Blessed

Yesterday we had a patient come in who was pregnant and she was miscarrying her baby; maybe it's all these hormones but this hit me really hard. I wanted to offer her some comfort but being pregnant I could only think about how much she already loved that baby. I wish it were possible to cuddle my babies even closer and tell them to just grow strong and healthy. I can't believe how lucky I am. The only other time I have ever felt this blessed in my life was the day I married my soul-mate. (And he is taking such wonderful care of us.) I am so grateful that I was able to get pregnant; let alone have two babies to bless our lives! I know so many people are praying for us and I want to make sure they know that the lord is listening to their prayers and truely watching over us. Thank you for the very many prayers; we are blessed and we can feel it in our lives.

Nappy Time

Needless to say pregnancy has made me more tired (esp with our twins) so Gus and my mom had fun capturing this moment on film. The furry blue thing is Cookie Monster; he is hilarious! When you open his mouth he says funny things like "cookies", "cowabunga" and "hello" . Surprisingly it doesn't get old, esp since he scares the crap out of my mom's dog. Anyway we were playing with him right before I fell asleep apparently-

Double Trouble!

Today Gus and I went in for our first official ultrasound and this is our big news-look at the pictures closely to see if you can guess


Yup, that's right we are seeing double! Twins does run on both sides of our family but we never would have thought that we could have TWINS. Guess we thought wrong! I wish I could describe what I am feeling right now. It's times like this that makes me wish I was a more poetic writer so I could capture all the wonders of this monumental day. At first, I walked around feeling just shocked but now I am so excited I can barely stand still. We have so much work ahead of us but it is going to be so rewarding. We are still at risk for losing one or both so we are praying fiercely. There are a lot of emotions for us but I think mostly we are just so overjoyed to see our babies and that they are healthy.

THE test

This is a picture of one of my positive pregnancy tests! Two lines = positive. I have taken about
7 of these, I know that sounds crazy but I still can't believe it.

Big News

We are so excited to annouce that we are pregnant!
We were thinking about starting to try and suddenly we didn't have to. On August 28 I took a pregnancy test because I was on antibiotics that are not ok in pregnancy, at 5 minutes (the official reading time) it was negative. I kept the test to show Gus that it was negative, but when I glanced at it a few minutes later it showed positive. We got alittle freaked and then tried to come into my office and draw my blood to get a serum test-we couldn't wait to know. But since Gus has never drawn blood before and I couldn't hit my own vein we were forced to wait until morning. I took a test very early the next morning and it showed positive at 4 minutes. I can't explain that feeling but if I had to I would say dreamlike. Gus had to leave me for a couple of hours and I thought I would go crazy with no one to talk to but I made it. We have told some people; I am still nervous I will loose the baby. Katie is doing a very good job of informing the world for me, and I am grateful. It's not that I am not excited because I am estatic but I just can't seem to find a graceful way to put it in a regular conversation.