All You Need Is Love...: The Holidays and Our Anatomy Scan!

Hello everyone! I hope you all have had a fantastic ChristmaHanaKwanzika!! I can tell you that our Christmas celebration FAR exceeded my expectations. As you may know ( as read in my last blog), things got rough for my family this year. With the help of local programs, friends, and family, we were able to get the necessities taken care of, and I am still overwhelmingly thankful. I can't wait to get on better standing to start paying these gifts forward! Even with all of the basic necessities covered, we were still on shaky ground and it left no wiggle room whatsoever, so getting any Christmas gifts for anyone this year was out of the question. I know that gifts are not the reason for the season, but one of the things that gives ME the most holiday spirit and feeling of wellbeing is giving my family and friends gifts that I took time to think about and really having them in mind when doing so. So, not being able to do that this year was disappointing for me, and for Phillip. We knew that everyone understood, but it was still hard for us. Christmas Eve we traditionally go to my parent's house to spend the night. The kids were so excited, and that was neat to see. This year was probably the first time that they both understood what was going on and they couldn't wait to see what Santa was bringing them. Grandma set out the cookies and milk (Jaxon had a little bit of a hard time understanding that those were for SANTA...not for him...) and Phillip and I tucked the boys in bed and read them the Christmas Story from the Bible. They have been learning about God and Jesus at their daycare and have been asking many questions about it when they get home. Phillip was excited to share the story with them so they could learn where and how Jesus was born. Phillip and I had limited options for sleep that night...the bed that the kids were in downstairs was not big enough for all 4 of us, the couch that my Uncle sleeps on would have fit us but my Uncle keeps the TV on all through the night and on LOUD, which made it impossible to get any sleep for us at all. Upstairs there was one long couch and one love seat....we made those work as best as we could but I can tell you...it was not the most restful sleep I've ever had.
The kids got up early and were STOKED to see that Santa had come! And boy, did Santa go all out. Gramma and Grandpa Claus made sure that everyone had PLENTY of gifts and really made the boys' Christmas morning special. I can't thank them enough for all that they do for me and my family. We had a low key day of playing with our new toys, and the boys went down for a short nap. When they woke up, it was time to get ready for Phillip's family to come over! With them, they brought a SECOND Christmas for us and the kids. I couldn't believe it! We had an awesome dinner (my mom made lasagna from scratch..YUM) and then opened all the gifts again! All in all, we were spoiled ROTTEN from both sides. All of our family just plain rocks.
Yesterday was the twins' anatomy scan! My dad hauled me all the way to Omaha to get it done! Everything went well...the babies look good. I have about 2 pounds of just baby in there...not including placentas and fluid and all that. Baby B was seen first and he (yes, still boys!) was sitting on Baby A's head. Imagine that. Looks like we've got another Jaxon in there. Lol! We got to see their faces, which was awesome! The only kind of iffy news is that when we were looking at Baby A, they had a hard time seeing all of the arteries in the umbilical cord. They said that sometimes, babies develop with one artery short. All this means is that the growth of that baby may be affected, and the only thing we can do about it is monitor the baby closely. Which we are doing any way because I'm high risk. So, every two weeks I'll continue to get ultrasounds, and in 4 weeks I have to go back to Omaha. Also, the doctor in Omaha wants my thyroid checked again, and wants me to continue closely monitoring my blood sugars. Even though my sugars are good for now, he's pretty sure I'll develop gestational diabetes. All I can do is try to continue to eat right, check my sugars, and keep a close eye on it.
I have noticed an increase in morning sickness again. I really thought I'd be lucky and have my sickness go away by 12 weeks like it had with both the boys. No such luck. I've been sick at least 3 days a week, at random times during the day. Right now, it happens to be morning and YEP, I'm sick. I think I need to start eating more small meals throughout the day.
Well, it's time to get my day started. I hope that I have the energy to clean the house today. That's another thing I've noticed. I've been SO TIRED lately. I hope everyone has an awesome day!