Good Times

An early trip in the morning went from 'waiting for Santa' to... mommy... let's go play with our toys. Abby has been up for awhile now to play with her two castles, princess Barbies... and to watch Curious George. She told me she was afraid of Daddy's computer downstairs.

May have to shut that down at night? Tom did a lot of work rearranging our basement downstairs. I worked yesterday on putting away the pile of things that got rearranged with it. Now we just need a good pickup to help us move everything! I need to take photos of everything to see if anyone wants anything before we take it off to some furniture mission. A new dishwasher will also be taking it's place along the other shiny black appliances. Perhaps we can all maintain our hearing now... at least we won't need to crank the volume on the tv or shout like an elderly married couple...

Merry Christmas to us ;) 

Kiley and Kara are working on more teeth... super cranky and some sour tummies. The diapers are sitting in the garage as they gave the house a 'recently changed' aroma... not so pleasant. 

Abby is eating a banana in the most peculiar way... sucking/smashing it on her mouth. Ugh. 

Not exactly sure what is on our plate today. Hoping to get my sister to stay the night and hang out with us today before the weather gets nasty again. They are saying possible 6 inches more of snow with strong winds and bitter cold... plus an ice bath before that starts. So we'll see where the storm goes but it may be a quiet New Year's Eve for us all.... 

Hark I hear babies... time to run!

(I bought 200 dollars in groceries last night... let's hope it makes us more than a week... wow they eat a lot!)

So this is Christmas :o)

And what a wonderful Christmas it has been so far...

The girls have all thoroughly enjoyed themselves and they have plenty of new toys to feel the hours here at home. New baby dolls, a Little People Princess castle (large and small) books, princess dresses, a mini trampoline, Fisher Price Gumball machine, Barbie Car, Play Dough, Princess shoes, bath toys and games to name a few...

(Kara, she got a little messy after supper, the shirt sufficed :P) 

We spent Christmas Eve with my parents where Tom enjoyed the time with my brothers playing WII Resorts. (I think they played for like 5 hours) We enjoyed a wonderful Christmas Dinner and then opened presents. Abby was playing with my sister Tiffany at one point during the afternoon. Tiffany was supposed to be sleeping but eventually came into the kitchen to see what we were up to. Abby came running and said "Get back to bed, right now!"

I wonder if she has heard that before....

We went down to Tom's parent's house that evening and spent Christmas Day and today with them. Of course 'Santa' came to visit and left Abby a Barbie, coloring book and a few other little things. She was very excited to open her presents and begged me to let her go down and check the tree. When we asked her if she wanted to leave a cookie for Santa she said "Yes, put it in my hand." hahahaha

We had a good time down there and Abby loved spending time with her wonderful cousin Isaac. I get a kick out of how the two of them play together! Abby was playing in the living room and Isaac comes running in "Hi Abby, How are you?" Abby replies "Good, How are you Issac?" Issac: "Good, thanks, Bye!" They did this several times it was so cute! They enjoyed swimming in their diapers on a blanket pool/beach, opening presents and rough housing with Grandpa. Christmas afternoon we visited their Great Grandma's house and after about an hour of terrorizing it we decided it was time to head home.

We went sledding then this afternoon. They really had a lot of fun even though it was freezing cold outside!

We had a lot of fun but oh is it nice to be home :o) Hope everyone had a wonderful Christmas!

Worth it

Ok... I know I already posted today... 

But after the countless hours of screaming, time outs, mountains of poopy diapers, struggles to keep clothing on, short naps and sleep deprivation I saw this:

And realized how true it really... really... is...

Hello from Earth... down here...

I know... I've been MIA for awhile. The computer charger cord 'thingy' went out with a bang and a light puff of smoke. Thankfully no small children or pets were harmed in the process but suddenly my lifeline to people older than 2 wafted away....

I'm probably on too much. But what else could I possibly be doing? Laundry? lol

I awoke this morning to the sounds of Abby's disappointed voice exclaiming that Santa had not come. I remarked tiredly that today was not Christmas (6:40am btw) She then in very patient tones told me that Santa was very very very busy right now.

She also told me last night, while holding a small children's Bible (with Noah's ark on the front) that she wanted to read a story about pirates. Noah=Pirate... who knew?

I made bacon tonight and Kara came toddling quickly to the kitchen exclaiming 'hot hot hot hot!" Pointing at the bacon and standing in the warzone of spitting pork bits. The word, correct. The meaning still a little fuzzy...

(Kara=Blue Sheep, Kiley=Pink Sheep)

Kiley and Kara have been enjoying a 7:30 bedtime... almost as much as their parents. Their sleeping through the night is blissful.

Kiley has also learned the word 'hi' and they both feel the need to shout it at all passers by... just to make sure that two one year olds and a two and a half year old trying desperately to escape the shopping carts/strollers aren't noticed... who notices that anyways

I honestly don't mind the attention/probing eyes/questions, I know people are curious or want to feel important. I certainly know of more cousin's daughter's friends who have twins than I ever thought possible... but I try to be polite. There have been a few times I have had to bite my tongue... especially when they ask if they are all mine, if I know where babies come from etc. etc. "Yes... they are mine, I'm married, yes to a boy, yes we DO know where babies come from... while we are getting personal can I ask you what your favorite brand of Tampons is? Oh? I thought we were best friends..." Maybe one day I will get up the nerve... but for now I nod and prod the screaming children into initiating a getaway....

Someone once asked me if they fight.... do most siblings fight? Just curious if that is something twins shouldn't be doing.... They are sisters....  So just in case you were curious... yes... they do fight... 

I think we are past bedtime... the troops grow restless...

My Rapunzel

The girls are napping so I should probably be napping or folding laundry or washing dishes... the never ending tasks of such things. We got home from Abby's doctor appointment this afternoon around 12:30. At one of the checkups we had in the past I asked about her hair, the CNP took a look and said there were a number of things that could cause it to be doing what it is doing. (very brittle, falls out, breaks easily... she has a few small bald patches even) I had always thought that it was because of her 'hair pulling' that she used to do about a year ago.. but I haven't seen her do it in a very long time and her hair is still having issues. Really most people might not even notice it, but if you run your hands through her hair and look closely you can see it.

The doctor saw it. She ordered a CBC and Thyroid levels on Abby to see if there were an abnormalities. I knew when they took Abby in to lay her down that they should have had more in to hold her. I ended up having to almost lay on top of her to keep her from getting away from the poke. It wasn't easy but we got it done. She told everyone she could about the poke and her bandaid and how she got a sucker and stickers afterwards. It was pretty funny, the receptionists enjoyed her. We find out the results early next week I guess. If everything comes back normal than she wants Abby to go in and see a dermatologist.

Like I said... no shortage of doctor's appointments around here it seems. I just want to make sure there isn't an underlying cause that is making her hair fall out like it does. It literaly will come out in chunks at times! And goodness it isn't caused by over-washing... my girl HATES having her hair washed. We only do it when necessary lol.

So in case your curious there are a number of things that can cause it ranging from a Vitamin D deficiency, Zinc Deficency, Hypothryoidism (I have this), Iron Deficency... etc etc... so I guess we'll see where this takes us.

At least Rapunzel has really long 'pink' hair :o) For now at least she can brush that! 

Qwik Update

Ahh... homemade toys....

Tom was teaching Abby the difference between lemons and onions (play food) Onions "Make daddy cryyyyyy?" Lemons: *She does a pucker, spit face*

Abby has been enjoying time with the puppy when she comes to visit. The puppy loves Abby too :o) This was before we got all of the snow! The picture below is our backyard after the snow. 

Abby out helping Tom scoop the snow

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The babies were too worn out from all that hard work..... lol

It's almost Christmas

And I have so much to do... but not the energy to get it done. My umpf has run low.

Both Kiley & Kara have drainage coming from their ears now, thankfully Abby's are ok at least as of right now. Though she has told me 3 times today that her stomach hurts. Hopefully, not the flu bug going around.

Our van is back in commission... I had no idea how much I missed it hauling the kids around. So glad we have it back before Christmas. Very thankful for our body shop guy and his quick work. (he's faster than insurance that is for sure!)

I have about 99% of the gifts still to buy on our Christmas List... hoping I can get a shopping day in with my friend to cross some of those things off! Also hopeful for a nice Christmas Bonus to ease those bills :o)

I spent $150 on groceries this afternoon... and I just looked. We spend about $450 a month on groceries... yikes! I bought 5 family size cans of fruit cocktail today, it might last us a week. Yeeeeeeesh.

Curious...

If 'regular' doctors actually even look in a one year olds ear?

They told me both twins had perfect ears... despite the copious green/yellow junk coming out of their noses....and this is the second appointment now where the day after the appointment they have had thick yellow drainage come pouring out.

Go figure it's back to the drops...

Blizzard

Winter came storming in this morning in the form of a blizzard. We have some large drifts in the backyard from what I have been able to see. It was a little difficult being 'stuck' home all day and with as antsy as I have felt  I'm sure the girls were feeling it too. I was able to catch up some on laundry... which reminds me there is probably still a load sitting on my bed waiting to be folded. It's so hard to do that with the girls sometimes, they are just so helpful!

I'm finally almost done with my Fall Semester. The final is on Monday and I'm so thankful that by all appearances I did quite well even though at times I felt like it was falling apart. It's hard being a student and mom of three.

Church has already been canceled so we won't be going out in the morning. Hopefully it will be cleared up by the afternoon at least. Tom will have quite the job of digging us out. If we had the extra income it would have been nice to have a snowblower. But not this year and that is ok. I only wish I had a stronger back to help him. Hopefully we can avoid more snow ;)

Yikes! I completely forgot to write about how Kiley & Kara's 1 year check up went. They are each 20lbs and 28 inches long (i think Kara is 3 oz heavier but hard to tell if it was accurate lol) It was extremely hard to take them in. Our appointment was at 11:10, I got there at 10:45 (early I know...) we got in at 11:45... my girls were running all over that waiting room and it was all I could do to keep up with them. They were tired and hungry and wanted to go. They each got three shots, Kiley pinched her fingers twice in drawers and bumped her head on one of the cabinets trying to get in. They were not happy campers by the time they got pricked. They were due for the Varicella vaccine (chickenpox) but I decided not to give it to them. Abby if you remember got the chickenpox from the vaccine and with my luck Kiley & Kara would too.... during Christmas. So we decided to hold off on it. I did let them have the flu shot because I'm just ... so tired of them being sick all of the time. Hopefully it will help.

Otherwise they are looking beautifully and on track developmentally, perhaps a bit behind in speech but with their ears as bad as they were they are making up fast. I needed to make an eye appointment for Kiley because the poor thing is showing symptoms of 'Lazy Eye' ... something I had as a girl. Hopefully she doesn't have it but we have to be safe and check it out. If she did have it and it was left untreated she have blindness, nothing to mess around with. So no shortage of doctors appointments here. We will see what they say, hopefully we are just being careful.

Night

It's funny how sometimes I can't WAIT until it's nap time or bedtime...

and then once the house is quiet and the craziness has ceased....

I'm so lonely.

Mall Trip

The three musketeers and I were tired of being home and stuck in the house. While I attempted to be creative and keep the three content it was a losing battle. We played with pots and pans, built LEGO towers, played with play dough but the crying wouldn't cease.

After nap time I knew we needed to get out. So I started the crazy long task it is to get all three girls ready for a trip to town. It really is a lot of work to get them all bundled up and into their carseats. Our first destination was a Target. One woman took a look at me with two babies in my arms and a toddler hanging onto my coat... "Wow you're brave."

I didn't really have a response, Kara was trying to dive out of my arms and Abby was upset we weren't going to ride in the cart with broken seatbelts. I got all three into a smaller cart since the expanded ones (with seats in the back) were all broken. All three were in the front section of the cart. At first we did really well and even found a few Christmas presents. There were a few fights over the crackers I had brought but nothing serious. I decided I shouldn't press my luck and went to check out. That was when everything went crazy. As I was grabbing my wallet out of my purse Kara somehow managed to crawl over the side of the cart and flipped over onto her back... she starts screaming bloody murder, everyone is looking at us and then Abby starts screaming... Kiley stole one of her crackers. and in the process of being upset about this the others she had been holding were being dropped all over the flow.

Try containing THAT crisis. I was mortified that one of my children had flipped over the edge of the cart in full view of everyone that was waiting in line. (the screaming of bloody murder not helping this) I had three upset children and two hands. It was probably the most awful feeling and all I wanted to do was check out and crawl under a rock.

After this experience I wanted nothing to do with going into another store alone. Thankfully my mom came into town and we visited the mall. She helped me take the girls to the play area inside where they could play with the other children and crawl around. It was so nice to have some help! Abby even had a friend she would walk around with and played with. She was very sweet. Kiley and Kara did great and enjoyed checking out the other kids. Once Kiley found the exit we were done... she kept trying to escape... then Kara caught on and they were looking for ways to escape.

We got icecream and the girls had hotdogs and then it was time to head home. Abby was sad that we had to leave but was excited about the princess pj's in the store. When we told her that we had to go home and that she needed to get her coat she sat down in the floor. "I'm really really sad." *Loooong dramatic sigh* She told me, after some persuading she did put on her coat.

As we were walking to the car she says "I am so very very upset mom." (so funny)

Abby and I watched Rapunzel trailer videos... she is very in love with her right now. Last night I built her a LEGO tower and she kept saying "Rapunzel, let down your hair." and "Have to brush your hair, it's so very very long."

I find it so fun!

Musings

Oh my the sickness must end. Kara got sick Sunday night... ran a fever for 3 days and then has been just irritable since. She cries and cries and cries and clings to me every time I move. I finally had reached my limit and took all three girls into the doctors office. I hate... hate going into the office when I have all three girls. It is literally impossible...

Perhaps I should complain that not one... not one of the drawers in the exam room has child safety locks. Not ONE. Which means when I get into the room the girls go from drawer to drawer to drawer... to computer... to drawer... to exam table. The entire visit I do nothing but chase down kids. Abby's licking the mirror, Kiley's pulling out the cord plugged in the outlet, Kara is climbing the one chair in the room, Abby is ripping the exam paper off of the table, Kiley is now hitting Kara with book.... Good grief I'm exhausted writing about it. This is the 2nd visit like this I've had... I dread going back. The doctor's and staff are wonderful but it is so HARD!

We attempted to go outside today but well the weather is just a bit much for babies with runny noses and crying complexes. Abby has done awesome and gone outside twice on her own with Feebee. Today she even brought her princess dolls with and played in the snow. She likes to stomp around in it and wishes we had more.

I let Abby stay up with me a little later tonight after K&K had gone to bed just because I was lonely. Tom was out with two old college buddies and the house was too quiet. We read books and watched Ooomi Zoomi... one of her new favorite shows. At least it teaches shapes. She now knows an oval and crescent....

It's always hard putting her to bed. She's better than before but still not as good at it as she had been. I've been doing pretty good with the Prevacid and it seems like giving her TUMS when she wakes up in the middle of the night seems to help her go back to bed easier. I just hope she continues to improve. She has been a little more off lately but I think that is understandable considering I'VE probably been off myself with all of the crying and screaming Kara has done... and the fact that Abby probably doesn't feel 100% herself.

Kiley & Kara are walking around like pros now and their new thing is giving things to me. Legos especially. I have a nice stack of them now. They sure like to get into everything too! On our way to Thanksgiving Kiley was saying her favorite word: "Nonononono" and Kara was saying "Yeahhhhhh" ... kinda funny. :o) The girls are starting to play with eachother more and more... I think that is my favorite thing. When they all play together.

OOO! New and strange thing.... Kara's birthmark is fading! Something I was suspicious of before... I think it is affected by the amount of sun she gets. The more she gets the darker it is... now that we arent out as much it starts to fade. I will be curious to see if it REALLY fades...

Dancing with my girls

Yesterday afternoon I turned on Christmas music and danced with my three beautiful girls. Abby spinning around laughing and Kiley and Kara holding onto me tight the smiles lit up on their faces... it was absolutely perfect and I never want to forget the feeling I had dancing with them... it still brings tears to my eyes.

My life is so blessed.

So...

What have we been up to? A busy Thanksgiving weekend that is what. We had two seperate such occasions. . Both had wonderful food and the girls enjoyed it very much. In fact we still have leftovers from the first celebration. I think I'm getting a little tired of digging mashed potatoes out of the girls ears, hair and noses... Abby is generally pretty clean it's the other two i worry about.

The second Thanksgiving was a little over 3 hours away and it was a lot of traveling. Abs rode in my parent's car because we just don't have a lot of room for three large carseats in the back of Tom's vehicle. (miss the van) It went pretty well. The girls even watched a movie or two there at the end... (anything to stop the screaming) But no they were actually really good all things considering. (Kiley is sleeping below, Kara was playing)

Sometimes it amazes me we can get three kids at all in this back seat... not much wiggle room that is for sure!

(Kiley loving her bottle)

(Abby playing with one of the toys Kiley & Kara got for their birthdays from one of my awesome aunts)

We have also been spending a LOT of time at home. With the weather chillier and the vehicle situation more complicated we just don't get out as much as I wish we could. Tomorrow is supposed to be nasty so I doubt we will be going many places then either. Thankfully no school for me! I may have to get more milk since the girls drank this last gallon so quickly. Hard to believe they go through a gallon of milk every other day! Abby never did that!

But as I was saying, we have to get a little creative some days to keep them entertained. Abby's room is a fun place to play occasionally but ends up being a mess when we are done!

                                                 (Kara is on the left, Kiley is on the right- they were playing in the chair)

Playing in Abby's room... she was really having a good time....

Tangled

I took Abby to her first movie in a theater. I think I was almost as excited for it as she was. My friend tagged along too so we had a 'girls outing' Kiley and Kara wanted to come too but are a little young for that. Abby did so well watching the movie. We ordered a large popcorn and soda and then shared it. She ate and ate that popcorn! It was actually really good popcorn lol. I was so impressed that she sat for an hour and a half with very little difficulty. Towards the end she got a little antsy but that couldn't have been from the soda she snagged too. The movie was adorable and we had a great time. It was worth every penny to experience that with her. And it was the perfect movie to do it with too. In fact on the way home she cried and cried because we had to leave the 'tv' as she called it. It took awhile to calm her down but she is already talking about next time. I hope it wore her out enough that she sleeps through the night!

Tom is at a movie now. He went to one with my brothers. I'm glad he was able to get out and have some fun too. Perhaps next time we can go together! At least this way no babysitter was needed. So I got the girls fed, bathed and put to bed. It is sure a lot of work alone!

Right now Kara is my sensitive one and Kiley is the dominant one of the pair. It is interesting to see their relationship. They are walking more and more everyday. I love their baby waddle!

But wow I'm falling asleep writing this. Abby had me up for two hours last night and then i went black Friday shopping so I'm worn out! Night!

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Insurance ... what fun

Still no official word on our van. I suppose we will have to wait until next Monday now to hear anything since it is a Holiday weekend. Ugh! We did hear an unofficial report from the body shop that the damage estimate is around $6500... enough to put on a damage disclosure if we fix it thus dropping the value of our van if we ever wanted to trade it... but POSSIBLY not enough to completely total it and have the insurance company replace it. Basically a lose lose for us. I'm trying not to worry too much about it yet until the insurance tells us what they are willing to do, but it is frustrating to just have to wait and see so long.

I just hate to pay $1000 to get our van fixed and then lose value on what we owe against our van. UGH! I thought insurance was supposed to help more. I am just hoping and praying they decide not to mess with it and total it. They are just never the same after an accident... even if they are fixed. Could I really trust it to transport my children? *sigh*

I called the bank and we owe about 10,000 on it with no penalty for paying it off early. So paying $6500 to fix a van that will probably be worth 7-9000 after the accident... seems crazy to me. But from what little research I've done insurances won't recognize Diminished Value in a first party accident... basically where I was the only one involved. Obviously the deer didn't have insurance to cover my accident. So... that's where we are at. If we hear anything I'll update. Looks like my camera and all other projects are on hold for now and will be going towards this car issue. That's life I guess, we need a car.

Guess we'll just have to wait and see... and hope Tom get's a really good bonus.

my poor van... :o(

hunting with a minivan

Well I got my first deer and it was quite an experience. Thankfully I had slowed down because I thought the roads were icy or I would have hit him much harder. Now we just wait and see what the insurance and auto body people say. I'm still nervous driving on the interstate after that! I was really shook up after it happened. Thankfully none of the kids were with!! And thanks to my mom for coming up to watch the girls, my friends and husband for coming to get me, the cop for pulling the deer off the road so I didn't have to and the anonymous fireman for checking to make sure I was ok.

Abby was looking at the pictures tonight and she was so funny. "My van is SO broke!" "We need some sticky tape." "Only daddy can fix it." "Mom broke the van, its ok mommy, it was an accident." " Have to get a new one..."

She cracks me up. Thanks for the laugh Abby... now please stop waking me up for several hours at night!

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Christmas is coming ... after Thanksgiving!

We decorated last night for Christmas... a little early I know but I love to enjoy the beautiful lights and festive things as long as I can... and Thanksgiving weekend and after is usually such a fast paced occasion that we wanted to do it while we had a free weekend. So far the girls have left the decorations alone for the most part which has really surprised me! In fact the only one we had to worry about was a certain two year old that wanted the candy canes down. I caught her standing on a chair she had pushed over next to the tree. Needless to say the candy canes have gone MIA.

Right now we are trying to figure out how to keep things from Abs. The other day we caught her with a steak knife she climbed up onto the counter and gotten. She was trying to cut windows in the box... Not good! I think we will have to lock the upper cabinets now. She is just too smart!

Baby it's cold outside

Abby-isms:

• Walking out the door of the doctor's office Abby tells the receptionist "Have a good day!" (the ladies absolutely love it)
• Abby and I are coloring with colored pencils, I ask her for an orange one and she replies "I'm sorry honey." 
• Abby notices baby spit up on the floor "Moooom! The baby pooped on the floooooor."
• Abby sneaking out of bed, says to Tom and I.... "Shhhh don't want to wake up the babies...." 
• Begging for candy "Have to get some candy mom, It's preeeeeetty tasty!"
• As I'm getting ready to leave for school "No mom, have to stay home with Abby." (awww!)
  

We made homemade play dough today. Abby loves to help cook but I really can't let her get so close to the stove because she doesn't really think about where she puts her hands and I'm terrified she'll touch a burner or knock a hot pan over onto her or the babies. So today while I was cooking I looked over and she had pulled a chair up to the counter, had broken up the remaining cupcakes and was mixing them in with what was left of chicken noodle soup from lunch. After she finished mixing them she scooped up the mix and put them in muffin cups and told me they weren't ready yet... had to finish cooking.

(Kiley)

She loved the new play dough by the way...

Poor K&K have nasty diaper rashes again. I think the antibiotics are being a little tough on their tummies. So many dirty diapers! It's like wrestling a diaper on a wild cat. They are enjoying all of the birthday presents and our living room is plenty littered with toys for the moment. Their favorite thing in the world is climbing on top of the boxes... of course. I moved them to their new seats because they were just getting so big for the infant ones. Kara HATES riding facing forwards. She cries whenever we drive now. (She doesn't like swinging either so I think it is a security thing) But I'm sure she will adjust and get used to it.  

(Kara riding the duck)

The girls were chasing eachother around the living room and kitchen tonight. It's nice to see that they are starting to feel better! Hopefully we can avoid getting sick again for awhile. I'm glad the antibiotics are starting to work. 

Speaking of meds I feel like I'm a pharmacy again... this is what Abby's med 'schedule' is like.

Before Breakfast 30 minuets: Prevacid 1 tablet
After Breakfast: Antibiotic, 

Lunch: Calcium Supplement, Vitamin

Before supper: 30 minuets Prevacid 1 Tablet

After Supper: Antibiotic

I feel like I'm constantly giving her meds even if it is only a few... and it's so hard because the Prevacid has to be given in certain time frames before and after she eats. I've discovered she snacks all day long (which is really how she has always eaten)

But anyways! Time fore bed. Class again tomorrow... ick We tried to go outside today but Abby told me it was too cold and we came back in...

Happy Birthday!!

Where has the time gone?! My 5lb babies are 21 lbs now and growing like weeds. I can hardly believe how quickly this last year is gone. And as exciting and wonderful and absolutely amazing as that day was, I remember exactly how terrified I was in the hospital, those feelings of "How am I ever going to do this...." and look at us now! We may have our crazy days, weeks, (months) but I wouldn't trade them for anything. God has been faithful and we have all survived. :o)

The birthday celebration was fairly intimate with just my family this time. I have decided that parties are far more fun when they understand what is going on... like Abby's age. I can't wait to throw a party for her 3rd birthday. She is already asking about her birthday! She just loves loves loves candles and cake and presents and singing Happy Birthday... and SURPRISE!

(Kara)

I tried to get photos done of the girls... they wanted nothing to do with it and by the time I got them to sit still the sun had gone down and i needed to use flash. Not really satisfied with them (the photos) but I think the girls are still cute.

Kara would keep her bow on but Kiley really hates wearing them. I was planning to try and do more photos on Friday but it wasn't long after these were taken that Kiley ran into the coffee table and now has a large goose-egg on her forehead. We'll try again soon I hope!

(Kara)

We had a good time though and the girls had cake and my mom made a roast dinner which they shoveled down. Abby enjoyed everything and sang Happy Birthday to the girls several times. She also loved helping the girls open their presents (yes it is Christmas wrapping paper...) Abby & Kiley below...

Happy Birthday Babies!

Kiley is walking!

I thought I had better make sure I post this! She is waving her little hands and trying to walk from one thing to the next. She also has this funny little dance that she does where she wiggles her hips and her arms. Perhaps more later!

sleep!

It would of course be completely probable that as soon as I FINALLY get Kiley and Kara to sleep through the night Abby would start waking up. Last night alone I put her back to sleep three times. Ugh. I think it is the coughing.

Toms parents came up to visit with Toms brother who was visiting us and celebrating a birthday. We ate at huhot and had a wonderful time. The girls all did really well and seemed to enjoy the food. Abby didn't like the spicy plate toms brother had. It was pretty funny! We came home and had birthday cake and ABS had to help him blow out the candles. She sure loves birthdays.

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Invasion

The sick bugs continue to invade our home. It seems like they have been feeling under the weather forever even if I know that isn't true. I was hoping we were nearing the end of all this but just a few minuets ago I picked up Kiley out of her crib and she was hot hot. Checked her temp and yep 102. Doesn't surprise me since they have been all out of sorts for the last few days. I really really don't like Daylights Savings Time. But that's another entry for another day...

I think Abby is either sick, on the brink of being sick or sickness is pending. She is ... like a tornado? Can't concentrate, tripping all over, running in circles, running into walls, the table, fell off the chair. She looks like the ball in the pinball machine and all I can do is try to direct her towards the right holes... as she bumps along her way. Her nose is gunky, her eyes are watering and she has a cough. I think her cough woke her up at 6:30am and despite my lengthy explanation that the sun was not yet up and that signaled bedtime... she was up in 30 minuets.

My house is the largest casualty. I want to take a large box and put everything in the box and start over! I don't know where to begin. Thankfully no more lectures or clinicals this week so I should have time to get a few things under control...

(Kiley)

Kara is sleeping on my lap for the moment. I won't let her sleep too long because I want her to go to sleep later. Abby and Kiley are 'playing' in the cardboard box house I made with Abby a few days ago. Sounds like it is ripping so I'm not sure how much longer it will survive...

Hopefully Tom will be home soon. Just another day in paradise I guess. I will take tons of snow if it means no more sick kids!

Road trip and a Vikings game

Well we are driving back after a wonderful weekend. I forgot to add earlier when I posted that "we" included Tom, my dad and my brother. The Vikings game ended up being a lot of fun and wow what an exciting end of the game that WAS! But I'm ready to be back with my girls. Its funny how when you go places how you see things you know they would like. Like we saw a Dora Ferris wheel at the mall of America. We did get to do a little shopping there where I found a cake pan of all things. I'm going to use it i think to make k&k birthday cakes.

Kara can walk across the room now but refuses to when i have her on video. Kiley is starting to make attempts now too but hasn't been as interested. She has more of a vocabulary than Kara right now though. She has really enjoyed the nononono phrase. One night i was trying to get her to do it so i said nonono and well... she burst into tears. Wont try that again!

Abby is still really into princesses and beautiful princess dresses and everything being 'magical' lol. She has gotten to be such a good little helper and loves to help me wash potatoes for supper or help me pick up at the end of the day. Bed time has been more of a struggle lately. She has a stubborn streak! I think one night it took me six tries of putting her to bed. Finally i just sat outside her door!

Speaking of sleeping... i think Kiley and Kara are getting closer to sleeping through the night. Kara has done it several times now but Kiley still wakes up a few times. I think we would have had it down had they not all gotten sick again. Not surprising i guess. It will happen eventually!

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Kara is walking! (again...) :o)

Yay Kara!

Happy Halloween!

Yum Candy! (Kiley)

Kara loved all of the people and their costumes. There was even a group doing the Thriller Dance!

Abby recieved many candies... and borrowed a few of the babies' too. We went trick or treating at the mall for awhile and later went home to trick or treat around the neighborhood with my brother, sister and mom. The guys stayed back to hand out the candy. I'm sure we missed most of the kids because we couldn't get our 'porch lights' to work and it took awhile to fix them... oh well... plenty of candy for us to eat!