T-minus 24 hours...

I can't believe this time tomorrow, we'll be Warf, party of 4!  Wow. That was an excited wow and a nervous wow:-)  We can't wait to finally meet these little ones face to face!  On the ultrasound today, Little Boy Warf is weighing in at 5lb11 oz and Little Girl Warf is 5lb13oz, both looking great... but quite squished.  PARTY at the hospital TOMORROW at noon!  The section is scheduled to start at noon - and we'll have babies a few minutes after that!  Pics to come soon!

Moving on along...

So, after threatening their early arrival for the last 4 weeks... Little Boy Warf and Little Girl Warf are showing a little stage fright!  (or just being stubborn)  We went for our mid-35-week checkup yesterday and my doctor said she was "shocked..." that NOTHING had changed from last week! ha. Who knows. We may not meet these babies until next week anyway!  I, personally, would not be upset if it were tomorrow... but I know they're in the best place for them right now.

Little Boy Warf is an estimated 5lb8oz and Little Girl Warf is an estimated 5lb7oz - yay!  And mom is ... ok, not telling. ha!!  They looked great on the ultrasound...crammed in there. I know how i feel... can't imagine how packed they feel:-)  We can't see Baby A's (boy) face since he's looking straight at my backbone... Baby B (girl) has always loved the camera more (taking after Aunt Grace and Moppy:-).  Her little face is getting chubbier and is squeezed so tightly between the boy's stomach and her placenta that it looks like she's saying the Chubby Bunny thing smushing her cheeks in!  ha!

Now Millie and I are just passing time at home:-) I wish I had videos of my mom and sister texting each other and me... so excited! Of course, we all are.  It's so sweet to see Mom so excited - she literally lived for these times 6 years ago - to see grandchildren. I am humbled and so grateful... and undeservingly BLESSED to see this. I have always prayed my children would know her. Praise HIM! To see where He has taken us over the last 6 years is... well, I just have to sit back and take it in...there are no words. Our only response can be to truly give HIM all the praise and live to make Him known...

I was watching one of those "having babies" shows (I know, I know... I tried to stop) on TV and couldn't help but cringing when the new mother - experiencer of a miracle - said, "It's just so amazing...that we can do this.. that we can create life... women are truly amazing".  Of course the last phrase is true... (hee, hee, just kidding) but I thought about that for a minute - SO MANY people in this world think that...feeling of their accomplishment... at the first instant of seeing their baby for the first time. What a shame. We, women, do NOTHING during these 9 months to cause that little heart to start beating at 4 WEEKS. Yes, a three and a half to four week old hearts beat in utero. We do nothing to spur the little one to grow arms and legs, blink their eyes, suck their thumbs. We can certainly harm them by what we do, eat, choose to experience ... but sure can't help them develop at all. We can just provide the best environment possible for a miracle to take place.  Such a humbling experience.

I pray these children will come to know and truly treasure their Creator...the only Giver of life and breath. The One who writes all the days in our books before we are even one day old. The One who entrusts us mere sinners with perfect miracles of newborn babies and allows us to "train them up" hopefully "in the way they should go". What an investment... and such a tall order.

Ok kids, let's get this show on the road. People are waiting to meet you!!  (and Mom's having trouble breathing cause you're taking up all the space:-)

34 weeks!

Well, we made it past the "34 week" mark:-)  Just got back from the doctor today and everything looks great - Little Boy Warf is estimated to weigh 5lbs and Little Girl Warf is estimated to be 5lbs3oz!  Looks like they'll be here in the next week or two:-)  Check out this picture of our "first" child...

Poor Millie thinks I'm home all day because she is queen of the universe and deserves it... but she has been really "clingy" and tries to get in my lap - ha! When that obviously doesn't work, she just puts her head on my belly and stares at me. It's going to be interesting watching these 3 meet:-)

It's hard to believe "that" time is almost here... people ask if we're "ready" and I say "no!"... "will we ever be?" ha. It's exciting.   I'll share some pics of the nursery:

See "2 weeks" post above for new nursery pictures...

Fun times ahead!  :-) 

In other news, and news to me... when a sack of potatoes sits dormant in a pantry for over 2 months, not only do they get soft and grow good fuzzy mold (only on the underside where you can't see by just glancing at the bag)... they also leave tons of smelly (terrible!!) liquid all over the shelf and everything around the bag!  Ugh.  Just FYI. 

We'll keep everyone up to speed on these babies' arrival:-)  Won't be long now!

A few changes

I can't complain at all - it's been such a great pregnancy!  I've been able to continue working full time, going to the gym, taking walks, and I've felt great (after those first 16 weeks!)...  we went for the 32 and 1/2 week visit and I was disappointed to hear that I needed to stop working and basically all activity - basically, things were "progressing" a little too fast and the doctor wanted me to slow down to make sure these babies aren't born too early!  They (the twins) look GREAT, my blood pressure is great, just need to slow down a little:-)
Here's Twin A (BOY) at 32 weeks, 3 days weighing in at 4lbs and 5 oz!:

And here's Twin B (GIRL) at 32 weeks, 3 days weighing in at 4lbs 3 oz!:

The first week at home was an adjustment:-)  Millie (our golden retriever) thinks she's now queen of the world, deserving all day attention!  ha!  I will say... there are WAY too many having babies shows on TV during the day... I can't watch them - or I start freaking out!  haha.

We're (ALL) hoping to hold off meeting each other face to face until 36 weeks (end of August)... we're thinking it might be anytime between 1 and 3 weeks from now... wow!!

We're 33 weeks now and will go back to all be measured Tuesday!

I'll post pics of the nursery soon:-)

New Beginnings

Early February 2010:  Of course, we were so excited to be expecting... and went to the first doctor visit.  We had an ultrasound to confirm everything and I'll never forget the conversation in that room:

Tech:  "Ok, everything looks great!  Here's the first heartbeat..."

Meredith:  "first?"

Bruce:  "what??!! you mean there's more?"

Tech:  "Yes, you know there's two, right??"

Meredith: staring at the screen and can't say anything

Bruce:  "Um.... I think I need to sit down."

Then we sat in awe and heard the two precious heartbeats (exactly 174 for both!) of our 7-week old twins!  THEN, we got back into the car and laughed... and cried... and thanked God for the awesome privilege, blessing, responsibility of experiencing such miracles!

Of course, we wanted to tell our parents and just knew my Mom's response MUST be captured on video!  The surprise worked quite well, actually, since her 5-year "birthday" since her surgery was February 4th!  We were already meeting for dinner at the Parker House for a double celebration - Bruce's promotion at work and Mom's 5-year birthday!!  Check it out: 

Oh what fun times are ahead!!

Ok, here we go...

Well, I guess I've surrendered to the pressure...I've only been home off work for about 7 hours and decided that maybe I should jump on the bandwagon and start a blog. We'll give it a shot... here we go!