That's a Whole Lotta Baby

Our twins were measured this morning at their 36 week checkup and estimated to be...... Piper - 6 lbs 5 oz and Maxwell - 6 lb 3 oz. At this rate these babies will be big enough to carry us around! We are so happy to see them growing and are thankful to God that they are so healthy.

Our Bags Are Packed....

Our gestational carrier is now 36 weeks. We are worried our babies may come early and causing us to fly out to NC with little notice, therefor we have pulled out our suitcases to start packing just in case. This is what happens when we don't fill up our bags fast enough. Someone else takes the initiative to pack for us. The piggie sure has a mind of her own!!

They Look Just Like Mom and Dad

Haha....just kidding. The neat thing about going through this process is that our first baby pictures of our twins was as embryos. We are speculating that Maxwell is the bigger embryo and Piper, the smaller one. We think this because the embryologist told us that boys typically as embryos develop a day or two faster than the girl embryos. Not always, but this can be true. We were also told not to expect the smaller one, possibly Piper, to implant because she was falling a day behind. We were happily surprised when we found out both embryos implanted. These are embyros gowing in a dish after five days.

Twin Debut

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This is a 4D ultrasound that was done 9 weeks ago, at 26 weeks gestation. We just can't wait to see them in person and compare them to these images.

Surrogacy Explained by Piggie

A lot of people hear we have twins due any day now, but you couldn't tell by looking at my wife. This is because we are using a gestational carrier, otherwise known as a surrogate. When people find out we are doing surrogacy the questions come flooding in so I wanted to pass along how Piggie explains it.


These babies are made from Carisa's cookie dough and Ian's chocolate chips.



We just needed to borrow someone else's oven to cooks them in.


THE END

OK......in all seriousness, these babies are 100% biologically ours. We get asked that question a lot.

Get Your Sleep While You Can

These peaceful nights of sleep are soon to be over. Well the pig might manage just fine.... she snores through anything!!!

A Little Tour of the Baby Rooms

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We are finally just about done with the two rooms. There are a few small finishing details that we still need to add, but you get the idea from the pictures. One room has both cribs and a bookcase. The other room has the rocker/glider and changing table.

OK People-we have officially picked out the twins names!

Our baby boy is Maxwell Michael. Ian's middle name is Michael. Our baby girl is Piper Rae! It took us forever to come up with two names that we can both agree on, so I think these names are sticking around.......

Why a Pig?

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Pigs have round bodies and short legs..... so does our dog. Pigs have short curly tails..... so does our dog. Pigs have short noses and snort all day long..... well..... you get the point. Lucy, our bulldog is almost 6 years old. She's spent the majority of her life sleeping and eating. Therefore, she has rightfully earned the name, Piggie!

We Have Arrived!

If you have been searching for a blog about babies and a bulldog you have found the right place! Reading this blog will keep friends and family up-to-date on the Andersen household. This includes our ever nearing birth of our twin babies and of course the original baby, Lucy, our bulldog.