Friday, May 5
The Journey begins after months of preparation.
Friday, May 19
Pregnancy test results is positive
Sunday, May 28
1st sign of success - ultra sound pictures show twins
Monday, June 5
Latest ultra sound pictures shows 2 heartbeats - one at 117 bpm and one at 122 bpm
Monday, June 12
New ultra sound pictures show both babies heartrates have increased to 147 beats per minute - one is smaller than the other, but the pictures are more defined now and you can actually see the formation of a baby - pretty crazy
Monday, June 19
Final visit to the fertility clinic - RMA. Latest ultra sound pictures show Baby A is 8 weeks 2 days with heart rate of 178.46 beats per minute. Baby B is 8 weeks 3 days with heart rate of 180.34 beats per minute - one is bigger than the other.
Thursday, June 22
1st visit to the OB-GYN - Dr Steers took new ultra sound pictures and said everything looks good - shooting for a Christmas delivery
Friday, July 14
Becky says the latest ultra sound pictures show
Baby A is 12 weeks 2 days - Baby B is 12 weeks 1 day.
Doctor checked the neck and spine and both were under 3mm, which is good.
The "Technician" asked Becky if she wanted to know the sex(s) and she said yes ...
Monday, July 17
Becky saw Dr Steers to discuss the latest ultra sound pictures and blood work. Everything looks fine. Becky mentioned to the Doctor about the sex(s) of the babies. The doctor said that it was too early to be sure and that the "technician" was known to be wrong in the past. The doctor also said the next ultra sound pictures in September would be 98% certain of the sex(s). So folks in order not to give out false information (or start painting the babies room the wrong color) I will wait until the 98% results are in before .........
Sunday, July 20
Everything is going according to plan and Becky and I are doing fine. This is what we look like today.
Tuesday, September 5
Becky and I went for the "big" ultra sound today and the technician/doctor said everything looks good with both babies. One twin is 11 ounces and the other is 10 ounces. Tech indicated that one of the twins is resting on Becky's nerve and was not verry cooperative during the ultrasound - she used the word "troublemaker". I guess we know which parent this baby takes after.
Tech confirmed that the Murphy name will continue on as both babies are BOYS!!!
Sunday, October 1
Latest pictures of Becky and Me.
Thursday November 2nd
Doctor said everything looks great. Becky's request to go back to work fell on deaf ears - just kidding
The boys are currently weighing 2.3 and 2.5 pounds. Doctor was able to take some more ultrasound pictures. One baby was very cooperative (probably takes after Becky) while the other was moving around all over the place (takes after me I guess) and the picture came out all blurry. Becky seems to think the cooperative boy has my facial features (nose and mouth)
Next appointment is schedule for the 1st week in December
Tuesday January 9th
Well it certainly been a while since I entered anything, but as you all know the "BOYS" were born on December 30th at 12:05pm.
Christopher Edward (named after my dad) was 5 pounds and 18 inches. Daniel Richard (named after Becky's father) was 4 pounds, 10 ounces and 17 inches.
Both lost a few ounces after being born but they were both allowed to come home on January 3rd.
As of Monday, Christopher weight 4 pounds 10 ounces and Daniel weight 4 pounds 8 ounces.
Becky is doing great and we are having some "fun" times feeding them every 2 to 3 hours. Daniel usually finishes his bottle in 10 minutes while it appears that Christopher prefers to sleep then drink and usually take about 30 to 45 minutes.
This maybe the last DAD's Report update on this site since "Grandpa" is already working on a brand new site which should be coming to your local computers in the near future.
In closing, Becky and I want to thank everyone for their prayers and good wishes as you followed our journey to the birth of our TWINS BOYS
