A Poem to Share

Someone on my expecting board lost a set of twins today at 25 weeks - about the same time I'm due with Zoe and Bailey. After reading that sobering news, I found this little poem that really touched me.

It Will All Go So Quickly

There's two to wash
There's two to dry
There's two who argue
There's two who cry.

Some days seems endless
My patience grows thin,
Why was I chosen
To be a Mother of Twins?

The answer comes clear
At the end of each day,
As I tuck them in bed
And to myself I say.

There's two to kiss
There's two to hug
And best of all
There's two to love.

I just hope these two keep growing strong and healthy! Getting no sleep and pain off and on right now is a small price to pay...as long as they are snuggled inside.

Drum Roll Please.......

And the names have been picked! We're expecting....Zoe Renee and Bailey something-or-other. :o) We finally decided that we love Bailey for his name and that all the other names we were thinking about we were sticking them in as middle names for Bailey. We haven't picked a middle name for him yet, but it feels much better knowing he's got a first name.

Tristan is fine with the names we've picked - he's even kissing my belly now and says he's kissing Zoe or Bailey. As for Hunter....well, let's just say he's not happy with his brother's name. Hunter's had at least 2 full-blown temper tantrums over the name already and has told us that he's going to hate Bailey. Lovely. Well, he has a couple more months to get used to the name. (Not that he has much of a choice though!!) Hunter wanted us to name his brother Drake. We're thinking about using that for a middle name instead.

Otherwise, things seem to be going well. I finished packing up my classroom and shipped it home (thank goodness we had a van!). And I had my last day of school on Friday - I even met the new teacher taking over for me. That was a bit weird, but she seems really nice. It's her first full-time job as a teacher (it's her first year), but it's not her first career. And she's 6 feet tall - the kids will keep in line just from her sheer height!! :o)

And I had an ultra sound on Thursday to see how these two are doing. I actually got a scolding from the u/s tech because I didn't drink enough water. My belly is measuring almost full term, I didn't think they would have a problem seeing the babies, so I didn't bother drinking anything. Ooops. I guess they still need my bladder full. I'll be good next time.

But the babies look good (as far as I can tell). They were moving around, hearts beating nicely. Baby A is still the girl and will probably stay that way now that they are 25 weeks. Her head is on my left side and she's laying sideways with her head slanted down a bit. I'm hoping that means she'll move head down when I go into labour. Baby B is still the boy and is also laying sideways, but with his head on the right side.

I got a ton of pictures - one of the advantages of having twins I guess. And I also know who to blame for the lovely kicks to my cervix. Thanks a lot Zoe!! Causing trouble already. :o)

Finally - 24 Weeks!

I'm so excited, I'm finally 24 weeks with the twins. As of today, they are considered to be viabable...which means they have a chance of surviving if they are born now. Whew.

So to mark this day, I've taken another belly picture. In this picture I'm 24 weeks, but measuring almost 35 weeks. Yikes!



Wow - I wonder what I'll look like when I'm actually 35 weeks!

23 Week OB Appointment

My OB appt. went well. My blood pressure hasn't changed (still high, but not going up), I've gained a total of 12lbs now. And my belly is measuring 33 weeks!!! That's 10 weeks ahead. No wonder I'm in pain! Last visit I was only measuring 7 weeks ahead - so each visit, I've been doubling the growth in my belly.

He's sending me for my GD test, extra bloodwork and an u/s to check on the babies and my cervix.

And....he agrees that I should be off work. So, a week from Friday will be my last day of work! Wow....I have to pack my classroom and ship it home in less than 2 weeks. Yikes!

I can't wait until I can put my feet up a bit...well, as much as I can with two boys at home. :o)

Oh, and thanks mom for the Baby Name book - I guess she didn't like any of our suggestions below. LOL! Well, we've got to add one more name to both our lists tonight: Bailey. So far we actually agree on that one! How does that one sound to you?

The Name Debate

As of today, I'm just shy of 23 weeks - one more week until I can finally relax a bit. One more week until the twins are 24 weeks - they will be considered to be viable. Whew. For some reason, with this pregnancy, I've been much more focused on the 24 week mark. I'll just be glad to be past that point. Every day past 24 weeks is an extra day of growth for these two! We'll see how they are doing shortly - I've got an OB appt. on Tuesday, and I'll be scheduling another ultrasound right after it.

And now we've finally started talking about names for the twins. We've already got the girl's name: Zoe Renee. But as for a boy's name, well....this is going to get interesting! We had a tough time figuring out a name for Hunter, I can only imagine that it's going to be much harder this time. I just want a name picked out now - I hate calling the twins "Zoe and TBA"!

We've started creating our own "short lists" for names.
The names that I like so far include: Miles, Grayson, Reese, Deandre, Sawyer, Phoenix, Alexander and my favourite one...Malcolm.
On Randy's short list: Oscar, Julian, Liam, Quintin, Ben and August.

Hmmmm. We seem to have very different ideas for names. :o)

And of course when we ask the boys for their imput, they would like their brother to have one of these names: Zander, Ethan, Nick or Chip. They all happen to be the names of the Power Rangers. Not going to happen boys!

And the debate continues.....