Twins!

Debbie finally gave me the go-ahead to make it public knowledge...we've got twins on the way!!!

Now, most of the audience for our blog is already in the know, but for those who aren't:

We're due in mid-december, and so far things are going very well. We won't know for certain the gender for another 4 weeks, but I have my ideas....

I'm firmly convinced that we will either have a combination of boy and girl or two boys or two girls. There, I said it! My prediction! I challenge anyone to come up with another probable outcome.

Actually, I was pretty convinced that it was a boy and girl combo (no logic behind that at all), until I had a dream the other night that we had 2 girls, both of whom looked like Suri Cruise, oddly enough. In my dream, they started walking after one day, and I was ecstatic that our little wizards could read by day 2. Day 3, I walked into our room and they were painting a mural akin to the Sistine Chapel ceiling on our bedroom wall. Once I awoke and came to my senses, I had to settle in to the fact that the first three days with our twins will most likely test our capacity for sleep deprivation, the kids won't be walking for quite awhile, and won't be joining MENSA until at least age 4.

In reality, we're very happy to be pregnant, and we'll just be happy if they arrive healthy. I'm looking forward to answering a million "are they twins?" questions from strangers. To which I will offer the stone-faced reply of, "No, their clones". Totally straight face needed to deliver that line, so I'll have to practice. There have to be at least a few strangers I could convince of that. I've seen a few of them on the American Idol auditions.

So, now we're spending our days looking to famous parents of twins to learn what we need to know about parenting. Few nuggets I've learned so far:
1. Darth Vader - Stay very clear of any sinister looking Senators who only want to talk about the dark side of the force.
2. The mom on the Suite Life of Zach and Cody - Rules with kids, and restrictions on time watching the Disney channel, are essential.
3. Chuck Norris and his wife Gena - kids get out of line...open up a can of Ninja Chuck on them.
4. Dave Mathews and his wife Ashley - If faced with a question from kids that you can't answer, just mumble along to where no one understands what the heck you're saying, and then have mom translate it to the kids.
5. Ray Romano - If you buy a house a street away from your parents, be ready to live the Everybody Loves Raymond life.