First Blog!

Several people have asked me to start a blog so that they can keep up with the ever changing McCoy family, especially during this pregnancy. So here it is! I will try to keep up with it as best I can, especially after doctor's appointments and ultrasounds. Most of you basically know what it going on in our family, but for those of you who don't, I will give a brief introduction.

The members of our family right now are me (Melissa), Josh (my husband), and LilyAnn (our 3 1/2 year old daughter). We live in Weatherford, OK. I am currently working as the office manager at a doctor's office in Clinton. On December 1st, Josh got laid off from his job in the oil field. In February, he began working as a correctional officer at a prison in Hinton. LilyAnn attends daycare, which we call "school," in Clinton. At the beginning of October 2008, I found out that I was pregnant. In the middle of November 2008, we found out that we would be welcoming two babies into our family instead of just one. That began the journey of this "special" pregnancy.

LilyAnn seemed to know we were going to have twins before any of the rest of us. One night, she told me,"There's two babies, Mommy." At the time, my sister-in-law, Haley, was also pregnant. I told LilyAnn, "Yeah, Momma's gonna have one and Aunt Haley's gonna have one." She just pointed to my stomach and said,"No, Momma, there's TWO BABIES." I told her that I thought her Mimi had been putting ideas into her head. The next day, I had a kidney ultrasound for an unrelated problem, and the ultrasound tech asked if anyone had told me that there were two babies. I was shocked! When I got home, I told LilyAnn, "You were right, there are two babies!" She said, "I know, it's a boy and a girl." I believed her that time. Sure enough, a couple ultrasounds later, we found out we're have a boy and a girl. So then I asked LilyAnn, "Well, you were right about two babies, and you were right about a boy and a girl, so what are there names?" She said, "They are Hannah Montana and Jackson." I said, "Well, two out of three predictions isn't bad!" We actually decided to name them Ryder Joshua and Ryleigh Rose.

Tomorrow, I am 29 weeks and I have a doctor's appointment. At the last appointment, I was measuring 38 weeks and the babies were estimated to be 2 1/2 pounds each. At this point, my c-section is scheduled for June 10. I will be 38 weeks. Tomorrow, I will post about the doctor's appointment!