OBX 2011

We took our annual family vacation to Nags Head, NC last week and we had a great time! The drives to and from were a tad bumpy, due to a GI problem on Ella's part and a couple of wrong turns, but we are home!

It was hot and humid, but as usual it was relaxing and lots of fun. We had a week long scavenger hunt that everyone had a blast doing. We had some interesting finds and it was a great time going over the things that everyone found!

Here are a few highlights from our trip:

View of our house from the back (ocean) side

Miss Ella coloring poolside

Heated game of pool volleyball

Ella and Daddy

Our little family

Everyone ready to present their scavenger hunt findings!

7 Weeks

No real updates about the twins, except for the fact that we did tell Ella that there are TWO babies on the way. She did not believe us at first and told us, "NO!" Once she realized that we were not kidding she was so excited. She told us that it is a brother and a sister and that one of them was going to be named Buttercup.

My mom asked her what the other baby was going to be named and she said that she didn't know. So my mom said, "Well Mommy and Daddy like the name Henry for a baby brother" (after Josh's Grandpa Fiegl). Ella decided that was satisfactory, so she now refers to the twins as Buttercup and Henry. She is going to be pretty disappointed when she realizes that we will not be naming one twin Buttercup, lol. Maybe it'll be 2 boys so that we won't have to fight that battle. :)

She is so excited to be a big sister and since she is still obsessed with all things baby, she loves to talk about all the things that the babies will need and all of the things she can help us with to take care of the babies. 

6 weeks

We went today for our 6 week ultrasound and were *hoping* to hear the babies' heartbeats.  Thankfully, both babies were measuring right on size-wise and we got to hear both heartbeats! Baby A's heartbeat was 109 beats per minute and Baby B's heartbeat was 110 beats per minute.





Next visit is in 2 weeks!

Some Big News!

I know it has been a really long time since I have regularly updated our family's blog, but I am resolving to start back up and keep up with it!

-Thursday 6/30/11 I got a verrrry faint + on a pregnancy test and then a "Pregnant" on a digital pregnancy test! Amazing news!
- Tuesday 7/5/11 I had my first bloodwork done. HCG level was great-- 553!
-Thursday 7/7/11 I had my second bloodwork done. HCG level was great-- 1565! Nurse says it was fantastic and wanted me to come in for a sonogram the next day.
-Friday 7/8/11 I had my first sonogram done at Dr. Sperazza's office. Everything looked great and the first thing the nurse noticed was that there are TWO babies!! We are so thrilled to be so blessed!

We go back on 7/18/11 for another sonogram to see the babies' hearbeats. We are anxiously awaiting that appointment, it will bring a lot of relief as the first weeks are so nerve wracking!

Here is the babies' first picture--