Babies Update (25 weeks)

"There's not much space in there..." No kidding. What once was a vast amount of black space with tiny white blobs has now turned into hands upon feet upon faces upon tummies. Have fun, guys! Twenty-five weeks have now passed and the McGraw boys are now tipping the scales at 1 pound 7 ounces and 1 pound 9.5 ounces respectively. Both hearts are beating fine, and both brains look to be developing well. There wasn't as much "goofing for the camera" the past two visits (probably due to the minimizing space), but we did catch thumbs in mouths, more shots of the boys' privates (great stories for when they have dates over) and a tongue (see above picture - daddy doesn't believe). We did manage to get a picture of "Baby A" putting on a "gun show" for everybody. Check out those muscles (see picture to the right)!

The babies DO move a lot more. I am able to feel plenty of movement in Katie's belly as she tries to sleep at night, and the babies (or at least one of them) kicked me in my face when I put my head down to Katie's stomach...which she encouraged and applauded the babies for doing.

We have our new crib put together in the nursery, along with a changing table and dresser. We bought some cute stuffed animals from World Market the other day, and I matted and framed two little paintings for the boys' room. We also started registries at Target and Babies R' Us.

Please keep everyone in your prayers. Katie is doing great, but sleep has been a little bit of an issue lately. All in all, we count our blessings and get more and more excited (and a little anxious) as weeks go by - we are almost down to 10 weeks left! YIKES (in a good way)!

We send our love,
The McGraws

The Belly Watch 3

They're on the move! The McGraw boys have been kickin' and twitchin' up a storm. I've been enjoying the new activity and wonder what these next three months have in store for us. I've been feeling good since the last post, but sleeping through the night has been my new challenge. Chris and I have been on spring break from teaching this past week and had the chance to paint the nursery. It's a cute green color and pictures of the finished product will be coming. Two more weeks til the next doctor visit! Keep the four of us in your thoughts and prayers!
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And The Winner Is...

...the McGraw BOYS! After months of speculation, the wait is over! Baby A and B can now have specific pronouns! The NEW million-dollar question - are they identical? We will have to wait until they are seven years-old and one day notice they look exactly alike to answer that question!

The Belly Watch 2

It's been about 20 weeks, so we are over the half way mark! The babies are getting bigger (6-7 inches) and I'm starting to feel flutters! We are excited for our doctor appointment next week. Hopefully, we will find out the genders! We will be sure to post again after the visit. Keep us in your prayers!

Babies Update (16 Weeks)

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"They're just not cooperating." "Well, that means that they are our kids." Silly babies. We were hoping to find out the sexes of the babies at this appointment, but they had other things in mind. Both "A" and "B" sat there, in perfect profiles, with legs covering all the tell-tale parts. Not to say that there weren't other things to look at during this appointment. First, my how they have grown! We saw bones! Lots of bones! Thigh bones, feet bones, toe and finger bones, spines (including vertebrae), ribs, etc. They looked so grown up (well, as grown up as 6 ounce McGraws can look). We also saw the developing brains and beating hearts, too. Oh, what little people! We also saw some action. "B" kicked "A" square in the gut! Nice! Baby "A" also was caught leaping around. Katie compared it to John the baptist leaping in Elizabeth's womb. So...I am assuming either A) the other one is the second coming of the messiah, or B) since my birthday is Christmas, I might be the second messiah - and it was leaping in my presence. Either assumption probably means I need to go to church and apologize to God - for my ridiculous wife. The best, most lasting memory from our visit had to be when we had both babies on the screen. They were facing each other, sucking their thumbs! Then, "A" took its hand from its mouth, reached across, and touched "B"'s hand. It was such an amazing moment!

All in all, everyone is in great health! Please keep Mama and the babies in your prayers, and we will be back at the doctor March 12th for our 20 week visit. Talk to you then!

Peace and blessings,