Do You See What We See???

We had our first ultra sound yesterday and thought we would share it with you all. It's not high tech at all, but our's was taken at a military hospital.

Believe me, we were as surprised as the rest of you probably are. We cannot believe that we are going to have TWINS!!! Are you freakin' kidding me?!!! I had to go to my appointment by myself because Rikk had to pick up Hunter from school. The midwife couldn't find the heartbeat using the regular heartbeat things, so she decided to do an ultra sound to hear it and to just take a peak at the baby. We heard the heartbeat and saw the baby. And then the nurse said, "Oh!" I was unsure what that "Oh" meant, so I asked her what. And she said, "There's another baby! Let's see if there are anymore!!!" I said, "Shut up, are you freakin' kidding me?!" I couldn't believe it. There weren't anymore, but that's okay, two was a big enough surprise for me!

I met Rikk at Fred Meyers and Mom was there working. I asked Rikk if he wanted to see the ultra sound. He looked at it and said, "It's a baby." I told him yes, but to really look at it. He looked at it, looked at me, looked at it again, looked at me again and then said, "I better not be seeing what I think I am seeing." Mom waiting VERY patiently said, "What, is it a girl?" I said, "I don't know what we are having, I just know how many we are having." Mom started to yell (not to loud) "Twins, are we having twins?!" Then a combo of Rikk handing mom the ultra sound and mom ripping it from his hands so that mom could see.

Rikk was instantly sick to his stomach, looked like he was going to throw up and pass out at the same time! He has finally come to terms with the fact that this is apparently how things are supposed to go and doesn't look like he's going to throw up or pass out anymore! The thing that is so funny about this is that we have been joking around for about the past month with mom and dad and our friends Derek and Martie that I was going to have twin girls because I am already showing quite a bit and into maternity pants. So, for there to really be twins, it still feels like a joke! And Hunter is happy. He has been praying for twin boys and said he was happy his prayer for twins was answered and wanted to know when we would find out they were boys!

We are excited and scared at the same time. With my kids already coming early and now there being twins, we are quite a bit nervous how things will go. I go in next week to see a Twins Specialist at Bassett (the Army hospital) and then I go to FMH to get a high tech ultra sound to make sure the babies are in the own sack, that there are only two, etc. So I will have a better ultra sound to post next week.

I still don't have an official due date, they say I will get one next week with the ultra sound. I have been given the 19th and 25th of June so far. Yesterday I was 9w 4d, and baby 1 was measuring at 10w 4d and 3.71cm, and baby 2 was measuring at 10w 1d.

Well, that's our exciting news! We will keep you posted on how things are going. CRAZY!! Oh and any advice anyone can give about being pregnant with twins, having twins, etc would be VERY much appreciated!