11 Weeks

February 27, 2014: Week 11! Still feeling awful.  I know it will get better at some point, agh! I had another U/S this week. I am flying home to Minnesota next week. Like I said, ignorance is a bliss. I had to ask if we could do another U/S so that I knew they were still both there. It's my worst fear to tell everyone and then find out something has happened to one of them. Thankfully the Doctors were totally understanding and did another U/S. Yes, they are both still there. They are looking great and are much bigger than the first time we saw them. A's heartbeat was 157 and B's was 154, hmm... pretty close. They were two little gymnast on U/S. The Doctor said "wow, they are active." I had terrible dreams the night prior to this U/S, apparently I didn't even want to remember them as I didn't even write them down. It was so reassuring to know that all is well. It's also so amazing to see those tiny little wonders on U/S... It really is fascinating. Feeling blessed.

Two Tiny Little Miracles.

We told Ron and Carolyn tonight also (Andy's parents). We had to get creative to tell them. We tried to get them to come visit but it didn't work out (Andy says that is like getting them "to Mars :)"). So we decided to mail them a package with the picture of Maddie and the book, and Maddie with the sign around her neck. We told them it was a gift for Ron for his retirement (although I have a sneaky suspicion that Carolyn had a clue). We set up a time to skype with them. This was an ordeal itself as Carolyn had just gotten a new iPad and wasn't quite sure were the buttons were and how the volume work:) I was having a bit of anxiety "are you kidding, we really aren't going to be able to Skype cause you can't find the volume." But, it all worked out (calm down Kellie).  We also recorded the Skype conversation, it might win America's funniest videos, or go viral on YouTube. Ron opened the package, he took out the envelope labeled "open 1st." He open it and looked, and i think had a little grin. Carolyn peaked over (not sure if she even looked at the whole picture or just saw the word "pregnancy" on the book.) She started screaming... She said something like "if it would have been anything else I would have killed you two." We had told her it was a fishing trip for Ron... HAHA! Then they open the second envelop and we told Ron to read it out loud. Ron chuckled and his reaction was great, but Carolyn pretty much lost it. It was awesome, I know both Andy and I had tears in our eyes. We are so thankful that we were able to record this moment. Truly a classic.