Finally ... some time to chat ...

After we returned home from John Waters last night, we had some time to have a glass of bubbles, and a chat on the bed.

That's when it finally hit me ... we were over 8-weeks pregnant with "Baby R" ... almost at the end of our first trimester! Our second scan arrived last week, and it showed a very healthy pregnancy.

We had decided to use a small hospital for this pregnancy, instead of a clinic. It's nice to know that all the medical procedures are done under one roof, and supervised by the same doctor. Dr Shivani and Phoenix Hospital have been wonderful.

Our first surrogate had not "taken" (so no happy news for Christmas), but transferring less embryos carries this risk; but we were lucky enough to be able to have a second attempt, and we received the news early Feb that our second surrogate had returned a beta test in the high 180's ... a very positive sign!

Our collective fingers are crossed that everything proceeds along nicely ... and Evelyn and Gaia will have a little brother or sister later in the year!

A big week of achievements ...

Wow! What a week it's been!

We had 60 Minutes contact us last Thursday wanting to film a quick "catch up" segment for their first show of the year ... and they wanted to do it that Saturday! That took all afternoon ...

And then the girls decided to come into their own -- Evelyn cut her second tooth, and Gaia discovered the difference between commando- and regular-crawling (She's off and racing now ... time to really baby-proof the house!) Evelyn has also taken her first crawling steps. It's quite interesting to watch; Evelyn sits back and watches Gaia work out how to do things, and then she just goes ahead and does them! Smart cookie ... ;-) Gaia can also pull herself up into a standing position ... big week for all of us!



Evelyn showing off her new teeth ...



Gaia on the move ...

The 60 Minutes segment is going to air tonight, and the nerves are starting to kick in a little. Should be good though ...

Trevor's mum Ellen is flying back to the UK this afternoon after a 3-month visit. She's loved watching the girls grow before her eyes, and has been a great help with feeding, ironing etc etc. She'll be missed!