Who Let The Dogs Out?

You have over $100 worth of toys already with lots more on the way from SANTA!!! You LOVE the dog kennel though! Play away my little puppies.

Monday Comic...

Thankful Thankful Thankful

You made it..this is the last of your FIRST holidays.. (Except your Birthday).. You did it. Now was that as hard as you thought? The traveling, the company, the eating, the "OH THEY ARE SO CUTE!"...

I am thankful for everything I have and then some!!!

Next year I am going to be witty and post a THANKFUL for...... each day but this year I was behind the ball.

Lilly Zero...Storage Bin 1

Wordless Wednesday...

I thought Adam and I were the only ones to FIGHT over the remote in Bed.

More Mobile

So I have a video on my phone posted on Facebook of Lilly taking "some" steps. She is even more mobile now with that infamous "Diaper Box"..
Notice her "growl" as she walks along. She has been into making "growling" noises. Gma Nellie calls you her "Tiger Lilly" for more than one reason. Sassy Girl!

One of these days she will WALK across the room. Charlie will be right behind her I am guessing around Xmas time. He is starting to "stand" but when you put your arms out for him to walk to he takes a flying leap and jumps at you. Is he going to be may Dare Devil? Who wants to start the pot for first broken bone???

One Week!

One week has gone by and I have not posted a THING in this blog. I have been pretty busy. I went to MPLS last Friday for work and girls night with my friends, and then I also worked on Saturday from 8:00 to 4:30 pm. I was sure happy to see you guys when I got home Saturday evening. Your daddy worked hard on the basement office again on Saturday. We are VERY THANKFUL for Gma Nellie watching you guys while we worked.

Speaking of Thankful, you guys get to experience your FIRST Thanksgiving this year. I am pretty excited, too. Why you may ask? Last Thanksgiving your daddy and I didn't go anywhere. I was LARGE and NOT IN CHARGE..but just LARGE. It hurt...to walk, sit, lay, shower, bathe, etc... I was not having the Traveling for Thanksgiving. I actually laid on the couch as your daddy put up our Christmas Tree.

Thanksgiving Weekend 2009

This weekend I hope to get our tree up, order our Xmas Cards, etc. I MIGHT try to shop but we will see. We might have some visitors this weekend as well :)

Tuesday Nights

Tuesday's are when your daddy works in the "metro" he leaves home at 6:50 am and arrives home at 7:15 pm.(give or take a few min)... This means that I take you to daycare, pick you up, bring you home, feed you guys supper, change your diapers, get your PJ's on, make you bottles. I attempted baths in there once but will never do that again alone. Sometimes I stay at Grandma Nellie's a little longer to have 2 sets of hands, but once in awhile I brave it myself.

This week....wasn't the best Tuesday. We have good ones and bad ones. Today was a bad one..Lilly is getting over to stomach bug, and Charlie is teething.... Hang in there kiddos we will get through this together I promise.

If you watch it to the end you can see Charlie to sign language for "Bottle"...

TV Rots Your Brain!

I love that line..it is from one of my favorite movies as a kid "Don't tell Mom The Babysitters Dead!"...
I entertained you all Saturday morning while daddy worked downstairs. You were soo interested in this cartoon. Yo Gabba Gabba....kind of weird but their crazy singing and dancing really gave me a rest :)

Under Construction

Here I thought since we were getting a new house built in 2004, that we were free from "home renovation."... Your dad is a pro at it, and he likes to do it. I really don't mind. Good news is your daddy is going to work from home full time now just like Mommy. Bad news...is he works til 6pm, sometimes 7pm and you 2 are LOUD. He needs an office. He is putting up a 7X9 office downstairs, it will separate the living room and Charlie's room.



Phase 1:

First Snow...

It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas
Ev'rywhere you go;
Take a look in the five and ten glistening once again
With candy canes and silver lanes aglow.
It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas
Toys in ev'ry store
But the prettiest sight to see is the holly that will be
On your own front door.

A pair of hopalong boots and a pistol that shoots
Is the wish of Barney and Ben;
Dolls that will talk and will go for a walk
Is the hope of Janice and Jen;
And Mom and Dad can hardly wait for school to start again.
It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas
Ev'rywhere you go;
There's a tree in the Grand Hotel, one in the park as well,
The sturdy kind that doesn't mind the snow.
It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas;
Soon the bells will start,
And the thing that will make them ring is the carol that you sing
Right within your heart.


I know some will read this and want to "hit" me...but it really is... 6 Weeks..

Through Thick And Thin...

We may not win a World Series, A Bowl, or Super Bowl...but we are still FANS!

Baby Proofing

Our new house is pretty baby proof for the most part. Defiantly the upstairs is. If we have our bathroom and bedroom door shut you guys can roam around dining room, living room, and Lilly's Bedroom. (Charlie's is downstairs)

Last weekend however we had to 'upgrade' the baby proofing. Lilly figured out that she can open the cupboards and then her and Charlie have at all the contents. There are not hazardous materials down low anyways, but Lilly did manage to open the buffet cupboard last weekend and shatter a whine glass on the floor. Don't worry, I have more and nobody was hurt :)

Free Thinking Friday

Age 4: Mom knows everything!
At 8: Mom knows a lot!
At 12: Mom doesn’t really know everything.
At 14: Mom doesn’t know anything.
At 16: Mom is ruining my life.
At 18: She’s old-school.
At 25: Maybe Mom does know about this.
At 35: Before we decide, let’s ask Mom.
At 45: I wonder ......what... Mom would think about this....
At 85: I wish I could ask Mom.

It's Coming...

What may you ask?? Snow..our first snowfall I think is coming this evening. Well that is what the weatherman makes it sound like. I know this is bittersweet to some people, but it is exciting for this girl. I always get really excited/nostalgic during the first BIG SNOW. I think anything over 5 inches qualifies for the first official "big snow"


I love Fall, and I love the Holidays that follow. Thanksgiving, Twins Bday, My Bday, and then CHRISTMAS. See last Christmas you guys were only 3 weeks old. I know you were the BEST GIFT EVER..but at the time we were too tired to even realize this. Beware the following picture is not PRETTY.....

This Christmas I plan to get all kinds of pictures and I WILL have my hair done, I will have showered, and I will have a fresh coat of makeup on my Mug. I will enjoy every minute of it. We will be tired from a lot of travel, but not half as tired as we were in the picture above on 12-25-2009. Also, look at all that snow in the background. We had a HUGE snowfall over Xmas last year. When we arrived home in Minneapolis on 9-26-2009, your father had to shovel us into the house, hop the fence as it was ICED SHUT. We arrived home to a furnace that had "gone out" but was luckily fixed within 1 hour.... Unbelievable. I had you guys down in the basement with the gas fireplace going to keep you warm and toasty.

CHEERS to an AWESOME Christmas this year!!

FYI, Charlie you have a new dance. You hear any tune and instantly throw your hands in the air and throw them around as if you are conducting an orchestra. My little conductor...I will get a video of this shortly..I promise. '

All Gone!

You guys usually here me say this when we are eating dinner.. All Gone.. or All Done. I say it in a real excited high pitched voice :)

Well today we are referencing my hair. 11 inches ALL GONE. It feels great, and I love the change. Lilly and I have the same hair line in back right now.



Lilly we can grow our hair out together now :)

Wordless Wednesday

Weekend With Evan

Meet Evan..he was born 3 months after the Twins. His mom and I met in Mankato while attending college. There is nothing more fun than having kids the same age as a friend. See when you become a parent, not all your friends have kids so you kind of have trouble getting together as they don't have to be on a schedule.

If you have a friend with a child the same age you can get together and understand that you need to speak quiet during nap, you need to be ready for meltdowns, it is normal to talk over a shouting baby, it is normal to keep talking in conversation while changing a diaper full of S_ _ T, you don't mind if your child drools/spits up on their floor..cuz "they get it"... etc. They don't' mind staying "in" as they know taking a child into public can be like walking down the street with a gernaid. Never know......

Jen and I at her wedding back in the day :)

Quote from Jen this weekend...while watching the kids play. "Wow, our lives have sure changed"

The video is Evan and Lilly taking a bath together. Evan thought Lilly was pretty cute.

Friday Video

Previous Videos have come off my camera, I am attempting them off my video camera now.

I hope you don't have any issues viewing it.

Let's Get Ready To Rumble...

I knew this day would come...it is nature to fight with your siblings. I remember fighting with ALL of mine. You guys WANT whatever the OTHER one has. It was really cute at first but it is slowly becoming......well sort of annoying.

See if I only have 1 of something I basically have to hide it as I know if I give it to ONE of you the OTHER one will want one too. I will try to be as Fair as possible. The other day I had ONE freezie left.... I really wanted it. So instead of being able to sit and enjoy it and watch you guys play. I had to sit Indian Style on the kitchen rug and pass it around from MOMMY , to Lilly, to Charlie. Kind of like a Peace Pipe :)

Lilly's little Chinese Kimono up top is from Gma Pam. She bought it 2 weeks ago when she was in New York. Pretty cute!

Weekend Recap...

I won't be typing too much... as I am one tired Mamma today..

Friday:

Worked til noon

Went to the Minneapolis

Got a nice hotel room at The Depot

Went to Sushi with Coworkers at Wasabi on Washington, Ave.



Went to The Depot for the Gala...from 8 til 11.

Went out with coworkers to the 508 Bar


***Stayed out late..




Came home Saturday morning.

Hung out with Gma Pam, Karrie, Jen, and Walker.

Went Shopping in St. Cloud

Gma Pam was ill..Karrie took her to the ER Saturday night. Gma Pam has Bronchitus

Hung around Sunday

Rochester guests went home around 1.. Miss them already.

Made Taco's for the Mergen and Trisko's

Went Trick Or Treating....