It's a girl... and a girl!!!

Come October, Matt is going to be outnumbered! We are expecting twin girls October 20th! We found out this week that both babies are healthy and doing great! I actually was really surprised that they were both girls - I thought for sure one of them was a boy. Matt kept saying we were having two boys (mainly just to rile me), so I kind of half expected that to be the outcome, too.

Baby A - looks like she is blowing bubbles!

Baby B - she's waving "hi"

We had an almost 2 hour ultrasound on Monday, where the u/s tech went through and checked out all the arms, legs, hearts, etc. Baby A was being stubborn and would not move into the right position for some of the checks (I think she gets the stubbornness from her dad - ha!). Baby B was very chill and moved right into position. We have TONS of pictures from the u/s. Matt was getting pretty good at calling out what we were looking at on the screen.

We are both so excited and can't wait to meet the little ones!

Birthday at the races

We celebrated Tony's 40th b-day at Arlington Race Track over Memorial Day. Matt and I didn't have much luck with the horses, but the weather was beautiful. We had the whole Miller Lite Party deck to ourselves. It was a great way to spend a Sunday afternoon!

The past few weeks

Erin and I spent Mother's Day at home in Rochester this year. We shopped with my mom for supplies for my parents' 40th wedding anniversary party that's coming up in June. We got a lot accomplished! Check out these pics of my mom and dad on their wedding day. The other couple (Barb and Jim) got married around the same time 40 years ago, so they are having one big party together to celebrate!

My parents are in the bottom left and top right pics

This past weekend, NATO was in town. Fun times. I stayed away from the craziness as much as possible. I did hear lots of helicopters and sirens. And there were cops and security everywhere!

We also attended the wedding of a friend of ours from work, Dan. He was over in the Netherlands working at the same time as me (and also one year when Matt worked over there). It was a beautiful day (even though it was a little hotter than you would expect for May).

Hoyee and Dan

The TW Chicago crew

A few pics

Our visit to Medieval Times for Brett's birthday was a lot of fun. I had no idea what to expect!

Surprise Brett!

The horses and knights

Brett and Sandi

Our knight (yellow and red) lost in the first round - boo!

Sporting our knights colors!

Afterwards, we went to Gameworks and Erin raked in a lot of tickets!

Happy 30th Birthday to Brett!

We celebrated with a surprise party on Saturday at Medieval Times! And with some ice cream cake (yum!) at Sandi's house on Sunday! Lots of fun! I will download the pics and add them soon! : )

Easter Baptism

I was asked to be a godmother for Kayla Marie, Hany and Grant's adorable little girl. The baptism was in Peoria, so my parents drove up from Rochester to meet us and we all stayed at the Par-A-Dice casino/hotel Saturday night.

We celebrated Easter with dinner out Saturday night and lots of gambling! Matt spent the majority of his hours in Peoria in the casino and a certain brother-in-law of mine may have closed down the casino on Saturday night (or early Sunday morning).

On Sunday, the girls headed to the baptism. Kayla was a champ and did very well during the baptism. She even turned on the charm and gave the church a big smile!

Catch up

Not a lot going on here... as evidenced by the lack of exciting blog posts! So, here's a little catch up on what we've been up to...

We decided to go to Dave and Busters on a Saturday night (crazy!) That place is a zoo! There were like a thousand kids running around and it was late. Why are these kids not in bed??? Anyway, we played Pac-Man, trivia and a game similar to the Price is Right wheel. Matt found that last game super frustrating. He was trying really hard to get the 1,000 tickets. But, each time, it was super close and he ended up with 4 tickets instead. Of course, about 5 minutes after we took off, Brett sent me a text message with the following picture... turns out he got the 1,000 tickets! He and Sandi used the tickets to buy a HUGE bag full of candy that we snacked on at bowling the next night.

The next week, my friend Brandon was in town with his fiance' Preston. Hany and I met up with them and a few others for happy hour. It was fun catching up with Brandon. We played v-ball and bowling together for many years. He now lives in Colorado and will be getting married over Labor Day weekend.

Erin and I went to a baby shower for Keely that weekend. Her friend had a "B" themed party for Baby Buffo. It was super cute! We got cake pops to take home with us... so delicious! I need to learn how to make those!

Sandi and Brett at the game

The weekend of March 10th was the big "meet-n-greet" with our family and Sandi's family. Her mom, brothers and sister-in-law all came into the city and my parents came up from Rochester. Sandi and Brett had bought all of us Bulls tickets for xmas. We started off at our place with pizza and drinks. The game was a lot of fun and the Bulls won. It was great to get to meet more of Sandi's family.

On March 16th, I went with Erin and her sorority sisters to see Bad Romance, a Lady Gaga tribute band. The concert was up north at the Copernicus Theater, which was a pretty cool place. One of Erin's sorority sister's sister is a backup singer in the band. It was pretty entertaining. I had no idea what to expect, but the lead singer had a great voice - she definitely sounded like Lady Gaga. She could have also passed as Britney Spears if she wanted to.

We spent St. Patrick's Day hanging out with friends, watching basketball and watching a lot of little kiddos running around enjoying the great weather. The next day we wished Samantha and Fubar a happy birthday at a Beauty and the Beast themed party. You can guess who was the Beauty and who was the Beast! ; )

That's about it for now! Look for another update in about a month or so... seems to be the schedule I'm on these days updating this thing!