We are having TWINS!!!

Ultrasound - October 22, 2008

We had our first ultrasound on Wednesday. It was such an amazing experience. It didn't take long for the technician to inform us that we were having twins! They are now known as Baby A and Baby B. They measured 6 weeks and 1 day; right on schedule. Thankfully we were able to see both of their heartbeats. They looked like little blinking lights. It was amazing. Matt is thankful that we did not find more than two babies for my health and the health of the babies.

We are overjoyed with God's amazing blessings! We continue to pray for our babies health as the

next 7 weeks are critical.

We hope you enjoy our ultrasound photos!

Week 5 Update

So far pregnancy has been very easy for me. I have not been sick or even nauseous. From everything I have read I understand that usually starts in week 6. I am almost there and hoping I will be one of the lucky ones to miss that part of the process. If not, I will take it with a big smile!!

Matt and I have not stopped smiling since we found out the good news. We love to sit and talk about it. Matt has been doing research on anything and everything relating to pregnancy. For those of you who know him really well, that is not surprising. He is so concerned and supportive already. Such a great husband!

We look forward to our first ultrasound. We hope to find out how many we are having...1..2...or even 3. We'll keep you posted!

I thought I would post some pictures of the adorable gifts we have already received from our amazing friends and family.

Nanna (Penny) was the first to get in on the action. She has been waiting patiently with her box of goodies. She provided us with the cutest Colts jersey, IU blanket, onesies, bath robe, books...the list goes on and on.

I received two cute onesies from Sarah, Travis and Tyler today...they purposely sent two hoping that we would have twins!!

We got a really sweet pink cross from Beth, Steve and Maggie today that says "Miracles" on it. Perfect...this baby is definitely a miracle from God.

Lastly, we have received so many cards, phonecalls and emails. We are thankful to have such a great circle of friends and family that are so excited for us. Thank you so much! We are truly blessed!!!

Our baby/babies first picture!

This is the very first picture of our baby/babies! We implemented three embryo's. We have a 25% chance of having twins and a 5% chance of triplets. We hope to find out in a few weeks how many we can expect.

It will be exciting to have our first ultrasound. The great thing is that we know God has blessed us with one!

~ Our journey to parenthood ~

Matt and I knew from the moment we got married that we wanted to have a family. We did want to spend some time on our own before we set out on this journey. We never imagined how long that journey would take. Over two years ago we thought we were ready to have a child and start the next step in our lives. Unfortunately month after month went by without the news we thought would come so easily (those of you who know my sisters well, understand what I am talking about).
We were very lucky to find out early on that we had fertility issues. It was very hard to swallow and put our minds around. We kept this to ourselves for quite a while hoping that a miracle might happen for us and we could surprise our families with the news we hoped and prayed for so badly. As things progressed and things became more difficult to deal with on our own, we revealed our fertility issues to all of our family and friends. We never realized how much we would need them over the course of the next year or so. They became our best supporters and what I refer to as our prayer circle!
We started with the "cheap" version of fertility assistance...IUI. Three attempts later, we still had no success. After this, we knew we would hear the words we so badly hoped we wouldn't....In-Vitro Fertilization. Fortunately we were referred to a world renown doctor and started our process right away. With the support of our family and friends and most importantly our faith in God we pushed on and started our Mini-IVF treatment in March. By May we found out that our first attempt was unsuccesful. That day was a day we'll never forget. It definitely made us realize how much we really wanted a baby. The loss was huge but our faith pulled us through and we never gave up. God definitely tested our patience and helped us grow as people and as husband and wife. We were reminded that day and many days following how lucky we were to be going through this together.
We immediately wanted to know when we could try again. We truly believed that God would take care of us and provide us with a child and family. In late August we started conventional in-vitro treatments. Our emotions were high but we definitely felt confident. The morning we were to find out if the procedure was successful or not was excrutiating...I think I cried the whole way to the hospital and multiple times throughout the next few hours. When I called our doctor to get the results and found out that YES, we were pregnant, the uncontrollable sobbing began and I was speechless. Matt thought we got bad news. I could barely form the words "YES" to him as I sobbed and sobbed. What an amazing day!
We truly believed that God was in control the entire time. He knew what was best for us. Some day I will understand why we had to wait and go through such an emotional journey to start a family. All I know is I will not stop thanking him the rest of my life. I am already overjoyed and completely happy.
I want to thank all of you for your prayers and support throughout the past two years. It has been amazing! God is so powerful and it is amazing the number of people he had working for us through personal prayers, church prayer chains, phonecalls, cards, etc. God bless each of you for caring so much for us!