A Double Blessing!

This year has brought many blessings and trials into our lives, but the one thing that has remained true for our family is the reminder that "God is good, his love endures forever." That verse has special meaning to us as we have learned this year to be thankful for all we've been given, the good and the bad. That no matter what we serve a loving God who has a plan for our lives.

In June, Andrew and I learned that we had been given a HUGE blessing! We found out that we are expecting and will be starting a family. We couldn't be more thrilled at the news as we have been praying for a little one to add to our family. It was a special moment when we went in to have our first doctor's appointment and ultrasound a couple of weeks later. When the ultrasound technician turned the screen around to face us, I couldn't believe what I saw... there were two tiny dots on the screen! That's right- we're having TWINS!!!! We were so shocked, myself more than Andrew, at the news. Nonetheless we are thrilled, a little overwhelmed at the enormity of it, but thrilled!

We had been keeping our little secret for quite some time as we wanted to get through the first trimester before sharing our news with everyone. Our parents were sworn to secrecy when they found out about seven weeks in. So... I am now 13 weeks along and doing great so far. We have had three ultrasounds and were able to hear two sets of strong heartbeats at our last appointment. We got a little spoiled having so many ultrasounds early on- at 5, 7 and 9 weeks. It was fun to see how much they changed in a short amount of time. Our next one probably will be at 18 weeks, we should be able to find out the sexes then.

I've included the babies first photos for you to see... Although it's difficult to make out much, I'll try to caption each one to orient you.

Ultrasound #1- Babies at 5 weeks gestational age: you can see two little marble looking structures.


Ultrasound #2- Babies at 7 weeks: you can see two little blobs but it's difficult to make any structures out at this point


Ultrasound #3- Babies at 9 weeks: you can see them both from this angle


Baby "A" at 9 weeks: you can see the profile of the head on the left side of the pic, arm and leg bud (view from the side, baby laying on its back)


Baby "B" at 9 weeks: you can see the profile of the head on the left, arm and leg buds (baby laying on its back- side view)


So- there's our little miracles- baby A and baby B, or "This" and "That" as some of our friends have started calling them. I'll be sure to keep you all posted now that our secret's out! Thank you to our friends and family who have been praying for these babies long before you knew about them! God is so good and has blessed us beyond what we could ever ask for. I'll close with a verse that I went to the day we found out there were two:
"Now to Him who is able to do immeasurably more than all we ask or imagine... to Him be the glory for ever and ever!" Eph 3:20

I promise Andrew isn't as scared as he looks in this photo!