The day after Thanksgiving Matt hurt his knee playing football and was in quite a bit of pain when he got home. Allie was very concerned and was hovering as he was taking his shoes off. When his shoes came off he sprinkled little black dots on the carpet (part of the turf they were playing on).

Allie: "Daddy hurt?"
Matt: "Yeah Daddy's hurt"
Allie looking at the little black dots on the carpet..... "Did the ants do it?"

Allie practiced for her future career Saturday at the Children's Museum!

We are being blessed not with one but two babies this time around. :) Yup the Benz's are going to be a family of 5! I am currently 12 weeks and due May 24th. My doctor says they probably won't let me go past May 10th though. So we get to see the babies a little early this time.

The weeks leading up to our 8 week ultrasound I had my suspicions as to whether there were two. For one I was a whole lot more tired and hungry, I was starting to show a little at 8 weeks ( and in maternity clothes at 9) and I think the Lord was preparing me a little before we got the news. On the way to the ultrasound I asked Matt if he thought it was two or not and he said he would be surprised if they told us it was one. So it wasn't just me then. :) When she said there were two we just laughed and smiled and said "we knew it!". It was a pretty big shock but a good shock. We have had a month to get used to idea and while I am still nervous I am trying to learn as much as I can and make the right decisions for the babies.

The picture isn't as bright but here they are at 12 weeks. This was the coolest ultrasound. Since they are still small you can see their whole bodies and they were moving around like crazy. Baby B was pushing off the side of the sac almost like Micheal Phelps. and when she went to track to heart beats they had little blups in the rhythm because they were moving so much. That the fun part, I get an ultrasound every appointment because they need to see the two heartbeats since if they heard them they wouldn't be able to tell who is who. So I get to see them more often. :)

We have been talking about the babies with Allie and she is so excited to meet them. Sometimes she hugs my tummy and says hi babies. :) My brother gave her twin dolls for her birthday and she loves to care for them. She will be such a great big sister. Everything in pairs are now called twins, like the other day there were two oranges on the counter and she said "twin oranges". Oh and beware if you are pregnant she will just assume there are two babies in your tummy too. :)

Saturday we had a b-day party with some family. She was the only kid there and was loving the attention. She was dancing for us all in the living room. :)

Then there was a dance party going on in the kitchen with a dancing/singing Mickey doll she got.

Cupcakes!

Sitting peacefully between her Papa and Poppi.

Then on Halloween her actual birthday we laid low during the day since she has a slight cold and then went trick or treating with cousins.

She got the hang of it after a few houses and then after her bag got heavy and she got tired daddy gave her a ride to each house.