Say it with me: "Yes, you're really going to have FIVE kids."
We've moved Caedon to the toddler bed (still working on the transition but he's such a great go-with-the-flow kid. Love it!), we've cleaned out and reorganized Kyler's room to make room for Caedon and his stuff. Next up is actually relocating Caedon. Then it will be time to clean out and reorganize Melissa's stuff so that we can move her to her new room! Melissa is excited about moving (we've told her that she still gets bunk beds even though she'll have her own room and that was all that really mattered to her!) and keeps asking WHEN she gets her new room. I can't wait to have her current room all cleared out so I can start putting the twins' stuff in it!
The idea of welcoming two infants into our home at the same time is scary and overwhelming. Some days it totally freaks me out. I also feel so very blessed. Many many people know that I always wanted twins. Always always always. I would have been perfectly content with one baby this time around, of course, because while I always wanted twins, I never expected to actually have them! I would have been content with the twins being two boys and we actually all hoped for one of each. However, when I used to imagine having twins, it was always two girls. I am thrilled that God chose to give me something that has been one of the deepest desires of my heart for so many years.
I'm 22w4d today and at my visit with my midwife this morning I was measuring 30 weeks! These girls are growing, for sure! I'm absolutely loving the kicks and wiggles from both of them! This pregnancy is hard for me because I know after these two are born, I'm done. I love being pregnant but Brian and I both agree that 5 kids is plenty for us and we won't be planning to have any more. It makes me sad to know that I'll never get to hold another little one so close to my heart and feel his or her first sweet movements. However....I also CANNOT WAIT until it's time for me to hold these two little girls in my arms! My feelings go in two different directions quite frequently!
Monday, January 20, 2014
Monday, January 13, 2014
My kids just keep growing up!
Last Wednesday, I brought the toddler bed in from the garage and cleaned it off and set it up in Caedon's room. The crib is still in there at the moment, too, they are sitting side-by-side. He is doing such a great job sleeping in his big boy bed at night. A couple of nights he's woken up in the middle of the night but he's doing good. Nap time on the other hand is not so fun. I always hate that transition at nap time. He's ended up back in the crib for a few naps because he just won't go to sleep otherwise. With Melissa, for a long time we used to lay in there next to her bed until she fell asleep. We may resort to that with Caedon, too (he's always been very similar to Meli in all his sleeping habits...) However, I'm getting bigger with this pregnancy all the time and then the twins will come and neither of those are really conducive to spending an hour or so laying on the floor in a toddler's room every afternoon. This too shall pass. I just remind myself of that. By the third kiddo, I know that all the frustrations that go with different phases and transitions are just temporary. He will adjust, we will adjust and it'll be fine. :)
We have some other big news this week, too! For quite a while both Kyler and Melissa have been interested in baptism and we talk often about what it means and why we do it. They always come away from the conversation still wanting to get baptized but deciding they're not quite ready to make the decision to ask Jesus to be the boss of their life (that's how we talk about it most of the time. It's true, we have to be ready and willing to give up control and let Jesus be in charge).
Yesterday morning, Brian and I were still in bed and Melissa came in and cuddled up with us and said, "I want to get babatized." So we started discussing it again, what it means to get baptized, what we do before we get baptized, what we believe about God and Jesus, etc. She decided she was ready to take the first step and pray, telling God exactly what she believes about Jesus and asking that Jesus would come be the boss of her life and help her live the right way. I'm so proud of my sweet girl! She has such a tender heart and I pray that she will grow in her relationship with Him throughout the years.
Now she wants to know...WHEN can I get bapatized? :)
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| Trying out his big boy bed right after I set it up |
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| Sleeping sweetly :) |
We have some other big news this week, too! For quite a while both Kyler and Melissa have been interested in baptism and we talk often about what it means and why we do it. They always come away from the conversation still wanting to get baptized but deciding they're not quite ready to make the decision to ask Jesus to be the boss of their life (that's how we talk about it most of the time. It's true, we have to be ready and willing to give up control and let Jesus be in charge).
Yesterday morning, Brian and I were still in bed and Melissa came in and cuddled up with us and said, "I want to get babatized." So we started discussing it again, what it means to get baptized, what we do before we get baptized, what we believe about God and Jesus, etc. She decided she was ready to take the first step and pray, telling God exactly what she believes about Jesus and asking that Jesus would come be the boss of her life and help her live the right way. I'm so proud of my sweet girl! She has such a tender heart and I pray that she will grow in her relationship with Him throughout the years.
Now she wants to know...WHEN can I get bapatized? :)
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| Love this precious girl. So thankful that I can call her my daughter. |
Wednesday, January 1, 2014
Baby update and FAQs
First of all, just in case you've been living under a rock...or don't follow my Facebook page at all....the babies are....
Two girls was the outcome we LEAST expected. I was thinking it was going to be 2 boys but we were all wanting one boy/one girl, so we were totally surprised by the PINK cake! I'm thrilled that I get to buy so much pink and frilly stuff, though! Kyler is excited again but he was disappointed at first. He kept telling me, "You're going to have another baby and it's going to be a boy." Sorry, buddy, Mommy's DONE after these two!
(2 girls was SO surprising to me that I'm still having trouble calling them both "her" and "sister". I keep wanting to call one a boy....)
FAQs:
1. What if they're not really girls? At my appointment yesterday both the sono tech AND the doctor checked them and they both said, "yep, definitely still girls!" so we're going with that!
2. What are their names???? We are naming our girls Rylan Grace and Sadie Jane. Melissa wants me to pick RIGHT now which baby will have which name but I want to wait and see what they look like first!
3. Are they identical? Probably not, although it is possible. The doctor said there's a 70%+ chance that they are fraternal. Each baby has its own placenta and amniotic sac and the membrane separating them is thick. He said this only happens with identical twins if the egg splits within the first three days. So....there's really no way to know if they are identical for sure before they are born. I'm hoping that when they're born it will be quite obvious that they are fraternal. I'd love to have one little dark headed girl and another blondie like Melissa!
4. Where are you going to put all those kids in your tiny house? Hehehe, no one has actually asked this question word for word...but we get the gist. Caedon is moving in with Kyler in the next couple of months and Melissa will be moving into Caedon's current room, since she'll be the only one to have her own room and it's the smallest. The babies will live in the room that is currently Melissa's. Melissa is okay with it, as long as she gets bunk beds. We said okay!
5. Are you still planning to have a natural birth? Yes, for now that is the plan! If the babies start having any anemia issues and the doctors say they need to be born in the hospital, obviously we will transfer to OB care. If I go into labor before 37 weeks, my midwife can't deliver so we would go to the hospital for delivery, of course. If anything comes up towards the end, like with Caedon, and we need to birth in the hospital, either natural or c-section, I'm at peace with it. But for now we are staying with our midwife and waiting to see when and where these babies decide to be born!
Questions I didn't answer? Feel free to ask, I don't mind answering!
I had an appointment yesterday with the perinatologist and he said the babies are doing great right now! They are both very active and were kicking each other and wiggling around all through the sono. Their blood flow looks good and as he checked them over he said they have beautiful hearts, perfectly formed brains, great spines, etc. He said, "You make great babies!" Yes, yes, I do!
He told me yesterday that we have three options for continuing care with their office. I can go in every two weeks for a sono like I had yesterday to check on the babies, I can go in every three weeks or so for a blood draw to check my antibody levels or I can do an amnio of both babies to check and see if they have the little c antigen in their blood. The blood draw is fine, but it's not always the most accurate and the amnio carries more risks than I would want to take for the babies so we are sticking with the doctor's first choice - the sonos every 2 weeks.
Here are pictures from yesterday's sono:
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| TWO LITTLE GIRLS! |
(2 girls was SO surprising to me that I'm still having trouble calling them both "her" and "sister". I keep wanting to call one a boy....)
FAQs:
1. What if they're not really girls? At my appointment yesterday both the sono tech AND the doctor checked them and they both said, "yep, definitely still girls!" so we're going with that!
2. What are their names???? We are naming our girls Rylan Grace and Sadie Jane. Melissa wants me to pick RIGHT now which baby will have which name but I want to wait and see what they look like first!
3. Are they identical? Probably not, although it is possible. The doctor said there's a 70%+ chance that they are fraternal. Each baby has its own placenta and amniotic sac and the membrane separating them is thick. He said this only happens with identical twins if the egg splits within the first three days. So....there's really no way to know if they are identical for sure before they are born. I'm hoping that when they're born it will be quite obvious that they are fraternal. I'd love to have one little dark headed girl and another blondie like Melissa!
4. Where are you going to put all those kids in your tiny house? Hehehe, no one has actually asked this question word for word...but we get the gist. Caedon is moving in with Kyler in the next couple of months and Melissa will be moving into Caedon's current room, since she'll be the only one to have her own room and it's the smallest. The babies will live in the room that is currently Melissa's. Melissa is okay with it, as long as she gets bunk beds. We said okay!
5. Are you still planning to have a natural birth? Yes, for now that is the plan! If the babies start having any anemia issues and the doctors say they need to be born in the hospital, obviously we will transfer to OB care. If I go into labor before 37 weeks, my midwife can't deliver so we would go to the hospital for delivery, of course. If anything comes up towards the end, like with Caedon, and we need to birth in the hospital, either natural or c-section, I'm at peace with it. But for now we are staying with our midwife and waiting to see when and where these babies decide to be born!
Questions I didn't answer? Feel free to ask, I don't mind answering!
I had an appointment yesterday with the perinatologist and he said the babies are doing great right now! They are both very active and were kicking each other and wiggling around all through the sono. Their blood flow looks good and as he checked them over he said they have beautiful hearts, perfectly formed brains, great spines, etc. He said, "You make great babies!" Yes, yes, I do!
He told me yesterday that we have three options for continuing care with their office. I can go in every two weeks for a sono like I had yesterday to check on the babies, I can go in every three weeks or so for a blood draw to check my antibody levels or I can do an amnio of both babies to check and see if they have the little c antigen in their blood. The blood draw is fine, but it's not always the most accurate and the amnio carries more risks than I would want to take for the babies so we are sticking with the doctor's first choice - the sonos every 2 weeks.
Here are pictures from yesterday's sono:
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| Baby A |
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| Baby B. I love this picture and how she has her legs all the way up in front of her face! |
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| Both babies - faces looking straight on. I always think the face pictures look kinda creepy.... |
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