Food Poisoning

On Thursday, I took the girls to the mall to get free haircuts at JCPenney for school. We were quite in a hurry to eat lunch before the haircuts, so we ate at Wendy's in the mall real fast. I had a grilled chicken sandwich, which is my usual......well, was my usual. As I was scarfing it down quickly, I had a thought, perhaps it wasn't quite cooked all the way....but I didn't listen to that still small voice.

NEVER AGAIN.

Thursday night I found myself no feeling well. I thought it was due to pregnancy, so I thought if I went to play basketball I would feel better. Usually...exercising makes me feel better.....but to no avail. I came home and went right to bed. Friday morning, I was feeling quite off. I decided not to exercise and found myself laying around all morning miserable. Finally by noon, I realized it was not just pregnancy and asked Nelson to come home because I was so sick. The next two days I spent in bed with bad stomach pains and miserable. By Sunday I was feeling better, at least I could get out of bed, but still pretty sick. It was so miserable.

After research, a blessing, and talking to our friend who is a doctor.....we knew the babies wouldn't be harmed.....unless I wasn't hydrated enough, but still....pretty miserable! I won't be having any grilled chicken sandwiches for a bit. It is really hard for me to even eat chicken right now...honestly.

My next appointment is September 10th. I am anxiously awaiting to hear their heartbeats again. Because of our first experience, I feel sometimes really afraid that they won't have heartbeats. I have always been afraid of that with all my children, but especially now. But in my heart I can't imagine Heavenly Father would ever cause us to have to endure the same thing twice. Still our prayers ascend for Healthy babies and a healthy pregnancy!

Yay to no more food poisoning...boo to grilled chicken sandwiches!

Tender Mercies of the Lord

Today was one of those days where you aren't sure it was real. I went to my first Dr. appt...already almost 13 weeks pregnant. Most of you may or may not know Nelson and I had a late miscarriage our first pregnancy. We went to the ultrasound to find out the sex of our baby and found out not only was it twins...but their hearts weren't beating. It was very sad and shocking for us. We were able to eventually find out that it was a virus I had that caused all the problems and caused their little bodies to stop working....and it was just a random once in a lifetime thing. We trusted Heavenly Father was in charge and knew what was best, and named our litle ones Isaac and Isabelle and decided we would see them again and raise them in the Resurrection. Each child we had, not only were we scared of any kind of freak accidents, but we were also hoping for another set of twins. We wanted twins so badly. After 6 kids....nothing. So you can imagine this appt. and the hopes we had again....the night before I could barely sleep and the kids kept saying they thought it would be twins...I told them not to get their hopes up. Well...as I went in for the Ultrasound...as soon as she had the screen up I noticed right away...I asked histerically if their were two....I couldn't stop bawling like a baby and I spurted out our whole history of losing the first set....always wanting some more....and probably she wasn't used to seeing people super happy about twins! :) I just couldn't believe it...finally. It was like winning the lotto....really...did that just happen? I cried the entire time she did the ultrasound...it was unbelievable. My next question was are they okay? Are their hearts beating? They were just fine and doing great! I still can't believe it...it is like a dream! Everyone was so excited...I had to text Nelson right away and send a pic of the ultrasound for proof. :) My mom and mother in law both bawled like babies also.....what a blessing and tender mercy of the Lord to give us something we wanted so badly. I just can't beleive it. So we will go from 6 kids to 8 right after Christmas! I am due February 20th...but not sure when they will come. So many things to think about and plan for....after the shock wears off. :) We find out what they are on Sept 21st! Let the countdown and guessing begin! :) We are happy to have anything...but can't wait to be sure! I am going to start a blog about the twins. I have kept journals for all my children since they were born...so this will be the beginning of theirs. I will post it when I start! Until then, pray for us that all goes well and know that Heavenly Father hears us and answers us, even if it is in His own time!!!!