Twins!

I knew I was expecting. The time had come for my first appointment. After talking to several people, I had chosen a new doctor here in Blackfoot (my first three kids were born in Pocatello). Once I got to my appointment, I saw my doctor, Dr. Larson, walk the catwalk to the hospital. A few minutes later, the receptionist told me that he had an emergency at the hospital and they weren't sure if he'd be back. So, they took me back and got paperwork done, but we scheduled another appointment to do the ultrasound. I got home (a whole 3 minutes away) and they called me to tell me he was back in the office so come back. I told Elena I was going to go get a picture of our baby so she was okay with the fact that I was leaving again. I got back to the office and visited with Dr. Larson for a few minutes. I told him that we had three girls and he concluded that it was time for a boy. I agreed. We then had a discussion about there might being more than one. I laughed and said that I did NOT wish for twins and that just wasn't going to happen. My sister-in-law wanted twins and I thought she was crazy! So, he says, "Let's go take a look at this baby to determine how far along you are." We went to the ultrasound room and got all ready. It was a vaginal ultrasound and when he got it in there, I could hardly believe my eyes. I thought it HAD to be some sort of cruel joke! The nurse started giggling and I said, "Are you crapping me?!?!?!" because I could see that there were definitely TWO babies! He said he wasn't. I sat there in complete shock as he measured each baby and found the heartbeats. I asked if this was a dream. He, with his sense of humor, said, "No, it's a nightmare!" So, both babies have strong heartbeats and are 8 weeks along. Dr. Larson gave me a DVD to take home to share the news with Jason. I came home and walked in the door and tried really hard to act like everything was completely normal. Elena immediately asked if they could see the pictures of the baby. I said sure and interrupted whatever Jason was watching to put in the DVD. He was thinking, "Do we HAVE to do that RIGHT now?" Well, it took a minute for the picture to come up and the girls were complaining that they couldn't see anything. So, I pointed out Baby #1....and then Baby #2. I so wish I had a camera going on Jason at that moment! You should have seen him fly out of his recliner, eyes as big as saucers, jaw on the ground, exclaiming, "Are you kidding me?!?!" I assured him that I was not, though I wished I was! So, the rest of the evening was spent in complete and total shock! I never imagined in a million years that I would have twins. Today the shock has worn off quite a bit. I couldn't sleep at all the first night. Last night I slept great. So, here we begin on this new adventure! I'm sure there will be some great stories! Pictured above is the ultrasound picture with the unmistakable two babies.