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! :)