1st OB/GYN Appt

I had my first OB/GYN appt today. While it was sad to say good-bye to Dr. Rychlik and all of the wonderful staff at The Fertility Center of AZ, I am excited to be starting this next chapter in my pregnancy.
I'd have to say that so far I've had a pretty easy pregnancy and a pretty good first trimester. As far as symptoms go, I've had some mild nausea and have been extremely exhausted. I've been exhausted before but this is completely different...It's as if I've been hit by a truck! I get to a point that if I don't lie down and sleep at that very moment, I might just pass out...or throw up. So needless to say I’ve been taking A LOT of naps. I haven't had much of an appetite either. Most food sounds gross to me. I have had a few cravings, but nothing that’s too strange. Orange Juice, Mac-n-Cheese and for one week I pretty much ate McDonalds every day. I've definitely lost weight which had me a little worried but when I met with the Dr. today she didn't seem too concerned.

I wasn't quite sure what to expect from my first OB/GYN appt. I knew they would do a sonogram, get my medical history and talk to me about pregnancy and all the good stuff that comes from that...but what I didn't know was how absolutely cool it would be to see my babies and have them actually LOOK like babies. Because I'm not yet showing and because I haven't really had any major pregnancy symptoms I tend to forget that I’m pregnant. I just don’t FEEL pregnant yet. So, each appt is a reminder that I am in fact pregnant and that we really are going to have twins. The appt went well and the Dr. said that the boys and I are perfectly healthy. Such great news!


Baby A

Baby B

In other non-baby news...Eric and I are up to our ears in boxes! The house is a wreck...half of the house is packed up and the other half...not so much. I never realized how much STUFF we owned. Shannon and Melissa are coming into town next week to help us pack up, and then my parents are coming the week after that. It’s all a bit overwhelming but I know we will get it done. I actually still can't believe we are moving to Texas in 2 weeks! YIKES!







McKinney, Tx...Here we come!

I spent 3 days in Texas looking for a house. Going into it I was super excited...I've never looked at houses before and I thought it was something that would be a piece of cake. Boy was a wrong! I basically had 2 days to find a house so that Eric and I would have a place to live when move next month.

Day one started off really bad...the first 5 houses my parents and I looked at were awful! They were old, falling apart, dirty or very small. There was even one house that I wouldn't go into b/c it was so gross. At the end of the day, the very last house we saw was actually pretty cute. It wasn’t in the exact neighborhood I wanted to live in but it was nice. Big backyard, Open floor plan, 4 bedrooms and the previous owners took good care of it. So...thinking that this was as good as I was going to find, we put in an offer. Needless to say, someone else put in an offer that day as well and the seller wanted us to come back with our best offer. Eric and I counter offered with a price that was over our original budget and then we waited. I went to bed that night feeling very unsettled. I wasn’t happy with the price we had offered, I didn't really love the area the house was in and I just didn’t have that feeling that this was our home. So....the next day I called our awesome realtor Wayne and asked if we could go back out.

Day two started off much better. All of the houses that we were looking at were in the neighborhood I had wanted to live in and they all seemed to be better taken care of. The 3rd house we pulled up too instantly gave me a good feeling. The neighborhood was nice, it was close to schools and the yard was very well taken care of. From the minute I walked through the front door I knew this house was ours. It was absolutely beautiful and I could picture raising a family there! What is more amazing is that it requires NO work on our part. The paint colors are the same colors we have in our Az home, the kitchen has been totally remodeled and they have hardwood floors on the bottom floor and carpet upstairs in the bedrooms. OH, and let’s not forget the backyard. It is so huge! You could seriously fit 2 pools in this backyard. I could tell the owners really loved their home and cared for it. I told Wayne to call and put in an offer and to forget the other house. This was our house and I just knew it was the one we would be moving into.

God is good and he DOES provide! We got the house and I cannot wait to move.