A trip to Montana for Atlee and my dad's Birthday's on V-day!

So I figured I needed to do a new post, and since we had some B-days this last weekend I figured that was a great place to start! We headed to the big town of Dillon,Montana, where my brother and Ashley live, for Atlee's 2nd B-day, and it was also my Dad's so we celebrated his to. Atlee had a little party at Pizza Hut and then back to their house for some cousin bonding! The cousins don't get to see each other that much, and I think I've only got to see my newest little nephew Dax about 4 or 5 times and he's almost 6 months! So it's fun whenever we can get together. The twins now try and keep up w/ Altee and Luke stands his ground and fights back, they play chase and steal toys and all that good stuff! :) Atlee loves to help me w/ them and try to pick them up, which they aren't to sure about it, but they were troopers! I tried to get a few pics, but none of them hold still so it was tough! Oh well! The twins had a blast and fell asleep in the car by the time we were pulling out of Kevin's driveway! All in all a great trip, thanks for having us Kev and Ash and Happy Birthday dad and Atlee!!! We love you!! xoxox

Family pictures....that are from August!! :)

So Kristi Sheriff did our family pics WAY back in August, and I've never put them on the blog, and I notice most of the blogs I look at have these cute family pics up! I never had a way to download my pics, so they are just up on my walls at my house to enjoy! Well the other day Kristi sent some to me so I could put them on my computer! Thanks Kristi! So I figure better late than never right?! :)

A Twin Update!!

So I'm kinda sick of pulling up my blog and seeing Christmas still, so I thought I'd do a little update on the twins, after all they will be 13 months tomorrow, so I figure that's as good a reason as any right?! :) They are changing so much so fast! So I thought I'd post some pics, which mostly look like all Luke does is torment little Mia! He pulls her bows out, tries to wrestle her all the time, which of course he thinks is SO funny, but she for some reason does not! Hmm. They are both walking now, so I do believe I'm in real trouble! They are into everything!!! It's amazing all the changes you have to make to your once nicely decorated house,because everything w/in reach is now touched and dropped and played with!! Luke has his 2 top teeth and 4 bottom, and Mia has 2 top that just popped through and her 2 bottom, they've actually been pretty good through the teething process...so far,knock on wood!! They love to say "dad", they say it way more than "mama" which makes me a bit sad! Oh well! Luke waves "bye-bye" and points at stuff. They drop bottles and sippy cups because they think it's funny to watch me pick it up just so they can drop it again...and again!! Drives me nuts!! They are great little sleepers (which has not always been the case, they didn't both sleep through the night till about 7 months!!, oh those sleep deprived nights!!) I will never forget them! Now they sleep from about 7:30pm-7:30/8am, so really can't complain! :) It's great! Well just wanted to update a little about my best little buddies! It's so fun watching them learn and grow and change everyday!! :)

Merry Christmas!! (well our's wasn't a great one!) :(

Well it really felt like this was the twins first Christmas, because last Christmas, they were in the hospital still, I came home on x-mas eve and they stayed another week or so. So we were gonna do up Chrismtas right! We were headed to my mom and dad's in Island Park, to see them and for the first time in a long time, spend sometime w/ my brother Kevin, his wife Ashley and their two kids Atlee and Dax. Anyone that knows my mom knows she was going all out, so excited to have all her grandkids together for the first time! Well x-mas eve morning I woke up to another nosebleed, (most of you know I had sinus surgery in Nov. and it has been an ongoing problem) so far I wished I had never done it! :( I was in the hospital the weekend before the twins party and thought when I got out I was in the clear, but I wasn't. So Trav woke up to find me in the sink w/ buckets, he called the neighbors to watch the twins and we headed to Mt. View again, but this time for more surgery! So needless to say my mom came down to watch the twins, and I got to go home late in the afternoon. So we had a little Chritmas morning at our house w/ my mom, before she headed back up to IP. Thanks so much AGAIN mom for making the drive to help us! We really couldn't do anything w/ out you! :) So we managed to take a few pics and presents, the rest is still waiting for us at my mom and dad's. I'm still not feeling well, so Trav's had to pretty much watch the twinners, I'm just glad they really are to little to know what was going on! :) And I'm really gonna have to make it up to them next year!!

Also last Mon. they had their 1 yr. Dr. appt., I can't believe it! Just a little update, little Mia weighed in at 17lbs. (she's so tiny) and 28 in. tall and Luke was 20 1/2 lbs. and 29 in. tall. Luke took a couple steps on his birthday! They are both walking from furniture to furniture and babbling words that I think are "mama" and "dada" and they kinda wave bye-bye! And they are on milk, so no more formula! (oh it's the little things these days that make us moms happy right)! :) I hope everyone had a Merry Christmas and we wish all of you a Happy New Year! :)

Happy 1st Birthday Mia & Luke!!

Well Mia and Luke had a big 1st B-day Bash at Leo's PLace! They've actually had a weekend long B-day, I guess they are like little Rockstars! :) I can't believe they are 1! I looked back at pics this weekend of them this time last year and they were so tiny, they both fit in a Christmas stocking in the NICU. They have sure come along way! They say "mama" and "dada" and Luke waves "bye bye"! They are both standing and thinkin of takin those first steps! They love to wrestle w/ each other and are starting to really enjoy playing w/ each other. Me and Trav are sure lookin forward to no more "formula bottles", and lovin making just "milk bottles"...oh the little things that make us happy these days! :) Thanks to everyone who helped celebrate Mia and Luke's B-day, they had a blast.....well Mia more than Luke, he's not as social in crowds! ;) But it was so nice to see so many friends and family, thanks again! Happy Birthday Mia & Luke, here's to many, many more!!!!

Happy Anniversary Trav! And the twins are 11 months!

Well first off I can't believe we've survived almost 1 year w/ twins! At times it's gone by fast and other times it has seemed like forever,and I'd have to remind myself that "this to shall pass",which for some reason seems to always help! :) The twins are getting so big,with personalities to match! They have filled our lives and we are so thankful for them! Sometimes I really need to remind myself of how lucky we have been!

On another note, it's me and Travis's 2nd Anniversary, Wow, we have sure accomplished alot together in 2 years, namely the Twinners! ;) We were supposed to be at the wonderful Four Seasons Resort in Jackson Hole for the weekend, relaxing and snowboarding, (which there's not much snow, so that's one good thing about not being there) but as some may know I had to have sinus surgery, (yeah nice I know) but I was having so much trouble breathing, so I had to finally have it done. Needless to say my Dr. did not like the idea of snowboarding, I'm supposed to not do anything much for a month, and on top of that I've felt horrible! So we've postponed the trip for a few weeks. Sorry Trav! :) So Happy Anniversary Trav! Thanks for always putting up w/ me, (I'm sure that's difficult at times!) :) And for being such a great husband and dad! You're the best and we appreciate everything you do for us, everyday! Here's to many,many more years! (but no more kids! Ha!) ;) Love you!

The Twins 1st Halloween! Boo at the Zoo!

The twins had their 1st Halloween this year! Luke was a bumblebee (which he hated), and Mia was a ladybug (which she loved!) Go figure! :) We went w/ some neighbor friends of ours, the Andrus's and the Infanger's to the Boo at the Zoo! We weren't sure what we were in for,but we had a great time, except for Luke who was way to tired by the time we got there! But they did seem to enjoy all the lights and watching all the kids run around! All in all it was a great 1st Halloween, we can't wait for next year when they'll actually be able to run around and understand a bit more! :)