Dancing King

Luke enjoys dancing to any music he hears. We all dance together almost daily. Luke loves to carry the Santa around playing it over and over and OVER again. The Santa is cute the first few times, but Luke dancing is adorable every time.

A busy Christmas weekend

We had a wonderful, extremely busy Christmas weekend. The weekend was full of fun with family, playing in our first snow, a small road trip and a lots of wonderful gifts. They babies are so lucky to have so many wonderful loved ones and received way to many things from everyone. We are very thankful for everyone one of them (the people and the gifts).

Here are several pictures from our weekend. Merry Christmas!!!!

Playing in the snow

Carter checking out the things Santa left him

My mom showing off she new Snuggie

All the cousins with Mimi and Grampy

Carter so excited it's Christmas

Luke on his doggie at Mamaw's

Gavin protected his presents from the babies. I think he enjoys being older than them and having the control.

Visiting Santa

We finally had a chance to see Santa and overall it went quite well. Yes, the babies are in our laps and yes they did cry. They didn't freak out and scream, but just unsure about it. Although Santa was a good sport and tried to convince them to sit in his lap like big boys, we decided to take the picture with them. Carter was quick to say 'hi' and 'bye' to everyone with his all so cute backwards hand wave as Luke just stared at him not sure to play with him or cry. I'm sure Santa understands baby talk by now and will bring them the perfect gift.

I wish everyone a very Merry Christmas!!!

Bedtime rituals

First of all I want to apologize for the video being sideways. I recorded it that way and can not figure out how to rotate it on my computer, but still wanted to share it. Maybe someone can offer some tips.
Each evening when we are putting the babies to bed, they have to each pull the chain on the fan 2 or 3 times practicing our counting, then they have to hit each lantern above their beds. This is something their dad started with them, but whether dad is home or not, they still remember to do it.

Oh goodness here we go!!

Not real sure how I feel about this one, but I guess I wasn't to worried since I took the time to get my camera to take a pic of it. I guess this is one part about having boys and living in the country. Jeff said he was 7 when he got first gun for Christmas. I think having an older brother is one reason he got one so young, and I think the other was cause he is a boy and lived in the country. They just go hand in hand. I will hold off as long as possible before I choose to purchase them for my boys, but until then they can practice with dad.

A day at the park

We finally had a break in the cold weather so we headed out to the park to get some fresh air. The babies played and ran more than I've ever seen them do. I think they may have had a bit of cabin fever from so many cold days in a row. The day was extra special having Daddy with us.

Playing it Cool!!!

Just some cute pics I took while playing the other day.

Luke and Carter really like playing in the bathtub. Some days it's the high-light of our evening. They have decided they don't like their afternoon nap anymore and tend to get pretty fussy by 5ish. I guess they are trying to go to one nap a day, but since I'm not ready for that yet I will keep fighting this battle. We get a lot achieved in the bathtub like they take their vitamins, Carter takes his medicine, they get their teeth brushed and of course we bathe them. Daddy is always fun to play with and bath time is no exception. We have gotten many great pictures and video clips in our little bathroom. They are silly no matter where they are.

Carter's first hair cut

Carter finally needed his first haircut. He had the most precious curls that started to look a little stringy so decided it was time to cut them off. I was sad to see the little baby curls go. He now looks like a little toddler rather than my sweet baby boy. As you can see, he cried the entire time. He sat still and did really well, just cried. I felt bad to the older man trying to enjoy a nice quite haircut seeming that Luke cried even louder and longer when it was his turn.

I love both of their little haircuts and love the way they look like such big boys. They are growing so fast and changing everyday.

I love you Luke and Carter!!

Colorado Springs Dec. 2009

Well here we are a year later. My mom left one year ago for her tour in Iraq and now is home safe and sound. We were so happy we were able to go to Colorado Springs again to be there for her arrival. It was a long wait and very hard to find her in the mosh of cameo, but once we did we felt relief to have her in our arms again.

We spent the days playing with Oma and enjoying the cold weather. We stayed in a hotel on post so every opportunity we had to play we took it. The walls of the hotel were closing in on us fast. We played with a little boy, who was also stay in the hotel and played at the little park.

Then we went to Castle Rock to visit my cousin from California. Her and her family moved there a few years ago so every time we go to visit my mom we always make a point to visit Katie. This year we spent the time preparing her for the arrival of her twin babies. I gave her all the advise I have and I'm not sure that will be enough. I am so excited that my closest cousin will be having twin just like I did. The babies enjoyed being in a new place and playing with all of Cousin Lauren's toys. We will be sad when my mom no longer lives in Co. Visiting Katie and her family will be much harder.

Katie had this jumper out so I had to put Luke in it. As most of you will remember he loved playing in his when he was smaller, and he loved it once again. He cried and cried when I took him out, which is right when we took the group pics.

We really enjoyed our trip and look forward to visiting Colorado again soon. The babies did very well on the long drive to and from. They didn't not do as well at the hotel or sleeping at night, but it was all well worth it.