TWO TWO TU-TU TOO TOO

Are you seeing a trend? Well we are doubling the fun in this pregnancy with TWIN Girls!! I can't believe it still. I look at our pictures sitting here and realize yes they really do say "twin A" and "twin B". It is so exciting and a little overwhelming all at once. I know that will My Father in Heaven's help I can do anything. So with that knowledge I am a more at peace. I would like to share the story of when we found out that we were having twins.

I first want to share that I thought this pregnancy was really different from the previous 3 that I have had and just couldn't put my finger on why. I didn't think in a million years that we would actually be the parents of twins, none the less we joked about it quite frequently.

On Wednesday, January 12, 2011 we had our ultrasound scheduled. Ben wasn't feeling very well, mostly just a horrible stomachache and headache. He called me and said he wasn't sure if we should go over to Portland with the weather the way it was and that maybe we should just stay home. I told him that I was already checking the weather and had a text to one of my friends and was just waiting to hear back from her to make sure the roads were safe. He called a again and I said that we were already getting ready and that I felt we should go and that we could always turn around if the roads weren't safe for our family to go over. So we left at about 9:15 and before we even hit Highway 6 we turned around to go home and get our chains for our tires "just in case". Then we started out again after 9:30am. Our apt was at 11:30 so we had plenty of time to make it there. The mountain pass was perfectly clear and the wind never once made our car sway as we drove. I feel like we were truly blessed and watched over on the journey! We arrived about 11:00 am and waited for the doctor. Might I add he was truly wonderful!!!

We headed back to the room and he asked a few questions. I had let him know that this pregnancy had been different and that I had been a lot more morning sick then the others. He said well let's get to this! I got up on the table as the kids and Ben looked on. (Yes we took our 3 children with us) Dr. Ed started on the lower left hand side of my stomach and started right away measuring the baby. I let him know that we would like to know the sex of the baby if he could tell and he was more than willing to tell us. As he moved the ultrasound wand up to about my belly button and towards the right he told us that we were having a little girl. We were so excited!! (I knew I was having a girl) Then he looked up and said uuuhhh....and I looked at him and said "is that another baby?" He looked at me and said "do you see this line right here? I said "yes" he said this is the membrane that separates the two babies....Ben sat down, as he was trying to entertain Kiptyn, and said " No way,we can't be having twins, there are no twins on either side of our families." Dr. Ed said "well there are two, it can't be anymore clear than this". He then proceeded measuring the second baby and told us that they are indeed both girls. We sat there in awe and all I could do it just laugh and say no way, I can't believe this. Ben really didn't say much, as what do you say?? The older two children would just smile every time we said there was two babies. They I am sure were just as shocked!!! Now a few days later reality is setting in and we are just trying to figure out the order in which we need to do all the many things we were planning to do anyway, just twice as much now.. Great blessings come in small packages and I feel very blessed to be carrying two choice spirits for my Father in Heaven. I feel very blessed to be a key instrument in his hands. I know that with faith I can do all things that the Lord asks of me to do.