Dawn's Growing Belly

Okay, so I was incorrect.  We haven't been taking pictures of Dawn's belly each week, but we are trying to now.  Some of the travel we were doing made it difficult to get the weekly pictures. Now, we just have to find a good place at the house to do them each week so there is some consistency.  One thing is for sure, though - Dawn is getting bigger each week and more noticeably so now!

Here is the first belly picture that we took in Bandon, Oregon on July 14:

Picture number 2 taken on the 10th of August:

Picture number 3 taken on the 23rd of August:

The latest picture taken on the 28th of August. 

We'll post these up each week from now on along with any other pictures we may take during the week.  According to all of the books we've been reading, Dawn's belly will start growing by leaps and bounds now!  One funny thing to mention is how many people are surprised that Dawn is even pregnant, let alone carrying twins.  She has been doing a great job of eating healthy and working out at least three times a week.  So far, I believe she has only gained a few pounds during the pregnancy.  This soon-to-be papa is very proud of her!  Yeah, sometimes I have to force-feed her spinach and fish oil, but it's for the better good of all involved!  

29 Aug 2011 - Girls!

Today we found out the sexes of the twins!  We knew that whatever they turned out to be, we would be happy either way.  Now, we can start whittling down name choices and decide what we are going to call these two.  We have a couple of favorites in mind, but I'll wait to share that information when we are 100% sure.  We did get a couple of new ultrasounds today.  The babies are getting noticeably bigger now!  It was fun watching them move around, kick each other in the head, and kick Dawn's belly.  They are definitely active little girls!

Just like her mom, this one is a thumb sucker too!  ;)

Big Head Baby Inside the Monster

Since Dawn began showing, we've been taking a weekly picture of her belly's growth.   Oops!  I was going to post those now, but they aren't quite ready yet.  I still have to do a bit of sorting and processing on them (still in RAW format).  I will get those up soon, though!

One last thought - please keep the pink for the girls to a bare minimum!  I don't know if I can deal with too much of it!  Thanks! :D

New ultrasounds from August 4th

Apologies for taking so long to get these put up.  There was a delay due to installing a new internet router at home and then trying to get the *^&%$ing printer/scanner hooked back up.  What a pain in the butt!  I will let Dawn write a bit more about the visit itself - which was great.  I wish the doctor would have printed out some of the better views of the babies, but these are still pretty cool, if not a bit hard to see.

This first one is a view of the top of the babies heads.  It doesn't show a lot, but at least show that they do indeed have heads.  That's a relief!

Righty's Hand (4 fingers and a thumb present and accounted for)

Lefty's foot (all toes accounted for)