And Then There Were......5?

It's been so long since I posted anything on this blog that I almost forgot how to do it!

Or maybe it's just that I've been a bit distracted lately by the fact that our little family of 3 will very soon become 5!!

INTRODUCING

THE MALLIS TWINS!

SURPRISE!

Here they are having a little chat together

We're calling this one Baby Alpha (A) for now...

well the doctor's are...

I still think it's weird but I guess it's easier then saying 

"this is the one that hangs out to the left of my belly button" everytime

This is Baby Alpha again, giving a little wave

This baby was very well behaved and gave us lots of good photos

 And here's Baby Beta (B)....

or in my words, "the one that hangs out to the right of my belly button"

This one's a little naughty and wouldn't sit still for the camera

So here's a nice photo of Baby Beta with his/her back turned to us

And Baby Beta again...

upside down...

What can I say? They seem to have their own little personalities already! 

So here are the details:

• I'm 12 weeks now, or 3 months for those of you who are mathmatically challenged (don't feel bad, I am too, I had to look that one up)

• The twins are FRATERNAL which means they come from 2 eggs not 1, they won't be identical, they're just like regular syblings except they'll be born at the same time, and they each have their own little spaces in there with their own placentas EDIT: Today I found out that just because they are in separate gestational sacs and they have separate placentas, it does NOT mean that they will be fraternal. In this case it's about an 80% chance of fraternal, 20% chance they will be identical because they still may have begun from 1 egg........I will now humbly admit that I still have A LOT to learn!

• We don't know if they are boys or girls yet but I'll let you know as soon as we know....I'm thinking about doing a gender reveal cake this time though...you know, when you get a cake and the inside is either blue or pink, so you cut into it at a party of friends of family and they all find out together what you're having? Actually just writing that made me tired and I think I just want cake so maybe I won't do that......moving on.....

• Everything looks perfect, everyone is healthy and growing exactly how they should be

• While I'm healthy and growing exactly how I should be too, I feel like crap and I'm growing so fast that I literally went from wearing a pair of jean shorts one morning to having to take them off in the afternoon because they didn't fit anymore....if I put those shorts on now, there's about 2 1/2 inches space between the button and the button hole....I was wearing them comfortably 10 days ago. This is shocking to me.

• I shouldn't say I feel like crap really. I'm tired. Very tired. I definitely don't have the energy I used to have, but that's normal. I threw up yesterday for the first time in 3 days. Before that I'd thrown up everyday since the day after I took a pregnancy test, about 8 weeks ago. On good days I threw up 1 - 5 times. Bad days...lets just say I lost count on those days since I can see you all making faces and saying to yourself "waaaay too much information Tara"...moving on....

• They are due February 2nd, so you may all start placing your bets now...

I wanted to put the belly picture right under the part where I told you how fat I'm getting, but it's not working and I have an almost 2 year old jumping all over me, so I'll just keep it here.....

....please ignore the dirty towels, the paint peeling off the wall, the dirty bathroom, the crib over flowing with books...basically ignore everything....in fact maybe I should just take this picture down since it's makes us look like we live in dumpster...

Ok, Eleni is screaming at me because Jake and the Neverland Pirates isn't on yet and there's a leaf on the floor...???....like I said, she's almost 2....I've heard some things about the Terrible 2's....I believe this, all of it, to be true and 1000% accurate. More on that another day. 

I better go. She's hit nuclear meltdown phase. We're in for a good day.....