We had better get used to this picture! Greg and I are happy, if not shocked, to find out that we are expecting twins this June! Yes, I did say twins. As excited as we are now, I must say the initial reaction was a little different. Two babies? At one time? The two we have make life crazy enough!!! Well, the news has settled in a bit, and now we are just excited.We had our initial early ultrasound last week and the babies look great. We are due June 12, which makes us about 13 weeks right now. Our big anatomy scan is five weeks away, which will give us our first look at their hearts. We should be able to see all four chambers at that ultrasound. The babies will also require echocardiograms to take a more detailed look at their hearts. HLHS has anywhere from a 2-10% recurrence risk, and has a high association with less complex heart defects as well, hence the need for the further testing. I am trying to stay very positive, but I sure will feel better after the ultrasounds. Gone are the days of only being concerned if it is a boy or a girl. Now I just want to see four chambers.
There are so many different things to think about with two babies, and this is a nice distraction. Two car seats, two cribs, and two babies to feed at night. We have already started to think about a minivan!!! I think I'll let Greg drive that car.
We had a really nice Thanksgiving at my Uncle Ted and Aunt Sharon's house. Food was outstanding as usual. I finished a delivery just in time to make dinner, so the timing was perfect. Being on call for Thanksgiving, though, means that I do not have to work at all over the Christmas holiday, so it is well worth it. We went to Eckert's and cut down our Christmas tree with the Boekers and my parents over the weekend as well. I think this is the first year that we have gone when it hasn't been below freezing!
The other exciting news at our house is that our never ending construction project has finally come to an end. We finally started unpacking boxes from the basement that hadn't been touched since we moved in over a year and a half ago. It is absolutely wonderful to have a working kitchen, to not live out of boxes, and just to feel organized again! Sophie and Meg are enjoying it as well!!! (Meg loves her chocolate)
