Wow, it's been awhile!

I suck at blogging!!! I am not working anymore and have no excuses!! I will be better!!!

Well, I am 27 weeks pregnant and look like I am 45 weeks! I am HUGE and the boys move constantly...especially baby B...he's going to be my handful! Everyday he moves his body into a position that has his head right below my right boob...I can rub my hand over my stomach and feel his little head!

I am just now starting to get very uncomfortable. This week my feet started swelling..one worse than the other. It hurts to walk because of my pelvic bones constantly shifting and sleeping soundly is near impossible! But...it's all worth it! We just got the house re-carpeted and the baby furniture set up...I can't stop sitting in the baby room which helps me forget about the discomfort :-)

I posted a few pictures of Joe and I in the room and 1 picture of the view from the glider. Since the pictures were taken I have added the bedding and am about to hang pictures....I will post finished room pictures in a week or 2! I will also post some pictures from my first baby shower that my friends Jill, Nikki and Maria threw for me...it was amazing, fun,creative and so special!!!

THE BELLY

Here it is....my stomach in all it's glory!! I still can't believe how big I already am! I went for an U/S yesterday and they are right on track and moving alot, although I swear I don't feel it! I got to see both of them yawn which was pretty freakin cute!! Now, I just need to get my scanner up and working and I will post some pictures from the U/S...you know, the alien face, a hand, a circled penis that looks like a blob :-)

Update...pictures to follow.

Okay...you kind people who left me a comment have encouraged me to start blogging again! I try to always have pictures with my posts but the scanner is down so they will be 'coming soon'.

Update on babies.....it's 2 BOYS!!! We found out 2 weeks ago (16 wks prego at the time) when we went for an ultrasound with a perinatal specialist. It was one of the the most surreal moments in this whole experience. Even though I am definitely showing, hear the heartbeats and see them on ultrasound, it is still hard to grasp the reality of it all. I still can't believe it happened!! Seriously, sometimes I don't believe it.

So, when the Dr. quietly said "Baby A looks like a boy" I was totally in awe. It all became more real, now they were becoming more real to me. I looked at Joe with the biggest grin and of course he had one to match! Then the Dr. said "Baby B is a boy"..what, 2 boys?! So cool!!! We had hoped for 1 of each but said if it was going to be 2 of the same sex we would prefer 2 boys...so, close enough!

We walked out of that room feeling more like parents. No longer are we saying the twins...it's now the boys! Little boys bringing home bugs, playing sports, getting dirty...we can't wait!! Now I am anxiously waiting to feel them. I am huge and Baby B is in constant motion on the ultrasound but I am not sure I have felt them yet. I felt a little "bump" last night...maybe that was one of my boys!!

Family and Friends

So, I am going on my 12th week of being pregnant and can't believe how fast it's already gone by. It's still hard to believe that it's real but the fact that I have been nauseous for the past 2 weeks is helping the reality of it all set in.

I have to thank my friends and family for making this unbelievabe moment in my life so special. My friends and family check in all the time asking how I am doing, how are the babies, what's happened at the lastest Dr.'s appointment, etc. My mom calls every day and asks how her 3 babies are doing...so sweet! My friend Cathy from Miami calls every week to check in and talk about everything....she even sent me a package with Halloween and Christmas outfits!

But, I especially want to thank my friend Nikki for all of her interest and support. Like me, Nikki has fertilty problems. She has been trying for 8 years...thank goodness we have had each other all these years. Infertility SUCKS and we always have each other to vent to. Now that I am pregnant I know it's hurting her....I have been there so many times! Even though I know talking about pregnancy and babies is the last thing someone going through infertility wants to talk about, Nikki still asks me about the pregnancy every time we talk, wants to throw me a shower, talks about baby details ....I love her for that.

Wanna Hear Something Funny?

So, I go to the ob/gyn last week for the first time since leaving my fertility Dr. My husband and sis-in-law went with me...so sweet :-) When I was called in for my ultrasound a sweet girl named Carla introduced herself...then her and Joe saw each other and started hugging. Then it clicks....I know Carla...I met her 10 years ago when Joe and I started dating. You have got to be kidding me...I am getting a vaginal ultrasound from a girl that fooled around with my husband..LOL...what a small world. After she left the room I asked Joe, even though I knew already, "Didn't you fool around with her?". My sis-in-law is laughing in the corner and Joe is squirming....it was pretty funny! The ironic thing about the whole situation is that just a week earlier we were hanging with some friends talking about the old days...I was talking about how every time I went to a bar with Joe when we first started dating we would run into a girl he had "hooked up with"....and now...we run into them at the gynecologist! I bet no one else can tell that story :-)

When Will I Sleep??

Well, we found out today that we are having TWINS!!!! I still don't even believe I am pregnant and now I find out it's twins!!! This is insane!! So many thoughts are going through my head! Do they share the same room? Will they sleep at the same time? Will we ever sleep?

So Far So Good

I still can't believe I am pregnant...it doesn't seem real. I went to the Dr. today for a second blood test and my hormone level more than doubled to 660..just what it was supposed to do :-) I go next week for my first ultrasound and will know for sure how many babies there are! This is freakin wild...totally unreal!! And on top of all this craziness....one of my very close friends just told me she is pregnant too...she is 3 weeks ahead of me! Congrats Karen!!!!!

SHUT....UP!!!!

I AM PREGNANT!!!!!! This can't be real. Never , ever, ever did I think I would hear those words!!! 6 years and I have never had a positive test!! There is hope for EVERYONE with infertility!!!! This is freakin crazy!!!!! The Dr. said that my number was pretty high (309) so it may be twins!!! I don't even know how to process this all!!! I am so going to Target and buying baby shit for us...not for someone's baby shower :-)