Growing and Growing and Growing....

13wk., 24wk., 32wk., and just in case the covered belly doesn't scare you enough I thought I'd throw in one 32wk. bare belly!

Despite all the worry the Dr.'s instilled in me at week 25, when my cervix started shrinking, here I am at week 33 still lounging on the couch but the babies are still safe and sound inside and I'm in the comfort of my own home. And to say the dogs are loving having me here would be an understatement (although they seem to sleep more than me!) I haven't had any hospital scares (knock on wood; I'm not in the clear for a couple more weeks) and we were able to celebrate Christmas and the New Year with our families.

Some pictures from our last "quiet Christmas" as Dave called it:

I may have been really uncomfortable Christmas Eve and Christmas Day but I was a trooper!


As anxious as ever to get their stockings!

They go through Nylabones so quickly I found these Wolf size bones (which are pretty much the same size of Oliver's front leg) and they just love them!



Jen and Joe finished fixing up and moved into their new house just in time to have us over for a nice Christmas brunch.

And while we were spoiled as usual for Christmas and got many great gifts I had to highlight this one from my sister. I've wanted a white greyhound statue since I saw the one Joey got on FRIENDS (actually I would like a replica of that exact one - but surprisingly they don't make any that big!) While I just LOVE it, the dogs aren't really sure about it which is fine with me because my biggest concern was Oliver was going to end up breaking it! But I could barely get him to sit next to it to take a quick picture and Roxy wouldn't have anything to do with being a part of such a picture!

Keeping my fingers crossed for 3 more "quiet" weeks!
- Nic

A New Mile Marker

Everyone knows about the preggo panel pants and in my eagerness to grow I couldn't resist buying a pair on sale a few months ago. And after trying them on week after week and being disappointed that they didn't quite fit yet I forgot about them until this morning....

And you guessed it they finally fit at 26 weeks!! (Although when I was at the OB last week and they "tape measured" my belly I'm actually measuring at 32 weeks; not surprising since there are 2 buns in the oven.)

And I have to say as excited as I thought I was to wear these, I'm not sure I'm the biggest fan. If I had the expertise I'd re-sew them to my liking. At least I have a few normal pairs of jeans that still fit and I won't be wearing these "panel pants" for too much longer!

On the positive side the big belly makes my legs look really skinny! Which is a feat in itself. Once that belly goes away and I gain back all the muscle I've lost when I start running again those skinny legs will be a thing of the past and I'll be sad to see them go.

Big Changes on the Horizon

So it's been 3 looong months since I've posted anything so hopefully after this post you'll have a better understanding why. There have been 2 major events in my time away.

The first being my sister, Jen's wedding on Friday, August 13 (yes, they purposely picked that day and I'm happy to say it went off without a hitch.) I can't say I'd be so brave to plan any big events on a Friday the 13th but this was a lesson for me to not be so superstitious! I was hoping to have some more/better pictures by now but I don't so you'll have to bear with the ones I have. (And the good ones I do have I stole from Jen's SIL.) I didn't get to take any pictures myself since I had a big role that day as Matron of Honor! Jen was a DIY bride and I'm really disappointed I won't get to share all those details due to the lack of pictures. Hopefully in the future I'll be able to get my hands on some other pictures to share.

Rehearsal Dinner

Joe and his parents




Dave did a reading


Exchanging vows


The married couple!!



The Bridal Party



Father/Daughter dance

And the second MAJOR event is I'm pregnant with TWINS!!! So for the past 6 months I've just been incubating these two:

And growing:

13 weeks 5 days


18 weeks, 5 days(L) 20 weeks (R)


21 weeks, 3 days

13 weeks, 5 days (L) 24 weeks, 2 days (R)

I think it's so funny I was sooo proud of my "bump" at 13 weeks and now I look at that picture and I just laugh!

Time Flies.....when you're really busy

I always find summer to be a busy 3 months and the older I get the faster they go! I don't know if it's because we try to pack them so tight with friends to see and things to do for fear of those 3 precious months passing too quickly or what but we've been enjoying our time doing lots of things that has left me little energy to write about!

We've visited Citi Field twice this year (actually in one week even) and in that same week Dave also had his first visit to the new Yankee stadium with his dad!

They finally put the Apple where it should have been from the start!


Yes, Beth and I waited in line with all the little kids to get our picture with Mr. Met!


Thanks to the hour rain delay and an awesome 3rd inning for the Mets this ended up being an incredibly loooong night!


It was ok though b/c we had awesome seats right behind my favorite player, Jeff Francoeur (at least while Daniel Murphy is still recovering)


The second game was our annual family game and boy we sweat our butts off that day!

I haven't even been able to make anything new lately. I've only made this bracelet for Pirrello which she requested for her birthday.


And after 3 neck breaking nights making this I said to Dave I wish my friends were able to make things for me and what would you know, a week later my friend Cary showed up with this gift for me!

How freakin' cute are these placemats?!?! LOVE them!

And right before we left for vacation we celebrated Dave's 31st Birthday!

This 4th of July was much more enjoyable and relaxing than last year's crazy day!


And HOT!!




Oliver even gave his little performance!