Ooooh! Names!!!

I almost forgot!! We are about 98% decided on names now!

Boy: Charles Cooper Wilcox, nick name Charlie!

Girl: Alexandra Abigail Wilcox, nick name....??

That's where we're stuck... we did like Abby, then decided we'd rather name her after me. So now we're stuck between Ally or Lexie for a nick name. I've posted this question on some pregnancy forums, and on a twin group on facebook and 99% of everyone likes Lexie better. BUT of course... my husband, my mom, and my best friend all like Ally better! The 3 most influential people in my life! ha ha!! I thought I liked Lexie more... now I cant decide. If I weren't up in the air about which I liked better, then it would be Ally. So it probably will be :)

But anyway, those are our names... any insight on which nick name is better for our girl??

Impatient prego....

So I'm now 25 weeks and have been feeling extremely impatient lately. I had a dream last night that we were actually having triplets! 2 girls and one boy! And when they were born they all had red hair! It was really weird! So of course when I woke up it only added to my impatience because I had a dream about having them around, and holding them and everything. Im so DONE being pregnant... and I have a while to go yet!

Luckily we have some exciting events leading up to the really hard part... in less then two weeks Im flying to Oregon for 5 days for my baby shower and to see friends and family! Im very excited, it'll be a great last chance to have a break from responsibility before our family almost doubles in size! Brody and Ben are going to go camping while I'm gone and Brody is already excited... he keeps making sure he knows where his camo hat is!

Two weeks after that, on memorial day weekend, Ben's mom and step-dad are coming into town for about 5 days! SO that'll be lots of fun... we're going to go to San Francisco and probably Folsom Lake and what not. Im especially excited for when the boys have a fishing day and Julie and I can go get our nails done! Nothing makes you feel pretty like some nice shiny fake nails!

And that will put us into June... most of which I'm planning on spending at my Aunt Suzette's pool! Im gonna get some vitamin D and let the pool punch gravity in the face while I float around and ease some pressure off my hips and back!

On July 4th Ill be a little over 34 weeks, and 36 weeks is full term for twins. My doctor said we can expect to meet the twins in mid-july! It all depends on how big they get and how they develop... and considering I had a 9 pound baby last time, maybe that means theyll grow big and fast and I wont have to be miserably huge for too long!

Tomorrow I have an appointment... and another ultrasound! I'm very excited to see the twins and see how they've grown over the last 5 weeks! I will, of course, be posting pics from the ultrasound tomorrow afterwards! Oh, and I added some new belly shots tonight as well :)

Ok, time to go try and sleep... switch sides about a 100 times, lay on my back for a few minutes, remember Im not allowed to lay on my back, switch sides a few more times. Go to sleep, wake up, go pee, and start all over again. Try doing that 3 or 4 times a night... it's SO fun! ;)

ALREADY???

Im just over 21 weeks and already starting to feel very uncomfortable EVERY day! My belly is starting just below my breast line now a days, and i can feel the babies kick up by my ribs and down on my bladder! I feel like Im starting to fill up with babies very quickly! I cant believe I still have at LEAST 12 more weeks! I already have a basketball under my shirt... what comes after that? A beach ball!?!? ha ha

Anyway, there are new belly shots in my 'belly shot' post if you want to witness the basketball yourself :)

20 week appointment/ ultrasound

We went to the 20 week appointment and ultrasound today, it was awesome!

First we had to do a bunch of paper work and then came the ultrasound!

At the ultrasound she started measuring baby A first, the head, bones, checking organs and all that good stuff. She verified all the hands and feet and what not and then went for the gender check. But of course baby A had its hands between it's legs so she said she'd get back to it, so the suspense lingered on!

Then she did the same thing with baby B, measured everything and checked organs and right away discovered it was a boy! We were really hoping we'd have at least one girl, so the suspense was really intense now, especially since we werent sure if the tech was going to be able to find out the gender of baby A or not!

But she went back to baby A and jiggled her around a little and searched for a couple minutes and finally discovered baby A is a girl! We're both so happy!! Now we just have to figure out names! Archer and Abigail are still top names, but now im thinking we'll have Brody, Abby, and Archer... and it seems like we should have another name ending in 'Y' to keep the flow going... I dont know!! So obviously my goal over the next few days is to get some names figured out!!

So in the end, both the babies are measuring 20 weeks and 2 days, which is EXACTLY where they should be, and both weighing in at about 12 ounces. The boy is about one gram heavier then the girl :) And everything looked totally normal and healthy!!

After the ultrasound I had my regular 20 week appointment and my doctor is VERY nice and knowledgable. He said that even though my due date is August 13th, he would be surprised if I'm still pregnant in August. He said we're probably looking more towards the last two weeks in July. He also said as long as we can make it to the middle of June (around June 16th or 17th), then the babies should be in the clear for a full bill of health! AND he said i was good to fly to oregon for my baby shower in May since Ill still be early enough and it isnt a long flight. :) So baby shower is scheduled for May 14th at Amy Brown's house, invitations should come shortly :)

Ben posted part of the ultrasound in the previous posting if you want to see that (there might be technical problems with the video since its the first time we've tried posting a video!)... and now some ultra sound pics:

This is baby B, and proof its a boy!

Baby boy's profile!

And baby A, and proof its a girl!!

Baby girl's foot and leg

20 Week Ultrasound!

Baby "A" is a girl, and baby "B" is the boy! Everything is perfectly normal, and they weigh 12 ounces a piece.

Eat my placenta?

I have an app on my iPhone with a baby forum that I browse and ask questions on a lot... and yesterday a woman posted on there asking if anyone knew how much it costs to keep your placenta after birth and have it turned into pills to take. It's like prenatal vitamins for after birth made from your insides! Then she asked if that was super expensive, if anyone knew how she could COOK her placenta and just eat it!!!

I'm all for people making their own choices and if you wanna be 'all natural' and eat your own insides I guess that's your business.... but, EW! Come on, if you've seen what a placenta looks like you would know how horribly disgusting the idea of eating it is! Even taking it in pill form, just seems too Hannibal Lector style for me!

Maybe I could sell my TWO placentas to that lady and she can eat mine too! ha ha... but no, not really ;)

Possible Names...

So these are some name ideas we have so far:

Two girls: Lucy and Abigail (Abby)
Two Boys: Hunter and Archer
One boy, One girl: Abigail (Abby) and Archer

I like them all alot, but we'll see if we change our minds at all once we actually the genders of the twins!

What do you all think?

Early Ultrasound

So far I havent felt too much movement, mostly just little flutters, but every once and a while I get a full on kick and its quite a suprise. Today tho I have felt the baby on my right side kicking alot! Which is very cool since during the ultrasounds I've had the baby on my right side was fairly still and just chillin :)

Here's some ultrasound pics from my 12 week ultrasound:

It looked like they were pushing each other back and forth, like they were fighting over more room ha ha

This is "baby A", the one on my right side... baby was very relaxed and easy to take pics of

This is "baby B", which was much more active during the ultrasound, even looked like the baby was standing up in my uterus ha ha

Belly Shots

So I started my belly shots a little late this time around, but Im going to do my best to make sure I get a new one every two weeks. And i think Im going to do one every week towards the end, because I never ended up with a final belly shot with Brody.

So here's my first at 15 weeks:

And here's 17 weeks, both sides so I can watch how my tattoo changes (or hopefully doesnt!)

(March 8th, 2011)

19 weeks... March 20th, 2010, not too much change in the last two weeks... but from what the baby books say it sounds like form here on out Ill start getting much bigger! Cross your fingers my tattoo doesnt get ruined!!

21 weeks (April 1st, 2011) ... and starting to feel very uncomfortable... already!!

23 weeks! (April 18th, 2011) And still no stretch marks! Keep your fingers crossed!

25 weeks! 4/29/2011... it's amazing how great some tanning lotion and a hair straightener can make you feel! ha ha!

Top side... bye bye feet!

Tattoo is still happy! Which makes me happy!

And still no stretch marks! Tho I really need to keep up on my bio oil applications! If I get stretch marks because ive been lazy about putting it on... well that would suck!

Baby #2 AND #3

On January 31st I had what I thought to be a fairly routine prenatal appointment. These are usually, "Pee in a cup, remember your vitamins, any questions?" So Ben decided to stay home with Brody and clean up the house (which obviously was fine with me).

Without thinking I made a restroom stop before going into the office and of course they asked for me to pee in a cup and of course I couldn't... great way to start my appointment. Especially since I had to explain to about 4 different people that I couldn't pee. Fun.

So I grabbed a cup of water to get things going and headed to my room. This was my first time meeting my actual OB since your first appointment at about 8 weeks is with a nurse practitioner. Lucky for me, my primary care doctor referred me to a highly recommended OB and so I was anxious to meet her. Once she got there we went over my medical history and all that boring stuff and she actually took the time to talk to me about my personal life and and what not, which is a nice change since most doctors just throw a list of vitamins at you and say good luck.

Finally she was about to grab the doppler to hear the baby's heart beat when she asked if I had had an ultrasound yet. I hadn't, and since I was 12 weeks she wheeled in the machine! We continued chatting while the machine started up and about half a second after the scanner doo-dad touched my tummy she said, "Oh honey, you're having twins!"

And of course the first thing I said was, "No way, are you sure?!?!" ha ha Well being that she is a professional, she was sure, and as I continued to ask her questions and make her prove to me there in fact were two in there, I finally said, "Oh Im gonna give my husband so much crap for missing this appointment!" ha ha

So Now we know, we are expecting two babies this summer! It makes me chuckle after reading my first post that said, "We're hoping for a girl because 3 kids just seems like too much work."... well it still seems like alot of work.. but also a blessing.

Okay, Im exhausted (at 8:30pm).. more to come!