It's About Time

I knew I would not be very good at updating this. Since it has bee so long, I think it's about time for an update. Erick and I have been working on the nursery and getting things together to prepare for the babies arrival. I can't believe they will be here so soon. I had another sonogram last Friday (29 weeks and 2 days) and baby A was 3lb 2oz and baby B was 2lb 12oz. The Dr. said it was completely normal for them to be about 6 oz different, and said everything looked great and they are right on track. I am still working full time and am feeling pretty good. I have been having Braxton Hicks contractions for a while, but they have not caused me to progress any which is good. I am able to do what I am doing until the Dr. tells me otherwise. Erick also finished they backyard. We now have grass and I love it.

Finished backyard with pretty grass!

Huge pile of dirt Erick spread before he laid the sod. What a huge project that was.Erick replaced some of the landscaping in the front, as well. It looks so much better.

Sulak family baby shower. Kim made an awesome diaper cake and I had such a wonderful time. Thanks for everything!!!

With my sisters and nephew, Trent.

Here are some pictures from my shower at work.

Some updated belly pictures, including one bare belly!

Vacation 2008

With two babies on the way, Erick and I decided not to take a big vacation this year. We decided to take a couple of days off work and go down to Port O'Connor to relax. It was the weekend of the annual Poco Bueno fishing tournament which draws a pretty large crowd. The winner this year brought in a 518 lb. blue marlin.

While we were there, Erick went fishing one morning around 6am with his dad and they caught 6 trout. The next morning Erick slept in, but his parents and their friends decided to take a 45 minute boat ride at 5am to try and get some fish. They ended up bringing back 40 trout. We could not believe all the fish they caught. I guess the old saying "the early bird gets the worm" is true. Here are several pictures from our weekend.

Beautiful morning view heading out to catch some fish.

The six Erick and his dad caught together.

The 40 caught the next day.The fishermen.Erick and I in our sweet matching T-shirts.At the weigh-in. This was not the winner, but the best picture we could get with the large crowd.

My Nephew Trent

Just thought I should add a couple of recent pictures of my precious nephew Trent. He is 11 months old and is such a good baby.

Baby Update

I am now 23 weeks and growing each day. I am truly thankful for everyday of this pregnancy and enjoy seeing myself grow at astounding rates. I can't believe the babies will be here in about 3 months! There is still so much to do, but Erick and I got a head start and purchased cribs. I really like the way they turned out. We bought them online and I wasn't sure how the color would turn out. Now we just need mattresses, a dresser, and a glider and we will be all set. I am still not sure how I am going to decorate. I think I will wait until the babies are here and we know the gender before I decide on accessories, etc. We are going with white bedding with navy trim and I will post more pictures when we get it all together.

Wedding, Baby Shower, and 22 weeks

This past weekend, Erick and I went to Victoria to attend his cousin Julie's wedding and to have my first baby shower. The wedding was beautiful and we had so much fun. My shower was hosted by two of Erick's moms closest friends Susan and Suzanne, Suzanne's daughter Christie and Erick's aunt Cindy. It was so much fun and I enjoyed being able to spend time with everyone. Here are some pictures from the weekend.




I am now 22 weeks. Here are a couple of pictures from the last couple of weeks. In the first I am 21 and the second 22 weeks 1 day. The babies are growing and growing and at my last appointment they were 14oz and 13oz. We got to see them again which is awesome. They are such miracles and I am so thankful for them.

Just The Beginning

With life getting busier and busier each day, I thought creating a blog would be a great way to update everyone on what is going on in our lives. I am not really good at keeping up with this type of thing, but I will try.

As many of you know we are expecting twins this fall and could not feel more blessed. So far, everything has gone pretty smoothly. I am growing each day and am starting to really realize we will have real babies in our house in about 4 months. Here is a current picture (19 weeks) of how much I have grown. I don't think I look that big, but I have already gained plenty of weight. We have decided not to find out what gender the babies are until they make their grand appearance, but we have seen them several times via ultrasound. We actually had the opportunity to find out what they are about 2.5 weeks ago. I think I would have caved without Erick there, but he remained firm in our decision not to find out.

Erick has also been very busy in our back yard. He completely ripped out all the landscaping that was back there. After we have some drainage work done, he is going to lay sod. I can't wait until we have grass. I was not a big fan of the mulch backyard even though it was easy to maintain. Here are some pictures of the before and during. I will post after pictures once we are done with all the work.