Ultrasounds from the Winter Solstice

Dawn will be along to annotate these later.  I just wanted to get it posted up - even if a few days late!  Click to see larger size.

The first picture is Siena's profile. The second is the front view of Névé's face. You can see her giant lips vertical in the middle and a big nose to the right and then eye sockets. The third is Névé's profile with her hand on her forehead.

PS - this was the first scan using the new scanner from Ma and Pa Will.  Thank you!

*** Two more pictures that I might as well add in here.  Dawn and the girls in that classic, "hands make a heart over the belly" preggers pose.  It had to be done.

            

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)

It's time to revisit the world of blogging

It's been some time since we've last logged in to this blog.  It's not that we haven't had anything to share, it's just that we've been pretty busy with other projects and other things.  However, we now have some news that is too important and too exciting to keep to ourselves:

We are expecting!  Dawn is pregnant!! - with twins!!!

Currently we are in the middle of week 12.  Except for some food aversions and a slight drop in energy levels, Dawn is doing great.  We are both having fun reading up on what to expect, going through baby names, looking for strollers and other baby products for twins.  One thing is certain, however - our lives will be changing dramatically come next February, and we couldn't be happier!

We'll use this blog to post the latest updates, ultrasounds, belly pictures, and any other news we may have.  Without further ado, let me introduce you to the twins Atwood:

For fun, here is the first picture of the babies on the 20th of June:

As you can see, they've grown quite a bit in the past month!

As I stated earlier, we are still in the deliberation stage regarding names.  Of course, it's still too early to know the sex of the babies, so we're trying to come up with name pairs for 2 girls, 2 boys, and one of each.  Suggestions are welcome!  Please post them in the comment section!

Until next time,
Nate

PS - I'll be changing the banner picture soon.