Monday, April 28, 2008

Pictures, DNA testing, etc

I posted the answer on who was who in the "So, how can you tell the difference between the girls" comment section. Leah is on top and Leila is on bottom. :)
Well, I ordered a DNA test for the girls. No, I won't be on a trashy talk show about who my baby's daddy is! :) We are having them tested to see if they are identical or fraternal. I honestly go back and forth on this one. Sometimes I have trouble telling them apart so I think identical. Other times I feel there are so many little differences between them that they must be fraternal. I've learned that it is very common for identical twins to be different sizes and weights during babyhood. So it makes me wonder if the "differences" I see are due to the size difference. Usually it takes about 2 weeks to know but since we are overseas it could take longer. They will let me know by e-mail and official letter so I'll know as soon as they process the test. I'll do an identical or fraternal post soon and let you all express your thoughts about it.
Yesterday I snapped a picture of the girls in a dress they wore for the first time. I think it is the closest I've gotten to BOTH of them smiling. I can usually get one or the other but rarely both!

Then on the twins mommy board that I frequent there are several who take this particular swing picture. I remembered that we had these swings at our embassy so I took some pictures of the girls in the swing. They weren't too sure about the whole thing. :)

--Rachel

1 comments:

Traveling Deckers said...

I love the dresses! Glad to see the shorts we got you fit them already. Those outfits all started with those cute little tennis shoes and that was Jessica's fault:)