What an end to a week

What a week it has been.

* My little sister had her twin babies last night! We knew it could happen at any time...and I had been thinking about her A LOT the last week. Just as I left work last night, I got the 'it's go time, admitted at the hospital' text message. So I picked Brian up, we stopped for some dinner, and then headed to the hospital. She sent the text at 5:30, we got to the hospital about 8:30pm, just as she had been taken in to the operating room. And we had two new little babies by 9:05 and 9:19...it happened so fast! And they were both huge (for twins, anyway, and considering they were a few weeks early)...6lbs 11oz for little girl Lily Blue, and 7lbs 1 oz for little boy Sawyer Zane. Sawyer is spending some time in the NICU because his little lungs are having a tough time, but he should be a-okay And my sister is just such a sport...I mean, she just had twins, and there were probably 20 people in her room, getting in all her business...and she was just chatting and smiling with the occasional 'can you guys turn around?'. We all got to see Lily pretty much right after the birth, while Sawyer was in the NICU. Then everyone left the room for a little while while the nurses took care of some stuff with Jess....then my dad, Brian, and I decided we were going to leave, so went in to say goodbye...just as they were bringing Sawyer in to eat...so just the three of us were able to meet him early...that was a sweet little moment. I am so so thrilled for her!

* Also exciting, at least in mine and Brian's world, is we found a place to live! Brian has been spending a ton of time searching for places, contacting them, setting up times to view them, and searching some more. I mean, we have visited more apartments over the last few week than I have the rest of my life combined (and I have moved many times)...I suppose it is because we have plenty of time to find what we want...it seems like usually when you start looking, you are in a bit of a rush. We found a place that we both really liked...has almost everything on our checklist...and is a house, rather than apartment...which is a huge bonus. There is a good sized yard, which will be so great when the weather is nice...blah, blah. We applied for the place and found out yesterday that we were accepted! And the people that currently live there are moving across the country, so are getting rid of most of their furniture...we are going to 'shopping' next week to see if there is anything we might need. Not totally sure about timing for move in yet, but most likely I will be the one to move in a little early and hopefully we can have everything in and settled by wedding time. Can't wait.

* We also finally got prints made of our invitations, I took them to my mom's for a little crafting party (for assembly), my mom and Ron did some envelope printing, she had her leadership class stuff envelopes, etc...it was a whole group effort...but I love the way they turned out.

And that' all I have for now....this Saturday has already been far too lazy. It's probably a good thing I am babysitting tonight so have to get moving...otherwise I could see never leaving the couch.