Baby Names

We have finally decided on baby names.   It was easy to come up with one name but coming up with two was challenging. We are not sure which baby will be which but will decide once we get a chance to see/hold them.  Only a few more weeks and we will get to see them!!

Luke William Oekerman

                &

Evan Charles Oekerman

29 Weeks

On Tuesday I was 29 weeks along. We are happy that we have made it this far and are thankful with each week passing.  The babies are both very active and love to kick hard.  I still have my energy but come night time it has all ran out.

We had our neonatal specialist appointment on Friday and the doctor said the babies both look wonderful.  They are growing perfectly.  The technician was able to get a good picture of baby b's profile but couldn't get baby a because they are getting pretty squished.  During this ultrasound we were able to see the babies breathing, which was pretty amazing.  Apparently this is very hard to see but the babies were calm for just a few moments. Mark's mom and sister were able to come and see the babies as well.
I had my 1 hour glucose testing done two weeks ago and passed it so we are happy that I don't have to do the 3 hour test!! I need to get better at taking belly pictures.

Here is a picture of Baby B at 29 weeks.

Easter 2013

This Easter Mark's parents came in town to help celebrate with us.  We had a very busy Saturday coloring eggs, Easter egg hunting and working around the house.

Wesley had a fun time coloring eggs with Mark and Grammy.

Joe decided that it would be a good idea to use the left over egg coloring solution to color Max.  We compromised and just painted a lighting bolt on Max.  Max was not happy with this decision and is still dyed to this date.

Wes had a lot of friends over (12) to help hunt eggs that the bunny left. It had rained the day/night before so it was pretty muddy outside but the kids had fun.

Ready set go!!

Wesley checking out his eggs.  All the chocolate ended up melting. 

The Easter bunny made a stop by on Sunday morning bringing Wesley his last two transformers and a few chocolate goodies.

Last Easter as a family of 3.

Grammy and Papaw 2013

We had a great Easter with Joe and Becky and can't wait for them to come back again. 

Snow

Wesley has been waiting all winter for it to snow.  He went to school on Tuesday when it was raining and came home to a yard covered in snow.  He was so excited when I picked him up he quickly got bundled up and headed out.  He wanted to drive his ranger in the snow but the tires spun and wouldn't go anywhere.  He ran around chasing Max and throwing snowballs at him.  He thought that was absolutely hilarious.  

Wes tasting snow

 Mom see my snowball I am going to throw at Max.

Chasing Max

 Of course he found a rain puddle to jump in.

I told Wesley that he had to wait until his Dad got home to make a snowman.  Had just a few minutes to make one before it was too dark. 

Making changes

A few weeks ago we started to clear out the study and change it to the new playroom.  Wesley helped us paint for a while then Mark finished up painting. The new playroom is much smaller than the old one was but it seems to work just fine.

We needed the old playroom set up as the babies nursery.  We got new cribs and dressers delivered a few weeks back and of course Wesley was there to help assemble. Hope to have the babies nursery complete in the next few weeks.

19 weeks

This morning we went for our 19 week check up with the neonatal specialist. Both babies look great; Baby A weighs 9 oz. and heart rate is 153, Baby B weighs 11 oz. with a heart rate of 152.  Baby B seems to be more active than Baby A.  This appointment they were able to get a good view of both babies hearts and said they looked perfect. The Dr said that he saw no signs of the twin to twin, which we are very happy about. I am able to feel kicks every once in a while but hope Mark and Wesley can feel them soon.  Here are a few pictures to leave you with.  We go back in two weeks to see the specialist again.

This is baby A's profile.  If you look to the right of his face you can see baby B's leg.  We tried to get a picture with both babies both they were too active.

Baby B's profile.

We hope to have names finalized pretty soon! 

Finally!!!

We are excited to announce that we are FINALLY expecting.  I took a test early in November and it showed to be positive.  At that time we called the dr and did blood work and had an ultrasound at 5 weeks.  Everything looked great and blood work increased as the week progressed.  We also learned from the first ultrasound that we had two sacs, yes I said two sacs.  Mark was not with me during this appointment so I had to call him at work once the appointment was over and let him know.  We were both in shock, but very excited.  Due to the three miscarriages that we have had over the past two years I had to have my progesterone levels tested every other day for a week at that point.  We went back every week for a sonogram. 

The week after Thanksgiving we went in for our 7-week ultrasound hoping to hear two heartbeats.  We were very surprised when we saw two babies in one sac and then another baby in the second sac.  All had heartbeats; the two babies in one sac were the same size and had strong heartbeats, but the single baby was a little smaller and had a weaker heartbeat.  The Dr. told us that the single baby could possible not make it, but we were hopeful.  After that appointment Mark and I had a lot to take in; 3 babies all-natural that was just crazy.  At our 8 week sonogram the single baby had caught up in length and heartbeat to the two babies and the Dr was shocked but said that it still had a chance of not making it.  We continued to pray that the babies grow strong and be healthy.  At the 10 week sonogram we found out that we lost the single baby at about 9 weeks, but that the twins were growing perfectly and had strong heartbeats.  Dr. said that my body would absorb the third baby eventually and shouldn’t cause any harm to the twins.  We had mixed emotions about this news; sad because we lost another baby but relieved because now the twins get to stay in longer.  At this point we were told that we would see a specialist along with the OBGYN. 

On January 22^nd we went to the specialist and were told to expect to be there a long time due to the detailed ultrasound.  The technician did an ultrasound and showed us all of the bones, brain, heart, stomach and much more of both babies. Both babies were very active during this process and made it difficult for her to get a few pictures, but she was very patient. The babies heartbeat was right at 160 and they weighted in at 4 oz. and measured at 15 weeks.  After she took all the measurements the Dr came in and went over the pictures and told us that the babies shared the same placenta.  This could cause a problem but at this time he saw perfect babies and didn’t see any problems. He did tell us that we would be in every 2 weeks to get an ultrasound and make sure there are not any complications.  We did find out today that they are identical twins. 

Wesley is very excited that we are having two babies; he prayed for a brother for a very long time and he now will have two.  We are having twin BOYS!! 

 Baby A profile

 Baby B profile

This pregnancy has been very different than when I was pregnant with Wesley.  I was starving in the beginning and was nauseous at the same time.  Thankfully this stopped about week 14.    We will continue to post pictures of each sonogram so keep checking the blog.