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a very special christmas!!

twin-ultrasound

 

We cannot contain our excitement…we are expecting!!! It is something we have been wishing and planning for, and it is still hard to believe it has come true. After much thought we’ve decided to share it publicly before the “safe” point of the second trimester. We had an ultrasound, and saw (and heard) the strong heartbeat…S! Yes, that is an S, as in PLURAL. As in TWINS!! As in, WHOA. We were SO surprised, as it does not run in the family and we conceived naturally, but we aren’t complaining! We will be sharing our journey…les bébés are due in the summer, and we WILL be finding out the genders! Needless to say, this Christmas has been such a special one, and we are so very thankful.

2012 is going to be epic!

(billy is very excited to be a big brother!) 

tree hunting

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Christmas-tree

We finally had time to get a tree yesterday, and we chose a new experience…cutting down our own tree. I actually spent a lot of time researching this earlier in the year, as I had reservations. Here is what I read that sold me on this option, as well as always having a real tree growing up. We arrived at the tree farm knowing it would be difficult to find what we needed-a slim, almost anorexic tree, but not too sad, which our current living room set up demands. We wandered for a while before spotting it, all by itself, on the side of the hill…it was love at first sight! While Billy and I looked on, Mr. Fleurishing sawed the tree with ease. I made sure it’s surrounding friends knew we were giving it a wonderful new home, albeit a temporary one. I felt better having said that-and yes, I’m weird like that.