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The Falcao Family

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Things are getting very busy in Falcao-land, baby-wise that is! As of a few weeks ago I have weekly appointments at the perinatologists office in their Preterm Birth Prevention Program. For those of you not

familiar with twin pregnancies, 50% of twins typically come before 35 weeks, and 50% after. That means we have a 50/50 chance of having premature babies. That is definitely NOT in our plan, so we are doing everything we can to prevent that! In addition, I have an OB appointment every two weeks- so I feel like I am constantly in appointments!

The nursery is starting to come together. We have been advised to have the house “ready for babies” by the time I am 32 weeks, so we have about 7 weeks to do just that! Eric has already put together one crib and the changing table/dresser, and I have actually started trying to organize the clothes we have been given. Eeeek it feels like there is so much to do and learn! I think I have books hidden all over the house ranging from mothering multiples, to baby 411 to sleep habits! By the time they get here I’ll probably know a tiny bit about a lot of things, but not a lot about anything! There will be a whole lot of trial and error going on at our house! I guess that’s just the way it goes

Tonight was our first childbirth class. Eric is sick (poor guy!) so I had to go alone. Ummm….yikes- overwhelming! Even though I was there when Amelia was born, it’s a whole other thing when it’s YOUR body all this stuff is going to happen to! Although the chances are high I’ll have a c-section, we figured it’s probably best to be educated just in case.

Let’s see, what else? Last week we had our first growth scan. Both babies were on target for their gestational age compared to single babies, so that’s great. Baby boy was 1 pound 10 ounces and baby girl was 1 pound 7 ounces. Our next scan will be in a few weeks to check to make sure they are both growing on schedule and proportionately to each other.

Eric and I are geting very excited. He can now consistently feel the babies moving on the outside, and I have started feeling baby hiccups! I can definitely tell that the nesting instinct has kicked in for both of us. We have had so much fun on our weekends doing things for the babies. We can’t WAIT to meet these little guys!

I can’t believe it has almost been a year since our last post! That was supposed to be our “new leaf!” Well, I guess I will just try again and hopefully this blog will stay updated.

A lot has happened in the past year, but one thing sticks out as the biggest- in September we got pregnant, and in October we found our that we’re having TWINS!! This was such joyous news to us, and we feel so blessed to have been given these gifts.  We just found out this week that we will be welcoming a SON and a DAUGHTER- which is the icing on the cake! We are really excited for the [many] challenges that lie ahead and look forward to sharing what will probably be our very crazy life with you! The babies will most likely come in May so please stay tuned!!!

And, to apologize for our absence, I leave with these photos of our little kiddos:

Baby Girl’s profile.

Baby Boy’s profile- he was upside-down so we couldn’t get a good picture of his face. But isn’t his spine handsome?

A sign of things to come? Baby Girl is kicking Baby Boy in the head!

I know many of my posts have started out with this same apology, but I truly am really sorry for being a horrible blogger! When I sat down to write this update I thought a lot had happened since my last post, but unfortunately I can’t seem to remember it!

So, here’s my lame attempt at getting you caught up in our lives. I am really hoping that from here on our updates will be more frequent.

When we last left off it was November, and we we had just gotten back from spending a wonderful Thanksgiving weekend in California. The food and company was glorious as always, and we enjoyed staying up late chatting with Eric’s parents.

Also in November, Sarah and Jason added to our Austin family- they adopted a puppy named Max! Max and Reese are already great friends, and it is fun going to the dog park and running into the Colemans there! Sometimes Max and Reese will find each other before we even realize the Coleman’s are there, it’s weird.

Ok, please read below- I separated each month since I last wrote into it’s own post.

December was a huge month for us- not only was it the holidays, but Eric started a new job! He works at fiveruns (www.fiveruns.com), a start-up company that does something cool dealing with the internet (haha, it is WAY over my head, so ask Eric if you want more details!). He absolutely loves working there, and is learning a lot. Often he is home from work before me, so we are really enjoying the extra time together especially because much of his free time last year was spent working on different entrepreneurial projects.

This year we did Christmas in Austin, so we really got into decorating the house. My sister Samantha made Sarah and I replicas of a “The Twelve Days of Christmas” banner that my parents had while we were growing up, so it was wonderful to put that up in our home. She spent two years making it (she would work on it every morning before work!) so it really meant a lot to me.

Eric and I really went all out this year on gifts for some reason. We didn’t really talk about it, but it just ended up being a big Christmas morning. After we opened gifts at our house we went over to the Coleman’s and opened gifts there and then ate brunch. Later we took both dogs to the dog park where the tower bells were playing Christmas Carols. It was the perfect day. My parents drove down from St. Louis a few days later so we got to extend the Christmas joy even longer.

Eric and I were very boring on New Years. We went to see Juno (very cute) and then came home and were in bed by 11. Haha, we’re so old!

Hmm, I can’t really remember January too well. Eric got the flu, but that’s about all I can think of. Wow, we’re boring.

February is always a big month for us:

1) My Birthday- On Saturday Eric took me to dinner at a nice restaurant downtown. Unfortunately neither one of us were really too thrilled with our meals.
2) Valentine’s Day- we celebrated at The Melting Pot. It was yummy!

In addition, we:
1) Got stone work and landscaping done in the front yard (loyal readers will know the yearly battle I have with my garden- so this was HUGE for us!)
2) Got granite counter tops in the kitchen!

Yep, in a recession, just call The Falcaos. We’ll save the economy with our spending! Luckily when we go to sell the house we will get a return on our investment!

Easter this year was a very exciting time for us:

1) Sarah became a Catholic and I was her sponsor!
2) My Mom came to visit!
3) Amelia had her first of many Easter Egg hunts at our house!

Eric and I had a great weekend! On Friday we went on a double date with some friends to see “21.” The Drafthouse, as always, was great and the movie was entertaining enough.

On Saturday, Sarah and I went to the Travis County Democratic Convention as Obama delegates. It was an awesome experience! There were over 10,000 people there (about 9,000 more than last time!) so it was a big confusing mess, but everyone was in great spirits. We did “the wave,” sang “99 bottles of beer on the wall,” and chatted it up with like minded neighbors until the leaders of the convention were ready begin. Sarah and I loved being a part of history and I’m sure we will both become more involved in the future.

Today Eric and I spent some time working in the yard and planting our new vegetable garden. This summer we are hoping to grow several different kinds of tomatoes, peppers, beans, onions, strawberries, watermelon, basil and parsley! We will take pictures as it grows, and you are all welcome to come over when it is time to harvest!

Whew, going forward hopefully we can do a better job of keeping up with the site. I’m guessing 2008 will be an exciting year for us!