Speechless

This is my (Ryan) first time posting in quite a while. All of you who regularly check this page out have my wife to thank for all of the updates. But here's my turn. We went back to Dr. Grieg today, and got our first 3-D ultrasound shots. And it absolutely stunned me. Here's a little sample of what we got to see. Alas, we only got to see one of our boys. The other was turned the other way, so we couldn't see his face.

Gives you a whole new sense of Psalm 139:

For you formed my inward parts;
You knitted me together in my mother's womb.
I praise you, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made.
Wonderful are your works;
My soul knows it very well.
My frame was not hidden from you,
When I was being made in secret,
Intricately woven in the depths of the earth.
Your eyes saw my unformed substance;
In your book were written, every one of them,
The days that were formed for me,
When as yet there was none of them.

Hole-y Corn"dawgs", Batman!

Pregnancy silliness coming out with the title of today's blog, can you tell??

Today we'll travel to see Dr. Greig, the specialist. Hopefully we'll get a good report and I won't be put on bedrest yet. But after the first day back to school from Thanksgiving, I'm almost ready for it! I'm beat!

Lots going on in the Stone household, like:



There's an enormous hole in our ceiling! We're finishing the attic for Ryan's office, and there's a big ol' hole in our ceiling as of yesterday.

AND:

The babies are now the size of ears of corn (hence the reference in the title).

AND:



I'm ENORMOUS! This is my big ol' belly at 24 weeks. I can't believe we still have 3 months to go! Please take special note of my outfit - red and black in honor of the Bulldogs for beating those pesky Yellow Jackets. You know I had to wear red and black and gloat to my 3 die-hard GT fans in 7th period. I'm so nice.


More to report this evening or tomorrow, I'm sure.

Updates and frustrations

In the past 2 weeks, we've gone from carrots to spaghetti squash to large mangoes! The boys are getting BIG!!!!

We had a bit of a fright last week because I was experiencing some pain that just turned out to be inflamed ribs. Good news is that it's nothing bad. Bad news is that I just have to grin and bear it. It can be quite painful, though recently it's been OK. No news of bedrest yet!

We had a nice weekend with the Ranks celebrating Jayne's bday. That's our last trip for a while, as everyone's coming to us for Thanksgiving (except the Cranks) and we'll see everyone at separate points when they come up for Christmas.

We were supposed to have a perinatologist appointment on Wednesday on my day off before Thanksgiving, but he just called to reschedule (for the 2nd time!). Next appointments are: Nov. 27 (Thursday) for the peri and Dec. 3 (Monday) for the regular OB. Guess we're learning patience!

And the veggie of the week is....

THE CARROT! Typical 21-weekers are 10.5 inches long and 3/4 of a pound. So, apparently I have two carrots growing inside of me! :)