A change in Summer Plans.

Usually, when people ask what my plans are for the summer, I can come back with a list of adventurous activities that will fill my days and my summer. This year...I'm exhausted. I do have a few things planned for my time away from school, but I didn't think they included constant vomiting and extreme fatigue. The doctor said that since we are growing two babies instead of one that the fatigue would be worse, what he didn't explain was that lifting my head off the pillow and taking a shower in the mornings would be the hardest things that I do all day. My new plan for the summer is to lay around the house and hopefully get over the morning sickness before school starts.

I would like to say a BIG thank you to my wonderful husband, who has been a tremendous help with the cooking, cleaning, and everyday tasks.

This weekend we are headed to Breckenridge for Amy's wedding, where I'm sure a fun time will be had by all. I hope to have pictures when we get back.

8 week baby pictues

I know, I know, I'm going to be one of those kind of people who post every picture ever taken of my babies on this blog, so just grin and bare it.

I know these pictures are hard to see, but I can't get them to post any bigger.

These are the babies at 8 weeks. Boy, have they grown since the last set of pictures. Baby B is doing great and is the same size as baby A now. I go back to the doctor on July 15, so I have to wait almost a whole month before we get to see them again. I told the doctor that I am going to be spoiled when I have to start going to a regular doctor, because I won't get to see the sonogram pictures every visit.



This is a close up picture of baby A

This is the close up picture of baby B

We finally have pictures

This is the picture of the implant. The day that the doctor put the embryo back in. I'm not sure if you can see, but there is a small arrow pointing to a little white dot. The white dot is where the embryos are.






This is the picture of the babies at week 6. This is when we found out that we were going to have twins. The babies are too small to see in this picture, but you can see the sacks really well.




This is a picture of baby A at 6 weeks. He looks like a grain of rice between the two plus signs.






This is a very bad picture of baby B at 6 weeks. He did not want to pose for the pictures. At 6 weeks, his heart rate was very low and the doctors were very concerned about him. Once again, our prayers were answered and at 8 weeks he has grown and has a strong heart rate. He is doing fine.




*Note- I refer to the babies as "He" but at this point we don't know what we are having.

Who ever called it morning sickness...was a LIAR.

Sometimes I do get sick in the morning, but most of the time it is very random and happens throughout the day. For about the last two weeks I have been sick and just down right weak and miserable. I feel really guilty complaining about it, seeing as we tried so hard to get in this situation, but I have found a few ways to make it better. I have to eat small meals about 6 times a day. If I over eat...I get sick. If I don't eat...I get sick. I have moved on past just eating saltines and 7-up, but for a while it was touch and go.

I just hope that this won't last too long. My sister, Kay, can have babies in her sleep and never got sick. My mom, however, said that she threw up for 9 months straight. I'll keep my fingers crossed that I'm not like Mom in this aspect.

This week in a nutshell

On Monday and Tuesday of this week, Chris and I had some workers come to our house to replace the sliding glass door in the kitchen. With the old door, the heat came straight in and it made it miserable to be in the kitchen in the afternoons during the summer time.

Wednesday, I made about 100 cookies in said kitchen and didn't get hot at all, (even with the oven heat). The door is great, it is easy to slide and really does a great job keeping out the heat.

Thursday, Mom, Kay and her kids, and I went to San Angelo for haircuts and pedicures. It was lots of fun and I got some much needed groceries, but it completely wore me out. I was miserable and exhausted when we got home.

Today, I'm still recuperating from yesterday.

My cup run-eth over

Bare with me this might get kind of long, but I hope it will be worth it.

Chris and I have been trying to have a baby for a few years now, with not much luck. We have seen countless doctors and have found nothing to work. Every doctor finally pointed us in the direction of in-vitro fertilization. We were open to the idea, but the cost was so astronomical that we worried and prayed and wondered if that was a road that we should travel down even though we might wind up broke and broken hearted. We prayed that God would point us in the right direction and show us the way we were to go.

Answered Prayer #1--- After months of prayer, I received an e-mail from a friend that told about a study that a group was doing in Houston. This study was to test a new kind of progesterone in women after IVF. They were going to do the IVF for FREE and half of the patients would get the control medication and the other would get the study medication. After a quick phone call and a few study packets later, Chris and I qualified for the study. Our IVF would be free.

Answered Prayer #2---Going into the study, I knew that the doctors would not want to do this on my time frame, but theirs. I worried about missing so much school and leaving my students. About the time this was going on, the TYC (Texas Youth Commission, prison) in Sheffield shut down. Since Iraan ran the educational part of the TYC it meant that there were a lot of teachers that needed a place to go until the end of the school year. My wonderful principal snagged one of them up and I now had a certified teacher that would be handling my classes while I was away. Now I could rest easy knowing that my students were in good hands and wouldn't be pulling the wool over a subs eyes.

Answered Prayer #3---While Chris and I were in Houston we had the best time. As my faithful blog readers know we truly had a blast and it was great to get to spend precious quality time with just the two of us. I wouldn't trade that time spent for anything in the world.

Answered Prayer #4--- I was put in the control group for the progesterone medication. I truly believe that either of the medications that they are using in the study would work, but it gave me peace of mind to know that the medication I am on has already been FDA approved.

Answered Prayer #5--- I found out on Tuesday, May 2nd that I am pregnant! It worked.

Answered Prayer #6--- I found out yesterday, Friday, June 6th that we are going to have TWINS!!!

Chris and I have been so overly blessed in the past few months and I just wanted to share the incredible journey. We have learned that God is in complete control and he knew what he wanted to happen in our lives. We have learned that God laughs when you tell him YOUR plan, for he knows his ultimate plan. I will try to scan in the ultrasound pictures later this week, you can't see much but they are pretty cool.

We are not out of the woods yet, it is still really early in the pregnancy and it is still considered very high risk. We appreciate all of the prayers so far and we just ask that you please keep the babies in your prayers, that they might continue to grow and be healthy.

All of our love,