This is journal writing.... NO PICTURES..... I guess it is time to write down my pregnancy story since I am halfway done. It started when I found out in March that I was pregnant. I was shocked because it was only about 1 month being on Femara and it worked. (I took the same medicine with both my boys.) I became really sick shortly after and thought this morning sickness it awful that no matter what happen this time around it would probably be my last time being pregnant. I didn't throw up much just nasty nauhea all day long. I just couldn't remember it being this bad. We were so busy with baseball and school that I just keep waiting to get my apointment to go see the doctor. Finally school was going to be out in May and I was going to go to my parents house for Mason's birthday that I thought I should go to the doctor before that to make sure everything was ok. We had some friends in the ward going to be sealed as a family and I new that we both couldn't go because of the time they were doing it at. Mason was still in school and needed someone here to get him and watch Chase. So when I called the doctor the day they had open happen to be the same day May 18th that they were going to the temple. So I was the one that would be going. Darren didn't come because it was just the first appointment to make sure I was pregnant and everything was ok. I just didn't see that he needed to be there. Boy was I wrong. (I am 11 weeks pregnant.)
I get to the doctor and the first thing I say is, "I just want to make sure there is a baby in there because this going to be my last pregnancy and I have been super sick." He said," will take a look." He starts the sonogram and says there is a baby, there actually is TWO. Right then I went into shock. I remember putting my hands on my head saying there is 2 heart beats... and everything looks ok. He then said they look good, they are in 2 different sacks, and the membrane line is thick. I am Due DEC 6 but he said I will go early. He let me wait on my blood work since I was not sure about my insurance and since I was still in shock. We schedule the next appointment and I leave.
I get in the car and see that I have about 1 hour till I needed to be at the temple. The first thing I do is look at my cell phone and see that I have some missed calls from Darren. I call him and tell him that everything is ok but that it is TWINS. He says to me,"SHUT UP" "SHUT UP", YOU BETTER NOT BE JOKING." I then let him know I am not joking and that I have another call coming through. So I say I will call you right back. When I call him back we talked for alittle bit and I am still just not sure what just happened.
I call my grandparents to get the number to the school where my mom works and I let them know what I just found out. My grandma says," I won't tell anyone until you tell me it is ok to tell." (I don't like to tell people until I hit the safe zone) My grandpa gets on the phone and tells me he will go to the school and have my mom call me. So she calls and I tell her my new secret. I go to the temple still just shocked about what has happened. When I sit by Tandy and she asked if I was by myself and I said yes because I had to go to the doctor. She asked if everything was ok. I then just thought I need to tell her. So talked until time to go to the room. I get in the sealing room and just start to cry. I was happy for our friends and I just had a whole lot of hormones and shock starting in on me.
I make it home and asked Darren if he told anyone and he was like," well when I hung up from you Bishop happen to call and I was just in shock so I had to tell him. Then I called work and told them because Jason has twins." Then the word just kinda stopped here.
Then my grandma could not keep a secret that she begain telling family members and then others she would see. So I went to my parents house not really knowing how many people knew my new secret. She wanted to annouce it at Relief Society but it happen to be combined. So I was glad for that. Well the next week she remembered she hadn't announced it so she shared that news. So really the whole town where my family lives know my secret but people up here no nothing.
I wasn't really showing much so it was easy not to share anything. But little by little people would find out and then share it with others.
This past sunday I had alot of people ask me if I was pregnant so I now know that I am showing to where I don't look like I am chubby but pregnant. I am 20 weeks along. I am doing alot better. For the first little while I kept thinking that I was miss carrying or something just wasn't right because I was cramping, and just hurt. Now I know that it was just growing pains and streching because I have grown so fast. I still have my good days and bad one but little by little I am feeling better and able to do more house work.
I just went to the Doctor on July 13th and found out that I am having 1 boy & 1 girl. So now I know that I probably had to have twins in order to get a girl. We are excited to be having a girl but nervous of what is to come. We know it is going to be hard work and will take lots of patience. The boys are now excited about having a baby that Chase says you have babies in your tummy. There will be lots of adjusting and praying that he does ok.
The boys played baseball and then we went on a walk. We couldn't go far because of Darren having and boot on and I was having cramping. We went to make a fire and the wood was wet and not burning well. So we decided we would just go home and do the food. When we left it started to rain. So we new that we made a good choice. It was a fun evening.
Mason and his friends did vacation bible school at a church that is right around the corner from our house. It was from 9-12 everyday. Oh how nice it was to have him gone doing something other than fighting with his brother. I was worried after the first day when they asked what his religon was. I thought they are going to put him in his own group. Luckily they didn't do that. He came home and would tell us the bible story they learned and what they did. He enjoyed doing it. The last day they had the parents come to see them sing a song called,"God is Wild About You". We now only have 1 more full week of summer and then Aug. 4 school will start. It will be nice to back in a schedule. He is excited to go back to school as well.
They would play a game at the end of practice and it was shirts verse skins... The first night Mason came home and said that he had to take his shirt off. He didn't really like that part. The next night he came home and was excited because he caught a long pass and scored a touch down and then he got to throw the ball and he did really good at that. He has some major sports ability and loves to play all sports if they just wouldn't over lap.
Darren loves Big Hunks.......
They also got him Jerky, Hot Tamales, some little Screw Drivers, and a Sun Shade for the van. Chase was right next to Darren the whole time and when it got to the jerky before Darren could open it Chase said,"It's Jerky, Can I have some." So here is Chase enjoying his jerky.....
Then we went to work to have cake and ice cream with the employees ...... Darren didn't want to get his picture taken but I made him so he did a real goofy pose.....
I think that he had a great birthday. It is hard when you get older because it is just another day. Chase asked Darren probably 10 times in the day,"Dad it's your birthday" or "Dad is it your birthday?" 
Chase is posing for the picture.....
Mason getting ready to go rock climbing....
We had alot of fun hanging out with grandma and doing things that were inside to cool off. We are glad that she was able to stay and play for the day.
Chase swam on the steps, or with one of us holding him. Mason would swim all over and dive for rings. He had alot of fun doing what he loves to do. Mason also loves to stay in a hotel for the breakfast in the morning. I think it is because he just can go and choose what he wants and usually can get it himself. My Mom, Grandma & Grandpa Howard were staying there as well so it was a fun get together.
