Mega Cavern

On the 23rd we took Wyatt to the Mega Cavern to see the lights! He actually had a great time....even after we had to wait to get in--probably 30-40minutes.

Here we got Wyatt out of car seat while we were parked and waiting to drive in to the cavern....he thought he was big time

How the belly's growing

Here are the growing belly pics....and boy is this belly growing fast :>

I would say that my belly is about 7-8 weeks ahead of what it was with Wyatt

16 weeks and 5 days

17 weeks

18 weeks

19 weeks and 1 day

As long as the girls are healthy, the belly can get as big as it needs to be :>

Voelkel Twin Girls!!!!

Well here are the U/S pics.....finally!!

Here are the little peanuts at 8 weeks. They don't look very human here, but they were bouncing around and we could see their hearts beating :)

And just 4 weeks later, at 12 weeks, here they are.....what a difference 4 weeks makes in fetal development....they look much more human now :) They were so cute and moving ALL over the place! And they would hit each other.....as you can see, the top one has plenty of room and the poor little one on the bottom was all scrunched!! But both had adequate room and fluid

So cool to see them both at the same time....and you can clearly see the membrane separating them....they are each in their own sac...good thing.

And here's the big U/S at 20 weeks....they have grown so much!!! We have two very healthy baby GIRLS!! They continued to move all over the place doing flips and waving. We had to go to a maternal-fetal medicine doctor b/c our regular OB didn't feel comfortable with their regular u/s in getting and interpreting the anatomy of both of the babies so we saw this specialist and they were pretty much like why are you here? Ha! Fine with me....hope to never see them again!! We didn't have a bad experience....actually it was great.....we got to see the babies for at least a half hour while they got all their in-depth measurements, etc.....we just don't want to ever NEED to see a high-risk doctor again.

Baby B profile

Baby A profile

You can see a foot in the upper center

And here is Baby B's hand in the upper center with fingers spread open waving at us

Wyatt's 1st Birthday

We celebrated Wyatt's 1st Birthday with all the family the Saturday after Thanksgiving and boy did he have a great time! Hard to believe a year has gone by already!

This pic is very deceiving...he actually wanted nothing to do with his cake!!

'Tis the Season for Christmas Cards!

Well we got our first Christmas card in the mail and I realized I have not even started ours yet!! That is when I thought of Shutterfly. They have so many great options to choose from and such cute designs. Here are some that I particularly like:

I love the option of the photo cards...such a great way to show off your family to everyone!

There are so many different color schemes available too (I tend to lean towards the reds). And, yes, our family Christmas card will say "Merry Christmas" somewhere on it...not just Happy Holidays!! But Shutterfly has options for everyone, no matter their beliefs.

If you are like me and have not started yet, check out their website, you will find something just for you! www.shutterfly.com/cards-stationery/holiday-cards

It does not stop with the Christmas photo cards though....they have so many options for any occasion throughout the year:
Such as Birthday cards for that someone special: www.shutterfly.com/cards-stationery/birthday-cards-stationery

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And I can't forget to mention the option of Shutterfly's Photo Books: www.shutterfly.com/photo-books . What a great way to capture the memories of your children, vacation or wedding all in one photo book, without the hassle of putting the pictures in an album yourself!

I hope you all can find some great deals there too!
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And then there were....

TWO more additions to the Voelkel Family!!

That's right.....pretty much anyone who reads this already knows....but, hey, I'm trying to catch up on my blog.

On Sat Sept 4th, we found out we were expecting! We were 3wks and 5 days at that point.

Here's the new family photo....we just told Wyatt....like he knows what's really going on!

We had our first appointment at 8 weeks...we got the doctor to try to hear the heartbeat (we knew it could be too early to hear yet, but we still wanted them to try!). The Dr. couldn't hear the heartbeat, so we got an ultrasound that day. The tech was kinda quiet at first, but then she said (very slowly by the way)...."this is the first time in 20yrs that I've been doing this that I've told two women in one day that they're having TWINS!!!" I cried initially, then began laughing....surge of emotions!!! AJ was there with me....we were in shock...we could see both little beans in there and could see and hear their hearts beating...they were both healthy!! That's all I truly cared about....now for the twin thing to sink in!

We went back to the Dr. at 12 weeks and we got another ultrasound so that they could hear and see the heart beats....everything's going great!! That is such an amazing thing to hear! But boy had they changed....in just 4weeks they went from two little beans to two babies with recognizable heads, hands, arms, legs, feet!!! Crazy what 4 weeks can mean in terms of pregnancy!

We just went to the Dr. again this week for our 16week appt and everything's still going great! We didn't get to have an ultrasound this time (which AJ was quite upset about....he just wanted to see the little ones....and of course I did too, but whatever the doctor says)...we were hoping that we would get an ultrasound and might possibly be able to tell the genders....but nooooo....we have to wait! But they could hear both heartbeats with the doppler. I did have my cervix checked with an ultrasound and they could see one of the baby's limbs kicking around down there (must be why I feel so much pressure!!!)....so that was something I guess. Now we will go back on Dec 27th and we will have the big ultrasound where they look at all the anatomy and we will be able to find out the genders!!! Can't wait!!

Oh, and I know you're just dying to see ultrasound pics....I will post those soon :)