In the beginning...

My husband and I will celebrate four years of marriage on April 26. We dated many years before we married after college. On April 26, 2011, my husband and I celebrated our three year anniversary with a nice dinner at Ruth Chris's streakhouse and clearly other activities :). Weeks later we found out after an ER visit that we conceived our first child. I went to the doctor to see what I needed to do to make this process a great experience. My ob doctor did my first sonogram and to our surprise there were two heartbeats, and two little bean looking people present on the black and white screen. Yep, that's right, I was having twins. The funny part of it is that I have lived my life telling everyone that I was always going to have only one child, we planned for one and saved up for one (kinda). But as God would have it, there were two. A double blessing resulted in double praise. At first the news was overwhelming, but as my babies grew in their new little condo, I became overly infatuated with both of them. I had so many questions, worries, concerns, anxieties and thoughts. "What would my babies look like?" "Would they look like me or my husband?" "What little personality would they have?" Would I be able to handle two babies?" I was exhausted thinking about it. My husband and I took first time parenting classes as well as baby prep classes to help with my anxiety. Over time I got bigger and bigger. There was no denying that I was having twins. I found out while I was pregnant that people say the darnedest things to you while you are pregnant. I started wearing maternity clothes in the second month of my pregnancy. I was on strict bedrest for 4 months out of my nine months. It was a really hard pregnancy but the reward made it all worth it.