Friday, August 31, 2007

Friendly with the Flies

Well, I have some pictures to share for the fun of it. And a story.

Picture my two older children on the front porch swinging fly swatters around and trying to get every bug they see. Then picture my sweet, gentle (yeah, right) daughter saying, "Come here fly...I just want to hug you...I just want to kiss you..."



Then she tells me that she's saying this to the flies because they don't want to be killed....so she's basically admitting to me that she's luring them in to mercilessly kill them...

And then maybe you'll understand why I found this particular figurine amusing:


Here's a picture of Rugger with a birthday present favorite - tractors:


And here's more of the twins:

Sunday, August 19, 2007

Proof of My Instincts

Well, here's the link to a response to my own thread asking others who knew they were having twins whether or not they could tell physically yet that there were two in there...

Proof

written February 16, 2007

I wasn't planning on getting an ultrasound this time around since the only OB in my area isn't very friendly to homebirthers and in general isn't the best place to go.

But my midwife knows the signs of twins and if she suspects then we'd verify by ultrasound. I'm not sure how soon she'd know for sure, since I was 17 and a half when she was here and I'll be 21 and a half the next time.

It's just that my fundal height seems to be getting higher quicker than it should, I'm gaining weight quicker, etc. And it's probably all in my head, but I just thought I'd ask and see what you gals felt at this stage.

I definately feel only one baby when I push around on my belly, because you can feel the lump and then it swims away after I've poked it.

But like some of you said, if the other baby (if there was one) was underneath, then I'd not know, anyway.

I actually hope it's NOT twins just because I don't know how I'd handle taking care of two newborns at once, and I have only nursed my other two, never dealt with bottles, so I'd want to with this one, too, and twins make it even harder, etc.

Thanks for the input, though, and congratulations on each of your own double bundles of joy! I hope you all have a healthy and uneventful pregnancy :)

Deb