Special Announcement

Hello world! Time sure does fly. As I sit here typing this, I am amazed that my EA twins are 9 months old! WOW! These two babies are such a blessing, oh, and a handful! (or two)

Both babies have been eating pureed solids since 6mo and do very well with them. Yesterday I introduced solid banana and they love it! They also eat the puff snacks that dissolve easily. I have yet to find a food they will not eat (except pureed lettuce, but c’mon, who WOULD like that?) I love that they have such a wonderful palette and appetite.

They still sleep through the night 10.5-11.5 hours. They still have 3 naps a day, but those are a total of 4 hours instead of 5.5 hours. All the eating and sleeping has really done them well. They are huge! Elli weighs 18lbs 7oz and Eli is 17lbs 1oz, and they are wearing size 12mo clothes.

Eli started crawling a few weeks ago and now he is into everything! Elli has always been a few weeks behind her brother so she can sit on her own and has just started to get up on all fours and rock; no crawling for her yet. She gets so frustrated because she wants to move and explore. I think she will be thrilled when she can finally crawl. We just had to lower Eli’s crib last night because he has figured out how to pull himself up. We also had to buy a large play yard thingy for the living room because I couldn’t keep track of the little guy while in the kitchen. Eli can climb stairs, pull up to standing and only hold on with one hand, and cruise along the couch.

Neither baby has teeth yet, but they are definitely teething. Lots of drooling, chewing, and 5am wakeups to show for it. I can actually see the teeth in Elli’s mouth; I hope they break through soon. They have a ton of hair; Elli’s is growing in still so it is puffy in a lot of areas but it only adds to her charm. Eli is as handsome as ever and they both retained their beautiful blue eyes. Elli’s hair has lightened to a soft auburn and Eli’s hair is a strawberry blond. Both babies are so full of joy and curiosity. They study everything and laugh and smile most of the day. These two little angels have changed our lives forever.

On that note, I am thrilled to announce that this November we will be going back to the NEDC in TN for another transfer of embryos!!! Yes, we are going to have more babies! Yes, it is soon. We want a big family while we are young and the twins will be almost 2 by the time any new babies are born. We still have 7 frozen embryos and we intend to try and give life to all of them (just not at one time.)

We are thrilled and nervous about more babies; but I really do miss pregnancy. We went a few weeks ago to the NEDC for our “sibling program visit,” at this visit they do everything they did at our “mock transfer” last time. They medically cleared me and did a mock transfer. They talked to us about how the embryos are stored and will be thawed and we decided how many we are willing to implant. We have 4 multi-cells which are stored 2 to a tube, and 3 blastocysts which are in one tube. Based on how they are frozen, we could wind up with between 1-4 embryos being implanted. If they thaw well and we have some still frozen we will be back some day in the future for another transplant!