A couple months ago Ethan and I had a strong feeling that we were to have another child...a boy actually. I have felt that after having Reagan that life was pretty good and I was at my limit of the amount of chaos I could handle. Life was getting easier in some aspects. I had gone hardcore into fitness and health and was ready to really pursue that in my life and in helping others with that also. My body was getting back into the shape it had been in back in High School and I loved that healthy, energetic feeling I had, that I had missed for so long. Was this feeling really right for us? I questioned it and went back and forth. Finally Ethan said we needed to really pray about it. So we did and we had many neat experiences to answer our prayers that yes this is right, another child. We found out in April that I was pregnant and I have been pretty sure this whole time that it was a boy. Though I knew I was pregnant I was a little in denial about it and didn't make a Dr. appointment till I was out of my 1st trimester. I worried that something would go wrong and I would lose this baby, because I couldn't really believe that we were pregnant again. I have been blessed with 6 kids and one in heaven. But then the thought of 6 on earth didn't seem too hard, I was coming around to...yes we could do 6 here with us and it was happening. I made the Dr. appointment and they wanted to do an ultrasound to confirm size and due date and then the regular Dr. appt. after. But since I would be 17 weeks at this appointment I would have to go back 3 weeks later for the anatomy ultrasound and appt. I had thought I would cancel the first ultrasound considering I would be going back for another one only a few weeks later. Well, I totally forgot to do that, so come Monday I was stuck with it. I left late for the appointment...I don't know where time went. I have 20 minutes to get to the Dr. office that was 30 min. away. I hit crazy busy traffic and by the time I hit the freeway I had 10 minutes to go 15 minutes. I prayed and asked for help to get there if the ultrasound was important for me to be at. I then called the office and told them I was running behind and was told if I was 15 minutes late I would miss the ultrasound appt. and have to just do the Dr. visit. I was pretty sure I could make it with Heavenly Father's help, but chances were slim. As I traveled cars moved out of my way, lights turned green and I was able to get there in 10 minutes! Wow! I was meant to be there and hoped it wasn't because they were going to find something wrong and I needed to find out now. They got me right in and the tech put the Doppler on my belly and I saw 2 round what I thought were heads but she immediately pulled the Doppler off my belly and started arranging her cords. I almost asked why there were to heads, but from the way she acted I thought that it must have been the baby's head and butt since they were side by side. The tech then put the Doppler right back on and said "You have two babies!" My eyes got huge and I stared at the screen with 2 babies moving around. I immediately started to cry. Ethan spouted out What! and another saying that I won't say. In total shock! "There is no way!" kept coming out of our mouths. Tears and more tears of shock! She then asked if we wanted to know what we were having and of course, Yes! Baby B- boy! Baby A- boy! Ethan jumped around the room. I loved seeing his excitement. I just laid there with tears and so many emotions running through me. We are excited and nervous all at the same time. We know it will be hard for awhile but that it will be fun having these twin boys in our family. Most everything good in life comes from hard work and our Heavenly Father must see that we can do it. So I know we can with his help. We are excited for this new adventure of having these sweet boys join our family. I am probably the most excited for Max to have 2 brothers! He is no longer surrounded by girls! I pray they will be good friends!
Thursday, July 10, 2014
Twins! What!?!
It been a while since I have been on here documenting our lives. The last I wrote we were on to a new adventure in our lives. Moving to a new area, a dream my husband has always had. A place with land to have a shop and animals...some day. We love were we are at and it is still a work in progress. 6 acres is a lot to take care of and a house that isn't finished takes time. But we are happy, really happy. Our life continues to grow and change. New challenges that we find to work out and aren't as hard as we thought. My kids are growing up so fast and part of that makes me sad but I'm enjoying watching them grow and enjoying the fun we are having together as a family.
A couple months ago Ethan and I had a strong feeling that we were to have another child...a boy actually. I have felt that after having Reagan that life was pretty good and I was at my limit of the amount of chaos I could handle. Life was getting easier in some aspects. I had gone hardcore into fitness and health and was ready to really pursue that in my life and in helping others with that also. My body was getting back into the shape it had been in back in High School and I loved that healthy, energetic feeling I had, that I had missed for so long. Was this feeling really right for us? I questioned it and went back and forth. Finally Ethan said we needed to really pray about it. So we did and we had many neat experiences to answer our prayers that yes this is right, another child. We found out in April that I was pregnant and I have been pretty sure this whole time that it was a boy. Though I knew I was pregnant I was a little in denial about it and didn't make a Dr. appointment till I was out of my 1st trimester. I worried that something would go wrong and I would lose this baby, because I couldn't really believe that we were pregnant again. I have been blessed with 6 kids and one in heaven. But then the thought of 6 on earth didn't seem too hard, I was coming around to...yes we could do 6 here with us and it was happening. I made the Dr. appointment and they wanted to do an ultrasound to confirm size and due date and then the regular Dr. appt. after. But since I would be 17 weeks at this appointment I would have to go back 3 weeks later for the anatomy ultrasound and appt. I had thought I would cancel the first ultrasound considering I would be going back for another one only a few weeks later. Well, I totally forgot to do that, so come Monday I was stuck with it. I left late for the appointment...I don't know where time went. I have 20 minutes to get to the Dr. office that was 30 min. away. I hit crazy busy traffic and by the time I hit the freeway I had 10 minutes to go 15 minutes. I prayed and asked for help to get there if the ultrasound was important for me to be at. I then called the office and told them I was running behind and was told if I was 15 minutes late I would miss the ultrasound appt. and have to just do the Dr. visit. I was pretty sure I could make it with Heavenly Father's help, but chances were slim. As I traveled cars moved out of my way, lights turned green and I was able to get there in 10 minutes! Wow! I was meant to be there and hoped it wasn't because they were going to find something wrong and I needed to find out now. They got me right in and the tech put the Doppler on my belly and I saw 2 round what I thought were heads but she immediately pulled the Doppler off my belly and started arranging her cords. I almost asked why there were to heads, but from the way she acted I thought that it must have been the baby's head and butt since they were side by side. The tech then put the Doppler right back on and said "You have two babies!" My eyes got huge and I stared at the screen with 2 babies moving around. I immediately started to cry. Ethan spouted out What! and another saying that I won't say. In total shock! "There is no way!" kept coming out of our mouths. Tears and more tears of shock! She then asked if we wanted to know what we were having and of course, Yes! Baby B- boy! Baby A- boy! Ethan jumped around the room. I loved seeing his excitement. I just laid there with tears and so many emotions running through me. We are excited and nervous all at the same time. We know it will be hard for awhile but that it will be fun having these twin boys in our family. Most everything good in life comes from hard work and our Heavenly Father must see that we can do it. So I know we can with his help. We are excited for this new adventure of having these sweet boys join our family. I am probably the most excited for Max to have 2 brothers! He is no longer surrounded by girls! I pray they will be good friends!
A couple months ago Ethan and I had a strong feeling that we were to have another child...a boy actually. I have felt that after having Reagan that life was pretty good and I was at my limit of the amount of chaos I could handle. Life was getting easier in some aspects. I had gone hardcore into fitness and health and was ready to really pursue that in my life and in helping others with that also. My body was getting back into the shape it had been in back in High School and I loved that healthy, energetic feeling I had, that I had missed for so long. Was this feeling really right for us? I questioned it and went back and forth. Finally Ethan said we needed to really pray about it. So we did and we had many neat experiences to answer our prayers that yes this is right, another child. We found out in April that I was pregnant and I have been pretty sure this whole time that it was a boy. Though I knew I was pregnant I was a little in denial about it and didn't make a Dr. appointment till I was out of my 1st trimester. I worried that something would go wrong and I would lose this baby, because I couldn't really believe that we were pregnant again. I have been blessed with 6 kids and one in heaven. But then the thought of 6 on earth didn't seem too hard, I was coming around to...yes we could do 6 here with us and it was happening. I made the Dr. appointment and they wanted to do an ultrasound to confirm size and due date and then the regular Dr. appt. after. But since I would be 17 weeks at this appointment I would have to go back 3 weeks later for the anatomy ultrasound and appt. I had thought I would cancel the first ultrasound considering I would be going back for another one only a few weeks later. Well, I totally forgot to do that, so come Monday I was stuck with it. I left late for the appointment...I don't know where time went. I have 20 minutes to get to the Dr. office that was 30 min. away. I hit crazy busy traffic and by the time I hit the freeway I had 10 minutes to go 15 minutes. I prayed and asked for help to get there if the ultrasound was important for me to be at. I then called the office and told them I was running behind and was told if I was 15 minutes late I would miss the ultrasound appt. and have to just do the Dr. visit. I was pretty sure I could make it with Heavenly Father's help, but chances were slim. As I traveled cars moved out of my way, lights turned green and I was able to get there in 10 minutes! Wow! I was meant to be there and hoped it wasn't because they were going to find something wrong and I needed to find out now. They got me right in and the tech put the Doppler on my belly and I saw 2 round what I thought were heads but she immediately pulled the Doppler off my belly and started arranging her cords. I almost asked why there were to heads, but from the way she acted I thought that it must have been the baby's head and butt since they were side by side. The tech then put the Doppler right back on and said "You have two babies!" My eyes got huge and I stared at the screen with 2 babies moving around. I immediately started to cry. Ethan spouted out What! and another saying that I won't say. In total shock! "There is no way!" kept coming out of our mouths. Tears and more tears of shock! She then asked if we wanted to know what we were having and of course, Yes! Baby B- boy! Baby A- boy! Ethan jumped around the room. I loved seeing his excitement. I just laid there with tears and so many emotions running through me. We are excited and nervous all at the same time. We know it will be hard for awhile but that it will be fun having these twin boys in our family. Most everything good in life comes from hard work and our Heavenly Father must see that we can do it. So I know we can with his help. We are excited for this new adventure of having these sweet boys join our family. I am probably the most excited for Max to have 2 brothers! He is no longer surrounded by girls! I pray they will be good friends!
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This is just the COOLEST THING EVER ! I am so happy for your amazing family. Congrats and CONGRATS ; ) I remember after having Josh, I was DONE. I had made up my mind that we were not having anymore kids. Ha, who the heck are we to decide these things, right ?! I woke up one morning a few months after Josh was born with the strong feeling that there was one more. And I too felt strongly it would be a girl. Well, here we are - another little girl in the family ! Now we are done and we KNOW we are done : ) The Lord truly knows us and has a plan for us all. Love ya friend !
This is CRAZY!!! I loved reading this!! Wow. So happy for you guys.. God really does work in mysterious ways and amazing that you knew you would have a boy...and now 2! Funny how when you go through a major disappointment in life, it's hard to think that good things can actually happen to you. I'm glad exciting things are happening!
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