December 10, 1999 Well, I'm starting a new page. I'm doing just like I said I would and that I'd start a new page as soon as I found out I was pg............... so I guess that gives it away huh? YES! MY TEST CAME BACK POSITIVE!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I got up this morning and since I"m on day 16 of my LP I took my temp and it was still up there. So i said, "self ? do you want to take a test?" self said, "why not, I got a pack in the bathroom". knowing that with my other 2 pgs, I didn't show up on one til I was at least 6 weeks along, I didn't expect anything to come of it. So, I do the pee thing and set the test down and watch it for a minute and see the test line appears and nothing else. Tell myself how much i hate those HPT's and finish my chart and wash my hands. Then look to see the test again, and do a double take........WHAT IS THIS????? it's another line!!!!!!!!!! I'm not imagining it either! So I immediately start bawling my eyes out! like crazy I tell ya!!! And then i cry some more ! It's been hours later now, and I'm still telling myself.

Thank you Lord. You knew when I needed this news. :*)

December 14, 1999 Still feeling fine. I've had a few times of queasy feeling, but mostly i've just been tired and easily emotional! i don't know how many times I've cried over things the past 2 weeks ! (I was wondering what was wrong with me! ) Even tonight when we were watching Jag, i was crying at the end. I can imagine how I'll be later! I go through spurts of hunger. sometimes I"ll wake up hungry and others not, or sometimes I'll get hungry faster. I still haven't started gagging on my toothbrush yet (though that's not a joy I'm looking forward too). My bust is starting to ache a bit now. I've already gone up in size (that was one of the first things I noticed). Going to wait til Christmas to tell the family (so if any of you are reading this before Christmas, you BETTER act surprised when we tell you! :)

December 21, 1999 I have a blue vein roadmap across my chest now! LOL! Noticed it last night and also that i'll soon need a D size cup to hold it all. I didn't need that size with the other two until i was nursing! Robert's sure to like this. :)

Still feeling pretty good. I've had a lot of "icky" feelings starting up, mostly in the evening though. i fixed spaghetti for dinner last night and didn't feel like eating it, so later i had a opened a can of tuna fish and ate it on some crackers with cheese. :) hit the spot. :) dad should laugh about that. hahaha!

I set up my first appt today. it's for Jan 11th at 10:15. i'll be 9 weeks by then, so i probably wont get to hear the heartbeat (h/b) but i'll get the bloodwork over with and have an "easy" visit til the 5 month mark.

I"m getting eager to tell the family, only 4 days left! I can't decided yet whether to tell mom on her birthday (the 24th) or to wait til Christmas Day. i guess it depends on when we open our gifts. dad won't find out til sunday though. He'll be the last to know at this rate. I'm going to tell Larry and Betty tomorrow since i'm going up to see sissy, i'll take their "surprise" gift to them.

we decided not to tell Robert's parents til much later. we'll hold off as long as possible. Neither of us feel like hearing any kind of bad comments and such, so we just put it off.

Deanna was admitted to the hospital yesterday cause her BP went up and if they hadn't gotten it down they would have induced. she's not due til about Jan. 20th. she'd started having contractions earlier last week cause of a UTI, but they got them under control. she goes back in today for another check on BP and for protein in her urine just in case. hope she's ok.

December 28, 99 Today is Robert's birthday. He's 32 this year. it's hard to believe since when we were married he was only 25! and here I am 26 now, soon to be 27. wow does the time go by. :) But they've been good years and I feel blessed to have them. Our 7 year anniversary will be here in March, wow. :)

So, how are we doing today? well, i could write a list of things, so here i go. :) my gums have started bleeding when i brush my teeth, my nose has started bleeding whenever i blow my nose too. I did get a nursing bra the other day and it's a D cup, though a lot smaller than my old nursing bras, i mean its' a 38 D while my other old ones were like 42 D's and C's! Shows how much weight I lost after having Katlyn. I've been so gassy , like i was with Katlyn, peeing alot, tired as all get out, but the past couple of days i havent' been able to sleep past 7-7:30. that really bugs me. :) iv'e figured out that if i don't eat a lot of small meals throughout the day then i get in trouble. start feeling really run down and like i'm going to fall on my face if i don't sleep. so i have to take a nap, and i usually start feeling better after that. i'm just so surprised that this one is effecting me so much sooner and stronger (if you ask me) than the other 2 did. Robert says "it's twins honey! a boy and a girl!" i told him he better quit saying that cause if it is he'll pass out ! LOL! of course if you do the little ring test over the wrist to "see" the sex, it says twins too, but of course I"m not going to believe that til I see or hear it. They don't run in either side of the family so it'd definately be the will of God if we did. :) hahha, i just thought of mom's reaction of me telling her we were having twins. :) "what will i do with 4 grandbabies?!" of course aunt betty would be thrilled cause she'd be even closer to her complete dozen! hahahaha! Well, guess that's it for today.

Jan 6, 2000 ooo, my first entry for the new year. :) we're going good here. feeling like a pg woman for sure. i've been so icky and queasy feeling with this little booger! exhausted too! My sister came in for a visit this week (YEAH!) and i didn't get much sleep and so i've felt like crud. hahaha, but it was for a very good cause. :) I"ve been very hungry today, not that i'm eating all day, but it's like nothing lasts that long in my belly, ya know? i went yesterday and waited a bit to long to eat and got the shakes really bad and hot flashes. try not to do that again. still craving water like it's gold and drinking juices like crazy. the only time i have a pop is if we eat out. i can't even drink the sweet tea here at home cause it makes me sick. :p but i can go out and drink it at a restaurant. go figure.

i go next week for my first prenatal visit! i'm excited. i'm hoping they can pick up a heartbeat already, i guess if they can get through all the fat they will. LOL! i've already gained 3 or 4 lbs. *sigh* though i look like i'm 4 months along instead of 2. though this is normal for me i'm trying not to stress to much over it. (yeah right)

my complexion is still out of this world. i hope it clears up at some point. my hair has it's days. it mostly looks good, but it gets oily soooooo fast! did i mention that i'm up to a 38 D now? yeah, can't wait to see what i'm up to when my milk actually comes in! it is nice to see how much smaller i am overall though with this one. with the other two i was in a 40/42 C and D. *yeesh* it's nice to be a bit smaller this time. hope it stays that way. :)

oh, my friend deanna had her baby today. a little boy, Brandon Chase, 6.3 lbs and 18 1/2". 2 weeks early. looks like his daddy too. :) kids kept wanting to pet him like he was a kitten. hahaha i guess that leaves Becky to have hers. she goes in for another u/s this coming monday to check the size of the baby. last week (34 weeks) she was already measuring 40 weeks!

9 weeks /first weigh in 174 (oops!)/ BP 98/62

Jan. 11, 00 Ah, miracles of miracles. :) My first Dr. appt was today and what a grand experience. :) It was confirmed that i am 9 weeks along now and he gave me a due date (edd) of 8-15-2000. That's right in between all the birthdays of the month ! (dad's is the 5th, grandpas was the 21st, and Gary's is the 22nd) good month for babies, good people born then. :) The best moment was when he put the dopler to my tummy and skimmed around looking for little booger. Moved around the right side.....no...not there, move to the left side..... ! what's that?! "whoosh whoosh whoosh whoosh!!!!!!!!!" hahahhahaha !!! Yep, there she was, parked on my left side hanging out waiting to be heard. :) what a wonderful sound. my smile was huge and still makes me grin. I don't think i could have a dozen babies and that first sound of their heartbeat not tickle me. :)

I go back on Feb 8th and see Dr. Caldwell again. I"ll see him as much as possible, he's a good dr. I seen mom afterwards and she had to have all the details. :) OH, and another thing, he said I"m measuring normal for my gestational age!! "whew!" i told him everyone had been picking on me about twins! LOL!

So, that's my input for today. I thought i'd get blood work today, but he said they'd do that at about my 4th month visit. oh well, not that i'm in a hurry for that!

oh , I almost forgot, at Becky's u/s the baby was measuring 8.13 lbs! yep and that was 36 weeks. They're going to take the baby on the 25th this month. Of course he'll be 10 pounds by then. I don't know why they won't take him next week. Oh well. It looks like she'll have another c-section with this one too.

January 17, 2000 Thought i'd put down the weird dreams that i've been having since I got pg. :) the first one i had made me upset and was a good thing Robert wasn't here when i woke up. LOL!

I dreamed that Robert had called the kids ugly names and I got really mad at him and told him to straighten up or I'd take the kids and leave. He laughed at me and ended up taking all my stuff off the walls and put up movie posters! That made me even madder and so i grabbed the kids and got in the car. Then he got worried and was asking where we were going and i wouldn't tell him so that he would have to worry for a while! I woke up while i was driving away.

the next night I dreamed that me and Robert were at a fair like place. Lots of people there and stuff. He ended up being in a ring with some bad guys and whooped the snot out of them ! hahaha ! I was back there cheering for him and all.

Then i had a dream that i went to an old house we used to live in and while i was there someone stole my car! I went back to the restaurant where all my family was and I told them, but no one believed me and wasn't concerned at all. I was so frustrated ! Then we went to leave the place and everyone was asking where my car was and i had to tell them again and they finally believed me.

Then the night before last i had a dream that a big storm was coming here. we lived on this land, but it was a different house, like an older farm house, so we went to the cellar (which was actually a set of steps going down) and we sat there cause i could see this HUGE tornado coming! (looked to be about 5 miles wide!) plus a small one beside it, all heading for us. Robert got all the kids and brought them down to me and I held them on my lap and was trying to sooth them. Robert ended up getting off the stairs and going outside to check on the storm. (he tends to do these things) and i was getting upset with him cause i didnt' want him to get hurt. but i peeked up at the window behind me and all the tornados were gone and the sun was shining.

The wierd thing with that one was i could feel the pressure of the "kids" in my lap while i was "holding" them. even as i started waking up i could tell i had my arms wrapped around something and there was a weight in my lap like somthing was sitting there (all this while i'm laying on my side in bed!) and as i laid there, the pressure slowly went away, like someone was getting up. I think my guardian angel was giving me someone to hold onto to help comfort me. It was really weird, but neat. :)

I found this link at babycenter.com on dreams and the pg woman. :)

Jan. 25, 2000 Becky had her baby today! Little Eli Bowen was brought into the world by c-section weighing 8.14 lbs and 20 " long, with strawberry blonde hair. :) She actually had an average size baby! LOL and to think he's 3 weeks early! :) Mom and baby are doing great and big brother Casey wants to hold him alllllllllllllllll the time ! (he's already informed them that the baby can sleep with him. hehehe) I get to go see her tomorrow with mom.

As for me, we're doing fine, been very cold today ! brrrrr!!!! waiting on a beef pot pie to cool down for my dinner. I'm still amazed that I'm in my 3rd month already ! Before I know it I'll be seeing what we're having in there. I guess it's true what they say about subsequent pregnancies going faster.

The kids have proceeded to tell me they both have babies in their bellies. :) Katlyn wants a "baby siser" while Canaan wants a "boy". I think they'll both be pleased no matter what. :)

Still not wearing a lot of maternity, though I get by with wearing sweats and stuff like that for now. once it starts warming up I'll definatly be in the baby stuff. :)

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