A Big and Busy Summer for Small and Busy Babies

Babies A and B have been enjoying their summer very much and zipping around to weddings, showers and pig roasts. Their Dad is attempting a last semblance of DINK life and has been partying like it's 1999. (Please do not sing the Prince songs to him, however, as he is prone to wild dancing as those who attended Aunt Lauren's wedding were privy to).
At 26 weeks, the lucky babies traveled to the Catskills to their future Babcia and Grampy's summer camp for a clambake/pork roast weekend. Also visiting were the still single Aunt Lauren and Uncle Erok, and our good friend Keithjones. Mom is still practicing yoga and attached these pictures of pregnant yoga so you all can have a chuckle.




At 28 weeks, Aunt Lauren and Uncle Erik got married!! The wedding was one of the most fun things we as unborn fetuses have ever attended! We spent the whole entire weekend at Sweetbriar, a mansion- turned- spa/yoga center/inn outside of Geneseo. We got to see good friends and family, swim, get a massage, dance and make the maid of honor's dress much bigger than it would have been. Most importantly, we got to stand up for the newly-weds.

Here is the darling ring bearer cousin John Conway, lured along his path with treats, with his dad Uncle Joe and Aunt Megan.

And here is the lovely ceremony. (I'm waiting for a better pic of the bride and groom.) In the background you can see Grampa and Gammy Scherer, along with Aunt Sarah who flew in from Florida.





At 29 weeks, we attended the first shower in honor of us at the Ivers camp in the Catskills. Boy did we ever get spoiled- these people were NICE! Aunt Judy, Aunt Pat and future Babcia Ivers threw a lovely little party on Aunt Judy's front porch overlooking the lake. We were even fortunate to be given two cribs and two infant car seats and loads of other fantastic baby paraphanalia. The Scherer grandparents also came in for the weekend, so when we weren't attending a shower or washing the dog, it was still all fun and games.
Mom, Dad and Poppy relaxing at the lake.

Babcia and Gammy with mom.









Look at this haul!!












At 30 weeks, Dad threw a last hurrah for himself. Aunt Dina and Uncle Harry came in from their new home in Queens and we had a big old party. Aunt Lipa and Chris came in from Binghampton, and Tony and Rachel joined us from their new home in Geneseo, along with Peter and his dog Kayla. You can see Lipa and Rachel modeling the Che onzies Lipa bought for us boys. Vive la revolution!













Now that mom is 30 weeks along with twins, her doctor says her uterus is the size of a full term singleton pregnancy (wowzers!) The babies like to play games such as "swim meet," where they furiously do the butterfly stroke and then a beautiful flip turn, or a game called "kick boxing." Their favorite game is "Alien" where they make mom's belly look like the scene in the original Alien movie- you get the gist. When mom floats in water, the belly looks like a blow hole of a whale now because her belly button has completely popped out. Dad enjoys laughing at the increased level of waddling that mom utilizes to walk properly. Here is a 30 week picture: If you

look hard enough you can see the popped out belly button. Mom plans on returning to work next week, but is worried that she doesn't have enough clothes as her belly is getting unruly.



Here's how dad feels about this whole process:

The Babies' Registry

The babies will be here before we know it and so Chris and Amy have set up a registry at http://www.thethingsiwant.com/amysivers/. We really appreciate our family and friends already being so generous.

How we told Everyone about the boys...

In the attached photograph, note the beautiful spring Buda Hills to the right, the city of Pest on the left, the lovely blue Danube sandwiched in between, and Amy Ivers pointing out two very small stowaways who thoroughly diminished her enjoyment of such typical Central European dishes as sausages, dumplings, goulash and especially beer.

*Note: These two fugitives did nothing whatever to diminish Christopher Ivers' enjoyment of the same typical Central European dishes such as sausages, dumplings, goulash and most especially beer.




In June, after the exciting ultrasound that told us pointedly (no pun intended) the sex of Baby A and Baby B, here are the photos we sent to our family and friends.

Hello Twin Boys!

Baby A and Baby B Ivers are set to be born on October 30, 2007; however, will most probably be early on account of being twins in a small and impatient mother. As of July 12, 2007, babies are healthy and totally uncooperative while at ultrasounds and other doctor visits. Baby B especially does not like the camera, although is in most other ways the "B" type personality.
Mom and Dad at this point are immersed in purchasing and registering for baby paraphernalia. This is about as fun as a root canal, but probably more fun than child birth.
Dad heard that in Japan, fathers give their wives' pregnant bellies shiatzu massages and shout orders to the baby to establish authority. You can hear Chris on a regular basis poking Amy's belly and shouting things such as "Clean up the dog poop" and " Mow the lawn." He also likes to tell them how they should vote.
Aunt Lauren enjoys gently rubbing the belly and then screaming the Eagle's fight song. They will be football hooligans if it is up to her.



Mom's belly started popping at 17 weeks.





By 22 weeks, Mom's belly is almost as big as Uncle Erik's (Lauren's soon to be husband)





Here is Mom and Babies A and B enjoying Uncle Chris and Aunt Cathleen's July 8, 2007 wedding at 24 weeks (she says she DOES NOT look like the wife of Barney).




And here is the happy couple!