Arizona-2012!!!!

We had our annual trip to Arizona this year to get out of the cold!! And of course to visit my mom and dad who we are missing SOOOO much!!!!:( This year Kevin,Ash,and the kids came to,so it really was a Button family reunion!!!:))) It's always nice when the cousins get to spend some fun time together to! We decided to all stay in Phoenix/Scottsdale this year at the Pointe Hilton Resort at Squaw Peak(for anyone that has kiddos I HIGHLY recommend this hotel!!!)......and as for myself I suggest it because the Scottsdale Fashion Square is only 20min. away,BEST shopping EVER!!! ;)))My parents drove up from Yuma to stay w us:)The trip started out fabulous!,the kids were SO excited to see my parents! The weather was amazing the whole time to! The resort has an amazing swimming complex,w a few pools,a kids pool,a huge waterslide(that all the kids went down by themselves on!)a lazy river,some great food and nice suites! Great location and of course Trav loved that we had a Trader Joe's close by:) (me to!)Our second day there,poor Luke started getting redder and redder,and I KNEW it wasn't sunburned red,The rest of us are dark skinned so we never wear much sunscreen(I know,not good);) even though luke is fairer he tans really well,so I got scared,my mom and I had covered him in some foam sunscreen,and were pretty sure he was having an allergic reaction to it,by Sat, night I was getting scared,he looked terrible,his face was SO swollen and his eyes were swelling shut,I felt so bad and helpless for him:( He finally fell asleep and woke up about 3am to throw up,I'd never seen anything like it,his skin was all red and dry and I knew it itched the poor guy,he couldn't see,Trav called and found out how close we were to the childrens hospital. we were getting ready to take him,and he SO didn't want to go,he said he needed to sleep. We talked to a Dr. over the phone who said to give him benadryl and put hydrocortisone cream on him,and a cool bath. We did all of this and he fell asleep.Me and Trav of course stayed up all night watching him sleep,to make sure he was breathing and stuff,I was in total panic mode!The next morning it hadn't gotten any worse so we felt like that was good at least,but he was so tired and couldn't go out in the sun or water,so he stayed in bed w Grammie all day,(which Grandma of course loved);) Once I knew he was getting better,me and my little shopping partner in crime (Mia),escaped to Scottsdale for some shopping,they have a HUGE Disney store,so I bought Luke a whole bunch of treats to bring back to him,I think it made me feel better to buy him stuff so he'd be happy!haha! He was back in the water 2 days later,and everything was fine! From now on Luke will be wearing ONLY sensitive skin,all natural sunscreen!!!!:) Aside from Luke's allergic reaction we had a great time,so fun to all get to spend some time together, and get Travis and Kevin to leave work and enjoy life a little to!;) ha! Wish we could have stayed longer,and we're missing my parents already! Can't wait till they get home in April!Thanks again mom and dad for taking such good care of us all while we were there,you guys are the very best!!!!:)))(and as always my pics are in random order,and some are on there twice cause I can't remember how to delete them after their downloaded on here!)Enjoy!;)

The twins 4yr old favorites:))))

So I meant to post this on their bday,but never did,I've seen other people do it and have seen it on Pinterest to:))) So I figure from now on I'm doing it also,cause it'll be so cute to look back on and compare their answers:)) I asked the twins seperately some questions to their favorite things,it was really fun to hear their answers:))))

The twins also had their 4yr old checkups and I may need to face the facts that they may always be tiny and not get their dads height!:( But like Dr. Moore said about Luke.....not everyone can be a Center:)) haha! But I'm still hoping he can be a quarterback!!!;) He'd rather be QB anyways!!right!?:) Luke weighed 33lbs. and was only about 35% in height. and my little Mia was a whopping 28lbs. and 9th percentile for height!I'm pretty sure I was 28lbs. when I was 1!!!!lol!She's so cute I wouldnt have her any other way!!!:))))Other than that,they are doing great and they were preemies so according to their growth charts their doing fabulous!!!:))))

Now the questions:)))

Luke

What is your favorite food? Chocolate cheerios(thanks grandma);)

What is your favorite movie??? He says anything Santa(and everyone knows his santa obsession)I'd say Toy Story,but I'm not answering for him right?;)

Who is your Best Friend??? He looked at me and then paused for awhile as to not hurt my feelings before saying "Grandma". (which is fine w me,I know I can't compete w her!!she's the best!)

Favorite color? Blue

Favorite thing to do w dad? Watch you tube videos of???....yep,you guessed it Santa and how to dress up as Santa;)

Favorite thing to do w mom?? Go to Target(the kids LIVES for Target)But who can blame him,we go in weekly!;)

Favorite toy?? Woody:))he also said Santa;)

Mia

What is your favorite food??? Mia changes from pizza to chicken nuggets:)

Favorite Movie???? That also changes from Tangled to Rio(Mia is very indecisive);)

Who is your Best Friend?? She to replied Grandma. (me and Trav give up);)

Color? Pink

Favorite thing to do w dad??Going to the office w him:))

Favorite thing to do w mom?? Go shopping!! (ah,I knew she was meant to be mine)haha!;)

Favorite toy?? Suzy (her American Girl Bitty Baby):))))

So cute to hear their sweet little answers:)))))

Merry Christmas 2011!!!!:)))

I'm FINALLY getting around to doing a Christmas post,and the pics will probabably be in no real order after the post!:) December goes by SO fast for us it feels like! With the twins b-days and the holidays,it seems to fly by!!! We headed up to Island Park for Christmas weekend to spend it w my parents and Kevin,Ashley and the kids. We love being up there in all the snow for Christmas! The twins were SUCH a blast this year, they were SOOO into everything Christmas! Luke was dressed as Santa for weeks before Christmas and is STILL dressing up daily,begging Mia to be Mrs. Clause and begging me,Trav,my mom,or any willing participant to be Rudolph! haha! It's hilarious and I'm just wondering how long it's going to go on!! He says he wants to be Santa for Halloween......and I'm actually thinking he's serious and won't change his mind!At least he's original I guess right????;)) We do the Elf on the Shelf every year to and it was PURE JOY every morning for a month when they'd get up and try and find where "Christopher" the elf was, they were bummed on Christmas morning (after all the gifts)of course to realize that Christopher had to "go back" to the North Pole again w Santa and we'd see him again around Thanksgiving next time:)))It was so cute to watch them each leave a special plate of food out for Santa and one for the reindeers,and shocked the next morning when all the food was gone:)We did alot of eating and snowmobiling and sledding! It was a great time! So thankful for my fabulous parents for always going all out for us.....and having to clean up the HUGE MESS after we all leave!!ha!The twins also had a blast at their school Christmas party,Miss Becky does the cutest stuff w them and they LOVE it there! They made the cutest little handprint canvases on ribbon to give to me and Trav for Christmas! Hope everyone had a Happy Holidays!!!:)))

Happy 4th B-day Twinners!!!:)))

I canNOT believe my babies turned 4 this month! Time is flying!! They are the sweetest,funniest,cutest best friends I could ask for!! Me and Trav are so lucky and blessed to have them!!:))) of course they were spoiled rotten by family and friends most of December and then it's Christmas ,so they literally think they get presents for a month!ha! They were so cute and appreciative of everything they got! Things didn't change much as far as cakes went from last year,Luke is STILL in love w Toy Story anything and Mia still princesses,although I did manage for her to pick a special princess, so she picked Ariel:) They are getting so big and are so sweet to each other,they really hate being apart! Their doing great at preschool and Mia is loving dance! I'm loving seeing them come out of their shells lately and become more outgoing and less shy!:) Thanks to everyone who helped celebrate w us,and I'm hoping the next 4 years don't go as fast!:(

Suzy Snowflake!!:)))

The cutest little Suzy Snowflake I've ever seen:)))) My little princess had her very first dance recital a few weeks ago,and I was seriously the proudest,happiest mama in the whole world! Of course when I knew I was having a girl I secretly prayed she'd LOVE dance as much as I did,and lukcily so far she does,ha!;) She joined Infinity this year and is having a wonderful time and her teacher Miss Sam is amazing w the 3yr old little girls! Anyone that knows Mia knows she is definitley on the shy side,(I have no idea where she gets that from w me as her mother);) I was so nervous when she got on to that HUGE stage and an audience FULL of people she might freeze! But there she was front and center and did the whole dance as cute as can be!!!:)))I think it's always helped that she has her good friends Hailey Jane and Sophie in her class to:) We were all so proud!! She can't wait for her spring recital now!!:))))

Family pics-2011!!

We did our yearly fall family pics again this year w Tyra and as always she did a GREAT job at making us look good!!!;))))Thanks again Tyra!!:) It was a perfect Fall day and the leaves were beautiful!!And most importantly the twins were happy and in good "picture taking moods"!!! ha!:) Enjoy!!