OUCH !!!

My baby boy wont get out of my ribs... he is on my left side and has ben in my ribs all day .. OUUUCHHH !!! I have a dr. app in the morning and again I hope it goes well. I get so nervous every appointment and monitoring session now becuase I do not want to go back in the hospital. Next week I have an ultrasound I am soooooo excited to see how much the babies have grown. I wish they had a name already !

Christmas Time

We had a Great Christmas ! On Christmas Eve we celebrated by going to Tims Grandparents house and getting together with the family. It was so great to see Ryan playing with all his cousins. (these are Tims cousins children). Ryan loves to call all of them even if he knows their name COUSIN !! This is them playing games and singing Christmas songs.

We went home and put out cookies for Santa... Well Ryan remembered that they did it in his story I read him "The Night Before Christmas" so he grabbed the book and tried to find the part about cookies. He was thrilled.

We fell alseep waiting for santa to come ... My Mom & James were here from Oklahoma to spend Christmas with us. It was great ... we woke up and Ryan was a lil crabby not ready to get out of bed. he didnt get Christmas pj's this year .. I had to depend on Tim to buy everything and well I didnt want to put to much on his plate (he did Great by the way). Ryan has not been a santa fan these past few weeks .. even after reading about him watching cartoons about him .. he still didnt want him in his house. I thought he was cured after leaving the cookies he was so thrilled .. but not really ! He loved all of his gifts. After opening presents here we went to my Inlaws opened there and then to my Granmothers opened there and back to my Inlaws for dinner and Bingo. We headed home to spend the rest of the night playing Wii. and having a great time. My Mom & Tim were very competetive and she could not let him beat her score. haha I of course sat back and Watched and laughed way to hard !

My mom is usually an open book when it comes to gifts. We always know what she is getting us .. this year I had NOOO clue. Well I got a Kodak zi6 video camera http://www.kodak.com/eknec/PageQuerier.jhtml?pq-path=13063&pq-locale=en_US Its awsome I love it ! My mom bought Tim a gun (after many many many months of thinking extremly hard about this). We are both going to get handgun liscense and take safty classes. We got a Wii from tims mom as our family gift.. and Ryan just got so much I wouldnt know where to begin. It was truly a great time... and Next year with 3 kids will be an even more awsome christmas. I am truly blessed.

Opps!!!

The pic below is actualy 30 weeks , Ill be 31 weeks on friday !

Twin Belly at 31 weeks :)

WOOO HOOO getting close :) This belly is huge .. makes me have chicken legs !

My mission for the day & some thoughts.

So this morning Tim & I were talking about the babies and kept saying him & her. I told him we really need to name them soon... he said he just was thinking that. So im going to be on a name mission all day ... we have a few combos but not sure what we want. So im going to add a few more. We thought we were set in the names then NOPE it changed.


Also I was thinking yesterday about how much I hate doing laundry ... now I dont mind putting it in the washer or the dryer ... but I HATE puting it away. So I thought wow .. im going to have a family of FIVE ... Im going to have to do laundry for FIVE people. I guess I better start liking it.

I have been feeling better.. my itchyness is still there but going away SLOWLY ... I have a Dr. app in the morning. I am hoping that things go well. I should be having another ultrasound sound next week but with it being the holiday it might be the next week. Im so excited becuase I want to know how big they are. Just give me a piece of mind.

Update & very itchy !

So I got sprung from the joint on tuesday ... I had to wait on a nurse from Matria to bring me the pump for my leg. So it was 4 by the time we got out and got home and I GOT TO SEE MY BABY !!! Well the pump was such a pain in the leg .. it was just in the way couldnt take a shower with out it hanging in a lil waterproof purse thing , hard to sleep with it too. Well wed. I started seeing lil pred spots pop up and my arm still hurt so bad from the shot gone wrong. Then thursday they got way worse the red spots spread all over my chest & arms & face. AND ITCHES LIKE CRAZY. I had an appointment this morning and the nurse practioner was saying how happy that she is we made it to 30 weeks .. now lets shoot for 32 and 34 is great 36 is icing on the cake. Now I have a personal goal and thats 34-35 weeks. Thats what I hope I can make. She thought that this rash was becuase my liver was just not keeping up with how hard my body is makeing it work and was umping toxins in my body. But the Dr. said she had the feeling its a allergic reaction to the med in the pump. That she has never seen any one with that reaction. So we stoped the pump .. Im kind of gald but this pump was not letting me contract since I had it. I asked the dr. what the next step was and she kinda of let out a giggle and said im sorry there is Nothing outpatient that we can do. I cant belive that there is not another opion :( So that means if I start contracting that I will go back to the hopsital and stay till my lil ones are born. I pray that does not happen.. I dont want to miss the holiday or Ryans 3rd birthday ( I think that would kill me). And not to mention every day life of Ryan and being at home. It would be at least for another month. ... So Im praying for just no contractions so I can be at home with my boys. I go back next week on christmas eve for an appointment. I hope my cervix does not change in that time too ... that would mean going back also. Man Ihave alot of praying to do !

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Still here ! I am waiting on a terbutaline pump that has to be brought to me by an outside agency, its the agency that I currently use for the monitor. Well this med seems like its going to be a pain. But I must do what I have to. But today i was told by one of the Dr's in the office I use that it will be today for sure. Well Matria (the outside agency) calls me to ask when im going home blahh blah they have been checking on me since being here. I say well Im waiting on you guys to come give me the pump. WELL she tells me to hold on and shows No call has been made to get this monitor. Well then she wants to speak to my nurse and gets this ball rolling. WHEN WAS THE DR. OR HOSPITAL GOING TO DO THIS ON THEIR OWN ?? So hours later I call back to check on the status and the lady talls me that my ins will need a note from a high risk Dr. Thank goodness I had to see her in order to get the monitor so then they were emailing her asking her to call about the pump. All of this the day I was supposed to go home. Now I know I know I need to do what ever I can for these babies but its just sooooo hard & emotional. I have slept away from Ryan for nearly a week since the night I felt bad he wanted to stay at his Litas )Tims mom) house. Wich was so suprising. I have necer been away from him more than one night at a time and that has only been twice since I have been at the hospital. Its killing me. So I hope that tom I can go home and be done with this place till its time for the babies to come. My dr. said he would not relase me with out these meds... so hopefully soon. :(

Prayers and Hope !

I need prayers that these babies stayin for a while longer .. 5 weeksat the least would give me piece of Mind. I need to hold on to my Hope that tom. (monday ) Iwill be able to go home. I have been here in the hospital since wednsday morning. And its Not easy. I miss the comfort of my home... the not being hooked to monitors and Most of all I miss my baby !! He is doing so good with his Grandmas but I am not doing so great being away from him. I cry and just want to hear him. Talking on the phone to him makes it that much harder. When he comes to visit me I tell him I miss him and he Replys THANKS MOM ! ahah smartie ! I came in to the hospital becuase being hooked up to my monitors at home I had 5 contractions that morning. So my dr. wanted me to go to labor and delivery to get checked. Then they decided to keep me here and give me meds. These meds are NO NO Fun ! I was extremly hot and light headed and very very bad headache with blurred vision. Well once they cut the med intake down I felt a lil better. I had 4 shots of steriod just incase they came early. And I also had to have my weekely shot Tim gives me. .... well the NURSE (RRRR) said to put the shot in my arm .. OUCH !!! Its hard as a rock , swollen red and totally unusbale ! For the past 2 days. The burse today said i just cant belive she did that ... You didnt need that there. THanks .. but its to late now. :( last night after having a very upset stomach that wasnt letting anything out and even vomitting becuase I was feeling Ill, I started having lil more contractions All I could do was CRY I DID NOT WANT MORE MEDS .. i want to go home monday. (Now I know I need to stay here for the babies .. but if its just to be monitored and its not changing my body please please let me go). With the meds dossage up I gpt a lil sleep and then woke up to getiing blood sugars drawn and heart rate and temp. taken. Well after that they helped me with a sleeping pill wich seems to be somthing i have taken every night since i have been here. Then today they lowered the meds back down. i have one nurse who I really really like and she is saying everything looks really really good. SOOOOOO Im still being hopefull that monday i can get home . AND Im still praying each night that these babies stay put and take it easy on my body. First of all I want healthy babies ... at the same time I need some sort of sanity. Before I start crying again I better stop typing. All the prayers and good wished will help. Thank you !

Heard of Buffalos ???

RRRRRRR....... Yes my friends this is a vent !! I belive that buffalos live above me. SERIOUSLY I dont see how a human can make that much noise. Its not to the point at night where we cant sleep or anything like that .. its just plain annoying (partly hormones). I have never lived in an apartment so I have never dealt with this . Just wanted to say .. RRRRRR !!!

Hummmmm

Well ... Its been awhile since I wrote I PROMISE Ill start making it more of a point to blog !!
This Christmas should be a very interesting one ... my hands are tied. Between the Dr's and the enforcer Tim I cant do any Christmas shopping. SOOOO Tim will have to do it all. Im sure there will be lots of gift cards handed out. Thank goodness for Wachovia Visa cards. We will actually be very busy the few days around Christmas .. my mom will be here and we will do our normal Christmas eve at my Grandmothers .. then off to Tims Grandmothers. Christmas morning we will wake up at our apartment :( to bad I cant say house.. Then will proably head to Tims moms house then Back to My Grandmothers for Christmas lunch then back to Tims mom for dinner. Then that saturday we will get with friends and have a Christmas party at there home. NOW this kind of cracks me up. I was thinking that every one would be easy to buy for ... except 1 of the guys. And well I pulled his name !! Also this guy has a qirk .. he cant stand to see empty toilet paper rolls .. it drives him CRAZY . Its kind of a story I laughed at many many years ago and actually dont remember the whole thing but I crack up when toilet paper rolls are mentioned in his presence. I have been saving them as a gag gift for him. So im thinking I will add them to his real gift. I think Ill get the biggest laugh out of this.

Ok Im back to making my list ... and thinking of drawings maps on where tim can find the gifts on the list :)

Shower, apartments, and Dr. visits... Ohh my !

Its been awhile and I have lots to say and lots to catch you all up on. Well I had an awsome shower .. I couldnt have asked for anything better. We are truly blessed with the friends and family that we have. These babies have so much already.. Tim & I will have to buy very little. Two Peas in A Pod was such a great theme. (although my boy pea is always over on my girl peas side of the pod) I got such a cute charm from James Avery (love that place) of a peas in a pod. Thanks Boo that by far is the cutest thing Ive ever seen.

And to the apartment .... ugh many of you have been following the Rodriguez family on our house hunt. Im sure our realtor thinks about throwing us to the curb. Now if we were not so picky about what neighborhoods we wanted to live in the hunt would be that much easier... but im pretty dead set on these neighborhoods. Also if we wanted to only pay a house note and live with out cable and other perks then the search also would be easier.. but No way .. not with this horrible economy & twins on the way would we jump in and get a house note that is above our ideal house note. We are blessed that with one income we do very well .. but also my husband is a penny pincher and always wants to keep our head well above the water. I may hate it at times ... and say .. WHY CANT WE JUST BUY THAT HOUSE ... but I know in the end he is not letting me buy that house becuase he wants us to be doing better than average. So after our picky picky searching and many failed attempts at getting ready to offer on a house to find out guess what ITS UNDER CONTRACT ALREADY ! We have decided to go into an apartment .. and save some more money up to get that down payment a lil bigger. Also the ticking time bomb is getting closer and closer to going off .. so we need settled into a home before the babies come. Not my top choice .. but it will work. Sorry babe i put up such a fight .. but ill be back in the house hunting mode with a vengance when this lease is up.

Ok Dr. appointment time ..... So thursday was a LONG LONG day in downtown Houston. I had a gluecose test in the morning .. seen the dr and talked about a few things... I was told I would start getting my shots weekly to help keep these babies in longer. Well I was like CRAP once a week .. but ohh well I have to do it for my babies ... So here i am thinking that I will be coming to the Dr's office weekly. Well the assistant tells me that Tim will be taught how to give me the shots. My mouth fell open , I was in complete shock .. did she seriously just say that TIM will give me a SHOT !!! (ok im not afraid of shots .. blood what ever but I have never had a shot in my bottom .. and the first one ever is going to be done by my salesman husband) Tim with out missing a beat says Im not doing that .. I cant. So the lady says then we can start in 2 weeks and you can bring someone else in. Im like Ok . No we will start today ... So Tim says .. Ok what ever I have to do for the babies. We go in a room and he learns how to extract the med from the bottle and change needles (he stabs himself .. OHH CRAP im getting scared) She tells him how I need to be standing and how to act like your throwing a dart to poke me. I WAS SCARED ... So last night I got him to give me my first shot... we were both VERY VERY nervous. And it turns out the worse part was when he actually pushed the medicine into my body not the needle. Easy breezy ! I will also soon be hooked up to at home monitors to make sure im not contracting. So after Tim learning how to give a shot we go across the street and get our ultrasound. The results should be at my dr's office soon so we will know if they are looking good shortly. Our lil boy keeps pushing into the lil girls picture space .. kept putting his hands in all her pictures hahha already a camera hog ! He is 2 pounds 1 ounce... she is 1 pound 15 oz. they are both transverse so unless they turn they will have to be taken by C-section. I have no prefrence .. just how ever I get healthy babies. They move soooo much Ryan finally felt a big movement the other day and looked at me in shock and asked "What did they do" I said they kicked you ... he looked at me again .. "I want to go in there too" hahhahaha I laughed so hard. Nope Ry I dont think there is any room for you ! haha Im going to post some pics enjoy and hopefully now that im not totally consumed with a house hunt I can find more time to blog !

A new post coming soon ...

I will post a blog ver very soon with Pics from my amazing baby shower. Im off to look at yet another house.. and to meet with my uncle who I havent seen in a few years. Hope every one had a great weekend.

I think .....

I just think us getting a house is not ment to be.... ok serioulsy .. EVERY HOME I LIKE GOES UNDER CONTRACT SOON AS I FIND IT !!!! I am thinking about handing this all over to tim .. even though he does not mind moving a lil further away than i would like. BLAHH FREAKIN BLAHH ... thats what i feel about this !

Whats happening in my world....

I have been such a slacker on here.. All my internet time is consumed with looking for a home. We went with our realtor yesterday and will go back today. So there is this one house ... a foureclouser and its a GREAT size .. maybe a lil to big. And the price just can NOT be beat, BUT (haha ok there is always but's to these houses.. just cant find it perfect already) It needs some work ... apparently the last owner had a dream of living in the jungle .. animal & palm tree WALL PAPER through out the house. YUCK !!! And of course new carpet will need to be put down. Its just one thats on the list .. we know that we will go into that with tons of equity. But on a nother note. I was at the dr. last week and they said my anatomy ultra sound from the previous week looked great. I will be getting one done every 4 weeks untill they get here. Next appointment is glucose testing (yuckk) and then I will also be getting a steriod shot to help build the babies lungs, just incase they decide to come early. I hope & pray every night that does not happen. Also this coming saturday on the 15th will be my baby shower. I can not wait ... I get pink stuff & more blue stuff ... so lil man will be set with clothes.. he will have ryans left overs too. But I think Im more excited about getting all my friends & family together in one place. Ill make sure to post pics after the "Two peas in a pod" baby shower :)

Mommy I want that too ....

Ryan wants EVERY toy they show on the commercials. He sees a Make up commercial and tells me Mommy I buy you make up at the store. Hey at least he thinks of me. He is just so cute ... he loves to touch the babies and talk about his brother and sister ... he finally accepts there is a brother he was leaving him out of all his stories. The house buying process has been put on hold ..we are not taking the house we have an offer on even if it means loosing earnest money. We will look at one more house then will make other housing arangments if it does not pan out. We dont see anything that is just jumping out to us in the neighborhoods that we really love. And if they do they are a lil more than we are willing to pay right now. If we were just the three of us we know we could live comfortably with the bigger house note .. but 5 of us .. WOW , not sure how much 2 babies at one time will affect our spending. Well im off to watch some tv and be lazy like i have been all day :)

Not such a great inspection !

So the inspection was monday and it idnt go so well. The AC in the house is not big enough to cool and heat the house like it should. ITS TEXAS ... ITS HOT !!! So we are asking if they will put in another if not we will walk away and continue our search. Well I have continued mine online and already have a list of houses that I must see. SO the saga continues we should know very soon what they say about the new ac. Even though the house is a great price its still not a MUST HAVE house to the point where we will just install a TEN THOUSAND dollar sc unit our selves. Ill keep you all posted .

New House :)

I am super excited to say we found a house and they accepted our offer !! I dont want to get to excited untill it passes inspection & we actually close. But its a beautiful house on a cul de sac , landscaped and has plenty of room for us. An Office with french doors, formal dining, great kitchen, huge gameroom and four bedrooms. I had to give up some space in the master bath its a lil smaller than im used to. But the closet is huge :) Here are a few pics. Enjoy ... cant wait to have our first bbq in the HUGE back yard and bring my babies home there and give Ryan a home for all his toys and things.

Blahh

The house I knew i wanted in the great neighborhood has MOLD ... YES MOLD !!! Im like heart broken.. we are looking at another one though. So I have been craving Lubys ... Tim is out of town so I talked my pregnant friend and her family into going. I love the chicken fried steak there and Ryan loves the Brocolli and fruit salad. :) Im so glad my baby loves fruit & veggies !! Im trying to get all my adresses ready for my baby shower... two peas in a pod :) Im so excited .. so if your a reader and in Tx send me that address. Hopefully Ill have more to blog about in the days to come.

FINALLY !!!

Ok Im going to get back to blogging now ... We have internet. :)
So lets see.... Tim loves his new job he is learning alot and the best part is he will be able to work from home alot so ill get lots of help ! Ryan is loving being here with his grandparents... he LOVES his paw paw ... its like christmas when paw paw comes home from work. I am ready for our own place so i can start getting the nursery set up and get my house in order before the babies come. We have been looking and go again this saturday .. YEA !!! We know where we want to live and I know that it will be great for us. They have ta few pools , splash pad and even there own schools. This is not a town its a subdivision. I cant wait to go look saturday :) !! i went to the Dr. last week and when they check for heart beats they do a quick ultra sound (but for my big 20 week i have to go else where to have it done .. odd !) ... well they asked If i knew the sex of the babies I say yes.. but you can double check. WELL they have the wand on my right side and say ... there is a penis .. NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO thats where my girl was .. my heart started racing ahha then he said .. no wait both babies are here dont freak out yet. BUT then the lil boy covered the lil girls privates with his hand... and he would not move it. SOOOO Im hoping the lady was dead on right saying that she was positive it was a girl when we looked at my first appointment. I registered for my baby shower this past weekend .. we registered for one boy one girl ... so I need it to be right .. plus I want my lil girl for cute hair bows and all the frilly stuff. Ill update every one on the house search as it moves along... and on the pregnancy as i get bigger and bigger. Ohhhh yea .. I went and tried on bridesmaid dresses for my Bf's wedding ... Ok being 5 months preggo with twins .. trying on dresses was such a task . But she will make a beautiful bride.

Its been forever...

Ok ok ok ... Sorry My inlaws still have No cable, internet or phone. So Yes im having withdrawls... and have been watching tons of ryans movies. SO lets see ... I found out my first week of being in tx that we are having 1boy and 1 girl. And we are SOOOOOOOOOOOOOO excited. ahah Lets hop it hasnt changed ... Ill go in a few weeks for the anatomy ultrasound. Tim has been training this week and will be here next week then off to chicago for a few days. I hate when he is gone :( !! So we are staying as busy as we can .. but my body deff feels it. last night I had spent time in the hospital i was having cramps and bad back aches... well i was dehydrated. I KNOW I NEED TO DRINK MORE WATER !!!! Its harder here becuase Im a lil more active. Well hopefully we will be getting our own place soon .. its tought to live with people. Ryan is very much enjoying his grandpa (papa) .. his grandmother he fights with .. she started a battle and ryan wont let it go. He tells her to get out of his room and when she kisses him he says NOOOO SHRECK NO KISS ME !!!!!!!!!!! Well Ill be on later when I can to catch every one up.

WELL

Well Im here ! The plane ride went GREAT ... I was so nervous about that but it was just awsome. He loved it .. when we landed I told him we were in Tx and he was like NOOOOOOOOO FLY IN THE SKY !!!! He made me sooo proud. We have been staying with good friends. I have been making her husband work hard .. helping me do stuff (she is preg too so we are double teming him) haha !! SO Tim owes him big time for dumping me on them. Just kidding we really love this couple , they are awsome friends to have. It pretty much is crazy here ... inlaws & grandmother still have No power. Trees through houses .. in the yards . Hopefully they get the power back on and people can start returning to some what normal soon. I have my 1st ob appointment on thursday .. im hoping it goes well :) Ill keep every one informed. I still feel like im just on a vacation... like ill be going back to GA soon. Even though I know it isnt the case it hasnt really hit me yet. I miss you ga girls .. take care and email lots !

Crazy Busy morning ... rambling about it :)

Wow .. so its 2 and im exhausted. This morning at 10 I had a Ob appointment to hear heart beats of the babies. So we drive our 45 min drive (yes .. we drive a while for our dr's.) we get there and wait FOREVER.. usually we get whisked back very fast. So when we do finally get back we are left sitting for a little wheil longer .. she says they cleared my OB records out already. Even though they new i had one more appointment. So the nurse was NOT happy haha but it was taken care of. I also had to pick up my medicl records and was flipping through them.. I read that when I was pregnant with Ryan i had a bleed as I do with these babies ... but I actually didnt bleed out. NUTS !! The dr. was happy to hear strong heartbeats for my last appointment & she wrote a note that is going to get Tim back to the gate at the airport to help settle Ryan .. YEAAAA (wont be me chasing hi every where till boarding time. Then we ran across the street got Ryans med records... headed to the attorneys office to sign power of attorney papers so tim can sell the house. Then off to the bank to make sure the move we wouldnt need to change our account. Said bye to all my fellow old co workers. Had lunch .. now im home .. ready to catch up on some tv. Crazy morning .. but HAVE so much accomplished :)

Its been 4 years already ...

Wow time has flown by ... Tim & I have been married for four years today :) . We got engaged in feb 04' ... and planned on getting married in july 05'. Well things didnt work out that way, Tim interviewed for a job here in Ga in aug 04' & got it. So that ment we were moving to Ga. We both decided that a wedding in Ga would mean some family & friends couldnt be there... and being in Ga planning a wedding in Tx would be so hard. So we got married at the justice of the peace and then that weekend we had a reception at a small Italian resturant that I had worked at on & off for a few years. All of our close family & friends were there it was so nice. i wouldnt have traded it for ANY wedding in the world. Sometimes I think I missed out on the getting a wedding dress & a fancy dance ... maybe one day we can renew our vowels on a pretty beach and I can get my pretty dress. But its not about that ... its not about the big wedding or the pretty dress .. its about the love you share. And our love has made one awsome little boy and two more babies on the way. I cant wait to grow old with this man. Now Im not going to sit here and say every day is a fairy tale .. haha No .. there are slamming doors, screaming, and just wanting to throw stuff . But we move through it ...and one thing we both admit we are stubborn, spoiled but cant stay mad at each other for long. I think that makes us a strong couple .. we move through our tiffs fast & get on with our lives together.

Relief

Sheww .. what a relief ! Both of our familes are fine from this hurricane .. and some of our friends I have gotten ahold of are ok too. Lots of trees are down & there is lots of water. No power ... but our families have a generator & plenty of food. It took some time this morning to get ahold of my grandma... scared me a bit. Paul tried to get over and check on her.. and trees were in the way but he made it just about the same time I finally talked to her. She had a tree fall on her porch .. then the second half of the storm came in and sat it up straight again. NUTS !!! So now that tree is just a ticking time bomb on when it will crash again. I was looking online at some pictures .. im so glad that texans have humor in times like this. One of the signs painted on the wood over the windows read IKE GO AWAY , TINA iS NOT HERE !! Im thinking "Who is Tina ??" then it hit me ... Duhh Ike and Tina turner ahhaa that was great ! So glad that they are ok

Inspectors and such !

Yesterday the man came for the aprasial. Today the termite guy & the Inspector are coming. I had a time frame for the Inspector but not for the termite guy. So with that said .. Ryan & I are sitting here missing a playdate :( that we were looking forward too. So we packed all of our kitchen stuff since i shouldn be up cooking yt anyways. Well ... not knowing when the men are coming ... and not having kitchen stuff & having not made a trip to get some groceries .. what are we going to eat for lunch ?? Im somewhat creative... I guess Ill figure somthing out :)

11 More days of georgia !

Wow its coming to an end very very fast. I am very much going to miss my GA. friends. They are all so speacial to me. Each and every one of them has great qualities and I am so thankful for getting the chance to meet them.. and thankful for every time they were there for me when i needed them . Their children have became great friends to Ryan, I hope that we can see them many more times in our lifetimes. Take a few trips to Ga or meet up in FL. Im just so Thankful for them all. Im also going to miss the awsome pumpkin patch ... the beautiful christmas tree farm.Eating at the dillard house. Going to the mountians on days we had nothing better to do. And the just peaceful life in North Georgia.

Budget... Thoughts (just read my friends libbys blog .. got me thinking :) )

Ok as some of you know we have been a follower of Dave Ramsey for awhile now. I must say he has really helped out our marriage. Tim and I fought alot over money .. well I read Daves book "The Total Money Makeover" and I told tim ok I agree lets do it. Well as Tim calls it I "Got on board". So off we went... stated making a budget.. got our 1k emergency fund & started our debt snowball. (BY THE WAY THIS IS THE MOST EXCITING PART .. watching the debt go away soooo fast) . We also save a little each month for those end of the year bills . car ins, HOA dues, even christmas. By sticking to budget .. we can put LOTS twoard our debt. But not only is it about how much money we can put extra to bills, but its the lifestyle we learned. We have learned to say No. No we cant do that becuase its just not in the budget.. or I really want to get a babysitter and go out .. but cant aford it. If we know somthing is coming up we add a little more to the budget that month. Its funny becuase Ill tell A close friend of mine No i cant afford that .. she laughs .. she thinks Im nuts. Becuase in all honesty we can afford it. . just choose not too. We choose to pay extra to that pesky debt that hangs over our head. Well with this new move its going to be SUPER hard to stick to budget... so my friends Ill need help. Help me stay CHEAP !!! Im going to try super hard so we can save quickly for the down payment so we can be homeowners again :) I GOT TO STAY STRONG .. Im going to be re reading this alot .. to remind myself how good i know this is for us.

Wow its hot in here !

So since saturday our AC has been going out. Well we had a man come look at it today, AND there is a leak in the wall. So the right thing to do is go ahead and pay the 300 to get it fixed. The buyer of our house is getting it inspected end of this week or beginning of next. So we are confessing there is a problem and we are paying for it. Hopefully that does not make a diffrence to the inspector !! However TODAY has been miserable with NO AC ........ Now its going again and feels just awsome :)

Lets play catch up ....

SO our house is selling closing on the 24th... my plane tickets are bought for the 20th to be back in Tx for good. Tim will follow us a week after .. ill be giving him power of attorney so he can take care of selling our house. We even got a chunk of money from his company to cover moving cost .. WOOO HOOO !! So nice not to worry about that. I have mixed emotions about this move... I have been in ga four years this month. And it has been good to us. We were young .. married and came here to start our life... and that we did. We had our baby here ... This place will always be so speacial to me. It taught us a new way of life. NOW I hope that we can continue this in Tx. We have changed so much since leaving... I hope our old friends realize and respect that. ( I honestly belive they do.. and they admire it). AND THE BIGGEST NEWS ... We know that baby A is a BOY !!! Baby B was being stubborn and would not uncross its legs. COME ON BABY B BE A GIRL !!!! PINK PINK PINK (Of course id be just as happy with blue too )

Sneezy Me !

I just cant stop sneezing ... Its horrible and hurts my stomach I sneeze so hard. Seriously .. give me a break ! Ill report later on how the dr visit went. I go at 1:30... also think we have some good news. But not ready to let that cat out of the bag just yet !

Thinking about my baby when he was a baby ...

Some of my favorite "baby" pics... enjoy

Bye Summer ...

Im sad to see this summer come to an end. I wasnt able to take Ryan out to the pool these last 2 months ( severe morning sickness & bedrest). But he did have a summer to remember .. with two AWSOME florida trips, swimming in the pool & a boat ride. I will be making this up to him soon as I am able. Visit some museums .. parks.. chuckee cheese.. I know he does not know the diffrence But I want to make this time before the babies come all Ryans & do as much as I can with him. I am however not sad to see the end of august.. it has been a pretty rocky month for our family . The loss of mikey.. the hardest thing by far , bed rest and the whole scare of that & turning 25 (yikes thats half way to 50) :) just kidding. The high points of August has been the babies are healthy and Tim getting the new job. So I guess august was more less a roller coaster of emotions. Come on september .. hold good news about this bleeding ... great news about the job .. and a WONDERFUL 4 year anniversiary. Bye summer .... see ya next year

So far this week...

WELL ... I went to the dr. today and everything looked great. The spots that could cause the bleeding have gotten alot smaller and we anticipate them getting even more smaller with more bed rest. I go back next thursday and hope to hear only good news. The babies looked great .. baby B is measuring 14 weeks 3 days baby A is 14 weeks 1 day. I am actually only 13 weeks 1 day. So the babies are measuring almost a week ahead .... im SO SO SO happy with that. I had just told Tim its not like the babies will be 8lbs 6 oz like Ryan. So i think I can handle it. He laughed and said that yea your babies might be just as big as Ryan. hehe we shall see !! We are still on pins and needles waiting on the moving info , Im still getting taken great care of by the grandparents. And i feel like there is no way that we can possibly repay them for all they have done for us. I am so very Thankful. Its messing with my mind being on bed rest .. I feel helpless but know im doing it for the very best reason in the world. it also messes with my body... im having tension headaches like CRAZY .. tylenol helps .. but I dont like to over load on it. It proably does not help that I look at this computer screen alot. Ryan is being such a good lil guy. He is getting spoiled and running around having a blast. I got a lil emotionla leaving him today while i went to the dr. and when we called to check on him I started to tear up. My lil man is getting so big telling me what he was doing .. asked where I was.. then told me he loved me too. AHHHH he is getting so big. Im enjoying every min of him loving on me.. telling me Ill be ok when I make the RRRR sound becuase my body hurts. And giving me a great big hug :) Mommies and their boys , what a love

Sunday Fun Day

Ha just kidding .. im still in bed !! But the first thing im going to do when im allowed to move is get my hair done . I have some BAD roots showing. I go to the dr. tuesday and I hope everything looks good. Humm on this sunday fun day I have looked online way to much read half of a book watched a lil tv. Ate some bbq I forced tim into cooking. AND gonna shower .. hopefully find somthing on tv, and fall asleep. Hope yall have a great week... just like I hope I do too :)

Again .. I need to vent a little

So it happened twice .. people are just showing up at our house to view it. I know I shouldnt mind I should love that our house is getting looked at. But with me on bed rest & tims grandparents here we need to know when to expect you. They both say they tried to call .. blaah blahh . Our house phone sometimes is not the greatest.. so they may have. BUT they are supposed to make contact with me . if not they cant come. I AM GOING TO HAVE TO GET ON THIS REAL ESTATE LADY !!! Tim did it friday but I think I need to do it. Im like to the point of giving her the money that gets us out of the contract to not have to deal with it. I guess that she will make great money off of a sale of a house. Yes we are not asking anything but to pay our realtors and pay our loan. So i guess becuase we are not planning on asking a fortune for it (we are being realistic in this market.. and just want to get rid of it so we can move) she is not catering to us. Do I expect better customer service .. YES I DO .. ( I think working at wachovia taught me that) haha maybe its mean of me. But thats just how I feel. Not being called for weeks .. not getting flyers for our tables untill almost a month into it.. her not up dating the site she said she does daily for 2 weeks. I could market this better myself... just not sure how id get it listed with out being an agent.

Just a Mix of it all !

Well our lives our changing like CRAZY !! In july we found out that we were expecting twins .. and that changed our whole ball game. We put our house on the market the last day in july.. we just knew that we needed/wanted to be back in Tx. But knew we should wait to find a job after the house sells. But August 1st we lost Tims brother Mikey & that threw us in fast forward. We knew we had to get back and had to get back fast. We are taking that day by day some times its harder than others. Well while we were down in Tx Tims boss set him up on an interview with the same company just a diffrent division. Well My hard working man had enough people on his side that they wanted him and they wanted him with out even taking a second interview. :) YEA BABE YOUR AWSOME !! We find out all the details next week .. we do however know its a promotion (YEA BABE AGAIN YOUR AWSOME) .. he will travel a lil bit .. but we will be near family so Ill have plenty of help ! Well then we just had a busy time .. soon as we got back from Tx my mom was here to have some time with us. A day after she left I started bleeding and was put on bed rest. Well I am so thankful that the babies at this time are healthy and ok. I pray they stay that way, and Im thankful tims grandparents could come up and help with everything we needed.. Ryan is loving the 80 year old grandpa playing with him & we are eating sooo good :) . AND our house shows tomorrow . hope it sells !! Well guys thats us in a nutshell so far .. ill keep you all up to date !

First Time

So this is my first blog and I must say I have seen some of my friends do it.. and kinda fell into it. It will be about whats going on with the Rodriguez Gang ! All about our big adventures with our testy 2 year old, Our journey getting the twins here, and our big move back to TX. I hope you all enjoy and start your own.