A day in the life...

This video is hilarious! It cracks me up every time I see it...something we deal with every time we are out in public.   TOO FUNNY!!!

Thanksgiving 2010

This Thanksgiving we have a lot to be thankful for. Last year at this time we placed our lives in the hands of God in a huge way and didn't know what to expect. This year we got to celebrate with two of the most beautiful children in the world! We are thankful for all of you as well. We are blessed to have you in our lives. 

Here is our First Thanksgiving family photo:

who would have thought?

One year ago today we became pregnant! Or should I say -- with the help of medicine, doctors, nurses, needles, labs, petri dishes, catheters, ultrasounds, and alllloot of money-- I became pregnant :) When we discussed the option of transferring the two best embryos back into my uterus, we never in a million years could have anticipated those two teeeeeny tiny "dots" would have led to a pregnancy, let alone turned into

 THIS:

AND THIS:

Baptism

November 14, 2010

A very special day we have been waiting a long time for.

The kids did very well. Everybody was telling me I was worrying for nothing, but Kenley was very crabby that weekend and was screaming A LOT!!  I just knew we would get up front and she would let the whole world know her feelings, in a very LOUD way. But I was totally wrong, they both were perfect! I loved it :)

 

 

It really was a great weekend. It was fun to have my sister and her family here...there's nothing that's not enjoyable when she's around. (oh yeah, maybe my crabby baby, but in my defense she was REALLY crabby). When the weekend was over and everyone went home on Sunday afternoon, it hit me. It hit me hard. It makes me physically sick to realize how fast time passes us by. I was so looking forward to the weekend, and in a split second it's over. I cried for two days knowing that I didn't get to take the pictures that I wanted to take for baptism. We were able to get a couple in of the four of us and a few of just the kids, but we never took any with their sponsors, Kris and Josh, we didn't take any with grandparents and we didn't take any with great-grandparents.  UGHH!!  But it was time for the kids to eat and when that time rolls around, there is nothing else that can get in the way.

That leads me to this. I so often feel like Cody and I are still in "survival mode" and that life is passing us by. We feel like we are so busy just taking care of everyday needs that we are missing the little things in life. And because these two little miracles didn't come to us easily, I want to cherish every second. They are already almost 4 months old and every day goes faster than the last. We feel like we are in the movie Groundhog Day...where we live every.single.day.over.and.over.again. I crawl into bed and think to myself "what did we do that was special today?"  hmmm...nothing!  I made supper, we cleaned up supper, we washed dishes, we washed bottles, we filled bottles, we threw in a load of laundry, we folded laundry, we put away laundry, we calmed crabby babies, we changed babies, we fed babies, we bathed babies, we put babies to bed and then it's time for us to go to bed and relive the same day over tomorrow. WOW, by no means am I complaining, because I wouldn't change any of it for the world....but if we could just slow down time a little!!

So who can help me with that??

Meeting Noah...

...our talking bear. Before the babies were born, my parents got the kids these bears. When I first heard it play, it brought tears to my eyes. (I think my dad started crying got a little emotional too while listening to it in the store). But I absolutely LOVE them!  Here is what Noah has to say:

Hello, and welcome to the world. We are very excited to meet and hold you, because holding you is an opportunity to embrace the future. We've been waiting for you with open arms and prayers, because prayers you will discover, are like angels wings. Prayers will shelter you from life's storms, fly you to places you can only dream, and are a path where there is none. So now that you are here, here are some prayers for you dear child. May you learn that if you're looking for a little happiness in life, don't forget to look at the little things. May you never forget that family is a way of holding hands with forever, because families are like quilts and one generation is stitched to the next. May you be blessed and say thank you by being a blessing to others. Now get lots of sleep and let your parents sleep a little too (I like that part) and know you have our love across time.
                   ~Hand made by God, Peace and Hugs....Noah

This picture totally cracks me up...

Kaden is way more interested in me trying to take a picture than he is the talking bear that's literally sitting 2 inches from away from him.  He never looked at that bear one time!

Our 1st Halloween!

I wish we could say we had a great first halloween, however Kaden and Kenley slept most of the evening away. Even getting these pictures was a difficult task. They were both sleeping at opposite times, so the second they both had their eyes open at the same time, I grabbed the opportunity to head outside and snap some pictures. Kenley would have much rather been sleeping and was completely not interested in having her picture taken. But I must say.....they were the cutest pumpkins around!!