A lot has happened since I last posted.
The end of October, the 24th, I found out that I was pregnant. This was a little earlier than we had planned, but only by a couple months. It got me thinking more and more about how we would do the On-the-road life with a new baby. In a LOT of ways it got me even more motivated. I really like the idea of being able to take the kids when we want, when we want. I really want out of this house and the baby made me feel that more strongly.
Unfortunately, almost immediately after I found out I wa pregnant, I started have some complications. I was having some serious cramping and spotting. At this point, I hadn't told Dallas, as I was trying to keep it a suprise until his birthday. I met with the midwives at the birthing center where I was so excited to be able to go. They ran tests on my HCG levels which came back fine. I was so relieved, I told Dallas that night that I was pregnant. It was the 6th, only 4 days until his birthday. He was excited, and suprised that I had waited that long, and not waited until his birthday. The following Monday, the 9th, I had an ultrasound to find out why I was spotting. I went in and the tech did a little looking around and turned to me and says, "Are you ready?" Now, I'm pretty nervous that something is wrong, and what exactly do I need to be "ready" for??!! So I said, "Yes" and she said, "It's TWINS!". I was shocked and started crying a little, but very excited. They were just tiny little eggs at that point (6 weeks 1 day) but we could already see the flickering of their tiny heartbeats. It was a huge relief. So I waited a WHOLE day and a half before telling Dallas. He still ended up getting a baby for his birthday.
And while we are super excited about the twins, it causes some serious reconsidering to our previous plans. While theoretically we could fit everyone in the Beast of a truck that we already bought, that would mean that Harrison would have to be in the middle in the front, and I'm just not comfortable with that. That means we are going to have to sell the truck and buy an Excursion. This means instead of a 5th wheel, we would have to go with either a travel trailer, or buy a bus and have it tow the Excursion.
Because twin pregnancies are high risk pregnancies, I need to be near my own doctor and a hospital with a good NICU. Not that I think anything will go wrong, but I want to be prepared, just in case. Also, becaues I have been having complications, and have been told not to do any heavy lifting and to take it easy, we're looking at finding a college student near by that would be willing to trade room and board for child care and light housekeeping. For that, we need to stay in the house at least until next August. We will probably put off moving into the trailer or bus for at least a year. That is, unless Dallas gets accepted to Officer Training School, in which case we'll have to figure it out then.
So a LOT of changes with just two words! "IT'S TWINS!!"
