Like the Yogurt: Its a girl... and a girl!

16 weeks along... standing in the babies' room!

November 2012
So we've made it to the 2nd trimester and calling it the honeymoon phase is definitely right on. I feel really good. I still get tired but not like during the first trimester. My morning sickness has vanished. I also got one of those Snoogle pillows so getting comfortable at night is much easier. I'm growing a belly, which happens earlier with twins then in a singleton, and I have moved to maternity clothes. Maternity pants are a Godsend!! I never want to go back to regular pants ever again. My mom and I went shopping and while we were in the maternity section at Macy's she suggested I just try a few things on... greatest idea ever, thanks Mom. We found out Jessica Simpson now has a maternity line out and I got some very cute stuff. I didn't even realize I was uncomfortable in my regular jeans until in the dressing room and I literally wore them out of the store.
My Dr. appointments have been going well and even though I'm carrying two, I'm not considered high risk so I don't have another appointment until 21 weeks! We couldn't wait that long to find out the genders and did decide to go to a specialty 3D/4D ultrasound place. I looked them up online and the best price & reviews were for First Peek in Oak Park. They said they could do a gender check as early as 15 weeks with 99.6% accuracy! If they can't see for any reason you can come back as many times as it takes for free. Last Saturday, Cam, my parents, and I ventured down there. Its a cute little place and they had a couch with several big screen TVs in the ultrasound room. You can bring up to 5 people with you. The bed I got to lay on was so comfortable, I could have taken a nap on it. Once the technician got started, it was very neat to see her go back and forth from 2D to 3D. Everyone had a great view in the room and she spent a good 30 min with us. She pointed out body parts and explained everything we were looking at. The babies still look very alien-ish but I know its still early! Its definitely more baby like then the first blobs we saw. It is amazing all that they can see. Baby A was more stubborn and wouldn't open their legs right away but Baby B cooperated and right away she announced its a girl! After some moving around and pushing on my belly we got Baby A to open up and... another girl!! I had walked in the office convinced that we were having a boy and a girl but I'm just as happy to know I was wrong. So 2 baby girls will be moving in soon. I was tearing up during the whole process which happens every time I get to see them. I loved seeing them swim around in there and I cant wait until I feel the first movement. I know Cam has been as very happy through out all of this but something changed in him after he saw his girls that day. He keeps texting me names and wanted to go wander around at Babies R Us. I'm very lucky to have such an involved partner. It took us a while to get here but I think God had a plan for us and I'm so glad to have my husband by my side and just as excited about our little girls :)