The Once in a Decade Visit! (it had better not be...)

My parents finally came to visit Daniel and me in D.C. We were so excited, because their visit fell almost at the 12 week mark, and kicked off us telling everyone about the babies. They arrived Thursday afternoon, and I wore all black with a big jacket to cover the now slightly protruding belly. We got their luggage, grabbed kebabs for dinner, and headed home. How did we tell them? Well, it was my mom's birthday earlier this month, so we picked up an ice cream cake that said, "Happy Birthday Grandma" on it--first, Daniel couldn't stop giggling all through dinner, he was so excited. We got the cake out and lit candles--we were just beside ourselves. We took the cake over to the table--my mom made a wish, blew out the candles, then looked up at us like, let's cut this cake--we had to direct her to read the top of the cake. And it all went downhill from there :) My mom was definitely in shock about the whole thing for the evening, but they both were very excited and happy. And then, per usual, I went to bed around 9.

Over the course of their visit, we went to the White House, toured the monuments and memorials (Washington, WWII, Vietnam, Korea, Lincoln), spent a day at the Smithsonians (Gallery of Art, Natural History, American History), and walked until our feet could walk no more. We ate great food while they were here (including an entire ice cream cake). On Sunday we had Olivia, Dan and Nikki over for dinner, and got to tell that we're expecting (again, it has become rather obvious in the past week--the belly is definitely out there)--everyone is so excited!

Then, earlier today, we had a doctor's appointment with our specialist over at the Brock Family Perinatal Diagnostic Center. My parents got to come with us--we had another ultrasound, and the grandparents-to-be got to see the babies and hear what the doctor had to say (which was all good news--looking good babies!). I was so glad their visit coincided with an appointment!

This week, our babies are each the size of a lime, and even just since my parents got here my belly is making noticeable strides!! The babies are definitely out there!