12 weeks

I suddenly have a small belly! I don't know how it got there so quickly, but it's there! I am really excited about watching my belly grow. I can't wait until it gets noticeable.  I got to have a sneak peak at the babies.  One of Amie's friends' husband (confusing, I know) is a vet and he let me come up and did an ultrasound.  The babies were moving all around and you could see both of them! It was great! I have an apt. next week with an ultrasound at the doctor and we can't wait to see them again! 

We are having people come look at our house, so we can have new people here by the time we get into the new house.  I have to keep the house clean all the time. It's really annoying! We are really excited to get to the new house!

Brady is getting so close to walking.  He can walk all over the place pushing his toys with one hand.  sometimes he tries to take a step from the couch to the ottoman, but I don't think he is paying attention to what he is doing. 

Amie asked her doctor at her last apt. if I could be a patient with her because my group doesn't deliver at Hurley. I am SO excited that she is willing to take me so if the babies need the NICU I won't have to be separated from them! 

Heartbeat

Today we are 10 weeks pregnant. I was reading the weekly update and it said the heartbeat should be able to be detected with a home doppler at this point. So, I decided to give it another try. I found one heartbeat within about 2 minutes and I THINK I found the second after another couple minutes... but I can't be sure if it was the same one or not. I am so excited that we were finally able to find them! They have been hiding for all this time!
We got a new minivan yesterday. We really like it, it has a TON of room. We keep reminding ourselves that it seems like a ton of room now, but in about 6 months, every seat will be taken! It's still so hard to believe that our lives will be changing so drastically within the next 6 months. We will have a new house, the new van, two more babies, and all that time I will be getting larger and larger.
All my clothes are still fitting, aside from the tightness at the waist when I sit down. I pretty much just look like I am still chubby from having Braden. I can't wait until I have a real belly so people won't think I am just a fatty. I am really looking forward to feeling them moving around in there. I wonder how much more they will move than just having one.
Our next apt. is on February 11. I am getting another u/s and I am really excited to be able to see them again! This time, Thom gets to be there!

Creating the Blog... making babies...

So this is the story... Thom, my husband, had Avery and Reid from his previous marriage. We had Braden on February 16, 2008. He weighed 9lbs. at birth and was born at 37 weeks. He had colic really bad until he was 3 months, but now he is the happiest baby ever and almost a year old.

I got my most recent positive pregnancy test on December 1, 2008. It was unusually dark for being 10 days post ovulation, at least we thought so... Everything has been different about this pregnancy so far... I have not been very sick, I have been CONSTANTLY hungry, and I have been feeling like maybe I wasn't going to stay pregnant... I had my first ultrasound on January 8th. Thom was out of town for training for his job, so I asked my sister to come... just in case things weren't ok. The closer it got to ultrasound day, the more nervous I got. I was just about in a panic on the way to the doctor. We got right in and I tried to call Thom so he could be on the phone, but the tech said I was not allowed to make any calls because it would interfere with the machine. The ultrasound was trans-vaginal because I was only 8weeks 6days along. She got started with the ultrasound and as soon as you could see anything, you could see that there were TWO!! The tech said, "there are two!" and I said, "Holy SHIT!!" Then the tech said holy shit! Then she told me to call Thom... Amie and I were crying and SO excited, yet in total disbelief. Thom was also in shock!
After a lot of "holy shitting" all day... and waking up thinking it was all a dream... it is finally sinking in. We are really excited and feel like we won the baby lotto!! I have to walk past the ultrasound picture about 100 times a day and make sure it's my name on the top... just to make sure it's real!!