M&M

We've not put up pictures of the babies since they were little blobs. Well, they look like humans now. They have little faces, arms, legs, and everything else they are supposed to have.

This is Mattea Hope Cluff. The only good pictures we have of her look like this. She's pretty shy and is usually hidden by her brother.

We like this one of Mattea because you can see her little arm. We only have 2D ultrasound pictures of her because she's squished bu her brother all the time and is difficult to see.

This is Michael Sterling Cluff. He loves to be in front of the camera. His pictures are in 3d because he moves too much to be seen really well in 2D. When we move over to look at Mattea he likes to get in the way.

Here is a common view of Michael. He likes to keep his hand up by his face. They both do actually. I know the 3D pics are kind creepy but to us it's really fascinating to see.

Anywho, thats all for now. We're hoping to get started on their room and get it cleaned out, painted and set up. We're only going to put up one crib for now. I've been told that twins have a hard time being in different cribs at first anyway. Wish us luck. We're past half way now!

1st meal

Well, we've been in our house for over a month but I did document our first dinner in our new home. It was the first Sunday we were here. We made burritos and had sparkling cider. Cheap, I know. But we just bought a house for crying out loud. It was a lot of fun.

I still haven't unpacked most of the boxes that were in storage. I've lived without that stuff for so long that I dont' even know what is in them or what I need them for. I am just so tired and lazy between work, school, and my pregnancy. I've lost a lot of my lap to my every growing belly so it's difficult to bend over to go through boxes. I've got to get it done now or it's gonna be worse. We've also got to get the babies room done asap. It's currently a storage room with a a crib and a bassinet up against the wall. We've got a long way to go.

Pregnancy

We havn't updated the blog because we've been moving and workin in our new house. However, I do have some pregnancy pictures so you can see how we have changed during the pregnancy.

Sterling at week 13. Looking pretty good I would say.
Konni at week 13. At the "Is she gaining weight or is she pregnant?" stage

Sterling at 17 weeks. Doing very good at not gaining much weight. Good for you honey!

Konni at week 17. Yup, definately something in there. I know. I don't look very happy in the picture but I really am. I've still gained less than 5 lbs so far. I'm trying not to gain too much because I was already big before I got pregnant. We'll see how well it works.

Multiple Blessings

We have been trying to get funded on this home we fell in love with for almost 2 months. It's been rediculous. We figured we were either REALLY supposed to be there or REALLY NOT supposed to be there. Well, We found last Thursday that we were finally approved. Sterling had been working so hard on this and was so stressed out that I decided to fo to Fetal Foto's in Murray to see if we could determine the gender of our babies. Well, the results are in and we're having a little girl and a little boy. The little girl was being really stubborn/modest so when watching the video you didn't know what she was until the very end of the video. I brought it home and had Sterling watch it when he got home. He thought that the 2nd baby was a boy and was kinda down about it because he wanted a daughter SOOO bad. When the words, "I'm a Girl!" popped up on the screen he turned and looked at me with big eyes, dropped jaw, and a BIG smile. We're happy about both of our babies and can't wait to meet them.
We've been working on the house and we will be moving in this coming Saturday. It's going to be so great!

Almost 11 weeks

Well, I am 10 weeks and 5 days along in my pregnancy. We went to the Dr last week and had an ultrasound done. Sterling kept popping his head in front of the screen so I couldn't really see much. He said they were moving all over the place and could see the hands and legs. He was so excited it was so cute. He'd move a little close to the screen every time and say "That is SO cool!" with a BIG grin on his face. They printed out pictures for us but all you can really see is a white line that is one of the babies spines.
The Dr wasn't able to see us that day because he had to run and do a delivery so, today I had to go in and see him today. He took me to do another ultrasound which was a lot more clear than the last one. I could clearly see the arms, legs, and heartbeat. I got to hear both of my babies heartbeats. They were very strong. I saw some movement and the Dr said the baby that we were focusing on was kicking. It was so amazing. Now that I think of where the other baby was in relation to Mr/Ms kicker I think he/she was kicking it's sibling in the head. So, I told Sterling that if one of them comes out with brain damage we'll know why. They are so big now. They take up all the room in the sack now. Their little legs are all scrunched up. I've heard you can find out the gender at 13 weeks and my next appt in at 14 weeks so maybe we'll find out then. I hope so. Sterling's mom keeps buying us stuff but she doesn't know whether to buy baby girl or baby boy.
Now that I'm pregnant I sometimes wonder why I wanted this so much. Things like today remind me why I wanted it so badly. I've been very lucky that I've only vomited 1 day of all of my ten weeks and 5 days.
We'd like to thank all of you who have kept us in your prayers. We're very grateful for what the Lord has blessed us with. We hope all if well with all of you and will continue to pray for you all as well.

Presenting......

Baby 'A' and Baby 'B'. We usually just refer to them as "the kids". I finally had Sterling scan a one of the ultrasounds we have of them.
From what I understand they actually look like humans now. They have grown their little arms and legs and move them and everything. We are very anxious to find out the genders. I keep having the strangest dreams that I give birth to puppies and chipmunks.
I don't know if I should be popping out yet but I feel like I kind of am. I felt really fat last sunday when I went to church.
Everything is still the same with Sterling and I. If anyone knows of any companies around that are hiring I would love to get into a new job.

How many did you say?

Well, we had an ultrasound a week ago and have seen both of our kids. Yes, that's right...I said BOTH. We put in two embryos and they both stuck. We're having twins. We were nervous because each sack could still hold more than one baby. We've seen the heartbeats and only 1 heartbeat per sack. Sterling is having a hard time accepting this. He has moved on to "I-need-a-new-job-and-a-2nd-job" mode. I've tried to show him it's not going to be that much more expensive. We can buy most of the items 2nd hand. We're both very nervous but coming to terms with it. Don't get my wrong...we're very excited and getting more excited the more we see the babies. Our due date is March 8th but twins usually come early so they'll probably be here in Feb. I'll post pictures of the ultrasounds later.