I Love It When We're Cruising Together

Even though we knew I would be pregnant, and we weren't entirely sure how my pregnancy would go, Zach and I booked a 7 day cruise to Mexico.  It was pretty much a last "hurrah" for the two of us before the babies arrive.  But my pregnancy was great, and we go the clearance from my OB/GYN to travel.  I wasn't sick during my pregnancy, but I did have a bad food aversion.  I learned that the smell of food would make me have no appetite.  So if I made something for dinner, all the time it was cooking, and I could smell it, I wouldn't want to eat it by the time it was done.  So I was living off of Snickers bars and Ensure. 

When I was told that that was my problem, I started going to get something to eat at a fast food place, and eat it as fast as possible before I wasn't hungry anymore. I was so paranoid that I wouldn't give the babies enough nutrients, but I was pretty sure I was getting atleast something from the Ensure and my prenatal vitamins.

So on the cruise, I pretty much lived off of french fries and steak! haha That was one of the benefits of  being on a cruise and having food 24/7 available.  It was a great trip for Zach and I.  And something I enjoyed while pregnant.  I never got seasick.  But we never took full advantage of all that the ship had to offer.  I was so tired that I would want to be in bed by 8pm and all the comedy shows or any show started later in the evening.  So I watched a lot of TV or slept.  Zach did go enjoy himself in the casino though.  And made a few friends.

I loved showing off my, very tiny, baby bump.  But more than anything, it just looked like I had too much to eat.  The only time I recognized that I had any issue was walking through Mazatlan.  There wasn't much to do there.  We walked through the town and I was tired quickly.  So we would stop to rest every once in a while.  And I noticed my fingers starting to swell, so I had to chug some water to hydrate myself.  They returned to normal quickly, but it didn't take long for us before we returned to the boat to just hang out by the pool.

We met this cute little couple at dinner one night.  They overheard us talking about how expensive the drinks were.  I usually resorted to drinking lemonade, since it was pretty much all I drank.  But they were avid cruisers and told us that we could bring any amount of drinks or snacks on the ship.  So they usually bring a few cases of soda and snacks to go back to their room and veg.  We also told them how we just found out we were having sweet little twin boys, and they told us they had twin boys too!!  It was pretty exciting to be sharing that with them!  Plus, it's always fun to brag about our babies!!

Boy. Girl. Twins. Alien

I knew from before we got pregnant that I wanted to have a secret gender reveal.  I had mentioned it to my sweet friend, Kelly Peterson, and she offered right away to throw one for us.  From the moment we found out we were pregnant with twins, I was convinced it was twin girls.  From my easy symptoms being similar to other people who had girls, I had convinced myself right away.  And because of my feelings, I think I had Zach convinced as well. 

When we were finding out the gender, I had both my regular OB/GYN appointment and my high-risk appointment a day apart.  So I planned to get them both to write down the genders for me, just to be positive.  I had Dr. Ngo write it down first, and I gave that envelope to Kelly.  She immediately checked it, then started crying.  Of course I was emotional, but it just made her happy.  But because she had seen Dr. Ngo for June, and was originally told she was having a boy, she wanted me to get a second opinion from my high risk dr.  After my high risk appointment, I took over that envelope and she ensured me that both drs said the same thing.

We had the gender reveal at our friend, Jaime Bell's house.  We had a lot of people show up!!  It was so great!  The Bells, Peterson, Higgins, Kramers, McCulloughs, Russells, Amanda Smith, and Valene Harris.  Kelly handed people silly string cans to spray at us after we did the last baby reveal.

Kelly also decided that she wanted to do the gender reveal one at a time, so that it was apparent each baby was an individual.  I thought that was really nice of her.  She handed me a cannister of confetti to pop open.  I put one hand on top, and one hand on bottom to twist... our first baby is a BOY!!!  I was in complete shock!! A boy?  I was so sure it was a girl!!  Ok, so the next one must be a girl.  I'm gonna have a boy and a girl.  Zach was handed the second cannister.  He twisted..and again, BLUE confetti!  Two BOYS!!! Everyone started spraying us with blue silly string! There was blue confetti everywhere!!

It was so much to take in, and seriously, such a surprise!!  I was so emotional!!  And so excited, but I had my mind so set on girls it took me a minute to adjust to having two boys!! But I was so stinking excited!!!

Kelly gave us a pair of these super sweet little boy shoes.  I am so grateful I get to be the mother of these sweet little boys!!