This has been one long year!

I started off this year with the intent on keeping up with my blog, well since my post is 10 months late....but, now that I have my IPad, I can update as I go! So let's see, January to May we were busy setting our house up and getting ready for Erika to arrive. We had a few trips out to PA, which is always nice. Sydney loved Easter this year, especially the sugar cookies and marshmallow sucker the bunny left her. Egg coloring was lost on her this year.
I thought that Erika was going to make her appearance as early as Syd did (a week early), but my due date came and she was still tucked in for safe keeping. I didn't have to wait for too long though, for she arrived 2 days after the due date. And if I thought my delivery was quick with Sydney, Erika was much faster and easier. I know a lot of mothers would like to smack me for that comment. Let me just say, I didn't go without pain. I woke up at 1:00 in the morning with contractions and called Dad to come on up. He obviously know my personally very well, when in the middle of the night he answers and says its time? And i say, "no, i told you i would call you at random times to keep you on your toes", and he says " we are on our way". As i was waiting for Rich to get ready my water broke. When I told Rich, he took the quickest shower I have ever seen (4 minutes). We were getting things ready and was hoping to keep Sydney asleep, when we forgot about our alarm when he opened the door put things in the car. Well, needless to say Sydney woke up and since my contractions were so bad we threw Sydney in the car, called Dad and had them meet us at the hospital. We got to the hospital at 2:30am and Erika arrived just before 6am. We stayed 1 day in the hospital and went home and everything was ideal!