First we had to wait for the right day... then we had to wait to take a home test.. then we had to wait to see the dr for bloodwork... it just doesn't end! Now, we are waiting to find out ge nders. We are torn between what genders we "want." Thats good, in a way, because we won't be disappointed, but its really hard to answer the question, "What genders do you want?" without getting a funny look when we say that we honestly don't care, we just want healthy children.
Personally, I (Sarah) say to myself, "ooo it would be great to have one of each. but oo. two girls... how nice would that be? oo! two boys! yes. thats it. awwe but one of each! thats the one!" and the circle continues... Stefanie (I think) feels similarly. All we want is health. All we care about is health.
We've pretty much told everyone, though it hasn't been "publically announced" (we aren't royalty, ya know).. The only person that is family and may not know to this day is Marge - Sarah's grandfathers wife. We called her to tell her and she quickly rushed us off the phone to speak to Sarah's grandfather. (He doesn't use the phone much, as it is hard for him, but he was up and awake and ready to chat so she made sure to take advantage for us!) After speaking to him and telling him, we called Marge the next morning. No response. We called again the next day. No response. We decided she was busy - so we waited two more days. No answer, but this time we didn't leave a voicemail. The other two voicemails were pretty ood and let it be known that we had to tell her something. So, alas, she may or may not be in the dark. Grandpa Bernie said that he would not tell Marge, so we could tell her ourselves. It would be much easier to do if she would answer the phone or call back....
Meanwhile, the wait continues.
The point of this post? Well, my DVD has ended, Stefanie is on her way home to pick me up so we can go to Target, and basically I just needed something to fill my time.
Good day all!
Friday, April 29, 2011
Saturday, April 23, 2011
More family fun...
Tonight we FINALLY got to see (Sarah's) Uncle Paul and Aunt Jessica. We went out to dinner with them and their daughter Danielle. Michael, the stinker, is away at college and is about to start finals so he wasn't here. :(
We decided to try a new way to tell people (which we've wanted to do, but hadn't been successful to date). So heres what we did:
As we were waiting outside the restaurant (yummy Smokey Bones) for a table, we said, "We moved on Friday! We've got pictures..." As we went through each picture, we described the setup - this is the hallway, the living room, our bedroom, the second bedroom, etc. After we got back to the first picture, Sarah said, "Wait.. we didn't take out the other two?" hehehe Sarah took out the sonograms (the ones scanned below) and said, "And these are our twins!" Danielle had already known about the twins (since Wednesday and boy was she good at keeping the secret!!) so she wasn't so shocked (possibly even saw the sonograms already). Both Uncle Paul and Aunt Jess looked at the image and Aunt Jess said, "Who is this?" They were a bit confused. Stefanie said, "Our twins!" and rubbed Sarah's belly.
It was a very fun, and successful, way to tell them.
Shortly after, our buzzer went off and we went in the restaurant to eat some yumminess. Mmm good food!
(written by Sarah)
We decided to try a new way to tell people (which we've wanted to do, but hadn't been successful to date). So heres what we did:
As we were waiting outside the restaurant (yummy Smokey Bones) for a table, we said, "We moved on Friday! We've got pictures..." As we went through each picture, we described the setup - this is the hallway, the living room, our bedroom, the second bedroom, etc. After we got back to the first picture, Sarah said, "Wait.. we didn't take out the other two?" hehehe Sarah took out the sonograms (the ones scanned below) and said, "And these are our twins!" Danielle had already known about the twins (since Wednesday and boy was she good at keeping the secret!!) so she wasn't so shocked (possibly even saw the sonograms already). Both Uncle Paul and Aunt Jess looked at the image and Aunt Jess said, "Who is this?" They were a bit confused. Stefanie said, "Our twins!" and rubbed Sarah's belly.
It was a very fun, and successful, way to tell them.
Shortly after, our buzzer went off and we went in the restaurant to eat some yumminess. Mmm good food!
(written by Sarah)
Thursday, April 21, 2011
Told a few more...
Such an opening week for us!
Today we called Sarah's mothers sister and her two daughters (Kathy, Julia, Lauren, respectively), as well as Grandpa Bernie (mothers father) and his wife Marge. Aunt Kathy was the first to find out, in part because she was the first we called. When we first called her cell phone (it was lunch time) the phone rang and rang and rang and rang... and rang. Finally it sounded like someone picked up, we heard a little noise in the background and then they hung up. We thought it was the voicemail at first, but since the phone hung up, we figured we were wrong. So we called back! After 2 or so rings, she answered. She thought that since we were calling a second time, and calling her cell which we NEVER do, something must be wrong. Then Sarah said, "I'm pregnant!" "Oh my god!!!!" She was very excited but couldn't talk since she was at work and so we called her back in the evening to tell her more information (like that there is two!).
After that we called Lauren, Julia and Marge and left voicemails to please call us back, nothing bad but want to chat. Julia called back very quickly and thought we were lying. "No. Shut up! No way!" etc. By the end of a long conversation, she believed us. Meanwhile, Aunt Kathy told Lauren since we didn't get to speak to her, and when they called back in the evening for "details" we got to chat a bit more and share some more excitement. Then Marge called back. Since Grandpa (who usually can't chat much) was awake, alert and ready for a phone conversation, she quickly put him on the phone. Sarah was in a room alone (Stef was looking at pictures and Sarah didn't want to scream over everyone in the room) and told him. He at first said, "Golly gee! I guess thats good news..." I assured him it was and he said, "Alright! Great!" By the end of the conversation, he seemed pretty happy about it. He wanted us to tell Marge, so he said he wouldn't tell her and we should call back (she had left the room where he was). So we will call her tomorrow and share it with her.
Today we called Sarah's mothers sister and her two daughters (Kathy, Julia, Lauren, respectively), as well as Grandpa Bernie (mothers father) and his wife Marge. Aunt Kathy was the first to find out, in part because she was the first we called. When we first called her cell phone (it was lunch time) the phone rang and rang and rang and rang... and rang. Finally it sounded like someone picked up, we heard a little noise in the background and then they hung up. We thought it was the voicemail at first, but since the phone hung up, we figured we were wrong. So we called back! After 2 or so rings, she answered. She thought that since we were calling a second time, and calling her cell which we NEVER do, something must be wrong. Then Sarah said, "I'm pregnant!" "Oh my god!!!!" She was very excited but couldn't talk since she was at work and so we called her back in the evening to tell her more information (like that there is two!).
After that we called Lauren, Julia and Marge and left voicemails to please call us back, nothing bad but want to chat. Julia called back very quickly and thought we were lying. "No. Shut up! No way!" etc. By the end of a long conversation, she believed us. Meanwhile, Aunt Kathy told Lauren since we didn't get to speak to her, and when they called back in the evening for "details" we got to chat a bit more and share some more excitement. Then Marge called back. Since Grandpa (who usually can't chat much) was awake, alert and ready for a phone conversation, she quickly put him on the phone. Sarah was in a room alone (Stef was looking at pictures and Sarah didn't want to scream over everyone in the room) and told him. He at first said, "Golly gee! I guess thats good news..." I assured him it was and he said, "Alright! Great!" By the end of the conversation, he seemed pretty happy about it. He wanted us to tell Marge, so he said he wouldn't tell her and we should call back (she had left the room where he was). So we will call her tomorrow and share it with her.
We've told many...
This was a biiiig week for us! We told Stef's extended family on Monday and Tuesday, along with some of the familys closer friends and Sarah's family is in the process of finding out..
Stef's Family:
We told them as we said hello as they came to the Seder's. (Happy Pesach!)
On Monday night, the family was ECSTATIC! Most of the people we told said, "OH MY GOD!!!" and a few even said, "OH SHIT!!" (of course they meant it in a good way!) Not too many people jumped (certainly they didn't in the way that Hope did - she still wins as the high jumper), but a few stood in place and did a "jump move" (where it looks like you will jump but your feet never leave the ground). Ivana entered the kitchen, and said something told her to come right to us. No joke, we saw from the other side of the kitchen that she passed everyone (it was crowded!) and came straight to us. We hugged and said, "Since you are the only one of your family to come over, you get to hear first!" Then we realized Hannah was right behind and said, "ooo you BOTH get to hear first." So we told them, their smiles beamed and Ivana did an interesting move (one I would expect at a sports game, not a Seder) where she threw her arms into the air and said "YEA!!!!" Then Jamie (the youngest of the three sisters) came over and we said, "Go get your parents and come back." They all came over and Ninoska (mom) looked teary-eyed, and offered her babysitting services. We actually had a lot of offers for babysitting. :) Good love family!
The second to last person (I think) to find out was Lindsay. We told her, she got very very excited, screamed a little, and then her mom Meryl came over and as we told her and she started to cry, we noticed that it must have just hit Lindsay because she too began crying. We had a big 'ol family hug and then chatted about babies for a while before the Seder officially began.
In many ways, Tuesday's Seder was less enthusiastic, but in other ways it was not. It was a whole new group of people (mostly Claude's side of the family and some family friends) and there were no jumpers and no tears that I can recall at this moment. Everyone was very excited for us and more offers for babysitting came in! (I don't think people realize what they are doing when they offer! hehe)
Sarah's Family:
Wednesday we flew to Florida to tell Sarah's fathers side of the family. We arrived and got into the car with Gramma. Since we were driving, we opted not to tell her and tried to keep her talking about herself. Then we went to eat at her favorite place, Duffy's, which is a yummy sports bar. We asked "So what else is going on?" and she said, "Not much, everything is good.. No-one is pregnant, that's good." And Sarah said, "Are you sure?" "Pretty sure.." "Well, I am pregnant." "Oh. So, what should we get for lunch?" It was the most humorous way to tell someone we were pregnant. We looked at the menu for a minute and we looked at each other, Stef said "Maybe we should try again?" Sarah turned and said, "Gramma? I'm not sure if you heard me... I'm pregnant." "Wait, you were serious?!" SHE THOUGHT WE WERE JOKING AROUND! After letting her know that we were, in fact, not joking, she was ecstatic. When we got to Aunt Marcia's, Gramma asked about how many grand- and great-grand-children she had, and Marcia didn't take even a second to realize what was going on. She immediately knew and could be seen shifting her eyes from Stef to Sarah's bellies and back, not sure of who it was. Uncle Bob took a little longer to realize; but once Aunt Marcia was rubbing Sarah's belly, he understood immediately. Of course, Mitchell and Andrew (their sons; the earlier is now officially an Eagle Scout as of last night) were here, and so was Danielle. We still need to tell Uncle Paul, Aunt Jess, Michael (who stinks for being away at college until a few days after we leave), and Sandy (another awesome cousin).
With all this, I leave you to your day. Enjoy it! Another post to come soon. :)
--this post was written by Sarah with no intended bias towards or against anyone. Stefanie was asleep during the writing of this post.
Stef's Family:
We told them as we said hello as they came to the Seder's. (Happy Pesach!)
On Monday night, the family was ECSTATIC! Most of the people we told said, "OH MY GOD!!!" and a few even said, "OH SHIT!!" (of course they meant it in a good way!) Not too many people jumped (certainly they didn't in the way that Hope did - she still wins as the high jumper), but a few stood in place and did a "jump move" (where it looks like you will jump but your feet never leave the ground). Ivana entered the kitchen, and said something told her to come right to us. No joke, we saw from the other side of the kitchen that she passed everyone (it was crowded!) and came straight to us. We hugged and said, "Since you are the only one of your family to come over, you get to hear first!" Then we realized Hannah was right behind and said, "ooo you BOTH get to hear first." So we told them, their smiles beamed and Ivana did an interesting move (one I would expect at a sports game, not a Seder) where she threw her arms into the air and said "YEA!!!!" Then Jamie (the youngest of the three sisters) came over and we said, "Go get your parents and come back." They all came over and Ninoska (mom) looked teary-eyed, and offered her babysitting services. We actually had a lot of offers for babysitting. :) Good love family!
The second to last person (I think) to find out was Lindsay. We told her, she got very very excited, screamed a little, and then her mom Meryl came over and as we told her and she started to cry, we noticed that it must have just hit Lindsay because she too began crying. We had a big 'ol family hug and then chatted about babies for a while before the Seder officially began.
In many ways, Tuesday's Seder was less enthusiastic, but in other ways it was not. It was a whole new group of people (mostly Claude's side of the family and some family friends) and there were no jumpers and no tears that I can recall at this moment. Everyone was very excited for us and more offers for babysitting came in! (I don't think people realize what they are doing when they offer! hehe)
Sarah's Family:
Wednesday we flew to Florida to tell Sarah's fathers side of the family. We arrived and got into the car with Gramma. Since we were driving, we opted not to tell her and tried to keep her talking about herself. Then we went to eat at her favorite place, Duffy's, which is a yummy sports bar. We asked "So what else is going on?" and she said, "Not much, everything is good.. No-one is pregnant, that's good." And Sarah said, "Are you sure?" "Pretty sure.." "Well, I am pregnant." "Oh. So, what should we get for lunch?" It was the most humorous way to tell someone we were pregnant. We looked at the menu for a minute and we looked at each other, Stef said "Maybe we should try again?" Sarah turned and said, "Gramma? I'm not sure if you heard me... I'm pregnant." "Wait, you were serious?!" SHE THOUGHT WE WERE JOKING AROUND! After letting her know that we were, in fact, not joking, she was ecstatic. When we got to Aunt Marcia's, Gramma asked about how many grand- and great-grand-children she had, and Marcia didn't take even a second to realize what was going on. She immediately knew and could be seen shifting her eyes from Stef to Sarah's bellies and back, not sure of who it was. Uncle Bob took a little longer to realize; but once Aunt Marcia was rubbing Sarah's belly, he understood immediately. Of course, Mitchell and Andrew (their sons; the earlier is now officially an Eagle Scout as of last night) were here, and so was Danielle. We still need to tell Uncle Paul, Aunt Jess, Michael (who stinks for being away at college until a few days after we leave), and Sandy (another awesome cousin).
With all this, I leave you to your day. Enjoy it! Another post to come soon. :)
--this post was written by Sarah with no intended bias towards or against anyone. Stefanie was asleep during the writing of this post.
Thursday, April 7, 2011
NEW SONOGRAMS!!!
Today was our initial screening for Downs Syndrome, which included a 2 hour long appointment for sonograms. Sarah, obviously, got to see everything from the start, and when Stefanie came she was able to see a lot!! We've got a WHOLE LOT of photos that we were sent home with, but these are the two clearest ones so we are sharing those..
Baby A:
Baby B:
Their heartbeats are perfectly healthy, which is great.
Also, the doctor said "You've made it through the first trimester," so thats a big relief! The first big obstacle is over!
We are just ecstatic about it all and can't wait to tell Stef's family at Passover and Sarah's family when we visit them later that week. The suspense and waiting of telling all our friends and family is killer!!!
With that, I leave you. Do you have anything to say? A question? A fun comment?
Baby A:
Baby B:
Their heartbeats are perfectly healthy, which is great.
Also, the doctor said "You've made it through the first trimester," so thats a big relief! The first big obstacle is over!
We are just ecstatic about it all and can't wait to tell Stef's family at Passover and Sarah's family when we visit them later that week. The suspense and waiting of telling all our friends and family is killer!!!
With that, I leave you. Do you have anything to say? A question? A fun comment?
Monday, April 4, 2011
One down...
Well, just last week we completed one task of "Operation Babies Frank Are Coming!" (aka OBFAC)
We've secured ourselves a large 2 bedroom apartment. Once we get the keys, Stefanie will be painting and then our stuff will be moved in. By the time the kids arrive (eek! only 6 months away!) we will be all set and ready for them! Our next task is to secure some new wheels. This weekend, our beloved Civic decided that the muffler would go kaputz, so Sarah has been staying out of it and Stefanie has been limiting her use as well as keeping the windows open at all times.
Pretty soon, we should have the car situation settled (there is a prospect on the horizon) and then we will be ready. Ya know, except for the little things like, car seats, strollers, o and MENTAL SANITY BEFORE TWINS! :)
We've secured ourselves a large 2 bedroom apartment. Once we get the keys, Stefanie will be painting and then our stuff will be moved in. By the time the kids arrive (eek! only 6 months away!) we will be all set and ready for them! Our next task is to secure some new wheels. This weekend, our beloved Civic decided that the muffler would go kaputz, so Sarah has been staying out of it and Stefanie has been limiting her use as well as keeping the windows open at all times.
Pretty soon, we should have the car situation settled (there is a prospect on the horizon) and then we will be ready. Ya know, except for the little things like, car seats, strollers, o and MENTAL SANITY BEFORE TWINS! :)