Are you sitting down??

No? Ok, I'll give you a second to find a comfy (and sturdy) chair. One that you can't fall out of easily. Go ahead, I'll wait....

You good? Ok :)

My head is spinning in circles and my heart is about to explode with a mix of sheer joy, shock and nervousness! We had our appointment this morning. And it went well.....VERY WELL :)

We saw Lil'Miracle's flicker of a heartbeat! I was so happy that I started crying right on the table! Matt and I were just squeezing each other's hand and smiling ear to ear. And then, the most shocking and most beautiful thing happened...

u/s tech: How many did they tell you were in here?

Me: Ummm...just one....just one growing...

u/s tech: Welllll, I'm seeing two honey. You have two growing!

Me: (in shock and crying harder) What? Really? Are you sure? Ohmygod!

That's right girls! As of right now we have TWINS growing! The second one just has a gest sac and yolk sac right now, no heartbeat flicker, but she said obviously it's a few days behind Lil'Miracle and next week we should be able to see the flicker on the second one! OH. MY. GOD.

We feel so blessed today. I was just so happy and grateful to see that heartbeat flicker on Lil'Miracle and then to find out we have TWINS growing??? There are no words :) Now we are just going to pray so hard that they both keep growing and moving along...

It's funny because ever since are first u/s when they found just one, Matt still thought there was two growing. These past few weeks he just had a feeling it was gonna be two. And I kept saying (an perhaps some eye rolling) "Nooo honey, it's just one." And it turns out his feeling was right!!!

Some other news, too. My doctor had put me on light duty for work up until October 20th (through the first trimester). It turns out my work can't accept light duty because we work with little kids and it just wouldn't work out. They don't want to risk anything happening. So I am going to be on disability until mid-late October. I was pretty sad about it at first. We just started new classrooms for the year and I was excited to be getting new kids and working with some great girls, but I'm starting to see the good in this. I'll be able to relax and just focus on growing these babies and not being so stressed. My family comes first and I have to just focus on that and use this time for the health of my babies. A month or two is nothing in the grand scheme of things. It's going to be tough financially, since it's only 60% of my pay. And I don't get paid much to begin with! But we'll work it out and get through it somehow.

I know I've been sounding like a bible hugger lately, but I will never underestimate the power of prayer :) I truly believe prayer is a big part of what has gotten us this far and I'm going to keep on prayin!

Today is a good day :) A very good day...