1 baby + 1 baby - 1 house = Friday!

If you read my post on Facebook, then you are all caught up! For those of you that haven't- here is what is new with us!

Wow, Friday was eventful around here to say the least! We went in for a routine ultrasound at 8. The u/s tech put the wand on my belly and says, "Oh, you're having twins." Jim and I looked at each other and said, "No, no twins..." and she matter of factly informed us that we WERE having twins! So, we were in shock most of the u/s! We got to see each baby's heart, brain, spine, kidneys, feet, hands, face, you name it! Baby A was not shy at all and showed us her girly bits right away. We had to coax it out of Baby B, but she was another girl! 3 girls under age 3! WOW!! It was a little hard to tell because of how far along I am, but according to 2 different u/s techs, the babies are in two separate sacs and were formed from 2 different eggs. We were told this is the best case scenario for twins because they don't share anything so each will grow on its own. It is extremely exciting, although this does mean Jim and I are out numbered! As I am sure most of you know, Emily wasn't a planned baby, but we were trying this time around. However, we were only trying for one, so Jim joked that out of our three kids, only one was planned- and it wasn't the single birth! The exciting part is that we will get u/s each appointment from here on out, so we will get to see our girls every month!

Once we got home from the Dr, we quickly had to pack up because we had a showing at our house. We are finishing the basement and decided to see if we could sell our house while this $8,000 tax credit is still out there. We live in an awesome first-time home owners neighborhood. So we headed to Will and Michelle's to hang out for a couple hours while we had two showings. (Jim worked from home yesterday!) Our agent called us to let us know we could return home so we did and settled back in for the rest of our Friday and to continue calling everyone with the news of the twins. Around 3 I got a call from our agent saying we had a verbal offer on our house! We talked it over and counter offered and both parties came to terms- so bam! We sold our house! The only thing that is slightly sad is that we have to leave our washer and dryer, and if you don't know, we had some serious troubles getting a HE washer that worked! But at least we don't have to store them.

Sooooo, our plan now is to be out of the house by Nov 20th. We will move in with my fantastic brother and even better sister-in-law for awhile while we find a house! We will hopefully be in our own new home before the twins get here! My official due date is March 12, but I wouldn't be surprised if they make their appearance sometime in Feb. We are super excited and crazy nervous at the same time. The twins are amazing and I feel so blessed- although I think God has more faith in my parenting abilities than I do! And we really do need a bigger house now, so I am sure it will all work out. Keep us in your prayers as we embark on this new journey!

Pumpkin Patch Fun!

Last Monday we headed out to Carolyn's Cousins pumpkin patch! Emily wasn't as thrilled about it as I hoped, but she was a fairly good sport. Check out the photos below.

Emily and Ali checking out pumpkins

Emily, Cooper, and Caden being pumpkins

Emily showing her sympathy for the pumpkins we are about it pick...
In other news, we are finishing our basement and we now have our house on the market! It is exciting and exhausting at the same time. Our house has never looked so good, but our garage is a MESS while we finish the basement. We boxed up a TON of stuff and yet we still have a full house....

In Emily news, we are attempting to potty train... it's hard work! Emily loves to sit on the potty but only likes to tell us after she has gone in her diaper. She is a chatter box these days! She talks all the time and most of the time I can figure out what she is saying, which is nice. She is hitting her terrible twos and likes to throw huge fits. Sunday her cousin Ali turned one and Emily learned a hard lesson about sharing- it is hard and often isn't fun! There was lots of screaming and crying, and Emily was pretty upset too.. =)

We find out on Friday if Emily will have a baby brother or sister, and that is very exciting! Emily is still too young to understand there is a baby in mommy's belly, especially since I am not really showing. However, Emily loves babies! I have started watching a little girl three days a week and Emily LOVES her! She is very good with her and likes to give her her binky when she is fussy. Hopefully she will still think babies are as much fun when ours gets here in March!