Baby Boy A
Baby Boy B
Baby Boy B POUTING!!!
Thursday, December 30, 2010
15 Week Pics and a Pouty Boy!
When we had the ultrasound last week the tech was able to tell Boy A very quickly (which caused Jim and I both to secretly guess boy). Boy B was a different story. He had his legs crossed AND tucked under him so we couldn't tell. After trying, she had me get up to move around a little. When I came and laid back down, he had flipped over to his tummy like he was embarrassed and hiding his face from us trying to "peek"! It was so cute. She finally had me roll over to my side and he moved enough for her to be able to see all she needed to see. He might be my more difficult one!
Happy Birthday, Gan!
Happy Birthday to my sweet Mama! I can't wait for these boys to meet their Gan. They will love you to pieces!
Prayed Into Being
Jim and I have found a WONDERFUL church home here in Oklahoma City and have become a part of one of their House Churches (like Community Group for you Fellowshippers out there!) that meets twice a month. Jim and I didn't want to waste any time in trying to get pregnant again and knew I'd be ovulating around the time of one of our House Church meetings. We went to the meeting on Wednesday, September 22nd. At the end when we were sharing prayer requests, I asked Jim if it would be ok to share about our miscarriage in August and have them pray that we would successfully conceive a healthy baby soon. God was certainly in that room that night, no doubt. We have some amazing prayer warriors in the group. After the group prayer, the women wanted to come over and lay hands on me to pray for me specifically. Our precious boys were conceived later that night. I just cried as I typed that. What a blessing and miracle prayer is for those who believe. Jim and I both had every confidence in our most awesome Heavenly Father that we had been a part of His process in creating new life that night. My Mom came out to visit the next day and I wondered the whole time if God was truly working that miracle in my womb.
A few weeks after they were conceived, when it was still a few days too soon to take a test, one of the ladies at work said she looked at me and thought (I think it was God!) "Chrissa's pregnant", but she didn't tell me. One of the other ladies at work had a dream that same night that she was holding a pregnancy test that said "pregnant", yet she thought in the dream, "Why do I have this? This isn't for me, I need to give this to Chrissa". When I took my test a few days later and it was positive, that's when they both shared that with me. What was neat about Bobbi's dream was that I had bought the digital kind of test that says "pregnant" or "not pregnant" rather than the +/- or the kind with one or two lines. That was the type that was in her dream.
I feel so unworthy at times to begin this incredible new role in my life. How will I balance feeding, changing, bathing, clothing, nurturing, cuddling, loving, teaching these two precious boys? God knows and I fully trust and rely on that. I still can't fathom this great thing He has done for us, but I will rest in knowing that He sees us fit. May we never take for granted all He has done for us and will do as we begin this parenting journey of twin boys.
A few weeks after they were conceived, when it was still a few days too soon to take a test, one of the ladies at work said she looked at me and thought (I think it was God!) "Chrissa's pregnant", but she didn't tell me. One of the other ladies at work had a dream that same night that she was holding a pregnancy test that said "pregnant", yet she thought in the dream, "Why do I have this? This isn't for me, I need to give this to Chrissa". When I took my test a few days later and it was positive, that's when they both shared that with me. What was neat about Bobbi's dream was that I had bought the digital kind of test that says "pregnant" or "not pregnant" rather than the +/- or the kind with one or two lines. That was the type that was in her dream.
I feel so unworthy at times to begin this incredible new role in my life. How will I balance feeding, changing, bathing, clothing, nurturing, cuddling, loving, teaching these two precious boys? God knows and I fully trust and rely on that. I still can't fathom this great thing He has done for us, but I will rest in knowing that He sees us fit. May we never take for granted all He has done for us and will do as we begin this parenting journey of twin boys.
Wednesday, December 29, 2010
We're having twin boys!!!
We have decided to start a Gatton family blog so that we can chronicle this journey of having twins!
We found out on Monday, October 4th that we were pregnant. I noticed around week 6 or 7 that I was beginning to show but thought it was just because I had been pregnant a few months before and I had read that you show sooner after you've been pregnant before. I had a regularly scheduled 8 week appointment with the nurse practitioner on Monday, November 8th. That night before, we had a scare so Jim decided to go with me to the appointment. She sent us right over for an ultrasound and we went terrified. The ultrasound room had an overhead monitor and as soon as she put the device on my tummy, I saw the 2 sacs. I immediately said, "Do I see two?!", and she said, "Well, we can't keep a secret from you". We were in shock and thanking God for this great miracle. She continued to look around and found 2 healthy babies with strong heartbeats and measuring 2 days bigger than their estimate.
At 11.5 weeks we had another scare, resulting in another ultrasound, all of this while Jim's parents were in town. All was well then and the babies continued to be healthy and strong.
At 15 weeks we had a normal scheduled ultrasound as a follow-up from the last one to make sure everything was still ok. When I scheduled the appointment, she asked if we would want to know what we're having if they were able to tell and I said "YES!". The appointment was scheduled for December 22nd, just before we were to be with family in Little Rock for Christmas. We decided that if they could tell, that we would have them keep the results from us, seal it in an envelope and that we would take it to a bakery to have 2 cakes made. Each of the cakes would have the appropriate pink or blue filling and we would take them with us to AR and cut them with everyone there. They were able to tell! We had Jim's parents on Skype on one computer and my dad and step-mom on Skype on the other. We cut into each cake to see BLUE fillings in both!!! We were so shocked and THRILLED to be having two sweet boys!
That was last week, so I am now 16 weeks. We just are so overwhelmed, overjoyed and in awe of these two precious miracles and gifts from God. We are praying that they continue to stay healthy and strong (they measured 2 days over the new estimate last week, so 4 days bigger than the original) and that I'll go to 36 weeks and 5.5 lbs. each minimum. We also hope this blog will be something the boys can look back on someday, too.
We found out on Monday, October 4th that we were pregnant. I noticed around week 6 or 7 that I was beginning to show but thought it was just because I had been pregnant a few months before and I had read that you show sooner after you've been pregnant before. I had a regularly scheduled 8 week appointment with the nurse practitioner on Monday, November 8th. That night before, we had a scare so Jim decided to go with me to the appointment. She sent us right over for an ultrasound and we went terrified. The ultrasound room had an overhead monitor and as soon as she put the device on my tummy, I saw the 2 sacs. I immediately said, "Do I see two?!", and she said, "Well, we can't keep a secret from you". We were in shock and thanking God for this great miracle. She continued to look around and found 2 healthy babies with strong heartbeats and measuring 2 days bigger than their estimate.
At 11.5 weeks we had another scare, resulting in another ultrasound, all of this while Jim's parents were in town. All was well then and the babies continued to be healthy and strong.
At 15 weeks we had a normal scheduled ultrasound as a follow-up from the last one to make sure everything was still ok. When I scheduled the appointment, she asked if we would want to know what we're having if they were able to tell and I said "YES!". The appointment was scheduled for December 22nd, just before we were to be with family in Little Rock for Christmas. We decided that if they could tell, that we would have them keep the results from us, seal it in an envelope and that we would take it to a bakery to have 2 cakes made. Each of the cakes would have the appropriate pink or blue filling and we would take them with us to AR and cut them with everyone there. They were able to tell! We had Jim's parents on Skype on one computer and my dad and step-mom on Skype on the other. We cut into each cake to see BLUE fillings in both!!! We were so shocked and THRILLED to be having two sweet boys!
That was last week, so I am now 16 weeks. We just are so overwhelmed, overjoyed and in awe of these two precious miracles and gifts from God. We are praying that they continue to stay healthy and strong (they measured 2 days over the new estimate last week, so 4 days bigger than the original) and that I'll go to 36 weeks and 5.5 lbs. each minimum. We also hope this blog will be something the boys can look back on someday, too.
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