Friends and Family

We were blessed with a beautiful shower from friends and family. Here are the beautiful hostesses. My aunt and cousin made amazing decorations. I wish I had more pictures of them but, we were having fun seeing everyone and so I didn't get many. My Mimi read a beautiful poem and said a sweet prayer. It was so good to see people that I hadn't seen in a while and to have my family together. It was special to see and hear how many people prayed for our babies even before we were pregnant. My Mom got us this wonderful double stroller. I was so excited!

LCS shower!!

My two wonderful teams at Liberty (my old Kindergarten team and my new Online Campus team) gave us a sweet shower after work last week. I am so thankful to work with these sweet friends!

Pig Flu

Poor Stephen has the Swine Flu (The Swiner as he calls it). He went on a business trip last week and shook alot of hands. Apparently one of those hands was infested with The Swiner. He has been sick for going on 5 days, even with Tamiflu. We are praying that it is coming to end.

Showers= Big Blessings!

Stephen and I are so thankful for amazing friends and family that have blessed us with great showers in the last few weeks. It was so fun to be with everyone and such a blessing to have things for the babies. I can't wait to use it all!

Our first shower was the FBC Colleyville shower at Anna's house. It was beautiful!! I put some pics below in case you don't believe me. Our second shower was the Central church shower in College Station. It was so fun and everyone was so kind and generous. I also put some pics of that one too.

Mimi, me, and Mom at Anna's
Charis and Drew cake at FBCC shower
Hostesses Pam, Anna, Dina, Laura, and Michelle being funny
Central Baptist shower hostesses
Stephen's grandfather's crib given to us by Honey and Pops
Pops, Stephen, me, Honey, and Lauren at the diaper shower

The babies are growing well and we are so thankful! The doctor scheduled us for a C-section on December 28th but, we will talk to her about that this week. That is our anniversary and it doesn't give us much time to get out of the hospital before we have to pay the 2010 deductible as well as 2009. We are going to ask if she will do the 27th instead.


In the last blog I talked about my preggo brain well, it is a little better but, I tithed 3 times in 6 weeks on accident. I kept wondering where our money was and started to worry something was wrong so I went through our statements and noticed that I can't stop tithing.

Preggo Brain

I have had some absent minded moments thus far in the pregnancy but, today stole the show. I was so content strolling through Target and thinking about how cute some girl's hair is and then I looked down and noticed that the cart I was pushing was not mine. I don't know how this happened! I remember stepping away from my cart for one second to move for these little girls playing hide and seek in the racks and then the next thing I know I am pushing a random cart with a black shirt in it half way across Target. All ended well, I found my cart with my purse in it untouched. Anna told me to expect moments like this even after they are born. I just hope I don't take someone else's kids one day and leave mine by the racks at Target.

Growing Babies

Last week when I went to the doctor she was concerned because Charis has a little head and abdomen. Apparently, Drew has a little head but, his markers lined up okay and she wasn't as concerned for him. They both weigh a good amount but, Charis is too little in her measurements for the doctor's liking. In order to try to beef our little girl up I was told to work from home and rest for two weeks. Today I went again and I have gained four pounds in six days, so that is good but we have to wait until next week to measure the babies. That means one more week of home rest.

Today Julie made my day by bringing me delicious Chick-fil-a for lunch! I am so blessed by great friends, family, and work. So many sweet people have prayed for Charis and I feel a peace about things now knowing that. My awesome team at work is coming over tomorrow to bring enchiladas for lunch. I am thankful for the people God has placed in my life. When I called my boss to tell him I had to work from home he prayed on the phone for the babies and told me that it was no problem for me to do that. Thank you for your prayers for our little girl!

The nursery

Stephen has been working hard on getting the nursery ready. I am so proud of him. Stephen has really been working hard and wanted to have this long weekend to work on the nursery. He painted on Friday and started the bead board. He has done a great job and done the whole thing by himself!

This is my little Bob Villa using some sort of saw. All he has left to do is the trim and paint the bead board. I will order the bedding this week and then we will be half way there.

It's a ...

BOY and a GIRL!

Stephen and I went to the doctor last week for the 20 week sono and she told us that we have one of each! Yay! We are so excited and can't wait to meet Drew and Charis in December. After we found out the great news we went to Pappadeaux for lunch (we played hookey that day). We made cupcakes for Stephen to take to work the next day.

The sono was great and it is neat to see them. My doctor told me at the beginning that I may get dizzy because I was laying my back and I thought "whatever, I can lie on my back just fine". About 15 to 20 minutes into the sono I started feeling queasy but, was focused on all she was doing and ignored it. She told me to roll towards her if I felt sick and I kept saying "I'm fine". Then I suddenly felt the panic of "I really am going to faint and she is still on the first baby". I adjusted as much as I could and the nurse brought me juice and cold cloths. I stayed conscious but, kept my eyes closed the rest of the time expect to look at Drew's little boy parts. What a wimp. I guess those doctors know what they are talking about after all.