17 Weeks!!

Every time I type that number in the subject line I get excited...the babies are one week older, one week bigger and one week stronger... of course and one week closer to meeting their mommy and daddy :)

Today's report... they are approximately 5 inches from head to rump, weighing in at about 5oz and are about the size of a large onion.... Onion?? I guess they ran out of fruit this week to compare them to :)

I was pretty happy... after my scale scare last week (holy cow 18 lbs so far)... my bump doesn't look too much bigger since last weeks picture, although........I am sure I will have lots of "growth spurts" along the way. My Dr. likes to see 24 lbs by 24 weeks so looks like I am on target for that goal!!! Losing weight in a certain time frame= hard. Gaining weight in a certain time frame= much easier hahaha

So tomorrow is the big cerclage day... I am SCARED to death of the spinal/epidural..... I have had more medical procedure and surgeries then I can count and nothing has ever made me more nervous then a needle in the back... now I have no problem with needles at all... but the idea of one in the back gives me chills... UGH!!! I will keep you posted!

~Heather

My um... adorable??? babies???

So here is the deal... I went back and forth a bit n whether to post these or not... 3-d ultrasounds FREAK ME OUT!!!

They have always freaked me out, and some people actually pay EXTRA for these wonderful little treasures... One of my bestest friends Corinne was actually the first to show me a 3-d picture, it was of her adorable little girl... however after she had the picture taken she was so upset thinking her baby was going to have a big nose and not be cute, "are you sure it doesn't look like her nose is huge" and that same conversation happened over and over in the weeks before the baby came...... the picture was way off, when her daughter was born she was truly one cutest little newborns I have ever seen............. who also had one of the smallest noses I have ever seen. All of that worry for nothing :) P.S. I can say this now, but I was a little worried for her too LOL!!! (Love ya Corinne)

Sometimes when you see a 3-d, there is a big black spot in the picture that looks like part of the baby is missing......or these weird objects that are who knows what??? All in all these ultrasound pictures typically just don't match up to the picture in my head of cute cuddly infants that are on the way into the world.

So this brings me to Tuesday afternoon. I was chatting with my friend Heather and she happened to ask if I was going to go to one of those 3-d places to get a picture of the boys... so I gave her a brief version of the above story and how I didn't want to worry myself that my babies A) aren't going to be cute or B) they are missing black spots on their little bodies.

Wednesday afternoon---- I start off my apt before seeing the Dr. with the ultrasound girl (I love her) and she is measuring away and telling me how great they are doing.... then WHAM screen goes 3-d and she gets these wonderful up close shots of the boys..... I was like "Wow...... thank you...aren't they precious....." then went into the waiting room for the Dr...... 2 seconds later she came running back out saying "oh I almost forgot here are you pictures...." So glad she didn't forget to hand them to me hahahaha

Super nice of her to go the extra mile but I just kind of laughed.... I showed Pat and he asked me "are they shaped right?" and "is that what they are supposed to look like?"

I love my little Aliens LOL!!!

PS Tip if you have a hard time figuring out these pictures... Baby B is a bit easier, his little hand is up by his face, Baby A picture.... it is a profile, he is in the upper right side, you can see his little ear... I know it looks like a scary face on the bottom left corner but that is just some other.... thing... love 3-d hahahaha :)

~Heather

Warning this may be TMI :)

So I wasn't going to post about this little issue because who wants the world to read however I think exhausted my father on this topic :) My poor Dad hears it all!!!! And since NO ONE ever warned me about it before becoming pregnant I figure I will get this out in the open and let you upcoming "mommies" know this wonderful unspoken little side effect of your "miracle".

Too most people "poo" is a natural thing that happens on a consistent daily basis... not for me.. I have never been very good at this........... however since being pregnant this has become a torturous event...

A few weeks back mt Dr. put me on extra iron and folic acid, pretty common especially with twins. I figured it may cause a few concerns down there but I just kind of went with it in.... the 1st time after the new meds started was HORRIBLE!!!! So bad I broke into a sweat, cried, bleed and finally BROKE the toilet..... Poor Pat was not thrilled about fixing it.....

I was sooooo damaged "down there" it hurt to sit and even going peepee made me bleed all over again.... I called the Dr. and started Colace to help, 1-2 a day.

Next time it was the same story all over, broke a sweat, cried, took a walk to "work it out" bleed horrible and BROKE the toliet again (different toilet). Happened to be I had a Dr. apt that day so I went in not realizing I was talking to the ultrasound girl and not the Dr. I spilled everything cried and told her I was bleeding sore, I broke two toliets and need HELP. She laughed.... not being rude I think she was just surprised. When I got to the Dr she told me to increase the Colace to 3 a day.....

Next time, I broke the toilet again, bleed again... I am telling you its BAD!!! Pat told me if we ever have a divorce it will read "I don't like fixing the toilets from her poo" I tried to tell him to think about it.... if it is bad enough to BREAK the toilet think of how I feel having to deal with it?!?!?!?

So this brings me to this week... before I went to the Dr. it happened again... I had to go get a cold compress and bleed all over the place, and of course for the 4th time broke the toilet.

I told the Dr. "I am not sure if you guys understand.... this is REALLY bad" and I shed a tear or two. So he has now added 6 fiber pills a day along with the Colace.... we'll see if it helps. I am sooooo afraid of going to the bathroom its not even funny. It still is uncomfortable to sit and I still bleed from there if I go peepee.....

I have encountered lots of other women that suffer like this while pregnant, a friend of mine had to go to the ER for it. I understand it is not best topic of conversation however some warnings from some of you previous mommas would have been helpful.... Just saying :) :) :)

~Heather

Getting Started

So yesterday bearing the news from the Dr. I began to focus on what I need to begin doing and what needs to get done prior to this bedrest stuff.

I started Friday afternoon off by going to see Sex and the City 2... I figured as long as I was sitting with my feet up it would be very similar to being at home, plus I have been waiting and waiting for this movie (a chick flick with great shoes and clothes, if you see this movie make a note of the first pair of shoes they show Carrie wearing...they SCREAM my name) and right after I would go home and be back in bed.... Of course now I see I probably should not have gone but one last event I figured would be ok.... unfortunately the entire movie I worried and worried and worried that I made a bad choice, so much so that I had a hard time enjoying it. I got a phone call from my mom right after I got in the car and she gave me the third degree on how I was to be in bed, which of course made me feel even worse :( So no more of those shenanigans..........all the other things I wanted to do this weekend I canceled :( I was never much of a rule breaker, you can ask my husband or my parents, I can not lie/fib to save my life, even fun birthday surprises, I can't bring them up because I get so excited and its too hard to hide the truth.

Next up was making the list of things to put in an emergency hospital stay bag. Seems to be from the research I have done when you get a cerclage this early with twins most moms end up on hospital bedrest at some point.... by all means I hope this doesn't happen but I figure better to be prepared, if I don't use it before I can use it when I go to the hospital for the delivery :)

And in true Heather fashion I wanted to get my hair done........ even just sitting around in bed a girl has to have good hair, especially since I am sure I am not seeing alot of makeup in my future... I only wanted a trim, but it looks like this will have to wait, I am just too nervous that getting up or doing anything will hurt my boys in some way..... it will be ok, 5 months of ponytails...

I got the call from the hospital today to do my pre-registration. The nurse was great and she volunteered some info on my Dr., she said he was the best they have there and I am lucky to have him as my surgeon :) :) :) That is a relief... if he was bad I am sure she just wouldn't of said anything so I took this as a great sign.

The hardest part of getting ready for bedrest is actually getting Pat ready. He is wonderful and does a great job at supporting our family but shopping, laundry and cooking are pretty new to him... any one who knew Pat before we met would tell you the man lived on hard boiled eggs, protein shakes and oatmeal but he has been pretty spoiled the last few years. He is doing good so far for cooking, not necessarily the way I like to have things done but nonetheless he is doing great and everything is edible... For shopping thats another story.... I gave him my list and he said "you don't need shampoo I will give you some hotel ones to take with you, you don't need any lotion I will give you the hotel samples" REALLY???? I can't have a $2 bottle of normal shampoo so my hair doesn't end in a big knot? And as far as laundry when he came home yesterday he was actually upset I didn't iron his shirts... he told me " you can just pull up the board to the side of the bed and iron there".... so needless to say we have some work to do, but we are on the right track :)

~Heather

Bedrest.....

So Dr apt yesterday was..... kinda crappy. We are very lucky the boys are doing great but my body is not cooperating.

My cervix has gone down by over a centimeter in less then two weeks (there are only about 3 to work with). So on Tuesday I go in for a cervical cerclage, basically means they are going to stitch it closed and hope to keep my babies from coming early. With this they also throw in a side of bedrest :(

Obviously I knew bedrest was coming.... in about 8 weeks... but I was just not prepared to go this early. This will make my bedrest total of 19-20 weeks!!! That's a long time...

I will do anything I can to keep these little babies healthy but it still was a bit of a downer. I am not sure yet if I can make my FL trip (I promised my Dr if he let me I will do bedrest once I got there) I was really looking forward to it but the babies come first. I will know more on Tuesday after my procedure. He said he will be "very aggressive" with the stitching so he will let me know for sure then.

I will keep you posted... for now I am laying down...and will be for .......months.........

~Heather

16 weeks (and one day..... slacking)

Well we are at 16 weeks- 4 months wowsa!! Exciting! I would have posted sooner but thanks to my Aunt Cookie--- I have been VERY pre-occupied the last few days. I got a phone call from an upset friend that it was entirely unacceptable that it has been 7 days since my last post... I am sorry Miss Tammi I will try to do better :)

Our little men our now about 4.5-5 inches long (from head to bottom) and the size of avocado's. I have almost ten inches of baby in my belly hahaha

Tonight Pat and I took a walk with Maggie and all of the sudden the baby kicked so hard it shocked me, I almost feel over.. Pat was like "Are you ok??" and I busted out laughing... I just started feeling them instead of just the movement recently, yesterday and earlier today a few regular ones but this was like a huge kick... I loved it :) I put his hand there but the baby only did it once, just a few seconds earlier I know he would have been able too. He is looking forward to it.

So of course I also attached my belly shots from yesterday and tomorrow we have another Dr. apt at 1:40 pm and I will get to see our little babies again :) Fingers crossed they give me a few pictures so I can post them for you!

~Heather

We have movement.....

Oh what a feeling .... the last few days I have been having these little sensations of "flutters" or "bubbles" these are not my terms, but I guess thats what pregnant people are SUPPOSED to call them... I call them "weird".... very weird but I LOVE IT!

It is a truly amazing feeling.... the other day Pat and I were out to lunch and I felt a big one and I was like "whoa!!!" Pat was so cute he said "that must have been Weston", since Weston is so much more active.

Tonight I was playing on the computer trying to make myself tired by reading nonsense on the internet and all of the sudden I was having lots of little baby movements on the right... as you can see I am no longer tired but very awake and excited. I was just sitting there enjoying it, when out of no where on the left little Jamison moved too!! It was AWESOME to feel them both at the same time!! Such a wonderful way to show me they are growing and healthy!! Maybe he just got tired of being poked by his brother :)

Jamison is just not as active of a baby, but his placenta also has a different placement which can sometimes make it a bit harder to feel him, but nonetheless I did tonight!!!

I have been telling Pat for weeks now that I was really hoping they would be moving around enough that the little kids could feel a few kicks while I am down visiting in FL. I am not sure if my little nephews will be interested but I am sure my little sisters and nieces would get a kick out of it (literally and figuratively LOL) but I will be borderline I will be 18 + weeks when I leave and usually other people can feel them somewhere between 18-20+ weeks. So far it looks like the boys want to do their momma proud because they are off to a great start :)

I am LOVING being pregnant!! I have been sooooo lucky an truly have overall felt great and now with being able to look forward to movement here and there, can't even describe it.

With all of this I truly count my blessings. It was such a long and hard road to get here.... and I don't ever take it for granted. I know there are sooooooooo many women that would give anything to be in my shoes and expecting a baby of their own....I wish all of my friends (both in real life & the ones I have met while TTC-trying to conceive) that are still trying to become parents can soon experience these same emotions. I have belonged to a internet board of woman doing IVF etc for over 2 years and my heart breaks for them in their struggles, it is beyond words what some of my friends have been through and are not yet able to hold their baby. Every night before bed I pray that each of them soon get their miracles.

Sorry didn't mean to bring down the mood of my blog it was just on my mind.... if it is any consolation... after I wrote "borderline" above I have been singing in my head an oldie by Madonna "borderline... feels like I am going to lose my mind... you just keep on pushing my love over the borderline....." Love it!!!

Goodnight!!!
~Heather

Updated Belly Pictures

Here are the 15 week pictures :) I have added a picture with my head.. I had got a few questions as why my head was always missing from my pictures... I take them typically before bed, so my hair isn't done and I have no makeup on... I don't want to whole world seeing that mess so I make it easy and just cut my head off :) Plus it makes it harder for me to hate the way I look when I don't have to worry about it so instead of making Pat take 15 pictures to get one thats decent I can have him take 1 or 2 of just my belly and they always look the same LOL

~Heather

15 weeks!!

Can you believe I am 15 weeks already? I sure can't. On one hand its like I was just beginning all of this yesterday and on the other... I have a long way to go before I get to hold my babies...Still somewhat in awe of the fact that there are TWO hahaha. It hits me in waves as well, TWO babies holly cow... I will see a lady struggling to carry a heavy infant car seat on one arm and a diaper bag on the other... and just kind of laugh at the thought of adding one more car seat to the mix. At least with two Pat and I aren't out numbered :) I figure with my daycare babies I managed to feed three at a time, love three at a time and get three in and out of a car... two should be a breeze LOL Ya Right! these boys won't be going home at the end of the day to give me the night off :)

Well Jamison and Weston are now approximately 4 inches from head to rump, about the size of an apple..... I sometimes wonder if they are just apples why on earth is my belly all ready the size of a honeydew melon?? Ok maybe closer to a watermelon...

I had my first stranger ask if I was expecting :) I was soooo excited! I am for sure in the preggo belly stage instead of the chubby belly stage... because you know someone wouldn't ask unless they were pretty darn certain the answer was "yes". Although Pat would argue its because I rub it all the time... Its already a habit, it sticks out- so I rub it :) It took me a LONG time to have this belly and I am embracing it all the way!

New belly pictures tomorrow...

~Heather

Dr Apt Update :)

Well I woke up today feeling soooo much better. The pain wasn't gone but was significantly improved... this helped big time in waiting for my apt.

I have to tell you before I get to what the Dr. said.... I met this lady in the waiting room.... Lord knows I can't keep me mouth shut I talk to everybody (even the ones that probably prefer I don't haha) Poor girl was HUGE... so I casually ask "oh how far along are you?" and her answer "27 weeks"!!!! I am telling you she looked so uncomfortable I could have swore it was more of an any day now then lots more weeks.... so here is me to myself thinking "OMG" so next question "Awe do you know what you are having" and her answer "twin girls... and a boy" A triplet mama never saw one in real life before :) Then we were chatting like BFF's :) She actually struggled to get pregnant as well and on her 2nd IVF they put two eggs in, one split, so she has identical girls and a singleton boy. She told me she was expecting twins from her blood levels so when they did her ultrasound and had the surprise #3 she was shocked she said "wait a minute I saw those embryos, I watched them go in, there were two" But she of course is excited (and very uncomfortable) now.

So for me... I had another ultrasound today... I know luckiest pregnant girl ever, in two days I got to see my babies on three different ultrasounds. They are fabulous, and yet again confirmed to be boys hahaha. This just cracks me up. I have met so many woman who say their Dr won't even peak until 20 weeks and my last two techs (first one of course I asked) offered up the goods with the old "soooo do you want to know what you are having?" wand ready and eager to tell me. I think it must be fun for them to guess and see. But I can say I have now seen their goods from every angle and for sure all boy.... and they must take after their daddy because they are not shy about showing it off :)

They also checked my cervix to see if it needed to be stitched and so far that looks great as well (I go back for another ultrasound and check in 2 weeks). So as far as the pain... this part kind of stinks..... It was indeed from my adhesion's and scar tissue from my surgeries in the past. Some of my parts have areas that are stuck together so as the babies move and press on them I will have this happen, the bigger they get, the more often. So in all honesty I knew going into this pregnancy that it may be difficult from this problem, but I guess I just didn't realize it would start this soon... my Dr. said she was surprised it was beginning already as well. I guess to look at the bright side now that I have felt it, when it happens again I won't be nearly as scared. Of course for me, just knowing the babies are ok and its just pain effecting me only.... I can deal and get through it :) Although I have a funny feeling it may be a long 5 months (looking to deliver Oct 18, 2010)

Oh...here is another funny side note from last night.... over the speaker at the hospital comes "Alert we have a code pink, one day old African American male last seen in the B hallway with an African American woman, 5.3, 130 lbs, blue jeans and a purple bag" OMG!!! A baby snatcher! So I of course freak, Pat runs out to help.... panic in the hallways........... two minutes later "this is just a drill" The nurses were ticked because they totally freaked out all the patients, they said they normally say in the beginning it was a drill, it was the first time ever they didn't, and went on to describe what the person was wearing etc. so they were all believing it too... Thank the lord it was just a test!!!

Thank you all for the well wishes, it means alot to both Pat and I :)

~Heather

Scary Day!!!!

Oh my what a day..... Starts off fantastic, guys are at the house installing new floors downstairs, my sweet friend Lisa sent me a surprise package in the mail and I was on my way to calm my most recent pregnancy craving at Wendy's... so I stop at CVS on the way, get out of the car and I am doubled over in pain.... I am thinking I can walk it off.... grab my vitamins I went there for and with every step its worse. I grab my food for some reason thinking it may help (good thing I did because it was my last meal for the day) get home and about die going upstairs to my bedroom to lay down. When I laid down I felt pretty ok, got up about an hour later to go to the little girls room and I am in horrible pain. Called Pat then the Dr and they said they would call me back ASAP.... two painful hours later they send me to the ER...

Ok... great hospital love the staff, however, parking there when you are in pain........... CRAP!!! I had to park in the parking garage walk across the pedestrian tunnel down the elevator and across into another building... so by the time I get inside I look like a complete IDIOT because I can't even talk to tell the nurses why I was there I was just gasping and crying... finally get all settled and am laying back in the hospital bed and again feeling fine... they send me to the potty to get a pee pee sample and the walk there has me in tears... its crazy bad pain.

The good news is the babies are fine, my sweet calm Baby A was his typical self, just chilling in there as Baby B, was his typical self, practicing for the Olympics kicking, bobbing, stretching, flipping around... pretty cute... and yes they are both still boys :)

They got all of my bloodwork/pee pee tests and the ultra sound of my ovaries etc back and everything checked out fine.... they have no reason for all of this pain... possibly from my adhesion's from all of my surgery scarring, so they wanted to admit me for observation.. I figured since I had an early apt tomorrow anyway I would just rather sleep in my own bed (sorry Mom and Dad I was a bad girl and didn't listen to you loving advice) I got out of bed to walk out of the building, doubled over in pain needed a wheel chair to get to the car.... Hopefully I can sleep some of this off and maybe get some answers tomorrow.

I can truly say this was the most terrifying thing I have ever been through. It is amazing how much you love these little babies even before they are born. Driving to the hospital by myself not knowing if they were ok was heartbreaking, I would have done anything to be sure these little ones made it. Something happened through this whole ordeal, I think I am beginning to understand what been a mom really feels like... The worries, the fears and the unconditional love. I thought I was nervous with my first scare when I had the bleed at 6weeks... that was nothing. At that point I knew I was pregnant but that was all... I prayed that I had at least one baby in there and the bleeding would stop... thankfully it did and I had two babies. Now its just so different, I have bonded with them, watched them grow from these little blobs to these tiny little babies, I can see their faces, hands and feet, they have little personalities and names and most important a family that loves them. Not just Pat and I as parents but a whole family, although they were far away they all were right there with us checking in on them tonight, they are all of our boys and they are my sons....

I go back tomorrow and will update when I can.

~Heather

Belly Pictures 13 and 14 weeks

So obviously I waited a bit to post last weeks picture... I thought I just looked.... FAT well this weeks picture... although my belly is bigger... I am finally looking undeniably pregnant which actually... HELPS :) I am so happy my babies are growing nicely but of course looking back at my very first belly picture... boy oh boy has it gotten bigger.... and I know I am no where even close to being finished LOL

14 Weeks!!!

Wow time is just ticking by!!! We are 14 weeks with two babies the size of large lemons, about 3.5 inches long and 1.5 oz.

I am starting to feel "flutters" just occasionally. Not kicks just yet but my guess is with two strong boys they will be kicking away in no time. I am loving these little "flutters" it is such a nice reminder that they are healthy and growing strong.

Yesterday was my first (I claimed it even though they aren't here yet) Mother's Day. My sweet husband took brought me breakfast in bed with a nice card. We went out to a delicious lunch and bought our cribs, and then stopped at the store and bought our boys their first little sleeper from us, it says "Daddy loves me" with a little octopus.... and we are very close to agreeing on names...

Jamison Patrick Crockett
and
Weston Thomas Crockett (Aunt Shirley if you read this think of Michael Weston hahaha)

It was sooooo hard coming up with names that we both liked but I think this may be it... now we can start to plan the nursery :)

I will post new belly pictures tonight, this week I have really began to "show" up until now I could throw on a pair of jeans with a top and you would have no idea I had twins on the way.............this week not so much. My belly has popped out and I am now having people notice that I am pregnant. It is nice to be past the "chubby looking" phase and be on to the "baby on the way" phase. So exciting!!! My next Dr. Apt is Wednesday, I am loving having ultrasounds so often!!! Can't wait to see my little babies again!

~Heather

2nd Trimester!!!!!

We made it!!! I am sooo happy that we are officially in the 2nd trimester. One down two to go! To look back wow we have been so fortunate and lucky. We had a uneventful few months.... no big scares (well after my little bleed but it was all good)... no morning sickness and two healthy little boys... who's Daddy (mommy of curse too) couldn't be happier. Supposedly the 1st one is the hard one and the second is nicknamed the "honeymoon" trimester, I can't imagine feeling any better then I do now :)

Our little babies are now the size of eggs. I was looking back... how amazing just a few short weeks ago they were only grapes!!!

I took this weeks belly picture... but as you see I haven't posted it hahaha. I really hadn't felt like I have gotten any bigger... but I guess pictures don't lie. I made Pat take 3 before I came to terms, I kept saying "that picture makes it look bigger then it is" after the third realized its not the camera :( But that's I am growing two babies and of course it has to get bigger.

Although when I get dressed I have yet to really "look" pregnant. Yesterday I had to go get my car inspected (VA makes you do it) and I got hit on by some guy waiting for his car.... made me laugh.... (if he only new, married, pregnant and with twins to boot hahaha) at least I don't look too fat :)

~Heather

PS I will eventually upload my new belly picture........

Our Nuchal Scan and OUR BOYS :)

We had such a great a great appointment yesterday. Of course any appointment where Pat get to come along is extra good.

At this point the test are used to look for chromosome abnormalities and predicts your likelihood of having a Trisomy 13 or 18 (both are fatal) or Trisomy 21- also known as downs. Walking in our ration was 1 in 760 for downs and 1 in about 200 for Trisomy 13 &18 So this part of the test is important of course..... however my eye was on finding out the genders :)

So I saw our ultrasound tech and immediately got excited, she was super friendly and a bit older and I was assuming she had been doing this a long time.... so I was hoping I could convince her to take a peek .....and it didn't take much convincing :) I was like "would you possibly mind taking a quick peek at what we have cooking in there.... I know its early...but..." and before could finish she said "sure" and had the wand right where it needed to be.

I have been looking at tons of earlyultrasound pictures (I am crazy I know) so I knew right away and said "Well I know what that is... that is a boy" and she answered with "yep and so is the other one" hahahaha Pat was THRILLED he shouted "Yes" and laughed because of course I was sooooo certain I had at least one little girl in there.... nope not so much. She had scanned the second baby so quick I hadn't gotten a good look so I figured of course I knew better and maybe she hadn't really seen... but when she did the full body scan on my little baby there was no denying that one was also a boy. Twin boys.... never in my dreams would I have expected that although I am super excited, two Momma's boys on the way... and I will forever remain the princess of our household.... Oh and lots of people remind me that its early and things can change or be miss read--- our tech was so certain when I said "don't worry I won't go out shopping for blue just yet" she looked at me like I was crazy.... So I have been looking up the accuracy of the "nub" test at this gestation and it seems to be over 90% (some studies was 98%), the ones that are diagnosed wrong are typically babies that are said to be girls and turn out to be boys... less then 2% of the errors were in babies diagnosed as boys that turn into girls... so I am pretty certain team blue all the way :)

Really I should have expected it for 2 reasons... 1) in the last two years I have had more then 8 babies born to close friends.... all girls... someone was due for a boy and I made up for it by having two :)Plus someone is going to have to date all of those girls in about 18 years and 2) Pats brother has three boys... gender determined by the father... = I should have guessed my husband would be having some sons... and of course he is very proud of himself!!!

Now for the very important stuff..... after our scan and our bloodwork the chances of all of these chromosome abnormalities has decreased to less then 1 in 10,000 for both!!! The Dr. said they are off the charts healthy and we really couldn't be happier or more blessed.

They for sure have very different personalities all ready... Baby A is extremely spunky and active, kicking, punching, moving all over... Pat was like "he is going to be a fiesty little one" and Baby B was calm just kinda relaxing an kept putting his little hands on his face. The ultrasound tech kept pushing on my belly to have him move his hands out of the way... but in the end she said our boys cooperated great and she couldn't have asked for more in my babies.

Oh and they are now both measuring ahead at 13 weeks exactly, I was only 12 weeks 4 days so my little monkeys are great!!!

So as far as I go............ they weighed me when I got there.................. I am up 11 lbs!!!! So at first I was horrified then tried to make myself feel better by reasoning... I am almost 13 weeks 2 babies that is less then 1 pound a week... plus we had eaten lunch on the way to the apt with a big drink so I am sure that was a pound hahaha. They want me to gain about somewhere about 50 lbs.. I am hoping to roll in at 40... and to be back to pre preggo size by Christmas... A girl has got to dream right?!?!?!?

~Heather

Our babies 12 weeks 4 days :)