Tracy's First Baby Shower

Saturday was Tracy's first of four baby showers. This one was thrown by my mother in Salisbury. Tracy had a wonderful time. The weather was excellent and guest came from as far away as Minnesota (thanks Tia). It was nice to see everyone that we have not seen in a long time. Hopefully we will be seeing more of you soon. We received so many gifts and we are both so appreciative of everyone's generosity. Mom, thank you so much for planning this day for Tracy. We love you very much. Below are some photos from the shower.

New Photos

Tracy is now almost 22 weeks. She has recently felt a little fluttering in her belly. Can't wait till they start having karate battles! Here are some photos from this weekend.

New Belly Photo of Tracy

Tracy is now 20 weeks and 5 days pregnant. I took this great photo of her after her Evensong performance at church. She looks so beautiful!

20 Week Ultrasound

Tracy and I went in for her 20 week ultrasound today. As you read before, I wasn't able to go to her last ultrasound where she got to see every little part of each baby. Well I must say that it was absolutely amazing. It is so unreal to be able to see each part of your baby. The tech did a great job of capturing each baby for us. She got out the 4D ultrasound and took photos of each baby. Truly amazing. We were hoping that we would find out the sex of the babies today and we did. The doctor came in and did views of the heart, brain and then went to find the sexes. Each baby fully cooperated. Baby A was first and doctor said, "well there is outdoor plumbing". Then it was Baby B's turn. The doctor turned to Tracy and asked if she could throw batting practice. Baby B is a boy as well. We're having twin boys. The doctor said that it was possible that they could be identical. We had the understanding that because they were in separate sacs, they were fraternal. The doctor told us that it was possible that they split before they implanted and are identical. He said a simple blood test after birth would be able to tell us. We are both very excited. Stay tuned for more posts.

Belly Photos at 17 weeks!!!

Okay...some of you have been asking for photos of Tracy's Belly. Here they are!!!

Dr. Appointment on February 27

We had our second appointment today at Lankenau. Tracy is now at 16 1/2 weeks. Our appointment went pretty well. We met with Dr. Belden today. There are four doctors that we will be seeing at the group. We were hoping for an ultrasound today so we could see how the twins have grown over the last month, but unfortunately they didn't do one. We will have to wait until our 20 week ultrasound, scheduled for March 26th. We did get to hear the heartbeats today! This was the first time that I had heard them. It was amazing. We were able to hear one baby's heartbeat right away. The second baby took a little longer to find. I think we both got a little scared for a second, but everything is okay. Dr. Belden told us that they will be doing some stress tests later on to make sure that the twins are getting enough oxygen. This will happen around 28 weeks. Keep checking back for updates.

We would like to thank everyone for being so supportive.

Testing on the Twins

Tracy went in today for some genetic testing for the twins. The Doctors are testing for Downs Syndrome, Cystic Fibrosis, Spinal Muscular Atrophy, and other common Genetic Diseases (to see if Tracy was a carrier). For the Downs test they do a Sequential Screen. It uses an ultrasound do a measurement in the neck area of the babies to look for some abnormality. The doctor that did the testing told Tracy that everything looked good. She also had some blood drawn to do complete some of the other tests. I didn't attend this appointment and I am regretting it. Tracy got to hear both babies heartbeats!!! Both were loud and strong. One registered around 143 and the other 170. The technician said anywhere between 120 and 180 is good. Tracy got a good look at both babies today. She was able to get some close ups looks as well. One of the babies was squirming all over the place. The other was just sitting there relaxing. Below you will see some the photos from today's ultrasound. Notice the changes in identifying the twins. They said that the location, right and left will stay the same so we are going to call them LT and RT for now. Photos say 13 weeks. I think we are close enough, Wednesday is 13 weeks!


Left Twin


Right Twin



Both Twins