Twins

I'm now 25 weeks preggers. I should have started this blog earlier, but oh well--shoulda, woulda, coulda--right? Hopefully this blog will help us keep in touch with everyone and easily share pictures, comments, etc.

Here's a quick recap: Mr. Monkey and I are expecting twin girls.

This picture is from October--they are much bigger now and no longer fit into the same sonogram picture. They're due April 29th, but we've been told they might arrive as early as the end of March.

Here's the most recent picture of Baby B--Eveyln. Baby A--Rowan was moving too much to get a good side view.

We're both very excited. They will be our first and yes-also our last children. Which is great because I can't imagine being pregnant more than once. I know some women just looove being pregnant, which to me makes absolutely no sense. I do not like to waddle, I do not like to swaddle. I do not like it in a tree. I do not like it on my knee. No, I do not like pregnancy. --that was my tribute to Dr. Seuss "Sam I Am." I thought I'd spare you, dear reader, the litany of gruesome complaints.

Anyhow, pregnancy aside, I am thrilled to be having two girls. Andre's first comment on discovering they are both girls was, "We're going to be broke." Our nurse reassured him by telling him not to worry if we really wanted boys, "there will be plenty of boys around--especially with twin girls." ha Andre gasped, "but I don't want those boys."

He's actually very happy they are girls and already has big plans for them. He's been learning new songs on the bagpipes to play for them, but he can't decide if he wants them to learn to Scottish dance or play the bagpipes too. I think they should be allowed to decide for themselves and I'm sure this will win in the end.

We've been working on their room as well. Since they are our only children, I decided that Andre should be able to have his dream nursery--Pirate Princess. Creating a pirate-princess theme has actually become rather difficult though. For some reason, Babies R Us does not have pre-made baby bedding for little girls who want to be pirates with a princesses sense of style. So the theme has become somewhat of an ocean theme. I found this ultra-cute octopus chair for them. We're hoping to have a mural of an ocean painted in their room and I've been sewing their crib bedding. Its really cute little orange fish on a blue background. Even my grandmother has said she'll crochet a baby blanket with little fish.

Speaking of which, its absolutely amazing how many things a new baby "requires." I can't possibly imagine how our species evolved without the Graco pack-n-play or in the very least a papasan infant bouncer. I have also recently discovered that our living room is an absolute death-trap. Seriously, we're going to have to do a major child safety overhaul to protect our two monkeys.

Andre has been working on finishing up various projects around the house. We had to replace our downstairs toilet--it hasn't been working very well since the big pirate party we had for Andre's 32nd b-day. And he's replacing the downstairs carpet with wood laminate floors. In addition, he's been making beer and wine for our friend's upcoming wedding. Unfortunately, he accidently dropped the glass carboy, thus spilling and losing 5 gallons of red wine on our kitchen floor today. What a mess.