home for sale

As of Saturday, our house is officially for sale!  Hopefully someone will like it and want to buy it.  

better late than never

Okay, so this is a little late but Mom and Dad's 40th anniversary was in June and they decided to surprise us!  We met at their house and took a HUGE limo downtown to Navy Pier.  We went for a lunch cruise on Lake Michigan and then spent some time at Navy Pier until the limo picked us back up to take us home.  We had a wonderful time...especially all of the kids.  Thanks again Mom and Dad!  Thanks Natalie for all of the photos.

Weeks 13-15

The most exciting thing happening in the last few weeks is my blood pressure.  It had been running  consistenly high (140s/90s) and not getting any better.  Granted, I only check it at work so some of it is probably related to anxiety.  I went and saw a high risk OB who thought it in my best interest to start me on meds...Labetelol 100mg twice daily.  Great news to hear at 30 years old:)  But, it has been much better, even at work, so I guess that means it is doing its job.  Other than that, I'm feeling pretty good.  The fatigue and nausea are much better, I'm just terribly hungry ALL OF THE TIME!

I saw my regular OB today.  Everything is moving along as it should...including the 10# weight gain already.  Next ultrasound is scheduled September 9...hopefully the babies will cooperate and we will find out genders.

15 weeks

Summer semester is over today and I dive right into fall semester next week.  I just need these babies to cooperate until December 8 to finish off the semester.

That's about all for now.

the latest pics- 12 1/2 weeks

Ultrasound from July 27

Unfortunately this is the last of the 1st trimester ultrasounds, and it will probably be quite awhile before I have another one.

4-D ultraousnd
pretty cool but the tech couldn't get a great picture

belly shots-11 weeks

a look back

Well, after trying for 3+ years, we found out on May 31st that we were pregnant.  And, two weeks later we were told it was twins!  Imagine our surprise after continually hearing "no" to finally hear the "yes".  After 4 cycles of Clomid, 4 cycles of IUI, this our 4th IVF cycle, many injections, pills and patches, hormones all over the place, and a lot of tears...the Lord willing, we will have two babies by February 4, 2012.  After putting our life on hold for so long, we are now in a scramble to prepare for not one, but two babies.  Many decisions are being made.  Quit my job?  Continue school?  Sell our house?  Where should we move?  Should Doug be the stay at home dad he has always dreamed of being?  Well, as usual I have been getting ahead of myself.  Doug, the practical one in our relationship, is continually reminding me that all we need to do right now, is get our house on the market.  So...hopefully we will meet his goal of August 1st.  For those of you eager for our first baby pics...here you go.

1st ultrasound-week 6

2nd ultrasound-week 8

3rd ultrasound-week 10
Baby B

Baby A

and two more makes four

Well, much to my husband's dismay, I've decided to start a blog.  Not for the benefit of anyone else, but rather to document this busy and exciting season of our life.  Let's be honest, I already have problems with memory and remembering past events.  Factor in a whole new set of hormones, along with two babies sucking the life out of me, and I'm lucky that I wear matching scrubs everyday. Now, don't get excited and start checking for daily updates, between school and work, I really don't have a whole lot of down time.  My goal is to update at least once a month, maybe twice :)