Our Girls

Before we introduce our two boys to the world, we thought we would take a few minutes to show off our two girls that we love so much! People have tried to tell me that I'm soon to be out numbered in the male to female ratio in our house. My response is that Russ is just trying to catch up!!! Shiloh (the yellow lab), Kaiya (the husky), and I have "out numbered" Russ for years and once the boys are born I claim rights to all the female votes in the house. =) But seriously, these girls have brought a lot of joy and entertainment to our lives and we look forward to watching them interact with the twins as well.

Our Hospital Adventure

Here is a brief recap of what we have been up to for the last week... On Monday April 28th, we went into the doctor's office for what was supposed to be our regular 30 week check up and ended up in the hospital in preterm labor. After a pretty scary 24 hours, the doctors were able to control the contractions and thankfully our boys are still tucked away inside! On Friday we were able to come home with Alison on bedrest. So begins the next chapter of waiting for our boys to arrive! Thanks so much for all of your prayers and support.

Shower and Fellowship with our Church

Baby Shower at the Soppe House with Family and Friends!

Having fun in St. Louis!

26 Weeks and Growing!

The Big Scan

So at about 22 weeks babies get "The Big Scan". At this ultrasound a baby, in our case the babies, get measured and checked for healthy growth and the presence of abnormalities. Well our Boys are looking and sounding good. Their heartbeats registered at around 150 bpm. Their growth was not only on target but acutally a few days ahead of schedule. See below for measurement charts:

Now due to their increasing size the ultrasound techs have difficulty in fitting an entire body into a frame. Due to not being able to see a whole body or even a good head to rump shot we are no longer able to give those measurements. So anyway, here are a couple of the more photogenic shots at our 22 week utlrasound.





The Babies were confirmed Boys at about 22 Weeks!