Crawler???

We have a crawler??? Well Kinley has decided to try the crawling world out... Except not for her mama! I have been told by several creditable sources that they have seen her "really" crawl! Here is a video of what she does for me!

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Happy Halloween...Part two! Picture edition!

I was so excited about Halloween this year! I think because when I was a kid I always remember getting out the box with all the halloween decorations and all the fun we had! I have never really decorated for Chris and I but I thought I would this year. Not that the girls will remember it but oh well! We didn't carve pumpkins this year but the girls did get two little pumpkins from the pumpkin patch we took pictures at. I decided to put their initials on them instead. It turned out pretty cute except that Kinley's pumpkin turned bad pretty quickly.

The girls had gotten a few halloween outfits so we started celebrating a little early!

Kinley in her oh so cool halloween leggings! I got them in the dollar spot at Target!

Ok so this next picture cracks me up! First of all Kinley looks like she is telling Madelyn off and Madelyn looks like she doesn't care at all. Second, I got to go last week with Suz for a much needed night off. I had asked chris to take a picture of the girls in their halloween outfit and this is what I got. You can't even see what is on the shirt! Oh, Daddies!

My aunt gave the girls these halloween socks while I was pregnant! First present after we found out we were having twins! I had to get a picture of them.

Like I had said in my last post, the twins had been sick for pretty much everything else we had planned for the Halloween season. So we were so glad that they were feeling better for Halloween night! Our church always has a trunk or treating and we wanted to go.

The girls sat up like big girls in their stroller for one of the first times!

My little blued eyed girls!

Kinley

Since Chris is the youth minister at our church, we are usually surrounded by some of the teenagers. Mostly the girls...the boys don't really care about the baby stuff!

I have to say we have some of the best ones around! Great babysitters!!!

Jera

Lauren, I am not sure what exactly this is...but she made it herself!

Jesika with Kinley!

I love watching the teenage girls play with the twins. You can see the love on both ends!

I guess it is because we have twins or that when we tell people the girls names (Madelyn) people ALWAYS ask us if we watch Jon and Kate. We don't watch the show. I did but what I know about them now I learn from US Weekly! (thanks, Suz) We decided it would be funny to spoof on that...I know EVERYONE was that this year and it was not original but oh well.

Jon and Kate!

I looked for the "kate" wig but everywhere was sold out!

"Jon" Sporting a little Ed Hardy and check out the bling!

It is a fake earring. He was unwilling to actually pierce his ear or shave his goatee!

"Kate"

More than one person asked if I was the Octomom!

"The Gosselin Family"

Check out Madelyn (in the back) they didn't know what to think of me in my costume!

The other part of our costume.

We borrowed some baby dolls and tied them to our stroller.

We used the girl's preemie clothes and borrowed boy clothes from our friend Carter!

The girls got tired of the stroller and opted to play in the trunk instead of treating!

They loved it!
Madelyn even took a little nap at one point!

We saw lots of very cute costumes. Check out the cutest charlie brown!

Sweet nathan!

We had lots of fun at trunk or treating and can't wait till next year!

Poppy had a little too much fun with the girls costumes! The girls thought it was so funny!

Happy Halloween...Part one!

After some inspiration from my fellow twin mama Kristi Hutton I decided to play with photoshop! I didn't do much..I'm still learning and Chris was getting tired of me asking him questions! I am going to make him sit down with me and teach me! Anyways after many great suggestions from you guys I decided the girls were going to be ladybugs! I thought they were pretty cute!

We had been invited to several things during this Halloween season but sadly were sick and had to miss a few things! We still figured out how to celebrate and we all had a good time! Chris and I even dressed up...I don't think we have ever done that since we started dating! It was alot of fun! I guess you have to wait for part two!

8 months and SICK!

The girls are 8 months old!!! We have had a horrible last two weeks. The first week of the stomach bug Kinley was so sick for over 4 days, I thought Madelyn just got a light case of it...I was wrong she waited till the next week!!! These pictures were taken during the two days between the girl's sickness! Poor Madelyn I thought she was better then Sunday we woke up to complete leakage of the diaper! It was horrible. She has lost weight just like her sister. I think they are around 13 pounds. Her face seems much less full and her pants don't fit!

Madelyn (left) Kinley (right)

Kinley (left) Madelyn (right)

Loved all the pumpkins

I love these two pictures. Kinley is so interested in what her sister is doing.

Kinley


Size 1 diapers
0-3 month clothes
Size 1 shoes
Seems like some what of a picky eater.
likes peaches, apples, pears, carrots
dislikes peas
HATES bananas
Pretty good sitter
Laughing more but you really have to work for it
has said da da
6 oz bottles 4 times a day
babbles
Very Active
loves walks

Rocking on knees...sort of















Madelyn



Size one diapers
0-3 Month clothes
Size 1 shoes
So much better at eating solid food then she was! Except this week not eating at all.
Likes Peaches, Apples, Peas, Carrots
Dislikes Bananas, not so crazy about pears
Completely happy to just roll places
Muscles are stiff when we try to make her sit. Getting better though.
takes 6 oz every 4 hours
Cuddly most of the time.
Loves walks.

babbles

Laughs












Sorry for the lack of posting this week. I have been lucky to check email over the last couple weeks! They are super needy lately. Kinley is days (i think) from crawling..well at least her version of it. Baby proofing is needed quickly!!!! The girls have official Halloween costumes and have worn them once! We took no pictures so I guess you all have to wait!

Giveaway Winner!

The winner of one of our tutus is... (random.org)

Jen!!!!! who said....

Liz--You are so talented! LOVE LOVE LOVE the ladybug infant tutu...as far as Halloween goes, what about dressing them up as flowers? One could be a daisy, the other a rose...something like that.
Good luck deciding, and make sure to show us pictures!

Thanks Jen that is very sweet! We will be contacting you!

But wait there's more...

We decided in honor of our first giveaway...We would giveaway another one!!!

Our Second Winner is wish_on_a_star

who said...Love love the infant tutu's of any color. I love the colored ones too, but I am due in march and we just found out it's a girl! So I would love a cute girly girl color. I may have to order one if we don't win!!!

Wish on a star-I am having trouble getting to your blog so if you could contact us through our etsy site to get your tutu!

Thank you to everyone who commented! We will be offering a 10% discount to anyone who mentions my blog!

Just convo us before buying to ensure the discount!

Be checking back I am sure we will do this again!

River Elise

River Elise

8:11 pm Oct 20th, 2009

7 lbs 1 oz 19 inches long

Our very good friends (really more like family) welcomed their second little girl into the world tonight! They live far away so I sat on facebook all evening just waiting for updates and new pictures. Luckily I was on the VIP list and didn't have to wait for facebook updates.

The girls had a little message for their new best friend!

We are so happy for their new four person family! We love you guys and hope to see all of you soon!

The Lake!

A few weekends ago we went to the lake for Mimi's (my mom's) birthday! We had lots of fun getting to celebrate with her, poppy and Uncle Andrew all weekend!

The girls are pretty messy eaters right now so we decided to feed them outside. Bananas are NOT Kinley's favorite thing! She pretty much refuses to eat them now.

Kinley watching the boats go by!

Madelyn had decided she would rather have Mimi hold her!

They get away with anything with Mimi!

Kinley likes the camera more than Bananas!

Sitting on the porch with Poppy after dinner

Enjoying a morning chat with Mimi on her birthday.

My parents took the girls to meet my Mom's long time friend who lives on the Lake,

while I stayed back and had a much needed break!

One of the perks of having my dad grill out!

The girls new favorite thing is to pull toys out of a bag.

Keeps them occupied for at least 10 minutes!

We had a wonderful time, and it was hard to come back. I enjoyed having extra hands for a few days too! Happy Birthday Mimi!

This weekend we still had a very sick little Kinley! Madelyn seemed to bounce back rather quickly but not her sister. She was having lots of yucky diapers and was refusing to eat pretty much all the time. She would just want to lay around all day. NOT HER AT ALL! I had called the pedi and they said if by Saturday it had not changed I was supposed to bring her in. It didn't. I had already thought she was feeling a little lighter too. She was about a pound and half lighter! She is doing a little better now. She even babbled a little this evening. Huge improvement. Today her daddy stayed home with her while Madelyn and I went to Church. I had not been out of the house in almost a week and was going to go CRAZY! We had church in the park today and it was a lovely day! Our church does this once a year and it is so much fun.

Madelyn loved being outside and watching the big kids play!

One of my very best friends who is pregnant went to the doctor last week and was diagnosed with preeclampsia. I was too when I was pregnant except that she is 38 weeks!!!! She is having a baby girl on Tuesday, we are so excited to have another girl friend coming! Actually I have two friends having baby girls this week. Kristen, and Celeste we are thinking and praying for you both!