Monday, January 14, 2008
Mom's Website
My cute sister Christine has been helping a group of women get a mom's website going. It is called the Power of Moms. I think it is great because it has inspiring and uplifting stories, goal, values etc. for moms. I have a little article about twins listed in the journal section. Check out the site www.powerofmoms.com
Oh What do you do in the Wintertime...
when it's too cold to go outside?
Here are our recent indoor activities to keep the girls occupied. I set up a pack and play with balls for a "ball pit". They loved it!
Isn't this giraffe tent awesome! It is hilarious how huge it is. It nearly reaches our ceiling! "Joe" as he has affectionately been named was a present from Aunt Lacey and Uncle Ashton for Christmas. Scott set it up on sunday and the girls love it. They always want to give him kisses and play inside. Of course "Big Bear" had to go in the tent as well. Unfortunately we don't have a big enough house to leave Joe up all the time, but it will be a fun thing to bring out this winter.
Maddie and Bella love to play! They already have good little imaginations I can tell because they'll sudenly start doing little activities that I wonder, where did that come from? They'll be 18 months on friday. I can't believe how the time is flying by. They are seriously such smart little girls. They still love to read lots of stories and they can tell you what sounds the A, B, C, and D make! They can count to three, and do all the time before they are about to jump off something (the bed, the couch, the stairs!) It about gives me a heart attack and I have to race over to make sure I'm there to catch. Maddie had a tumble down the stairs the other day because she has decided that she wants to be a big girl and go down forwards. She did a full on somersault, but luckily she caught herself and landed on her feet half way down the stairs. She also fell out the door and got a bloody nose the other day, so she takes the prize for the most injuries as of late. she is also really into giving kisses lately. It is sweet. She gives me about a hundred kisses a day! The girls have started to sing and it is darling. They also love to spin until they get really dizzy. Bella has gotten really opinionated lately! She has always been really observant of details. Now she always has too choose which car seat is hers and she will only sit in "Bella's highchair." If I have two of the same outfit to put on the girls, she has to pick which one she'll wear. The same goes for everything- which color spoon or bowl she gets, which sparkly shoes, etc. The other day Scott and I were sitting on the couch and the girls were playing. I didnt' realize they were listening but we said something about how we should read scriptures before Scott went back up to school. A few seconds later Maddie came up to us with her New Testmant board book that we read to them. It was so sweet and made us realize how much they know. We love our girls so much.
Here are our recent indoor activities to keep the girls occupied. I set up a pack and play with balls for a "ball pit". They loved it!
Isn't this giraffe tent awesome! It is hilarious how huge it is. It nearly reaches our ceiling! "Joe" as he has affectionately been named was a present from Aunt Lacey and Uncle Ashton for Christmas. Scott set it up on sunday and the girls love it. They always want to give him kisses and play inside. Of course "Big Bear" had to go in the tent as well. Unfortunately we don't have a big enough house to leave Joe up all the time, but it will be a fun thing to bring out this winter.
Maddie and Bella love to play! They already have good little imaginations I can tell because they'll sudenly start doing little activities that I wonder, where did that come from? They'll be 18 months on friday. I can't believe how the time is flying by. They are seriously such smart little girls. They still love to read lots of stories and they can tell you what sounds the A, B, C, and D make! They can count to three, and do all the time before they are about to jump off something (the bed, the couch, the stairs!) It about gives me a heart attack and I have to race over to make sure I'm there to catch. Maddie had a tumble down the stairs the other day because she has decided that she wants to be a big girl and go down forwards. She did a full on somersault, but luckily she caught herself and landed on her feet half way down the stairs. She also fell out the door and got a bloody nose the other day, so she takes the prize for the most injuries as of late. she is also really into giving kisses lately. It is sweet. She gives me about a hundred kisses a day! The girls have started to sing and it is darling. They also love to spin until they get really dizzy. Bella has gotten really opinionated lately! She has always been really observant of details. Now she always has too choose which car seat is hers and she will only sit in "Bella's highchair." If I have two of the same outfit to put on the girls, she has to pick which one she'll wear. The same goes for everything- which color spoon or bowl she gets, which sparkly shoes, etc. The other day Scott and I were sitting on the couch and the girls were playing. I didnt' realize they were listening but we said something about how we should read scriptures before Scott went back up to school. A few seconds later Maddie came up to us with her New Testmant board book that we read to them. It was so sweet and made us realize how much they know. We love our girls so much.
Sunday
Maddie
Bella
We have now switched to 9:00 church. Hooray! It is so much better for the girls because they are happy and then can still come home and get their nap. We have a huge milestone next week. The girls can officially go to NURSERY! We are so thrilled! They will be so much happier playing with the kids and toys because they definitely don't like to be quiet or confined in the other meetings. They can last fine through sacrament (with the help of lots of activities, books, toys, stickers etc.) but after that they are ready to play. They are both active little girls and I'm so glad. I hope that they will do well in nursery and are nice to the other kids and such. They are kind of clingy to me, so hopefully they'll make the transition. Thankfully Tobey is a nursery leader and she is like their second mom, so they love her and Addie too.
Scott and I can't wait to see what it is like to sit through all our meetings again. I teach relief society on the second sunday and he teaches deacons every other week so on those sundays we've been able to have a regular meeting, but since the girls have been born church has been a little different! :) We love them though, and are glad they are so full of energy and life!
Monday, January 07, 2008
Utah
I'm so mad at myself for not taking more pictures of our trip. We got to see all of my family and I didn't take pictures!! I don't know what I was thinking. Unfortunately the girls got the flu when we were there so we had over a week of throwing up/diarrhea/and sad clinging babies. We were sad that it happened on our vacation, but it is that time of year. We still had a great time with everyone- even though we got a lot of my family sick :( . We also didn't end up being able to see a lot of our friends this time, because I didn't want to spread the sickness and the girls were sleeping half the days! We wish we could have seen you!
Here are some of our trip highlights:
Going to the Nutcracker with my family - a tradition for years!
Breakfast with the Divas.
Going to Scott and my first movie in the theater since the girls were born! (I know that is pathetic) We saw National Treasure 2.
Enjoying Cafe Rio!
The Children's Discovery Museum at Gateway. (See the pictures below.)
Going to Oakley with my whole family!
Going to the Jazz game with Mike and Chantelle
Eating at the Cheesecake Factory
McKenzie and Chase's sealing by Grandpa Hammond
Learning how to make Sydney's yummy bread
Watching the girls play with their cousins.
and just spending quality time with our families
Here are some of our trip highlights:
Going to the Nutcracker with my family - a tradition for years!
Breakfast with the Divas.
Going to Scott and my first movie in the theater since the girls were born! (I know that is pathetic) We saw National Treasure 2.
Enjoying Cafe Rio!
The Children's Discovery Museum at Gateway. (See the pictures below.)
Going to Oakley with my whole family!
Going to the Jazz game with Mike and Chantelle
Eating at the Cheesecake Factory
McKenzie and Chase's sealing by Grandpa Hammond
Learning how to make Sydney's yummy bread
Watching the girls play with their cousins.
and just spending quality time with our families
Christmas in St. George
Opening presents on Christmas morning.
Scott's sisters and Mom
Maddie and Bella with Grandma and Grandpa at McKenzie's wedding.
We just got back from a wonderful holiday vacation in Utah. We loved spending time with family and friends, and as always, it went by way too fast! We spent Christmas in St. George and we definitely got spoiled!
Family Pictures
My good friend Tobey took our family pictures just before the holiday, and I've been meaning to post them. She is so talented! We love them!
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