It's Poll Time, People!

Time for all of you readers to answer a few poll questions:

• What will the little boy's name be?
• What will the little girl's name be?
• What will the weight and length of the little boy be?
• What will the weight and length of the little girl be?
• What will the birth date and time be?
• Who will win the Superbowl this year?
• What will the winning Powerball numbers for 9/1/07 be?

Feel free to add your thoughts in a comment. Seriously, if anyone knows the answer to the last one that would be great.

Happy Guessing!

All of us.

Radio Hosts

My sister and I keep hearing muffled voices from the outside. We're not sure who these people are but we have our theories, which, for the time being, we'll keep to ourselves. We are starting to wonder what these people look like.

Ever since around 20 weeks ago we've been able to hear what has been going on. It's like an all day talk show with a pause for station identification for around 8 hours starting around 10:30 p.m. We also often hear loud piercing "barking" noises. I use the term barking because we don't yet have the vocabulary to describe them better. What is that thing? It sounds messy....and hairy.

So what will these radio hosts look like? Will it be like seeing one on TV for the first time and the voice does not match the mouth it's coming from? Possibly. Either way we've discussed it and we'll probably just scream and cry a lot to combat any more of said talking. It's been almost 9 months already...we're sick of it!

Until you see us,
The Two Inside.

35 Weeks + 1 Day

Yesterday Stephanie and I had our week 35 doctor appointment. As most of them, it consisted of a heartbeat check (heartbeats check) and a measurement (which I've never really understood, but I'm not a doctor, doctor).

The doctor we had for the checkup said that Stephanie is doing so well to be this far along with twins and if we had them this weekend they would be just fine. That's a relief...and also a cold bucket of Gatorade down the back of our shirts. I'm ready to have them but I'd prefer they stick to the schedule set forth by us and arrive on September 14th. Hearing the doctor say that she was doing so well and almost outside of the norm for a pregnancy with multiples made me very proud of her and all of the work her insides are doing to her outsides.

All of this being said, I'd take them now if they would come, but wow, talk about getting close! I have the song "The Final Countdown" running through my head...now if I only had a synthesizer.

She's getting to the point of no more stretch,
Nathaniel, Stephanie, _____ and _____

The Genius of John Hughes

If we had a choice, I think we'd chose John Hughes script out our twins' birth.

If you haven't had a chance you should watch the classic 1988 movie, "She's Having a Baby", I recommend it. I also dare you to not be touched by the montage at the end of the movie. The mixture of the brilliance of Kate Bush's, "This Woman's Work" and the always delightful Kevin Bacon make for a very heart wrenching few minutes.

In case you don't have time to check this out, I've embedded the clip below.
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Just so you know, they have a lovely, healthy baby boy named Zorgue (you'd have to see Dan Akroyd in the credits to appreciate that).

While we haven't been stuck in the rain lately or painted anything in awhile I remember every minute of our 2+ year marriage...I wish J. Hughes were around to make a montage of it.

Comment if you cry,
The N's

Floating Baby Change

I've made a small change to the floating babies on the right hand side of the blog.

The due date.

Friday, at the doctor, we scheduled a c-section for Friday, September 14! Wow! That made one heckuva change in the days remaining on the floating babies. If you don't know, you can click multiple times on the days/week portion of the babies and it will change and show you different statistics. Not that I think any of you loyal readers are computer illiterate, just pointin' it out.

This past weekend, the future Norgren Grandparents came down to Kansas City to help around the house. We washed windows (and risked life and limb to do so...some of them are high, so high) and did other miscellaneous things, such as enjoy Starbucks and Panera. It was great having them come down!

Well, once again, we're expecting, barring any preterm labor activity, to have the babies on September 14...a day that means a lot to us...because it's a Friday.

Wow,
N,S,a,b.

Innately added safety feature...

This morning on my way to work while driving down the war zone (the best way to describe the construction equipment littered highway that we take to work everyday) I realized that I've added an innate and automatic safety system to the car. In fact, any car that I now drive has this added feature.

This new and cutting edge safety device is my arm. Yes, my arm. As I slammed on my brakes to avoid the car in front of me in the single lane of hell that is 169 South, my arm flung toward the passenger seat as a sort of barrier between the air sitting next to me and the dash. I remember, as I'm sure many of you do, my mom using that same technique with me in the passenger seat.

I know that this "arm belt" motion probably wouldn't help in a serious crash, but I guess it's just another step toward parenthood!

I hope I don't throw a forearm into anyone's head while driving,
Nathaniel

Giganti-baby

At our now weekly appointment on Wednesday, August 8th we had what may be our last scheduled ultrasound (I say that because there may need to be one later to determine positions and such).

The ultrasound in question, revealed the baby boy to be a whopping 4 lbs 11 oz! That puts him into the 60th percentile for a singleton baby. Quite large...they even said that. The little girl was 3 lbs 14 oz, which is dainty and puts her in the 30th percentile(s) for a singleton.

The boy is ready to come out, he's headed down, but the girl is hanging out in a transverse position, probably using the boy's massive feet as a couch or something. Add almost 9 lbs of baby and 100+ degree temperatures to the mix and Stephanie is wishing she were someone else. In short, Mother Nature hates us. Don't even get me started on the lawn.

The time is drawing near! Keep us in your thoughts!

I hope our unborn son doesn't eat our unborn daughter,
The N's.

Such Wonderful Family and Friends

Sunday, July 29th we had the third of 3 showers in Holton, KS. It was amazing. Although I was not there to see the unwrapping of what can only be described as a mountain of baby paraphernalia, I was witness to the packing and unpacking of said paraphernalia. By witness I mean I moved a lot of it.

I'd just like to thank anyone and everyone who has helped us out with these unborn children, it is truly amazing and we are truly blessed to have such wonderful friends and family.

Stephanie will be 33 weeks along on Thursday (or Friday, depending on who you ask, the floating babies think Thursday, the doctor I believe says every Friday). She is getting quite uncomfortable as we apparently live in the middle of the Sahara, which is the only way to explain the lack of rain and hot conditions. You hear me, Gary Lezak? You liar! Ok, it felt good to get that out there.

Please keep us in your thoughts and prayers. We're entering the home stretch!

By last count we have over 800 Newborn-sized diapers,

The Norgren Posse