The Results are In!!

I was told that if you drink orange juice before an ultrasound, it'll make your babies dance...

SO, I drank a whole lotta orange juice in hopes that the babies would give us a peek.  We were over the moon excited to find out that we are having...2 bouncing baby BOYS!!! They were bouncing around and kicking (each other) like crazy, but since it was such a long appointment, they fell asleep on each other by the end.  We can't wait to meet our little boys!!

The results are in for HALF of our team!

Last Friday we went in for our 17 1/2 week ultrasound (I was measuring 25 weeks at this point...yikes!) and we had high hopes that we would be able to find out what sexes the twinsies were. Unfortunately, Baby B was a little shy and kept his/her knees locked and wouldn't give us a peek :-)  But, we found out that Baby A is a.... BOY!!  We are so excited and can't wait for this Friday to find out what Baby B is!  Thank goodness we only have to wait a week, I don't think we could stand the suspense anymore!

The twins are 17 1/2 weeks old!!

Check out the babies' newest picture!  We found out one of their sexes today, but the other one was unfortunately crossing their little legs and the cord was in the way. So, we will have to wait a painstaking week to find out what the other little peanut is.  I will post the known sex in just a bit...just waiting to get a hold of all the Grandmas and Grandpas :-) :-)

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Our Babies' First Picture

Here's my favorite ultrasound pic of the twinsies so far...

Our crazy exciting news!

For those of you who know us well, you probably are one of the many people who have sent up some prayers on our behalf this last year.  Kirk and I have always wanted to have a family together, it just seemed that God had different plans as to WHEN this was going to take place.  After 14 months of riding the emotional rollercoaster of trying to conceive, we got our Big, Fat, Positive pregnancy test!! 
After the first few blood tests to confirm that we were for sure pregnant (I wasn't convinced even after taking 10 home pregnancy tests, seriously), my HCG levels were, well....very high.  After the 2nd test numbers came back, I asked my Doctor if this could indicate that we were having multiples.  She was a little elusive when answering and basically said, "Well, it doesn't necessarily mean that for SURE, but it IS a possibility."  After the 3rd and final blood test, I asked one of the Nurses in the office what the odds were that we were having more than one and SHE said, "I would say about 50%...but don't quote me on that." (oops, I think that's what I just did...) 
At out first ultrasound, the Nurse said, "There's one little heartbeat..." and then she shifted the little wand-y thing and gasped and said, "Oh my goodness, and there's ANOTHER one!"  Kirk and I both said that was the most exciting day in our entire lives.  I was crying and laughing simultaneously during the ultrasound and Kirk and I just kept squeezing each other's hands.  The Nurse who was doing the ultrasound started to cry too as she had been the tech who monthly would monitor my ovulation and encourage me that it was only a matter of time before we got pregnant.  After that appointment, we spent the next couple of hours calling our family to tell them the news. 
The craziest part, is that the day I told my Mom that we were pregnant (weeks before we knew we were actually having twins), she told me that the previous day she had gone out and bought 2 baby outfits!  I said, "Like, 2 outfits for 1 child...or 2 outfits for 2 children?"  That's when she told me that she told my Dad the previous night that she thought we were pregnant with twins!!  Maybe she's got the gift of prophesy?...or Grandma intuition? 
All that to say, this whole journey to becoming pregnant has been extremely challenging and emotional, but looking back, I realize that the good Lord has such a great plan for His children (all of us!).  Our timing wasn't the right timing and He knew that.  These precious little babies that He has entrusted us with are already loved by so many people and we thank you for sharing in our joy as we welcome them into the world in a few short months...aaahhh, crazy!!