Tough Week :-)

This has been a hard week for me. I have been feeling really terrible and actually had to go home from work one day because I was feeling so sick. I sit conveniently on the other side of the building from the bathrooms, this is not good for a pregnant person. I kept having false alarms, thinking I was going to get sick and running 1/2 a mile from my desk to the bathroom just plainly looks weird and is also no fun. I think after that day a lot of people now suspect that I might be pregnant :-). Yesterday was little better and today seems to be yet even better. After learning at our Dr. appointment on Friday that I need to try and eat 175 grams of protein a day I think my body is on overload. I have been drinking lots of protein drinks, dairy and trying to get the meat in there too but it's been so hard with how sick I've been feeling. Jerame has been a wonderful support and very cute (sometimes annoyingly) about my eating. He is just so concerned that we are all (me & the babies) getting what we need. I have been a bit frustrated the past couple of days however because sometimes I feel like 'what I ate today' is all we talk about! Needless to say overall things are going great and we feel very blessed to be in the position we are in.
My mom and I are off to Florida tonight for the weekend. One of my very best friends, Erica Carbone, is getting married. I am going to be the pregnant bridesmaid, yipeee! Packing for this trip was a little challenging because I am still fitting into my normal clothes (although very snugly)....they just don't look as good as they normally do. Oh well, I just have to remember that gaining weight is the name of this game!!!! We opted to take the red-eye when we booked the flight, I am not really sure what we were thinking. It is going to be a LONG night. I really hope I can sleep otherwise I am going to be a nightmare to travel with. Sorry Mom!!! I am really looking forward to seeing Erica, it's been almost 3 years since I have seen her. It will be fun to have a girls weekend away with my Mom as well! I think Jerame is happy to have a bachelor weekend ahead of him..... he has invited a bunch of buddies over for a poker party on Saturday night. I still haven't figured out our scanner. I'll keep working at it though.

12 weeks

We had our 12 week doctors appointment as the Maternal Fetal Medicine clinic yesterday. This is the 'high risk' doctors office, all twin pregnancies are considered high risk. We loved the office and all the people there were really friendly and made us feel very comfortable. We will go there once a month to have our ultrasounds which is far more than you would have in a singleton pregnancy. Both Jerame & I were really anxious in the weeks we spent waiting for this appointment to arrive. It has seemed like an eternity since we last saw them in the ultrasound. Thank you to everyone who has been thinking & praying for us, we really feel so very blessed with support. I am so happy to report that the appointment went wonderful! Both babies are the right size and look great. They named the babies, Baby 'A' & Baby 'B'..... we got a really good look at baby B but A was a little harder to see due to his or her position. They were both moving all around and looked as if they were doing little cheerleading moves….it was so cute. It is SO crazy to see it on the screen because I can't feel any of it. I am so excited for the day when I can actually feel them moving. We got some very cool photos of them and once I can figure out how to scan them into our computer I will post them. I am still feeling pretty crumby and am hoping I start feeling better soon. I feel like I have been so unproductive during the last month, I still have laundry I did two weeks ago that I haven't folded. I guess I have to keep reminding myself that making two babies is hard on a girl! I am just so exhausted with even the slightest bit of activity. Time seems to be going by quickly which is good, I can't believe we are1/3 of the way! Jerame & I were just talking this morning about how fast August is going to come, how exciting!!!!
To add more joy & excitement to our week...our family welcomed a new addition on Tuesday February 19th, Skyler Jane Schramm 7 pounds 9oz. Proud parents Lyra & Ken are doing well and are at home now adjusting to life with a little one. Skyler is beautiful and healthy, what more can a family ask for! Jerame's Dad, Paul, came over for the weekend to meet his new Granddaughter. As always it was fun to have him stay for the weekend. We wish he lived closer but we appreciate the time spent with him while he is in town!I promise to post photo's this week.

Exciting News

We have decided to start a blog to keep our friends and family in the loop as we embark upon this new and exciting chapter in our lives. Jerame and I found out on Christmas that we are expecting! At our 1st ultrasound appointment on January 18th we found out that we are having TWINS. My Dad is a twin so I guess it shouldn't have been as shocking as it was for us but we were just hoping to see one strong heartbeat and to our surprise they found TWO beating away strongly. It was truly a surreal moment for both Jerame & I, one we will cherish forever. I wish someone would have captured our expressions when they told us we have two babies!!!! HA! After hearing those heartbeats it made this experience seem all the more real and exciting. Shortly after we found out it was twins we were off to Europe for a weeks vacation in Italy. We went to Venice, Florence and Rome....it was a very special and romantic trip. I am so glad we did it, who knows when we might have the chance again. I didn't get to enjoy the fantastic Italian wine but I did live vicariously through Jerame as I think he had enough for the both of us :-) I have been extremely tired and dealing with the oh so fun nausea stuff but have been feeling better over the coarse of the last few days so maybe, just maybe I am almost done with that part. We go for our next ultrasound next Friday, that will be a big appointment. They do lots of testing and screening for different things, please keep us in your prayers as we get through the next couple of weeks .....they are big!!!