Surprise!!!

We got the shock of our life on Friday morning. Chad, Chase, and I went in for my routine ultrasound at 20 weeks and found out that we are having TWINS! We are blessed to be having one girl and one boy.....also very surprised! As the ultrasound tec was going to start I told her that we wanted to know the sex of "the baby" if it was possible. She put the monitor on my stomach and then took it off and look at us and said "You DO know there is two!?!? Right?" Chad and I where shocked to say the least! Chad came the closest he has ever come to fainting at that moment, I couldn't stop laughing, crying, and smiling. Thank goodness I was laying down :) Everything looks good so far and they seem to be developing well. My doctor was just as surprised as we where to find out. Apparently I did not have any of the clues that make them suspect twins. I was measuring just fine, hormone levels were not way high, and I haven't had any complications. I have been reading and reading about twins all weekend and have a long journey ahead, but it will be worth it! I am hoping I don't have to go on bed rest and can carry them till 38 weeks. I am feeling a little bit of pressure to get things done because there are so many unanswered questions and we don't know what to expect in the weeks to come. Knowing that I am having twins sure makes me understand why this pregnancy has been much harder then the other three!
The picture above is when we told Miki and Jaidon. We wrapped up a girl and a boy outfit with their sonogram picture and had each open one. Miki and Jaidon both looked really confused. Miki said "You don't know do you!!" We had warned that there was a chance that we might not be able to find out that day. We told them that we did know and Jaidon yells out "It's a BOY!" We told him that he was right and Miki looked at us really confused. We asked her why she was confused and she told us it was because she had a girl outfit and then she yelled "your having TWINS!!!!" It was so fun to see how excited they were and still are. I can't believe I will be a mom of 5! Wow, I never thought I would say that! So keep us in your prayers! Heavenly Father sure has more faith in me then I do!

Happy Halloween!

Well we had a very fun and busy Halloween. I had a million things to do for church....I am on the Activities Committee and we had a activity that night. The kids did not have school so we had a fun day of getting ready! Grandma "Jackson" sent a Halloween package that had a Gingerbread Haunted House that we built. The kids did great and had alot of fun decorating it. Chase was a big help....eating the candy before Miki and Jaidon could get it put on the house. The kids had a blast running around at the church playing games and getting candy. After the ward party we were able to do a little trick or treating around the neighborhood. Chase loved that he got candy. He was in charge of telling us which house was next. He would get his treats and then turn and point and say "this one" Miki and Jaidon were great sports and let him be in charge. I don't think that they cared because they were getting candy. I think that I have ate far more then they have....at least I know I have ate more then Miki! My boys love candy, but my Miki doesn't seem to want to much. She says "no thank you" far more then a kid usually does! She is my little health nut already! We were lucky too this year to have beautiful weather. It was in the 70's, which is soooo not normal for this time of year! It made it very nice to be outside.