Hunger Games...(well, sorta)

I love food. It's no secret. I always have. Food and I have a great relationship. I see it, I eat it. That's pretty much it. Growing up I never really watched what I ate. Well, I take that back. I had food allergies that limited what I could eat, so I had to be careful which foods I ate - but never worried about how much of those foods I was eating. 

Being pregnant has only strengthened the bond that food and I share. Now, I love food more than ever, and I want it more than ever! Seriously, I am hungry ALL the time. ALWAYS! And when I eat, I eat like a freakin horse. On more than one occasion Tadd and I have gone to dinner and when I order Tadd looks at me out of the corner of his eye like Really? You are going to eat all of that?! And yep, I do. Sometimes even more.

One night, on a late night run to Wendy's after work I ordered 2 baked potatoes, 2 junior bacon cheeseburgers, and a 5 piece chicken nugget. Tadd gave me the look, and shrugged (probably thinking that when I didn't eat it all he would get to). But yep, we came home, and I downed it ALL. Every last bite. And don't worry, I was still hungry! So I had a very large bowl of Captain Crunch.

Things like that are becoming frequent occurrences in this household. And like I old times, I never really thought twice about it. Just chalked it up to being pregnant with TWINS! Until my mom told me to be careful not to gain weight to fast. That sobered me up. I looked at my rapidly growing belly and had a bit of a panic moment. 

You've all seen it. It's a growing!! And QUICKLY.

See?!

 13 Weeks

Now *disclaimer* I am not one of those pregnant people that will diet so I don't gain weight. Or will worry about the vanity pounds I will have to lose after the babies get here. But I did worry just a little since my belly has grown so fast. (And we don't have a scale at home, so I couldn't just check it out real quick.)

So when I went to the doctor on Thursday and of course first thing the nurse told me to step on the scale. With large amounts of dread I did as I was told.  Imagine my great surprise when she announced that I had gained.....

ONE whole pound. 

Yep. Since the last doctor's appointment I have gained a whole pound, for a total of 3 whopping pounds - which the doctor said is just perfect. Right on track. 

Then of course my brain starts thinking,  

Wait, if my belly is this big after one pound...And I have how many more to go?

35-40 in case any of you were wondering. That's how much people pregnant with twins usually gain. So yep, I am going to get enormous!!! Something to look forward to! :)

Weekend Getaway

There's nothing like finding out you're having TWINS to make you come to the realization you and your husband have never had a getaway just the two of you. And that's exactly what I realized...while we do lots of fun things, and we love spending our weekends and getaways with family and friends - the realization that there will be very little alone time after the next few months hit me very quickly.

So for a combined Mother's/Father's day present, my wonderful hubby planned a weekend getaway for us last weekend. A relaxing weekend in Park City full of shopping, scenic drives, laughter, good food and finished off with a trip to the zoo in Salt Lake with great friends. It was fantastic. We definitely need to take some more time together - especially with the nuggets on the way.

We had such a great time. Even if we are completely old and married. The first night there, our excitement consisted of a trip to Wal Mart for some diet mountain dew (for Tadd) and veggies and dip (for this pregnant lady), a brief visit to the hot tub (only for this pregnant lady to say "Too hot" and sit with my feet barely in the water), and then back to our room where we played Monopoly U-Build for a good two and a half hours. Yep, we know, total party animals! But it was just what we needed. 

Other highlights of the trip:

Shopping

Who doesn't love shopping in Park City? I am such a sucker for good deals! Who doesn't love getting four shirts for $13?! The fact they are stretchy and big enough to fit over my quickly growing belly - bonus! Plus I found a new pair of maternity pants for $12. My belly is much happier post-Park City-shopping.

Hotel room

There was a jacuzzi in the room! My hubby loves me. That was the one thing he looked for when room shopping. Guy knows a way to this girl's heart.

Laughter

Oh there was so much of it! I truly love my husband. As hectic as our lives have been (and as hormonal as I've been) we have forgotten to take the time to just enjoy each other. This weekend was just what we needed to remember that pre-nugget-craziness we actually liked each other! 
(Weird how pregnancy wipes that from memory!)



Saturday we drove to Salt Lake and went to the Hogle Zoo

Along with these wonderful people:

Our wonderful friends the Ribao's.


The zoo was a blast. Emmalee loved all the animals, but she seemed to get the most excited about the snakes and bugs. What a cutie pah-tootie.

 And of course, just like every other three year old, once you start taking pictures she just wants more and more. But don't worry, we don't mind a bit, because she is so stinkin' cute!

 

Besides, she has the greatest smile!

 And, what can we say - she loves us! We are pretty much her favorites.

It was a great weekend getaway. Fun for us to go back to the Hogle Zoo, where it all unofficially began. Who knew this female gorilla would end up being so amazing?!

To Do Lists

When we found out we were expecting, I was thrilled! We found out it was twins, and as you all have read, it was a little lot of a shock. (Now we are just excited!!) 

But even since we found out we were pregnant, the planning bug got a hold of me! I bought a notebook and started making list after list. "To Do", "To Make", "To Buy", "Girl Names", "Boy Names", "Thank You's", "Nursery Ideas"....yep, within a few days that notebook was being filled right up with all of my crazy! I'm just a planner, what can I say. I don't want to forget anything, and I like to cross things off as I go so I feel like I'm accomplishing things - even if they are small.

So, in case you are wondering, YES, it is killing me not to know if these twins are boys, girls, or one of each. I have a nursery to plan, clothes to buy, blankets to make - baby projects GALORE! Still...we've got a while to wait. I'll just have to stick with my notebook of plans for a few more weeks until we find out.

That's not to say we are just sitting around planning and not getting anything accomplished. We've started trying to get things as ready as possible - within reason of course.

In fact, we've got a lot of things figured out already. The cribs - my fantastically amazing dad is making them! Yep! Making them. How cool is that?! Not only cool, but amazing, wonderful, and yes - the nuggets are already spoiled rotten! And he is dreaming BIG! These things are going to be the greatest cribs ever created! The two cribs fit together to make one big crib with a railing down the middle - and then will convert to individual toddler beds when they get older. Like I said - AMAZEBALLS, right?! What a sweet thing for them to have - pieces of Grandpa to grow up with.

And as if that wasn't amazing enough - he's making two dressers too! That convert into a changing table of course. Yep, he is incredible! The nursery furniture - CHECK! (Easy for me to say, I'm not building it! ha) I am SO excited for it though. But it is one less thing for me to worry about, and one more thing for me to check of our lists! Wahoo!

Another big thing to check off of our lists - Cars seats. CHECK! Plus a double stroller that the car seats will both fit into, and doesn't take nine years to break down or set up (because we looked at some of those!). CHECK! The best part, a twins discount and coupons to Babies R Us. Cha-ching!! I love saving money. It's pretty much my favorite thing to find a great deal. 

So yep, we are making progress. Lots of big ticket items checked right off those lists. True, I sorta wish we knew already and could get lots more checked off, but I'm grateful that we have gotten these things accomplished. It does help relieve some of the panic and anxiety. Thank goodness for that notebook that lets me put all of my crazy in one place! (Even if the crazy does overflow and Tadd gets the rest of it!) 

And I do have a new belly picture to post...but haven't figured out how to get it off the new camera yet! So stay tuned.

Maternity Clothes Adventure

Somehow, we have made it to 13 weeks already! That blows my mind. Our little nuggets are growing like crazy. With all of their organs in place already - that blows my mind - they are about 3 inches long, and the big news this week is they are developing fingerprints. CRAZY! It really does still blow my mind that their are two little persons growing inside of me. 

Not that I don't notice them growing! My clothes are very "not-so-slowly" starting to shrink. The reality is that my pregnant-with-twins belly is just very quickly growing growing growing!  It's even hard to slouch these days - that dang belly gets in the way!

 

So, the adventure of shopping for maternity clothes has begun...and it has been an adventure indeed! I actually have a lot of clothes that still fit. Thank goodness for maxi skirts and jersey knit dresses that stretch right over this pregnant belly! I even have a lot of shirts that still work - thank goodness for my previous love of longer shirts, they cover that belly up quite nicely. But some days a girl just wants to wear a good pair of jeans. One that doesn't squish the nuggets.  

Cause these two are vengeful! That's what I keep telling Tadd. I feel like they are saying to me, 

"Mom, you are squishing us with your pants that are too small, so take this -" 

And POW, my internal organs are being pushed on. Talk about painful. Or they squeeze on my bladder. That's their new favorite. Bathroom breaks are more frequent than ever. I do believe I should just put a TV in our bathroom at home, because I feel like I spend more time there than anywhere else - and we still have a LONG ways to go! And yes, I know it is only going to get worse.

I guess I have always just assumed that being in Utah I would have ample opportunities and choices when it came time for maternity clothes...WRONG! Hardly anywhere in Logan actually carries maternity clothes in their stores anymore. Most stores offer them online, but nobody has them here to try on and look at. Except for Motherhood Maternity - which is a great store. I have loved their customer service when I do go in there. However, paying $50 for one pair of jeans is a little much for this deal seeker...but my britches are definitely no longer squeezing my belly into them, even if I don't button or zip them! Quite the dilemma.

Luckily, we went to Burley, Idaho this past weekend for some family birthday fun with the Ormond's. I happened to see a baby store on our way through town that said, "Maternity Apparel". I told Tadd I wanted to go check it out. So while the boys were gone golfing, Mom O and I went to check it out on Saturday. I found some denim capris that were SO super comfy, and only $28! We got to the register, and an even BETTER surprise - Half off!! Wahoo. Now that's more like it. $14 for some comfy pants that won't squeeze our nuggets and cause the vengeful crushing of my insides.

So, here's a new picture of the growing belly. 

In my new maternity capris of course...because I just can't resist slipping them on in the morning. 

12 Weeks

And, my awesome hubby is taking me to Park City this weekend (A mother's day gift and getaway) so there will be plenty of maternity shopping at the outlets. And, we will be in Salt Lake on Saturday and can hit H&M or Forever 21 - I hear they have amazing maternity clothes for cheap - my kind of shopping! :)  So I'm hoping to add a few more non-nugget-crushing options to my wardrobe.

I'll keep you posted on the continuing adventure...and next time we will chat about buying baby stuff! 'Cause that's what is on my mind always. And we have started tackling those to-do lists I'm so fond of making :)

Ahhhhh...Pregnancy!

Some more random pregnancy tidbits for ya'll...

I haven't been sick, like I said. And so far I can't really even say I've had cravings...at least if that's what I am having it's not like what I expected. As I said in the last post, I have become a little bit of a picky eater - and this is definitely new for me. Before, if something didn't sound good, I ate it anyway for the most part. Now, if it doesn't sound good - good luck getting me to look at it let a lone eat it (just ask Tadd!)

More than anything there are just certain foods that sound good. I have kind of taken it as that's what my body needs at the time, because it hasn't been anything strange like pickles and ice cream or what not that you hear about. It's been things like hamburgers cooked on the grill at home or mashed potatoes and gravy. Those have both hit on my way home from work some nights, and when I get home and am exhausted, my awesome, fantastic, AMAZING hubby sure does oblige. There has been more than one occasion that it is 11 o'clock and I am starving for mashed potatoes and he gets up and makes them while I snuggle on the couch. :) (See, awesome, fantastic AND amazing!)

Other things I've eaten a lot of are:

Fruit 

(mostly strawberries and pineapple - cause that's what 

Macey's - our local grocery store - has precut and

 ready to eat so I don't have to do anything but consume!)

Veggies and Dip

Chicken Noodle Soup 

(Not even the yummy chunky kind, just good ole' Campbell's Chicken and Noodle!)

Macaroni Salad

(In the beginning this is ALL I wanted to eat! 

Now the thought of the texture makes me cringe a little.)

Smoothies

(McDonald's Wild Berry ones have become a staple in my life!

This is often my breakfast. Easy on the go and I get lots of fruit in for the day)

Other pregnancy symptoms I am definitely having - Heartburn. Already the heartburn has hit.

I eat a banana - I get heartburn. 

I eat cereal - I get heartburn.

You get the drift...heartburn, heartburn, heartburn. It seems to be getting worse too. Of course it probably doesn't help that my attitude about it has been - if a banana gives me heartburn, I might as well eat what I want! Ha! Truly, I should probably cut out all of the pepperoni pizza or chips and salsa...but the nuggets want what they want! :)

 Our doctor did tell us at our appointment last week if it started becoming a daily thing to take Prilosec. So I think we are going to have to get some of that pretty soon. Tums are great, but are not going to cut it as bad as it has been lately.

Tadd would also like me to include mood swings. Yes, perhaps I have been a bit hormonal and moody lately. Things or people that might have slightly bugged me now make me violent! Haha...well not really, but I have told Tadd quite a bit lately that I want to punch people. Of course I haven't done it yet, but it is becoming my favorite threat!

But truly, I am quite easily annoyed these days. Especially at Tadd. Poor guy. My sense of humor has almost ceased to exist it seems. Things or jokes that I would laugh at before now get looks of, "Really?!" and usually some sort of snippy remark out of my mouth. Seriously. Poor poor Tadd. All he is doing is being the hubby I have always loved...and now it just drives me crazy at times - Ahhhhh, pregnancy!

TWINS!? - Adjusting to the News

Slowly and surely we are beginning to accept the fact we are expecting TWINS. I just have to share with you though, it has been interesting the things that run through your mind as the mother finding out that you will not only have one baby to take care of in 7 short months, but you will have TWO babies to take care of in as early as 6 months.
(Twins usually come early if some of you readers {Tadd} didn't realize that before)

Initially, all I could think about was having to buy TWO of everything! TWO cribs, TWO carseats, TWO strollers - okay just one but with room for TWO babies, diapers for TWO, clothing for TWO, TWO bedding sets...you get the idea! It was difficult not to get overwhelmed and to think solely about the money aspect of things. 

Nursing TWO babies is a little overwhelming to me. We had already talked about it, and I was planning on nursing the babY (when we just were thinking of one). Now that there are TWO mouths that need to eat every two hours for the first little while...I'm not sure what will happen. I would like to think that we will be able to figure out how to make it work, because formula is so expensive. I also would like to be able to do more with my day than sit in a chair and feed babies all day. I guess we will take that as it comes. Who knows. Maybe the football hold on each side like my mom suggested really will work. Or maybe it will just be worth it to spend the time to nurse them each individually. Or maybe neither one will want to, or I won't be able to nurse, and we will have to figure out how to pay for formula after all. That is just something we will have to take as it comes.

Perhaps the biggest shock for me when it hit me was, I cannot carry TWO carseats! Those things are heavy! It takes two arms for me to carry one. That revelation hit me with a whole load of overwhelming thoughts...How will I get them from the house to the car? How will I go grocery shopping - only one carseat fits in the front. Even if I put one in the back too, where do the groceries go?? I told Tadd I am going to have to take our stroller everywhere! It's the only way I will be able to tote those darling babies around. I joked I will have to put them in the stroller just to walk from the house to the car, put them in the car and then take down the stroller and put it in the car too.

And then of course there are the even more random thoughts...like 

I will have to potty train TWO kids at the same time!

TWO highchairs? How is that going to fit in our tiny kitchen? And how do you put TWO spoons of food in TWO different mouths? 

How do you carry TWO babies?

At church, do I take both babies out to feed them at once? Or take one, then bring that one back to Tadd and take the other one?

And just in case you all really wondered (like my mom) if I am actually having TWINS, here's another belly shot to prove it! Yep, it's officially a pregnant belly folks. No more of the
 "muffin top/maybe I have a belly/maybe I don't phase"...
It's here!

And it's not going anywhere other than outward...because it just seems to get bigger everyday. Those nuggets are busy growing. And yes, in case you also wanted to ask, I do wonder how enormous I will be. Because if this is 11 weeks, thinking of 30 weeks is a little terrifying - let alone anything past that!

And no, I don't wear the same shirt everyday...I heard you should take every picture with the same shirt so you can tell the changes better?! We will see if I continue with that, or get sorta bored with it...And also, forgive the dorky smile. This was me saying "Really, you want a full body shot?!" as Tadd took a picture.


Oh, and another random tidbit, I told Tadd that it is probably a good thing we didn't wait until the "safe" 12 week mark to start telling people. I am pretty sure with this belly already here at 11 weeks, people might have started to notice!

So, no, my brain is no longer capable of thinking about anything other than TWINS. And no, I am not sick of people coming up to me and asking me about it. I love talking about it, it is what I am most likely thinking about anyway, so I might as well be able to talk about it too!

Still, even with all of the random overwhelming thoughts, I take one look at those ultrasound pictures and I'm completely in love. Already those little nuggets have melted my heart. We truly are blessed. I know we will figure it all out. It's just fun to give you insight to the craziness that goes on inside my brain. 

Yes, all I think about is TWINS. But it is not all overwhelmed and crazy thoughts. A lot of it - especially as I look at their little pictures - is love. Pure love for those babies growing inside and moving around. Thank goodness we have the next 6 months to prepare for them to come and the chaos to break loose.

TWINS!? - the Reactions

TWINS!! Yep folks, we are really having TWINS! There are TWO babies! And yep, it is still the waves of emotions. I am getting so excited though. I just have those occasional freak out moments every, oh, 30 minutes! Haha, okay - maybe not quite that often. But it is still several times a day that I have that shock hit me like a freight train. I asked Tadd today if that feeling of shock and panic is ever going to stop coming out of nowhere. His reply?
"Maybe after birthing them".
Thanks babe. So comforting!

Telling people we are having twins has been a lot of fun! The responses have been hilarious.

When we told my older sister - screaming and yelling and (I'm assuming since I wasn't there to see it) jumping up and down - SO excited!!

When we told Mom Ormond - laughter! (Apparently it runs in the family!) After she stopped laughing she said, "I am SO happy for you guys," quickly interrupted by "I am so happy for ME - I'm going to be the grandma of TWINS!!"

Mom Dutton's reaction was shock. She asked me probably 10 different times, in 10 different ways if I was being serious. 

"Seriously" - "Seriously Mom"

"You're not joking?" - "Can't really joke about it yet mom"

"Like honest and truly?" - "Honest and truly mom, we are having TWINS!"

"You are really being serious?"

And it continued like that for a good 2 minutes. Then a wave of overwhelmed hit I think, because she just kept repeating "Oh my goodness" over and over.

Dad Dutton was thrilled. He had a giddy laugh and just kept telling us how great he thought this was going to be. That he knew it was overwhelming, but he thought it was just fantastic news!
(And shortly after was on the phone with all of his family to tell them the news. Not too much later that night, he began searching for furniture to make for the nuggets, and was telling the Facebook world the happy news!) 

*Sorry to rat ya out Dad, we just love that you're so excited!!*

Dad Ormond was thrilled as well. Tadd gave him a little bit of a heart attack when he called us. Mom O had simply told him to call Tadd as he walked in from work. Tadd assumed he had been told the news, so when his dad asked how things were, Tadd's answer was, "Well, it's been an emotional roller coaster of a day!" I am sure TWINS was not the response he was thinking of after hearing that. But he was also ecstatic! He told us how happy he was for us and what a blessing this was.

It was fun to tell the grandparents they were going to have twin grandbabies. Their excitement helped me get a little more excited too rather than just simply panicked! But they weren't the only people who were fun to tell. People's reactions, whether family, friends, coworkers, or teachers have been quite amusing to us. 

Here's a list of our favorite responses, in order of how frequently we got them.

#1. Shut up!

 #2. Seriously?!

#3. You're kidding.

(And possibly the best response of all)

#4. No sh*t?

We've come to the conclusion we just must not be very trustworthy people! :) It took a lot of convincing for some people to believe us. It probably does not help that we had joked about it so much before the doctor's appointment.

Truly, everyone has been so supportive and excited about our news. More than anything we are so very grateful to have such love and support all around us. It is a bit overwhelming how much people have offered to help in every possible way - babysitting, food, baby furniture, baby clothes, advice. We appreciate it all! And don't any of you worry, we will be taking you up on every last offer! I'm not sure we will survive if we don't! :)

The Nuggets - Part III

Well, I don't really feel like I can put the BIG news off for much longer. I thought about torturing all of you with a post solely about pregnancy tidbits...but let's be honest, we all know why you really keep checking up on our blog. You want the juicy details of the doctor's appointment!

Before we go into those details you should all know...Ever since we found out we were pregnant, Tadd has joked that he thinks twin boys would be FANTASTIC! He would talk about it all the time. In fact, my sister and I as well as my mom and I had many conversations about "What if I had twins"...topics like "How would I nurse them BOTH?!" or "That is a LOT of diapers to change". Stuff like that. We would joke about how it was a possibility since there are twins on both sides of my family.

Not to mention that my six year old niece told us that she thought we would have two babies. When I asked her if she meant one now and one later, she said,
 "No. Two now. There's two babies in Heaven waiting for you".

Now she's the type of six year-old that just might be that in tune with things, but she's also the type of six year-old that has a wild imagination and says random things all the time!

So twins has been the joke all along. But let's be honest...I'm not sure either one of us or anybody we joked with about it actually thought it was really going to happen.

We'd been counting down the days to our doctor's appointment. When I called to make it and they told me we had to wait until 10 weeks I was highly disappointed. I was all geared up to wait only 3 or so weeks for an eight week appt, but our doctor prefers to wait until 10 weeks...which meant FIVE whole weeks until we got in. It seemed like forever. 

FINALLY, the day was here. I kept myself occupied that morning by hanging out with one of my bestest friends Tami and her little girl. We went to the mall and played on the playground, went to lunch...kept ourselves distracted. Apparently VERY well too, because as we got ready to head home so I could go pick up Tadd for the appointment I realized I had lost my keys. They were nowhere to be found! I panicked! 

We looked through every pocket of my purse. Went back to the mall and searched. I called Tadd in a panic. The whole nine yards. Tami assured me if we couldn't find them she would just take us. We pulled into the parking lot of our condo and I was highly disappointed to not see the keys in the parking lot. 

But don't you worry, when I looked up at our door...There were the keys! Hanging IN the door! Apparently I locked the deadbolt and scampered off to Tami's car without at thought. Thank goodness we have good neighbors who didn't steal 'em!

Anywho, that was just to share a little bit of my panic with you! Even if it was random and unnecessary information - it's a funny story. I hurried off to pick Tadd up from work and we were off to the doctor!!!

We checked in and got our paperwork to fill out. But before we could even fill in our address we got called back. Our doctor is fantastic! She came in and asked how I was feeling. When I told her "Terrific!" she looked a little skeptical, and had to double check I was having some pregnancy symptoms at least. 

After chatting for a few minutes with her, we were off to the ultrasound room. She asked if we were ready to see the baby, and I jokingly looked at Tadd and said, "Baby. NOT BabiES!" She chuckled and asked if twins were possible. We told her they could be, that they ran on my side of the family.

"So, you could be next, huh?" She asked. We all kind of laughed. Then she told us, "It would be kind of funny. I just told my nurse today that I haven't diagnosed twins in a while!"

And with that we started the ultrasound. About 30 seconds into it, she let out a slow

"Oh my goodness!"

Like any pregnant lady I started to think of every possible terrible horrible thing that could be happening. She quickly wiped that fear away and said,

"Everything is fine! Don't worry" and with another chuckle,

"You ARE next in line!"

I'm pretty sure my heart stopped for about a minute. I looked at Tadd, he looked at me, we looked at the ultrasound. She told us we were in fact having TWINS! There were TWO heartbeats! See?

(She said the little black hole on the left was one heartbeat, 

and the one on the lower part of the right was another)

I looked over at Tadd. He was now on the floor. Somehow he managed to fall OUT of his chair! Literally! 

And in case you wondered how he would react? 

The laughter began! There were once again tears on both of our cheeks, and Tadd was laughing! (Sound familiar?) :)

He laughed through the rest of the entire ultrasound.

So there you have it. We are having TWINS! The doctor said it looks like they are fraternal. Although she had a bit of a hard time telling if they were sharing a placenta or not. She ended up looking at where the umbilical cords inserted and said that they were far enough apart she really thought these twins were the 

"less complicated" fraternal kind.

And here they are! Baby A and Baby B. Both exactly the same size with healthy heartbeats. 

Two heads

Baby A

Baby B

Baby B - Heartbeat 161 beats per minute

Baby A - Heartbeat 165 beats per minute

There's our lil Nuggets. That's what we started calling them in case you hadn't guessed that by the titles of our posts. 

And here's us after the doctor's appointment

 Putting our happy faces on...

But this is more like what our reaction was like when she first told us.

 

 Say what?!

And after the news sunk in a little more...this is how we were really feeling!

 

TWINS?!?! 

It has been a roller coaster of emotions. They come in waves. First shock. Then overwhelmed. Terrified. Excited. Happy. Then back to Shock! There have been several text messages to Tadd that have simply said

"TWINS!! We are freaking having TWINS!"

And yes, ever since we found out, it is 'TWINS'

not just 'twins'. Because I kinda feel like it is something to be emphatic about. There is no saying it quietly. we are having TWINS! Yep. TWO babies.

But how awesome is that?! I mean really. We are ecstatic. We feel truly blessed. There are moments of terror and overwhelming feelings, but overall we are counting our blessings. Not only are we going to be blessed enough to have a baby of our own, but we get to have two precious gems join our family.

And just for good measure, here's a belly shot from after the doctor's visit. Because let's face it, there's no sense in hiding this belly now! There are TWINS in there!! TWO babies. So it's okay that I'm already showing.

So now that you got to hear the big news, don't just give up on us. We still have plenty of stories to share! How people reacted when we shared the news of TWINS, more pregnancy tidbits...All sorts of good stuff! Plus, pretty soon I will have projects to share. You didn't think we'd forgotten about being crafty around here did ya?