I've been thinking a lot lately at where my life was just a year ago, how much D.J. & my lives have changed in just one little year. To reflect back, it was just after Thanksgiving that we found out we were pregnant, we kept the news to ourselves until Christmas, when we shared the joyous news with our families... the news that we were having a baby (little did we know). I didn't have my blog then, so every now & then I'm going to post Just a year ago & write what we were going thru & some of my feelings (before I forget).
It was on January 10th that I went in for my first doctor appointment, 10 weeks pregnant. D.J. didn't go with me because I thought it was just a check up to confirm I was pregnant. It ended up being more than a check up- I got to hear the heartbeat.... oh, the fast paced thump, thump.. thump, thump... brings tears to my eyes now. (How many times will I cry while typing my Just a year ago?!?!) At the end of my appointment my doctor told me she wanted me to come back in 3 weeks for an ultrasound, but didn't say why she wanted to do an ultrasound, so I just assumed it was normal. I was very excited to see an ultrasound and get to see my baby. When D.J. got home from work I was excited to tell him that I got to hear the heartbeat, but knew he'd be sad that he didn't go & get to hear it, but he was excited for the next appointment to get to see our baby & hear the heartbeat.
Picture of me January 28th (we should have known something was up at how fast my belly grew!)Well, it was just a year ago yesterday, January 30th (13weeks & 1 day) that we went in for the ultrasound & found out there were 3!! Oh, I can remember the feelings..... first seeing 2 babies on the ultrasound monitor, then hearing the doctor saying she saw 3, looking at the monitor & seeing 3....... WHAT, OH MY GOSH, 3 babies?!?! I looked at D.J., who was now sitting down, ghostly white, eyes wide opened & mouth to the floor in shock. I was super excited, I had always thought twins would be fun... never really thought about 3! D.J. had never even thought about 2, much less 3! I couldn't wait to get to Cedar Rapids to share the news with our families! After the doctor stepped out of the room all D.J. was pretty much speechless. I asked him if he was ok, he say "yes". I asked him if he had to go back to work because I wanted to go to CR, he said "yes", I asked him if he could find his way back to work, he said "yes" & then he said "We are going to run out of money" (that's my little accountant!) I then asked him if he cared if I went to CR to share the news with our mom's & my sisters-- I'm not sure if he ever answered this question. So, D.J. went back to work (& then over to a friend's house for a couple/few beers) & I went to CR to share the news. Our doctor got a wonderful ultrasound picture of all 3- this is one of my absolutely favorite pictures- my first look at all 3! Loved from the start!
Baby 1 is Caitlen, Baby 2 is Brooklen & Baby 3 is Austen
I first showed my mom, who was shocked there were 3, but she thought there might be twins (what a smart mom!) Then to share the news with my sisters, who were both super excited for us . Then to D.J.'s mom's (Sharon), who believed there were 2, but was in denial that there were 3 babies until mid/end of February. My dad was also in town from California, so it was great to share the news with him in person!
It's still hard sometimes to believe there are 3, how fast they are growing, how much our lives have changed in just one little year, but how I can hardly picture our lives without them. So, yesterday, January 30th is Happy Day we found out there were 3!
4 comments:
great post!! Love your new format, too. ;)
Can you believe how much has changed and happened in just this past year?? WOW! How cool that your pic was taken exactly 1 year from their baptism! Serendipity. They are the sweetest - we are all lucky to be a part of their extraordinary lives. :) Love seeing the 'flashback'! I remember that night - UNBELIEVABLE, awesome news. And they are all so healthy! Lucky are we ~ x3!
Oh Kristi - that's great. I remember when you told me that there were 3 - - I was sitting at work and you called (with such excitement in your voice) and I asked if you could see if "the baby" was a boy or girl and you said "no, there were too many arms in the way" - WHAT? TOO MANY ARMS? Oh - I was so excited for you. I don't think I accomplished anything at work the rest of the day.
Oh how I remember that night(I knew there was something up when you drove home, alone, on a Monday night). Such joy find out there were 3 and then to get to go with you to share the news with your sisters and see their happy faces. Remember, Bailey told us that night there was just the one boy, the rest were girls (what a little psychic she is). Love getting to remember the joy. Love ya
I love this post! And can almost hear the excitement, love and amazement in your voice. The picture of the three brought little tiny tears to my eyes!
You are so blessed!!
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