School's back in session!!!

I don't know about you but I am excited!! School has started again! Kids are out of the house!!!! I think if we would of had one more week on summer they might have killed each other. But we survived. Our girl just started 3rd grade and the boy started kindergarten! Yea FREE SCHOOL!!! No more day care, well at least for a little while.

The girl fell right back into school like she never left. She loves school and she got a really nice teacher once again this year. We have been so lucky with teachers! She is excited that there are kids that she knows from last year in her class. And she is ready to learn again. She told me on the first day that she was going to be really good and the only time she would ever have to go to the principals office was to do morning announcements. I find it funny that she even gets worried about that. Those of you that know her know that something major would have to shift with her personality for her ever to get in any type of trouble. I just hope that doesn't happen in the teenage years!! Here she is the first day in her new pink outfit that she couldn't live with out!



The boy had a different start to school than his sis. In wonderful frisco isd they have a kindergarten orientation the first day of school that lasts a whole hour. So we dropped the girl off at 7:30 and then had to come back with the boy at 9 for orientation. And then we left with him at 10. It was stupid! We have gone to 3 other "kindergarten orientations" in the past few months. How many do they need?

So after his first anti-climatic sorta first day we had our second real first day. He came home saying her had a lot of fun in school. And the best part was that you could buy lunch at school ant there was a store there that you could buy drinks at. And he got a drink. They even had three types of milk. But he got the white milk. Now the only problem I saw with this was that we didn't give him any money to buy anything. So I asked him how he bought it, did he have some money with him? He does like to hoard money every now and then so it wouldn't surprise me. But he told me , No I didn't have to have money we had a little card we used and we got to buy milk with it.

So apparently the teacher handed out their hot lunch cards and let them use them. I guess she doesn't have to check and see if they have any money on them or not. But what is this teaching our kids? They are learning the power of a credit card at age 5!! :) I find it funny, but now we are going to have some serious lessons and rules about this magical card. So since we didn't want a delinquent account from the start I went online and put money on both kids lunch cards even though they never want anything. But I have a feeling this will change.Here is a shot of the boy in his new cool boy outfit.



Other updates:

On the twin front...I am slowly getting a little more energy and find I can even return a few emails every now and then. I actually took the dogs for a short walk the other night and survived. Its nice to have a little energy again. Morning sickness is still rearing its ugly head but I have now gained an appetite. So I am hoping it is nearing its end, cross your fingers, knock on wood! I think the twin shock has worn off. We are excited but now I have two babies to worry about something happening to. I can't wait for the next ultrasound! I will feel a lot better after we see them again and see that they are doing well. We go back in two weeks for this.

That's about all that's happening in our corner of the world.

SUGAR!!

Our new website is up!!! We have been working on it for a while and now we finally have it up! Go check it out and let me know what you think. I think its fabulous! High 5 Jen!

Twins it is

Well after a very good dr.'s appointment today, we have two babies that are looking very healthy. We are in a bit of shock but very excited. We didn't know we would get two for the price of one!!

Heroes for Children

Hi everyone!

I know a lot of you know my best friend Jenny runs a fabulous organization called Heroes for Children. And for those of you who haven't heard of it, please check it out!! I think this is one of the best charity organizations out there. They provide assistance to children and families battling cancer. They will help them pay their rent, electric bills, get laptops for the kids, and many other things.

Well, the annual 5k is coming up on September 15th, here in Plano TX. Here is a blurb from Jenny about what is happening:

Please join us at the 3rd Annual 5K Run/Walk on Saturday, September 15th. The event is our family friendly event raising funds for Heroes for Children. The event features a 1K family run and a 5K race (strollers welcome!) as well as lots of children’s entertainment—bounce houses, trackless train, face painting, ambulance and fire truck to explore, and a live concert from children’s entertainer Eddie Coker!

To register please click here http://www.heroesforchildren.org/5k.html

It is going to be so much fun!! we have gone every year they have had it and we will not miss it. We even have friends driving up from Austin to help the cause! So please join us or donate! It will make you feel better all the way around!

Also if you want to help out the cause and you can't make it feel free to donate time volunteering or some money. As little as $5 will make a difference! Check out their donation page.

Pregnant

Well I was going to wait to tell the world but it seems like everyone already knows, so I might as well post it myself!!

We're pregnant!!

We are just about 7 weeks along (today). And we may have twins. Yes you read that correctly, TWINS!!! But we are not positive yet. We had an ultrasound on Tuesday and we saw 2 babies but only one had a heartbeat. They told us that the heart starts beating this week so the other may not be there yet. They could have been fertilized on different days. Crazy, I know.

Or we could have a possibility of a disappearing twin. Sometimes you can drop two eggs and one just decides not to take and gets reabsorbed into the body. You don't show any signs when this happens. They think it happens a lot more than we know. We were lucky enough to have an early sonogram. But a lot of people don't get a sonogram until the 10-12th week. And by then the baby has disappeared.

So now we have a long wait until the end of August to see what happens. As the Dr said we can't do anything about it but wait and see. So we will keep you updated and let you know if we will have one baby R or two.

Other than that news, it has been a pretty normal pregnancy so far. Lots of lovely morning sickness while having a chest cold, lots of fatigue, and according to my hubby, I have been emotional. I told him I'm a lot better this time than I have been before. He just shakes his head. So I have been taking lots of vitamins and drinking my ginger tea. I've lost 5lbs in the last 2 weeks thanks to the morning sickness. I'm ready for this part to be over with!!

So needless to say i probably won't be posting too much in the next few weeks. This just takes too much energy and brain activity. But I will try and keep it all updated.