Kickin’ off the Christmas season

It’s official, it’s Christmastime!!! Yay! We love Christmas at our house. I’m so lucky to have a husband that loves the holidays, he actually likes to buy decorations more than I do. He loves to put lights up and put the tree up and just get in the Christmas spirit. I get informed every year that “that is our tradition.” Lol, apparently we have traditions I didn’t know about!

Anyway, we got our tree today and the babies don’t know what to think of this new addition to the house.

I have ornaments that must go on the tree every year, so I separate those out first. I have my Big Bird and Ernie, from 1982…those are my special ones. I have ones of my Granddaddy's from when he was a little boy, I’m sure that my great-grandmother made them, Styrofoam balls with sparklies glued to them. I have tons of frog ornaments, some personalized. Billy insists that we buy a Hallmark ornament each year with the year on it ( we haven’t gotten ours this year yet). He has Star Wars ornaments. He likes garland, I don’t care for it much. We both love colored lights. He likes icicles (sp?), and I don’t care for them either. But we compromise, and over the years it’s been fun to see what our tree has blended in to…a true mixture of both of us!

The babies have ornaments with their names on them, courtesy of their Nana, so they each put them on the tree.

And just because he is so sweet, look what Billy brought me – my very own Christmas owl, I looooove him!!!!

It is a happy Saturday in my house!

Floors and hallways

That’s where I spend most of my time on the weeknights. Babies play while I clean up a bit, and then we play in the hallway or on the living room floor. This is what my nightly routine consists of:

We had to move some stuff around in order for the X-mas tree to fit, so we now have a room full of furniture, way too much really. I keep telling myself it’s only temporary, one day the house will be back to normal. It might be a long time from now, but one day…it will be!

Cheers to my fun-filled nights and races in the hall!

Giving Thanks

We celebrated our first Thanksgiving as a family this year.

Our day started out good, we got up and had breakfast and then watched the parade. We tried to show the babies the floats, but they weren’t overly impressed. We left to go to Aunt Carol’s house around 1:15pm, only when we went to leave, this is what happened:

My stupid car battery was dead. We jumped it off and off we went. Emily and William ate all real food, no baby food at all, so that was nice. We had a nice afternoon and came home around 6…after having to be jumped off AGAIN! Needless to say, Billy made a Wal-mart run when we got home, and I’m the proud new owner of a new battery.

Hope everyone had a great Thanksgiving. I miss my family very much on holidays, and all the time, but it sure is nice to be around my hubby’s family! Happy Thursday!

Pictures not posted earlier

 

Noodle neck

I found a spaghetti noodle in Emily's neck yesterday. I was cleaning her up from dinner and there it was. I had to laugh and said out loud, Now why do you have a noodle in your neck? And she just giggled...it's making me giggle now thinking about it.

They are so freaking cute right now. I just love them both to pieces.

William: hates broccoli; is the most inquisitive little thing and determined and persistent, if he sees something he wants, he goes and gets it; hates being told No, or being " redirected;" is smaller than Emily still; is very fast; recognizes a bottle from a mile away and hates when he can't have it fast enough; is very smart; mimicks things now, he learned how to stick his tongue out last Friday at dinner, Jakie taught him; is my little Prince.

Emily: crawls, but is never in a huge hurry, she takes many breaks along the way; is more independent than I thought she would be, she will play by herself for long periods of time; seems to love books; doesn't mind things on her head, hats, bows or headbands, thank goodness; will eat just about anything and eats very well; still doesn't sleep thru the night; doesn't get into very much right now; loves to stand up and is much braver than her brother as far as letting go; bumps her head ALOT; is my sweet Princess.

Tomorrow will be their first Thanksgiving. Last year I had a big read bow around my belly and this year, I have 2 little twins to show off. They make me smile all the time.

Happy Wednesday and Happy Thanksgiving tomorrow!

Hands are a clappin'

William has learned to clap! I have been waiting patiently for one of them to learn, we practice a lot, and William learned this weekend thanks to his Mimi and his Nana. He has also learned how to "click" his tongue and did it all weekend long. He is a good copy-cat and seems to be a fast learner. He is on the move and is what some might say " all boy." He gets into everything!!! He loves the trash and he loves the remote control. He is very resourceful and will leave no stone unturned to get what he wants. He is so funny.

Emily is a little slower learner than her big brother, but she is doing great nonetheless. Having 2 at one time is definitely showing me that no 2 kids are alike, and everyone does things in their own time. She is now crawling with her belly off the floor and is also pulling up and slowly walking around furniture. She talks a lot and still can be very moody at times. She goes from being extremely needy to very independent. She can play for long periods of time by herself, with one toy, until William strolls over and takes it away from her. Sometimes she'll find something else, and other times they fight and she gets it back. They do this a lot with pacifiers. Lol, I guess you can tell - I'm not a germophobe!

I have not been in the blogging mood lately, not sure why. I think about posts and then I never make them! Not much else has been going on, so I'll leave things like this for now! Happy Monday!

Emily at the park

Family day at the park

At the Diabetes Walk

Also at the Diabetes Walk

William swinging for the first time, he loved it!