five months

Now that my babies are almost six months old I figured I should try and hurry and post this so that I'm caught up for a week at least :).Being a mother is exactly what everyone says " The hardest thing you will ever do, but the most rewarding." This weekend was definitely a rewarding weekend and it recharged me for what is to come this month. Greg is studying for the GMAT which he hopes to take this summer. He just signed up for a class for the month of May that is about eight hours a week :( so we will be dadless this month for the most part. I am really wishing the outdoor pools were already open. But on a happier note the end of may means Greg should be almost done studying, pools are opening, and GRANDMA is visiting us for memorial day weekend. I'm estatic!!!

Oh how I love these little people. I still can't believe I'm a mom sometimes, but I don't even remember life without them. They make me cry sometimes, they make me want to scream sometimes, but the laughs and the smiles I get in return erase all of those hard moments.

Hey my little man you are getting so big I can't believe it. I can't wait for you to start talking and walking, but I'm so not ready for you to stop being so little. Everyone always comments on your hair and how cute it is, you are already catching the ladies eyes :). When I go get you from your crib you aren't crying like you use to be, you just make little noises saying " hey mom I'm up, come get me" and when I go and peek over the crib you get the biggest smile on your face and you do this little jiggle with your head in excitement or kick your legs. You have learned that playing peekaboo is fun. You love being changed you always get a huge smile on your face like we are tickling you or something. You have started playing more with toys and splashing around in the tub. You and Alta love holding hands and you often play with her ear. The other day you were singing Tarzan boy with your Daddy it was super cute. You are a little snorer. Your daddy loves singing Blue Shadow to you when he puts you to sleep.

Love you baby boy xoxo

Baby girl oh how I love you. You are getting so big! You and Jayden are starting to interact a lot more. You smiled at eachother the other day it was adorable. You don't really lay on your back anymore you love arching your head back and playing on your side. Daddy and I can't get over your gorgeous eyes and eyelashes. You definetly steal the spotlight when you are in the room. You are starting to talk more and we absolutely love your little voice. You are a little cuddler, but on your own terms. You are starting to play more with toys and are a little obsessed with splashing in the bathtub. As soon as I lay you down in the tub your little legs go crazy. You enjoy playing peekaboo. And I think my favorite thing of all times is when I go and pick you up from bed you get this huge smile or more like just open your mouth as wide as you can :). Makes me so happy that you're that excited to see ME. Sure makes me feel loved.  Your daddy loves singing Butterfly kisses and I loved her first to you. I have a feeling you are a daddys girl, you get the biggest smile when he gets home.
Love you baby girl xoxo

four months

Oh my goodness baby girl you are gorgeous! I can't get enough of you. I think I probably tell your dad how cute I think you are every day. You are growing up so fast. You are a lot more awake now, which gives us more play time. You discovered your hands, you can sit and stare at them forever. You move your fingers and twirl your hand around. If your binkie doesn't fall far from your mouth you grab it and try and stick it back in your mouth it is so cute. You laughed for the first time on February 22. It was one of my favorite days ever and what makes it even better was I made you laugh :). You don't laugh very often yet, but when you do everyone rushes to watch. You can now roll from your tummy to your back. I love you baby girl more than you will ever know.  xoxo

DATE: 3-12-12 

LENGTH: 23 3/4in 30% 

WEIGHT: 12lbs 16% 

HEAD: 41 1/2cm 63%

Oh sweet boy.. I love all your many faces, they all give me a huge smile. You are getting so big. When you guys were born you were 10 oz smaller than Alta and now you are 9 oz bigger. I am so glad you are getting chubby. We were so worried about you when you were born and you have grown and come so far since then. You are a lot more awake now and I feel like you learn something new everyday. You laughed for the first time this month and it makes me so happy seeing my little boy so happy. If I feel like I'm having a hard day or I have been a bad mom seeing you or Alta smile and laugh makes me feel like I'm doing something right. You learned how to roll from your tummy to your back. You don't mind sucking on your binkie, but since it falls out a lot you resort to sucking on your hands. You often gag yourself with your fingers. I love you my little stud muffin. xoxo

DATE: 3-12-12 

LENGTH: 24 3/4in 44% 

WEIGHT: 12lbs 9.5oz 10% 

HEAD: 42cm 40%

three months

Alta you are such a happy little baby - We can always get a smile out of you - You love sitting up and standing up with my help - When you are sad you stick out your lower lip, it is probably the cutest thing ever - You are starting to talk lots - One of your favorite things is bath time - You spit up a ton which we are hoping stops soon - You sleep at least eight hours at night already, everyone is so amazed.
We love you baby girl xoxo
Jaydster I think you are the cutest little boy I have ever seen - Your hair has gotten long enough on the top, I can give you a little mohawk :) - You have started holding your bottle. You aren't very good at it yet, but you always help mommy - You love sucking on your hands - You are becoming a little talker - Recently you have started noticing Alta. You mostly just sit and stare at her play,but the other day I caught you smiling at her, so cute. I can already tell you are going to be a good brother. She is one lucky little girl to have you by her side.
Love you sweet boy xoxo

easter

Hope you all enjoyed your Easter!! We enjoyed going to church and spending the night with Greg's fam...having an Easter egg hunt :), yep the adults hunt for the eggs. Check out last years Easter when we hid the announcement that we were having twins in the eggs. Life has definitely changed since then and we love it!! 

two little blessings

J & A were blessed on January 29. It was a great day! My mom was able to come back into town and it was WONDERFUL. All weekend we were getting ready for sunday. We made a TON of treaties a lot of them ended up in our mouths before sunday :) Cuddled with babies and just enjoyed having Grandma in town. Hopefully soon we won't be so far away.

announcements

We got these out a little late, but we got them out that is the important part :) My friends sister, Erin put them together for me and I love how they turned out! Here are a few more pictures I took of them....

Makes me sad seeing how much they have already grown up. I want to cuddle them and have them be little forever. They are so much fun! They make me the happiest person in the entire world. Although I wish they would slow down it is so fun seeing them learn and grow. As long as they aren't hungry or tired they are the happiest babies ever, so many smiles. I can't get enough. 

oh, how I miss you!

So sadly I have turned into more of a facebooker and an instagramer. They are so much quicker to post pictures and give little status updates on my phone instead of sitting at the computer and writing it all out. I don't remember the last time I sat at the computer. Where as before the kiddies I never went a day without doing something on the computer. Life has definitely changed... for the better though of course :). I have really missed my blog. I normally am religious about reading all of your updates and am so behind on reading your posts.  So today I decided to forgo taking a shower and cleaning my house and am catching up on blogs and starting to update you on what has been happening, while the little munchkins are sleeping soundly.

I am so in love with these little guys....

 Alta

 Jayden

Today as I was rocking Jayden to sleep I just couldn't get over how blessed I am. I have the two cutest kids in the world and they are so good. Although they don't give me much time to have hobbies at the moment :) I wouldn't change a thing. In these pictures they are two months old and now they are four months old! Where does the time go? They are a lot more awake now which is one major factor in why I don't get to the computer. They smile a ton, laugh, coo....My two favorite things of all times are the cuddling sessions :) and when I go to get them in the morning they give me a huge grin. I have been gradually trying to train them to go to sleep on their own, but almost once a day I can't resist the urge to just cuddle them to sleep. Well babies are awake now so I'll have to finish later, but three month, four month updates, blessing pictures, and announcement pictures to come!! And one of these days I'll get my photography blog up to date and running.

happy valentine's day!

                                                                                                                                                       

           
Thank you all for the love you have given me! Love you all and hope today you feel special.

one year older

Happy Birthday Sweetie Pie and Daddy!
I can't believe we have celebrated five birthdays together already, time goes by so fast. I love you more every year. I'm so proud of you!! You are the best dad and hubby. Thanks for working so hard to support our little family. 

two months

christmas

 Christmas was wonderful! Holidays are always so much more fun with kids. Last year Greg and I started a tradition of creating hope lists. We each wrote a hope list last year after Christmas of things we hope would have happened by this Christmas and then put them in our stockings. We didn't see each others and so this year when we pulled out our stocking we got to read them to each other. It was so much fun. On the top of both of our lists was that we hope we have a baby and Greg actually put he hopes we have twins :). Almost all of our hopes came true throughout the year. We feel so blessed and happy!! Christmas morning we did our own thing at our house and then later went over to my dads.

 Christmas eve was spent with Greg's family. We started a new birthday tradition where instead of buying each other presents we put money into a jar to save up for a big family trip and My mother in law just gave us ugly Christmas sweaters as a present. So for Christmas we all wore our sweaters :)

 Kim and Chad's sweaters were on my top favorite list :) 

Sad all the festivities are over, but looking forward to next year when Alta and Jayden can be more involved.