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.

Colds Suck

I have had a cold now for the last 8 days and I am so over being sick!!! But the damn cough won't go away!!!! augghhhhhhhhhh Why do we get colds in the summer?????

Chores

My life has just been pretty boring lately. Not much to write about but I don't want to get in trouble from those blog people (you know who you are) so here is a short post.

Kids are gone for the month of July, so we thought we would organize and unclutter the house while we had the chance. And my major goal was to get the majority of it done by the end of the first week. We have almost succeeded!!! We have been crazy cleaners, but I do admit sometimes I have to watch those "clean house" shows to get myself motivated. When I see the people on TV and how messy they are it makes my mess seem much more manageable. I can think to myself, shoot I don't have that much crap and I don't want to get there. You know what I mean?

So we have gone through every room, closet and cabinet in the house. The only room we haven't hit is the boy's. But I declutter his room pretty regularly. He hoards random crap and if I don't get in there things start smelling funny.

I also FINALLY painted the girl's room. I told her a year ago I would paint it pink and I never have. So today after cleaning out her room for 4 hours and filling 4 trash bags with crap I decided I would paint. So since I was on a role I went out and got the paint and got busy. Only problem is that I had to do it myself since I couldn't wait for Brandon to come home. So in the end it took me about another 4 hours to finish. But it looks really good. I am trying to think up something cute to paint on the walls. Like puppies or flowers or something. But that will have to wait.

Finally, I start my new job tomorrow (officially)!! I've been in a couple of times to help her organize and stuff but tomorrow is my first "real" day. I am so excited! I love her photography and think this job is going to be a great fit. I'll fill you in on more later!

Five favorites

Okay, I'm finally getting to this! My friend Tracey tagged me for this. So here it goes:

Here are the rules:

1. Link to name of person that tagged you.
2. Include state and country you live in.
3. List top 5 favorite local restaurants.
4. Tag 5 other people and let them know they’ve been tagged.

I live in Plano TX (right outside of Dallas) and here are some of my favorite restaurants:

1. Fireside Pies: Fabulous handmade gourmet thin crust Pizza. They also have fabulous salads and a cheesecake that is to die for. The cook their pizzas in brick ovens which give those crusts just the right amount of crusty chewy-ness. Love it! My favorite salad there is the three cheese salad. Favorite pizza is the margarita pizza or the triple-roni. And if you are in the mood for a different margarita my favorite it the prickly pear margarita. Yummy food, great atmosphere, and great service!!

2. Gloria'sRestaurant: Fabulous Mexican and Salvadorian food. I love Mexican food. And this is one of our staple places to go. Love the fajitas and quesadillas. And they have great margaritas as well!! We love to sit out on the patio on a nice day and eat and drink.

3. Chuy's Restaurant: Now this one is mainly in Austin. I think we have one here but it still isn't as good as the Austin locations. But I love just about everything on their menu. Great Mexican food and drinks once again. And its very kid friendly as well.

4. The Parlour . Its a cafe and wine bar. They are normally only open for dinner but the do have a Sunday brunch. So now it is my new favorite brunch spot. I had a fabulous banana bread french toast. Let me tell you this was absolutely fabulous!!! It melted in your mouth. I have not had anything that decadent in a while. LOVED IT!! B had Biscuits and gravy. The biscuits are to die for. Loved everything we had there. We are going to have to go for dinner soon. The menu looks great. They have a great wine selection and great atmosphere.

5. Trudy's Mexican restaurant: Here is another Austin Mexican food restaurant. We love this place. Every time we go back to visit we have to eat there. They have a great brunch and dinner. You can't go wrong. Very fun family friendly atmosphere. Favorite cocktail: Mexican martini. It's a must have. Wish we had a Trudy's here!!

I tag (okay this is hard, I don't know many people who haven't already been tagged!!) Brandon, Summer, Liz, and I can't find anyone else I know that has a blog and would read mine to figure out they had been tagged!! So if you read this and want to join in the fun, please do and let me know!!

Conversation with the boy

This is a recent conversation my hubby had with our boy:

Where does Jelly come from?


Boy: "I don't like jelly."

Me: "Why?"

Boy: "Because it comes from jellyfish, and I don't like fish."

Me: *Laughing my ass off*

Boy: "And how do they not get stung when they get the jelly from the jellyfish?"

Me: I now have tears in my eyes and am having a hard time driving...


For some reason I think our boy is going to blow us all away with some important discovery one day. He is always coming up with random questions that you would normally never think of. And when he is famous we will remind him of these questions and he'll deny that he ever said it at all!

One of my favorites was about my hubby. Brandon is very allergic to cats. So the kids were talking one day and asked me,

"if Brandon was a cat would he be allergic to himself?"

Of course I laughed and couldn't really come up with an answer. They still ask me the same question to this day.

Another one of our favorites was a conversation we overheard happening in the backseat. It went a little like this:

Boy: I'm gonna shave it all off when I grow up.

Girl: Yeah thats probably a good idea

Me: What are you going to shave off? (thinking it was probably the hair on his head)

Boy: My back hair

Brandon: Your back hair? You don't have any back hair.

Me: laughing hysterically

Me: (after taking a few deep breaths) Why do you want to do that, especially since you don't have any back hair. (his dad has back hair and I'm guessing must shave it)

Boy: I will have it when I grow up and its gross

Brandon: you probably won't have to worry about that

boy: YES I WILL

Brandon & me: (can't stop laughing)

Boy: It's not funny!!!

Brandon & me: (stiflingly laughter)

Me: Oh honey we aren't laughing at you Brandon just told me a funny joke... (only a little white lie won't hurt, right?)

Still to this day if we hear anything about back hair we laugh, just can't help it.

Brandon has a friend at work that asks him for stories or questions from "the boy". She says its what will make her smile all day long. Now of course our boy would not find it amusing at all that we all find him hilarious because he is very very serious about his question and observations. Which of course makes it even funnier.

Okay, so obviously I am starting to miss my kids. They are gone to their dad's house for the whole month of July. Which is very nice for us, we love the break. But I do miss the daily interaction and the hugs and kisses. For some reason, I think I can hold out, its really nice to have a month off!! The month away from them makes me appreciate the time I have them even more.