Our Babies are Growing!!

This is the last week (week 12) of my first trimester. Next Tuesday marks the beginning of my second trimester (13 weeks)!!!!!!! Time is flying by and the twins are growing so much. Most of my early pregnancy symptoms such as morning sickness and fatigue have subsided.

As for our babies their fingerprints have formed on their tiny fingertips, their veins and organs are clearly visible through their still-thin skin, and their bodies are starting to catch up with their heads — which makes up just a third of their body size now. If we are having a girl, she now has more than 2 million eggs in her ovaries. Both babies are almost 3 inches long and the size of a peach weighing nearly an ounce each. Their intestines, which have been growing inside the umbilical cord, are now starting their trek to their permanent position in their abdomen. Also, their vocal cords are developing. We are so amazed every week how much growing and developing they do and it is all inside my growing tummy. Speaking of my tummy all I will say is POT BELLY. hahahahahahaha.

Last Tuesday was our 12 week ultra sound. Check out the photos. On the top is both twins. Twin B is to the left and Twin A is on the bottom right. The next photo is twin A. It might be hard to see, but if you look close you can see her/him look right at you. Below this photo is Twin B. Now look close...the head is on the right pointing down and again he/she is looking at us. Also to the left are his/her feet they are crossed. HOW COOL IS THAT?!!! hahahahaha. We just love it! Oh yeah, one more thing... it looked like Twin B tried to punch Twin A through the membrane wall that separates them while we were watching! Our doctor laughed and said, "Looks like they're fighting already!!!". Freaking awesome.

This appointment was so special. Ray's mom and dad drove up from New Jersey to see the ultrasound. It was dad's first time ever to see an ultra sound and mom said she has only seen a few of them. Both of them were so excited to be there. Mom cried and dad...well dad did not have much of a reaction. hahaha. I think he was a bit confused on what was going on. No matter what they both were so happy and now they are even more excited and thrilled to be GRANDPARENTS! Now I need to get my mom and Jeff up here to join us for an ultrasound!!!!

Our next appointment is on June 29th and we think this might be the ONE were we can find out what sex they are!!!!!!!!!!!!! I know...I know...God only gives us so many suprises and some family and friends say, "why find out?". Well here is what we think...FIRST we are suprised. TWINS...let's say we are super suprised. SECOND we feel like what is the difference in finding out in four weeks or 6 more months. Boy? Girl? We really don't care as long as they are healthy. With everything going on in our lives...moving to NJ again (maybe? we will know hopefully in a few days.), our jobs, our busy schedules, we just need to be as prepared as we can be and have everything done for these wonderful babies so when they get here we can focus on them. With that being said hopefully the next time we blog we will be able to introduce you to our twins by their names!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

One more thing...we would like to send a few blessing out to a few close friends. Jason & Jennifer we are so EXCITED for your new addition to "our" family...JORDAN!!! We can't wait for you to have her and we can't wait to hold her. Only three more weeks! Joe & Carisa we are on pins and needles waiting for Oliva to join "our" family too. The end of July seems so far away, but it will be here sooner than we think. One request...PLEASE don't have her while we are in TEXAS. We love both of y'all so much and we can't wait to see our two beautiful little girls.

Hugs,

R&J