Gender ultrasound scheduled!!

I just scheduled our ultrasound where we will get to find out our babies gender. We will find out September 8th at 18 weeks along. I am so very excited!! I cant wait to start buying pink and blues and greens and purples. DF is still very worried about having 2 girls but I think it would be fine. He could still take them fishing and teach them how to play sports. I'm sure they would be the apple of his eye. Most people are thinking that we are having one of each. I think that would be perfect because we will have a little princess and a little prince. Then maybe we wont have an excuse to have any more after this. I'm not sure if I want more after all we have been through. I think I will be grateful for what we have been given and put it to a rest for now.

We have become aunts and uncles once again. DF's brothers wife gave birth to their son last Thursday on August 19th. He is up North now visiting but I had to stay behind to work. We will be up in September for a wedding so I will just visit him them. I cant believe how many people I know that are pregnant or have just had babies. No wonder why they say over 3 million babies are born a year. I just cant wait to meet ours!!

Just a few updates....

Well I still cant believe that I have made it this far, and especially with two little peanuts!! I am over the moon happy and am so excited to meet my little ones. I'm not sure if I mentioned to anyone on here yet but at my 12 week appt the doctor told me that I will have a scheduled c-section when the babies are 36 weeks gestation if I don't go into labor by then. My doc said that he has never delivered twins naturally because of all the complications that could arise and more than likely they wouldn't both the head down when I go into labor. I wont lie, I was pretty bummed when I found out I couldn't give birth to them naturally but if this is better for their safety than I'm okay with the c-section! Plus, it will be scheduled so we can have our out-of-town family come in for a few days to visit and see the little ones. So with my full term date moved up to 36 weeks this makes my Due date January 9th 2011. It's crazy to think that we are almost half way there!! I just want these little ones to stay in my belly for as long as they need as in there is the healthiest place for them. I am praying that everything goes smooth from here on out and we don't face anymore bumps in the road. I cant wait to be a mommy!!!

Spilling the Beans

Well we ended up telling our family this last weekend!! Everyone seems very excited. Especially my nieces and nephews that they will have little cousins to play with. My nephew is 4 and he says he wants to change their diapers!! HAHA Too cute!! My parents weren't too shocked that I was preggers and said they had an idea but they were completely shocked to hear about the twins. My mom is already planning me a baby shower at the end of the year. I told her not to get ahead of herself as we are taking this day by day and we can talk again about baby showers in a few months. DF's parents also had an idea that we were expecting because when we went to an open bar wedding a few weeks ago I drank straight orange juice. It feels so much more real now that we have told everyone. It's made me excited all over again!!!

I also shared the news with my co-workers which made me more nervous then telling my family. I sent out an email and within seconds people were at my desk congratulating me. Everyone was pretty shocked about the twins and we all sat around discussing it for about an hour. It's funny, now that everyone knows I constantly have people glancing at my belly. It's kind of making me self conscious because I don't feel like I am even showing yet. There were a few people that said "I wouldn't of even known you were pregnant!" So they must think that my belly should be huge by now which it isn't. Again, I'm back to feeling unsure and am hoping and praying that everything is okay in there. I have been crampy on and off lately and I just assumed it was from the growing an stretching inside there. But who knows, we will find out at our appointment Tuesday how things are going. I really hope that we continue to get good news.

Dear God, thank You for the gifts You have given me. I feel so blessed for the things in my life. I know I couldn't have done all of this without You. Please stay by my side and help me make it through the rest of my 5 months and keep my little ones safe. Amen.