Finding out we are pregnant with TWINS!

Nick and I decided we wanted to have a second baby so we started trying in April 2021 (7 months after Legend was born). Our entire relationship we “fought” about whether we were going to have two or three babies. He always said he wanted two and I would respond, “we need to have three!”. From the time we started talking about our future family, I always said I wanted three babies but the reality of that felt different after having Legend. Babies are really hard on parents, especially moms, mentally and physically so two started to feel more realistic. I never told Nick I was leaning towards two as well, I guess I just enjoyed fighting him on the idea of 3 just in case!
Side note: I wasn’t ignorant to the fact having a baby and a family would be hard but I was becoming more open-minded to being done at two.

July 7th, 2021 I took a pregnancy test and it was POSITIVE! I was so excited I couldn’t even wait for Nick to get home. I’m pretty sure I’m THE world’s worst wife. He was at work, didn’t answer so this is the picture I texted to him. He found out via text we were having another baby. Terrible.

I have a tendency of playing pranks on people quite frequently. I think the closer your birthday is to April Fools Day the more you enjoy it. *April 2nd birthday here, woo!* It was really fun when I was younger (who am I kidding, it’s still really fun) but what’s not fun is attempting to tell people in your life important things and no one believes you because they think you’re playing another prank on them. Naturally, Nick made me take a 2nd test in front of him when he got home. Positive x 2!

I called my OB to get an appointment scheduled to be seen. I was calculating that I was only about 5 weeks pregnant so she set the date to see me at 9 weeks. I was thrilled Nick was able to go to this appointment with me because it was going to be the first ultrasound to see the heartbeat which is always such a nerve-wracking experience. It’s also when potential problems are discovered.

Legend and I met Nick at St. Al’s and as the technician placed the wand on my belly and asked me if this was my first ultrasound for this pregnancy. I nodded, yes. She casually said “there are two babies”. I immediately felt every emotion- nervous, disbelief, excited, HAPPY. I was so overwhelmed I just started crying. Nick asked her to repeat herself and just started laughing. It took me a minute to process everything and as she was finishing up I asked her if she would mind if I FaceTimed my mom. I FaceTimed her to tell her the news with tears in my eyes and of course she didn’t believe me either. She thought it was another prank and said she would only believe me if I put the nurse on so she could get confirmation from her. I asked the nurse for permission to put her on facetime and she did confirm it for my poor sweet mother. This picture was taken right after I hung up with my mom. Tissue tucked in my bra strap n’ all but you can see the sweet twins very first ultrasound!

Twins are a shock to everyone I’m sure but they do not run on either side of our families so we were in even more shock. Looks like God decided how many kids we were going to have for us and he was on my side on this one! The reality of twins started to sink in and so many “how’s” and “what if’s” flood my mind. I’m still not sure how we are going to manage 3 kids under 17 months but here we go!