It has been a long time

It has been a long time since I posted.. The boys have been sick on and off for almost a month and now I thinking I am getting a sinus infection.. I will be so glad when the warm weather comes and stays for awhile..

I really need to get off the computer and start dinner but I am sitting here typing. Wishing dinner would cook it's self but we all know that will not happen.. I will try to get on tomorrow and post some recent pics of the boys and update some more

My Babies turn 2 today

WOW where has the time gone .. It just seems like yesterday I was pregnant with them. They are getting so big and growing so fast.. I wish I could stop time.. You hear people say all the time enjoy ever moment because it goes by faster then what you think and you dont believe them until you have kids of your own.. Believe me when I say this enjoy it all because time does fly by. I remember bringing them home from the hospital when they were 4 days old and having no sleep at all and thinking gosh cant wait unitl they are bigger well I will tell you I wish I would not have said it. Because before I knew it they were rolling over,crawling,walking and of course now they are running and talking..



They can really push my buttons but boy do I love them more then life itself. They mean the world to me and I would do anything and everything to make them happy and to protect them. Before I know it they will be going to school for the first time and boy that is going to be a hard day..



If I could pass 1 thing on it is to take it slow and cherish every minute you have with your children because they do grow up so fast..

Boy what a busy few days it has been

WOW what a busy couple of days it has been.. It all started with Friday I had to start making my neices 4th birthday cake and we went to visit the boys great aunt and great grandma.. Saturday was the party so I had to finish the cake and get to the party by 11 to get all set up.. It was a very nice day and the kiddos seem to have fun. My Grandma,aunt and uncle came down from Maryland for the party so that was a nice surprise. It was really good weather in the upper 60's on Saturday and Sunday and our yard need lots of work getting some leaves and gumballs up so that is what we did Saturday afternoon and all day Sunday.. Boy you talking about being sore. My whole body ached.. But it was all worth it.. Then Monday Eric went back to work and I had a SAMOM (moms of twins or more group) Valentine Dinner.. It was nice to get away from the boys something I never do I left at 5:15 and did not get home until almost 10.. It was a nice dinner.. But I am glad all the running is over and we are doing nothing today infact we are still in our pj's.. Below you will find a picture of the cake I made for my neice..

The boys got to play in the Snow

Okay so we finally got alittle bit of snow. Not awhole lot just alittle dusting but enough that I could take the boys out to play in it for a while.. We did not stay out long since they really dont have the clothes to stay warm in for a long time and no boots.. Why buy those things when we dont get alot of snow here. The really seemed to enjoy it and was like mom what is this stuff I told them it was SNOW and they kept saying SNOW.. They ran and played in it trying to get on their toys with the snow and ice was really fun to watch as they kept sliding off the steps.. I was very surprised when I said it was time to go in as they usually throw a fit not wanting to go in. I guess they were cold.. Here are some pics of them dressed and ready to go out in it and then some of them playing it..

They did not want their Pictures taken

Okay so we had a photo shoot sit up today at 9 for the boys. I thought they would be a little bad but boy was I wrong they were terrible. They did not want to listen,sit still or even be held. They ran all over the studio and act like they had no manners. Adrian even tore a piece of his back drop not on purpose but still he did it. We got like 68 pictures taken and really none of them are that great.. We got more of Dakota because he did stand still a little more but not many of Adrian at all. I was so upset really wanted some good pictures for their 2ND birthday. I am not sure if I will even try to get them in again before they turn 2 probably not. I am waiting for the edited pictures so I can pick the ones I want hoping he can get a couple good ones out of them..

Can we say they are at the terrible 2's and they are not even 2 yet..:( Boy what am I in for.. But what can you do not much they are going to act up some right? I will post some of them on my blog when I get the edited ones back.. So keep checking in for updates..

NO SNOW :(

Okay so once again the weather man is wrong.. They were calling for snow/sleet this morning the changing over to rain later today and continuing until Thursday morning.. They said the snow would start around 7 am and we could see 1-2 inches.. Well you guessed it no snow.. It is now 8:15 am and it is doing nothing outside. The boys are going stir crazy since it is to cold to go outside and in turn they are driving me crazy.. It is so hard to keep them busy in the house.. They run out of things to do and get bored easy especially my busy body Dakota.. I was hoping to get some snow so I could let the boys outside for a few to play in it.

I would love to have the weather mans job.. It is the only JOB that i know you can lie and still get paid.. LOL

Here is a picture of the boys I took this morning and boy was that a challenge they are at the point where they hate having their pictures taken. I am hoping they get over that sooner then later since we have a photo shoot on Sat for pictures.. I am hoping we get some good pictures.. But if not what can you do...

WOW what a bad night

It all started when Dakota did not want to go down for the night and it only got worse. Eric had him in the living room since Adrian was already asleep well then around 8:15 Adrian started to moan and whine in his sleep for some reason so i had to go back there and try to get him to settle down.. He did for a little while but moaned and whined all night.

Dakota finally feel asleep around 9:00 and Eric put him in the bed by 11:00 he was crying out for some reason we are really not sure why and he did this on and off all night.. I am not talking about whining he was really crying.. Eric said his legs felt kinda tight so we are not sure if he was having muscle aches/growing pains are if it is the night terror again.. We are hoping it is not the night terrors as those are pretty bad and no one gets any sleep when he has those.

I think they are both teething as well so that is not helping things.. It is now 10:20 and Dakota is laid out on the living room floor watching TV and Adrian is reading a book.. I will try and keep them up until 11:00 so they can eat some lunch and then it will be nap time.. I need to work on their scrapbooks while they nap but I think I will try and take a nap myself.

I have already fixed some baked chicken for dinner tonight and will just heat it up and fix some sides later. So that is one less thing that has to be done with fussy/teething babies..

Will you ever sleep in

WOW what a nasty few weeks we have been having with the boys.. Adrian wants to wake every morning at 3 for some reason. :( It is super crazy he used to wake at 5 and I thought that was super early now 3 is just way to early. Sometimes I can get him to go back down until 5:30/6:00 if I am lucky. Dakota has night terrors so he whines on and off most nights.. Sometimes we dont hear him whine at all and others is just super bad. There is nothing you can do about night terrors so we are just hoping it is somthing he out grows sooner then later.

I lay awake some nights and just listen to them breathing and think of how lucky we are to have to healthy/handsome boys in our life. It was a very long journey to get them and while it was super tough mentally and physically at times I would not change a thing. They are the best things in my life. While they are both so different in looks and personality it is amazing to watch them together.

Adrian has black hair brown eyes and is what we call OUR GENTLE GIANT. He is our laid back baby and very calm for the most part. Now don't get me wrong he has a temper like his Mommy ( I wont say that in front of his dad) but still very laid back and loves to look at books.. He is a mommies boy no question about it but loves his daddy very much as well.

Now on to my Dakota he has brown hair and blue eyes and is what we call OUR WILD CHILD. He stays on the go all the time never wanting to stop for anything. And lets talk about that temper he has wow what a temper. Not sure where he gets that one from LOL.. Boy can he throw a temper tantrum . He is a daddy's boy for the most part but still wants mommy when he gets hurt.

It is so hard to believe that our little babies will be two in less then and month. Where does the time go. I am very lucky to be able to stay home with the babies and have been since they were born. I would not change it for anything. While money can get very tight we are willing to make changes so I can stay home with them.

While they stress me out at times I always stop and think at some point in the day that I am very thinkful to have been blessed with these boys. They bring so much joy into our lives it is amazing. You have nieces and nephews and think gosh I sure do love these babies and then you have babies of your own and while the love you have for them is the same as for the neices and nephews it is still different because they are yours. It is just amazing how they just change your life for the better.

The boys had a blast

Yesterday we took the boys to a place called Kangroo Jac's.. It is a inside play land with inflatables for them to play in.. At first they wanted nothing to do with it since it was alittle on the loud side and also something totoal new to them.. After awhile they got used to it and loved it.. They were running around slideing and having a ball. It was so fun to watch them play and Eric and I also got to play on the stuff with them. What a work out..

It was three different things in the room that they called the toddler room for them to play in 3 and young but they could go into the bigger room that had 5 huge inflatables as along as we helped them in them.. It was so much fun. The slides were so much fun and even us being adults we flew down them..

We tired to take them into the toddler room a couple of times just so we could rest and not have to get on the toys with them and they would take off running back into the other room.. We spent almost 2 hours there and then it was time to leave and get some lunch.. We took them to Mcdonald's they ate and within 10 mins of getting back onto the highway to come home they were both alseep.. Below you will find some pics of us enjoying the day..

We got the boys twin beds in..

They finally came in on Sat after waiting for two weeks for them.. We know it is going to be a challenge getting them to sleep in them but we plan on working on it.. So after they came Sat the boys took their first nap in them (see pictures below) and it went pretty good.. Then Sat night came and that was another story we put them in it at bedtime and within 1 hour Adrian was up so I put him back down and he went back to sleep for like a hour then came the next waking and did the same again back down then came the third waking by this time is is like 11 so we put him in the bed with us and Eric climbs in bed with Dakota and they both sleep until 7 am which is great for them since they are usually up no later then 6 am..

Then Sunday night was something different it was alittle harder as they woke more times and we had a super hard time getting them back to sleep in their beds so back in ours they came. I know we are not helping by letting them back into our beds but with Eric having to get up at 4:30 for work it makes it a very long day/night for all of us.. It is something we will continue to work with them and hope to get them sleeping in them soon..

Dakota and Adrian sleeping in their new beds

Dakota

Adrian

A rainy day

It has been raining since yesterday and it is cold so we have not been outside since Sat.. I hope to get the boys outside sometime today even if it is for a drive around town. Last night for supper I fixed bake pork chops, noodles,peas and some rolls and Dakota did not like his peas I told him he had to eat them and he really did not like that idea. I have some pics I will post of his face. He has started to become a really picky eater and I am running out of ideas to feed him..

I have ordered more pictures for their scrapbooks and they should be here within the week so hoping to get to work on their books again this weekend. My plan is to get them down within the month so I can then start on year two.. WOW hard to believe my boys will be turning 2 in alittle over a month.. Time has flown by my babies are growing up. I really need to start planning their birthday party and get their invites made so I can get them in time to mail out.

I have to admit they have been driving me alittle crazy the past couple of days and I think that is because they have been inside to long. I hope the weather gets better so we can get out.

I finally worked on the boys scrapbooks

Okay I have to admit I have been very slow with their books. I mean they are 22 months old and Dakota had 3 pages in his and Adrian only 1 page.. I got a lot done while they napped today so they both now have 11 pages.. It is from Feb-June 2007 I am still super behind but at least I have done that much.. I have to order more pics so hope to do that within the next week or two. My goal is to get both books done before they turn 2. So I have a little over a month to get this done.. This book will be from birth until age 2.. Then I think I will just start making the pages online and having them printed to put into a book.. It will be easier and not take so much time..

The boys slept 12 hours straight last night:) Adrian moved a couple of times and mumble something but went back done and Dakota cried out around 4 but went back done until 7:00..

What a day

I have my 3 year old niece today and what a hand full she is.. Her and the boys get together very well but the 3 of them together is another story. Of course the boys being only 22 months old really don't understand the sharing thing yet and she wants to play with everything and they want to take it and she cant understand why.

I am going to feed them all lunch and then put the twins down and then take her to the mall for awhile since I know she will not take a nap or be quite so they can..

Then on top of the three little ones Eric my husband is sick with a nasty cold and don't feel good at all.. We all know how men can be when they don't feel well.. :) So I really have 4 babies today.. Cant wait till it is night time and I am going to try to work on the boys scrapbooks since these are their first year books and they are almost two I think I need to get busy..

WOW 2009 already

Hard to believe it is 2009 already.. It seems like time is just flying by. I decide I would start a BLOG this year to keep up with things. It is so very cold outside and sleeting a little hoping for some snow so the boys can go out and play in it.. But snow is not looking very promising ..

I have a couple of goals for 2009 and here there are
1. to lose some weight
2. get out of debt and start saving more money

That is it for now I will be back tomorrow to post more..