Baby Names and Twin Prego Pics

My friend, Rachelle, had the story behind her girls names on her blog and I loved reading it, so I thought I would share our kids names stories with you:)

Joey worked at the MTC and another teacher there was married to a girl named Hayden. We loved the name so when I found out I was pregnant, we decided if it was a girl, she would be Hayden. Joey's grandmother passed away before he was born but she has had an affect on all of us. She was a beautiful woman who loved music. She was a such a sophisticated lady. We thought we could remember her by using her name, Claire, for Hayden's middle name. Whaalaa that is how we came up with Hayden Claire.
The boys....We thought it was a boy because of how icky and different from my first pregnancy I had been feeling. We had two names. One from my brother who passed away before I was born. Spencer was 9 months old when he died and every time I hear my mom say his name it's apparent the love she has for him. I wanted to honor him and my mom. Then a few weeks before the ultrasound Joey called me from campus and we were chatting. He was standing in the law school next to a bust of Abraham Lincoln and said, "What do you think of the name Lincoln?" So we had two names we loved and didn't know if we should use them both, one for a first name and one for a middle name, or wait to use one of the names for another child. Anyway, at 18 weeks during the ultrasound the doctor gave us the exciting news that we were having twins and we were able to use both of our boy names. So that is how we came up with Spencer Robert (Robert after Joey's dad) and Lincoln Joseph (after Joey). I was around 25 weeks when I decided who was who inside me. Doctors call the babies Baby A and Baby B but I wanted to know who was who before they came out. Spencer didn't move much and Lincoln liked to kick and hit and seemed a little crazy. For some reason, the name Spencer fit a more mellow baby and Lincoln fit a crazier baby. HOWEVER, now at 15 months old, Spencer is my crazier child!
Some of you have asked to see prego pics from the twins...well here they are. If you aren't into big, bare bellies, do not continue:)

September ( about 16 weeks pregnant, I didn't even know it was twins yet...I just thought I was getting big fast!)

January(about 33 weeks pregnant, they were born February 4th, 4 1/2 weeks early)

Hayden just came over and looked at my blog and said, "Mommy, you shouldn't show your belly." I don't know if she meant I shouldn't because it's immodest or I shouldn't because of how it looks:) Too bad cause I'm proud of that belly!!