story time!

Once upon a time, there was this girl named Joanna and she married a dude named M. Well, his name wasn't really "M", but that is besides the point. Anyway, 14 months after they were married, their handsome son was born and 17 months after that, their beautiful daughter came along. Then M left for 15 months. When he came home, Joanna and M decided they wanted to add to their family. 6 weeks later, they found out that Joanna was pregnant. That next week, she went to the doctor and the doctor gave her some frustrating news: there was only a tiny sac, so small infact that he wasn't sure if it was a sac at all. She cried and prayed and anxiously awaited her next appointment.

A week later, M and Joanna packed up the kids and went back to the doctor's office for another ultrasound. And there it was, a beautiful sac, yoke sac and fetal pole. This was amazing news, considering the week before there wasn't much hope. And Joanna was happy and jokingly asked the doctor if there was just one in there. And he said yes. And then 3 seconds later he said, "No, there's 2." And Joanna said "What?" And he said, "There are 2." And she said "What?!" And he said, "There are 2, you are having twins." And she said "WHAT?!" (Well, actually she said something else, but since this is a G rated blog, for the most part, we will just paraphrase what she said.) And then the room started to spin, very fast.

Now Joanna is somewhere around 9 weeks pregnant with twins, sick as a dog and lazy as an old one too. Her pants don't fit, she can't stay awake and cries at the drop of a hat, but she wouldn't change it for the world. The tiny miracles will make their debut sometime this summer and M and Joanna cannot wait. It is going to be an amazing year, people.

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Hey, remember that time I said this about CB's first year?

"I have no idea how we survived. I really, really don't. They say what doesn't kill you makes you stronger and that scares the crap out of me. I don't know what is in our future that we need to be stronger for."

Call me crazy, but I think this just might be the reason we needed to be stronger, and yes, it scares the crap out of me. There is nothing that can prepare you for the moment when you find out that you are carrying two precious lives in your uterus. It is really quite amazing how much your life can change in the course of one innocent ultrasound. Since I found out we are having twins, I have been having a constant conversation with God, praying that the babies are ok and that they both arrive healthy this summer. The shock has pretty much worn off and has started to turn to excitement, but I am still scared. So if you want to pray, meditate, send good vibes and energy or do whatever it is you do, you can do so with us in mind. So far, this pregnancy has been full of surprises and challenges and it is only the beginning.