The Longest (but very important) Blog Ever!!!

Once again, I have failed to keep my blog updated.  I feel totally lame for just posting a blog that I have had done for months and now it's the beginning of November and I have a ton of stuff to get caught up on.  The months of August and September were pretty crazy with a lot of changes and exciting new things for us to get used to. 

On July 25th, I found out I was pregnant.  SURPRISE!!  Huge, huge surprise.  The three weeks prior, I had a feeling that something was different but wasn't totally convinced I could be pregnant.  There was no morning sickness, no weird cravings or food aversions...everything was just as normal as ever.  David and I honestly thought neither of us could have kids since we both have issues so when I saw the two pink lines, I was a little shocked.  I took two tests while David was at work and refused to say anything to him over the phone because I wanted to be face to face.  I wasn't going to be home when he got home so I left the tests on the bathtub figuring he would see them before I got back...he didn't.  So when I got home and he didn't say anything, I was a little confused.  When he asked me if I had taken the tests, I got up, went and got them and put them right in front of his face.  What were his first words?  "My life is over." HAH!!  We were both in shock but we wanted to wait until I went to the doctor the next day for the official word and that of course came back positive.  (His reaction was much better when I told him I was for sure pregnant.)  That night we spent two hours calling all of our family and close friends and sharing the news, the reactions were absolutely priceless.
On the 13th of August, I had my first ultrasound.  I was kind of in denial that I was pregnant so going in for an ultrasound made me totally nervous.  When we got there, I went into the room by myself and was in there for at least 20 minutes before they brought David in.  She finally turned the screen toward us and said: "I don't see anything discernible but I want you to look at this.  Here is one fluttering heartbeat...and here is another fluttering heartbeat."  Uhhh...another heartbeat?  What?  Really?  There is two?  Seriously?   Oh. My. God.  I would put my actual words on here but they aren't appropriate.  So there is another surprise!!  I am pregnant with twins!!  Fraternal twins to be exact...fraternal twins that are two days apart.  Crazy right?
Immediately after the ultrasound, we started texting and calling everyone and those reactions were even better than the first.

Our very first picture of the babies

As of right now, I am 20 weeks, 3 days and sometimes forget that I am pregnant.   It has been so easy, especially with twins.  I never had morning sickness and can eat whatever I want, but it usually ends up being mexican food.  The only thing I can complain of are constant headaches but I would much rather have headaches than being sick all the time.  The fact that we will be welcoming two babies in March has finally sunk in.  I have always dreamed of being a mom but I had no idea we could be THIS lucky.

Alright, the next big change...moving!!  We finally, finally, FINALLY moved out of our tiny one-bedroom apartment into a nice, spacious three-bedroom house on post.  Deciding to move on post took a lot of thinking but when we decided to put our names on the list and see what happened, we got so lucky!!  Two days after we filled out an application, we got a call to look at a house that is really close to David's work.  When we walked into it, we were in awe!!  It is newly remodeled, all of the appliances are new, and it has carpet!!  Carpet is a huge deal on post.  Every house I have ever been in has tile all throughout the house and that was always a big turn off for me so when I saw the carpet, I was in love.  It has 2 bathrooms, a ton of storage, huge yards, and a lot of room.  There is so much space that we need more furniture.  Oh.  And the spare bedroom has two closets.  Perfect for babies!!  We love it so much and are so excited to make it our home.

Our new home.  It looks a lot nice on the inside.  :)

Now comes the month of September and it was jam packed!!!  The week after we moved into our house, I went on a trip to Colorado to spend some time with my family.  It had been a year since I had gone to Denver so I was very excited to see everyone since it would be the first time seeing them since becoming prego.   We mainly hung out, ate great food and caught up with family.  Like always, we spent a day in Boulder with my grandparents and uncle and listened to stories all day about my grandpa growing up and my dad and uncle as kids and teenagers.  The last day we were there, we decided to go on a lot of adventures by driving to the Colorado Wildlife reservation, Cave of the Winds, and the Garden of the Gods.  It was a lot to cram into one day, but it was really fun and great family time.

Garden of the Gods

When I left Colorado, I brought my brother with me to Texas!!  David and I were so excited to have Tony come spend time with us.  We didn't really do too much but we spent some great quality time together and had a lot of laughs.  Two days after we got back to Texas, we got puppies!!  Yes, that is plural.  We have been together for three years and have always wanted a family pet.  Sadly, our old apartment wouldn't even let us have fish so as soon as we moved into this house, we wanted some kind of animal!!!  I was searching on Craigslist and found a post for 10 week old Pomeranian-Eskimo puppies.  I have always wanted a Pomeranian so obviously I called and the lady only wanted forty dollars!!!  HELLO?! PERFECT!!!  When we went to go pick him out, there was only one puppy left: the runt and since my hubby is such a big softy, he told the couple that we would take him in a couple days if nobody wanted him.  Their answer?  "You can go ahead and have him, free of charge."  Uhh...ok.  So there we were, two brand new puppies eventually named Opie and Otto.  We are in love.  It's definitely a lot of work taking care of puppies, with all of the chewing and the training, but it is so much fun.  They are my little furry babies!!

Opie is on the left, Otto on the right.  So Cute!!!

About two weeks after we got the puppies, our anniversary was coming up.  I was ecstatic because finally we would be together on our day.  The two years prior, the Army stole him and would keep him for days and we never were able to celebrate our anniversary.  But, sadly, David got a call that one of his aunts passed away and her funeral would be in California in a week.  So, on the 27th (our anniversary) we were headed to Cali with my brother and two puppies.  The trip was so easy, the puppies did great and we finally made it to California early Thursday morning.

I was very nervous and excited to go to Cali because I knew that I would be meeting the majority of his family for the first time.  When we got there, we stayed at Aunt BJ's house in Hesperia.  I loved spending time with them and Aunt Ruthy, they were so much fun and so warm and welcoming.  The next day was the funeral and although I was never able to meet Aunt Vicky, I feel like I definitely got to know her.  She seemed like such a fun and happy person and was loved by so many.  The funeral was beautiful.  Afterwards, the family got together for a big dinner which was amazing and we headed over to John's son's apartment.  After meeting him and his girlfriend, David took Tony and I to the beach and we got to walk around the pier.  It had been years since Tony and I had seen the ocean, so it was fantastic..  For the rest of the time we were there, we mainly spent good time with family and went sight-seeing.  One night, David took us to San Pedro to show us his "old stomping grounds."  I have heard SO MANY stories about Pedro so I was excited to actually see it.  It is such a neat city!!  We went to the cliffs where the sunken city is and went to a lookout so we could see the whole city and it was beautiful!!  I am so grateful for the time we got to spend in California and extremely grateful to meet the rest of the family.  We all had such a great time and hopefully it won't be too long before we see everyone again!!!

Sunset on Pacific Coast Highway

When we headed out of California, David had about four days until he was required to be back at Fort Hood.  Since we knew we would be driving through Arizona again, we decided that we might as well make a detour and go to The Grand Canyon!!  We also counted this little adventure as our anniversary present!!  We thought it wasn't going to add any time to our 20+ hour trip...but it did.  We got to the park around 8 in the morning and spent about 3 hours there.  It was an incredible sight!!  We went to all of the main lookout points and just stared in awe, it was so neat.  We started to head back to the visitor center so we could check on the puppies and saw that we could rent bicycles and go on our own tour around the south side of the canyon.  The price was pretty reasonable and we had the option to put the puppies in a kiddie trailer so we went for it!!  We biked for about an hour and went about a mile around it!!  I won't lie though, it was probably the hardest bike ride I have and will ever experience.  Even my knees were sore...it was pathetic.  We all are so happy we made that detour, these are memories that are going to stick with all three of us forever. 

Halfway through our bike ride

Incredible

A couple weeks after we got back from our trip, I was scheduled for a high-definition ultrasound.  I went by myself because David had some things he had to take care of at work so when they asked me if I wanted to know the genders, it took me by surprise.  Luckily, David called me at the perfect time and told me he was on his way.  I had no idea that we were going to be able to find out the sex, my gender ultrasound was scheduled for the next week!  I was not prepared!!  But as soon as David got there, they told us and I am still in shock and so happy.  We are having a boy and a girl!!  The perfect combination in my eyes.  We are so over the moon and cannot believe how blessed we have been throughout this journey.

Our little twins

Ok!!  Whew!!  I think we are all caught up.  As of right now, it is November 4th and 86 degrees.  Ridiculous.  I never thought I would pray for colder temperatures, but the heat has lasted way too long!!  In the coming months, we will be celebrating Thanksgiving and Christmas.  Fingers crossed that David and I will be able to travel home for the holidays!!  Until next time!!