Ficker Family

You will all be happy to know we finally purchased a camera....it should be here in a week. Pictures will finally be apart of this blog again. That's all for now.

Well Joaquin got back from hunting along with his brother, my Dad and my Brother. They didn't have much luck this year. Andon got an Elk but no one else was able to get anything. My brother was almost thrown in jail.....just kidding, but the guys did run into some trouble but that a very long story so I'll have to tell you about it if your that interested in it. I also had my second shower. It was so fun. I had almost all my family around and close friends from when I was young. It was so dang fun. I loved seeing everyone and everyone was so sweet to come out for the shower. I really have the best family ever!!! I know everyone thinks that about their own family but I really do. :) So now we have almost everything we need for these twin boys. It's pretty amazing that they might be here next month. I can't wait to meet these two little boys. I know it's going to be a lot of work but I don't even care, I just can't wait to see them, hold them love them and as they grow older, play with them, bug them and just love them.....oh wait I already said that. It's true though, I can't wait to be with them. We have another ultrasound on Nov 24th so hopefully I'll get some pictures of them and post them. I don't know if they'll look much different from all our other ultrasounds but we'll see and post those pictures. I'm starting my weekly non-stress test which is pretty boring but I guess it's needed since they consider me high risk. What's funny about that though is that my dr tells me I'm high risk but he also tells me to get plenty of exercises in. I feel like saying, Hello, I'm high risk, aren't you suppose to tell me to go home, lay down with my feet up and just relax? He sure never says that though. So disappointing. Ok, that's all the update for now.

I'm officially 30 weeks along in my pregnancy and I'm feeling it. Things are moving along very well but I am getting more and more uncomfortable everyday. I complain about something at least 100 times a day. Joaquin is out of town right now and I have my cousin staying with me while he's gone and normally it would be him hearing my sob stories about all my aches and pains but for right now, it's her. I'm sure Joaquin is happy to hand that duty over to her for 10 days while he's gone hunting. I've had a busy few days...I had my first baby shower which was SO nice. My friend Heidi Leib along with Jen Cook and Emily Gerber threw it for me. There were a lot of people who showed up. I was really grateful for everything everyone did for me. I always feel a little strange being the "person of the hour" at parties and I was honestly a little nervous but again, everyone was so wonderful and I felt really loved by everyone. I had people from our ward come along with people from my work. I have so much support all around me here in Utah. Another fun thing I had happen this week was my ultra sound. The boys are getting big. They figure they are a little over 3 lbs each right now. WOW! That is really good news. They say they are right on track for twins. It was so good to hear that. I haven't been too worried but it's always nice to be reassured.

Like I said, I have my cousin staying with me....Serena who is an amazing photographer. While she is here, she decided to take some maternity pictures of me. Now like I said earlier, I sure hate being the center of attention in my older days and these pictures, although are being taken of me because of the boys, I'm still the only one in the pictures at this time so I felt a little funny taking them but she does such a good job and takes so many pictures that I had a lot to choose from. I will post them online as soon as she gets them to me...or I'm sure she'll have them on her blog in a couple of days for people to view. If you want to view them, go to this website: http://www.simplyserenityphotography.blogspot.com/ It will be a few days before she gets those online. (Oh and by the way, my sister in law Sindy does photography as well and she will be taking more pictures of me....I will get those online after she gets here too.)

Next on my agenda this week is more family coming into town. My Mom and sisters are all coming to visit Utah for my Family/Good O'friends shower. That will be this upcoming Saturday and I'm SOOOO excited for that shower. I can't wait to see family and friends. I'm surrounded by such wonderful and amazing people who I love so much. I don't even care about the shower, I'm just excited to get together to eat, share memories and laugh. Keep checking back to see my updates of the shower and pictures. It might take a few days, as we still don't have a camera. :(

October is my favorite month of the year. There is so much to look forward to, the season change, the wonderful cool weather, the fun smells of spices and happy memories. It's also the time for General Conference. I couldn't be more content however, there have been a lot of changes this month for Joaquin and I too. I was officially laid off from Roadway as of last thursday. I was very shocked to hear that this was going to happen because every year I've been with Roadway, they talk about the lay offs and I never had to deal with it. I'm only going on my third full year so I don't have that much to base it on. But non the less, it felt like it came out of no where. Everyone says, that's the life of the trucking industry but it's just weird to me. I've never worked at a place like this before. I'm sure everything is going to be fine because I'm still going to be working often and now that I'm officially laid off, I can pick and choose the days and time I want to work. It works out to my benefit. Joaquin just might have to work a little harder to pick up for my lack of working so much.

The other changes that have been going on is my BODY! Holy cow, I'm freaking huge. Well, I feel huge. So many things are going on with having these boys and I don't know what's normal and what to get worried about. Last night for example, I had the worst pain in my lower right stomach. It felt like someone put a knife in my side and wouldn't stop twisting it but I went and laid down to see if I would feel better then and I didn't but I could see more why it was hurting. There was a kids, head or butt or something protruding out my side. It was killin me. Joaquin came in and had a little talk with the Boys and told them they can't be hurting me. It was pretty cute. Joaquin pushed my body to one side of the bed to see if the movement would move them and it did but for some reason, that little guy went right back to that same spot. Ugh...I almost thought I would have to call my doctor if the pain didn't stop. I think I kind of scared Joaquin a little so he was pretty understanding. Then once I feel asleep, I felt like I couldn't stay asleep. Turning all night long to get comfortable, not feeling like I could get enough air in my lungs and now my back is killing me. Oh the joys of pregnancy. I don't mean to sound as if I'm complaining because I'm so excited for these little boys to get here. I'm just realizing how much work all this really is. I have been really lucky up to this 6 month. I haven't been sick, I've haven't really started showing and now all of the sudden I get all these weird symptoms of having twins. Oh great! :) What a miracle it all is.

Those are most of the updates about me. Joaquin is doing good. Looking forward to having the boys arrive. He's going to be such a good Dad! He might be feeling a little more stressed out than normal with everything that's going on but then he thinks about how it's the month of October and all he can think about is Hunting. Everyday he clenches his fists and closes his eyes and says, I can't wait to go hunting. It's funny.

OH MAN!!! THERE IS ANOTHER HUGE CHANGE FOR THIS SEASON.....The Cesarini Family has another announcement, My brother David and his wife Lisa are going to have a BABY!!!! (I'm sorry for leaving this to the end of my report....it's 530 in the morning and my brain is slow to start.) We couldn't be more excited for them. They are going to be wonderful parents. This is their first addition to the family and it's really exciting for all of us. I think my Mom is by far the happiest about this. All she ever did before we got pregnant was ask us when we would all get pregnant and now she has 3 more grandbabies on the way. YEAH FOR BABIES!!!

Joaquin, Fred, The Boys and I in our new nursery.

Which way do we go? Hiking, Fishing or Camping?

Didn't Serena do such a good job? Ugh...why didn't I get any creativity from our gene pool?


"Do not Disturb...Bears Sleeping"

Serena, Kyle and the Boys came up to Salt Lake City to visit with us. It was Kyle's birthday and he had be in SLC for Govenor's Day so Serena and the Boys came with him. Serena brought all her paint so she could paint the Twin's room. We had so much fun! I'm so glad I have her to help and depend on for advice. I didn't do much the whole weekend. She painted, Kyle put mostly everything together and Joaquin had to work. I just watched everyone work. It was great! Now our nursery is done. I LOVE IT! We are so happy with it. Joaquin is so happy he got a fishing pole and little hanging fish.

Just to let everyone know, we got back from Lake Tahoe for Veronica and Jon's wedding and I wanted to post pictures of the trip and their wedding but guess who lost the camera while we were there?........Oh that would be me!!! I'm pretty mad at myself but there is nothing I can do about it now. All I know is someone scored with our camera. :( We do have an old one that we will still be able to use but I'm pretty mad about our new one being gone. Anyway, Tahoe was wonderful. Veronica looked beautiful. Their wedding was one of the nicest weddings I've ever been to. (Once it finally got started, 45 minutes late. Love you Veronica!) It was also really nice for Joaquin and I to spend time with his family. We don't see them very often so that was nice and we got to see Tony, Sindy, Melina and Anthony which was so much fun! (They are my brother and sister in law and their kids.) Then my parents came up and it was so good to see them! Love the fam!!! Ok, that's all I have in it for our post for now....and maybe for a while since I don't have our good camera anymore.

We don't have much to really update on but I know some people like updates and I'm one of the worse people to do updates on how we're doing. I'm officially 20 weeks today which means I'm half way. I think this week reality has really begun to set in for us. We're not really sure how everything is going to fall into place. I'm not sure if I'll be able to stop working but then I think about it and say to myself, how could I not work? Who's going to take care of these two little babies?....Cuz I sure don't want some stranger watching my children. Now, not to say daycare is a bad thing because I don't think it is but I also feel if it's possible to stay home with my kids then I should. I think about how good of a Mom I had growing up. Always cooking for us, always keeping the house clean and I want to be like that. I want my kids to think that way about me someday. I think this is the first time Joaquin and I have really had to start thinking about money and it's some of our first really "financial arguments". I don't like it. I think we're both just stressed out about it. I know that we just need to really rely on Heavenly Father and he'll bless us. Like Becky is always telling me, to have children is a righteous desier and we will be blessed. I know we will but sometimes I forget and just need a reminder every now and again. Anyway, I'm still feeling good. We still haven't decided on names for the boys but I probably won't let anyone know even if we did now. ;) Alright, that's all for now....kind of a boring couple weeks. We get to go to Veronica's wedding this week in Lake Tahoe and we're really looking forward to that!!!

Just wanted to give an update. First of all, we had a dr's appt last week and everything is going well. I was 15 weeks and she said I'm measuring 20 weeks which is nuts but normal since I'm having twins. We made an appt for our ultra sound which will be on August 6th. This appt is suppose to tell us the sex of the babies. We can NOT wait. We're very excited and we will keep everyone updated!!! It's been a lot of fun lately for me because I've been able to feel the babies. Not a lot but I've been feeling little "butterflies" in my tummy. This feels like a muscle twitch in my stomach more than actual babies but it's still amazing.
Joaquin and I are doing well when we see each other. My schedule has changed to where I have to work at 4am. I get off at 12:30pm. On the other hand, Joaquin goes to work at 12:00pm and gets off at 9:00pm. We work the most opposite schedule. It's hard but I'm learning to appreciate him so much more. Our days off are also different so we don't get that time together either but we're making it work and realizing this is but a small moment and soon I'll be home with our babies. :)

The cute couples.

The Grandma Ellie's Salad. It is so good. It makes my mouth water just thinking about it.

My Grandpa in upstate New York loves to play Bocce ball. It's an old Itallian game that he's played since he was very young. He is really good at this game. When we went and played he just sprang to life. He loved it. Our trip to upstate was a lot of fun. We saw a lot of family we haven't seen for a long time. The last time I saw my Grandpa was about 10 years ago. I didn't think he'd remember me but he seemed to. He turned 92 years old and he's in better shape than I am. It's nuts.

I keep trying to post more pictures and this stupid computer won't let me so I'm going to give it a rest for a day or maybe just a few hours and then post more of our New York trip. The upstate part.

PS. I'm wondering if anyone knows any good websites that give you discounts or coupons for baby things. I'm trying to price out all the things we need for when these twins are born and I'm starting to freak out a little. Any sujestions would be great if not....I'll just continue to freak out. :)

Spring Awakening was the Musical we got tickets to last minute for half off. We wanted to see a show and this was available so we went and I loved it, Joaquin liked it ok. I wouldn't recommend this for many people I know close to me except maybe the big musical lovers. For example, I wouldn't suggest it for my Mom and Grandma. That's just me. But i really enjoyed it.

Mexican Meatloaf! (?)

Festival in Astoria.

Fried Oreo's. (Joaquin loved them, I thought they were sick.)

Oreo powder all over his face and shirt.

This is us on top of a tour bus downtown.

On our way to see the Statue of Liberty!

Us in front of Lady Liberty. That was such a cool thing for us to see.

Us on top of the Rockefeller Center, showing the Empire State Building behind us.

The Subway! We LOVE the subway. Except how sickly hot it was down there.

So the airline lost my bags for 3 days while we were in NYC and that's why in many of our pictures I look like booty. I tried not to let it bother me but it still kind of did.

I'm not going to write a whole lot about our trip but I am going to try to put a bunch of pictures of our trip on here. Let me just say, we love NYC!!! Both of us. We want to go back someday. There is so much to see and so much to do and eat. While we were there, (NYC and Upstate) that's mostly what we did was eat! It was great. The pictures we have here in these set of pictures are downtown Manhattan, which was crazy busy but a lot of fun. We also have a picture of the couple who were so generous to let us stay at their one room apt in Astoira NY and the last two pictures are of this Kosher Deli we went to eat at. They gave us these pickles that were amazing. That could be the pregnancy talking, I don't know but they had pickled tomatos that were so good!!!