The Big News

Like I said.......since I am using this as my journal...I will be going back in time and telling all the fun times of this year. So back to January we go.

January 28th, 2009

I had been waiting for this day for the past 4 months. I was finally going to find out what in the world was making me so dang sick......a boy or a girl. Steven met me at the doctor's office, both excited to find out what we were having. I laid on the table ready for my ultrasound. In the back of my mind I had been thinking that there was just no way I was having just one baby. I looked like I was 3 months pregnant the day I found out I was pregnant. Then later on as we were car shopping I kept telling Steven "I don't know if we can get this one......what if it ends up being twins." He would laugh it off, hoping and praying that it wouldn't be! So here I was laying on this table while Steven talked to the ultrasound tech who had recently moved here from China. I could barely understand most of what she was saying but whatever...all I cared about was hearing "boy or girl" and "healthy." She put the camera thing up on my belly but continued talking to Steven. The moment she put the camera on my belly I said "OH MY GOODNESS!" The very first image was two little heads. Neither Steven or the Tech was looking at the screen and when I burst out "Oh my goodness" they both looked but she moved the camera so the image was no longer showing. I thought "what if that wasn't two heads and I'm going to make a fool of myself?" So when they asked what I was so excited about, instead of telling them what I saw I just said "I just love ultrasounds!" She did the whole ultrasound and had told us it was a girl. I just laid there the whole time not saying anything. I knew I had seen two heads but for some reason she had only found one baby so I thought I was the crazy one. As she was about to walk out she remembered that she had not gotten the measurements of the baby's legs. So she sat back down and started again. As she was looking at the legs she looked up at as very confused and with a very strong Chinese accent she said "Why your baby have so many legs?" I thought Steven was going to die! He stood up and just said "What?!!!!" She slowly moved the camera down which revealed another little baby! She said "ah..you not know you have twins?" I started laughing and was very relieved that I wasn't crazy! I knew I saw two heads! At that point she had to go get a doctor to start the ultrasound all over. In all it took over 2 hours as they had to try to get measurements for each baby as they moved from up to down to left to right, etc. Those little girls would not stay still for anything! Steven and I were in complete shock yet at the same time it was if I had known all along. I cried (of course) and I think that Steven may have shed a few tears out of pure fear! Just kidding he didn't actually cry. He did go completely silent though! Then he stood up and paced the room for a while. Then he sat back down. Then he stood to pace again! I wish I could have had Steven's reaction on film! It was like something you would have seen in a movie! We waited to find out if baby number 2 was a little boy or girl. We were so excited to here that baby number 2 was also a girl. We both left the office in complete shock! Both very excited & scared all wrapped into one! We each went to our own cars and drove away. I think it took about 3 seconds before Steven had called me saying "twins!?! really?" I first called my mom. I had originally told myself that I wouldn't tell her until I saw her in person 15 minutes later. But the moment she answered I got all choked up and said "I'm having twin girls!" I called my Dad and he answered obviously in a big hurry and said "Was I right?" (he had guesses it would be a girl) I said "nope." He said "really, its a boy?" I said "nope." COnfussed he said "Well what is it then?" When I told him "twin girls" it took me about 5 minutes to convince him that I was not lying! Finally convinced he said "oh my word I am so excited!" Next call was to Naomi who also did not believe me but once convinced started crying and said "Nat, that is what you have always wanted!" I have wanted twin girls since I was about 13 when I started babysitting for newborn twins across the street. The calls continued all day long. I went back and forth from being excited to absolutely scared out of my mind. I had already been really scared about having my third child. I just didn't see how I was going to be able to handle it. Then to find out I was not just having my third but also my fourth was a bit overwhelming! It was a very exciting and exhausting day. For the next couple of days all I did was daydream of these sweet little girls that would soon be joining our family. I am so blessed by these girls and love them more than I could have possibly imagined.