75 days!!!

Every day that God gives us with our 2 little girls is a blessing to us!

Clay had his last football game last week and will have a couple of weeks off until basketball starts. The football team was plagued with injuries and their 2 and 6 record doesn't show the big improvements from last year. Their record could have easily been 6 and 2 with a lot of really close games! Clay is still pretty busy with school but has been working really hard on getting done early so he can spend extra time at home. I have put him to work as I start to get anxious over all the stuff we have to do before they get here! Clay has started putting up window blinds in our living room and his next project is putting our crib together!
Our volleyball season is still going as we have districts on Monday. If we win our first game, which we should, we will play the #1 team in the state. I will miss coaching the girls as I won't be able to help with basketball this year but my body is starting to slow down so the break will be nice. I have also kept very busy with recruiting huddle leaders for our FCA weekend of champions on Nov 6-7th. Both Clay and I will be their for the event and we are looking forward to the great speakers that are coming!
The girls have been moving a lot more! Clay really enjoys this and tries to get them to move/kick more. He tells them that they are playing hide and seek and he waits till they move so that he can find them!! I told Clay that I wish he could have the experience like I do with the babies. He said that he likes them in me and doesn't want them in him!
We have been spending most of our weekends in the NE Christian dorm as substitute dorm parents. The boys love it when we stay with them and they get Clay involved in a lot of basketball and ping pong games! We will be staying in the girls dorm this weekend. Clay let me know that during the Husker game we will be taking them to GI for a shopping trip. We will have to camp out at Best Buy!
We also had a great time celebrating our niece Izzy's 2nd birthday. Megan and Conrad had a party for her and rented a huge jumping house which Izzy loved!
I had another good doctor appointment on Monday.
I have a big appointment next Friday in GI- please be praying that everything looks good! We have experienced so many blessings from family and friends and are thankful for all the generosity and support! We also treasure your prayers!

Erin and Clay






Clay playing basketball with the International students






Me and Izzy at her birthday party

27 weeks

Rejoice in the good from the Lord!

Deuteronomy 26: 11a " And you shall rejoice in the good that the Lord your God has given to you and your house"

Yes! We are rejoicing in all the good that the Lord our God has given to us!

Clay and I were both able to go to my doctors appointment last Monday (September 27th). This was one of the big appointments where they do ultrasounds to look at every part of the babies. This was the first time Clay has been able to go with me to one of these- he loved it! He kept asking questions to find out what we were looking at. Baby A was moving around a lot so the doctor had a hard time getting all her measurements. Baby B was more cooperative even though I feel her moving more than Baby A most of the time! The doctor said everything looks good. Their heart rates were good and they were growing at the right rate for twins! I couldn't believe it when they told us that the babies were 1 lb. 1 oz.-the size of an apple or pear! I feel AND look like they are a lot bigger! They have started moving around more, kicking some, but mainly making themselves VERY known! Clay loves to feel when they do this and keeps trying to get them to kick for daddy! I came home from being gone for a night and found 2 notes from Clay. One was to me and the other note he wrote was to the girls- he is such a great dad already!

Clay and I have both been really busy this last month. Clay is enjoying school more and more- we thank God for his grace in this! He is also busy every Friday and most Mondays with football games. They have had some really close games lately and have been disappointed when they haven't been able to pull them out. They have 3 more games and are hoping to make playoffs! We are also hosting the Central City FCA at our house. Clay has done all the lessons so far but we have a couple other great friends that are also helping. He is going to Grand Island Saturday and helping with a junior high FCA event where he will be helping coach football.

I have also been busy with FCA and volleyball. We have games at least twice a week and sometimes up to four times per week. This week we played Monday (JV), Tuesday (varisity triangular), Thursday (varisty triangular), Saturday (varsity quad.). We have played 14 games before this week and this week alone we are playing 7- which doesn't include our JV game! We also had our FCA Fields of Faith event on Wednesday night. It was a great night! We had a main speaker who did a great job of sharing the gospel and 2 athletes share as well. I am trying to take it easier and have been praying that God would give me wisdom in what I should and shouldn't be doing. I met with my FCA supervisor and we decided that I would work through Thanksgiving- with the Lords protection!

I have started getting a little anxious with getting things ready! We don't have much of anything right now however, Clay and his mom, Kathy, painted the babies room on Monday. We will be getting our 2 cribs in a couple of weeks and I hope we can get some other projects done!

We are so thankful for all the support and help that has already been given! Our friends and family have been such great blessings to us!

Please pray for the girls- that God would protect them, nourish them, and that they would continue to grow and be healthy! I am currently at 24 weeks, 3 days.

I have been asked and asked to put pictures up on the blog! I had the excuse that I didn't know how for a while- but I figured it out! It seems like every day, especially the last 2 weeks, the girls are growing so much!

22.5 weeks

24 weeks