20 Weeks!

Bananas!! That is the fruit comparison of our little guys this week.  Head to foot they each measure right around 10 inches. We had a appointment this morning and both boys look great! They were waving, kicking, doing somersaults and in general, just being cute. :) Both heartrates are in the low-140's which is perfectly normal.  The tech showed us Baby B's "middle leg," as she scanned his body, funny to see! He's definitely a boy! :)

Everything is looking great with me, I was cleared to fly to Seattle in August for my baby shower, yay!! We will be having another ultrasound the day before I leave just to be sure nothing has changed and that I'm all set to go!  I'm loving all this monitoring, it's so reassuring to be able to see them so often.  Both boys are now head down with Baby A hanging out on my right side and Baby B on my left.  They've seemed to move from their "bunkbed" position to being side-by-side.

Over the past week and a half, they've been really active!! While I have felt them since about week 17 or so, the first day I felt consistent movement by both babies was July 21st, the day I flew to Seattle. Either they really liked all the orange juice or the flying! :)  Since then, they've moving a ton, but thankfully only during the day! Let's hope that doesn't change!! The other day, I felt one of them kick from the outside and last night, Kev got to finally feell his first kick. He had a big smile on his face, it was pretty neat for him!

Sleeping has become MUCH more difficult. I'm a total back/stomach sleeper so this "side sleeping" is for the birds! My mom got me a kick ass memory foam preggo pillow, but even with that, my back has been really sore. I know it's only going to get worse so I'm going to start getting chiropractic work again to help my body stay aligned. I hope it helps!!! Swimming has been really good for me since it's so low-impact.  I've taken advantage of the 71 degree water down at our beach house and swam a ton! When not in the ocean, I head to a friend's pool for about 30 minutes of treading water or kicking with a ball. I know it's not a ton of cardio, but it does seem to help stretch and keep my muscles a little less tight.

A few weeks ago, at 18.5 weeks, we hit the halfway point!  A twin pregnancy is considered full-term at 37 weeks, so we're well on our way into the "second half" of pregnancy!  I can only hope/pray that the remainder goes just as well as the the first half has! If I was to deliver right at 37 weeks, these two would be born on Thanksgiving! That would be pretty neat, wouldn't it??

Here's my 20 week pic, I found this non-maternity dress a few weeks back at TJ Maxx for $24 and LOVE IT! I only wish they had it in more colors!!

19 Weeks

Here's my 19 week photo taken this pastThursday in Seattle.  Not the greatest since I had just gotten off a 5.5 hour flight from Boston!  According to my preggo iPhone app, at 19 weeks, the babies are the size of heirloom tomatoes, which I love!! A few pics from the weekend and a 20 week photo to come!

We are having........

We decided to find out what we're having!! We actually decided a few weeks ago when a friend in Seattle told me about a cute way that people have learned the gender(s) of their baby/babies.  It was important to us to find out alongside our family, we knew it would make the surprise of it all that much more fun and memorable for us.

So, at last Thursday's appointment, I had our ultrasound tech write down the results and seal them in an envelope. It was hard not to open it and peek, let me tell ya! Good thing it wasn't in my possession too long! I immediately drove to a  local baker and handed them the envelope. I said, "bake two cakes, one chocolate and one vanilla, but I want the inside frosting to match the results inside the envelope." So either pink or blue frosting, or one of each.  I asked for the outside frosting to be neutral (white) with green icing identifying which cake was which.  It was definitely weird to think that she would know the sex(es) of our children before we did!!  I picked the cakes up on Friday afternoon and after a quality check to be sure the colored frosting in the middle wasn't leaking out the sides, I drove straight to our beach house. 

That night, after dinner, we said my grandpa had brought dessert over and that we were anxious to dig in. Our plan was to Skype in my mom and step dad from Seattle for the big reveal. So, Kev and I sneakily ran a covert op mission setting up laptops, etc....

It was finally time.... We unveiled the cakes to everyone and when what we were doing sunk in, everyone was super excited! We all took a guess of what they thought they were then we were ready to cut into the first cake!!!

Here are the cakes, pre-reveal!



Twin B is a ..............................................



Drumroll.....................................................



BOY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!



How "wedding" of us :)

and


Twin A is a.................................................



another BOY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!



We have TWO BOYS!!!!!!



We couldn't be more excited to welcome our TWO little boys this Winter. The thought of Kevin raising our two little guys to love sports melts my heart. He's going to be the BEST daddy and I'm so excited for our journey to begin with them.  I will never, ever forget last Friday. It was the perfect way to find out for us and I'm SO happy we did it that way!

I, of course, have already started looking at nursery stuff, baby boy clothes and picturing what the little guys will look like! Will they have that infamous cutie Mullin nose? Blue eyes, brown eyes, or one of each? Will they arrive with full heads of hair? None of that matters I suppose, we just want them to be strong, healthy and happy! I hope these two know how much they are already loved!

18 Weeks!

Yesterday, Kev and I had our 18 week ultrasound which is equivalent to a singleton 20 week appointment.  We got to see both babies moving around, dancing, waving their arms. Incredible! They've definitely grown a ton since our 12 week appointment! They're both doing great which makes us both VERY happy! :)  I don't think either of us stopped smiling throughout the 1 hour and 20 minute appointment!  I seriously could just lay there and watch them move around all day, it would never get old!  Since we're so closely monitored, we may be able to see them again in two weeks! :)

Here are the pictures from yesterday, Baby A is on the bottom, head down. Baby B is on top in the breach position. The doctors assured me that they'll move around quite a bit in the next few months so not to worry about B being breached. Baby A has an anterior placenta which means that it's at the front.  I'll probably feel him/her less than Baby B who has a posterior placenta, meaning behind him/her. They are starting to move around a lot, coolest.thing.ever!  And yes, this was the appointment where we could find out the genders... But, we chose not to, at least yesterday! :) ! We do have them written down, should we crack! :)



I think they definitely look alike!


Cutie pie!


My heart melted when I saw this picture!!!! :)

SO excited

My best friend, Katie, is in labor!!! I can't WAIT to get the text with his sweet little picture and hear what name they finally decided on.  I have a good feeling of what it will be, but we'll see! I'm a total mess at work right now, I can't concentrate and am SO excited for them!!! I wish my trip to Seattle was starting tomorrow, not next Thursday! I can't wait to meet him!

Belly Pix Catch Up!

Here are some belly pictures from weeks 12-17! I'm definitely growing despite what a few of the pictures show.  I swear stripes make me look bigger than anything does but I love them! At some point you just have to embrace the belly, right?!

I picked up two cute lightweight dresses from H&M the other day. One is super colorful stripes dress and the other is a darker grey with little white polka dots. I have to say, H&M Maternity may have a small selection (at least in my local store), but, I love it! And at $29.50 each, you can't beat that! It's SO hot in Boston right now, dresses are the way to go!

Excuse the blurry self portraits, my iPhone's zoom feature is sub par! Kev took weeks 15 and 16 which turned out much better. Thursday marks 18 weeks, still undecided on whether or not we'll find out the sexes yet. We're VERY excited to see our little ones, regardless!  It's been 6 whole weeks! :)



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