Our Boys

Brody is rolling. Drake is not.

Drake is very interested and successful at eating rice cereal and other vegetables. Brody winces when I put a spoon in his mouth.

Brody yells. Drake squeals.

Drake sleeps flat on his back. Brody sleeps on his belly.

Both boys have smiles that melt my heart.

Both boys watch Phil intently as he gets ready for work.

Both boys laugh when Eloise makes faces at them.

Both boys are very ticklish.

Loving life with these two boys, and thankful for every day we have with them. Their brotherhood is so sweet to watch. They hold hands (which sometimes looks like they're arm wrestling) and look each other in the eyes as they play. And they smile at each other when they are reunited after their diaper changes.

I don't know if it will ever feel normal to have twins, but I do know that it will always be a joy.

A Pirate Says Arrr

Eloise's impersonation of a pirate.

Amazing to me.

With a little coordination, all of my kids can eat lunch at the same time.

Twinners

Just thought it was time to get back into blogging about the family. :) Here are some of our latest pictures of the boys. They are getting so big!-6 months on March 2nd!

We went to the children's museum the other day. Phil's mom, Fran, gave us a year membership. Eloise enjoyed her time (as always), and the boys and I walked the hallways. They'll enjoy it more when they're crawling. :) In the meantime, we had tons of fun exploring on our own. Here they are in their stroller.
A sweet pic of them on the recliner after they woke up from naps.
We recently have had to separate the boys. When they were first born, they slept in the same crib. When they were more active, I put a little divider in between them that was made to separate a crib for twins. For a while, Brody would rotate sideways, and kick the divider into Drake, until Drake's side was just big enough for him. He didn't seem to mind, but the other day, Drake fought back, and they spent a good chunk of their "nap time" kicking the divider back and forth between the two of them. I wondered how they would do if they slept together in the crib without the divider. This is how I found them when they woke up. :)

The Results Are In

The tests came back, and our boys are FRATERNAL! :) It's so fun to know! Thanks to all that threw in their guess on the poll!

Drake & Brody

So we will be finding out if these boys are identical or fraternal soon. Take a moment to place your bet on the poll to your right! Do you see more differences or similarities?... Identical or fraternal?...And are the differences you see because of the big weight difference?... Oh all the possibilities...

More Pics of the Boys

Thanks to my brother, Josh Durias, for his pics here.

New on 9.02.10

Phil and Ligaya settled in at the hospital at 3:30PM for a scheduled c-section at 5:30PM.

Drake Timothy Peterson born at 5:56PM. Weight: 8 pounds, 3 ounces. Length: 20 1/2 inches.

Brody Joel Peterson born at 5:57PM. Weight: 6 pounds, 7 ounces. Length: 19 inches.

They may be identical twins. We won't officially know until their blood is drawn to confirm.

35 Weeks

Had another appointment today. Great news again, and we are so thankful. Our newest info: Baby B has flipped again (back to breech). I cannot believe what these guys are capable of :). We got a few pictures of Baby A. He has the most adorable chubby cheeks. We just get more and more excited to meet them. We'll go see our ultrasound doctor and our ob again next week. Stay tuned... :)

34 Weeks and Counting...

We have been SO thankful for the good news we keep receiving at our doctor appointments. Today was our 5th ultrasound and we wanted to give an update.

Weights:
Baby A: 5 lbs 11 ozs
Baby B: 4 lbs 11 ozs

Our doctors will keep an eye on their weights to make sure they isn't too much of a discrepancy between the two.

Position:
Sometime between last Friday and today, both boys decided to flip, so neither one is breech! Hooray, hooray! We are REALLY amazed that they flipped considering their tight constraints!

Estimated arrival date:
Who knows?... :) But the doctors seem to be very optimistic that I'll last a while. For our 36 week appointment, our ob will give us his recommendation regarding what kind of birth we may be in for.

I'm feeling pretty good. I definitely feel like I've been full term for a few months now, but I guess that's expected. More than just being uncomfortable, we are all just so excited that the boys have done so well, and that my health continues too. I'm up and about, trying to keep up with Eloise as best I can. :)

Phil is the best husband. He has been working overtime to take care of his two girls. For me, he goes grocery shopping, cleans up, picks Eloise up out of her crib, on to the changing table (etc), and tells me how proud he is of me! :) For Eloise, he takes her to the park, gives her shoulder rides, changes diapers, gives her meals. and reminds her how much we love her.

When asked, "Are you going to be a big sister, Eloise?" She exclaims, "Yah!" And when we ask her, "How many babies are we going to have?" She holds up one finger and says, "Two." She climbs up to peek into the boys' crib and calls for the babies. She puts her blanket on my belly and pats it and says, "Nuh-night, baby." She is going to be a great big sister, and a great helper to us. And she's just so much fun to be around.

We are so excited for these boys to arrive. Just wanted to share in our excitement!!!