Mono Mono Memoires

When I was a younger man I had heard about this new thing called 3D Ultrasound imaging.  I thought that this would be a really neat thing to do.  We had our first one of these things yesterday.  Brandi and I were at the perinatologist's office for our regular 2-week checkup.  Brandi's parents had accompanied us there this time.  Ray, my father in law said that he had never seen an ultrasound before.  It was really fun to watch their reactions to the girls' movements as their images showed up on the ultrasound monitors.  All of a sudden the tech changed the type of ultrasound to one of those 3D ones.  Brandi was excited.  She has wanted to do one of these for a while.  I, on the other hand, was sitting on the fence about them.  Even though flat, black-and-white ultrasounds are amazing, they don't show everything and they maintain the integrity of the mystique of pregnancy.  Not so with the 3D.  Wow... they show a lot. ...

Today marks Brandi's 22nd week.  I still continue to feel that we're in a continual race against time as our girls develop and grow.  Tom Petty said that the waiting is the hardest part.  I think that I'm with him on that one.  We went to the perinatologist this past Monday.  Our girls are weighing well at 15 ounces.  We saw that both were breach.  So Brandi was right... they have been doing the River Dance on her bladder.  Taking my sister's advice, we found a great deal on one of those strollers that are supposed to be fantastic for twins.  We bought it.  It's huge.  I saw a lady in the store today.  She was navigating the grocery aisles pushing something similar in front (with twins) and pulling a grocery cart in tow. I guess that we're in a holding pattern waiting for the viability of the 24-Week mark.  Brandi and I continue to be happy and find joy in God's gift of each other.  I don't know that there's anyt...