The greatest little sounds...

This is from babycenter.com...How your baby's growing:Though your babies are barely the size of a kumquat- a little over an inch or so long, crown to bottom — and weighs less than a quarter of an ounce, your babies have now completed the most critical portion of their development. This is the beginning of the so-called fetal period, a time when the tissues and organs in his body rapidly grow and mature. They are swallowing fluid and kicking up a storm. Vital organs — including his kidneys, intestines, brain, and liver (now making red blood cells in place of the disappearing yolk sac) — are in place and starting to function, though they'll continue to develop throughout your pregnancy.If you could take a peek inside your womb, you'd spot minute details, like tiny nails forming on fingers and toes (no more webbing) and peach-fuzz hair beginning to grow on tender skin.In other developments: Your baby's limbs can bend now. Their hands are flexed at the wrist and meet over Their heart, and their feet may be long enough to meet in front of their body. The outline of their spine is clearly visible through translucent skin, and spinal nerves are beginning to stretch out from his spinal cord. Their forehead temporarily bulges with his developing brain and sits very high on his head, which measures half the length of their body. From crown to rump, there are about 1 1/4 inches long. In the coming weeks, your babies will again double in size — to nearly 3 inches.
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We are just in such amazement every day reading and learning about the development of our babies. Yesterday was such a thrill going seeing them again in our 2nd ultra sound. We heard their hearts beating so fast. It was the greatest sound we have ever heard. I instantly started crying and Ray jumped out of his chair as if he was bit by something. We both were hit with such excitement and it did not matter what type of day we were having after that our day was perfect. These little blessing have already improved our lives. We just could not stop smiling for the rest of the day.

Monday is our first appointment with our OBGYN. We are not sure if we will get an ultra sound, but if not I'm sure we will have many more in our future. :)

Love you all so much and thanks for all your prayers. We are doing GREAT!

Ray & Jules

Initials OUT...

OK...so I started our blog using the initials of everyone involved to keep them all private from people who we don't know that are reading our story. Well for some of my family members the blog had been a bit confusing. Sorry Y'ALL. So now I have decided to just be as open as I ever was, but with real names. hahahahaha. Hopefully those who had a hard time following my blog will now have an easier read. I hope they will start enjoying all the updates like the rest of you. :)

I will be 9 weeks on Tuesday! Time is flying by. I am so ready to start looking like a pregnant women instead of a "fat" woman. :) I am in that weird stage where my clothes are super tight, but my maternity clothes are a little big. My entire body is changing and some of it is not in a good way. I don't care because I am with child/children and could not be any happier. Matter of fact I cry every so often because I am so happy. I have everything I ever wanted, my health, my husband (who by the way is the most wonderful man in the world), I'm pregnant and the list just keeps going on and on. I hate that I'm about to say this, but I keep getting this horrible feeling that something is going to go wrong because I am so happy. My life is complete and it never has been before. I guess I am so used to dreaming of having this life and now that I have it I'm so scared it will go away. I told this to one of my closest girlfriends and she said it is normal to have these feelings especially when you are pregnant. She said she had the weirdest feelings during her pregnancy and also had very vivid weird dreams. I hope she is right.

As for our appointments we have one on Tuesday the 11th with our IVF doctor. I think it is another ultra sound and more blood work. Then the following week on 5.17 we have our first appointment with my OBGYN! Ray (DH) is making sure to be at every single appointment. He has been by my side the entire way. We will post our new photos from our ultra sound for you all to see.

ONE MORE THING...I would like to say HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY to all the moms & moms-to-be! I pray that God will bless you all and your beautiful families. I love you and I am so blessed to have such wonderful, strong and loving woman to look up too as I start my journey as a mom.

Jules