Two year old gender predictor

Not long after we told Seth we were having two babies, I thought I'd ask him what he wanted. Our conversation went something like this:

"Seth, do you want brothers or sisters?"
"SISTERS! Like baby Ellie. I have two sisters in my tummy, Mommy."
"No, the babies are in Mommy's tummy. Boys can't have babies in their tummies. (Quick, get on to something else, I don't want to have this discussion yet!) Are you sure you want sisters. Don't you want brothers?"
"Noah my brudder. I got two sisters in yo tummy, Mommy."

Well, we found out on Monday that Seth was right. He and Noah are getting two sisters!
Moral of this story is, if you want to know what you are having and can't get a million ultrasounds to confirm it (Seth was supposed to be a girl ;D), save your money and go ask a two year old.

Okay, it's been a while...

I thought I would keep up with this better than I have. :( Well, that seems to be the story of my life. I'm used to it by now. Maybe that will help me survive the first year with the twins, but probably not.

Cloth diapers or disposables?

We are looking into cloth diapering the twins. Mostly because the thought of spending so much in disposables is making me sick!

Anyway, as I was doing some research online, I came across www.greenmountaindiapers.com This was one of the most informative sites and their prices are reasonable (very comparable with other companies I looked at). I had some questions for Karen (the owner). Being new to this, I asked her what she thought we would need for twins, since our whole reason for CDing was to save money. She replied quickly, but her answer surprised me. She didn't try to sell me extra, unnecessary stuff, but told me what we had to have and what we could get by with. I must say, if we do decide to cloth diaper, we will purchase from greenmountaindiapers.com! Thanks again, Karen!

Udate on the Littlest A's

Sorry, it has been a while since I updated. I'll try to do better on this. ;)

September 22, Jon and I went in for our 12 week check up. We found out we will be getting an ultrasound at every appointment because Doc wants to know which one has which heart beat and how they are growing. I'm okay with that! We also found out that we don't have to go to Des Moines at all. YAY! All of my appointments and the delivery will be at home unless there are major complications.

I don't normally do this, but I took a list of questions that had been plaguing me since the day after we found out about the twins. It is wonderful having a doc who is willing to take time to answer my questions and think about what I may be going through. If you are in a similar situation, please find a doc that will work with you and take time for you. It is so worth it!

Jon got to see the babies for the first time. Baby A was bouncing around and waving. After some work, we saw Baby B squirming, too. It was so strange to see two babies, just growing and moving. They were both doing great! I have to admit that I was extremely worried going to this appointment. What if something happened? Are they both still there? Is everything okay?

The weekend prior to the appointment I went to the SIBC Ladies' Retreat. Thanks to Mrs. Carol Walters for getting it together and Mrs. Donna VanderHart for speaking. I must say that 3 messages on trusting God (although I think this is what God wanted me to get out of it, because others got something totally different out of it) and Mrs. Walters encouraging me with something from Pastor Schettler really helped. Jon had been trying to get me to leave it with God. I would worry, give it to God, and take it back to worry some more. I'm so thankful that God reminded me to leave it with Him. Nothing is too big for Him and He never gives us something He will not help us through.

I think God wanted to know if I had learned the lesson He was trying to teach me. Just as I was loading the car to leave camp, I noticed I had a flat tire. That was okay, I'd call Jon and he could change it for me. Except when I opened my flip phone, the top fell off! (Okay, I did drop it for the umpteenth time the day before.) Okay, God, I'll trust You. God provided another phone for me to call Jon, who was only 15 minutes away. Jon put on the spare and I had about 30 minutes to get to town to get a new phone. About two miles (maybe 3) from camp the spare blew! I got out and started walking praying that God was sending Jon right behind me. Guess what, he was. Jon took the flat tire (that had a screw in it) out of the trunk and off to town we went. God allowed us to get to the store with just ten minutes to spare! So I was able to get my phone, Jon fixed the tire, put it on the car, and we got back to town in time for the youth group activity (which ended up starting an hour late). I hope that was enough testing for me to learn my lesson!

TWINS?!?!

We found out on Tuesday that we are expecting twins in April. Oh boy! I will sit down and tell you the story at a latter date, since it is 11 pm and I really need the extra sleep.

I thought I would go ahead and list some reactions and questions that I have had up to this point, less than a week. Some are funny, some are sweet, and some could be insulting if I let them.

"Are you serious?"-Jon (only one I'll name) ;D
"WHAT!!!!!!" -both moms (okay, done naming now)
stammering and stuttering, but not really saying anything
"Oh my..."
"Excuse me?!" followed with huge congratulations.
"I'm so excited!"
"You might want to stop now..."
"I'm sorry..."
collective gasp when we announced it at church
"Wow." -Seth, when we told him mommy had two babies in her tummy. (When asked later, he tried to tell me I had four babies in my tummy. NO, I do not! We quickly corrected that mistake! :D)

In all honesty, even the ones that should have been offensive, were not. Mostly because I know and love the ones that said them, but also because I was thinking the same thing that day!

I will post more responses later, as I'm sure I'll get plenty when I look like I'm ready to pop and only 5 months along!

"My moon" and the old ladies at McDonald's

Tonight, the boys and I went grocery shopping and to Wal-Mart. I decided to stop at McD's since it had been a while since Seth had been (and he has been asking for "chicken" (nuggets) a lot lately). Since Jon was working, I managed to get both Seth and Noah (in the car seat) in, our order placed and a seat secured (one I thought Seth would actually stay in) by myself. Now I remember why we don't do this very often with out Daddy! There were four older couples sitting at the tables beside us. I thought I'd go ahead and get some ketchup, and Seth did surprisingly well. No messes on the clothes! Anyway, the old ladies sitting beside us were laughing at Seth licking his ketchup off his fries and nuggets before actually eating them. I don't think they knew we could hear them, but I was trying not to crack up. Seth would take a lick of ketchup and look at them. Then another dip, lick and look. It was too funny!

After surviving supper and the trip to Hy-Vee and Wal-Mart, we were finally headed home. Seth looked out the window and said, "Moon, Mommy, moon!"
"Yep, that's the moon."
"Mommy's moon."
"No, Seth. That's not Mommy's moon. The moon was made by God."
"Yeah! My moon, Mommy."
I would dearly love to give him the moon, but it's not mine to give. I told him that God made the moon for us, but that He gave an even better gift, His Son, Jesus.
"Yeah, Mommy! My moon."
"Who made the moon, Seth?"
"Gah," Seth exclaimed. I'm not sure how much he actually understood, but I'm pleased to see that he gets excited over God and His creation.