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. 

Wordless Wednesday~Christmas Edition

Christmas Craftiness

I don't really consider myself a crafty person.  I've always wanted to be, but instead of blessing me with talent God gave me the ability to appreciate other people's crafty talent...and I just pay them for it.  Ha!  Now that I'm a mom I am trying really hard to be more creative.  I have always dreamed of doing fun projects and crafts with my kids, especially during the holidays.  I am SO thankful for Pinte.rest because I find so many fun ideas on there!  I came across a super cute idea a few weeks ago and I just knew that I had to try it out for Logan and Paige.  It's a Christmas tree and ornaments made out of felt.  How clever is that!?  This was such a super easy project and Logan and Paige absolutely LOVE it!  When Christmas is over, I want to get a piece of felt to hang on the wall and I'm going to make felt letters and other fun objects for them to play with on it.  So fun!  If you have a toddler, I highly recommend trying this out.  You won't be disappointed!

Here are some pictures of the tree (please excuse the crazy bed hair):

Calling all travelers

Ok all you mommys, I need some traveling advice.  We will be taking our first airplane trip with Logan & Paige in December for Christmas.  Please leave me a comment or email me and let me know any advice you have for traveling with little ones, anything specific that we should take on the plane to help entertain them, etc.  I'd love to know if there is a specific item that you could not have lived without when you were traveling with the kiddos. 

Thanks in advance!  Hope everyone had a great Thanksgiving!

Well, it happened...

the dreaded stomach bug found its way into our house.  Yuck!!  First off, I have to say that I am so incredibly grateful that we managed to make it a whole year without having to deal with the complete ickiness that is the stomach bug.  I have no idea how we were so lucky to avoid it for this long!  Poor Logan woke up Friday morning COVERED in vomit and diarrhea.  I was greeted by an awful smell as I approached the room that morning.  As soon as I opened the door I looked over at Logan and realized what the smell was.  That little man sure is lucky that I love him so much!  Ha!  I just had to stand there for a few seconds trying to figure out a game plan.  I didn't know where to start with the cleanup process!  Thankfully he has only thrown up twice, but unfortunately the second time I was holding him.  Needless to say mommy and Logan needed a wardrobe change. 

Today he was still battling some yucky poop and a low grade fever, but all in all I think we've fared pretty well.  I am praying that the rest of us somehow manage to escape coming down with it.  So far so good, but we still have a few days left of the incubation period.  I have been a Lysol fool since Friday morning and I think I am going to need a really good hand lotion to soothe my dry hands from all the hand washing.  I absolutely hate this virus and I want these germs out of my house ASAP!

Thank you, Aunt Christi & Uncle Adam for bringing us a yummy dinner tonight!  It was nice to not have to worry about what I was going to fix for dinner. 

I hope everyone has a great rest of the weekend!