19 Weeks: A boy and a girl!

Our second try at the doctor to find out the sex of each baby was a success! I had a really good appointment at my doctor's office last week complete with lots of new sonogram pictures, seeing the babies in 4D again, and a good overall report for all three of us. The only thing missing was Jeremy but with a little help from technology we were able to have him "join" the appointment. Jeremy spent last week in Ft. Wayne, IN for work training. After I arrived at my appointment on Tuesday and got settled in the sonogram room, I explained to the sonogram tech that Jeremy was out of town but we were hoping to learn the sex of the babies. She's a tech we've had several times over the past months and she easily agreed to let me call Jeremy and put him on speaker phone. She checked out the sex of each baby and then announced, loud enough for Jer to hear as well, that we were having a boy and a girl! After the initial excitement, Jeremy's immediate questions were "are the babies okay and are the heartbeats still strong?" The tech then checked out their heartbeats and turned up the volume so Jeremy could hear it over the phone. We were elated and I was of course in tears.

Jeremy didn't return home until Friday afternoon. As soon as he got back we went and updated our baby registries with items specific to a baby girl and a baby boy (think lots of pink and blue!!) and then set off to tell our families. We presented them each with a little box of chocolates containing 2 chocolate cups. One was decorated with a baby boy on top and the other with a baby girl. Each baby was made of frosting. It was fun sharing the news!!

We finalized our nursery color decision as soon as we found out what the babies are. Jeremy picked up all the painting supplies and finished the first coat of paint on Sunday afternoon. He's motivated! I can also report I have now felt several flutters in my stomach that have to be the babies. They are growing like crazy and seem to be moving around a great deal as well! I think they are making up for the exercise I'm not getting since I'm restricted from pretty much all exercise. Honestly though, I'm not complaining and will probably miss the forced laziness when this is all said and done!! ;-)  With Charlie and Zoey running around, I get plenty of exercise just from laughing at them or chasing after Charlie trying to keep a constant eye on him. He's also growing like crazy!

Gifts for the family to reveal the sexes.

It's a boy and a girl!

Had to share! Charlie is Zoey's biggest fan and as you can see, sometimes she just has to be thinking, "can't I just get some peace and quiet once in a while?!"