Our Ten Week Ultrasound

Here's our sweet babies at our ten week ultrasound - Baby A is the first picture and it came out a lot better than Baby B's picture. You can see the head, arm buds, body, and leg buds - so cute!
Baby A is 41.2 mm long and the heart rate was 170 beats per minute. Baby B is 36.5 mm long and the heart rate was 158 beats per minute. They were moving around all over the place, it was truly amazing! I can't wait 'til I actually FEEL the babies moving inside me! Oh, it's all just a true miracle. Dr. Vasquez said everything looked great, so we're incredibly thankful. I will go see him for two more ultrasounds, and then transfer over to a regular OB, her name is Dr. Yu and she practices at Centennial Hospital, which is where we will deliver the babies. One of my good friends recommended her, and I'm anxious to meet her and hopefully it will be a good match. Although, I will be kind of sad to leave Dr. Vasquez at the clinic, he and his staff have been sooo WONDERFUL and Joel & I are very comfortable in his office, and I don't really want to leave, but he will keep up with how we're doing through our new OB. I am trusting it will all work out just fine. Well, here are the pics of Baby A and B, and for those of you who want to know, YES, we are definitely finding out the sexes of the babies! We are way too curious. That should be in another two months or so. Thanks for checking in with us!

The Belly is still growing!

Hello all! Not a whole lot to update you on... the four of us are doing just fine! I was ten weeks on Friday and still feeling pretty good. We have another ultrasound on Tuesday and we can't wait to see our babies! They are really growing, and by now all their facial bones are completely formed, their eyes have developed, and their shoulders, elbows, wrists and fingers can be clearly seen. How cool! So that's all for now, here are the ten week belly shots.

Joel and Joanna (and twins) went down to GA

Joel and I (and our two stow-aways) got to take a trip this past weekend down to Georgia to visit with my parents. It always feels like a quick trip, but enjoyable, nonetheless. Mom cooked yummy food and all my favorites over the weekend and we just laid around, talked, and played games. We really had a great time! We also got to celebrate Father's Day with my dad and with the dad-to-be! It was so special. Here is a picture from this past weekend, a picture of the babies from our last ultrasound, and then the super cute bib Joel got for our twins! He just gave them to me this afternoon, and he knows I love surprises! The bibs make me laugh. I'm sure they will tell the story of our life... ha ha ha :o)

Maternity Clothes, Here I Come!!!

I know, I'm only eight weeks pregnant, but trust me, most of my pants are pretty tight, if I can even squeeze into them at all. I actually wore a maternity jean skirt to work today, and it was quite comfy. The only maternity clothes I've purchased myself were two pairs of pants that I bought at a consignment store (Kid to Kid, it's really great) for $7.99 a piece. The other stuff was given to me. I have promised myself that I would not buy any more clothes unless I HAD to. And thankfully, the shirts that are still in style (I think) are the ones that are loose at the bottom, so I can get away with wearing a lot of my regular shirts and feeling very comfortable. But I am really enjoying being pregnant and am grateful multiple times a day for this wonderful gift and the miracles that are our twins! Thank you Jesus!

We had our second ultrasound today, and it went very well... I will post the new shots of the twins, but I have to scan them first, and since we don't have a scanner here at home, I have to borrow Aunt Laura's. But I will put them up as soon as possible. Everything looked perfect and it seems like they've grown so much in a week and a half! I know the picture you see is magnified a thousand times, but wow, how big they've gotten! So cute :o) Baby A is 19.4 mm and the heart rate was 167 and Baby B is 20.8 mm and the heart rate was 176. Looking good, kids!

And finally, here are the 8 week belly shots... (a few days late)

Taking It All In

Wow, we're still marveling at the fact that we're going to be the parents of twins... we are so, so excited and it all feels very surreal. Praise the Lord! God always amazes us. Things have been going pretty good so far. I get real tired around 3 o'clock everyday, and as of yet, have not had any morning sickness... I go back for another ultrasound on Tuesday, June 10. It's cool that we will get to see our babies and watch them grow every other week. We've been real encouraged by all your positive comments and faithful prayers for us!!! Thank you, thank you, thank you! The day we found out we were having twins, we went over to Joel's sister's house and celebrated with her husband, daughter, and Joel's parents. We even got a yummy mint chocolate chip cake from Baskin Robbins! We talk about out twins every day, yet still sometimes, it's just so unbelievable that there's life inside of me. It's incredibly special. Here are some pics from the day we had our ultrasound. Lots of love!