Wordless Wednesday

Time for baskets - Thursday

Here are a few photos of the children and their Easter Baskets... Mr. Easter Bunny thought it would be fine to fill and leave the baskets on the table for the children to discover in the morning... Only one flaw in his thinking... That was Linebacker waking up first and raiding everyone's baskets... ::smirk::

ENJOY!

Memories Monday

This weekend we spent some time making memories... We dyed Easter Eggs, had an Easter Egg Hunt OUTSIDE! (usual to have such nice weather), went to Easter Mass and enjoyed Easter Dinner as a family... ENJOY the photos below that captured our memories of Easter Egg Dying...
The first step to a successful Easter Egg Dying Session is a good work surface...

Step 2 is to gather all your supplies...

This is what comes in your typical Easter Egg Dying Kit: Cups, Dye Tablets, Dipper and Crayon for 'decorating'...

Step 3- Have everything set up BEFORE you invite any children to come and participate...

Engineer dying his egg...

Monkey dying his egg...

Peanut dying her egg... Linebacker patiently awaiting his turn...

Linebacker's turn to work on his egg with some help from Mommy...

Little Guy having his turn dying his 1st Easter Egg ever!

Big Boy having his turn next to dye his 1st Easter Egg Ever!

Our Easter Egg Family - Daddy, Mommy, Engineer, Monkey, Peanut, Linebacker, Little Guy and Big Boy (left to right)...

Thank you for sharing in our memories of Easter Egg Dying 2011... If you didn't dye any eggs this year... Maybe this will inspire you to dye a few of your own next year...

Little Guy and Big Boy had their 9 month well check... Little Guy Officially is 15 lbs 3 oz and 26-1/4" and Big Boy Officially is 18 lbs 1 oz and 28-5/8"... They both are doing well and are scheduled for their next check up when they are 1 years old in July... Has it almost been a whole year? Seems like they were just coming home from the hospital to meet their siblings... The year sure has flown by... Until tomorrow... Sweet Dreams Ya'll...

Twins Tuesday

I thought I would write about my duo... Their nicknames for now are Little Guy (Twin A) and Big Boy (Twin B)... Little Guy was 15 lbs 8 oz & 25-5/8 and Big Boy 18 lbs 9 oz & 28-1/4 just shy of their 9th month birthday... They haven't gone in for official 9 month well check because they have both been fighting the drippy nose... Little Guy has two teeth on the bottom and Big Boy is still toothless... They are both crawling around like crazy... They can sit up if you sit them up but haven't figured out how to sit up on their own or what to do when they decided they have had enough of that sitting business... Pretty good at just falling over on their heads... So, we are working on teaching them how to transition from crawling to sitting to crawling... Little Guy thinks it is a hilarious activity and giggles the entire time... Big Boy does not like it one bit and is stiff as a board plus makes many sounds of protest! Enjoy the photos I've included from Dec-Mar... I've labeled below the PIC who is who... It goes from most recent to oldest (Christmas ones at the end)...
Big Boy

Little Guy

Big Boy in Green and Little Guy in Blue

Big Boy

Little Guy

Big Boy in Blue, Little Guy in Green

Big Boy

Little Guy

Little Guy Big Boy

Maybe I should blog More often Monday

I was reading some of my past postings and realized how much Joy my blog brings me and how much I MISS it! So, let's try blogging again... So, each day I will try to post something new and something that happened while I was gone... Boy have I been gone a long time! The snow had melted then it snowed again for about 48 hours now it is melting again, yet I woke up this morning to yet another dusting and had to brush off the van before we could leave... Then I spent the rest of the trip using my wipers a little streams of water from the melting snow ran down the windshield... Maybe Spring will arrive before Easter? I bought a new dress to wear on Easter... What you think? You can see me actually wearing it on Easter Monday... Retail? $100 (dress, cover, and shoes)... Cost to me? $5.00 (which Hubby actually paid)... Gotta love Sales, Coupons and Giftcards left over from Christmas... LOL... School is almost over... Less then 29 days to go... Lent has been going well... Not losing as much weight as I would like... However a bit is coming off... Hopefully with Spring coming... I can melt off the pounds like the snow melted... I heard Monkey sing in his first musical... He's in 2nd grade... He was part of the chorus... He did an awesome job... They preformed with the 3rd graders and it was titled "Spaced Out" it was all about Outer Space... Very cute! That is all the past I'm going to try to catch on... As for current events... Little Guy and Big Boy had another Infant Congitive Development Lab study today... They had lots of fun... It was about 'color'... They participated in the 'pattern' and sister study to today's study when they were 4-5 months old... As a Thank You gift they received these toys... Little Guy received the keys and Big Boy the Turtle 'car'...

Linebacker had fun playing with the other college students while his brothers participated in the study... I ran to the bank and to the dealership (more about that on Wordless Wednesday)... I decluttered one box from the closet... It was a pretty quiet day...

Wordy Wednesday

Well, I was going to start off my blog with just a photo and call it Wordless Wednesday but I can't do that... Maybe next week I can do a Wordless Wednesday once I'm back and given everyone and update of all that has happened since my last post (in APRIL! ::blush::)...

Well, the boys are here! I'm still working on 'nicknames' so right now they are going to be Baby A and Baby B... Feel free to leave a nickname in the comment section... I'm not sure if I want them related or have a team/twin/duo theme or not... I'm considering calling Baby A QB (or Quarterback) following the 'football' theme after Linebacker but can't think of a good 'football' theme name for Baby B... Only names so far for him are names I don't want him to live with the rest of his life like Chunky and Fat Cheeks... ::sigh::

For all that don't know... They arrived at 35 wks and 4 days gestation... Baby A - 5 lbs 2 oz and 17-1/2" was born all natural (no meds) vaginal birth (didn't even tear!)... Baby B - 5 lbs 10-1/2 oz and 18-3/4" had a prolapsed cord and face presentation... He was born via emergency c-section w/ vertical incision, 26 staples and me put under (asleep)... I'm not sure if they would have knocked me out if I already had the epidural in... However I deliver mine med free (no plans to change that in the future)... Just something to wonder about... Baby B spent 10 days in the NICU because he wasn't able to suck (very bruised face) to nurse or suck on a bottle and was tube fed (up nose, down throat) for the first 8 days of his life... Baby A was discharged when I was and roomed in during our hospital stay (standard 4 days, 3 nights) ... He is fully nursed... Baby B is formula; bottle fed but I'm trying to convert him over to nursing... It is slow going... I'm doing well... C-section (my first) was quite something new to recover from... I still look at my incision/scar and wonder if I will ever be "normal" again... I told my husband the other night "at least I'm looking less Frankensteinish"... ::smirk::

As for the rest of the family... My husband just had his 10 year anniversary of working at his job... WTG Hubby!!! That is a quite a milestone in today economy... Engineer is 10 and in the 5th grade... He is doing great in his program and we spend every Saturday together just the two (plus Baby A) of us... Monkey is 7 and in the 2nd grade... He is attending a new school and loving it! Smaller class size and none of the tension between us and the staff like at his old school... Peanut is FIVE (July Birthday) and in Kindergarten... She is attending the same school as Monkey and having a wonderful start to her first year of school... Kindergarten is all day here... They ride the bus together, eat breakfast together, then Monkey walks Peanut to her class (2 doors down from his)... At the end of the day Monkey picks her up from her classroom, they walk together and ride the bus home... We are in the middle of our first school fundraiser... So, if anyone is interested in a Butter Braid for $10... Send me an email... They are only available for purchase through fundraisers... Our deadline is Sept 15th... Linebacker is TWO (May Birthday) and at home with me and our almost 2 month old TWINS! Check the column on the right for updated photos of my crew...

I guess this is a good jump start to my blog... I am going to be writing regularly again Monday - Saturday... I look forward to reconnecting with all my readers... I look forward to your comments and questions...

PS: LOTS of PHOTOS to come... Tomorrow is my 31st BIRTHDAY!!! WOOO HOOOO....

Taking a chance and Trying again - Thursday

It has been a while since I last blogged... Umm, like over 3 months?!?! ::smirk:: I've decided I'm going to try again... A lot has happened since my last publishing... An amazing event has happened which has lead me to try again so I can document this... I'm expecting again... Nothing too amazing about that... LOL!!! Here is my 20 week guess the gender belly shot (with Linebacker sneaking in there too):




However...
I'm expecting TWINS... Yep, right there in that ultrasound PIC you can see TWO heads which are connected to 2 seperate sweet bouncing BOYS! At the time of the ultrasound I was 20 weeks and 6 days... Baby Boy A was 21 weeks and 5 days and Baby Boy B was 21 weeks and 3 days... I bet you weren't 'expecting' that huh? So, our family is now a family of 8... Gender Count of Offspring is 5 Boys to 1 Girl... So, lately I've been filling my hours with eating ::smirk:: and talking with friends about their twin births plus reading online and various books I own what new things I'm to expect this pregnancy... If you have had twins and have recommended reading... Let me know... How do I feel about this news... Well, I have to say I'm still shocked (found out on Monday) but excited... I've decided during Lent to make Friday's internet free so my next posting will have you waiting till Saturday... On the bright side tomorrow is Good Friday and the last Friday of Lent...


In other news... We bought a new minivan (which will be FULL in a few months) 98 Plymouth Grand Voyager Expresso... Engineer is now 10, still in the 4th grade and doing awesome in his program... Monkey is now 7, still in 1st grade and he is doing well also... Princess is still 4 with a birthday coming up this summer and very excited to be FIVE and a Kindergarten this fall... Linebacker is 22 months and into EVERYTHING... I'm planning a trip to the clothing store with a friend of mine to ::gasp:: buy shorts (maternity for now)... Which she assures me will be modest and look good... ::smirk:: She promises to help me find jeans also that fit good/modest plus appropriate for a mom in her 30s without being frumpy after the twins arrive... Of course when I'm ready for jeans (aka willing to give up my maternity wear, hehehe)...


See you all on Holy Saturday...

PS: Don't forget to check me out on FB a.k.a. where I've been hiding the last few months... ::wink::