Popcorn in the Belly

We are now at 18 weeks!!! I have really started feeling the babies in the last few weeks which is so amazing! I wasn't sure at first if it was them but now I am positive that they are making those movements. It feels a lot like popcorn popping and sometimes when they make complete turns it feels like butterflies in my belly! The baby on the right moves a lot more than the baby on the left. They have got a lot stronger this past week and Cole was actually able to feel the little thumps while I was laying down. He got very excited and tries to feel them all the time now. Only 3 more weeks and we will hopefully find out what these two sweet babies are! Here is a belly pic, not the best pic but it will do. More pics to come!

16 weeks

Hide and Seek

Well we went for our 16 week appointment on Friday and were supposed to find out the gender of the babies. I guess they decided to play a game of hide and seek and we were not able to 100% identify their genders. We will have to wait 4 more weeks to find out what these two are! We are very happy that they are healthy though. We celebrated our 2 year anniversary over the weekend by working on some house projects and buying new light fixtures! Next project is the kitchen!!! Hopefully we can get all of the things on our to do list done before the babies are here!

12 Weeks

We had our check up at 12 weeks on Friday along with some blood work. Cole was not able to go so my mom was thrilled to be able to go with me this time! We both enjoyed getting to see how much the babies have changed and how much they are moving! Baby B had the hicups which was so neat to see and since baby B is sitting on baby A he/she was moving all over and kicking and waving their arms. The doctor thinks baby A is a boy but we won't know for sure until October 7th! We couldn't get a good look at baby B since they had their legs curled up most of the time.

 Baby A with a leg up!

Baby B

 

Size of babies: Two little plums!

Weight gain: Lost 5-6 pounds until about 10 weeks and now I have gained 4-5 pounds. Gaining weight for these two is much harder of a task than I imagined! I am hoping in the 2nd trimester I am able to gain more weight since our goal is for 2 chubby and healthy twins!

Cravings: Homemade cookies, fruit, cereal, chocolate milk, and cheetos (all the healthy stuff ha!). Still a little nauseous in the evenings which makes eating dinner tricky. I am ready for the nausea and food aversions to go away!

Baby Updates

Well, we had our second appointment and ultrasound at 9 weeks. Everything looks great! We love getting to see them and can't believe how much they have changed since our last appointment. They were moving their little arms and their heart beats were going strong! Baby A is a little hard to see because of his/her position so most of the pictures are either head on or from the back. Baby B we got a good profile picture. We go back on September 9th and I will be a little over 12 weeks then so can't wait to see how much they grow. We are supposed to find out their sexes at 15 weeks and we can't wait!!!

Both twins! They are sitting in T shape. You can see the face of baby B at bottom and back of baby A at top.

Baby B

Double the blessing!

Finally we can tell the World! We have anxiously been waiting the long two weeks after we took that pregnancy test until our first doctor's visit so that we can finally tell everyone the exciting news. And that's not all we then found out that we are having TWINS!!! I took a trip to Florida with my mom as an early birthday gift and the whole time I was there I just kept having this feeling that something was going on with my body. By the time I got home that Sunday I was pretty anxious to take that pregancy test to know for sure. Well I took a test and another and both said PREGNANT! We were both just standing there, smiling in shock. We wanted to call everyone we knew immediately but thought it would be best to wait until after the first appointment. At our first appointment we were expecting to just see how the baby was developing and see that little heart beat. When the ultrasound tech jokingly said lets just make sure there is not two in here. We both laughed and then she said wow there really are two. I said what, are you joking? She said no look! Sure enough there were two little babies with two little heart beats! We were both shocked and excited. I started laughing and crying so much she finaly had to say please be still so I can measure them. WOW talk about some exciting news! As soon as we left the doctor office we started calling everyone we knew to tell them! The most common reaction was OMG or You are kidding! Everyone was shocked but so excited. We decided to wait to tell my parents since we were going to dinner with them for my dad's birthday. I got him two of the exact same card and two of the exact same gifts. We was very confused as to why he got the exact same thing and just couldn't figure it out. My sister finally figured it out and said OMG! We told them yes it's TWINS! We feel VERY blessed and are VERY excited to start this new journey together!

Ironic that I took this picture with 2 positives for 2 babies!

First pictures of the twins! Due March 21, 2012!

NeeNee's 70th Birthday Bash!

We had a surprise party for my grandmother's 70th birthday in Dallas and it was wonderful! All of her close friends and family were able to be there and she was so surprised! We had a great time dancing and talking the night away! We love you NeeNee!

 Me, Kristina, NeeNee, and Chelsey

 Me, Kristina, Kenny, NeeNee, Chelsey, & my mom.

 Me and my great uncle, Johnny!

 Kristina, Me and Trinity.



 Cousins!

Me and the hubby being silly.

Cole's Graduation!!!

Congratulations to my wonderful hubby!!! Cole graduated from Sam Houston State Univeristy in May and I am so proud of him! It was wonderful having the whole family there and we had a great time at the party afterwards. Thank you to all our friends and family for making it such a special day for him!

 Kimberly, Kristina, Cole, and me!

Me and our newest neice, Kaylee Nicole! She is just a few weeks old in the picture!