Thinking pink..

So, our big news of the week is that we know the sex of the babies and they're BOTH girls!!

As one of three brothers (the other two having had three boys between them) two girls was, obviously, a bit of a shock - but in a good way :)

Last Tuesday we went for a sneaky 4D scan in Reading, we deliberately didn't tell anyone we were going as we wanted to check everything out for ourselves and get comfy with the result before we told anyone.

After a touch of confusion over what the scan package actually was and what we really wanted (thanks to the staff at Future Babies for their understanding and for sorting it all out) we discovered that both of the twins were female. Twin #2 was easy, she's always been a good girl and gave up the news easily, Twin #1, however, refused to play ball and for the longest time just sat cross-legged and sleeping in her little sac - is this a portent for the future I wonder?? :)

Anyways, after an hour or two to let the news settle in I got used to the whole idea of referring to the twins as "the girls". To be honest we were never that bothered over the sex of the kids, all we really want is two happy, healthy babies but the idea of being surrounded by women at Chez Russell is growing on me.

I've also started to become protective dad and have, to date, told three toddlers and a babe in arms that if they such as come NEAR my little girls there will be hell to pay. Job done I feel.

We spent the weekend at the parents in Hull, news of grand daughters was well received (to say the least!) and Nana Russell is already knee deep in knitting (she's wanted grand daughters for ever, so two at the same time is a bit of a winner).

So, we're into week 18, everything is going fine for the minute and I'm going to be surrounded by pink, horses and "girl's stuff" - whatever that is - in about five months. I can't wait :)