A Great Day

Well, we had a great Thursday last week. We had two doctor's appointments, a chocolate disaster averted and a close call with a policeman. I'll start with the policeman.

Driving into Temple, Kristi had to go to the bathroom, which of course is a very common occurrence these days. While looking for a place to pull over, a policeman pulled up behind us with his lights on. "Crap! I have to go to the bathroom," was Kristi's reaction, obviously not interested at all in why I was being pulled over. Knowing Kristi's predicament, I drove as long as I felt I could with this policeman behind me until finally I pulled into the parking lot of Erwin's Chicken.  As soon as the car was stopped, Kristi jumped out of the car…well, actually, that's really not what she did now that I think about it. Kristi…uh…got out of the car and ran…no, that's not it either. Kristi…uh…moved as fast as she could into Erwin's Chicken. The policeman wasn't even out of the car yet before she was in the chicken place peeing. Apparently I was pulled over for doing 40 mph one block after the speed limit had turned to 30 mph. I guess the policeman saw Kristi and figured I was in a hurry to get her to a bathroom. He must have felt sorry for me because he did something no policeman has ever done for me; he gave me a warning. For those of you who have known me a long time, you know I have met a lot of policemen and that this was a totally new experience for me. It was just a sign of the great things to come that day.

After my warning and Kristi’s pee stop, we went to lunch and had a very nice and healthy lunch, which was topped off with chocolate, after-dinner mints. We left the restaurant to go the hospital and Kristi dropped part of her mint in the seat. Why this is bad is that Kristi pretty much has the seat warmer on all the time these days.  Chocolate may melt in your mouth and not in your hands, but it for sure melts on a seat warmer. When we got to the hospital, Kristi got out of the car with a big chocolate stain down her rear. She had to go to the restroom holding a book to her rear so people wouldn’t think she had a poop stain. I parked the car and came in to meet her. She told me that she couldn’t wipe it out because it was white (the mint side of course) and so had to suck it out…without taking off her pants. Now, I’m not sure how a pregnant girl was able to suck a chocolate stain out of her pants without taking them off, but I was both amused and impressed. It was just another sign of how much fun the day was going to be.

The best part of the day of course was both doctors’ appointments. The first doctor was local and she used words like “great” and “wonderful” to describe how Kristi and the babies were doing. We were delighted while looking at the ultrasound to see one of the babies kick the other in the head. Apparently, it starts early. The second doctor’s appointment was not as much fun but provided the best part of the whole day. The doctor and his team did a 2 hour and 10 minute ultrasound on Kristi measuring every single part of each baby’s body looking for problems and comparing them to “normal” babies. This was especially hard for Kristi because they push HARD when using the ultrasound. But at the end of the day, the doctor told us that everything looks great. Both kids are slightly above average in weight and length and neither shows any signs of problems. In short, it looks like we have two healthy babies right now.  This was the best part of the whole day and again, made me tear up just a bit. The good thing is the room was dark so nobody saw. Here is a picture of what they are calling Twin A.

I think everyone will have no problem seeing this is a kid. We didn’t get a profile picture of Twin B unfortunately. We did however get a picture of other parts of Twin B. Here’s the most interesting.

Let me explain it to you because it’s hard to see. Basically what you’re looking at is the baby’s rear with its two legs. That thing in the middle with the arrow pointed at it, that’s his boy part. Yep, one of them is a boy!!!!

We got the same basic picture of Twin A. Here it is.

Notice the tiny rear and little bit of the legs. That blank space where the arrow is pointed. There are no boy parts. That means the other twin is a girl!!!!

As I said, we are happy to simply have two healthy babies and that was for sure the best news of the day. But the fact we’re having both a girl and a boy really makes everything just perfect. We both feel very blessed. Now comes the fun part, picking out names. If any of you have suggestions, send them our way.

As for Kristi, her belly finally stopped hurting Saturday. Other than the belly workout on Thursday, she’s doing great.

I know this was a long post. We just had so much happen Thursday, I wanted to share it with all of you. Thanks for the wonderful comments, ideas and thoughts you send to us. We love them all. Have a great week and I’ll let you know what’s going on next weekend.

Dr. Daddy