Insomnia

I have never really had a problem sleeping. In fact, Brad will tell you I can fall asleep mid conversation so sleeping has never been hard for me. For some reason, I find myself waking up in the middle of the night at least once and staying awake for a good half hour or so. Last night, it was more like two hours. Two hours in the middle of the night do give a person a lot of time for reflection and thinking and praying since there's no one else to talk to. I thought about our house as we have an interested buyer who will be flying in to look at it in two weeks after having her brother look at it. I prayed about that and that she and her two children would love our house and feel that it would be a good home for them. If not them, that someone would need and want our house (we ARE expecting twins so having a "vacation" home in K.C. is not so ideal). I have thought about leaving this woman a picture of the twins and pleading with her in a note left strategically on the front door when she comes to look at the house but Brad doesn't think this would be a good idea :). I also thought about our lives now and how crazy it is finally being pregnant and thanked God for our twins and that we were blessed to have two miracles at one time which is still just mind blowing and absolutely amazing to me. My mind wandered and I thought about our twins and what they would look like and what kinds of things they will enjoy and if we have two boys, two girls, or one of each. I thought about their first smiles and first words and all the joy they will bring us. Some people may not have been very excited to learn they were expecting two babies at one time but we could not be happier. Yes, we know it will be more work but we also know it will bring us twice the joy and happiness. We had friends and family who told us that God had something special in store for us when we were discouraged not being able to get pregnant right away and they were definitely right :).

Speaking of twins, I am now wearing maternity clothes and actually don't really mind it at all. Yes, the pants are not the most fashionable but they're actually not that bad either and they have a lovely elastic waist that comes in handy for a growing mid section which Brad makes fun of daily :). I heard him tell his mom yesterday that I swallowed his basketball he'd been looking for. No, it's not that big yet but I'm sure it will be soon! I'll post pics of the growing belly soon I promise.

Heartbeats and the 4th of July

Well it has been a long time since my last post (see previous post regarding all day sickness). I am finally feeling better after two different anti-nausea medications (one which made me more sick) and weeks of feeling pretty icky. It was perfect timing though that I finally started feeling better on the 4th of July! We went over to my Uncle Richard's house for some barbeque, swimming, and some game involving golf balls and a structure made out of pvc pipe that Pam and I dominated as a team. :) It was so nice to enjoy some great food and fun with family on what turned out to be a beautiful day after the rain cleared off.

I have included my 8 week belly pic as I am starting to get a belly which Brad thinks is so cute. Right now, I don't feel like I necessarily look pregnant to the outside world but more like I need to do a few crunches :). It's really crazy though how fast it developed. It seems like overnight I started to grow and then last night I really noticed how pronounced it is getting.

Our last doctor's appointment was June 25th and we got to hear both heartbeats! It was absolutely amazing. One baby's heart rate was 166 (baby "A") and the other baby's heart rate was 167 (baby "B"). They are referred to as baby "A" and baby "B" by the doctor as baby "A" will be born first based on the positioning. They both measured right at 8 weeks which was perfect :). It was very relieving to hear both strong heart beats and to know both babies are growing as they should be. Our next appointment is July 27th and I'm sure it will be amazing to see how much they have grown in 4 short weeks!

Morning lasts all day...

So my "morning" sickness apparently does not know when it is no longer morning as I seem to be sick all day. The nurse at the doctor's office said that twins usually means twice the symptoms - twice the exhaustion, twice the nausea, etc - and boy was she right! I am a fan of food and am usually hungry and can eat all the time but this is so not the case anymore. I will be soooo glad when this part of my pregnancy is over! Ok enough complaining.... The good thing is that Brad has been sooo great. With feeling exhausted and nauseous most of the time, I have been so fortunate to have such a helpful husband. He has been so wonderful around the house helping me out and doing things so I don't have to - laundry, cooking, cleaning, etc. I do not know what I would do without him. :)

DOUBLE the Blessing!

From my 6/9/09 entry....

That's right...we just found out we're having TWINS! Are we excited?! We are everything times two now! We're excited, ecstatic, and a little nervous :). We feel so blessed to have two little ones that we will be able to bring into the world. My official due date is February 3rd but I've been reading about twin births now and it looks like they usually go early. I have a million questions now for my doctor but I obviously couldn't think of much when we found out. So the moment we found out...I was laying there and Brad was holding my hand and the ultrasound had literally just begun when the doctor says that we're having twins. I asked him at least three times if he was kidding and then started laughing uncontrollably which made it difficult for him to do the ultrasound since my abdomen shaking so much. Since I was laughing, Brad started laughing, and the doctor and nurse both started laughing. The doctors and nurses outside probably wondered what was so humorous in our room. I did hold still long enough so we could get a couple pictures of them ("them"...crazy!).

Expecting

So I started a blog, Breuer Baby on Board, but needed to change it to Breuer Babies on Board since we found out we're expecting twins! This is from my original 6/5/09 blog entry.....

Apparently blogging (and especially baby blogging) is the thing to do so I’m jumping on the bandwagon. It will be especially nice to be able to share our experiences with all of you friends and family in K.C. Yes, we definitely miss all of you after making the move but we are enjoying Oklahoma too. It’s a short drive too so no excuses not coming down here to visit! :) Well, the reason for the blog…We found out on Memorial Day, we are expecting and we couldn’t be happier! Memorial Day is kind of a special time for us. We got engaged over Memorial Day weekend and we have always taken an extended vacation that weekend. For five years we went camping with friends and last year we went to San Francisco by ourselves (which I’m glad we did since that was our last couple vacation for a while). :) So my first doctor’s appointment is this Tuesday, June 9th. The nurse said we should be able to hear the heart beat which is soooo exciting. I have been reading up on pregnancy, what to eat, what not to eat, things to do, things not to do, etc. (I like to be very prepared to say the least) and apparently our baby is about the size of a sesame seed right now which is pretty good considering he/she started out poppy seed sized. Babycenter.com (which has a plethora of information) has this whole slide show which shows you your baby’s size with seeds and fruits and vegetables. It’s kind of cool to be able to relate the size to something familiar. Well, that is it for now but more to come soon!