Emily the big sister-times 2!

Well, it is official. Emily is going to be a big sister to twins! She hasn't been told as we are holding off as long as possible so she doesn't have to wait "forever" for them to arrive. We hope to tell her on the day we find out the gender. Funny thing is, someone congratulated her (didn't know about the secret) and Emily just looked at them and said "I know, my babies are Mason Washer and Madison Song". Of course, these are her pretend babies that she has been playing with for almost a year now. She'll probably look at me like I'm crazy when we show her the sonogram. Can't wait for the reaction. We will try to catch it on camera!

We found out in late January that I was pregnant but really didn't suspect twins. Then the doctor did some bloodwork and the numbers were really high which is indicative of twins. So, three LONG days later, an ultrasound was done and 2 embryonic sacs were found. We were told that it was too early to tell if there were twins, or more or less. We would have to wait at least another week to see heartbeats. So, on Friday the 13th (I know, what was I thinking), we went in to see two strong little heartbeats-Fraternal twins. Now, we just have to wait a few months to find out if they are boys or girls. Emily has already insisted that God is going to send her a brother one day so we are praying for at least one boy! When Emily saw the first pictures, she said "is that me in your tummy". She has asked a lot about her ultrasound picture that we have in her room but I never thought about her figuring this out. I just simply said no and she said "oh" but it looks like you have letters in your tummy (where they labeled the sacs A and B!) I just grinned and said "yep, looks like the alphabet" and she went on her way! Gotta love kids. Here are some pics from the first ultrasound where you can clearly see two little sacs with a little "grain of rice" in each.