We found out today. I had a super long ultrasound and after just a few minutes we saw that Baby B is a Boy! One boy for sure, but Baby A was difficult to see. I announced to Caleb that one of the babies is a boy. "I know," he said confidently as he continued playing with Amanda's purse, "and the other is a girl."
Kevin called while the technician was taking some measurements on Baby B and waiting for Baby A to move into a better position. We sat there without too much to say, anxiously waiting for the sonographer to go back to Baby A and let us know already. Finally she got a good shot and the assistant said, "Oh look, you can really see now." And the sonographer announced, "It's a little girl!"
I got to tell Kevin right away. "Wow, " he said, drawing it out as we both pondered our new reality.
Caleb was unimpressed with the news as he has been telling me for at least a month that there is a girl baby and a boy baby in my belly. Kevin also predicted as much.
For all of his good intuition, though, Caleb is certainly wrong about one thing: the names.
Right now he has named them "Hoogily-Boogily" and "Dooggily, Dooggily."
I am thankful for so much. First of all for two healthy babies. The sonographer spent forever measuring 100 things (times two) and apparently all of the measurements looked normal. That is great news and kind of a relief. There is always the possibility of abnormalities and complications, but the possibility is a little higher with twins. I am relieved to hear that everything looks good for now.
I am so grateful that Kevin was able to call, and that they let me talk to him during the ultrasound. That was perfect, all things considered, and quite a miracle.
I am also thankful my boys got to be in there. Caleb was excited to watch "a video of the babies." (However I think he was more excited about the video part of "video of the babies" than the babies, but whatever.) Caleb held my hand for a little bit, but got tired and dropped it like a sack of potatoes. It was still sweet to have my boys with me.
And I am incredibly thankful that my sister Amanda spent 6-plus hours of her day driving to come be with me, and to take care of the boys while I finished the 3 hour-long appointment. She is very generous and I am so glad to have such a good friend in my sister.
So the waiting is over for now. We know. One little girl to dress up and dote on. One little baby boy to love and cuddle and treasure. I have a feeling he will be my baby.
Twins are labeled A or B depending on their position. A is closer to the birth canal. B is farther. So in all likely-hood B will be born second. B is the boy. So that's why I am already thinking of him as the baby, even though his sister would be just moments older than him. And anyways, things can change or they can arrive at the same exact time if for some reason they have to do a C-section.
Also just to be clear, since they are opposite sexes, they are definitely fraternal twins. That means they came from two different eggs and two different sperm. So they might be alike but they could be as different as any two siblings can be, because they are basically a brother and a sister that happen to be sharing the womb together.
So if you wondering why the bushes in front of my house are so tall that we can't see out of our windows, or why I haven't done dishes in a few days, it's because I've been scouring the world for clearance girls' dresses. I know I won't have time to do much shopping after the babies are born, so I better get it in now.
Praise God for all of the blessings in my life. He really knows how to make a girl feel loved.
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Joshua jumped from learning to say words to expressing full-fledged deep feelings. When putting him in his car seat, I heard him say, over and over, "I NO love you, Mama." But to be fair, this was the first time I heard him say that. Usually he says "I love you," for no reason, but always with a big grin on his face. He even says it to Caleb. Today he said, and this is for you, Dad, "I love you, Choo-choo."
