Tuesday, August 26, 2008

In memory of the Olympics

Miss Avery Grace - future Olympic gymnast

Look Mom - No hands!


Avery loves to crawl around on her head. On Sat. she did something new . . .she sat up from a laying down position. All of the sudden I realized she was sitting up when she had been laying down on her belly. We laid her back on her belly and sure enough a few minutes later she had wiggled up to sitting.

Wednesday, August 13, 2008

8 months old!


Well, my beautiful babies are 8 months old and they are changing and have changed so much!



Miss Avery Grace is our cutie, smiley, comedian. She tries to look at people and then make funny sounds to make them laugh. Her brother can't stop smiling and looking at her!! She must be telling him some pretty funny jokes. Avery is also crawling on her head (it's really a sight) and rolling around everywhere! Just recently I think she has learned the correlation between crying and Mommy and Daddy, so nightime and naptime have become BIG problems. As soon as we walk in the room, she gives a cute little smile. If we don't pick her up, the crying sets in! Her favorite food is sweet potatoes and she is really wanting to feed herself. She tries to grab the spoon. We are trying more adult food, and she dislikes the taste and texture but she always gives it a try. She is developing quite a personality and is often hearing the word "NO" to which she laughs and has a great ol' time to. Her favorite 'bad' habit is pulling hair and giving slobbery kisses!


Mr. Pete is our sweetie who loves to observe and really "scout" the world around him. He is always looking out the window, and loves the trees and watching them blow in the wind. He likes to pet the dogs, but doesn't want to get too close. His favorite pastime is bouncing in his Johnny Jumper and laughing while he is doing it. He goes to sleep so easily! You put him in the crib and he is out!! His favorite food is EVERYTHING . . .and he seems to love to eat it all. Sitting on the couch like a big boy seems to be a new favorite pastime while. His sitting posture is fantastic, I wish I could sit that straight. He is also standing by the couch like a pro and trying to walk along side of it. Once he starts laughing, there is no stopping him! His favorite thing to do, that is driving Mommy crazy, is to never want to sit down! He wants to stand up constantly and try to "walk" around.

Tuesday, August 12, 2008

We're going to need a mini-van

Introducing Baby S. #3!!

(After a few worried phone calls and emails, Don't worry! Everything is ok! For some reason, my original blog about the new baby got "deleted" so that's why it's not up anymore! So sorry! Thanks for everyone's concern!)

Yes, that's right . . . we're having another baby!! No, definitely not planned - it's just one of life's little surprise miracles! The babies will be about 15 months apart, so to say our life will change alot is an understatement!

The baby is due date is March 19, 2009 - so 3 kids in 2 years. I wondered for a sec if that is even possible and I guess it is! I told Pete we need to get our own television show!!

So, after the shock is starting to wear off we are gearing up for the future baby!

Monday, August 4, 2008

Swimmin' and playin'!

Wow it's been a long time since my last post! The babies are doing so well with the move and all the visitors that they have been seeing. Plus, every weekend they get to visit with someone while Mommy and Daddy go looking for a house! (I've got more news about that but will post later . . .!)

This past weekend we went to Pete's parents house, swam, and played with all the family! Everyone was there with all the cousins, aunts and uncles, and grandma and grandpa. The first night, I think the twins were awed with all the people holding and hugging them!

Grandpa was taking care of the babies!!

Getting a cuddle in with Grandma

Little Pete sat with Brandi for the longest time, he even fell asleep a few minutes after this pic was taken!