Tuesday, June 25, 2013

17w Drumroll, Please....

And the babies are….

 TWO BOYS!

We’re so excited – both of our families are very girl heavy, so having boys makes things feel even more special!  Plus I am pretty excited for the (at least temporary) reprieve from all the complicated baggage that comes with raising a strong, confident girl in this crazy world.  Hopefully I'll get a chance one day, but I think I’ll be better prepared with a few years of parenting under my belt first!

Anyway, as an apology for not writing so much lately (three things happened at once: I got a promotion, we bought a house, and my pregnancy got really boring... and then we went on vacation), here are some ultrasound pictures of our boys!

Baby A

Baby A

Baby B

Baby B

Monday, June 10, 2013

14w6d: Reading Material

No big updates at the moment, but I just wanted to share this Washington Post Magazine story - I started reading it when I got to work, then had to stop because I was tearing up.  Then I went back to it while I ate lunch, and sure enough it made me ugly-cry at my desk.

For men, infertility often becomes a private heartache

It also comes with this absolutely gorgeous picture of sperm and egg, which really reminds you of how amazing and miraculous the whole process is.