San-Cap

E and I decided to spend our wedding anniversary in a place we both love- Sanibel Island.  We honeymooned there and have spent several long weekends biking, shelling, and eating our way across the small beach town.  

We ate at The Bubble Room our first night and took our traditional pic on the "love boat"

One of our favorite things about BR is the desserts (of course)!  Every cake we have ever tried is delicious.  They bake them from scratch every day.  Our personal favorites are Orange Dream and Red Velvet.

Saturday was spent reading on the beach (my favorite activity) and shelling (E's favorite activity).

Sanibel is known for its shelling. Low tide was at 8:00 am.  By 7:00 there were tons of people on the beach, equipped with nets and buckets, scouring the huge piles of shells along the shore.

I decided to take a break from Bossypants to do some shelling...it lasted about 5 minutes - I realized bending over to pick them up is not so easy anymore!

Another one of our favorite food spots.  Every meal there is delicious!

Nothing beats watching a Sanibel sunset and looking for the green flash!

On the drive back, we were ambushed by swarms of love bugs.  You could literally see black clouds of bugs  flying at the car.  

Ode to My Best Friend

Dear E,

Do you remember the poem you wrote me years ago? It was during our pen pal days and it was the sweetest thing ever.  Well, last night, when you rolled over at 1:30 AM and asked what I was doing, I was finally returning the gesture. (I've decided pregnancy induced insomnia may as well be productive, rather than simply a pain in the ass) I had such a great time celebrating our anniversary this weekend that it put me in a rare lovey dovey mood. So, while it's not up to par with my DSOA writing days, I hope you enjoy the sentiment behind it. (Plus, this is a good way to check if you actually read the blog)
XOXO,
~Gossip Girl ....J/K its really me, your CP


You chased me around the playground when we were 10 years old,
I had such a crush on the new kid, but this I never told.

In high school we were sweeties, you gave me a rose, then your heart,
I didn't realize 'til later that of love this was the start.

The next 5 years were difficult, long distance was all we knew,
Through letters, videos, and web chats our love grew and grew.

On 5.6.07 we did it, we officially became E-squared,
Surrounded by friends and family, our bond we firmly declared.

Our next chapter is even more exciting, with twin "little Es" on the way,
I hope they are just like their Daddy in every wonderful way.

MWAH!

My Growing Belly

When I first found out I was pregnant, I knew my body would be changing to accomodate my new "roomates", however actually experiencing the transformation has been nothing I could have ever imagined.  The biggest change has, obviously, been to my stomach.  What started out looking like a pretty respectable beer gut has transformed into a rock hard babies bump:)  I'm at the stage where people can tell I'm pregnant.  I no longer get those double takes and whispers at work, "she has a cute figure, but what is up with that gut?!" (yes one coworker actually said this!).  I still get the look of suprise and shocked response of, "OMG, you have twins in there?!" I dont know if I should take this as a compliment or an insult.  On the one hand, my body hasn't blown up to epic proportions (yet), but on the other, are they insinuating that I am doing something unhealthy to stunt the appropriate stomach size for twins?  I assure you, my doctors think my weight gain thus far is on par for a twin pregnancy.

Here is my tummy transformation so far:

Week 11 Bump

Week 13 Bump

Week 14 Bump

Week 15 Bump

Week 17 Bump

Week 19 Bump

Week 20 Bump (it's hard to see, but I gained 6 lbs in the 4 days between this photo and my week 19 photo!)

(Oh Boy!)^2

My husband, E, and I found out pretty early that we were having twins - at 6 weeks.  Although I don't remember the exact words which were spoken at that fateful ultrasound appointment, they were something along the lines of, "are you serious?!".  E has always been the memory keeper in the family and even he was too shocked to remember the actual words we spoke that day.  So, my plan is to blog about those exciting moments during our pregnancy, so that I have something to look back to when my memory escapes me.

A few weeks ago, we reached a pregnancy milestone that many couples look forward to: finding out the sexes of our babies! We had our 18 week ultrasound, during which the tech measures every bone in the babies' bodies, checks the heart, and checks the major components of the babies' brains.  After an hour of measuring, we got a thumbs up for both babies.  We also found out that we are having two boys!
Below is great picture which truly captures our emotions at the moment we found out they were both boys: E has the broadest smile I have ever seen and I look like a deer in headlights!

Can you tell which one of us was instantly thrilled and which one took a few minutes to come around to the idea?!

We found out Nolan (Baby A, or, the lower baby) was a boy when the tech was trying to measure his hand and couldn't get a clear shot because he wouldn't let go of his wanker!  It took another excruciatingly long 45 minutes of measurements before we found out Camden (Baby B) was a boy too.

Now that I've had a few weeks to absorb all of the news, I must say I'm pretty excited about having two little men, especially if they look anything like E did as a baby:

Baby E

I also feel much better seeing firsthand that there are TONS of adorable baby boy clothes out there!

Our first purchase after finding out they were 2 boys

And, of course, there are MANY cute twin-themed ensembles to look forward to:

These cute outfits came from our good friends who just had the cutest baby girl (our boys will definitely be vying for her attention!)