Week 15!

2/16/14:

Week 14!

2/9/14:

Week 13!

2/2/14:

Nuchal Translucency Test!

1/29/14: On the same day we had your 12 week appointment, we also did some genetic testing. Mommy and Daddy met with a genetic for a long time to talk about our health history and our family's health history. It was kind of overwhelming! Finally, we got to see you again! This time you were on a much nicer screen and way easier to see. We could see a profile of your bodies and it was so neat! Daddy kept pointing at the screen and saying WOW, this is so cool. The fluid behind both of your necks was within normal range and Mommy was so happy to hear that! Baby A was even awake and moving now which made Mommy really happy again. A couple days after this appointment we got the results and we were very pleased. We are not worried about any chromosomal disorders for either of you!

Week 12 Appointment!

1/29/14: Mommy and Daddy were so excited to have your 12 week appointment. We knew we would have a chance to hear your little heartbeats again. Grandma Judy was coming down to hear them, too. Mommy had her appointment and the doctor answered her questions and when it was time to hear the heartbeats, Grandma wasn't there yet! Daddy was on the phone with Grandma trying to get her to the clinic and the doctor was busy finding your heartbeats. Unlike the week 10 appointment, she found your heartbeats right away! Mommy was so busy working hard to try and hear them that she doesn't remember what the count was. Daddy didn't hear them. Mommy was bummed that Grandma missed it and the doctor knew this. She said if Grandma got there soon, she would show Grandma. Grandma got to the appointment 5 minutes later. We went back to the room and the doctor had a surprise for us! Because Grandma had drove all the way from Saint Cloud, the doctor said she would do us one better and show Grandma the babies on the ultrasound. The machine was very old and it was kind of hard to see you. But it was still very exciting. Baby B was moving all over the place. Baby A was sleeping. The doctor said normally they like to see you guys moving faster, but that A was probably just taking a nap. She wasn't concerned. Grandma asked if she could tell what you guys were! It was way too early for that. The doctor said even if you were out of the tummy, we still probably wouldn't know what you were!

Sharing the news with family!

1/24/14: Finally, the day was here and we could share our BIG secret! Mommy was so excited and anxious that she didn’t sleep much the night before! She just wanted everything to go exactly as planned. Mommy wanted Auntie Nina to hear the big news, too so she was trying to get Auntie to commit to a time to answer her phone when Mommy called. Mommy and Auntie were texting back and forth and Auntie said, “are you preggers”. Mommy responded with, “I will talk to you later.” Again, Auntie said, “You are preg.” Mommy just ignored Auntie's text because she wanted to make Auntie wait to hear with everyone else. The party started at 6:00 and Mommy was getting anxious because Grandpa Clarence and Grandpa Mark were late! Mommy just wanted to hurry up and share the big news! Mommy asked her friend Holly to videotape the news, but sadly the video camera did not work and Mommy continued on with her news and no recording of it! L. Mommy and Daddy stood in front of everyone and Mommy heard people shouting out different ideas of why we were standing there, “You’re having a baby” and “You’re pregnant”. Finally, after everyone calmed down, Mommy started her little speech. Mommy thought she would be able to get through the announcement without crying, but of course Mommy was so happy that she teared up right away. Choking out her words, Mommy said, “Everyone knows that we have been trying to get pregnant for a few years and it has been very hard, but we are FINALLY pregnant!” Mommy was crying really hard! It was hard for Mommy to talk! Everyone started clapping and cheering. Grandma Judy barely let Mommy finish talking before she jumped up and gave Mommy a hug and said she was happy for her! But then Mommy said, “Wait there is more.”  Mommy heard people shouting out, " it’s Twins!" Mommy then said, “We are excited for our family of 3 to grow to 5 in August.” Mommy heard everyone gasping and talking. Mommy looked over and Grandma Judy was counting on her fingers! Afterwards, Daddy told Mommy that Grandma Margaret and Aunt Kim were bawling their eyes out! Later on, Mommy found out that Grandpa Clarence had called Great Grandma Jarnot and told her! Mommy wanted to tell Great Grandma the next day but Grandpa already spilt the beans! Mommy called Great Grandma that night to tell her she wanted to come visit the next day. Great Grandma said she had been praying every night for “Jenna and Neil to welcome a child into their lives.” Then Great Grandma said, “But I never asked the dear lord for 2!” Mommy laughed and really liked that comment. Grandma Judy called Great Grandma Jonas that night and told her, too. Great Grandma Jonas said she wasn't surprised! Grandma Judy texted her friends and sisters and Mommy got a few texts that night and the rest of the weekend, congratulating her and Daddy and saying prayers would be said for our angels!

Dismissal from Reproductive Clinic!

1/15/14: Mommy had to have one last ultrasound at the reproductive clinic so that they could dismiss us and move us on to our regular OB. Mommy was a little nervous, but she had a feeling all was well since we had heard your heartbeats on Monday. It is very rare to be able to see both Twins on the screen at the same time when they are so little, but guess what?!?! Of course our babies were seen together on the screen. The tech pointed out both babies and their heartbeats. It was so fun to see the little flickers on the screen. Mommy was so excited! You guys were looking more like babies rather than just a little seed. Mommy brought up her concerns with the doctor about Baby B being a littler smaller and he said he didn’t know what Mommy was talking about. He looked at my chart and said you both were on target and that what I was talking about was the gestational sac size and it was still within normal limits. Today he said you were both measuring right on target and said in fact, they couldn’t be looking any better. That really reassured Mommy and she was so happy when the doctor said that. I kept looking at Daddy and saying isn’t this cool. Daddy just smiled and kept staring at the screen. Mommy could tell Daddy was really into you guys! Mommy and Daddy’s favorite part of the ultrasound was when the tech said oh look baby A is kicking baby B in the head, they are fighting already! Mommy asked the tech to get a picture of that because she would love to share that with all of our friends and family, and Mommy said that is gonna be a good story to tell! The kicking picture is the one we will use to share our exciting news with our family! We wanted to make sure you guys were good and healthy before we shared our news with our family, so at this point, only a few close friends knew about you! Of course, Mommy would have never been able to keep it a total secret for this long! Grandma Judy had been doing a lot of questioning up until then and Mommy had a feeling that Grandma had an instinct that Mommy was keeping something from her. When Mommy tells Grandma about you, she can’t wait to hear her reaction, because Mommy is sure it will be, “I knew it!” We are having a big party on Friday January 24^th, 2014, to celebrate Mommy and Daddy getting their Master’s degrees. But little does our family know, that we are going to be giving them a beautiful shock when we share our news that we are expecting TWINS!!!