Pink or Blue?

It is finally here the week we have been waiting for! This Wednesday, which is also my sweet husband's birthday, we will find out what are having. When you find out you are pregnant almost the first thought is whether you are having a boy or girl. In fact beside asking when your due date is everyone wants to know what you are having. The first question is to find out or not to find out?  Since finding out we are having identical twins I think there have been enough surprises thus far so we are definitely going to find out the sex. We have gone through the old wives tales, chinese lunar calendar, and when our moms were here we did the string test. 

Here are some of the results of those myths:

Terrible Morning Sickness: Girls

Sleep Position: Boys

Soft Hands: Girls

Craving Sweets: Girls

Adult Acne: Girls

Clumsy: Boys

Moody: Girls

The String (Pendulum) Test: Boys

Baby's heartbeats above 150: Girls

Chinese Lunar Calendar: Girls

I think they are boys and Bob thinks we are having girls. 

Who knows as fun as the wives tales and such are I am so ready for Wednesday! Since they are identical we just need one to cooperate with the ultrasound technician.

So pink or blue what do you think?

Post a comment with your thoughts or take part in our poll on the top right of this page. Then stay tuned for our announcement. Either way we are beyond excited boys or girls! 

Week 17 Stats...

Pregnancy Stats:

How Far Along: 17 Weeks 

Size of our babies: Our twins are the size of onions this week.

Maternity Clothes: A mix, more and more maternity clothing is showing up in my daily outfits, if it not maternity it has some form of stretch to it

Gender: We will find out Wednesday I am so excited

Movement: Honestly I am not sure, I felt something like butterflies but who knows that could be gas :)

Sleep: I take naps all the time it seems I can not get enough sleep

What I miss: Diet Coke, Sushi

Cravings: Tacos, Chocolate Frosty's, Habachi Chicken

Symptoms: Fatigue, Heartburn, Stretching, and Headaches

Best Moment this week: Giving thanks for our precious little ones

Thankful...

On this Thanksgiving morning there is so much to be thankful for. I am so thankful that God has chosen us to be parents. I have dreamed of being a mommy my whole life and now as I am on this wonderful journey. Despite the not so fun side effects of pregnancy and shots I know that it will all be a passing memory when I have my two little ones in my arms. I am honored, thankful, and blessed to be carrying our sweet twins. I am also thankful that we have had a healthy pregnancy thus far.  I am thankful for my wonderful team of doctors, supportive family, and friends. It is hard to believe that this time next year we will have two little ones with us and they may be even crawling around by then! Thank you Lord for all the blessings on our family this year and the ones to come. Happy Thanksgiving to my little jellybeans, Daddy and I can not wait to meet you both!

16 weeks...

Pregnancy Stats:

How Far Along: 16 Weeks

Size of our babies: Our twins are the size of avocados this week.

Maternity Clothes: A mix, more and more maternity clothing is showing up in my daily outfits

Gender: Too soon but I can not wait

Movement: Not yet but hopefully soon

Sleep: I can not get enough. I have increased the number of pillows I sleep with poor Bob I am sure it will only get worse.

What I miss: Diet Coke, Sushi

Cravings: Tacos,  Chocolate Frosty's, Habachi Chicken

Symptoms: Fatigue,  Stretching, and Headaches

Best Moment this week: Bob and I hearing the twins heartbeats at our Dr. appointment this week.

Everything looked good at our monthly check up. I am measuring at 18-19 weeks which is normal to measure bigger for twins. Boy, can I feel the great stretch. It gets a little painful sometimes in all honesty. The twins had strong heartbeats this week around 155 and were moving all over the place. 

An Amazing Gift

We are so blessed. Bob and I have the best parents ever! Together with Nana they us gave everything thing we could possibly need furniture wise in the nursery. We are so thankful and excited. The twins are beyond blessed to have such wonderful grandparents. The bought us two cribs and dresser. Then Nana got us the matching changing table. Did I mention we are beyond excited! We ordered the furniture in a beautiful expresso color from Babies"R"Us.  The cribs are lifetime cribs which means they are cribs, toddler beds, and then full size beds. Here are a few pictures of our new nursery furniture that they ordered:

I can not wait to find out the gender so we can pick out fabrics and nursery colors! 

On a side note Nana fell while she was here to visit and had surgery. She is recovering now but will be spending a few weeks with us. Turns out she will get to go to our gender ultrasound after all.

Our 1st Diapers...

My mom (who will be MiMi), Nana, and mother-in-law (who will be Grandma) came up for a visit this weekend. We thought that this Monday we would be finding out what the gender of the twins are but the are still to small to see. They have rescheduled the gender ultrasound for December 1st, which is also Bob's birthday.  We really are enjoying our time with our families. Tonight we all went to Babies"R"Us and Bob's mom (Grandma) bought us our first pack of diapers. I know this will be the first of many diaper boxes we will go through! Thanks Grandma! I can't believe that we are almost halfway through our pregnancy since twins are considered full term at 37 weeks.

Week 15...

Pregnancy Stats:

How Far Along: 15 Weeks

Size of our babies: Our twins are the size of navel oranges this week.

Maternity Clothes: A mix 

Gender: Too soon but I can not wait

Movement: Too early

Sleep: I can not get enough

What I miss: Diet Coke, Deli Meat

Cravings: Tacos,  Chocolate Frosty's

Symptoms: Fatigue, and Headaches

Best Moment this week: My husband reading to the twins

Dr. Seuss Books...

Dr Seuss has joined the "Little Library". Bob and I were recently at one of our favorite stores Barnes and Noble. Guess what they had Dr. Seuss board books on sale, so of course we had to get some new books for the "Little Library". 

I love Dr. Seuss and I am sure these won't be last of his classics that we add to the "little library"!

Week 14...

Pregnancy Stats:

How Far Along: 14 Weeks

Size of our babies: Our twins are the size of lemons this week.

Maternity Clothes: Mostly regular clothes but a few maternity pieces

Gender: Too soon but I can not wait

Movement: Too early

Sleep: I can not get enough

What I miss: Caffeinated drinks

Cravings: Tacos,  Chocolate Frosty's

Symptoms: Fatigue, Stretching, and Headaches

Best Moment this week: No nausea!! :-)

Little Library...

Bob and I love to read and we hope to instill that same love in our children. While we were visiting home we started what I like to call the "Little Library". We started with two wonderful books:

Guess How Much I Love You

 which is absolutely adorable and one of my favorites 

I Love you Forever

 It is a small start but I am sure it will continue to grow.