They're here!!

On Tuesday, March 23rd at 7:39p.m. Cooper Gary entered the world (19 inches and weighing 5 lbs 13oz), followed a minute later by his little sister Charlotte Rose (17 inches and weighing 4 lbs 7 oz). The entire family made it home on Saturday after a long stay at Good Samaratin Hospital in Cincinnati.


Here they are just minutes after being born. Charlie is on the right...

Here they are getting ready to head home from the hospital...

Here they are at home with brother Kramer...

Jennifer will post the rest of the details soon!

Still Pregnant!

Yes, many of you have called or e-mailed in the past week to check on our progress. We are still pregnant and have done everything we can think of to prepare for the arrival (except decided on names). We've set up the nursery and both cribs, placed the baby tub in the bathtub, washed the first load of baby clothes and bedding (including the crib mattress pads which FYI melt in the dryer), bought a new car...

installed the car seats, and even sold my sports car...

We have about 20,000 diaper wipes, 55 bottles, and 500 diapers on hand. And yet they still have not arrived!!!
Many of you have also asked how I am feeling. All I can say is that everything I do is uncomfortable. It hurts to breathe, eating is bland as I try to avoid sodium and sugar, getting a full nights sleep is out of the question. Our next doctor's appointment is Monday. Hopefully the doctor will want to discuss possible eviction procedures with me!!

34 Week Appointments

Ob/gyn appointment
We hobbled into our ob/gyn appointment this past Tuesday. I say hobbled due to the fact that I have no feet or ankles anymore...just tree trunks supporting myself and two little ones. It is a site to see!
The first thing they have you do at the appointment is get weighed. I am not going to disclose any total weight gain here or anything, but since my 32 week appointment (2 weeks ago), I gained 12 lbs! Oh my goodness, I could hardly believe it. I mean seriously, how can this happen?
After that shocking news, the doctor examined me and discovered that I am dilated 2cm. Which means we are on our way!! She was not concerned about my tree trunks and said that everything else looked great and to just take it one day at a time. So, we continue to wait.....

Perinatologist Appointment
Today, I visited the perinatologist for an ultrasound. The babies are packed in there like sardines, so it was pretty difficult to get any good pictures, but they seem to still be moving and growing and doing quite well. Speaking of growing, I inquired as to the current estimates for the weights of each baby due to my recent extreme weight gain. The baby girl currently weighs 4 lbs 13oz and the baby boy weighs 5lbs 10oz for a grand total of 10lbs 10oz of baby. Holy cow! When people say "They grow up so fast," they are not joking!! Next appointment is March 18th..... if we make it that much longer.

March Madness Wilhite Style!!

Thank you to everyone who entered the pool. Everyone's guesses are interesting to read. Click on the chart below to review everyone's picks!

Also, to answer a few questions: Tyler, we will work on making sure they both have dimples; Alfred, we can not just automatically assume that you are the winner; Busia and Dziadz, no they can not call you Aunt and Uncle; Grampa, we realize that you may think it would expedite things if they had the same names, but we already have way too many duplicate names in the family; and Dziadz, these babies better be here long before tax day!

New Baby Girl Picture

As part of the specialist appointment a couple of weeks ago we were able to obtain a few 3D/4D pictures. Unfortunately, our little boy was staring straight at the back of his sister's head, so we were not able to obtain any images of him that actually looked human. Here is our little girl's face though. Any thoughts on who she looks like??