But holy crap... good things do come to those who wait and dreams really do come true (as I type this tears are pouring out of my eyes)
16 weeks ago we took a pregnancy test that yielded a very positive result :) Three weeks after that we found out that there was not just one baby with a good strong healthy heartbeat... but TWO babies with good strong healthy heartbeats growing inside of me... We were in complete shock, but felt so blessed at the same time. After we made it through the first trimester we were finally able to breathe and be optimistic and decided to share our big wonderful news with the whole world... we've taken each day one at a time and I can harldy believe that on Sunday I will already be 21 Weeks!! Time is flying by...
Yesterday we had our 20 week ultrasound which also included a gender scan... Luke couldn't stay for the entire 2+ hour appointment because he had to get back to work, so right away we asked if we could take a quick peak and see if they could tell us their genders while Luke was there....
Within just a few seconds of the begining of the scan we were informed that Baby A was definitely.....
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| our little BOY! |
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| our little GIRL! |
Ultrsounds can be incorrect... but apparently what they saw were textbook views of exactly what they look for :)
I couldn't stop crying, (and now I'm crying again, because I am so happy) I now have everything in the whole world I could ever want... A loving and wonderful husband who I already know is an amzing father, and 3 healthy children (2 boys and a girl)... life just couldn't be any sweeter!
Steven is SO excited to be a big brother, and I am SO excited for him. He kept going back and forth between wanting two girls and two boys... (Girls won't want to share his toys... and boys can wrestle) I really feel like he is getting the best possible combination :) I can't wait to see how much he loves his babies when they arrive!!!
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| Steven and Marmaduke are excited to be big brothers |
Below are the rest of the pictures from the unltrasound.... I hope you enjoy the sneak peaks as much as I do. The babies were awake and moving around like crazy... which I can feel a lot now :) and it's such an amazing feeling... but it also makes it very difficult for the ultrasound technician to get decent pictures... (especially when her feet are on his face... I'm sure it's just the begining of that) "Fetus 1" is Baby A, our boy and "Fetus 2" is Baby B, our girl...
So, after the ultrasound technician finished her job, one of the doctors came in to look over everything and make sure that everything they could look at looked good... and everything looks great!!
The babies are really close in size, Boy is measuring a little bit ahead of my due date and Girl is right on with my due date... Boy is 14 ounces and Girl is 13 ounces.... they really need names huh? We have some picked out but we aren't 100% yet
To celebrate the great big fantastic news, I met Gail (my mother in-law) at the store after the appointment was over and she bought the babies a couple of really cute newborn outifts:
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| So cute! |
And then I went to target and picked out a special outfit for each baby to wear at the hospital while I waited to pick up our sushi order so Luke and I could celebrate:
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| back view |
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| front view |
I just can't even believe that we are having a boy and a girl!!! I feel like the luckiest person in the whole world!
So, now that you've seen pictures of the babies and how they are growing.... now you get to see pictures of how my belly is growing... I started showing around 8-9 weeks but didn't take any belly shots until I was REALLY showing:
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| 14 Weeks |
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| 15 weeks |
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| 16 weeks |
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| 17 weeks |
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| 18 weeks |
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| 20 weeks |
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| oh, and here is Henry and Steven pretending they have babies growing in their bellies : Priceless! |
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| So darn cute! |
When I logged on to write this post today, I realized that it has been almost a month since my last update... jeeze! I've been doing a lot of sewing while I can still fit behind my sewing machine... making all sorts of cool baby stuff for our family and friends too... and I've been crocheting too. I'll post some of my work on here soon. I'm pretty proud of the stuff I've made but it's time consuming... that's a fact when your husband tells you that he feels like chopped liver next to your project list.... Sorry Luke.
More updates to come soon!
Thanks for sharing our excitement!
