Farewell Carpet!

Abby and I found a baby bird perching on our fence this afternoon while we were out swimming in the kiddie pool. She was fascinated with the robin because it let her come so close. She was very concerned that the baby bird was sad and crying because it didn't have it's mom.

What a busy past few days. We spent the other day down at my mom's and enjoyed hanging out around the house. Abby got her 'bouncy' back as the guys got the trampoline out of the shelter belt (from the strong winds) we grilled out and enjoyed the night on the porch. Kiley and Kara played around the puppies. Kiley started crawling on her hands and knees and took a few crawling steps. Kara is still happily army crawling away with her left arm pulling all the weight.

We are getting ready to put our new floor in tomorrow! I'm excited and nervous. Hopefully everything will go ok. Tom's parents are coming up later in the afternoon and my dad and brothers are coming up earlier. Perhaps my mom will even come! It will be quite a party. I'm crossing my fingers that the weather will be nice and we'll be able to spend time outside with the girls.

Abby absolutely loves swimming and begs to play out in the pool. She played with my brother out in the pool and even enjoyed running through the sprinkler for awhile. Usually she's a little scared of water hitting in the face. I'm hoping that the pool and sprinklers will make it less traumatic at bath time!

Kiley is still puking, most of the time I don't catch it until I'm walking along and ... oh thats wet.... yeah I step in a nice little puddle of puke. I hate to think of what the carpet is going to look like when we rip it up! I'm so glad we are getting rid of it. She is also my little cuddler though, loves to bury her head in my shoulder and just cling to me for awhile. If I would hold her constantly she would be happy as a lark. Kara is the exciteable one and will literally tip over she gets so excited when she sees me coming. She also loves to yell randomly at things she finds funny or entertaining. Today while watching Super Why she kept yelling 'AHHH!" "Ahhh!" I couldn't figure out what was going on!

(Abby decided to try riding under the stroller lol)

We went out for a walk the other night. I'm loving that Tom is getting off at six. We have a whole hour more to spend together. We even got to play at the school playground and the babies watched a girls softball game that was going on. For awhile, untill they got tired and cranky. We stopped for icee's at the concession stand for 10 cents a piece and walked back home. It was so picture perfect (minus the babies' screaming- but hey we're used to that anyways) I love it... people are always like. "Oh they're so cute... man you have your hands full" Or... "Wow you have a busy house." Yes... yes we do. Never boring though!

Silly babies .Abby is starting to help me more with them. She will try to entertain them sometimes if I tell her I need help or to get things for me. Usually she ends up getting distracted but hey it's a start! She also calls both of them Kara... hasnt quite figured out they have different names. Either that or she just likes the sound of Kara lol

Well laptop battery is fading... and so am I. Night!

Attack of the moth

I was actually on my way to bed ... but Kiley woke up when we came into the room so now I'm trying to get her back to sleep. The night is cool and I love crawling into bed when the sheets are cool. I guess there are worse things than cuddling a baby at 11:30 at night.

Today we stayed home. After all of our weekend adventures and going down to visit my parents yesterday I decided it would probably be best for all of the girls if we just had a quiet day at home. My parent's had a nasty storm that took out a few trees, their trampoline and some shingles. It was a little funny when Abby was playing on the swings and decided to run over to the trampoline and discovered.. it wasn't there! I think they are planning on getting it out of the shelter belt soon. They will need some muscle power though. Abby picked strawberries with Grandma and played on the tire swing which is her favorite thing right now. When my mom was pushing her and my brother on it while holding Kiley every time the swing came back towards her Kiley would laugh and laugh and laugh. My little brother just loved making her laugh. Abby is hard to get back in after playing outside. When we leave she says "Bye Grandma, Bye Grandpa, (Goodbye to my siblings), Goodbye swing, Goodbye slide, Goodbye bouncy (Trampoline)" Its pretty cute.

We went on two walks today. The first one we took the water bill to the city and had to pass the elementary school on the way. Oh was Abby sad that we weren't stopping to play on the swings and slides. I tried to convince her we would come back. We did come back and play on the slides for awhile. It wasn't very long but K&K don't like sitting still for very long. I took a bunch of pictures today. Just snapshots because I honestly don't have tons of time for editing lately. But sometimes snapshots are more fun A nice mixture of both is great.We also made cookies, played with play dough and cleaned (sorta) Abby's room. I changed the bedding on Abby's crib and put a pillowcase on her pillow... she didn't like that and took the pillowcase off. I couldnt convince her that it was supposed to be like that.

Tom gets off at 6 now and I love it. Even if he has to go into work a little earlier. The first thing Abby said when I got her this morning was "Daddy's not here. Daddy's at work." She was a little sad but they played catch with a football and played on the swings when he got home. It was nice to have that extra bit more free time.

Kiley and Kara can get up into the sitting positions now from laying on the floor or crawling. Kiley is really on her hands and knees but hasn't got the distance that Kara can go. Kara made it all the way out onto the deck. Going to really have to watch those two now! They seem to find every miniscule piece of paper or plastic or ... battery on teh floor. I feel like I'm constantly taking things away from them. I suppose that's how it goes. Well we shut the lights off and there is a moth attacking my keyboard. I'll post pictures tomorrow! Night

One crazy weekend

We are home!

After a fun filled, action packed weekend at the grandparent's (Tom's parents)... 4 total hours in the car with screaming children... we are home.

And we are buying a portable DVD player... even if it means we watch hour after hour of Caillou. Books work some times... but when we go on our vacation this Fall there is no way we will attempt 6-7 hours in a car without one!

I had three photo sessions this weekend and did two because one got rained out. It was a fun weekend though even if it was busy. The kids seemed to enjoy it as much as the grandparents and Abby loved playing with her cousin. She included him in everything from her prayers to her teeth brushing moments. The two were practically inseparable. As we pulled away from their farm Abby was very concerned that we were leaving... even as we explained that we had to go home. She did much better on the way home driving then she did going there! Church was typical... we survived until the sermon and then left with screaming babies. Just as Abby has started sitting better in church... the babies have gotten worse. Perhaps some day I'll be able to listen to a sermon again! For now we get to know the other parents in nursery.

Kiley and Kara have grown VERY attached to me and love to crawl and climb over my lap as I sit on the floor. There were several times where they just were fussy until I held them. (silly babies) I love snuggling with them too I guess :o) Kiley has been very good about sleeping lately but Kara seems to make up for it. Kiley will get up once at night and Kara will be up 3,4,5,6 ore more times. Ugh. She also seems to like to get up around 7am or earlier too! I put her in the nursery tonight... hoping that works.

Abby loves to say her prayers at night. It is so cute because she giggles through them. Currently God blesses: Mommy, Daddy, Abby, Kiley, Kara, her cousin, Grandmas and Grandpas. Sometimes it changes to include  my sister (her aunt), Feebee our dog or Elmo. One night as I was doing her prayers I automatically said "God Bless: Mommy, Daddy, Brianna..." Yeah... I used to pray that when I was a little girl with my mom. :o) Abby was like... who is Brianna? (Not literally... I could just tell)

Well I'm exhausted and the girls will be up any moment I'm sure. Night!