FAMOUS!!!!!!

My husband is soooo famous. Woah. This morning we went to southbend, IN so he could do a little 'business blurb' with the local tv station...He was very professional. It was 2 minutes long, about 'supporting the troops' by bringing extra candy to his practice and it will get shipped to Iraq to the soldiers as a little taste of home. Nice. SO, it will air on Thursday am at 5:45, eastern time, so if any of you wanna get up that early to watch for a 2 minute Ryan show, OR, I'll just put the link up here on Thurs when it's posted on their website. =) Here's a shot of them gettin the facts straight before they tape it. Wish the dang camera wasn't so fuzzy all the time. sheeeeeshhhh.... doesn't he look great.....

Costume Party Fun

Saturday night, Ryan and I went to a Costume Party that was pretty hoppin. Here's a little photo of the two of us to show you how much fun we had. =)

I know you all are thinking, "wow, Ryan's clothes look tight and small". This is true. He is in fact wearing women's sweatpants and shirt, belonging to one of the ladies in my bible study. hahaha. Here are a few more shots...


Also, my farmer costume was quite comfortable...here I am pre-party...notice how my stomach is attached via jean material to my ankles. wow.

And one with little Herb...didn't even have to hold him up, just restin on the boys. hahaha

Anyhoo, all around good night o' fun. AND I'm gonna do a repeat on Wed night to hand out candy with my friend Emily, who will be Ms. Frizzle, because she is a teacher. haha. Should be a good time. Ryan, however, didn't want to put the tight clothes back on again, so they have already been returned. Dang. I'm sure he'll just want to play with their Huskie anyways. =) I'll be sure to get some more action shots. Hope there's leftover candy. mmm

As for today, had a lovely visit with the Dr this morning, things are going well. There was nothing new to report, to which I say, then why did I have to go??!? SO, I go back again in 2 weeks, and then I start the every week non-stress tests. And then I have the kids. in that order. wow. Comin around the bend. This weekend Scipp is coming to visit, couldn't be more excited to see her. I might not let her go back home. =) And once again, we have something every night this week, so the time will go by quickly and then she will be on my doorstep!! woo hoo!! Hope all is well in the lives of my readers, I will do my best to keep you posted. =)

kids are expensive.

just ordered two car seats and a stroller. woah. the little dudes better like the ones we picked out cause that was a lot of money. =) That's what they're gettin for xmas. haha. And their 0 birthday. take that!

Love the nights when we don't have to go anywhere! Gonna go hang out with my man...

31 weeks and counting.

Dang. we'll have 2 kids in 5-6 weeks. that's not very long. yikes! Last night we had another 'preparation for childbirth' class and watched a video about c-sections. one guy had to leave the room. hahhaa. hope i don't have to have one. actually, i'm sure the doc's have a good reason for doing one if it's necessary, and who am I to stand in the way of medical intelligence. =) Plus, get the dang kids out faster!

This week at 31 weeks: each dude is about 16 inches long and over 3 lbs. They can move their heads side to side and they're heading into a growth spurt. great. =)

Other than that, Ryan's busy with work, makin a name for himself in the community...i've been busy getting things together in the boys' room...crib, painting misc things, decorating, you know. fun stuff =). Today a cold front has come thru...overcast, chilly, still...love it. Perfect day for a book and a hot cocoa. Better get to it.

football date

Last night's Lakeshore game was SO much fun! It of course was windy (for here) and raining off and on, kinda cold, and 45 minutes away....but Ryan and I had a blast. And we won, that's a bonus.

Ryan has been trying to teach me football (sports in general) rules since...well, I think as long as I've known him...I've often wondered why sports rules is just 'known' by guys. Doesn't even matter what age. How do they learn that stuff?!??! Sheeesh, an no one can tell you an exact time of their lives when they understood the game, but just respond, 'I don't know, guess I've just always known.' But last night, we were able to witness the most amazing thing. During the second half, there was a little dude (my guess is about 3rd or 4th grade) sitting right in front of us with his dad, just the two of em. The kid was watching the game closer than I was, and asking his dad questions...one of em being about the forward progress rule. So his dad explains the rule to him (this one I actually knew about haha). So later on in the game that sort of tackle happens again and the kid just yells out 'FORWARD PROGRESS!!!!' and he was right... it was permanently stuck in his brain forever...just like that. Bet he won't even remember the time he learned about it (this was just one example of what he learned, the whole time he was doing this with his new rules) AMAZING. I was in awe. And then I started making fun of myself cause how many times has Ryan tried to teach me the positions and I still have no clue. That's why they're drawn out in formation and hanging on our fridge right now. =)

Also, Cale has made an appearance here this week, typical Cale visit. He comes 'sometime' and never knows how long he's staying (depending on when his Spring Hill friends can hang out- who are all from towns far away from me) So he stopped in on Wed night for about 45 min for food and a haircut, then left, came back Thurs afternoon, plans with his other friend in Grand Rapids didn't work out, so he ended up stayin the night, after some attempts at recording his guitar playing on our computer, some more food, shower, swim in the lake, free work out at our gym, more food, and a bed. Then Friday am he took off again. I think he might be stopping thru after Jay's wedding on Sunday to pick up his guitar he didnt' want to leave in the car all weekend and drop off Ryan's tie he borrowed. I'm sure he'll want some food too. But that's how it goes when you know Cale. =) Unpredictable, except for the food part.

Anyhoo, this weekend the plans are minimal. Very good thing. Ryan had a long week...a good week, but a long one. I think we stayed up too late pretty much every night this week, which can make for a very tired man by Friday. time to go hang out with him. yessssssssss...........

ok. time for pics.

Pics from Timeberwolf Younglife Camp. Here's the main building, cafeteria, little shops, giant gym, overlooking a giant grassy area down to the lake. cute little wood chairs you can sit and read under the overhang...you know... opposite side of the lake atop the zipline that drags you thru the water to slow you down. sweet. the dorms...you can kinda see em...
And now for some baby shower from Ryan's office. =)
The awesome cake Trish ordered for us. It was AMAZING.
The diaper cakes...talk about a hand made present! =) These took a lot of time!















An action shot of Neal guarding all the gifts. He and Ryan and Dr. Kwon loved being at a shower with 25 women. hahaha...
And the best part...the contest. As you watch, here are some key events to take note of. #1. I am not the video-er. It is a woman who is very excited to be in charge of the camera. #2. Neal cheats...bits a hole in the nipple and starts guzzeling. #3. Dr. Kwon announces that it's Diet Coke. #4. Ryan and Dr. Kwon get smoked because of cheater Mc cheater pants. =) Hope it works, first time video-posting...

Well, that's all for now...seee yaaaaaa

chili....mmmm......

Wow. I just made some chili for tonight and it is dang good. I may or may not have already tried a bowl.

At any rate...been pretty busy the last few days, as usual. Ryan and I had an excellent weekend, went up to visit one of his friends and her boyfriend that both work at Timberwolf Younglife Camp. Never been to a Younglife Camp before. (I'm from Oakland) I kept telling them, this is NOT a camp (thinking of my single experience at Timberlake Ranch Camp in jr. high). This is a resort. I can't even tell you how crazy nice it was. It was the kind of places, inside and out, that would be at a ski resort for loads of money. Very cool. I did happen to take a few photos of the place.... turns out, Ryan could be the 'camp doctor' and our whole family could stay for free for a week! AND, we would get to do all the cool things that are at the camp, whenever we wanted, free food, you know, all the perks. We should probably look into that. How awesome!

For whatever reason, the computer doesn't want to load my pics. I will have to add them lata...

Also, before we headed north to the camp on Friday, the ladies at Ryan's office and the doctor's and their wives threw a 'surprise' shower for Ryan and I. I was a bit suspicious, but was overwhelmed at the amount of ladies that came in on their Friday off to hang out for almost 3 hours with lil ol me. =) And I had some awesome pics of that too, but guess not tonight. They went crazy. We now have a crib, mattress, tons of little bathroom things, more noisy toys, bottles, about a million tiny diapers, blankets, two more pack-and-plays, outfits, fun girl things for me....lots. And the food was out of control. Trish ordered this awesome cake that was super cute, again, sorry no pics, a lady made two diaper cakes- never seen or heard of them before...THAT, was amazing. SO, once again we had tons of things to put away when we got back from our weekend out.

The best part of it was probably when they made Dr Neal, Dr Kwon and Ryan race to see who could drink the pop out of the bottle the fastest. There's a video of it, and of course all you can hear on it is all the ladies screaming and laughing histarically. Ryan got dominated. hahaha. But that's only because as soon as it started Neal bit a huge hole in the nipple of the bottle and chugged the whole thing. Cheater. It was so funny.

Cale comes tomorrow! Don't know how long he's stayin...or what time he'll get here for that matter...but that's how my fam rolls. He's coming up to Mich early for Jay's wedding to visit us and see some of his spring hill friends...so maybe he'll be around for a while yet on Thursday but who knows. =) It's supposed to rain the rest of the week, and still be about 65-70 degrees...Cale said he's still getting in the lake just to say he did. Dang. But the water's probably a lot warmer now then it is at the beginning of the summer. Still wouldn't do it. Acutally I haven't been down to the beach in a LONG time, just cause my legs would probably crumble down the huge hill or staircase. And I would have to take about 5 breaks to catch my breath. haha. Anyhoo, it will be fun to have him here and he'll be able to check out all the little dudes' stuff!

It is getting late and my feet are starting to get puffy...which means I should go to bed. The feet have yet to be as bad as the road trip back from NE. That was sick. Just ask Scipp. hahahaha. So, callin it a night. I will try the pics again sometime soonish. =) Peace out.......

Back in the Saddle....

Ok! Today is already loads better. last night we had fun with the company, Ryan did end up throwing away the cake. (of course after eating a big piece, blue spots and all) I got decent sleep- just had some good cereal, bible study in one hour, kids kickin all over the place, house is clean, life it good.

We had another appointment on Monday that I haven't written about yet. Went to the big city! Kalamazoo!! haha. It's 45 min drive east from here, but the Hospital is HUGE, many buildings...Ryan says it kinda reminds him of the Med Center in Omaha. Kinda dumpy area of town but the campus/buildings are super nice. Anyways, we didn't have to wait for either appt, both things were right on time. The ultrasound tech went through all her measurements and such in warp speed, I could barely keep up. But this time- this was so great- the table that I had to lay on was comfortable and there was a pillow AND a screen up hanging from the ceiling like the dentist so I could see what she was doing without having to crank my neck just to get a side shot of the one she's working on! Fabulous. I'm pretty sure she set a world record for the fastest twin-sound, right under an hour, I didn't even have time to get light-headed. Amazing. But the pictures she printed off for us weren't too exciting, granted they are photos of my two children swimming around inside my stomach, I could barely tell what the heck was going on cause she was movin all over the place so dang fast. Ry thought it was awesome cause he knows all the parts she was talking about. She looked at their brains for a while and they talked about each of the little sections you could see...woah. (I thought it looked pretty empty. hahahaha) BUT, kidneys are great, last time there was a bit of concern cause they were a tad enlarged I guess... AND

baby A weighs 2 lbs 12 oz
baby B weighs 3 lbs 1 oz.

WOW. Buncha fatties! They've been packin it on since the last appt!...of course, so have I, but you know. And then we met the doc, who was very cool, too bad he's not here in St. Joe, we would totally go to him. But he answered all sorts of questions we had and talked to us alot about c-sections and such. Yikes. I don't have to have one, but there's a pretty good chance. it all depends on what the dudes decide to do right before they come out. Quit floatin around already! Actually he also said after looking at the ultrasound report that he doesn't think I'll deliver that early, so it's lookin like it's going to be December something for sure. Dang. 2 more months. But it's good, cause they'll get to keep cookin until their ready, but bad for selfish reasons....and oww. The thing with our doc office here, there are 3 doctors, with 3 different experiences, 3 opinions, you know, and if I find one that would agree to give my body a chance at a normal delivery before they put me under the knife, that doesn't mean that he/she will be on call when I go into delivery. So I've gotta convince all three of em! hahaha. We shall see.

There you have it. All 3 of my men are alive and well. There is still a cold front movin on in, but like Scipp said, winter is a fabulous season and it is just around the corner! I just need to get rid of this stomach so I can fit in my sweaters!

blah blah

today the weather is super cloudy and dark, sprinkling off and on...

I slept like crap last night, which is resulting in a kind of 'sad' day for me. The combo of being tired and the weather isn't working well with me.

If any of you would like to cheer me up, feel free to leave a joke or two in the comment section. =)

This is a really depressing post. I'm really not that bad, just blah, you know. We're having company tonight and that will be lots of fun. Better start getting the food ready!

Happy One Year to US!!

Today is the magical one year anniversary. Totally awesome. Ryan and I stayed in Chicago on Friday night (yesssssss) cause he had a CE course to be at all day Saturday in that hotel. (noooooo) actually it was really fun. I just drove myself home in the morning, and he stayed there with the 4 other hygiene ladies and Neal for a class. Neal and Ry left early cause Neal's in charge- and probably cause they learned everything they needed to know =) and I drove down to Neal and Trish's house to hang out for the eve with their family and chat...then had some chinese food with Ry's parents, and back home to watch the Huskers get rocked. Actually, Ry watched the Huskers and I watched Susie teach me how to make apple pie. Today was church, chillin in the afternoon with my man, and then our small group tonight for a few hours.... Tomorrow Ry has the day off and we're off to Kalamazoo to the 'big' hospital for some great technology to tell us more about the lil guys...which means another 2 hours laying on my back about to pass out while everyone else watches em twitch all over the screen. =) But hopefully they will give us some info about the boys and a better idea of what to expect in the next 2 months. We shall see....

Aside from that, we had fun today talking about and remembering our wedding...busted out the cake from the freezer....it looks a bit suspicious. I'll explain. Whoever wrapped it up for us (we can't remember) decided it would be nice to freeze the flowers on top too...found that out when we opened it up...

Anyhoo, we found some mysterious blueish colored parts throughout the cake....supposed to be a white cake with rasberry swirly stuff, and that looked good, but we just can't get over the other color that maybe shouldn't be there...?!? What happened?? So it's still in the fridge awaiting our decision to go forth and eat. good thing we saved this awesome cake for a whole freakin year, through the move, taking up 1/2 our freezer space- only to find out that it's sportin some mold. Can mold grow in the freezer?? That's the question of the hour. And it's not like it's just on the top next to where the flowers were, it's like a blueish fun-fetti cake almost. All over the middle. Very strange. So, we are open to suggestions: to eat or not to eat, that is the question. =)

October is here!!

For those who may be concerned, we (Ryan, Scipp, and myself) had an awesome time in NE, kinda sad cause it's the last time for traveling there for a long time I'm sure.....for obvious reasons. But Ryan and I both got to visit many of our friends, and I was able to head up to Oakland and see Grandpa for a bit. Went to a barn dance. good ol' Oakland. =) oh and the shower was AWESOME!!! More loot than I've ever seen at a shower. But it was a very large crowd. Here are some photos...

on the way to the shower from Lincoln...

Are you kidding me. This was filled with fruit. Awesome.

theme: Bears- very cute. Stuffed bears, bread bears, cake bears, gummi bears, bears everywhere. =)

dad got to wear the crown for a bit too...he came after it was done to help load up the loot. =)

Dallas and I enjoying some pigs in Oakland. hahaha

Nate and Scipp and Nate's sis met us at Panera for the final send off...

And back in MI, mom and I laid out all the goods...actually this is just most of the stuff...I mean woah.

And my fav pic...Ev and Dallas put this together for the boys to learn all the faces of the fam. Family Mobile!!! I just had to lay it down cause it wouldn't stop spinning. haha. Love it!! too bad it doesn't play barbershop music. hahahaaaaaa...that would be hilarious.


And that about sums it up. What we didn't capture on film was probably the most hilarious part of the trip....driving to and from NE in the bonny with a hard top carrier on top...cuttin down on the gas. Wow. We looked awesome. And the last 2 horus of the trip there, it was whistling or howling, like an animal....and we were too tired to stop and fix it. The faster we drove, the louder the howl. Oh man. but good thing Neal and Trish let us borrow it for the weekend cause there's no way we would have come home all smashed in the baby presents. overall Great trip. So long NE, hopefully it's not a year before I'm back......