Meet the Twins

We had our first appointment with our perinatologist, Dr. Rinehart, this week.  We were anxious for the meeting for several reasons, but mainly to be sure the twins were healthy.  They both checked out beautifully and even put on a show for us!  We saw lots of stretching, kicks - - even a few that looked like they were directed towards one another -- cute profiles, healthy heartbeats, fingers, and toes.  It certainly helps things seem more real when you see such vivid pictures, and we feel extremely blessed.

Of all the sonograms we'll have, this one (and possibly the one next month) are my favorite.  I say this because it's fairly "easy" to tell what you're looking at and the entire baby(ies) fit in the screen.  Later on, you're only able to see sections of the baby at a time, making it harder to tell exactly what you're looking at.  To give you a bit of reference at this point, the twins are each about the size of a lemon.   

I know you can't tell much (and some people think these are a little creepy) but here are our sweet babies.  They are not actually on top of one another, but that's how the picture was taken.  For clarification, they are lying opposite one another, head to feet, with a membrane in between.  

I promise not to be a crazy pregnant mom with a post about what I'm craving / feeling every week :)   But, it's not everyday you run across a sonogram of twins you actually know - - especially mine!!!  I'm still getting used to the idea of how this is all going to work once they get here but I did get out and do a little crib shopping today.  That's a start, right??