I guess it is my turn to add something to our blog page. I would like to say that I am extremely excited about the upcoming birth of our TWINS. I am also in freak out mode. I think about the fact that I am 48 and when the kids are 21 I will be 70. On the other hand I am so excited about the opportunity to have these kids with my eternal bride. As she shows more and more it is becoming more evident that this is really going to happen. Ten years of praying and fasting has worked and I can not be more pleased with the outcome. I have always known that Tawnya would be a great and loving mother. No one will ever know how long and hard I prayed that the lord would not penalize her for falling in love with a man that is older by 14 years and have to forgo the miracle or birth because of my past bad decisions. I can not tell you how cute and excited Tawnya is about these babies. I know that she will be the best mother and mommy. If she is half the mother that she is a wife, she will be the greatest mommy ever. As you can tell I am not much of a writer, but I do want our friends and family to know how very much I love and adore Tawnya, and how very much I am looking forward to loving her and our Twins for all time and Eternity.

I felt them move!

I was wondering when I would feel them move around in there. I would lay in bed every night and wait to see if I could feel something. Last week, I was sitting in the car waiting for Jim. I had the music playing and I was singing along. I felt a little kick, kick, kick. It happened several times in a row. I knew for sure it was a baby kick and not just my digestion. :) It is a wonderful feeling knowing that they are OK and growing in there. I am getting bigger every week. Along with some kicking, I am feeling a lot of stretching. I am looking forward to getting bigger, but I am also a little scared about just how big I will get. I was looking at another mom of twins blog and she was really surprisingly big by week 37. It is amazing how your body can grow to accommodate two babies (even just one baby). I hope all will go well and I will be healthy and strong enough to carry them to term.

Our move to Orlando

I just realized that some of you may not know that we have moved to Orlando. We are in a subburb of Orlando called Windermere. It is very close to Disney. We are so close that we can see and hear the fireworks they shoot every night when I walk the dog down by the lake. It is a really nice area. We are really enjoying it. Everything is so close. Jim's job brought us over here. He is still with the Boy Scouts, just a different council. This council is much bigger and has greater opportunity for promotion. He is very busy right now recruiting new boys and leaders. He loves his job, as do I. I have gone with him to some school nights to help him. I love watching him talk so passionaltely about the Scouting program that he loves so dearly. I also love the fact that he will be able to share this with our children. I can't wait until they can go camping with Daddy. :) I am doing great in my new school too. I really like the team I am working with. I am teaching first grade. I love their enthusiasm for learning.

If anyone comes to Disney for vacation, please let me know and we would love to have you over.

They are growing!

Here they are. There's no doubt I am pregnant now. Someone today at church said, "Beautiful belly!" I thought that was sweet and it is nice to know that people are starting to recognize that I am pregnant and not just gaining weight. :)

Don't I look cute?

It is so great to finally be showing. Until now, when I told people I was pregnant they looked at my belly and then looked back at me with a look of disbelief. It is frustrating when people don't believe you. Now people believe me. I love wearing maternity clothes. Jim likes it too. He thinks I look cute. All the teachers at school like to watch my belly get bigger. I check it out in the mirror every morning too. Now I am 18 weeks and really starting to grow more. I should start feeling them move around in there. I can't wait to feel that. Some times at night when I am sitting or lying down, I think I feel some flutters, but it is hard to be sure.

I have been feeling really good. I only get a little out of breath going upstairs and some times I feel dizzy when I am first getting up in the morning. My feet have been swelling too. I try to lay down and put them up once I get home. I have been blessed with health so far and hope that will continue.

More ultrasound pics

Here are a couple more pics of baby A and B. We are still discussing names for them. We will be able to make them final once we know if they are boys or girls.

12 weeks

We are moving along! August 9, 2007 - I am now 12 weeks pregnant. We are a little relieved from our worrying now that we have made it past this point. Up till now I was a little freaked out everyday wondering and hoping that I would stay pregnant. It is scary when you have lost a baby before. I wondered everyday if something I might do would end this beautiful dream. I felt like I was changing some each week, but I still wasn't sure. I was not fitting into my pants around week 10, but I thought maybe I was just gaining weight. I needed some assurance that it was real. I was scheduled for a second ultrasound on August 9th. With moving over to Orlando I was able to keep my mind busy a little. Jim was busy working so I had to go again by myself. This time they looked like real babies. Last time they looked like little peanuts. It was so cool to see all them this time. I saw their profile and heartbeats. I could even hear the heartbeats. They are sitting like they are looking at each other and talking to each other. The tech said they were measuring just right and their heartrates were just right. Seeing them on the screen is better than the pictures. It was too early to tell if they are boys or girls or both. Hopefully next time we can find out. We want to find out so we can get things ready for them. I will let you know as soon as I can.

We're Pregnant!!!

The day that we have waited for has finally arrived. We have waited 10 long years to finally see this blessing come to be. We are so greatful to our Heavenly Father for putting us in the right place at the right time. He helped us find the right people, who lead us to the right doctors who could help us finally realize this dream. We didn't know at first why we would need to move to the Tampa area. We just knew we needed to go, so we went. We know that our prayers and the prayers of our family and friends have been answered. They weren't answered when we wanted them to be answered, but when it was the right time for us. We are so excited and a little overwhelmed, but so ready to have this great miracle in our lives.
The day of the pregnancy test was nerve wracking. I went to the doctor's office to do the blood test early in the morning and then had to wait till later that afternoon to find out. Jim was so sweet and took me out all day to keep me busy. We went to several baby stores to look at cribs and baby stuff. Finally around 1:30 or so we got the call we were waiting for while we were driving around. The nurse said "Girl you're pregnant!" I smiled so big and looked at Jim and he smiled so big. She said my number (whatever hormone it is they look for) was very high. There was no doubt that I am definitly pregnant. I felt like I must be because I had been feeling a little queasy in the mornings. It is sure nice to have that confirmation though. Then I had to go in for more blood tests a couple more times. They wanted to make sure my number continued to go up, and it did.
Then I was scheduled for an ultrasound to see if we were having 1 or 2 babies. That was another exciting day. Jim had to report to his new position in Orlando already and I was finishing teaching summer school in New Port Richey so I had to go by myself. Once they were ready to tell me, I said "Wait!" I called Jim and put him on the speaker phone so we could find out together. The doctor said to Jim, "Are you sitting down?" and Jim said he was. Then the doctor said, "You're having 2 babies!" Wow! What a wonderful blessing to bring two beautiful babies into our family. We think it is going to be wonderful to have 2 babies at the same time. It is a little scary, but we are so ready to be parents.
We wanted to share this experience with our family and friends. So I am creating this blog to keep everyone updated as we go along. Right now I don't have much to put on, but it will get better as the time draws closer. I hope you enjoy it and will check in from time to time.