Monday, November 17, 2008

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!

4 comments:

Michelle Woj said...

OMG is this my old friend Jamie Richardson??! This is Michelle (Montgomery)! I found your blog from Darcee's blog.

Congratulations on your announcement, that's pretty exciting! Your kiddos are adorable and I'm sure your twins will be too!

It's great seeing how well you are doing. We have a blog as well. We're private but if you want to check it out, email me at michelle.wojciechowski@gmail.com and I'll send you an invite! It'd be great to keep in touch with you this way!

The Stevens Family said...

We are so so excited for the twins! I hope that you start feeling better. You might suggest to chad that you need to get more maternity clothes because you might get bigger that you did with the other pregnancies... hehehe, I know you love shopping!

Brigit said...

HOLY COW!!! TWINS!!! That will be so fun to have one of each. Hope Miki is ready to be a "mini mom"! Please keep the posts coming. We love hearing about you guys. We miss you!

Unknown said...

Hey Jamie, how the heck are ya? That is way exciting about your twins. Good luck! Your kids are adorable. I hope you don't mind me checking out your blog.