. I decided to suck it up and go. The first preggers that arrived said out loud, this is way too late for me. I knew I had found a new friend. We all discussed our pregnancies. Somehow I was the only lucky one to throw up many meals. Then we proceeded to the yoga room. I was glad I had prior yoga experience, as I needed it. It was a really good yoga session. I am glad I went. The only disturbing thing is the kegel exercises we all do at the end. It is very disturbing, sitting in a room with other women, knowing they are all doing kegel exercises. My guess is they were thinking that exact same thing. Dawn and I have talked about this at great lengths and do not want to lose our bladders, so I guess kegels are more important than we think!

All in all, it was a good experience and I am glad I went. Ask me again tomorrow when I am unable to walk.