Introducing Brady and Rooney Khan

The day Stacey and I have been planning for almost three years finally came and we now have two beautiful bundles of joy!  I still can't believe it and I still can't believe they're here, even though they took their sweet time. As disappointed as we were to have to leave them behind for two excruciating hours after we first met them, we couldn't have been more thrilled than when we were able to hold, feed, and generally just be with them for more than 5 hours during the day. Rooney even blessed us  by blowing out her too-big diaper, her little outfit, and her blanket, all on her first shot...she made her daddy proud (not so much her mommy though). Our time with our babies sadly had to come to an end for the day following their first official photo shoot - gotta love that the passport photo guy makes house or hospital calls. Due to their later than expected arrival, we're doing all we can, and getting a lot of cooperation from everyone who have the liberty, to try to get us back home so Brady and Rooney can meet all their wonderful friends and family. We wrapped today with yet another shopping trip to get some much-needed preemie diapers, a specific type of formula to help our little ones bulk-up (at a cheap price of $5 per can vs $20+ at home), and some gender-specific preemie onesies and other clothing for Rooney, who, unlike her one-minute-older big brother, did not have the benefit of having an older cousin (thanks again Ben) who was so generous with little girl clothes.

Thanks to all for the well wishes. Here are a couple pics from today, but we'll share more soon.  The plan is to pick our healthy babies up from the hospital in the morning!

Mom and her babies (Brady on the left, Rooney on the right-pre blowout)



Dad and his babies (Brady on the left, Rooney on the right-post blowout)



Little Rooney

Brady and Mom

THEY'RE HERE!!!!!

A new little Khan Boy and Girl  arrived this morning! 

 Rooney Lynn Khan (4 lbs, 8 oz.)

 Brady Gallagher Khan (5 lbs, 4 oz)

More details to come...we must go feed some babies!

What a difference two weeks make...

We met Mrs. R at Dr. Jolly's office for the scan this afternoon and I think her baby bump doubled in size!  Two weeks ago when we saw her I was shocked by how small her baby bump was and how awesome she looked for being nearly 36 weeks pregnant.  Today, I still think she looked awesome, but she clearly looked like she was ready to give birth on Monday.  Yes, this Monday.  Yes, November 7th!! The cesarean is scheduled for 8AM.  That is less than 35 hours from right now:)  Hours...we are counting in hours now!  How awesome is that?  I love that there is a set time - its just how I am.

TT was our little rock star.  In two weeks, she/he grew an amazing 25% and now weighs in at 5 lbs.  The wait was well worth it for that kind of weight gain!!  TT was so proud of his/her weight gain that she/he flipped upright.  TT's desire to stand up tall means that she/he is breech and is the reason for the c-section.

TO is now mearusing 5 lbs 11 oz, not too shabby of a weight gain for this stage in the pregnancy!  Let's hope they continue to gain at this pace outside in the real world.

There are no cute pictures to show you from the scan.  We barely saw their faces, as their world is a bit cramped right now and it was tough to figure out much of what was going on in there.  Dr. Jolly tried to show us both faces.  I could make out that what he was pointing out as TT's face was real, but it was a hard sell to believe he found TO's face.  We did see two very well defined spines, which was pretty cool.  And despite Lee's best efforts, he could not figure out the sex of either baby.

So, now we wait just a few more hours!  Any suggestions (besides sleep) on what we should be doing to waste away the next 35 hours?

Day 17 in Delhi...

We haven't updated in a few days, mostly because there is no big announcement to make.  The little buggers are sticking it out for the full stay in their current home.  Little do they know that they will be evicted in a few days, so they better get themselves ready!  Mrs. R has an ultrasound appointment tomorrow and we will know more afterwards.  I hope they have both packed on as many pounds as their dad has over the past two weeks!

Apparently very few people voted on our poll that TO and TT would make it this long...jokes on all of us...I am guessing November 5th will be the winner, since its the only day without a vote! 

In the meantime, we went to our first tourist spot in Delhi, the Akshardham Temple.  It was amazingly beautiful and recommended for anyone visiting, but be prepared for some serious security lines. 

We have been doing our best to stay busy.  Lee has been working until the early hours of the morning and I have been enjoying the great massages!  Only a couple of more days now and we will FINALLY meet our babies!

37 Weeks

We are very excited to have made it to this big milestone and are so thankful to Mrs. R for allowing our babies to "bake" for so long!  She truly has done an amazing job and we will always be eternally grateful for what she is doing for us.  The babies should be ready to go at this point and while they apparently are very happy in their warm and dark home, their parents are ready to meet them!  We both believe that today, 11/1/11 or 1/11/11 (depending on your order preference), is a great birthday.  Apparently, 20% of the people responding to the poll agree with us.   For now we continue to wait for the important phone call.

Times of India is reporting that a little girl named Nargis Yadav, born yesterday was the seven billionth person.  The truth is no one really knows who the seven billionth person is/will be or exactly when, so I am sure that my husband will continue to believe it is TO or TT!  

We have been attempting to keep ourselves busy, so we don't go stir crazy!! The wait is definitely starting to get to us. Yesterday, we continued our new favorite past time - shopping!  Enjoy some pictures of Sarojini Market.  In the pictures take note of the fact that it is just opening and "relatively" empty.  We have been told by our drivers that its too crowded for us in the evening when the market is at its peak.

A family we bought way too many fun bangles from

A quiet time in the market

Attempting to bargain..

World’s Seven billionth person to be born...

today (it's 12:30 AM here)!  Yes, that is correct, according to a projection by researchers working with data from the United Nations Population Fund.  Could TO or TT be the 7th billion or will it be Doug and Chad's babies (http://justoneoutofsevenbillion.blogspot.com/)?  Let's see what the next 12 1/2 hours brings, which is the expected arrival of the new baby...

Day Trip to Agra

Since we have plenty of free time on our hands (I bet we don't repeat those words for awhile), we decided to take a day trip to Agra.  I was positive making plans would induce labor, but no such luck.  Oh well.  We were in Agra in March to see the Taj, but didn't have time to visit the Agra Fort or Fatehpur Sikri, so yesterday was the day.  Apparently, we are the only couple to visit Agra and not go to the Taj Mahal.  The day was filled with lots of lessons about the, oh so powerful ruler, Akbar!  Both places are worth a trip; however the Fort was far superior to Fatehpur Sikri.  Enjoy some pictures...especially all of you east coasters stuck in winter wonderland:)

Fatehpur Sikri (The City of Victory)

Fatehpur Sikri Jama Masjid in the background. 

In the background is Diwan-i-Khas, Hall of private Audience for Akbar.

Tomb of Cheik Salim Christi

Agra Fort

The entrance to the Fort.

Akbar's living quarters in the background.

The view of the Taj from the Fort.

The gate leading into the Queens quarters.

It's quiet here...for now...

If you came here looking for an exciting update, sorry you will have to keep checking!

The point of the noisy Diwali "crackers" is to scare away evil and after Wednesday nights nonstop explosions I am pretty sure it's all gone! So besides the standard honking and city noises Delhi is fairly quiet. And all is quiet on the baby front too - for now! So if you voted October 27th...you were wrong:)

We have been relaxing, shopping, working(well Lee has) and meeting up with new friends for lots of great food. Yesterday after some shopping in Hauz Khas Village (we will take pictures next time since it's quite beautiful) we met with Poonam, the woman who will help us navigate "operation get out of India". The process is pretty straightforward, two stamped birth certificates, two passports and two stamped exit visas. Not too bad, right? The challenge is how fast can we get all of these documents, so that Lee can return to work and our babies can meet the rest of their families and begin life at home. The US embassy is closed November 10th and 11th, so Poonam told us if the babies aren't here by the middle part of next week we would most likely be rescheduling our November 15th return tickets! Only time will tell when TO and TT decide to arrive...

36 Weeks..

How many people out there actually thought we would make it this far?  Since March, I have felt like October 21st would be their birthday, but clearly I was wrong.  The babies are obviously very happy hanging out where they are and are in no rush to enter the outside world!  Since Lee is still working, the length of our stay here needs to be kept to a minimum, but actually the US Embassy and government offices are closed until Monday the 31st because of Diwali, so we can't start the exit process until then even if the babies arrived now.  So babies, if you want to listen, continue to bake for a few more days! I have put a poll on the right side of this blog, so that people can guess when the babies will finally make their debut. 

While we wait, we continue to sleep a lot, eat too much, shop and hang out with other intending parents - some at the beginning of their journeys and others waiting for their twins just like us!

New Scan

Yesterday, we were able to attend Mrs.R's ultrasound scan.   She walked into the radiologist's waiting room right after us and wow did she look great!  Seriously, I couldn't believe how ridiculously great she looked for being SO pregnant.  She has the most adorable baby bump I have ever seen!

While Lee drooled through the entire scan, I was able to stay composed and ask the Dr lots of questions.  We could see the babies moving around and TT was sucking on his/her fingers.  We were both desperately looking to see if there was anything between the legs of either of them, but the Dr stayed far away from that area, so we will just have to wait for their arrival. 

Isn't TO cute?

 We haven't seen a picture of his/her adorable face for 16 weeks and boy has he/she plumped up since then.  TO is now weighing ~5 lbs!   Dr. Jolly (the radiologist) didn't send a profile image of TT in the report, despite focusing on TT's cuteness during much of the scan.  TT actually looks almost identical to TO, but is only ~4lbs.  We are so happy that just shy of 36 weeks they are finally both over 4lbs!  Everything looked good with the blood flow to the babies, but TT hasn't gained much weight in the past week. Hopefully, during the next week TT will pack on some weight!  We will continue to relax, sleep and wait for the healthy arrival of our babies!!

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