It's been a while?!!!

Family Picture:

Yes, I know that it has been a while since our last posting. Well to be exact it will have been almost a month since the last update. So with that said there is a lot of ground that we need to cover.

Today is December 19th. I guess that the best way to review the past month is to start back at the first. Our last posting was on 11/20. That posting dealt with a scary situation involving Lynette and the babies. I am glad to report that the very next day everything was just fine and the babies continued to just grow and grow.
November 22nd marded the 9 week mark. What a wonderful Thanksgiving. Lynette and I both had to work so our Thanksgiving was spent together with my family after we had both gotten off of work. Everyone was so excited about seeing the babies. The constant question of when will we find out the sexes was being asked. Mema and Pappi are so excited about the arrival of the two new grandchildren. It is very difficult for them to hold in their joy and excitment.
November 24th:
What another wonderful day!! My Aggies went into Austin and just completely ruined any national championship hopes of those teasips. What a glorious day in Aggieland!!

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WHOOP!!!!

Lynette and I had several serious conversations during the weekend of the 25th and 26th. What were we going to do about her job situation. Should she continue to work and just go part time or should she stop working completly at this time. Part of me wanted her to stop completely and part of me wanted her to continue to work (because I worry about her so much when she is at home by herself). Well the decision was made for her to just go part time, and that she would tell her nurse manager on Monday November 27th.
November 27th: Lynette called me on the floor today crying. She had just spoken with her nurse manager, and things did not go well at all. It is not a good situation when someone makes my wife cry because I get very upset about that. Well needless to say I calmed down and Lynette and I made, I think, a very wise decision. Late that afternoon, Lynette went into her nurse manager's office and told her that her last day at work would be December 7th. We are really stepping out in faith here. This has been my desire and wish ever since I could remember that my wife be a stay at home mother. Thank you Lord for opening the doors and giving us the faith to walk through those doors. I almost feel like Peter stepping out of the boat. We just have to keep our eyes on Christ. He will provide, he always has and always will!!!!
December 7th and 9th:
These were big days for myself. No longer do I not have a nursing degree. I am a graduate. In addition to my degree from Texas A&M, I have added a degree from Lubbock Christian University in the field of Nursing. The 7th was the pinning ceremony and the 9th was the graduation ceremony. What a blessing it was to have my family with me, and to graduate with my Uncle during the same ceremony. My education does not stop at this point. I am currently enrolled in the Master's of Nursing program at LCU, and I will begin that journey in January.
December 13th:
December 13th marked the final week of the first trimester. Wow that flew by quick!! Just thought I would share some very important news: TWIN A is a BOY!!! (Whoop!!) I can not believe that I will be a daddy. This is so amazing. Thank you God for your amazing love and design of life. Thank you for my wife, Lynette, and for the two babies that she is carrying. Twin B was being very modest on the last ultrasound so I am starting to believe that Twin B might be a little girl. If so she already has me wrapped around her finger.
I will post pictures of the graduation as soon as I get them from my Sister-in-law. I will post another time today the 19th of December after we go to the Dr. at 2:30.

Twin A:

Twin B:

I want to finish this post by saying a pray:

Heavenly Father,
Thank you for my wife, Lynette, and for the two babies that she is carrying. You have blessed us beyond belief. I pray that you will be with Lynette, that you will protect her and keep her healthy during the pregnancy. Father, be with the two babies that she is carrying. Protect them in Lynette and help them to grow strong and healthy. Father, we know that children are a gift from you, and I pray that you will help Lynette and I to continuily turn over our lives and their lives to you. Lord, we give these children to you and pray that they will wish to follow you throughout their lives. Help me to be the Father and Spiritual leader that you have called me to be so that my wife and children may see your love of them through me. Thank you Father for families and friends that love and care for all of us. I pray that you will bless each and everyone. Father thank you again for our two babies, and for my wife, Lynette.
I Love You!!
Amen

Scare??!!!!!

Tuesday November 14th was not a good day for Lynette and I. Lynette called me in a panic late that evening while she was finishing up work. She thought that something was wrong with the babies. I asked her to call the Dr. and that I would be on my way to the hospital to pick her up. In just under 15 minutes, I was at the hospital picking up my very upset wife at this point. She had spoken with the Dr. and they had informed her that she needed to drop everything and go home and put her feet up. Well that is exactly what we did. As soon as we got home Lynette was in bed with her legs elevated.
Wednesday morning we got good news as we had another ultrasound and it showed that the babies where both okay. We actually could not believe how much that the babies had grown in the short amount of time from Friday the 10th to Wednesday the 14th. In addition to how much they had grown, we also saw them move for the first time. What a neat and exciting experience.
Well we are headed to the Dr. again tomorrow for another check up. Please keep all 4 of us in your prayers.

Week 7

Week 7:

November 10th:

We went to the Doctor today. The big news is in, WE ARE HAVING TWINS!! We were able to see the little raspberries for the first time. I say raspberries because they are about that size right now. Twin A, which I think is a boy, is 1 cm in length with a heart rate of 130 beats per minute. Twin B, which I think is a girl, is 0.8 cm in length with a heart rate of 123 beats per minute. Lynette is feeling fine right now. Thankfully she has not been sick so far during the pregnancy. However, she is feeling quite tired, but that is to be expected when you are carrying two babies. She sure does look pretty being pregnant. Thank you God for a wonderful wife, and for blessing us with two more babies.

Our First Blog

We are really new at this so bear with us. Shawn thought it would be fun to start a blog. I told him about Lisa having one and he thought it was a really neat idea.
Just in case everyone has not heard, we are going to have a baby!!!! This is a really exciting, nerve racking, I really have know idea yet at least that's what everyone keeps telling me, fun, happy, and sad time for us as a family. However we know that right now we have been blessed with one maybe two, three, or four gifts from God. Any number of children would be fine, well that is if Jesse and Lisa move back to Lubbock when we have four, because we want Devon to have a brother or sister. We know that he is already very happy, and I know that he would want us to share our love with his brother or sister.
As of this past Wednesday, October 25th, we are five weeks along in this 40 week campaign. We ask that each of you pray for Lynette and her health as well as the health of the baby or babies. The second big day will be coming up very soon. We'll call that day Determination Day, November 10, because this will be the day that we find out just how many the Lord is going to bless our family with, or how nervous and scared I'll be.
We will keep everyone informed!!