August Again...

Well, we have to say that this time last year we never thought we would be moved back home by friends and family we had not seen in quite a long time, let alone the prospect of parenthood. Though we miss our Florida friends and church family dearly, we are glad we are "home" again during this pregnancy.

Though I had to be hospitalized again after a Dr's appt at the beginning of the month, and I found out that my adopted paternal grandfather passed away, we were able to get away to NH w/ family. This gave me the time I needed to recuperate and get ahead of the curve w/ the dehydration and morning sickness. We also enjoyed dinner out at Harts Turkey Farm, a family tradition I was now a part of!

Here is a picture of Ryan and his Father fishing off the dock in NH...hopefully one day he can take the boys fishing too...



August ended w/ one more doctors appt and our fist trip to Babies R Us - though not for our babies, but for gifts for Elliott's upcoming birthday!

Jovial July!!

July started off w/ me still not feeling well...but I started working on the 3rd. We went to Matt & Brooke's house in Norwood on Wednesday for a 4th of July Barbeque! We had alot of fun w/ everyone there despite me having a horrible stomach ache! As the week went by I was still feeling ill and I still had not gotten my period-we decided to set an appointment w/ the doctor to see if I did not get my period from stress, my ovarian issues, possible flu, or maybe I really was pregnant...

On Wednesday July 12th I had an appointment w/ a doctor. After a wait that seemed endless when you have a full bladder. After a little more waiting both in the waiting room and then in an exam room the Dr came in and asked me some questions...

The Doctor asked if I would like to be pregnant or not. If Ryan and I had been trying to or wanted to have children. I responded that Ryan and I had not been trying, as a "matter of fact had an appointment scheduled for later that week w/ a fertility Dr, as we did hope we could have children someday...

"Well, it makes my day to tell you then that you are positively pregnant"

When I asked him what he meant by that he told me that my hormone levels in my urine were very elevated and he was guessing I was 8-10 weeks pregnant.

So, next came me telling Ryan in the car-us crying in the parking lot-driving over to where Cathy worked to tell her we were pregnant and to set up an ultrasound appointment-I finally was able to calm down. Well, until the following week...

We had our ultrasound on July 18 and I was so nervous the whole way there...little did I know there was another surprise ahead of us...




6.5 week old TWINS!!

We went to our intake appointment the following day w/ a new OB and found out that I had the best set up in my uterus for twins - each baby had their own amniotic sacs and placentas - one attached to the front of my uterus and one to the back. Both babies also had great heart rates.

Sadly the month ended w/ my being hospitalized on July 30th for dehydration. I had been getting sick a lot and found out that I needed to also up my fluid intake for carrying twins. Never a good thing when the doctor tells you after sticking a catheter into your kidney that the fluid was that color of molasses...

June Joy!

On June 26th Ryan and I were supposed to have an appointment w/ a Fertility Doctor in Reading to see if down the road we were going to face issues trying to have children due to and Ovarian problem I have. We were not planning on having any children anytime soon, we just wanted to find out what we were up against. Due to a strange health insurance glitch we had to work out, the appointment had to rescheduled for Tuesday July 17th! That week I was really not feeling well, but I figured that maybe I was actually stressed about not working yet. We did have had lots of fun the end of the month with family and friends at Moms wedding to Ron Babineau on the 29th! I did not have liquor as I was not feeling well we thought I might be pregnant-we did not want to risk it just in case.

Here are a few photos...



Cathy & Ron looking happy!


Cake before cutting...



...Brooke & Aunt Maura cutting it on the dance floor...



...Jill & Ryan too!!




Me & Ryan

Insane Interviews...

Over the 2 weeks from June 4th to June 16th I had an insane number of babysitter/nanny interviews as Ryan and I decided I needed to take time away from the high stress environment of Interior Design. It seemed I was not getting good responses and it did not make sense-as most of you know, I have been working w/ children for many years-I was turned down two of the jobs in one week saying that I was over qualified. I thought that was odd as I would want nothing better than the most qualified to take care of my children and home organization. On the 14th I had a nanny interview w/ a family in Lynn. While I was there at their house for the interview I was asked to stay for a couple hours and watch the little girl so her mom could go out and runs some errands. Between the money for that and the money I recieved for my birthday, I treated myself to a new outfit at Ann Taylor Loft! The evening of the 15th ended w/ Ryan taking me to Vinny Testas for dinner!

BBQ & B-DAY!!

Though I had just lost my job I was surprisingly calm and a lot less stressed. This was made even better by upcoming family hangouts and events we had been invited to. We went to Matt and Brooke for a Memorial Day BBQ! Ryan and I had a lot of fun just getting a chance to hang out in the beautiful weather! Then we had Sophia's (our niece) 2nd birthday party that following weekend and Matt and Brooke threw her a great party! We got to see a whole bunch of family and friends-some of whom we had not seen in quite awhile!

Here are some pictures from Sophia B-day!!




Sophia enjoying her cake after her meltdown when people sang happy birthday to her! She seems to really be enjoying the cake now!




Brooke & Elliott - Jen & Joshua Sidmore - Great to see you guys!




Elliott enjoying his favorite part of every day - eating!!




Party Portrait!!

Fired First!

The summer started for me on May 25th (also Matt & Brooke's 5th Anniversary!!) w/ me getting fired from my job in Boston. After much stress and disagreements at this job, I was glad to be "let go" anyway.

Summer Saga

We apologize to all of you for not posting on our blog for a really long time! For those of you who we have not seen or talked to in a while, soon you will see why we have not been in touch...For those of you who have been through everything w/ us throughout this summer and into this fall, we appreciate and thank you for all you have done. So, here the saga of our summer begins...