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 :)