My sister is getting married in August. She asked me to be her maid of honor, and I readily accepted (she didn't know I was pregnant at the time). Her and her fiance have been engaged for a little over a month, and I can honestly say I'm already sick of her. The last wedding details I heard from her involved a tentative date, and that was a week after they got engaged. Well, since then, they have solidified the date, scheduled a tentative rehearsal time, picked wedding colors, and have actually done a few other things. Yesterday, I was texting her fiance and he asked if my DH was going to be able to make it. I replied that he should as long as we have dates and times for rehearsal and whatnot for that weekend. He apparently thought that that information had been communicated to me, and I let him know he was mistaken. My wonderful sister isn't really telling me anything, which as a maid of honor, you think she'd keep me in the loop. How frustrating!
Yesterday morning, I was talking to her on the way to church, and apparently she thinks that all the bridesmaids will have a floor-length black dress in their closet that they can wear for the wedding. So, instead of picking a bridesmaid dress and letting us all match, I have a feeling that these blacks as well as styles will clash horribly. Granted I'll have to buy a new dress (don't have much of a choice when I'll be 7 months pregnant at the time), but I have a feeling that I'll outshine the other bridesmaids. We'll see how this plays out.
Our families finally found out this past weekend. They all received their preg announcement cards on Friday, and DH's family was the first to call! It sounds like his grandma got hers first, then called his parent's to ask if they had gotten the mail yet and if they had received a card from us. His family was shocked we kept this such a secret for so long, and his sister was a little mad that we didn't tell her sooner as she told us right away (FYI...we didn't find out until she was 8 weeks along that they were pregnant. We're only a couple of weeks behind her with regards to telling). They're all excited and can't wait to see these 2 little ones!
My family...wow. My mom called Saturday morning (they were out of town on Friday), and I wasn't in the room with my cell phone. She left me a voicemail. She literally screamed "I'm gonna be a grandma!!" into the phone. My parents and brother are super excited for us! These 2 babies will be the first grandkids for my parents, and actually first nieces/nephews for my sister and brother too. I have a feeling my mom is already planning baby stuff. We made sure to tell and stress to our families that they are not allowed to tell anyone else other than family (aunts, uncles, etc.). We'll see how long that lasts with my mom. She tends to spill the beans a lot.
My sister on the other hand...I think we're going to have jealousy issues all over again. [Back history...I am the youngest and the first to get married in my family. She is the oldest and felt it was her right to get married first and have the first grandkids, and blah blah blah.] She said she's happy and excited for us, and congratulated us, but I know her true feelings. She's thinking I won't be able to go to her wedding and she even went as far as to say that I'd be the fat one at her wedding. Really?!?! I'll be pregnant with your nieces/nephews, not fat. There's a difference. It's probably going to be a huge issue for her for quite some time.
She also asked me the most random off the wall questions yesterday too. She asked me if the twins were natural or if we were on any drugs or medicines. Since technically they are natural (our one blast split), I told her they were natural. I don't think we'll be sharing about our IF or our IVF anytime soon. She then asked me what made me want to take a pregnancy test. I jokingly brushed it off with "I just felt like POAS." to which she replied, "Twice?" I said "Yeah. Once you see that first one, you don't really trust it, so you have to take a second one to confirm the first."
Who asks that kind of stuff? Really??? Thank goodness I'm the normal one in my family!
Monday, March 21, 2011
Thursday, March 17, 2011
They still don't know!
So I was totally hoping that our families would get their announcement cards today, but apparently, they didn't make it. And on top of it, my parents won't be home tomorrow if they get delivered tomorrow. If my siblings call, I'll have to make sure they keep it quiet until my parents can open their own card and find out for themselves. Maybe our families will surprise us and DH's family will call first! Guess we'll find out eventually!!
I was just so hoping that they'd all find out today, but I guess our excitement will have to wait another day.
As strange as it may sound, I totally love seeing the little computerized picture of my twins floating in the countdown gadget at the top of my blog. DH liked seeing them too! He was so funny last night looking at the babies on the countdown. He didn't realize that they already have arms and legs.
I was just so hoping that they'd all find out today, but I guess our excitement will have to wait another day.
As strange as it may sound, I totally love seeing the little computerized picture of my twins floating in the countdown gadget at the top of my blog. DH liked seeing them too! He was so funny last night looking at the babies on the countdown. He didn't realize that they already have arms and legs.
Tuesday, March 15, 2011
News to Share
I'm thinking our families will find out either tomorrow or Thursday about our big news! Through the use of Shu.tter.fl.y, we created pregnancy announcement cards for each of our immediate family members and our grandmothers. We finally got them in the mail on Monday, and mailed them off right away! I can't wait to hear their reactions!!
DH is dying to tell everyone. I told him he could share the news with the guys he works with, but he doesn't want the news to show up on his facebo.ok page, so he's keeping quiet. He wants to tell everyone at church, but I'm not too keen on that idea. With the other young couples at church, it seems to be a huge competition for who can have babies the fastest! It's very frustrating, and I really don't want to get caught up in that whole drama any sooner than I absolutely have to. I'm thinking at the earliest, we'll share with them after we're a couple of weeks into the second tri. A lot depends on how soon these babies really start to pop.
The more I feel my belly and look at it, the more I realize that what I thought of earlier as a baby-bump, was really just pudge. There's starting to be a little more definition between baby "bump" and belly pudge. My pants are getting tighter by the day, and I've already had to retire a couple of pairs of jeans and dress pants. Last night I measured my belly (how doctors do it - from belly button to pelvic bone), and I'm definitely measuring more than 9 cm, which is good (The measurement from belly button to pelvic bone should equal the number of weeks you are.). That means these babies are growing!
Since we found out about our twins, I've done some research as far as pregnancy books for those pregnant with twins. There are plenty of books about singleton pregnancies, but I know that twins is a whole new ball game. I found a book When You'r.e Ex.pecti.ng Twins, Triplets, or Quads, and holy cow, it's a godsend! The only thing I don't like about it is the fact that I nearly have to double my pre-pregnancy weight since I started this whole pregnancy about 17 pounds underweight. EEK!!! I know it's all going to be for the babies, but 50-65 pounds sure sounds like a heck of a lot!!
As for other news...I'm really not liking my job at all. I figured it out today, and there's probably 5 1/2 - 6 months left there, and then I'm done. Today my "boss" decided to give me some of her work as she was walking out the door. Mind you, this was something that should have been taken care of yesterday, but I'm guessing she didn't want to take care of it. I never got around to it because I was working on another project (oh darn). And to top it all off, there's no communication from her to me, and she has increasingly taken away more and more of my duties because she thinks I have too much to do. I figured it out last night, and there are five tasks that I have to complete each week, and 3 out of those take less than 20 minutes. So I get paid for 20 hours of work when realistically I only do maybe 5 hours of work. It absolutely sucks.
DH is dying to tell everyone. I told him he could share the news with the guys he works with, but he doesn't want the news to show up on his facebo.ok page, so he's keeping quiet. He wants to tell everyone at church, but I'm not too keen on that idea. With the other young couples at church, it seems to be a huge competition for who can have babies the fastest! It's very frustrating, and I really don't want to get caught up in that whole drama any sooner than I absolutely have to. I'm thinking at the earliest, we'll share with them after we're a couple of weeks into the second tri. A lot depends on how soon these babies really start to pop.
The more I feel my belly and look at it, the more I realize that what I thought of earlier as a baby-bump, was really just pudge. There's starting to be a little more definition between baby "bump" and belly pudge. My pants are getting tighter by the day, and I've already had to retire a couple of pairs of jeans and dress pants. Last night I measured my belly (how doctors do it - from belly button to pelvic bone), and I'm definitely measuring more than 9 cm, which is good (The measurement from belly button to pelvic bone should equal the number of weeks you are.). That means these babies are growing!
Since we found out about our twins, I've done some research as far as pregnancy books for those pregnant with twins. There are plenty of books about singleton pregnancies, but I know that twins is a whole new ball game. I found a book When You'r.e Ex.pecti.ng Twins, Triplets, or Quads, and holy cow, it's a godsend! The only thing I don't like about it is the fact that I nearly have to double my pre-pregnancy weight since I started this whole pregnancy about 17 pounds underweight. EEK!!! I know it's all going to be for the babies, but 50-65 pounds sure sounds like a heck of a lot!!
As for other news...I'm really not liking my job at all. I figured it out today, and there's probably 5 1/2 - 6 months left there, and then I'm done. Today my "boss" decided to give me some of her work as she was walking out the door. Mind you, this was something that should have been taken care of yesterday, but I'm guessing she didn't want to take care of it. I never got around to it because I was working on another project (oh darn). And to top it all off, there's no communication from her to me, and she has increasingly taken away more and more of my duties because she thinks I have too much to do. I figured it out last night, and there are five tasks that I have to complete each week, and 3 out of those take less than 20 minutes. So I get paid for 20 hours of work when realistically I only do maybe 5 hours of work. It absolutely sucks.
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