Fearfully and Wonderfully Made

It's official! We had our 18 week ultrasound and found that we're having identical twin BOYS! We're so excited! The babies are doing great - growing like they should be, and now I'm starting to feel them moving around. I have to admit that I'm a little apprehensive about raising boys, but people keep telling me that boys are easier to raise than girls. We bought Dr. Dobson's book on raising boys to help us get in the mindset. It's supposed to be helpful, but the first chapter just scared me. :) This could be a real challenge...

Today I tried listening to their heartbeats with the doppler at work, but they were too active and I only got to hear them briefly. I have a feeling this is just a peek into what my life is going to look like, and it won't be the last time I'll be searching for them. I guess I should enjoy this time...knowing exactly where they are!

Here are some pics of me and my boys:

This is a side view of me and my ever growing tummy (at 19 weeks). I think it expands every day. One friend at work said she could see the difference after just three days!

My amazing disappearing toes!

Our first 3-D pictures of the boys. Baby A on the left is giving us a profile shot with a leg up, and Baby B has his back to us with a profile shot facing right.

This is the best picture we have yet - Baby A! He was being very cooperative and giving us good pictures. The ultrasound tech kept saying that his brother was being lazy and stubborn (he was asleep and definitely didn't care that we wanted a better picture). :)

I can't believe that we get to have more of these "inside looks" at our babies. We'll have an ultrasound every 4 weeks from here on out. This time we saw so many things - parts of the hearts, kidneys, nasal bones, major vessels and so much more. They really are "fearfully and wonderfully made!"