24 weeks

We are officially 24 weeks along today. We could actually have the babies right now and have some chance of them surviving. That is an exciting thought. Not that I want to have them now but they at least have a chance if something were to happen.

We are more than halfway through and really starting to anticipate their arrival! Our sweet (hopefully) boy and girl (that are still nameless) will be welcomed with so many loving arms. We are really lucky to have such a great group of supportive family and friends.

The holiday rush at work is almost over, and we are all breathing a huge sigh of relief. We are still waiting for something major to happen that we haven't thought of, but so far its been eerily smooth. Too smooth... ( i really don't want to jinx anything so I'll stop with that!!)

I'm so excited! We are having a baby shower this weekend and I'm getting to see all of the girls together. The Dallas Posse is ready to have some fun!! And we are super lucky because our tree hugging, honorary dallasite, soul sista, that completes our Posse, that lives Austin, is coming up for the occasion. As well as one of best friends, from Austin !! I am pumped!!! Girls...get ready for some fun this weekend!!! (as megan and I drink our virgin drinks and watch you all get sloshed on baby shower trash can punch!!) :) I can't wait...

23 weeks and counting

We are officially 23 weeks along and still going strong! We had a great Thanksgiving with friends and family. The babies seemed to love our non traditional meal of steak, mashed potatoes, asparagus, bacon wrapped green beans and some yummy rolls.

And guess who else actually enjoyed eating? The boy and girl! My previously super picky eaters are expanding their horizons. They both ate steak, tried the mashed potatoes, the boy loves the green beans and the girl loved the bacon wrapped around the green beans, and they both loved the rolls, of course. Every time they try something new I am amazed and proud. I think my patience and years of begging is finally paying off.

For those of you who keep on asking, yes I am definitely showing. If you check out our slideshow you will even see the bump sticking out there. The dr. says I need to focus on eating more small meals during the day. I'm trying my darndest but can't seem to eat enough. I believe I'm trying to reach 3500 calories a day! It is a different world carrying twins! If you don't gain enough you have a higher chance of early labor/births, and we don't want that. So to Braum's I go for more milk shakes to up the calorie content. (and of course some healthy things too!)

The babies are busy kicking and twisting and turning. Brandon and the kids have gotten to feel them move quite a bit. Its really fun (for now)! But I know when they get bigger I'll probably be wishing they weren't so active, but active means healthy!! And I'll take any discomfort if that means they are doing well. :)

We are almost to the end of our Thanksgiving week off of school. I am so ready for school to start again and to get back to work! I have enjoyed the time off with everyone immensely but we have now gotten to the whiny, bored, crying part of the vacation and I'm so over that! Why did they give the kids a FULL WEEK OFF for Thanksgiving?

Sugar-rific

We finally had our holiday photo session with Jen (it was a second take) and the boy actually cooperated! We had a lot of fun tooling around Deep Ellum checking out all of the sites and colored walls. Check out our awesome slideshow courtesy of Sugar Photography!

Happy Birthday to my Baby

My baby boy turned 6 today (well actually technically yesterday now that its 15 past midnight). I really don't know where the time has gone. He has gotten so old on me!

At school today they called him by his full name (Benjamin) to recognize his birthday, he only goes by Ben normally and he didn't realize they were calling him.

So now he has decided he will be Benjamin. He even learned how to spell his whole name today. It was pretty funny. He also told me that his teacher doesn't even know what his "real" name is. I had to reassure him that she did. He is ready to go for the full name change now. He even wants his teacher to change his name tag on his desk.

Six years ago, I had just finished with almost 40 hours of labor to get this stubborn kid out. He came out with a head full of blond hair that already looked like it needed a haircut. He was my little stubborn ray of light. He is a true Scorpio from the top of his head to the tip of his toes.

I am sure he will use that iron will to succeed and become whatever he chooses to be. As of right now that would be a potion maker, rock climber, or super hero. He is still up in the air as to which would be best. I absolutely love his vivid imagination and hope that nothing stops that brilliant little mind from being as individual as he wants to be. He is truly one of a kind and I can't imagine ever having such a wonderful life without him in it.

So in the end, I guess he was worth all that labor! ;)

I love you little man!

Baby Names

Now that we have found out what we are having we are being inundated with baby names from everyone. I really don't mind, because I really can't figure out what we are going to name them. SO I have been searching the internet for names, here are some of my top choices (of strange combos):

Samson and Delilah
Orion and Rosemary
Sincere and Tiara
Messiah and Scarlet
Omarion and Araceli

These are some real names I have found on the top 1000 baby names lists. Who would name their boy Sincere? Are you just trying to make him a master bull shitter when he grows up. I can only see trouble when I hear a "name" like that. Just like the whole slew of stripper names. We really don't want to throw our girls on the pole because we have tainted them with a stripper name and they have no other choice.

So I have decided on either Adam and Eve or Jane and John. Might as well stick with the early pairs and be safe right? ;)

It's a girl...and a boy!!!

It's official we are having both a boy and a girl!! We are so excited. Our little clairvoyant daughter had told us from the beginning we were having twins and they would be a boy and girl and she was right!

They were both eager to show us what they were within the first minute of the sonogram. That was quite a relief. I was so worried they wouldn't cooperate! The girl cooperated the rest of the appointment and the boy decided to wiggle and move and not let us see him much. I already know what we are in for! We got a cool 3-d picture of the girl but the boy would not cooperate. Go figure. MEN!

So now we are going to have to seriously think of names and themes! :)

Halloween

Just a few snap shots of the kids on Halloween! They had so much fun. We even took the dogs with us around the neighborhood. :)