ECI

When the girls turned three, we lost ECI services. As much as we were glad to have less appointments (every other week we had three people coming for appointments) We sure miss our therapists! Sometimes ECI was stressful but we could totally see how much it helped both girls.

Since the girls have never been on the charts for weight, we had a nutritionist come twice a month. This started pretty late so we didn't have her all that long but we loved her from the beginning!

Leslie with the girls!

She even brought the girls AMAZING cupcakes on their last visit!

The very next day we had to say goodbye to our two other therapists. They just happened to overlap by about 10 mins that day.

Kinley, Rachel (developmental therapist), Madelyn, Heather (speech)

These two ladies have been with us the longest. Heather has seen Madelyn for Speech since they were about 18 or so months. She helped us figure out the whole fluid on Maddie's ears and was helpful when both of the girls got tubes. Heather we miss seeing you!!!

Rachel wasn't always our therapist. We had about three before her, in a very short amount of time. From the first day Rachel came to our house we all fell in LOVE with her. She could get the girls to do WAY more than any of the other therapists could. The girls would scream "Rachel" anytime the doorbell would ring. They still asked about her for a LONG time after she didn't come anymore. I know they still remember her and miss her! Rachel we miss you soooooo much!!!

Snow bunnies!

Over Spring Break we went with my family and some family friends skiing! We went last year too but this year Mimi and our Elayna went with us! We decided to drive and put 7 people in my Tahoe. YIKES!!! it was a tight squeeze but we made it! We had to buy a cargo carrier...

It was a tight fit still but we were in and all in seat belts! Ha. We left at about 7 in the evening and drove through the night. At some point during the night I was woken made aware that the drive was much rougher in the very back of the car. I figured cause I had never sat in the back. I was beginning to feel bad for the girls always being tossed around. About that time by Dad and Chris had decided the rough ride was because of a front end in-linement problems. We decided to have breakfast and were greeted by this on our tire...

We had the car at the dealership two days before to check tires and whatnot before the trip...yes, we called the dealership and made them aware. However not much they can do, two states over.  We luckily found a "tire shop" that would put our full size spare on for 5 dollars!!!!

Its hard to be to upset when the station has this view!

Everyone was SOOOO glad to be out of the car. Once we got fitted in our ski boots and skis we decided to go ahead and try the girls out on them. So once we were paying someone to teach them, they would be over the newness of it all. I think this might have been the best thing we did!!!

Elayna helping Madelyn ski!

They loved going down the little slope but always had to be carried up again!

After all the adults got tired of carrying them back and forth we got out the sled!

Last year they HATED the sled but this year they LOVED it!!!! So funny to see how much they have changed!

The next morning the girls had Ski school. We talked it up so much that they were pretty excited. I figured we wouldn't make it through the hour they were supposed to stay in. Thanks to the Key girls we got to wear their ski bibs...both years!!! I don't think we will make them fit a third year though!!!

Kinley

We had a huge problem with goggles this year for skiing. They didn't make ski goggles small enough and sunglasses kept falling off. Ski boots were a challenge too. The girls because they are smaller than most 3 year olds have a hard time with sizes. We called and said can you fit three year olds in boots they said no problem...we didn't think do you fit 3 years that wear way smaller sizes?! I have to admit the mom in me started to say forget the skiing if she have to wear three pairs of socks. They seemed so little in our that ski stuff!

All ready to go!

I decided to let my Dad and Chris take them to ski school because the girls don't always let me go so easy. They did great and walked off with their teachers with no problems!

My Itty bitty skiing!

Madelyn with her hula hoop!

I almost died when they put them on the "magic carpet" They did GREAT!!!

My cousin and I! By the end of the week we "mastered" the big hill...OK, so not really but we got off the bunny slope!

Kinley and her "boy" teacher...She REALLY liked him. She kept asking to go back to him...ha!

They did AMAZING. Everyone kept asking how old they were and then told us their horror stories about their 3 year olds skiing. The girls did great and keep in mind they had turned 3 two weeks before. I tried to post video and it wouldn't work...I will try again later. They were so stinking cute!

                                                                My snow bunny...Kinley!

                                                               My snow bunny, Madelyn!

They did so good they skiied everyday we were there!!! I think they were half the reason I got off the bunny slope! I figured if they weren't scared to do something like that, that I could get enough courage to try a green! HA!!

We spent a lot of time playing with our friends around the house too!

Woody, Sandi and Mimi and Poppy!

Aunt Nell (Danelle) was one of the best skiiers that was willing to take the time to take the twins skiing everyday after ski school. Mommy can barely keep herself up and Daddy snowboards. Chris actually gave skiing a chance this year and did GREAT!!!

Mimi gave the girls harmonicas in the ski lodge...I am sure everyone LOVED that!!!

Thanks to Mimi when the girls weren't skiing she watched them so we could keep skiing!

More skiing with Poppy and Aunt Nell!!

I would love to say that our bad luck ended with the bad tire but it didn't...On one of the days after we drove home from skiing and After unloading we heard a HISSING sound...that is right, another tire. No one in the small town we were in had our size tire. ARGH. It was a HUGE mess. Chris and my dad ended up driving (in someone else's car) an hour away on the last night to buy a tire. Oh if it only stopped there...Chris did a "trick" on his board and broke/cracked a rib. And last but not least Chris backed into a tree in our car...phew...I think that is it!!!

Playing with Elayna

After a nice breakfast in town before the 16 hour drive home...

Depsite the crazy trip we all had a good time...I will admit we were glad to pull into our drive way though!!!

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Future Son in Law!?

So right after the girls birthday party...literally (like two hours after the party started) my BFF, who was also my roommate in college flew in from Seattle. Cheryl moved to there a few months after I got married. I have only seen her once since she moved and It was at her wedding! Since her wedding we have both had kids and out lives have changed a ton. So sad we live so far apart.

Me, Kim, Cheryl and Becca (a few of us from ACU)

The next day we drove Cheryl, her husband and Collin to her family's house a few hours away. I certainly had forgotten how much I miss her!!! It was so nice to have a few hours to catch up. I so wish her family lived closer!

Seriously How stinking cute is this kid!!?!?

Her cousin was nice enough to let us hang with them all day to spend as much time with Cheryl as we could. Plus I just LOVE her family so it was nice to get to see them all again. Funny story...The week before I found out I was having twins I was in Cheryl's wedding. Her cousin's children were in the wedding also. Their names are Canon and Kinley...the exact names we had picked out for our boy and girl names. Silly us that next week when we found out we were having twins thought it was a sign we were having boy/girl twins...HA!

I can't get enough of this sweet boy



Sorry I couldn't pick between all the pictures...

They had a great play room/upstairs full of toys. We didn't see the girls much while we were there.                                         

                                                  Kinley riding on the wooden rocking horse. 

Here are the series of pictures that happen when you put two just turned 3 year olds and a 10 month old together...I love them.



I have to tell you it was surreal seeing our kids together...kinda like wow, how did all this time pass?

Cheryl, it was a blast seeing you guys and meeting that sweet  boy! Get ready, the Tarrant's are going to have to come visit Seattle SOON!



February7

Since the girl's birthday was before their actual party we got to celebrate both days! I have started to watch kids at our church for a temporary time and this was actually my first week to start. I thought we would have cupcakes to celebrate. The joys of having birthday around Valentines Day is there are always lots of pink cupcakes!

My sweet Maddie...this girl has the biggest heart.

Kinley...my spunky little girl.

They LOVED getting cards this year...although they think most cards come with money. Silly girls.

Kinley

Madelyn

We invited all our families out for dinner at CiCis...hey its the only place the girls eat like crazy.

We, with Chris's mom decided to buy the girls a bounce house. We have with out a doubt gotten our money out of the deal...the girls LOVE it. They were so excited to walk into the house and see this. They are also wearing clothes Grandma (Chris's mom) had just given them. They are such girls and LOVE clothes.



 

It fits in our dining room but it's tight and we have to move things out of the way!

This picture was blurry but I love Madelyn in it...pure Joy!

Time for more presents, our girls are sure loved!

Elayna (my cousin) made the cake...Isn't it cute!

My sweet 3 year olds.

 

Madelyn with her new baby doll from Mimi and Poppy (my parents) They also got some backpacks from my parents which they LOVE. They even sleep with them sometimes.

We had a wonderful day celebrating these two little girls. My sweet babies are turning into sweet little girls!!!!