Our fun weekend!

We hope everyone had a fun Labor Day weekend! We "evacuated" to San Antonio (boy, did Houston dodge the Gustav bullet!) and spent the weekend with our good friends Brent and Stephanie! We got to see their beautiful new home which is high up on a hill in San Antonio . . . what a view! We also went to the Guadalupe River (we didn't float!) but we got to spend some time outdoors. Thank you Brent and Steph for such an awesome weekend!

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.

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.

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!

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!

So, So busy . . .

It seems like I am running in circles lately. We have so much going on right now, I'll a little afraid that it is going to "break" me! We closed on our house in Denton today, and we are looking every weekend at houses in Clear Lake. The babies are doing good, other than driving me crazy because they won't sleep anymore! They are just so darn cute, it always makes things right when they smile and giggle.


I am so active with them all the time. They want to play, play, play, and it is wearing me out! Unfortunately, I have been working on getting a new schedule going because I'm trying to introduce solid foods. Well, to make a long story short, I called the pediatrician just make sure I was doing it right and well, it turns out I wasn't. The goal is to have them finished with bottles around 1 year, so I thought I was doing great because I cut out a few bottles and started doing more solid food. Well, not quite how you do it. It turns out that they still need 24 - 30 oz. of formula ALONG with the solid food. SOOOOOO, I'm one busy momma.
Feeding has always been the biggest issue since they were born. I'm still trying to figure it out, but I'm having a really hard time. We have been giving them little crackers and such, but Avery choked today on hers, (after the nurse promised that wouldn't happen, and that crackers should be safe!!!!) so we might take a little break from that. You can tell from the picture how much Pete liked them - he was much more interested in the french fry. I think sometimes I might try to push a little to hard. I have to remember that they are 7 months and they are doing really great!!! I guess I'm just ready for that day when they can feed themselves!!!!

Both are so ready to crawl. Avery crawls, but with her head on the floor . . .she hasn't figured out yet to pull it up! It's hilarious! Pete's been smiling so much it is amazing! They are both interacting with each other alot now. It's really cute to see them smile at each other. Sometimes they will talk to each other from the Exersaucers.

Aunt Ashley came to visit

My sister Ashley came in this weekend to visit with the babies (and I guess us too!) She couldn't believe how big they are getting. Of course she had to bring them some Texas Tech gear . . .their new little jammies! They look so cute in there sleeping!!!

It looks like he is beating her up, but Pete was actually being really sweet to his sister. He had his arm around her, trying to hold her up!

Moving . . .in progress

We have officially made our first move to Nana's and Grandpa's here in Katy. All our things from our house get moved into storage this weekend and we close next Weds.! We can't believe that it has gone so fast! We have a nice set up here at my parents, like an apartment! But we get the perks of having my parents close by . . .can I say yummy dinners every night!!! Yippee!!

Pete and I went and looked at neighborhoods last Sat. and we definitely found places we want to look at more and places we don't want to look at more! We are just going to take our time. We are always raging the "new vs. old" battle. OUr last house I won out and we got a new house so we'll have to see you wins this time!!

Little Pete's front two teeth are coming in. It hasn't been horrible but it is definitely bothering him. They just turned 7 months yesterday and are otherwise doing great! We finally put together their high chairs and are doing really good. Pete loves his, Avery is still trying to warm up to hers!

I've been tagged . . .

Thanks Sara for including me!!! I really had to think on some of these questions!!

What were you doing 10 years ago?
10 years ago, I had just met my husband Pete!! We met in the Spring of 98 at a fraternity party (we had actually met briefly a year before - but long story!) We started dating and have been together ever since! I was also a freshman at Texas Tech University and was moving out of the dorm and into a house with friends!!

Things on my To-Do List today:
(Well, how about what I DID today since it's late!)
MOVE
MOVE
Drive 6 month old twins for 6 hours
Hit Houston traffic right about 4 o'clock
MOVE
MOVE
MOVE


What are some snacks you enjoy?
Macaroni and Cheese - not that homemade stuff . . . only KRAFT or Velveeta. You know the really bad stuff for you! Queso with lots of salty chips. Swiss cheese and triscuits. Cheesecake with strawberries. (Do you notice a cheese theme!)

What would you do if you were a millionaire?
First and foremost, pay off every debt - like the cars and the house. It would be so fantastic to not have a mortgage!! Put away and invest the rest for all the things that we are going to need throughout our life. Also, I would love to take fantastic vacations (with and without the kiddos!! :)

Name some of the places you've called home:
Pearland, Katy, Lubbock, Amarillo, Denton, - Katy has always been home though!!!

What are some of your bad habits?
EEkkk! I'll list one - I'm kinda a glass half empty person.. . about myself! I can find the silver lining for everyone else, but for some reason I have a hard time doing that for myself.

What are some jobs you've held?
secretary (at my Dad's office in high school!), worker at Gymboree (boy do I wish I could still get the discount!), 3rd grade teacher, 5th grade teacher, ESL teacher, and my most favorite and most important: MOM

Who are you tagging?
OK - Katie and Natalie, I'm not sure how to do a direct link to your blog page :( - I'll email you!!! I hope that you'll play!

Mommy and Daddy are a little preoccupied right now

My parents are a little preoccupied right now with moving and my little brother TEETHING! Mom can see his tooth coming through on the bottom and she says that it is SHARP! Pete keeps crying about it and Mom can't get any packing done!!!
Love,
Avery


A note from Christy: Yes, Pete is teething and Avery is being a super sweetie. She's just rolling all around. Yes, we were right there when I took this picture. I think she likes to roll under things. Today in their room while I was trying to pack, Avery decided to roll under her crib. It was a little difficult to get her out! She laid there and just laughed at me. Pete's tooth just started coming in this morning. I can see it and feel it, and I had some "indicators" it was going to be happening soon! We keep pushing our move date back . . . unfortunately, with kiddos it seems to take a LONG time to pack (and I'm not even packing everything!!)