We are having.....

TWINS!!! oh yeah, you already knew that....

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Pink or Blue

So we just got the news. It looks like we are going to have one of each. "Baby A" is a little boy. He was really calm the whole time. He had his hands in front of his face for most of the ultrasound. We have a 3D picture of his face (we might post it). He has a little button nose and full lips. "Baby B" is a little girl. She was anything but calm. Every face shot we got she was opening and closing her mouth. We think she might be a talker. She was also moving all over the place and tugging on the cord. The picture we have of her is with her mouth wide open. Maybe she'll be a singer.

LAST CALL FOR VOTES!

So, the big day is tomorrow (Tuesday). We are going in to see what "Baby A" and "Baby B" are. This is the last day to cast your votes. We're both betting that it's two boys. I guess we'll see...or not. I'm only 18 1/2 weeks along. My doctor told me on Thursday that he thought it was too early, but we are going to try our luck. I don't really care one way or the other. I just want to be able to think about names and know what color of clothes to buy. I guess it all just seems more real when you know what gender they are.

OH SO BIG!!!

I guess it's time to start posting belly pictures, but not today. I went in for my 18 week apt. yesterday. My doctor measured my belly and said I was at 27 cm. Twenty-seven!!! That's what I should be nine weeks from now with a single baby. Problem being, we hope I don't deliver 9 weeks earlier than someone would with a single baby. That means I will be VERY VERY LARGE! The honest truth is that I hope I get huge, but only so I can have two very healthy babies. It still doesn't make the anticipation of a huge belly any more sweet. The comparison has me a bit nervous. For example, I was reading in one of my pregnancy books about where I should be at this point. It says my uterus should be the size of a cantaloupe...try a watermelon!

Quick Trip

Well, we had a whirlwind of a quick long weekend beginning last Thursday. Kelli and Darren got to Cedar shortly after we got home from work and we loaded up the car and headed to California. We stayed in Las Vegas that night after eating at Hash House a go go! As you can see from the pictures [coming soon] the meals were HUGE! I don't think we even have a serving platter in our house as big as the plates.

We were off Friday morning and made a pit stop at In & Out in Lancaster (a must a least once on a CA trip). We made it to Ventura where we stayed by the harbor. The skies were grey, but the temperature was perfect. After we wandered around the harbor we decided to go to Camarillo to do some shopping at the outlets to see if they had any baby clothes on sale for the babies-on-board. Even though we don't know what they are yet we figured that we will just save them. It turns out there weren't too many good deals though, but we did get some really cool argyle sweaters (just in case it's two boys as our poll indicates is the most popular answer--we'll see on the 29th!). We returned to Ventura and attempted to go to Andria's--a seafood restaurant where they litterally back the boat up to unload the fresh stuff, but to our dismay the power was out on that side of the harbor---so we had to go somewhere else. It was pretty late and we were all starving, but we finally got to sit down after a 45 minute wait.

On Saturday we headed up to Zuma Beach in Malibu to just take it easy. A few miles from Zuma we began seeing lots of cyclers and the far lanes were blocked off--it happened to be the Nautica Malibu Triathlon--lucky us! That meant parking a few blocks away and hiking in to the beach with all our stuff. It was a hazy morning so the beach was almost literally all ours. We hung out, tested the cold water (some of us only put our toes in and that was enough), and did a little California Dreamin' (We love naps!) The haze burned off in the late afternoon and the beach started to fill up as the tide came in and the waves got higher. We headed back to Ventura for showers and to go to dinner at Andria's--the power was on this time!

Sunday morning we went to a local sacrament meeting and then loaded the car up to head back for what seemed like a very LONG drive. Darren was a champ and made great time. We sat in the back and read and napped.

It was a fun trip and we wish it would have lasted a little longer. Maybe next year.

Thinking in Two's

It's been a while since we posted so we thought we would give everyone a glimpse of what has been on our minds lately (and is probably on the minds of anyone expecting twins).

Though we are very excited about having twins both Andi and I keep wondering "what are we going to do when we have two of those (e.g. babies). We understand that people have been dealing with two children (or more) at once for years--but for a couple of novices we are going through some interesting mental exercises. For example:

We went to Wal-Mart the other night and there was a cute little boy who got mad at his mother and he let her know it. He was screaming so loud you could hear it on the other side of the store. The mother was very flustered and did what she could to calm him down but he was having none of it. She obviously had to get some shopping done because she kept shopping. My thought out loud was, "Wife, what are you going to do when you have two children that are screaming like that and you need groceries?"

Whenever Andi sees a mother lugging around a car seat or even just trying to entertain her single child she pictures herself doing double. One has to wonder whether anyone has figured out how to change two diapers at once?

And then there are the horror stories of new mothers who haven't showered for a couple of days because of all the new things to learn, along with being completely exausted. Then multiplying the work by two...

Though it might seem that we are nervous that is not really the case. I think we have almost made a game out of trying to figure out how we will accomplish new tasks (x2). It will be an adventure for sure!

By the way September 29th is the day we find out if they are boys/girls or one of each.