Ok so I'm trying!!!

I know the girls are five months old...but I never posted all their 4th month pictures. I am really trying to catch up. I have lots to blog about before I start on our trip. I'm really trying...

Kinley

Madelyn

I just got these from my brother's camera that he took from the weekend we visited our family. I thought they were cute. 

They are always holding hands lately.

My amazing friend who makes all their really cute stuff made them the tutu's and the lil and big sis oneies.  We love everything she makes us. Amber is about to have baby number three and doesn't know what sex the baby is... patience I could not do it!! She already has two little girls. Good luck little mama and we are praying for ya!!! 

One Year ago!!!

One year ago today I found out I was pregnant!! What a complete shock I was in. My husband was in Africa and was going to be for another two weeks. What was I supposed to do...Who could I tell. He was not where I could tell him nor did I want to tell him over an email or phone call. 

I just put my five month old twin girls down for a nap and realized today was the day. At that time I didn't even realize what was about to happen to our lives!!!

I was going to post pictures of the day I found out but can't find my cord for my old camera. 

Summer of traveling...Oklahoma

The girls and I have traveled lots this summer. Way more than I thought I would travel with baby twins. However when I heard that my Great Aunts (they are twins too) were going to Oklahoma I had to take the girls to meet them.

  My Dad is from a itty bitty town in Oklahoma and once a year they have homecoming. So the girls and I loaded up once again and traveled north. 

There is always a parade on Saturday morning. It is nothing but small town charm. 

The Girls at the Parade!!

Poppy went to get us an umbrella. It was so sunny and hot. 

Kinley and Madelyn after the parade. Sporting our cute hats from their BFF Savannah.

We had lunch with the family and the twins got to meet the twins finally. Yes they still dress alike. Well at least when they come to visit. Their mother, my great grandmother, had them when she was 44 years old!!!! They were number 13 and 14 of her kids. One weighed 6 pounds and the other 7 pounds. Crazy huh???

We didn't stay out side long because it was so hot and the girls were not having any of it. We went and took naps and rested. 

Madelyn taking it easy! Hands down one of the best things when we travel, our travel swing!

Uncle Andrew helped a lot with the girls this weekend. Kinley and him catching some Z's

Sunday was spent visiting with family and packing to come home. Uncle Andrew and I tried to get a few pictures with me and the girls. This was the best we got. 

Madelyn and Kinley

Madelyn

That is it for now.  We just got back from a HUGE road trip. Over 2400 miles!!!!! I have piles and piles of dirty clothes I need to wash then I will write about our trip. 

Our new friends...Pancake Bears.

Our good friend Falisha has been coming over almost once a week most weeks. I sometimes plan shopping trips or major errands I need to run when she comes so I have an extra set of hands... OK, I secretly do it so I have someone to talk too!! Ha I know she comes for the babies but I like having her come too. Last week she brought the girls a present, pancake bears. They are super cute but I had no idea they would LOVE them as much as they do. They are pretty flat and are safe for infants.

Madelyn loving on Mr. Bear!

Kinley sitting in her Bouncy!! They all of the sudden are huge fans of those. Falisha holding Madelyn

Kinley

Thank you falisha for our bears. Sometimes when the girls are crying all we have to do is give them their bears and they will stop crying. They also hold their pacifiers in too.

Happy 4th of July!!! Lots of pictures!!

Happy 4th of July from the Tarrants!!!

We had such a busy day! We were barely at home today and I currently have two tired babies to prove it! They went to bed so easy tonight. I am tired too so I thought I would let the pictures do the talking.

My uncle has a fourth of July thing at his house every year. Lots of people come so we have to park in a field far away. Here is how you travel once you park with twins! Us with Poppy, Mimi, and Uncle Andrew. He is holding the stroller up. Stylish huh??


My cousins Ashleigh and Emily holding Madelyn. Madelyn really liked Ashleigh, she cried when my aunt took her back. I love these girls lots. Aren't they cute. Ashleigh was a flower girl in my wedding.
My other cousins, Jamie, Jessica and Taylor playing with Kinley! I found out today they read my blog so HI GUYS!!! Love ya
After being in the HOT Texas sun we decided to come home and rest. Well most of us wanted to rest...except Madelyn!!! She has been fussy and not wanting to finish her bottles lately. Poor Kinley just wanted to sleep! Let me add, girls wore red onesies today. I am completely disappointed in the amount of newborn sized anything out there. I know most babies don't wear it long but come on!! I could not find any newborn size 4th of July stuff anywhere.

Ok back on point...

This is what our afternoon looked like




and more.... She would stop for a second once the camera went off so we have lots of pictures of Madelyn crying.

Finally Kinley decided she could just sleep anyways while sister was screaming.


Madelyn caused all of us to look a little like this...

After the great crying of 2009. We went over to Nana's and DanDads (my "second set" of parents and family friends) to take the girls swimming for the first time. THEY LOVED IT!!!

Madelyn testing out the water, Nana got them the swim shirts and my cousins had gotten them the cute hats.
She was very interested in the water. She would splash her hands around.
Getting sniffed by Kirby.
Kinley waiting with Mimi and Poppy for her Daddy to hurry and get in the pool with her. My brother took all these swimming pictures. Thanks uncle Andrew.
Kinley deciding what to think about all this water. She knocked her hat off in about 5 mins.
Our family!

Kinley standing with poppy's help of course

Ok, also Huggies or Pampers should come out with a swim diaper smaller than what they have. The small is for 16 pounds. What are our little 10 pound babies to do... This is what a normal diaper looks like after swimming.
We had a wonderful day and now I am going to join everyone else in this house and hit the hay!!!

On the road! Off to a bad start...

So Chris had a documentary thing to shoot out of town. I decided to pack the girls up and visit some good friends that moved too far away. Chris was going to go with us and drop us off then drive to his shoot. We were trying to get off by 10 to get half way there by the time the girls ate again...HA!!! We didn't make it. We actually left at 11:30. This however was only the first thing that went wrong.

This was the scene at our house

So we headed down the road...After we had gotten off so late we abandoned the idea of eating once we got there. The girls had finally settled down so we didn't want to get them out to risk the screaming that would more than likely follow. We decided to go to a drive thru. We choose Wendy's more because that was the only thing that we saw. We had handed the lady our debit card, she is gone FOREVER and the babies start to scream!!! The lady comes back to the window and says "you are going to hate me but I broke your debit card" Ok, Chris says just trying to start moving the van so possibly the babies would go back to sleep. Let me say, first of all this debit card was less than a month old. Who breaks a debit car anyways,and still charges us for our food!!! Not wanting to prolong the visit to Wendy's we decide it's ok. I mean really the card is already broken and nothing can change that. We can just use mine... OH MY GOSH, I say as soon as we pull out of the parking out...I left my debit card sitting on our desk when I was paying bills!!! We are way to far away to turn around. So we are looking at being out of town with no cash or debit card. How fun will that be?? Luckily she broke the card and not the stripe. We were able to tape it and pull cash out for me. So we kept driving down the road trying to maintain a good attitude about it all. Well at least We TRIED!

We drive another hour and I all the sudden remember what else I forgot...MY BREAST-PUMP. I had already pretty much decided that was going to be my last week to pump. I had that week left on my rental from the hospital...Luckily I had a hand pump that I keep in my car for emergencies. OH SO MUCH FUN!!! Alright, let me back up and show you our van. I have no idea how I forgot anything.

I later found that I had packed our bedroom remote but some how forgot the breastpump!! Ok it was my first real long trip packing for four people!!!

We decided to take a break in the middle of the trip and go visit my cousin Elayna and see her new house. So my precious (usually) little girls cried most of the time we were there. Poor Elayna, not sure she was sad to see us go. Wow what a wonderful time we were having so far. I honestly was just ready to turn around and go back home. I am pretty sure there was more crying from me than the twins at this point.

We finally made it and everyone was still alive. I ended up buying a horrible pump at wal-mart which I used once and decided that my medela hand pump was MUCH better. Tried just making the girls nurse too. WOW that wasn't good. Kinley did ok but Madelyn would SCREAM. That made me feel really good let me tell ya!!!

Once we got there and were settled we had a great time!!! Celeste and I scrapbooked so much I forgot to take many pictures. Sorry!

Their church was having a VBS in the evening so the girls went to the nursery class there. I am pretty sure they were spoiled rotten and held the entire time. They had to put little name tags on so they could tell them apart. It was weird having to drop them off. Our church is so little and my Aunt teaches their class that it does not feel like leaving them really. Anyways we had a great time at Uncle Steven,Aunt Celeste and Lily's house, can't wait to do it again. I think next time we will try to take Daddy with us though we missed him lots.

Oh yeah on the ride home we had TWO poopy diaper explosions!!! Oh the fun!

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