Saturday, November 3, 2007

Impending Grandparent-Hood




As I am sure I have mentioned, Ani and Alvin were married in April. It was a beautiful wedding, culminating with a honeymoon in Hawaii. My daughter was, of course, the most gorgeous bride in the entire universe. (I may be just a little bit prejudiced) Alvin looked pretty great too!
Just a couple of months after the wedding, the kids announced that we were going to be grandparents. But the real surprise came when we found out Ani and Alvin are expecting twins! Of course, the entire family is thrilled! Ani and Alvin are to be the proud parents to little Amaya and Alvin.
The kids invited us to view a 3D/4D ultrasound of the babies. I was so thrilled! We all crammed into the ultrasound room where soothing music played in the background. Both babies were facing Ani’s spine. The nurse conducting the ultrasound gave her some lollipops in the hopes that the sugar would induce the twins to move. However, those are stubborn little ones! They refused to show their faces. Little Alvin did go to great lengths to insure that we know that he is definitely all boy! The technology for these ultrasounds is truly amazing. We saw Little Amaya’s foot, and it was so clear! You could tell exactly what it was, you could even count the toes. Ani and Alvin were very disappointed because they really wanted to see their children’s’ faces.
I, on the other hand, found the whole thing very exciting. You could even make out the textures on the umbilical cord. I have to say, though, it did look rather crowded in there….

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