Once we had the good news, we had to decide how long to wait before we started telling people. I’ve heard/read you should wait until the first trimester is over before telling friends and family. We waited approximately five minutes. We immediately began our “pregnancy road-show” by visiting family and calling friends. All phone batteries were dead before the clock hit 10pm.
My best week ever breaks down like this:
- Christi’s preggo – check
- Thanksgiving dinner – check
- Cowboys win – check
- My nephew’s wedding – check
- Aggies beat t.u. – WHOOP!
I also learned another thing that weekend; Christi’s hormones were kicking in. Christi had to opt out of the 5th annual Massey family Thanksgiving Day Turkey Trot… for obvious reasons. We waited with the kids at the finish line. Not long after the first man finished the race, the first woman came cruising towards the finish line. She was only 10 feet from the finish line when another woman in a full sprint passed her to be the first woman across the line. Christi was so sad for the 2nd place finisher, she cried. I’m not kidding. She cried for a woman she never met, or even saw before. I don’t deal well with a crying woman. It confuses me… I usually end up just buying them shiny things to make them stop. I am in for a long, long nine months.
The next major milestone was a visit to Dr. Vaughn’s office for a sonogram. The goal was to make sure the baby was doing well. Christi and I met in the parking lot of the office. I was on time and in the right place… I’m getting good at this stuff. After a short wait, we were called back to the room. Dr. Vaughn met us with good news. Christi’s hormone levels looked good and things were progressing nicely. Next was the sonogram.
A fuzzy image on the monitor showed a nickel size baby inside Christi. Dr. Vaughn held for a moment to show a tiny blinking dot… the baby’s heart! He even let us listen. A twist of the wrist, a new image on the screen, and these words in super slow motion from the good doctor:
“Theeerrrreeee’s baaaabbbby nuummmbbbber twoooooo.”
What?!?! Are you kidding? Twins.
Wow! They aren’t identical twins since they came from two different embryos, but there were definitely two of them. We saw two little heads, heard two heartbeats. We always wanted at least two kids. Now we would knock them both out with one shot. Nice.
