6-Weeks

Who needs protein? I want carbs! Ha ha. I am having huge carbohydrate cravings this week. Potatoes, pasta, oatmeal, cereal. I know I need to work in the protein because the baby needs it. I do have meat at dinner every night, I am just having a hard time adding in proteins for breakfast and lunch.

I only had afternoon morning sickness twice this week, and it passed relatively quickly. Here's hoping that I got it out of the way early on and won't have it bother me again. {A girl can wish, right?}

I am, however, still having quite a bit of heart burn. It has been very controllable with tums, so far. But it is happening when I'm not laying down now. I'm expecting this kid to have lots of hair!

I still have a bit of a belly, and my normal pants don't fit me anymore. But, I haven't gained any weight since the transfer. Which, trust me, I am not complaining about! I lost 10 pounds when I was first pregnant with the girls, which I would love to do this time, but I don't see it happening. As long as I'm not creeping up just yet, I'm happy.

Here we grow again!

We are ready for another baby. We haven't had any success trying on our own, and decided we were ready now. We had one of our "snow peas" thawed and transferred on March 24th. It has been 15 days since the transfer and Monday a blood test showed that I am indeed pregnant!!!! My hormone level came back at 137, which is nice and high for a single pregnancy (226 with the girls). I had a second test done on Wednesday (yesterday) and got the results back today, my hormone level went up to 332 (more than double, which is what we were looking for)! That means that I am 4 weeks, 5 days along, with a due date of December 10, 2011. Allison and Emmily are going to be big sisters!

It is crazy to me how fast things are happening this time around. I started having afternoon morning sickness over the weekend (right at 4 weeks) and I'm even starting to look like I have a bit of a prego belly. Well, to me it looks like that, to others it probably looks like I've gained weight around the middle. I've even started having heart burn at night when laying on my right side. I don't know what I was expecting, everyone says everything happens sooner with your second pregnancy. I just wasn't expecting it this fast. I thought I would have a good 4 weeks or so before I started feeling pregnant.

18-Months Old

Where does the time go? If my Dad has told me once, he's told me a thousand times that having kids makes you realize just how fast life goes. I swear time has sped up. My sweet tiny little babies are now 18-months old! They are still sweet and little, but very much so toddlers and not babies anymore. When did that happen? Allison is often called Alli and sometimes even Alli-Bear. She is so funny. She is always laughing and coming up with new ways to get us to chase her. Her newest thing is saying "NO" to everything. Not fun. Especially when it is followed by Emmily crying because Alli has come and taken a toy from her. Emmily is probably called Em or Emmily 90% of the time. We still call her Emmi, too, just not quite as often. She is the sweet girl. Its funny because the things she does are just cute, while Alli is down right funny. She loves to look at you from under her brow then start cracking up laughing. Of course, we think they are both adorable. The girls get very excited when the hear the garage door at night. They run to the door saying Dada! When he comes in the door Alli squeals and laughs and can't wait for him to pick her up. She is such a Daddy's girl. Em says hi then runs off, but as soon as he sits down she is standing in front of him asking to be picked up. They both talk up a storm. Most words you have to see the context to understand what they are saying, but they are trying. Em calls all drinks juice but Alli is starting to call them drinks. They can both say sister and know what their sisters' name is. However, if you ask Alli to say her sister's name, it sounds like she is saying Alli. Cracks us up. She really is trying to say Emmi, but it sounds like Alli. Em calls her sister both Alli and Allison, it is so sweet. The girls are the light of our lives. They bring us quite a bit of exhaustion, but so much more joy. I wouldn't trade having twins for anything.