Spencer is such a geek! :)
Monday, September 15, 2008
Sneak peek!
Yesterday Dan and I took engagement pictures for my brother Spencer and his fiance Dustynn. They are such a cute couple. We got some good ones but still have another photo shoot to do next Sunday. Here's just a few of our favorites.
Spencer is such a geek! :)
Spencer is such a geek! :)
Saturday, September 13, 2008
What we've been up to.
There are so many funny things I've wanted to write about. Gracie- what a character! Here's some of her latest.
“You’re my silliest mommy I ever seen!”
“Oh mommy, I LOVE YOUR HAIR….buuuuut….I really don’t like your shirt.”
Counting in Spanish, “Uno, dos, glace, squawko, cinqo, gliss, sketday, orcho….”
The other day her cousin was over playing and she wasn’t sharing her bike. I was fed up with her being a turd that day and opened the back door and shouted at her, “If you don’t start sharing your bike, I’m going to throw it over the fence.” Her eyes got really big and she excitedly said, “Like really, really far mommy, up to the sky?!?!?!?!” So much for that threat working. :)
The other day Dan and I were talking about working out and I was saying how I just want my abs to go back to normal. He was reassuring that my tummy looked great when Gracie piped in, “Yeah mom, your tummy is like THIS BIG.” (While she was sticking out her belly.” I shot Dan a look like, “I told you so.” I then asked Gracie, what else is big of mommy’s hoping to get the whole truth and nothing but the truth. She thought for a minute then said, “Your NECK!” Okay, so she really doesn’t know what she’s talking about. :)
Gracie loves to sing and has the sweetest voice. She sings everything to the tune of either “I am a child of God” or “Twinkle little Star.” She makes up her own words and sings in vibrato. It is so cute.
We are having tons of fun but are so busy. Dan is doing great in school and I’m kept really busy between the girls, my part time job house cleaning, Pilates, piano lessons from my super talented sister Lynn, computer class, laundry, poopy diapers, laundry, feedings, laundry, hanging with Gracie, and then more…you guessed it, LAUNDRY! I really am having so much being home with my family. I’m so glad that I didn’t start the nursing program. Although it would have been fun, I would be missing out on some really great times with Gracie and the twins. Violet is such a sweetie. She has become really high maintenance. She loves her mom and she loves her mom to hold her ALL the time. I don’t because I can’t but she is so funny how she pushes my buttons and wears on my nerves with her tantrums. She gets really worked up when crying in her crib and won’t go to sleep. The second I peek over the crib she stops wailing and then gets her arms and legs going and starts breathing really fast like she is saying, “pick me up, pick me up!” Then as soon as I do she is all giggles and smiles. She is always looking around and never holds her head still. Now she has a complete bald spot on the back of her head. Reece, what a doll she is! She just started getting really scared when I carry her in her car seat. I noticed it the other day when I was loading them into the car. I look down at Reece and her eyes are so HUGE, and her face beet red, and she is clenching her fists and is totally stiff and holding her breath. We’ve learned to carry her separately. I thought she got over being so jumpy but today I went to check on her in her crib and she didn’t see me at first. She turned her head towards me and about jumped out of her crib. Then she started screaming and wailing. I wasn’t trying to scare her and I didn’t even make any noise but I guess I spooked her pretty bad. She loves to talk, coo, and spit bubbles to anyone who will do it back to her. The other day I was sitting feeding her. I was cradling her and had my hand under her bum. I heard and felt her mess her diaper but waited to change her until she was done. About a minute later I look down, lift my hand, and see that I am holding about a ½ cup of nasty green poop and it is also running down my leg. It was so warm I didn’t even realize she’d blown through her diaper all over me! Gross huh! Violet and Reece are such good babies. Together, they are way easier than Gracie was by herself. But then again, Gracie was my practice run and I did everything wrong with her. She was plain exhausted. The twins are sleeping 10-11 hours at night and nap most of the day. I hope I get to have twins again. These girls have been so much fun and such a joy to have in our family. As crazy as things are sometimes, I wouldn’t have it any other way.
Hope everyone is doing well. Enjoy the pictures.
Gracie flying her "Tite"
My friend Erin had her baby girl a couple weeks before I had the twins. She made these ADORABLE little tutus for them. Of course that meant PICTURE TIME!!! Thanks Erin I love them!
Here's my family working on our cement borders in our front yard. I'll have to post pictures when our yards are done. Hopefully they'll look awesome.
What's wrong with this picture? Yes there is a man on top of my refrigerator, and yes it is Dan. We were playing hide and seek with Gracie and I was it. I found Gracie right away but I could not find Dan! I looked everywhere in every room! Then Gracie squeals, "He's up there!" My husband is such a kid, I love it. :)
A little funny that just happened...
My husband is such a geek. I was expecting him home from work any minute and I hear a knock on the door. I peek out the window and see that it is Dan. "That's weird" I think to myself. I open it and this is the conversation with Dan on the front step. Dan-"Hey I understand someone here is looking for a friend." Me-"Oh yeah, that's me. I see you brought me some pie." (As he hands it to me.) Dan-"Hey nice to meet you, you're really pretty." Me-"Thanks" Dan-"Hey I was just in the neighborhood and was wondering if I could use your bathroom?" Then he walks past me into our room. He's such a nerd...but the funny thing about this conversation is that this is how our lives seem lately. It's like, "Hey I used to know someone who looks like you. There's always a bunch of kids attached to her. Yeah she's really cool but I never see her and I can't quite remember her name." Ah-the crazy life!
“You’re my silliest mommy I ever seen!”
“Oh mommy, I LOVE YOUR HAIR….buuuuut….I really don’t like your shirt.”
Counting in Spanish, “Uno, dos, glace, squawko, cinqo, gliss, sketday, orcho….”
The other day her cousin was over playing and she wasn’t sharing her bike. I was fed up with her being a turd that day and opened the back door and shouted at her, “If you don’t start sharing your bike, I’m going to throw it over the fence.” Her eyes got really big and she excitedly said, “Like really, really far mommy, up to the sky?!?!?!?!” So much for that threat working. :)
The other day Dan and I were talking about working out and I was saying how I just want my abs to go back to normal. He was reassuring that my tummy looked great when Gracie piped in, “Yeah mom, your tummy is like THIS BIG.” (While she was sticking out her belly.” I shot Dan a look like, “I told you so.” I then asked Gracie, what else is big of mommy’s hoping to get the whole truth and nothing but the truth. She thought for a minute then said, “Your NECK!” Okay, so she really doesn’t know what she’s talking about. :)
Gracie loves to sing and has the sweetest voice. She sings everything to the tune of either “I am a child of God” or “Twinkle little Star.” She makes up her own words and sings in vibrato. It is so cute.
We are having tons of fun but are so busy. Dan is doing great in school and I’m kept really busy between the girls, my part time job house cleaning, Pilates, piano lessons from my super talented sister Lynn, computer class, laundry, poopy diapers, laundry, feedings, laundry, hanging with Gracie, and then more…you guessed it, LAUNDRY! I really am having so much being home with my family. I’m so glad that I didn’t start the nursing program. Although it would have been fun, I would be missing out on some really great times with Gracie and the twins. Violet is such a sweetie. She has become really high maintenance. She loves her mom and she loves her mom to hold her ALL the time. I don’t because I can’t but she is so funny how she pushes my buttons and wears on my nerves with her tantrums. She gets really worked up when crying in her crib and won’t go to sleep. The second I peek over the crib she stops wailing and then gets her arms and legs going and starts breathing really fast like she is saying, “pick me up, pick me up!” Then as soon as I do she is all giggles and smiles. She is always looking around and never holds her head still. Now she has a complete bald spot on the back of her head. Reece, what a doll she is! She just started getting really scared when I carry her in her car seat. I noticed it the other day when I was loading them into the car. I look down at Reece and her eyes are so HUGE, and her face beet red, and she is clenching her fists and is totally stiff and holding her breath. We’ve learned to carry her separately. I thought she got over being so jumpy but today I went to check on her in her crib and she didn’t see me at first. She turned her head towards me and about jumped out of her crib. Then she started screaming and wailing. I wasn’t trying to scare her and I didn’t even make any noise but I guess I spooked her pretty bad. She loves to talk, coo, and spit bubbles to anyone who will do it back to her. The other day I was sitting feeding her. I was cradling her and had my hand under her bum. I heard and felt her mess her diaper but waited to change her until she was done. About a minute later I look down, lift my hand, and see that I am holding about a ½ cup of nasty green poop and it is also running down my leg. It was so warm I didn’t even realize she’d blown through her diaper all over me! Gross huh! Violet and Reece are such good babies. Together, they are way easier than Gracie was by herself. But then again, Gracie was my practice run and I did everything wrong with her. She was plain exhausted. The twins are sleeping 10-11 hours at night and nap most of the day. I hope I get to have twins again. These girls have been so much fun and such a joy to have in our family. As crazy as things are sometimes, I wouldn’t have it any other way.
Hope everyone is doing well. Enjoy the pictures.
Gracie flying her "Tite"
My friend Erin had her baby girl a couple weeks before I had the twins. She made these ADORABLE little tutus for them. Of course that meant PICTURE TIME!!! Thanks Erin I love them!
Here's my family working on our cement borders in our front yard. I'll have to post pictures when our yards are done. Hopefully they'll look awesome.
What's wrong with this picture? Yes there is a man on top of my refrigerator, and yes it is Dan. We were playing hide and seek with Gracie and I was it. I found Gracie right away but I could not find Dan! I looked everywhere in every room! Then Gracie squeals, "He's up there!" My husband is such a kid, I love it. :)
A little funny that just happened...
My husband is such a geek. I was expecting him home from work any minute and I hear a knock on the door. I peek out the window and see that it is Dan. "That's weird" I think to myself. I open it and this is the conversation with Dan on the front step. Dan-"Hey I understand someone here is looking for a friend." Me-"Oh yeah, that's me. I see you brought me some pie." (As he hands it to me.) Dan-"Hey nice to meet you, you're really pretty." Me-"Thanks" Dan-"Hey I was just in the neighborhood and was wondering if I could use your bathroom?" Then he walks past me into our room. He's such a nerd...but the funny thing about this conversation is that this is how our lives seem lately. It's like, "Hey I used to know someone who looks like you. There's always a bunch of kids attached to her. Yeah she's really cool but I never see her and I can't quite remember her name." Ah-the crazy life!
Thursday, September 4, 2008
Every thing is back to Normal
This is actually Dan posting. I thought that I should write to give an update on things. Becky has been so busy with the girls, school and helping me that she never gets any free time. Two weeks ago Becky and I began doing "the biggest loser". It is with the Mullenaux bunch. This is how it works. Every one who wants to be in the competition puts in ten dollars. At the start of the three weeks we all weigh ourselves. For three weeks we all diet and do whatever we need to to lose the most weight. The winner wins by percentage of body fat lost. So, it keeps it even for everyone. I won't tell you what Becky or I have lost yet, but lets just say that we want the money!!!!!! Because i'm the fattest, that means that I have to lose the most weight of all the competitors. I am shooting for losing about 15 to 20 pounds. Even if I lose twenty pounds I still haven't lost 10% of my body weight. If Becky loses ten pounds (which is imposible, because she would wither away into nothing, She is so skinny) she would for sure win the competition. So I have to do some major working out to do.
Here is a little funny side note. On monday night I wanted a piece of pecan pie. So, for desert we each had a piece (YUM). Then we took the rest of the pie over to Becky's parents house so that they would eat it too. They ate it all up. They are some of our competitors in this competition and each of those pieces was 460 calories. He He He He We are liitle stinkers.
Here is a little funny side note. On monday night I wanted a piece of pecan pie. So, for desert we each had a piece (YUM). Then we took the rest of the pie over to Becky's parents house so that they would eat it too. They ate it all up. They are some of our competitors in this competition and each of those pieces was 460 calories. He He He He We are liitle stinkers.
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