Andrew Anecdotes ~ I'm The Big Brother

Andrew has been such a great big brother so far. He was so excited to finally meet the babies. He was very interested in everything about them. Of course after he saw them he wanted to see them without clothes on, too cute. He still has a hard time telling them apart and will ask me "Is that my brother or my sister". Before they were born he told me all the time that the boy was his and the girl was mine. Well, his tune has changed, he now tells me "I like my sister best because she is so cute, and you can like my brother". He still asks to hold them now and then, but it is only for like 5 seconds. He has been a big help when we need to give bottles or get diapers and so on. He was very funny in the hospital too. He asked questions about everything and when Timothy got circumcised we told him that his brother may have blood on his penis and he told every single nurse who came in the room that day about it. He was also very concerned about mommy's booboo too and still asks to see it. He tells me that when it is a little better he will kiss it and make it ALL better. Hmmmm, maybe not. He is just so cute and I can't believe he isn't my baby anymore (though he always will be) and that he is my big boy. I will have make sure to post all the cute things he says ( if I can remember them) as time goes on.

P.S. I forgot to tell you all about how he'd sing Twinkle Twinkle Little Star to the babies when he'd see them or when they'd fuss. It was pretty sweet to see.

Welcome To The World Bernadette and Timothy!

Bernadette Grace and Timothy Marc Kirkland were welcomed into this world on July 7, 2010 at 9:55 and 9:56 am via C-section. She was 5 lbs 7 oz and 17.5 inches long (but I think that is wrong since he pediatrician measured her at 19 inches long 5 days later. I am going to say she was really 18.5 inches long or longer at birth) while he was 6 lbs 10 oz and 19.25 inches long. The sono tech was pretty close with Timothy, but way off with Bernadette. The Delivery went really well and there were no complications with mommy or babies. I will say however, getting the epidural this time was the most painful part. Apparently my spine was crooked from carrying the twins and it was really hard for the Dr. to get the epidural in. I swear he tried like 3 times and it felt like he had to hammer it in. The main point is that it worked when it needed to. :) I will say that so far my C-section recovery has been smoother than my vaginal birth before. I am/was in a lot less pain this time.

The babies are doing great! They are really good babies and hardly cry and for the most part sleep at the same time. Nursing is going good as well, no problems there. Andrew has been such a great big brother! He tells me all the time that he loves his babies. The funny thing is that before they were born he would tell me that the boy was his and the girl was mine. He has now changed his mind and tells me "I like my sister best because she is so cute. You can like my brother best because he is so handsome.". I will try and update an Andrew Anecdotes soon with his first reactions to the babies and all the funny things he said in the hospital.

39 weeks the night before the C-section

Bernadette and Timothy

The first picture of the Kirkland Family of 5

I tried to get a picture of him sucking on her finger

but just as I took it they moved. It is still

a cute picture though.

I had these super cute shirts made for them with their names

it. Andrew's says "I'm the Big Brother Xs 2 (in the star)"

Pregnancy Progress ~ 38 Weeks

Holy Cow! I'm 38 weeks pregnant with twins!!!!! Sometimes I feel like it too. My sono today went great, not a whole lot of room in there. The babies were pretty squished. It just blew my mind how big they really are when she would move the sensor over my tummy and I'd see a head, then she'd keep going and going then I'd see their chest, then she'd keep going and we'd finally get to the legs way over there. They are estimating that Bernadette is weighing in at 7 lbs 4 oz and Timothy is 7 lbs 2 oz. Wow, over 14 lbs of baby, not including all the placentas, fluids and so forth. It will be interesting to see how accurate the sono has been. I am guessing (based on Andrew's birth weight and that these babies will be a "week early") that they will be right around 7 lbs. I have gained about 6lbs at this point give or take. I didn't weigh myself on my scale which is what I have been going by. The only other "new/different" thing from the last post is that my bellybutton is officially gone. It isn't an outie, but just flat. I think it did pretty good staying an inie for this long. When Andrew saw it yesterday he told me "you bellybutton looks disgusting." and I have to agree with him. Well, maybe the babies will come on Sunday and have a Fourth of July birthday. If not, then I am pretty sure we will make it to Wednesday and 39 weeks! I will post another picture of me before I go into deliver in a few days.