15 Months

I am finally getting around to Logan & Paige's 15 month update.  They are both doing so many new things and are so much fun!  We had a great appointment, except for the shots of course.  Logan also had his heart appointment at Texas Child.ren's this past Tuesday.  The doctor was very pleased with his ECHO and said that everything still looks great.  Woohoo!  His heart size and heart function are still completely normal so now we don't have to go back for another appointment until next year.  Yay!
Logan~

• 21 lbs & 31 1/4 inches
• Still wearing some 12 month clothes.  Mostly wearing 12-18 months and 18 month shirts
• Still wearing size 5 shoes
• Size 3 diapers during the day and size 5 at night
• Bedtime is still around 7:00 and he wakes up in the morning between 7:30-8:15 usually
• Still takes 2 naps
• Now has 14 teeth...I think 
• Eats like a champ  :-)
• He will go and stand by his highchair if we say "Let's go eat breakfast or lunch or dinner" 
• He will also go stand by the pantry door if I say "Let's have a snack"
• His favorite snack right now is Rit.z crackers 
• Favorite place to eat out is Luby's (who doesn't love Luby's ?!)
• He tries to put his shoes and socks on
• LOVES to help me unload the dishwasher
• Likes to help me put clothes in the dryer and especially loves to shut the dryer door (or any door for that matter)  :-)
• He does really well with following simple commands like asking him to go get something or to take something to Paige, even if it's in another room
• Just this past weekend he started trying to use a spoon by himself and he is doing really well with it
• He is still so cuddly and sweet
• His blue seahorse (looks like a gloworm) is his lovey.  We do not go anywhere without it and we always have an extra one on hand
• There are several words that he says but of course they're hard to understand (dog, light, here, lion, zebra, drink, duck)
• He still loves to read books and he loves his animal puzzles
• He does really well with pointing to objects or animals that you ask him to find in a book, on a puzzle or on his flashcards

Paige~

• 20 lbs and 30 1/2 inches
• Still wearing some size 12 month clothes.  Mostly wearing size 12-18 months and 18 month shirts.
• Still wearing size 4 shoes
• Size 3 diapers during the day and size 5 at night
• Bedtime around 7:00 and she usually wakes up between 7:30-8:15
• Still takes 2 naps
• Now has 14 teeth...I think
• Loves to eat  :-)
• She will go stand by her highchair  and lift her arms up when you tell her it's time to eat
• Loves to eat puffs and baby mum mums for a snack
• Favorite place to eat out is also Luby's  :-)
• She loves to sort clothes and help me put the laundry away
• She will take Logan's pants and shirts to him and will also hand me his diapers when I'm changing him
• She LOVES to wear her shoes
• She also loves to have things on her head (like blankets, clothes, etc.)  She's so silly!  :-)
• She does really well with following simple commands
• She's also starting to show interest in using a spoon by herself
• She gives the BEST hugs.  She will run up to you and just throw her arms around your neck.  Such a sweet girl!
• She is also saying several words but they're hard to understand at times (dog, duck, light, shoes, lion, cat)
• She still loves to read books.  She will go sit in her little chair with 3 or 4 books at a time.  So cute!
• She does really well with pointing to objects and animals that you ask her to find in a book, on a puzzle, or on her flashcards

I just love her little tushy in these jeggings.  :-)

P.S.  I promise that we really do put pants on Logan.  I don't know why he was missing his pants in both of these pics.  :-)

Happy Anniversary, Chris!

I would like to wish the BEST husband in the world a very happy 6 year anniversary!!  We have been through a lot during these last six years, but what an AMAZING little family we have now!  I could not imagine a better partner or best friend.  You work so hard to provide for us so that I can stay home with Logan & Paige.  I hope you know how grateful I am to you for this gift.  You continue to be my rock and the voice of reason when things are hard.  I love that we can still sit and laugh together like we did when we first met.  I love to see the look on your face when you walk in the door every evening.  Your face just lights up when you see Logan and Paige.  It is such a precious moment to see. Logan and Paige are beyond blessed to have you as their dad!  Thank you for loving me through the good days and the hard days.  I am so incredibly blessed to have you as my husband and I thank God for you constantly.  I love you more than you will ever know!

A New Year and a New Me

I started out this new year with a determination to be better at following through.  So many times we tell a friend "we should really get together for dinner" or "let's plan a playdate soon" and more often than not those plans never get made.   We all have great intentions at first, but then we go about with our lives and things get busy and then it's several months before you end up seeing or talking to that friend again.  I also want to be better at following through with making plans for our little family of four.  Chris and I come up with so many ideas of things that we want to do with Logan and Paige or places we want to take them.  Unfortunately, we don't always follow through.  So, this year I am going to do my best to change all of this. 

I'm so excited that I've already gotten off to a good start!  We had some of our favorite people over for dinner a few weeks ago (shout out to the Burks!) and we had such a great time just hanging out with them.  They also happen to be the parents of Logan's future wife.  He is very smitten with their little girl Avery!  She is an absolute cutie pie and Logan would have great in-laws!  :-)  This past Monday I was finally able to meet our friends' precious twins. (shout out to the Hendersons!)  They are 3 months old and just precious!  It was so fun to get to hang out with Melissa and love on her sweet babies.  I miss holding sleeping babies and feeding them in my arms.  Thanks for letting me get my baby fix, Melissa!

Being a mom of twin toddlers can be very daunting at times to say the least.  There are so many fun things that I want to get out and do with them during the week but I find myself getting so intimidated.  I always worry how they're going to behave and will it be safe for me to take them by myself, blah, blah, blah.  While safety does have to be my number one concern, I really want to just start letting go of all the other fears and worries.  So what if they don't behave perfectly the whole time? It's not the end of the world.  I took a small step yesterday by taking them to a small park in our neighborhood by myself.  It was totally exhausting for me because I felt like I was running in two different directions the whole time, but it was also totally worth it.  They had SO much fun!

So, for only being 2 1/2 weeks into the new year I think that's a pretty good start!  Logan and Paige have their 15 month check-up on Friday so stay tuned for an update.  :-)

Wordless Wednesday

 Happy New Year!!

 Princess Paige!  She loves to walk around with something on her head.  :-)

 My little bookworm

So excited that they both love books!

A Christmas to remember...

We had a wonderful Christmas this year! We celebrated with Chris' family the weekend before Christmas and had a great time!  We then traveled to Colorado on Friday to spend Christmas with my sister, brother-in-law and niece.  My mom also flew up there with us and that was a HUGE help.  (Thank you to all of you who sent me your suggestions for the flights)  :-)  Overall, Logan & Paige did really well on their first plane ride and long trip.  The airport here in Houston wasn't that busy on Friday and it allowed them to get lots of wiggles out before getting on the plane.  I was able to get Paige to fall asleep for a good portion of the flight, but Mr. Logan just couldn't give it up.  He only got fussy a few times thankfully. 

When we got to Denver we were all so excited to see lots of snow on the ground!  We had a great time celebrating the birth of Jesus and watching the excitement of the little ones as they opened their presents from Santa!  Our niece got a sled for Christmas and we all had so much fun sledding with her the day after Christmas.  Nana even took a turn on the sled!  Logan and Paige did really well in the cold and snow and they looked hilarious in their little snowsuits.  Poor things could barely move!  Ha! 

We flew back home on Tuesday and were so sad to go.  :-(  Unfortunately, the flight back home was a little rough.  There was a delay taking off, a lot of turbulence at the beginning and then the pilot dropped the plane really quickly at one point and the poor babies couldn't get their ears to pop.  I felt so bad for them.  My mom and Chris also had a hard time getting their ears to pop and were quite uncomfortable.  Needless to say, we had two screaming babies and a very frazzled mommy and daddy.  But, we made it home safe and sound and had a wonderful trip.  That is all that matters!

I hope that everyone had a wonderful Christmas and for those of you still waiting on your miracles, I pray that 2012 brings you many blessings and that you have an extra stocking (or maybe even two!) hanging up for Christmas this year.