Baby Update

I just wanted to update on babies. Ryan and I went to Ogden a week ago to see a Specialist, Dr. Andrus. My regular doctor wanted to see me a week later to make sure we understood what the specialist saw. I went in yesterday to Dr. Fowers (here in Logan). Basically all is going well. They have put me on a "every two week ultrasound" schedule until I am 26 weeks. (I am 20 weeks tomorrow). They are watching closely for the "twin-twin transfusion." The way the babies are in there, makes me at higher risk for the transfusion to happen. Dr. Andrus also said that if the transfusion is going to happen it will happen before I am 26 weeks. (Let's hope it dosen't happen!!!) We can do the ultrasounds with my regular doctor, unless some kind of problem shows up. With the "Every two week ultrasound" schedule is that I have to see a lady in Fowers' office that does all of ultrasounds and then Dr. Fowers' wants to see me right after we do the ultrasound. The best part of the "two week schedule" is that the ultrasound lady (Kathy) and Dr. Fowers don't work on the same days. So I have 6 different appointments over the next 6 weeks. One day I go into see Kathy and then the next day I go to see Dr. Fowers. Fowers said I am going to get to know them very well!!

No Need to Change the Blog Title

Ryan and I went to see the specialist down at McKay Dee Hospital today. They were able to officially say that both babies are identical GIRLS!! Ryan is still trying to cope with the news.

Everything looks good. They looked at everything on both babies...the heart, brain, belly, kidneys, legs, arms, upper lip (looking for cleft lip) etc. The babies are also measuring a day apart...which was good to hear. The doctor wasn't too concerned, however, we still have a higher chance of having "twin-twin transfusion" because of only one placenta. There are no signs of it at this point, but he wants us to see our regular doctor every 2 weeks until we get to be 26 weeks. Then I guess we are suppose to be out of the scary stage of the transfusion happening. They were both breech this time, sitting with their heads facing each other, up by my belly button. Their legs and arms were a tangled mess (okay their legs really aren't tangled, but that is what it looked like on the ultrasound.) This is all so crazy!! I have added a couple of pictures. We didn't get a lot of great ones, but they are still fun to see.

They have labeled each picture off to the left. This is Twin B's hand.


This is Twin A showing that she is girl. (You may have to take my word for it...I told you they weren't great pictures.) At the bottom of the black spot is one of her legs and her bum is off to the right. Her other leg is at the top of the black spot.


We are looking for girl names...something that ends in "ie" to go with Rylie and Sydnie. So if you have any great ideas let us know!! Rylie and Sydnie are still voting for Gaby and Abby.

Growing little by little

I guess its my turn to post something this week. I get to stay home and be Mr. Mom this week since I'm off for Spring break. I'm getting a little board today. You can only shovel snow and do laundry for so long until it gets old.

People have been asking to see if Kim's belly has been growing. Well yesterday I took a picture of her to try to document the growth a little. I think she looks great. Every time I see her it seems like her belly has grown. It should be fun the next few months to see the progress. When I look at Kim I'm just amazed about the whole process. She has been great so far about all if this. Well I had better get back to work. There are dishes that need to be done.

Baby Updates

Some may have already heard, but we went in for baby check-up on Wednesday morning. Everything seems to be doing good. They will be doing ultrasounds each time we go in. (Which I guess is one fo the perks of having twins.) We still only have 2 babies in there, for those that have been teasing me about having 8!! They are measuring a week apart. One is 16 weeks 5 days and the other is 17 weeks 4 days. I was exactlly 17 weeks when we went in. They were also smelling each others feet during the ultrasound. That was fun to see. I hope they smelled good!!

We will be seeing a specialist, Dr. Andrus, on March 16th, down at Mckay Dee Hospital. We knew we would be seeing him when we first found out it was twins. My understanding is that he specializes in high-risk pregnancies. Dr. Andrus comes to Logan twice a month, but he could get us in faster if we went to Ogden. Hopefully by then, he will be able to tell us what they are. It is killing Ryan. My regular doctor, Dr. Fowers, wouldn't confirm or deny the presence of boy parts. All he said was "don't paint the nursery yet." So I guess we will have to wait two more weeks to find out.

Still Crossing Things Off The List

I have been a little hesitant to put this post on, but Ryan thought I should. I also got thinking that if this is the only "journaling" I ever get done, well then I probably should.

Since we started thinking about having another kid we knew eventually that we were going to have to get a bigger car....down the road at some point of course. When we found out we were having twins, it made more of a reality. We had been looking at a few different kinds of cars, nothing too serious. Ryan had been looking on KSL, in the paper, and had been talking to a few of the dealers around. I did have one request....NO MINI-VANS.

A couple of weeks ago, Ryan went in and talked to a lady at "Axtell's." By this point we knew we really liked the GMC Acadia's but it had to be 7 passenger, because having a bench seat in the middle with two car seats just wasn't going to work. I also got thinking that we definitely needed dual climate control (because we fight over the temperature in the car) and a DVD player for all of the kids to watch. So the lady from Axtell's went to work on finding us a 7 passenger Acadia (or something of that sort). Apparently, the 7 passenger Acadia is more popular then the 8 passenger, and a little harder to find. She called Ryan a few times with a couple of different cars she had found. But nothing was really making us feel like "that was the one." Well, she called again on Wednesday, she had found one in American Fork. Long story short....we now have a 7 passenger Acadia. And the best part is....it is white. It will match all of our other vehicles just great!!






So I am hoping that this will be our biggest purchase on the "things to-do before the babies get here list." Oh, and if anyone is looking for a little car to just chase around in...we would be more then glad to talk to you about our Alero that we still have.

Just call me spoiled rotten.