28 Weeks

We're getting closer!!!  The pregnancy has really flown by.  It seems like February was yesterday when we found out the test was positive.  The girls are doing great and getting more active every day.  We saw Dr. Weidower last week and she was super excited with how everything was going.  Amanda did her glucose test and passed with flying colors with a number of 94.  She said they don't worry about it unless the number gets over 140.  Davins heartrate was 143 and Emmas was 156. Little Turkeys.  I love them.  I think that may be my favorite part of going to the doctor every two weeks now.  I love it when she whips it out of her pocket and puts a big blob of US jelly on amandas tummy and we get to hear their sweet little hearts beating.  Amazing.  We have another big US this Friday to check on how they're growing.  I can't wait to to see how big they are this time around.  Last appt. they weighed in just over 2 pounds each.  I took some pregnancy pictures of Amanda yesterday afternoon, and even managed to sneak in one of them :)  Can't wait to meet these little ladies!

4D Ultrasound

2 weeks ago we went to baby views on highway 10 for our "fun" ultrasound.  All of them have been fun just getting to see these sweet girls, but this one was over the top fun.  The lady who did it was super nice and tried to get as many shots as she could. It's amazing how you can make out everything.  For the longest time baby B was crowding baby A by putting her feet in the way of her face, and then she moved really quickly to be able to get just a few shots of her.  I guess you could say baby A (Emma) stole the show, and Davin was just really chill.  Shes already trying to crowd her sister. I love them. I can't wait to see them.

24 Weeks

So....This past Friday we made it to our 24 week mark. A huge milestone in our pregnancy.  Our little girls can now survive life outside of the womb.  As much as we want to see them, we will wait a few more months until they are bigger and stronger.  Our next big marker will be 30 weeks. Until then, Amanda is taking it easy, resting when she gets home, putting her feet up.  Her ankles are starting to get a wee bit puffy in the evenings when she gets home, mostly do to getting bigger and the dang arkansas heat.  She is doing a water aerobics class called aqua moms on mondays and wednesdays over at baptist hospital and is really enjoying it.

Last Thursday we went to our OBGYN Doc and got to hear our girls heartbeats again. Baby A was in the 150's and baby B was in the 140's.  We are actually starting to go every 2 weeks to her now so she can keep an eye on everything.  We have an appt. this Wednesday with BabyViews in little rock for our 4D ultrasound. We can't wait!  Then, we get to turn around and see the babies again the next day for another formal ultrasound to check and see how they're growing.

We have officially decided on the names I do believe.  We have gone with Davin Kate and Emma Grace. Davin Kate is a mixture of our Dads names. Both of our dads are named David, and now that amandas dad passed away it's really important that we incorporate that into one of our kids names.  The middle name, Kate, is short for my middle name of Katherine.  My mom and dad always called me Kate or Katy growing up.  Emma was for my great aunt Emma on my dads side, and Grace, for my great grandmother Gracie on my moms side. 

Almost 22 weeks!

Well.....This Friday we will be 22 weeks! The time has flown by. Amanda has been doing great and getting bigger in the belly region. lol. Over the past 2 weeks I've really been able to feel them move with Amanda. They sure are squirmy little bucket heads.  The other night I laid my head on her belly and Baby B kicked me on the cheek. What a sweetheart ;)  It's amazing to me how fast they develop and are able to do things inside the womb. They're wombmates. ha.  We're going to Lexington this weekend to visit my family and spend time for the fourth. We're really looking forward to it and will probably be our last trip there until the girls are here.  The picture with this post was taken last sunday night. 21 weeks 2 days.

19 Weeks! and......2 GIRLS!!!!

We are having twin girls!!! How cool is that? Sisters. Best Friends for life. We are way excited and so blessed.  I can't wait to spoil all my girls  ;)  We had our formal ultrasound on friday which showed us that we are having 2 girls! The tech that did the US was super nice and very knowledgeable. She showed us everything! We counted fingers and toes and saw the four chambers of both hearts and listened to them.  Baby B, she was the bigger one with a heartbeat of 153 and weighing 11 ounces.  Baby A, her heartbeat was 144 and she weighed in at a whopping 10 ounces.  These babies are almost a pound a piece! Hard to believe!  Now we can start referring to them as baby girls.  I'm pretty sure B girl was waving at her momma in the womb, then she started sucking her thumb again.

17 Weeks 5 Days

This picture was taken last Friday, which would put Amanda at 17 weeks exactly.

Also, our cribs came in and we decided that we wanted to room blue, pink and green. I was busy over the holiday weekend. 

Almost 18 weeks!

Man, everything has just flown by.  We saw our doctor again and went to our friend Becca for an ultrasound.  They were so much more active this time around and actually looked like babies. Little people. 2 more. A family. Ours.  I love them so much already!  Becca said she would put money on one of them being a girl so now we can refer to one of them as our sweet little girl.  The other one, wanted to sit indian style and play duck duck goose the whole time. That naughty little turkey.  We're going to go see Becca again this Friday to see if we can tell what baby B is. Amanda will be 18 weeks then so a better chance of telling.

This has been an incredible journey and the most difficult stuff I've ever gone through.  Almost 3 years ago, we were on our way back from the beach in SC with a plan to start trying for our family in September.  We saved, and saved and saved for that moment.  That moment came, and went, and came again, and went.....finally last June at the beach we found out that we were pregnant only to get home and have the reality hit us like a brick.  It was a chemical pregnancy.  Soon after in August our lives were turned upside down with another positive pregnancy! First Appt. went well with a flicker only to go in on the 8 week appt and find out that flicker was no more.  D&C and 3 months later, we were given the all clear to try again.  First 2 tries after, nothing.  Finally February was the month.  Amanda had to go to work with me due to the blizzard we were having at that time.  She arrived at the office at her shceduled appt. time to find out our "specimen" had not arrived yet and was on a truck somewhere in Little Rock.  2 hours later and 2 hours after her scheduled IUI, it arrived.  Must have been our lucky day and time. Two ovulated eggs and two weeks later we got a positive. Two weeks after that, twins on ultrasound.

We Love you 2 already and can't wait to see you on ultrasound again!

For the YouTube links from our visit with Becca follow this:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PwDxKjLO-o4
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qEebV6DmVkw
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m-FdtWek_8Y&feature=related