Hancock Family Arkansas

WOW

2010-09-09T15:25:00.003-05:00

Its really been a long time since my last post now that the twins are in school every day maybe I will have more time. I am not promising anything but I will try.

A couple weekends ago our neighbor invited us over for his grandsons birthday party (he said if you dont come I would have wasted money on pony rides for nothing). The twins loved it we had italian ice too!!

Then we went to get the twins full size mattresses for their birthdays (we are seperating their rooms ) and since their beds convert why not. I am hoping the seperating of the rooms helps with some sleeping issues (ie napping).

We took the gate off the door to the twins bedroom, its been an interesting 2 weeks at bedtime. I have ended up having to go in there with them and lay down to sleep so they will go to bed. I really need to break that though I dont want them to rely on me to go to bed. However after about an hour or so of going up and down the stairs I give in since I am so worn out from that

I signed Kelsey up for ballet and tap yesterday at Kalediscope dance studio on the square she will go Monday afternoons from 3-3:30 and will be with other kids her own age... My friend Tiffany from church gave me ballet shoes and I found tap shoes in her size at Goodwill this way we can try it and see if she likes dance before spending a fortune on shoes.

She starts next Monday I cant wait I need to make sure my camera is charged up :).

Daddy found a new park by the old Sams club home office its like in the middle of a neighborhood and hardly anyone is there so thats where we spent Labor Day for a little bit.

FIRST HAIRCUTS/Team Hancock

2010-03-12T11:47:00.006-06:00

The kids had not napped on Sunday since this was post race and we were holding off naps for the ride home. Didnt go to well for US the twins only napped for like 20 minutes REALLY are you kidding me. We had team Hancock shirts made so its the same logo as the Hancock movie :)

We went to Little Rock last Saturday the LR marathon was Sunday and Jim,Floyd,Mikel and Lynn ran the relay. So Saturday we got the twins haircuts and crewcuts and pigtails Carson Loved it since he got to eat food while they cut his hair, Kelsey not so much. She wouldn't get into the car they had to take her in the back room and do it on her terms... (surprise surprise). Since it was their very first hair cuts we paid a little more and got the picture and piece of hair for their baby books.

We got a new computer (much needed) since our other one was from 03. This one is super fast and has a 25" monitor (which the twins like because I play tv programs or their videos on this to change it up during the day and they LOVE IT).

We also had to get a new printer since the old one wouldnt be compatible with windows 7, its an all in one again and its wireless so we dont have all the cables and Jim can print from the laptop since thats what he wanted for his teaching.

On the other note the laptop is moving very slow looks like we will be buying a new one next year. Oh well they are pretty cheap and Jim is the one that uses it for his teaching I could care less.

Now with a new computer I have no excuse for not sending pictures to SAMS to get developed, I never did it because the computer was SO slow and uploading and I always had to plug my camera into it now I can put my card in so much easier.

Its cold and icky here I was really hoping the warm weather would have stayed around but it didnt. I like the WARM because we can go out and play all day on the swingset go for wagon rides play with sidewalk chalk, have picnics outside and get messy :).

Tomorrow is the Bentonville Half Marathon Jim and I are doing the 5K Mikel and Lynn are doing the half. So Jims parents are coming into town to watch the kiddos while we run it. I love when company comes because I get a semi break from my kids meaning they have someone else to hold them and love on them other than me all the time. LOVE MY KIDS to DEATH but also need my breaks.

UPDATES

2010-01-25T11:13:00.002-06:00

Okay I know its been since the twins birthday at the end of Novemeber since I have posted... I really have no time anymore except on Wednesdays when they twins go to MOMS day OUT. And then the 4 hours I have is precious and I need to get "other" stuff done. One of my resolutions for this year is to be on top of the blogging and to get better about getting pictures developed since I have tons on the computer just not developed... Part of that is we need a new computer since this thing is very SLOW so it makes picture downloading not fun.

Christmas has come and gone (I will post pictures later) the twins had a great time. We have been to birthday parties, church activites start up again and we have been sick. Both have colds again and look just sickly. We have had a big snow storm the beginning of the year (my mom was here to help with the twins since school was out all week) and I was ready to lose it since the twins had not been to MOMS day out for 3 weeks.

Jim and I also got a new mattress OMG wonderful we were so overdue for one its not even funny I sleep so much better and love it plus it was a great deal.
We had the roof replaced on our Fayetteville house along with gutters and flashing put on this house. OF course all of this including the mattress was done on the Dave RAMSEY plan which meant we had the cash for it and didnt have to finance anything or stress out about it.
I am getting ready for the Rhea Lanas consignment sale in March I started ironing my items the other night and stopped since I worked a couple hours. I will continue tonight and get everything cleaned and ironed so I can tag and enter it into the computer. I did well in the fall sale and am hoping to do better in this one.

More pictures soon promise... I did get a new camera for Christmas

Happy 2nd Birthday

2009-11-29T15:08:00.005-06:00

Here they were 2 years ago :) man how time flies

Sit and Spin

Lynn got these Jammies for the twins funny :)

Our homemade cake :)
Now at 2, forget the kitchen we will play with the box instead :)

Cleaning before company arrives

Little Girly cleaning too!

Updates

2009-11-19T10:25:00.003-06:00

Daddy found Kelseys 4 wheeler at helping hands so he bought it for her and she LOVES it and knows its hers :)

Been really busy can't you tell by my lack of posting :) we have done so much and its almost Christmas... The twins had a great Halloween at Jim's office where they trick or treated in the nice warm building and they got so much candy their buckets ripped on the bottom. Oh well they were only 1.00 at the associate store. Carson's costume was a HIT!!! Kelseys was too :).

Mom was here to visit and help watch the twins for us while we went to a couple Razorback football games (thanks mom) we didnt have to pay for a babysitter.

Thats it for now!

What we have been doing lately

2009-10-17T20:39:00.006-05:00

This is how we found her sleeping the other night HA HA hilarious! I had to get Jim to get the camera and take pictures.

Playing in the neighbors driveway

Razorback game!

Pumpkin Patch

They couldnt quite look in time to take the picture they did think the hole things were cool though

Kelsey decided to leave the shot :)

Hayride we did not go on

Kelsey in a dress I found in her closet she loved it too bad she only wore it twice it was too short :)

Little Rock Jim's vacation and Toddler Beds

2009-09-14T19:51:00.009-05:00

Playing with chalk before bath time, they love playing outside with Jim when he gets home from work. I love it to because I can clean up the house and get dinner started.

Here is how the toddler beds are going, he ended up in her bed he loves his sissy

Here is nap time notice himby the door and everything on the floor in their room

Playing at Wonderplace, they loved it we were there for a couple hours. Kelsey of course did not want to leave. We went on Grandparents day so Jims parents got in free and they only charged us for 1 child and 1 adult guess it pays to have twins :). Notice Kelseys new shoes, yes the stride rites we got her at the end of July no longer fit she had a growth spurt or something. So she got a new pair of nike tennis shoes on this trip and she loves them. I wish I took pictures of her modeling them at the store.

She played with this for a long time

Tita took out the sprinkler and they ran through it they loved it..

Heres some of the toys they get to play with at papa and Titas

This is the tricycle we get to play with there, Jim's parents got them regular trikes for Christmas and this one is for their house.

We went to Little Rock the 1st weekend in Sept for the game (Jim bought LR tickets this year for his dad for Father's day) Paula and I hung around the house with the kiddos. Sunday we went to church with them and came home and the twins played and loved it. Monday (Labor Day we went to Wonderplace before we left LR the twins had alot of fun.

Jim was on vacation last week and the twins started Moms Day out on Wednesday so we put together the twins toddler beds (I really dont have the patience for this) nap time is horrible during the day and bed time is too unless they are tired. They are gated in their bedroom but they destroy everything, today I went up to find him climbing up the dresser good thing we have that secured to the wall. What is funny though is Kelsey rolls underneath her bed and sleeps there then can't figure out how to get out in the morning. Carson came running to the gate this morning reaching out his hand for my help to get her out from under the bed. Total kodak moment but do I bring my camera to their room at 7am NO.

Carson gives his sissy hugs and kisses all the time its so precious!

Updates

2009-09-01T21:05:00.003-05:00

Here is Carsons Christmas gift we are getting Kelsey one too. The only reason we got his is because I went to Rhea Lanas this year big consignment sale (I am consigning this year) and just happen to find this. IT was only used once and was 50.00 at WMT it was 70 so we saved some money. If you like to shop you should check out Rhea Lanas (www.rhealana.com) for kids clothes, it was packed in there tonight and I had no desire to look through any of the racks. I did find books and a toy see I stuck to my list :) and didnt come out with a bunch of stuff we dont need.

Here is Carsons bandaged hand from his burn

Poor baby!!!! I love him and his hand is all better now

He still didnt get the idea that it was hot and hurt him the next day he touched it again only it wasnt hot.

I know its been a month since my last post... I am a busy lady.

A few weeks ago Carson burnt his had on the exhaust of the 4 wheeler, we took him to WellQuest thank GOD it was not 2nd or 3rd degree. They told us to put silverdine on it and keep it wrapped up for a couple days.

Church activities started up again this week so I am working again now.... staying busy. HOGS game this weekend in Little ROCK!!! YEAH!

Updates

2009-08-03T10:50:00.004-05:00

My step mom got Kelsey this dress in Mexico, she wouldnt turn around so I couldnt get the front. Its so cute!

IT rained this day (cant remember what day this was) Jim thought it would be fun to let them stand on the front porch to watch it pour.

My sister Meredith and baby Atari at grandmas he is sooo big

Atari trying to escape all the people, babies, and food

All the great grandkids playing legos and their parents watching!!!! Jack is in the brown he is my cousin Joes son

My brother Bobby with the twins (Kelsey had a rough time) not sure if it was allergies but anytime we would go to grandmas she would bang her head on the ground and throw fits. Jim had to leave with them one night to go back to the hotel because she was out of control.

This was the first Friday on the square in July, this Friday will be another one we may go.

This was fathers day!

See how behind I am, this was back in June at Carla's she invited us over to play with Isabella's sand and water table. Since it was soooo hot, we couldn't do anything we thought this was a cool off activitiy. Yeah Kelsey loved it and was covered from head to toe in SAND.. Note to self if I ever buy this table or someone buys it for us do not buy sand I will put water in both sides since sand is no fun to clean up.

Okay I know its been over a month since the last post, seriously I have been staying busy this summer. Of course keeping the twins busy too :) we are trying to be outside as much as possible since I dont want them in front of the tv. However when its really hot we have to get creative and find things to do inside.

The twins really love playing with SIDEWALK chalk and whoever invented it ROCKS. The twins love it and it keeps them busy outside. We play in the backyard since they have their swingset and I can let them run around the back yard and know they can't get out and go in the street. They color with sidewalk chalk on the patio in the shady spots (well I shouldnt say color, since they don't draw elaborate pictures) just lines. However its better than nothing and they usually see me draw or write something and want to copy.

Last week we took a trip to Charlotte North Carolina to see my grandma who turned 90 last month. Jim and I went a couple years ago before the kids. We had talked about going a few months ago but my dad said they werent going to be able to make it, then out of the blue he said they were leaving on Tuesday and driving. So we booked last minute plane tickets and went. It was great since my grandma has not seen any of the great grandkids, plus I got to see Atari. Jim and I saw Atari last year when he was like a month old when we went to MN.

Next year there is talk of renting a beach house in NC and taking grandma there and spending a week, so we are definaltey looking forward to that plan. If we can all get on the same page and get it organized.

Carson got ear tubes the 9th of July and he is doing SO much better! He is talking more now and sleeping better. Saying please, cup, ball, juice, shoe, sissy. He knows more when you talk to him he just cant say the words yet. Kelsey could care less about saying words, she does say EI EI O they have a video that has old Macdonald song on it.

Overall just so happy :). We are still working on using silverware to eat with, I have not been pushing it since its so hard with 2. I got rid of their high chairs and they exclusivley sit at their table now (which is hard because 1 or both get up during meals and wander). Ugh!!! I need to get them using the spoon at least when I have they do a couple scoops then its all over the place I know I need to chill but I really would love my floors to stay clean for a day. It will come in time, they start MDO soon so maybe they will pick it up from the other kids. We have tried potty training, but no go. They go in the bathroom and Kelsey gets the seat but then when I put it on the potty she gets mad. That will come in time too!!! not pushing that one.

Church activities start up again this week so now I will be back working Wednesday nights, Sunday mornings, nights (Sun nights start the 16th) and Tuesday mornings starting Sept. Which is good I will get out of the house in the winter and its only a couple hours a time. Sundays are going to be hard because I work the nursery in the mornings, then church service, then home by 1 and then back to church by 4:15. It will work out, and nothing is definate so if I dont want to work a Sunday night for awhile then I wont.

Sorry pictures are all out of whack I hate blogger and dont know how to organize the pictures!!! Well I must go now, I have alot to do while the twins are napping. (YES they are finally taking 1 long nap) usually 10-11 and they sleep until 1230-1 ish.....

Father's Day

2009-06-23T11:07:00.002-05:00

Are you noticing that my posting has been less and less now that the twins are into EVERYTHING :). Love it and wouldn't change it however I do wish I could do more posting but oh well.

I will post some pictures later, I have some other things to do right now and don't have time for the slow computer to do its thing.

Saturday was the new session of swim lessons and the twins were in a NEW class. Now that they are 18 months they go in the 18-36 month class. It was so so I thought it was going to be the same teacher as last session (but it wasn't) it was some kid and we bascially did what we wanted with them and there was no structure.... I think Ms Jo teaches the 10:30 class (however thats kind of late for us) I will need to talk to Jim and find out and maybe ask Ms Jo next week if she teaches it. I guess the main thing is that the kids are in the water however it makes it hard to attend when there is really no structure whats the point of having a teacher there.

Then Jim got an Iphone the new one that came out on Saturday (he drove to the WM in Missouri) and told me I should get the older one. Everyone knows me and I don't like spending money and my intention and goal was to get a free phone, since mine was on its last leg. Every time I would close the cover it would turn off and then I would have to wait for it to turn back on. SO I got the Iphone too, I probably wont use it as much as Jim but its cool, you just have to learn to set limits. Since it has WIFI I dont have to get up from the sofa to come in the office to use the computer or go get the laptop. I still use the computers though because there are somethings I can do faster on here then the phone.

I will definatley be keeping the phone for a long time, since we doubled our bill (which makes me cringe in itself) I better use it for a long time :).

Today we attempted story time again and it went very well, better than I thought. I had been dreading going back because its right at their morning nap time (which I am trying to get rid of that nap) and thought they would be running all over the place. Carson only tried to escape a couple times other than that he sat in my lap or by me and watched and listened. Kelsey wouldn't sit down she would just stand there or walk around but she stayed in the circle I think we will go again next week. We won't be able to go when school starts again because I work at Church on Tues mornings and they are at MDO Wednesday mornings that they will miss it.

This afternoon I am taking Carson back to the dr. for a follow up on his ear infection he had a couple weeks ago. I also got copies of his records from Wellquest since I had to take him there a few times when I couldnt get in to the peditrician. He has had 3 so far, so if its still there today I am really going to have to bring up tubes again (I think it will be best for all if he gets them). He has been very clingy lately and not eating well which makes me believe he still has it. He cannot take Augmentin or Amoxicillian due to his penicilin allergy so maybe the meds werent strong enough... UH!!!

I will follow up later with an update on his ear and pictures

Updates

2009-06-16T09:03:00.004-05:00

Sunday after church playing with daddys hat he was so happy about something

Pretty girl! Its funny they will play with daddys hat and have a good time but we try putting hats on them to wear when we are outside and they take them off.

My pretty girl again!!!!

DADDYS hat is cool

Papa and Tita got Kelsey this dress I love it she can still wear it to church and she can wear it to play in too. She loved putting it over her head all day long

Here they are eating their snack, as you can see they don't sit for long at their table unless you are sitting there with them. This is one of the outfits Tita got for Carson, Jim isnt to fond of the one pieces but I love them because they are light and comfy. They love GOLDFISH (this is our new snack now).

Here is a rainbow for a storm a few nights ago it may have been last Thursday or Friday I really cant remember. Jim and I had to go outside because the sky was literally orange I wanted to check it out.

We went to Dave Peel park a couple times when my mom was here. Its fun, I may do a picnic with the twins sometime and maybe Daddy can come when he is on vacation. There really aren't a lot of things for kids their age to do there its geared more for 5 and up but they like these swings when we can get them. They will attempt slides too! I think this was on a weekday so hardly anyone was there.

The twins are doing great, keeping me busy as usual. Nap time is pretty much the only time I get to clean up the house and get on the computer. We try to go to the fitness center every day or every other day and I am going to brave library time again and see how they do. Jim said he may be able to come to the library time to help me (since my kids dont sit still). It has been raining all morning, I left for the fitness center to go work out and it started raining when I got out on the main road I thought it would let up. It didnt so I sat in the parking lot at the gym for 20 minutes and decided to leave. There was no way I could get them out and try holding hand with an umbrella at the same time.

18 month appointment

2009-06-09T13:27:00.003-05:00

No shots today for the twins (YES) they don't need them until there 2 yr visit.
Carson has an ear infection (which I figured because he was not napping well, not eating well, he kept falling yesterday) so we got some drops and an antibiotic for that. Also, their excezma has flared up bad to the point where Carson itched it open yesterday so she gave me a perscription for a stereroid ointment which we will try and see a dermatologist later.

Carson is 32 1/2 inches long and weighs 21 pounds, 10 oz
Kelsey is 32 3/4 inches long and weighs 20 pounds, 2 oz
We had to see the Nurse practioner because our Dr is going to Africa to be a missionary in January however has cut is hours back significantly. I did not make the twins 2 yr appt yet because Jim and I still are discussing where we are going. Probably to a family practice dr that our neighbors go to and have rave reviews.

I haven't really blogged on here about Kelsey but she rolls her eyes in the back of her head, now mostly when she is swinging and the Nurse said as long as she isnt blanking out she is fine. She may be doing it on the swing because she thinks its funny. Jim and I are supposed to watch her (I have never seen her do it) and if she blanks out for a minute or so then we need to see a neurologist so they can run tests and see if she is having seizures or not. The NP said a nurse will call us with a referral and appt. so we have to discuss that. I am praying its nothing but want to be sure we are doing the right thing.

My mom was here all week which I so appreciated I was able to sleep in and she helped clean the house, clean out the fridge, gave me time to do stuff with out the kids. I really appreciate her for coming to see us. She is coming back in August, now that she is retired she can stay longer :).

Zoo and Happy 18 months

2009-05-29T21:58:00.007-05:00

Petting zoo they actually liked this

Walking with daddy they have "animal" backpack leash things

Pretty girl she is getting so big (well her attitude is a big girl one)

Elephants

More Elephants

Carson eating lunch at the table (Kelsey had already eaten hers he was still asleep so I sat at the table with her and she talked to me and we laughed) etc.. He is more picky then she is so I had to put food into his mouth to get him to eat.

I bought the crayola big crayons for them didnt work to well they still want to eat them..... Maybe next month we will try it again, they banged them on the paper and made dots but thats about it...

Daddy has been on vacation so I decided to try letting the twins sit at their table more, eat there play there etc... They have had breakfast, lunch, dinner and snacks there with plates and silverware (that part isnt going to well) and so far so good, this does not mean I am getting rid of high chairs since this may not last. I had been thinking about using the table again for awhile and thought why not do it now.

We went to the Tulsa Zoo today, Jim's friend got a flyer on his door with a coupon for 2 free entries (the twins were free anyway) so all we had to pay for was gas and lunch at the zoo (rip off) prob should have eaten before going. It was a disaster for the most part, the twins were tired (we thought they would nap on the way there nope didnt happen). They were hungry and wouldnt eat, wanted out of the stroller then they didn't want to walk etc.... We were there about 2 hrs and had to leave I had it. Maybe we will try again next year (or when we can reason with them).

The twins are 18 months today! MAN DOES it fly by they will move up to the older class for swimming so that is exciting. Same day just different time and Kelsey climbed out of her crib against yesterday DADDY will be lowering that mattress tomorrow. :) I thought she learned after the 1st time.

Climber

2009-05-22T14:27:00.002-05:00

I put Carson and Kelsey down for a morning nap (I guess to early) but they both were acting like they wanted to go upstairs. I came back down and got some things cleaned up and put away when I heard a thud (I assumed it was because we give them books in their cribs and it had dropped or got thrown out) well then I heard a door shut. Normally the door shuts when the a/c kicks on because it blows it shut but it wasn't on upstairs. I made my way up there and Miss Kelsey Belsey was greeting me at the gate. I went into their room to get Carson out of his crib and saw the top drawer to the dresser was open. I don't know what that child did but she is crazy. She looked at me as though she was a little freaked out so I don't know if she will be climbing out of her crib any more times. I have to now remember to close the gate at the top of the stairs (I usually don't because they are too early to climb out) this is so not the case.

I wish I had my camera but I really wasn't thinking to grab it as I needed to head upstairs and see what was going on. No picture of her face and expression as I came up the stairs.

2009-05-17T14:16:00.002-05:00

The twins love watching NOGGIN and in between some shows they have music videos. The twins love the Jumparounds get up and go go video and one day Kelsey started dancing to it.The twins are changing more and more every day they look and act like little adults now its so fun.

I play this video a few times a day especially on the rainy days when we can't get outside they will stop what they are doing and come in the living room and watch it.

Hello

2009-05-09T20:22:00.005-05:00

This was last Saturday Lynn, Mikel, Floyd and Jim ran the Race for Hope they all did the 5 k except Lynn did the 10k

Carson wants us to do this to him too, well we arent tall like Mikel so its a bit hard

Not sure they look to happy here

Kelsey, Carson, Dunning and Addison (Jim's mom watched the twins for me during the sale and Jims aunt Peggy came over and brought her grandbaby Addison).

Sorry its been a few weeks obviously been busy playing catchup. Last week was the neighborhood garage sale it RAINED the whole day and downpoured a few times a few of us are doing a sale next week to sell more stuff. I made some money but no where near what I would have made had it not been raining.

Tonight was our neighborhood block party I stayed to eat and then left with the twins to get them in the BATH and bed. Tomorrow I have to go to church at 8 (I run the 1 yr old hall during 1st service) so I am responsible for 3-4 rooms. I am praying right now that I find more volunteers to help work 1 Sunday a month. Right now I am running 2 rooms ocasionally I have 3 open (which I would love to have all the time).

Tomorrow is mothers day and I plan on doing nothing after church, Jim gets to feed the babies all day tomorrow since I need a break anyway.

Monday is workout day

Tuesday is workout day and I volunteered to help at their MDO to help watch the teachers kids while they have their appreciation lunch.

Updates

2009-04-22T14:09:00.002-05:00

The twins have been great, we have a busy week ahead of us. Next Saturday is our neighborhood garage sale bright and early. I am selling alot of their old baby clothes and hoping to get rid of them all, if not I will bring them out at the fall sale or give them to helping hands.
We still have to clean out the garage before the sale, set up before the sale. This weekend we have to mulch our backyard and get flowers planted (since we wont be able to do it next weekend). Saturday night we are going to our neighbor Michael's 40th birthday which starts at 5:30. Jim is running in the race for the cure (I think) next Saturday so my mother in law was kind enough to watch the twins for me while the sale is going on or Jim would have to miss the race.

That night is our annual neighborhood block party, where the POA officers are elected blah blah.. Last year I went just to hear who was going to do what and make sure I WAS NOT SELECTED TO DO ANYTHING and then I took the twins home and put them to bed. Thats my plan again this year, go for an hour or so then leave.

That's about it for now, nothing else new. Today its supposed to be in the 80's the twins are napping now so when they wake up we will go for a wagon ride and maybe swing. We have to be to church at 5 and I have to change their clothes (they always get dirty at Moms Day Out).

Happy Easter

2009-04-12T18:20:00.005-05:00

All of the grandbabies got nike sandals in their Easter Baskets from papa and Tita, Kelsey loved walking in hers and Carson enjoyed chewing on his.

Tita put puffs in the plastic eggs and all of the kiddos had good times opening them

Kelsey cannot get enough of the Sport coupe

Here she was yesterday morning seeing it for the first time (daddy and papa put it together Friday night)

Here he is in it

We had a great Easter, we went to Church last night which I thought was a great service it was a bit intense at times (they did a re enactment of Jesus' death and his resurection).

We went to Swim lessons yesterday and the twins cousin Dunning is in their class this session so we got to see him to. Kelsey was so tired she was done half way through she wouldn't kick her legs or blow bubbles or anything she was done.

Today Carson woke up with spots all over him (like a bad rash) I had to take him to the Dr on Thursday because he was running a fever when he woke up and would not eat anything. Since he was battling an ear infection I wanted to make sure the antibiotics were working, they did check Kelsey too turns out she had an ear infection :) nice.. I hope we are done with ear infections for awhile like it would be nice if it would stay 70 degrees for more than 2 days at a time.

Anyways, I thought maybe his spots were fifth's disease (since the dr on Thursday thought he may have that) I ended up taking him to WellQuest after everyone left today and the NP said it was not fifth's disease but he had an allergic reaction to the Augmentin (for his ear infection). I thought that was odd since he was done with it today but she said it can happen while on the meds upto a couple days after being off them. She walked in the room and immediatley said you are no longer taking augmentin thats how direct she was. She told me to give him benadryl every 4-6 hrs and it should clear up with in 24-36 hrs. Poor baby, he was itching some of them and they got bigger when he woke up from his nap this afternoon.

Papa and Tita brought the twins a Radio Flyer sport coupe, they love it. The radio really works and you can push the buttons on the left and right and they make sounds like turn signals. It has a handle you can push them in it around the house so we have been doing a lot of pushing around the house its been fun.

What we have been up to

2009-04-06T10:28:00.004-05:00

I was in the living room with Kelsey and I kept hearing a clicking sound, I went in and Carson had climbed in a box and was turning on and off the light switch. (daddy taught him how to do that and its cool for like 5 minutes then it gets old). The reason there are boxes in the office is we are trying to pack up books on the bookshelf and get them put away well they havent quite made it upstairs yet.

Daddy has only got to ride his 4 wheeler like 3 times since he got it and so he was taking it out for a spin this day. (oh poor daddy) :)

Saturday since it was soo nice out we went on the swings with daddy and played outside

This was from my moms visit a few weeks ago

Carson loves to climb up INTO the fireplace, I am fine with it until he starts actually trying to climb through to the other side.

Getting ready for bed

Happy boy

I took Carson back to the Dr on Friday (he wanted to check his ears and make sure the infection was gone) it was not. He still has an ear infection in his right ear but the other ear had cleared up. We got a stronger med this time and hopefully it will take care of it. Poor thing! and poor mommy :). Lynn and Dunning came over Friday since they closed the day care at the fitness center on Friday mornings until the hiring freeze is over which I hope soon since I really liked going on Fridays to my class.

Saturday we got pictures done at JC PENNEYS we were supposed to go to swim lessons but I do not take the twins on meeting Saturdays since they have to use a different pool and its never warm enough and there are too many people in the parking lot and I have to park really far. We are going this Saturday though it will be nice to get back into swimming again. Anyways Kelsey threw a temper tantrum in Penneys and we took the twins out to the car and I told Jim to go back in and order whatever he wanted I was not going back in there for awhile. The reason I know it was a tantrum is because she laughed and clapped her hands in her carseat.

I know I will not schedule pictures at 1:30 anymore, I will do it at 1o or 11 in the morning.

Daddy did get to take his 4 wheeler out Sunday with a friend from work (it was very cold) but he had fun.

We are still here

2009-04-02T13:00:00.002-05:00

Sorry its been crazy! Last weekend Jim and I went to Hot Springs and left the twins with Paula and Floyd. Well really Paula since Floyd left for a business trip early Saturday morning. However he did spend alot of time with the twins on Friday. They went to one of the Curves for Women and Kelsey stole the show :) she walked in and started going from circuit to circuit and dancing wish someone had the camera for that.
I forgot our camera at home so I borrowed P&F's we didnt take that many pictures and will post them when we get them emailed to us.

I take Carson back to the dr tomorrow so he can check his ears (yes he had a double ear infection a couple weeks ago). I am thinking its back or something he is being very clingy and won't nap. We shall see what he says in the morning.
I will post pictures later, I have to eat lunch while I have the chance

Kelsey and the balloon

2009-03-19T20:18:00.002-05:00

Jim got me this balloon for Valentines day and its still full of air, its slowly going down but come on its been over a month. The twins love playing with it, here is Kelsey Belsey walking with it... She has been walking for the last 2 weeks off and on but yesterday she started walking more and not crawling as much. She is definaltey getting better and not as wobbly as she was last week. I need her to walk because I am sick of holes in knees of pants from crawling :) (we have already ruined 2 pairs of pants) no worries I cut one pair of jeans into cut offs.

Swingset

2009-03-12T14:16:00.005-05:00

The swingset is still not completly put together due to weather, however the side where the twins can swing is done. So on Tuesday I took them out to swing for a bit before the rain and colder weather moved in. It should be done by this weekend, this thing is bigger than we thought it was going to be but will bring loads of fun this summer.

Kelsey Belsey found Jim's razorback so she just happened to be playing with it on Monday beofre bed time.. Our desktop computer crashed on Sunday and we lost everything not backed up on the external hard drive. We need to wait until bonus time next year to get a new computer which I am fine with. I am on it way too much anyway, as long as I can check email and facebook and print stuff we are good. So I was dinking around with that and Jim told me to come in the living room with the camera to watch her play with the razorback.

I could not mute Dora in the background without having to move the camera so Dora is our background noise. Sometimes I think we watch way too much tv, now that the weather will warm up soon we will be enjoying the swingset and I will be able to plant my impatients this year. I know how to do it this year so they will get really big (last year the twins were like 4 months old when I planted them) and I did not have any time to take care of them. This year I am committed to taking care of them.

Playing on the sofa

2009-03-06T21:56:00.003-06:00

They love playing on the sofa now, if I sit here at all during the day Carson goes UH UH UH until he gets his way and gets up there.

15 month appointment

2009-03-04T21:34:00.003-06:00

Yesterday was the twins 15 month appointment it was great, they did not fuss at all (well except for shots)but only for a minute. Wal-Mart is covering well visits now well 80% of them so we only had to pay 20% I forgot that they dont BILL you for those you have to pay at their office. Good thing Jim was with me and had his debit card because they dont take discover. I guess I need to remember that for their 18 month visit. They were kind of fussy today (from the shots) so I kept them in my room at church tonight (normally I put them in the other 1yr old room but decided not to have to put someone else through the fussiness) and Carson did not nap today.

Kelsey is 19lbs 12 oz and os 30 1/4 inches long (no surprise there) since she is so long
Carson is 20 lbs, 8 oz and is 29 1/2 inches long so he is catching up to his sissy
I have some pictures from yesterday and a video which I will post later on this week, Jim has the laptop and it takes FOREVER on this computer. Tomorrow night is Bunco and Friday I have a ladies night out with the girls from church dinner and possibly a movie (I will need to see what time the movie starts) since if its too late I may not make it.

We are getting the swingset installed this weekend and are very excited, my baby swings came in to Wal-Mart today and Jim is going to pick them up at the store tomorrow after work. Its good they came in so we can have them up at the same time.

Crazy Little Girl hair and Other Stuff

2009-02-28T19:30:00.009-06:00

Drooly teething baby boy so happy I love him, he always comes up to me and gives me hugs

Heres the crazy haired girl this is what her hair looked like after her bath tonight

Crazy girl!!!

Playing on the sofa (this is their new deal) you have to sit on the ground and make sure they don't fall off but they love it. They crawl back and forth or jump up and down on it.

This is our new deal climbing up on the fireplace (UH) drives me crazy. Carson knows how to get down but Kelsey does not so she gets really mad. Jim said today to let her do it since she needs to learn how to get down.

Its been a busy week plus Jim has been working away that I haven't had a chance to get on the laptop to post pictures and update our blog. The twins are getting big and teething really bad still I think its molars, when I was working at church on Tuesday morning they had to come get me to see Carson (they had him in the hallway looking at the fish tank) but he was in bad shape. Wednesday they went to Moms Day out, I went to work out and came home to clean up a bit. Then I went to get the mail and there was a box from our renter in Pea Ridge, she had sent us back the garage door openers and keys and a letter. Apparently she lost her job due to illness and had to move to Texas to get tests done. She was only here a month, so after I picked the twins up we went by to see the house (make sure it was clean) etc and put the sign up. A lady called me that night and we met her Thursday and she rented it. She rents in the same neighborhood but the house she is in sold so they have to be out.

Last night I went to Dillards (since they are having an additional 40% off the clearance price) sale, I got a pair of POLO jeans for 23.00 I love POLO jeans probably because the way they are cut I was able to get a small size. I got a cashmere sweater for 17.00 and another sweater for 12.oo it took me awhile to shop around the store since stuff was everywhere. I really needed to get a pair of brown shoes (like dressy/casual type) like Echos or something but none of them were on sale. I need to look at Belks I seem to find deals on shoes there. Alot of it had been picked through or they only had sizes I didnt wear. Now that I know what departments to go to next time it wont be as hard. Jim went today and got some work shirts and a couple casual shirts he said it was pretty much cleaned out as well. He goes more than I do so he can get in and out pretty quick. I also went to Chick Fil-A by myself (I went through the drive thru) before I went to Dillards it was nice to have a meal by myself and not have anyone bug me.

Today I woke up about 8:15 Saturdays are my day to sleep in, I could hear the twins fussing in our room though. Carson was having a melt down in his high chair so I was up but not out of bed. I got up had some cereal and a Coke Zero (I dont drink Coffee) so thats my caffiene. We were a few minutes late to swim lessons (Jim was on his blackberry when we left the house) and he forgot his backpack so we had to get back in the car and come back home to get it. There were only 3 kids in class today not sure why, the snow had not started to come down yet. Then Jim was going to go to Sams to get the swingset for the twins but didnt want to unload it in this weather maybe tomorrow. Otherwise next week, he has to get it first then call the guy to come install it and he only has a couple weeks left before it hits busy swing set installation season.

New Background

2009-02-24T20:28:00.001-06:00

I may keep it and I may not depends. We have been super busy so no pics. We went to church today and I guess Carson didn't do to well towards the end (he was so tired and cranky and could not get to sleep) plus I think both of them are teething really bad or something.

2009-02-19T10:30:00.005-06:00

Here they are on the fireplace (UGH) I can't leave the room for to long for fear they are going to fall.

Ally (Jims cousins baby)

Here they are sitting at their new activity table. Soon they will be able to sit there and be able to get in and out of the chairs okay and eat there, color etc...

Putting together a puzzle (I think he was pulling all of the pieces out) daddy just got home from the meeting and had not seen the table yet so he was checking it out too. Our 2 additional chairs came yesterday which is a whole other story which I dont have time to go into today.

Jim informed me the other day that the LAPTOP is his now since he is teaching at the University of Phoenix he needs it to do work. It was MY LAPTOP when I was doing real estate. This would explain why I have not posted anything in a week, Jim has been on it getting stuff ready for his class and I can use the other computer but to download pictures I have to plug in the camera (no card slot) and it takes forever. Where the laptop I can put in the card and download right away.

The twins have figured out how to climb up the stairs so every night before bed we let the climb (crawl) up the stairs. They have also discovered how to climb up on the fireplace and stand and bang on the top of it where the vent is (very annoying) also I am afraid they will fall right off and land on their heads. I also have not dusted that part in awhile (which reminds me I should do that soon).

No Pacis

2009-02-12T10:31:00.003-06:00

I had to work at church on Sunday night and when I came home Jim told me that Carson went to sleep without a paci. Today is Thursday and we have been 4 days without a paci. I was giving it to him during the day and he was just spitting it out. The past few days have been crazy as I think they are both cutting molars so Carson has been very whiny but I am not giving in and dont want to go back to pacis.

Carseat fun

2009-02-05T10:03:00.004-06:00

He hadn't spotted the carseats yet

Just playing

Just playing some more

Loving it!!!!

He climbed out and then was trying to get the belt out of the way so he could sit down in it again

I sold the twins old carseats on Craigslist (I am really loving Craigslist) today so these were pictures of them playing in them. I had put them in the dining room the other day and we all decided to play.

Jim is in KC and gets back tomorrow I cannot wait I need a break and I miss him so it will be good when he comes back.

Ice Storm 2009

2009-01-28T19:10:00.003-06:00

Carson was mad about something and did not want to be outside

Kesley loved it she just sat there babbling and smiling :)

Heres what my patio table looks like with all the ice on it

Look at how thick the ice is on the branches!!! If this were MN the roads would have already been plowed, sanded/salted and school WOULD not be canceled.

So we got a major ice storm it started Monday night and did not end until last night. School was canceled yesterday, today and tommorrow. Which I don't see why tomorrow I mean I know the ice is going to freeze back up but I would think that the roads would be plowed and sanded enough that it should be ok.

We lost power yesterday morning for about 45 min or so and then again last night for about 2 hours. Good thing we have a gas fireplace it got a little cold in here!

Acitivity Table and other misc stuff

2009-01-26T13:28:00.004-06:00

I ventured out after Jim woke up (he is home sick) to grab some groceries for the icy weather tomorrow and I came home(after driving very,very slow the car had a spin out but I was able to get it under control ) and went up to the twins room to get their new pjs (they have been in their pjs from last night all day) and I found Kelsey's mobile destroyed. She had different pieces of it all over the room (I am surprised Daddy didnt see that when he was up there). I didnt have my camera so I took a pic of it before I threw it away. Man the kid is brutal already destroying things :) she has taken it apart before and pulled the top off but never actually broken it until today...

Dunning stopped by this weekend, he and Carson were trying to get up the stairs. Thats Carsons new thing is to climb up the first step and make sure the gate is shut behind him then crawl up the stairs. Of course with mommy behind him :)

Here are Carson, Lynn and Dunning

On Friday Jim and I ordered the twins an acitivity table. I mentioned to Jim that I wanted to start looking at garage sales this spring or at WM for an activity table for them. So I can put it in the kitchen or wherever and they can eat, color etc.... we found it on WM.com and it was 1/2 price so even better. We did the site to store shipping so we don't have to pay for shipping and we also ordered 2 additional chairs since the table only comes with 2. That way when little friends like Dunning, Thomas, Isabella etc come over they can play (when they get older and will sit still in the chairs). Jim liked this table not only for the price but because it can be folded up and put away (so he doesnt have to look at it all the time).

On Saturday I went ahead and ordered their new front facing car seats from Sears, they had 5.00 off I still had to pay tax and shipping (shipping was cheaper then tax) imagine that. They should be here next week, I am really excited. Now the twins will be able to look forward in the car and will be able to look out the windows better. I like it because I have one of those conversation mirrors below my rear view mirror so I can talk to them and see them at the sametime.

Saturday night we went to Ruth's Chris steakhouse or neighbor Kristie turned 40 so her hubby had invited some friends to eat. We only had to pay for drinks since he picked up the food (WHICH WAS COOL) since that place is way expensive. I had to pick my mom up at the airport by midnight since she is retiring from the airlines and needed to come and pick up some photo albums of us as kids since she doesnt have to pay to check bags and once she retires she will have to pay. So she was only really here 1 full day (yesterday) then I dropped her off at the airport this morning. I wonder what she will do with all of her time when she retires, she doesn't own a computer (which is probably a good thing since they are addicting) , cell phone or have cable tv (which she may have to get).

Jim has that nasty stomach bug going around (or something to that affect) and stayed home from work today. I dont feel that great right now either, hopefully the babies dont get sick. I have been disinfecting everything after Jim has been touching it so hopefully I can kill the germies before they attack.

Kelsey Walking

2009-01-19T15:36:00.007-06:00

Miss Kelsey Belsey really is loving to walk with the Lion now, she really could have cared less in the beginning plus she never had the chance because Carson was always using it. Both Carson and Kelsey love playing in the kitchen drawers where I have my tupperware. It keeps them busy and now I just wait until they go to bed at night to clean it up (since I clean it up and then they would take it out again). I will post that picture later on, my laptop is almost dead and I cant plug it in right now because the twins will try and play with the cord.

Carson Walking

2009-01-10T12:02:00.006-06:00

My baby boy has I think gotten the "walking" thing. He has been taking steps here and there and this is the only time where he has done it long enough and a lot of times for me to get video.

Carson has a fascination with closets, anytime we are holding him we have him go up to a door and close it (if its not closed all the way) I have a habit of leaving the pantry door cracked open.
Kelsey climbed up on the fireplace ledge on Thursday she really didn'y do it yesterday so maybe it was a one time deal. Regardless I have to get all of the rocks out of the fireplace today so we dont have any choking accidents.

We just got our house in PEA RIDGE rented, a lady came yesterday to look at it and I gave her the paperwork. WE told her today she could have it if she paid us a deposit, so she did. She and her husband are getting divorced and its her and her son that will be living there so they are starting from scratch (so if the rent is too much for her after she gets in) we will be willing to work with her on that. Her son is a Jr at PEA Ridge HS and works all the time its not like she has to pay to take care of babies etc... It feels good to rent it and help her out to someone who really needs to rent and will take care of it.

12 month appt

2009-01-06T15:52:00.002-06:00

The babies had their 12 month appt yesterday it went great

Carson is 19lb 8 oz and 29 1/4 in tall
Kelsey is 18lb and 29 1/2 in tall
I didn't get the percentile maybe Jim remembers
Kelsey would scream if she couldnt hold the drs stethescope and all of her other noises he told me more than once that she is going to be my handful..

The babies have MDO tomorrow (thank goodness) I have a dentist appt and can get the house cleaned up a bit.

Gymboree Birthday Party

2009-01-05T09:52:00.004-06:00

I tired to get him when he started through the tube but he was to quick

He was chasing the balloon around the whole time!

We got invited to Taylor's 2nd birthday at Gymboree on Saturday. Taylor is a neighbor girl, it was fun the babies liked it. I liked it because we didn't have to bring a gift for the party. Her birthday is the 3rd of January and because it is so close to Christmas I am assuming her parents get her enough stuff that they didn't want her getting any gifts.

The lady from Gymboree came to the library story time a few weeks ago to give us a presentation on Gymboree and what they do etc.. How to join, which we won't be doing since it is very expensive. There is a new place called the Little Gym off of Pleasant Grove that does the same thing we may check that out. Right now the twins are in enough stuff with MDO, swimming and maybe some tumbling classes when they hit the right age.

So long

2009-01-01T11:46:00.004-06:00

On Monday I decided to list our jumperoo, swing, bouncer and tummy time mat on Craigslist. (I have a neighbor who buys stuff off their all the time) so I thought its free to list I figured I would try it. Within 30 min of posting my stuff I had an email from a girl in Oklahoma wanting to buy it all from me for 120.00 I told her yes and I also had an exersaucer that I wanted to sell for 10.00 (which is what I paid Carla for it). They picked everything up today!!! her brother and sister in law are having girl/ boy twins in Feburary in Texas and they were going there tomorrow and she wanted to surprise her with all of this. She wanted to get her all of the stuff but knew that buying it all brand new was going to be expensive so it was a fluke that she found all of my stuff on there and it matched. Her brother is in Afghanistan so her sister in law is doing this alone for awhile (I got distracted with the twins) and didnt ask her when he was coming back. Apparently her mom is coming to help so she should be in good hands!

It's out of my house and way and I don't have to wait until the neighborhood garage sale in May to sell it. I will miss all of the items and they brought back memories but since they became mobile they didn't like being in them and it was a battle and they were just taking up space. IF we ever had another child (probably not) however everyone I see that has twins say they had 1 more after the twins were like 2 then I will buy the stuff or borrow it from someone. Someone told me they kept all of their stuff and by the time the 2nd kid came they wanted different stuff since the design or pattern was old or what not.

I still have a cold and my voice comes and goes, I guess if I am not better next week I will have to go to the dr when the babies are at school on Wed. A couple of my neighbors have had strep (Which I thought maybe I had) but my sore throat comes and goes so I dont think its strep plus with strep you usually have a fever or feel really weak. Who knows I just cant seem to shake whatever I have. We stayed home lastnight, there was a neighborhood New Years party but Jim came home from work not feeling well and I was too tired to go we were asleep by 10 so we would not have been any fun. I have not seen any movement at the Crouch house across the street which leads me to believe it was a late night.

Our neighbor Boddie turns 40 today and we are going to PF CHANGS for dinner to celebrate just Boddie, Jill, Kathy, Michael, Carolyn (Michaels sister) and Jim and I. Mikel and Lynn are coming over to watch the twins so we wont have to find a babysitter. Boddie has no clue so it should be a good time.

Holiday

2008-12-30T18:59:00.006-06:00

My mom and the twins at Dunnings Bday party

This was like the best picture I got and I cut my moms head off huh!!! Sorry mom, the babies were soo fussy this day that my mom and I had enough and put them to bed at 5:15

Tita and Kelsey playing

Jim's grandpa and the twins

Dunning eating his bday cake (well trying, he isnt too sure)

Tita and Kelsey napping on Christmas day, Forgive the stain on Kelseys shirt I didnt think the camera would pick it up. She did not feel good all day and couldnt keep anything down it was Gatorade!!!

This is not from Christmas just a picture of them playing! They love to bang on windows

SICK

2008-12-23T20:27:00.003-06:00

No pictures we are all sick. All of us have colds (which we have been battling since Friday). On top of that we took the babies to the dr today (before the holidays) and as I thought (mothers intuition) Carson has a double ear infection. Kelsey has an ear infection (the NP thought it was wax first and took that out then saw the infection) also she has pink eye and I have PINK EYE.
I thought Kelsey had it yesterday b/c her eye was really matted and I kept having to clean it. Then of course today my eye was killing me, at first I thought maybe I had an eye lash in it and it didn't dawn on me at the peditricians office to ask her to look at my eye (shes a peditrician) and I was concerned about the babies and it didnt look that bad. By the time I got home from picking up ALL OF THE PERSCRIPTIONS (like 4 of them) and only 2 of them were 4.00 each (nice) my eye was swollen and really red. Jim said I better call the dr tomorrow I said I better just head up to WellQuest which I did and they got me in right away. Great place to go if you have to go after the drs office closes or you cant get in right away. You have to wait awhile sometimes (but you usually have to wait at the drs office too). The dr walked in the room and wouldn't shake my hand because he didnt want it and told me I definatley have it and he gave me some different drops then what the babies have (this one has a stereoid in it). Nice!!!
I have to use it 4x a day and Jim is using it too since he doesnt want it either.
My mom comes in tomorrow hopefully I can see to drive and pick her up (or I will be calling Jim).
In a nutshell! The NP at the peditricians office said here are perscrptions and ear infections for Christmas. HA HA!!!!

Playing and taking a few steps

2008-12-16T19:14:00.010-06:00

So I came into the living room yesterday only to find Kelsey had made her way into this toy basket and was playing. By the time I got the camera and snapped the picture she was on her way out.

Carson took a couple steps again today. For the past couple days he has been letting go of things and standing alone for a minute or so, yesterday he started moving his feet a couple steps. The ladies at MDO said he was all over the place with the walker and took a couple steps by himself. I have a video of it but Blogger is not cooperating so maybe I can get it downloaded tomorrow.

Lights on the Bentonville Square

2008-12-06T21:25:00.003-06:00

We took the babies to the square on Saturday night we left right before it got dark to show them all the lights. I think they enjoyed it! We then saw Mikel and Lynn's car parked and I said they are probably in the Station Cafe eating and thats what they were doing. They were actually finishing up and we left and decided to go back in to eat as well. Thanks Mikel and Lynn for the idea after smelling the place I was sure craving a burger.

Atari/Tree and story time

2008-12-04T10:17:00.004-06:00

Here is a picture my sister sent me yesterday, I cannot believe how big he is getting.

He is always soo happy I remember when the babies loved the camera at this age, now they still sometimes do (at least Carson does by looking at the picture on our Christmas card) which NO I have not printed out yet I am going to pick them up at Sams next week when the babies are at school and I will get them addressed next week. I know I usually have them sent out by now but the babies keep me really busy and I never thought that at 8:30 I would be ready for bed.

We went to story time at the library and Daddy came over from work to help join in the fun. Thank you daddy it made it so much easier on me not having to keep 2 contained. The last time I went by myself I ended up having to put them in the stroller 1/2 through and let them participate from there. We put the tree up lastnight however I did not get a picture I will hopefully get one tonight either before bunco or after and I will post it on here. We put it upstairs in the front room thank you to my mother in law for the suggestion. I didn't think the ceiling would be tall enough but it worked now I can just shut the door if need be to keep the babies out. They really don't hang out up there so I shouldn't have any issues, I took them in to look at it this morning but they were like whatever. Maybe it will be different tonight when the lights are on.

Look Who's 1

2008-11-29T20:18:00.005-06:00

I love how blogger lets me organize these pictures this one should be at the bottom and so on but you get the idea. Maybe I just dont know how to use blogger if some one knows how to organize pictures on here please let me know. Happy BIRTHDAY BABIES!! MOMMY AND DADDY LOVE YOU!!!! We went to Missouri today for a family get together and it was at Jims grandpas church and he found this curtian which was hiding all of this stuff here he is going in.

Jims grandpa Elmer and the twins with their 1 yr cupcakes

He didn't like the cake as much as Kelsey Belsey

MMMMMMM good

Thank you to Daddy for picking out this cake (well we all went to Sams but he knows what he is doing so I had him fill out the form) we took the cake to all of the family get togethers today with the Hope that it does not make it back to our house.

Here they were 1 year ago today

The afternoon they were born, if you remember Carson didnt get to spend alot of time with us so we have a lot of pictures with Kelsey (he had a problem keeping up his body temperature so he had to stay in the nursery under heat lamps and bundled up).

Daddy and his babies

The morning of their birth, I was waiting for them to take me down to the OR oh yeah I got up out of this bed and walked there (with assistance of course) the nurse also did hold close the back of my gown too :)

2008-11-24T19:10:00.007-06:00

Bathtime at Papa and Titas I think Kelsey was done

Papa and Kelsey so happy! She loves Papa and her daddy Papa came over last week when he was in town for work and Kelsey was loving on him.

There we are with the wagon on their first ride

Here is a toy my sister got them for their birthday it is a LeapFrog rock and groove table (or something like that) my sister said it was one of the top rated toys for 1 yr olds. I had a video of Carson playing with it but it was too long and wouldn't let me download on here I will try to get a shorter one this week.

Below is Carson walking around the house with his walker, he is getting really good.

What we have been up to

2008-11-18T20:37:00.008-06:00

UH! hello to you camera and Daddy Pretty girl in her new outfit I couldn't get her to open her eyes

With Daddys hat on, I think she is saluting someone :) (her eczema (sp) on her cheek was bad here). I ended up having to break down and spend $15.00 on a jar of Aquaphor ointment and so far it seems to be working we shall see. One of the teachers at Mom's day out recommended it and someone else told me about it too and they said it really worked.

Oh I need to get that Elmo down so bad!! He tried everything he could to try and reach him at least it kept him occupied and not so whiny (they haven't been feeling well, they are both teething really bad and have colds).

Jim's parents got us this walker for the babies when we were at their house I have those pics but they are on my memory card and on this computer I don't have a slot so I have to wait until tomorrow to get the other ones off the laptop. Anyways he is getting really good at walking behind this. We took it around the living room and into the kitchen on Sunday he was grinning ear to ear.

Messing around with daddys hat, please forgive me for the very dirty shirt he likes to take his BIB off while eating now. I don't think they put their bibs on today at school because they had some food on their shirts when we got home I guess I will have to tell them that bibs are in their bag. This was like 4:45 by the time I took this and it was really bad but too late to change his shirt so I just left it on otherwise I would have already changed him.

Sorry the pictures are kind of out of order I couldn't get them all to download right with blogger.

KELSEY IS STANDING NOW SHE PULLED HERSELF UP IN HER CRIB THIS MORNING AND THEN A FEW MORE TIMES TODAY!!! YEAH KELSEY!!! Of course no pictures of it maybe I can get some tomorrow.

Sams Club has 2GB memory cards for $9.38 so I bought one yesterday my old card was not as big and was full so I was having to delete stuff and it would always say memory card full. I put the pictures on the computer and back them up but then I leave them on the camera so when I am out and people ask me if I have any pics I can whip out the camera. Jim also gets on my case about developing them, I don't do it enough. I try to do it every 3-4 months but I like to wait until I have a lot of them to develop that way I can sit down once and go through them and get copies made for family etc. Sams will be seeing my big order next month, before the babies were born I did like 80+ pics then I did 50+ for their announcements now I am sure I will have another 80+ again. I need to probably start doing it every month its just time consuming to pick which ones etc... Obviously I am really excited about the memory card I mean for $10.00 thats a steal .

Below is a video of Carson and I having some silly time!! He loves to grab Cameras, and cell phones, remotes etc.. so of course he is trying to grab the camera away from me.

Below is Carson with the walker it wasn't that great since like I said he takes it all over and does really well. It was coming on "witching hour" so he had other things on his mind.

Moms Day out

2008-11-11T14:13:00.002-06:00

The babies started school today, however I did not get a picture because they were kind of fussy when we left and I left the camera at home. After dropping them off I organized their closet, I had boxes of clothes everywhere so I started marking them for a future garage sale and organizing them. Like what box is going to contain 25cent items, etc....
I also changed the sheets on their cribs and made our bed, I didnt get a chance to clean since the garage sale project (still not complete) took all of my time (I will keep plugging away at it next Tuesday). Its easier for me to price it all now and stick it in the boxes and then I just have to pull them out the night before the sale.

When I went to pick up the babies the teachers said they were very good (no surprise) they napped well and they ATE well, she said she had never seen babies eat so much. I packed them 2 jars of food and a thing of AppleSauce and fruit (which they didnt eat, dont know if they thought it would be too messy or what). They also had a couple bottles of formula and juicey.
Kelsey of course took all the other babies pacifiers and played with them (she is such a bully) :)
That's okay I love her anyway!!!

Weekend/Zoo

2008-11-10T13:13:00.007-06:00

At the zoo, we couldn't get her arms in so this is how she was posing

He was licking the booth so we had to hurry (gross nasty germies)

monkeys

on the walking bridge with daddy and Tita all bundled up

Going down the slide she was really happy I just happened to not get a picture of it

At the zoo papa was holding Kelsey she loved it

In their Christmas present that Tita and Papa got them they love the wagon we took it around the block they loved it.

Kelsey girl in the neighbors swing

Carson going down the slide he loved it he would laugh and laugh only he wanted daddy to help catch him not mommy.

We went to Jim's parents this weekend and we all had such a great time, the babies really loved it. We played on the neighbors jungle gym, went to the zoo Jim and I got to go out to eat while Tita and Poppa watched the babies for us. We got home yesterday around 11 ish and I had to get some laundry done and go to the store since we had no food in the house.

The zoo was fun, however there were not alot of the animals out so some of the exhibits were pretty scarse (sp), we will go back in the spring or summer when the twins are bigger. They just really looked at some of the animals but really didn't comprehend any of it. They still had a good time though and so did I just being outside was nice.

Friday we went to the Walking Bridge and walked from one side to the other and waited for a barge to come in it was VERY VERY windy on the bridge and miss Kelsey kept kicking off her shoes and socks and Tita kept putting them back on her (It was quite funny). After the zoo on Saturday we went to the mall and did some shopping for the babies (they needed some winter clothes bad) since they have outgrown stuff they have. Thanks to Tita for helping us find some good deals now the babies are set for fall/winter and maybe into spring.

Election Day

2008-11-04T09:47:00.001-06:00

Thank Heavens its Election day, I will be so glad when this political stuff is all over. Now I am not saying I have not enjoyed some of it but every day non stop to hear about it gets old. I know I am not in control over who our president will be, I know that God will determine that and all I can do is continue to pray that the right candidate gets chosen.
I voted on Oct 20th the 1st day they allowed early voting, so I didnt have to wait in line for a long time (I saw on Good Morning America) today that people in WV were lined up like 3 blocks, they must not have early voting there????

Grass and sippy cups

2008-11-02T19:33:00.003-06:00

He's not sure about it!

He is chasing her

So they braved it and decided to crawl around in the grass today, they had such a good time. However Kelsey got a bit confused and started fussing because she couldn't figure out how to get back out.

Jim is on vacation this week and we are going to see Jims parents in Mayflower on Thursday. We are going to go to the zoo so it should be fun. The babies clap now when they are excited so they will clap at the animals.

We graduated to sippy cups today, we started last night instead of their nighttime bottle we did sippys and we are doing them during the day too. We did do 1 bottle today but thats it.... I bought some more sippys today at WM I had to go to pleasant grove WM since Bentonville only had the blue ones left nice! I think I have given up on Bentonville WM and will contiune to go to pleasant grove, plus with the Target coming soon I think they are price comping the sippys were 10 cents cheaper at PG today.

We shall see how long we last on sippys we may still use bottles but for the most part its sippys

Halloween

2008-10-31T21:26:00.007-05:00

Kelsey giving Dunning a kiss :)

Not a happy bat princess she was so tired and would not take a nap ( this is her typical look though). The happy Lion cub behind her is having fun, I had to snap the picture before he took the hat off. She was happy at Jims work so maybe she just needed a break from mommy or something :).

Happy Halloween!

We went to the fitness center this morning with out our costumes on becuase I didn't know how they would handle it with their costumes on all day. We went to see daddy at work today and walked around we got a couple suckers but thats it. We are going to have them lick them tomorrow and see if they like it.

Tonight our neighbors had a get together outside we went over there and ate some food and chit chatted then that broke up as people went home to get ready to trick or treat. Mikel and Lynn dropped Dunning off so they could get a bite to eat, and the babies crashed out.

Happy 11 months

2008-10-29T20:06:00.004-05:00

I left the room just for a second and this is what I find, I guess the toys I had out weren't good enough.

Very tired here and refusing to nap :)

My BABIES are 11 months old today I am totally shocked on how fast it has gone by and that this time next month they will be 1 officially toddlers.

They did not nap at all today, maybe thats the sign of whats to come :). We had a good day other than it being freezing this morning but by this afternoon it was nice and we went for a walk.

I have a couple videos but Jim is at his University of Phoenix training and has my laptop and for some reason I cannot download videos on this SLOW computer so as soon as he gets home or tomorrow sometime I will put them on here.

Sick/University of Phoenix

2008-10-23T19:16:00.003-05:00

So I made an appt today to get Carson in to see the dr since he hasn't been feeling well the past couple days. A couple of the girls at story time said he didnt look that great (like maybe an ear infection or something). He had all the symptoms of an ear infection minus the fever. He pulled on his ear, runny nose, doesn't want to nap or fusses when laying down etc.

So after waiting 30 minutes for the dr (I almost packed up and left since Kelsey was getting fussy) turns out its the stomach flu. The dr said it has been going around like crazy, I told him that come to think of it a lady in my moms group emailed the group yesterday saying she had it and knew of someone else who did and their child had to be hospitalized for dehydration. He told me to give him tylenol and motrin and plenty of fluids and it will have to work itself out. Nice!!!! Now I dont feel that great either and I think Kelsey has the stomach flu as well now because of her diapers. I swear the drs office knows us by name we have been there so much this year, also we go tomorrow for their flu shot booster.

Also they didnt have a NAP today at ALL so they were really tired, like Jim couldn't play with them when he got home (usually he plays with them for 30 min or so) but not tonight poor babies. I have a video of Kelsey laughing over nothing (or I cant figure it out) I will post it tomorrow.

Jim got a pt teaching position at the University of Phoenix he starts training on Wednesday (4 Wednesdays) then he teaches a class with a mentor. I am so happy he gets to do this, it will look great on his resume.

Today the information on the MOMS day out program came, I am excited. However starting the beginning of December I will have to pack them a lunch so I have no idea what to pack them (well I know their milk in sippy cups) since we will be experimenting with different foods since they wont need the baby food anymore. I was thinking yogurt, fruit cups (with water only), cheese and bread maybe!!! I will have to research it and just go with it. The first few weeks while in the class they will bring baby food.

Kelsey Crawling

2008-10-22T16:36:00.008-05:00

You can't really tell here but Kelsey has curly hair (or at least wavy for now) when you look at her though she has some curls behind her ears. I had natural curly hair when I was a baby/toddler we shall see how curly it gets.

Yesterday Dunning came over I watched him while Lynn had an appt the twins were sleeping for most of the time he was here. I guess the entertainment center is appealing to all Hancock babies.

Crawling toward something

She tries to pull up on the jumperoo now, since he does it

There she goes

There she goes again!!

Miss Kelsey is crawling, however she is no where near as fast as Carson but at least she is doing it now. She is also trying to pull herself up to copy her brother :).

I think Carson has another ear infection he woke up off and on last night (I heard him on the monitor) but never went up there. Then today he was very fussy and every time I laid him down to drink his bottle or drink out of the sippy cup he cried. I am going to see how it goes tonight/tomorrow morning and get him in if needed. He does not have a fever and is not pulling on his ears so it may just be teeth but who knows.

Lynn invited us to the pumpkin patch today but with Carson being VERY VERY fussy this morning and I had loads of laundry to do and some housework to do I decided to pass. It was also around their morning nap time and I knew they wouldn't sleep if we were there. (I think we may be slowly weaning out the morning nap).

Bathtub video

2008-10-20T14:48:00.002-05:00

So instead of having you have to click on Lynn and Mikels blog I just linked the bathtub video. When we were at Mikel and Lynn's on Saturday night we put all of the babies in the tub for their bath. Carson and Kelsey did a great job for the 1st time in the big tub (its easier for us to use the baby tub still for them) but they have officially graduated now.

Lynn and Mikel's Great Life Adventure: The Bathtub Video#links

Twins pjs

2008-10-18T21:20:00.003-05:00

I am not doing anything really mom I'm not :) (he has trouble written all over him).

When we were in Minnesota back in July my cousin had got the twins Minnesota Twins pjs they are so cute on them thanks Amy.

He goes over to this picture album now and points at his and Kelseys picture, I tried to take it while he was actually pointing this is the best I could get. He actually would touch the picture with his finger, he only does it to that picture right now so it makes me wonder if he has figured out it is him and Kelsey on the front.
The aftermath of him knocking everything down off the bookshelves in the kitchen
Kelsey has started to crawl a little bit, and was really tring to pull herself up here.

As Tita would say, "We are doing out part to help the economy"

2008-10-17T21:21:00.001-05:00

2008-10-17T21:19:00.001-05:00

Elmo Live

2008-10-17T14:14:00.002-05:00

Elmo Live came yesterday, it was so cute I took it out of the big box and had it sitting in its box on Jims chair and I pushed on its foot. Carson was grinning from ear to ear and trying to get the box out of my hand. I opened it carefully (in case we decide to sell it on EBAY we want to keep all of the original packaging). Once I got it out of the box they weren't so interested :) I talked to one of my neighbors and she said they like boxes at that age. I have pictures however they are on the video camera and I haven't figured out how to put them on the computer yet so Jim and I will need to work on that tonight.

Jim and I are going to sign the babies up for a MOMS day out program next month, we are going to meet with the director the 1st part of November to tour the facility, meet the teachers and make sure its where we want the babies to be. I am sending them to Southside church of Christ in Rogers and it is very reasonable its only $75 a month for both babies and thats 1 day a week (9-1). It is only 10 minutes from the house too so I dont have to drive all across town. Other places wanted $65 a month for one child and no discount for the 2nd. This one is charging half price for the second child plus a girl from church has her son going there and she loves it. Also I will be able to get my shopping done during the day (NOT AT 7pm when I am a zombie at that point).

I will post pics later

Camping

2008-10-13T14:42:00.008-05:00

Daddy and Kelsey on the 4 wheeler
Trying to go to sleep in the tent (took a while)
Playing with Addison This is Carson's halloween costume
This is Kelseys costume a midnight bat (or as Tita calls it a bat princess)

Carson loves Saddie Michelle's dog Saddie was giving him kisses Kelsey playing with leaves (it was a new experience)
This is Kelsey again, I must not have gotten any of Carson with Jim on the 4 wheeler

We went camping over the weekend it was the babies first time they loved it! Of course, they love being outside. Friday night it took us awhile to get them to go to sleep because they were not used to their surroundings Saturday went much better.

She's Waving

2008-10-09T21:26:00.004-05:00

Here we are fighting over toys, Kelsey gets really upset if Carson takes a toy away from her she cries and screams. I tell her she is going to have to get used to it because after the 1st of the year I plan on putting them in a MOMS DAY OUT program 1 or 2 days a week. I am checking into some places and their rates etc. we shall see.

For sometime Jim has tried to get Kelsey to wave, about a month ago we were leaving church and she was waving to everyone (it was so cute). So she would do it off and on and Jim would hold her up to the mirror and have her wave then today I think it clicked and she will just wave and not have to look at herself in the mirror to do it. We go camping tomorrow we will see how the babies do we may be packing up on Saturday I have a feeling though they will like it (they like being outside).

Will the real slim shady please stand up? please stand up.

2008-10-08T22:13:00.004-05:00

Behind on Posting

2008-10-07T10:34:00.003-05:00

Hmm if I could only figure out how to get the magazines out of the rack I could play with them and make a big mess for mommy to clean up. :)
He moved for this picture but any time Kelsey is in the jumperoo he tries to pull himself up on it she thinks its funny. By the time I snapped this picture he put his butt on the ground.
Today Carson tried to stand or something, he put both hands on the ground and his legs as well but his body was like he was doing a sit up or plank I think he saw me standing up from sitting on the ground and was trying to copy me.

I just realized it has been awhile since I posted, sorry we have been really busy. The babies did not NAP well at all yesterday therefore MOMMY was really TIRED..... They did much better today!

Happy 10 months

2008-09-29T10:45:00.004-05:00

Waiting for story time to begin just chilling out

Since the front has plexiglass he has to figure out how to touch everything from the side now
BUSTED!!! However he cant get to anything, except he is trying to pull the plexi glass forward and could break it. Yes for those who dont know we had to buy plexi glass for the entertainment center since he was constantly going over there and touching everything.
Trying to crawl, not there yet

The babies are 10 months today!!!!

Duggars and #18 Seriously STOP!!!!

2008-09-26T12:15:00.003-05:00

For those who care to know.....
I just got an email from a lady in my moms club, apparently the Duggars are going to annouce on the Today show (or one of those shows) Monday morning that they are having baby #18 and the oldest Duggar is engaged. More power to whomever marries into that family, I hope they don't have as many kids. SERIOUSLY!!! I don't want to offend anyone but STOP HAVING BABIES I think they should have stopped at 3. I know they bring birth control and religion into it but that is old in itself no religion tells you to have all those children.

Dunning

2008-09-23T19:53:00.003-05:00

I tried to get him to look at the camera but he was so tired that he kept looking around the room
that was a bit more interesting. However he would laugh and smile after I took the picture (once he saw the flash maybe).

Lastnight Lynn dropped Dunning off and we babysat him while she went to church group. It was soo fun and all of the babies had a great time. Dunning fell asleep in the crook of Jims arm on the chair last night, the babies like it there too. Jim said he must have reminded Dunning of Mikel.

Today Jim took my van in to Honda there was a rattle in the window and apparently Honda recieved internal communication emails on how to fix this problem, but cant issue a recall because it hasnt happened to everyone???? Thats the day in a nutshell, Jim goes out of town tomorrow thank goodness it is only 1 night.

Carson's World

2008-09-22T10:25:00.003-05:00

Carson makes his rounds around the house every day, this weekend we installed the gates on the top and bottom of the steps. Last week he sat in front of the bottom step and was trying to pull himself up and figure out how to attempt it (so up went the gates).

He made it to the laundry room on Friday and sat there for a few minutes watching the clothes in the dryer then he again tried to figure out how to stand up.

Again its probably best that Carson is just roaming around and crawling right now, as I know Kelsey will soon but right now its manageable.

Carson and his Crib

2008-09-19T11:04:00.002-05:00

This morning I went up to get the babies and Carson was trying to pull himself up in his crib. I found him on his knees holding onto the crib rails!! He is trying to pull himself up on everything, window sills, the entertainment center etc... Hopefully I can capture pictures of him doing it, however it is pretty hard I can't really leave the room for fear that he will actually pull himself up and lose balance and fall over and possibly crack his head open.

Cleaning of Closet day 2

2008-09-17T10:16:00.003-05:00

This may take a while since I can really only do it when the babies are playing in the swing or jumperoo (since Carson crawls I cannot leave him unattended). Anyways the pole fell down again for the 3rd time on Carsons side of the closet (I guess that means there are too many clothes on it) so I moved some of them up. In cleaning out Kelseys side (I am being careful though becuase its supposed to get warm again) so I am only taking out things they don't wear or are too small. She does not have a lot of pants (I thought she did) but she does not. I remember I got a cute pair at Target that were black and she wore them alot when she was a bitty baby now they dont fit :) and I am not driving to target with gas prices so high. When I go to Wal-Mart again I will see if they have a pair of black pants on sale (they have the granimals line) and they are pretty reasonably priced.

I got my free CEO MOM shirt in the mail the other day I wore it to the fitness center today very cool. Thanks Lynn for the info on how to get a free shirt, well the babies are napping and I have a lot of housework to get done

Babies Closet

2008-09-16T17:20:00.002-05:00

Since its been getting cooler out I decided to go through the babies closet and see what they have to wear. They both have plenty except for Kelsey she is in need of long sleeve shirts in size 12months and up Carson has plenty but for some reason Kelsey only has a couple. So for the grandparents reading this if you find any deals please pick some up for us and we will pay you back. I checked Old Navy and Kohls but didnt have time to really dig through the sales racks as the babies were kind of fussy.

Babies 9 month checkup

2008-09-15T11:22:00.003-05:00

So the babies went for their 9 month today, they normally would not need any shots but because there was a shortage of a vaccine they had to get 1 plus the flu shot.

Carson is 27 1/2 in long and weighs 18lbs 5 oz so he is up from Friday (unless he got weighed wrong on Friday). Kelsey is 28 1/2 in long and weighs exactly 16lbs. We dont go back until 1 yr (well in this case 13months) because the dr did not have anything open until the end of December.

They are sleeping now (since there appt was at 10) they totally missed their nap so I am hoping they sleep for a good 2 hrs so I can get caught up on some stuff.

Just hanging out

2008-09-14T18:41:00.003-05:00

Carson crawled all around the house today, from living room to kitchen to dining room to office and back to the living room. Jim had left to go wash his car and I believe Carson was sitting by the door waiting for him
There he is talking
Look at Kelsey's arm around Carson, she loves her brother. She also may have been trying to pull him back from playing with the basketball hoop as well.

Carson was sick Friday and Kelsey was sick yesterday all day long! Tylenol did not work I had to give her motrin and Tylenol to get her fever down. She did not want to be put down at all she needed to be held 24/7. Today we had happy babies with no fevers and they napped really well (Carson did, Kelsey only took her morning nap not an afternoon nap).

Ear Infection

2008-09-12T11:46:00.003-05:00

Once again Carson baby has an ear infection, I debated taking him to the dr yesterday since he had a fever and then it broke so I didnt do anything then he woke up at midnight with a fever and rubbing his ear. I got him in this morning (he was burning up still 1hr after giving him the tylenol) of course when we got into the room no temp. Anyways he has his antibiotics and is sleeping! We go back Monday for their 9 month check up, Carson did get weighed today and is 18lb 1oz doubt he will change much between now and Monday.
I asked the dr about how many ear infections he has to have until he needs tubes (or the discussion of tubes), she said 4 in a year this is 2.

ELMO LIVE

2008-09-10T10:17:00.002-05:00

So Jim and I spent with shipping and tax like 75.00 for Elmo Live (they wouldnt let us use our discount and they wouldnt let us ship it to the store so we could avoid paying shipping). For the babies for their birthday we will see if they like it or not. We don't even get it until the middle of October they were pre selling them online at WM.
Elmo Live sings, dances and all sorts of stuff, if the babies dont like it then we will try and sell it on EBAY to some desperate person needing 1 last minute for a way more then we paid (hopefully). We were going to buy 2 and sell one on Ebay but then I would want to wait until closer to the holidays to list it (when people start doing anything for one) and when the stores all run out but then we thought our plan may not work and we will end up selling it for what we paid.

Look Who's Crawling

2008-09-09T14:25:00.004-05:00

It's official Carson is crawling!!! Look where he is headed we will need to act fast in getting the stereo equipment protected. I have a couple more videos I will post later the babies are having issues napping and I have to try and get them back down.

Car Seat update

2008-09-08T20:32:00.003-05:00

So I went to Sams tonight and they no longer have the carseats I want as posted a couple days ago. I did find what we want though, they are Eddie Bauer (seems to be the only brand that converts to a backless booster) with the right weight requirements. I found them on http://www.thefind.com/ and typed in eddie bauer adjustable car seat and then it pulled up a bunch of adjustable boosters as they call them. I believe they carry the one posted above at Sears or Kohls and its like 85.00 not bad at all. I guess I was looking at the convertible seats which you can use from infant all the way to toddler but it only converts to a booster not a backless booster, I thought for sure I was losing it since I wasn't able to find the convert to backless booster since I know I had seen it before but then I found what I want so all is good now.

I dont really care where it comes from just as long as it is the forward facing 22-40lbs then 40lbs-100lb backless booster like above. I do need the color to be tan though because that will match the interior of the van. THESE will be the last car seats we will have to purchase so that is a relief so I dont have to go buy a backless booster in a few years for 20.00 a piece.

I know I am a dork to be posting about car seats but I thought I would let you all know what is about to happen with the babies in a few months as we convert them into these seats. It just goes to show how big they are getting!

Other news Jim and I have been eating the leftover food from Bunco on Thursday which were crossiants (sp) and a meat and cheese tray from Sams. This has been our meal for the past few days lunch and dinner to use it all up so at least we got our moneys worth, however I probably wont be making myself a turkey sandwich or ham sandwich for awhile. Maybe I will but on bread not a croissant.

Razorback Game

2008-09-07T11:37:00.005-05:00

Last night we went to Denise's house to watch the game with Denise and Kendall the babies were really good until about the last 45 min of the game then they were fussy (we probably should have left after the 3rd qtr) but we stayed until the end. They were both crashed out in the back of the car the whole way home from Siloam Springs so we changed diapers and put them to bed.

Denise has a shiztsu (sp) dog and Carson loved the dog and could not stop laughing, I guess we will be getting a dog someday. Kelsey could care less of course. We weren't sure how the babies would do around the dog so Denise had caged him up but we decided to take her out to see what would happen. I didn't have a chance to grab the camera in time but Carson crawled a little bit lastnight he would take a few moves on his knees and then sit down, maybe he has it figured out.

Car Seats

2008-09-05T21:03:00.003-05:00

So I went to Sams club tonight and every time I am there I see the Eddie Bauer 3 in 1 Car seat. I thought I knew what 3 in 1 was infant, toddler and booster which is correct. Only this seat is 3 in 1 for 1 + yr olds so front facing,full back booster and backless booster. They are a bit pricey at sams club like 99.00 each they maybe cheaper online, this is the one we will probably go with since they will use it until they hit the 60lbs or 10 or whatever the law is now. I thought I found the ones at WM but those are for 3-10 so I guess they dont have enough support and are for 30-100 lbs not 22 lbs like I thought.

Roaring River Day

2008-08-31T19:52:00.006-05:00

Look we are standing

She was playing with Elmers watch and did not want to give it back she had a very tight grip

We are such bone heads we took no pictures at Roaring River today (probably because the babies were tired and fussy). We went to Roaring River for a family reunion for Paula's family we had food and fun and it was nice out.

We went to see Jims grandma and grandpa in Purdy afterwards then home, the babies did not sleep in the car on the way home but they did take their baths and go to sleep right away :)

So I hear Carson laughing hysterically in the living room and Jim had him kicking the ball

2008-08-29T16:21:00.004-05:00

One of the books we read yesterday at story time at the library :)

Her outfit says moviestar I thought my sunglasses would stay on her head so I could snap a picture but they are too big I had such a great picture of it in my mind but this will do.
Look at Carson with his paci, everyday we go outside (when its not raining) and sit in the garage for 30 minutes or so. It has been hot but I feel so cooped up all day long that sometimes the fresh air does me and them good. While we are out there the elementary school bus drops off the kiddos so we usually chat with the mommys waiting for the bus for a few minutes.

Just hanging out!!!!

Happy 9 month Birthday

2008-08-29T09:58:00.000-05:00

The twins are 9 months today!!! I cannot believe it only 3 more months until they are 1 (that is really unbelievable). Hopefully Carson is crawling or walking by the end of this month he is soo close to crawling while Kelsey girl has no desire but she may surprise us and start walking some day.

2008-08-27T20:42:00.003-05:00

What's so funny?

2008-08-22T22:23:00.002-05:00

I think she was still waking up :) and I caught her off guard

He was talking away here look at his mouth going he was soo excited that daddy was home for lunch.
He has more hair then daddy!!! Look at the hairline
I used to do this only suck my thumb instead of my 2 fingers and I would have my hands by my ear like she has
Pretty girl
Nice face!! I was trying to get her to smile and she won't I don't know if she knew what to think such a pretty girl

Bring it on

2008-08-22T16:47:00.003-05:00

So our renter called Jim yesterday and I could hear her yelling at him through the phone, Jim could not get a word in at all. She is going to sue us for her measley(sp) deposit back $500.00 (which is all she gets, since there is a non refundable pet deposit and we automatically keep $300.00 for cleaning) she thinks since she hired a cleaning company and paid to have the carpets cleaned she should get all 800.00 back. She even went as fas as calling Element realty (which no longer exists) to say she was misrepresented and bla bla and wanted to know if they had her deposit which they dont if she had let Jim talk last night she would have known this.
I think she is blowing off steam but if not and she wants to sue us fine BRING IT ON LADY!!!! we will counter sue for the carpet and a couple other things.

Its 5:00 and Carson finally went down for a nap I have no idea what his deal was but he would only sleep 20-30 minutes and wake up crying hysterically I had to take them on a car ride to get him to calm down (I tried everything teething medication, gas drops, teething rings, tylenol) a bottle nothing worked finally I put him down and he went to sleep. Now his bedtime will be all screwed up but oh well an extra 30 min isnt going to kill me or him.

2008-08-20T10:04:00.002-05:00

I am talking away while I am standing

Here are some pictures from this weekend and earlier this week, I had a video I tried to post but the file is to big to download (even to big to send via email) I am going to try and figure out how to make it smaller so I can put it on here. Paula anfd Floyd you would have liked it because it was of the babies laughing at eachother.

Random Pics and things

2008-08-15T13:42:00.004-05:00

I rolled all the way underneath the jumperoo (I have no clue how he got over the humps)

Before church on Sunday!!!

I think this was Monday miss Kelsey did not get her picture taken hardly at all because she was teething bad and was so fussy (Like I don't want to ever do that again fussy).
He is eating a mum mum I found them at Wal-Mart yesterday and he really likes them they dissolve in their mouths so I don't have to worry about him trying to bite into it. I want to start having the babies hold things like food between their fingers for long periods of time.

The babies especially Kelsey have not been napping that well this week so I have not had time to be on the blog and get really much of anything done. I have managed to get laundry done today and some things picked up yesterday but other than that not to much.

I have no clue

2008-08-14T13:40:00.002-05:00

I have no clue where the time has gone since I last posted all I know is I have been very busy and tired. The DVD player quit working on Monday which is odd because I used it on Friday we have another one in our room but that would require moving it and its in a tight spot so its impossible. Luckily our neighbors sold their house yesterday (after only being on the market 1 week) she is a clean freak and clean is what sells (ours sold in Minnesota for the same reason). So he is selling his DVD player and its the one that Jim wants that has the HDMI or whatever anyways we are getting that tonight so my babies can finally start watching videos again.
I will post more info and pictures later the babies are napping so I have to get some things done

Lunch time

2008-08-08T15:08:00.002-05:00

We may have a problem weaning him off the pacifier, when I check on the babies at night you can hear him sucking away on it.
Hmm how do I get the bottle to stand upright so I can eat from it
Very tasty!!! Now if I could just figure out how to get it into my mouth

Library

2008-08-07T18:33:00.002-05:00

Library day today of course I forgot my camera so Carla took these pics. I cannot believe it Isabella is doing the army crawl the babies arent quite there yet. I have more pics that I took of the twins today but don't have time to post I am headed to bunco I will post later.

Carsons TOP TEETH and Miscellaneous

2008-08-06T15:26:00.004-05:00

I was feeding Carson a bottle yesterday and noticed some white stuff on the top of his gums at first I thought it was formula but then I looked again and he has his 2 front teeth that pushed through the gums so now he has 4 teeth. Kelsey Belsey has none but has the swollen gums instead.
There is this cool website http://earth911.org/ if you ever need to recycle or get rid of paint, car batteries etc. you can go to this website and it will give you the list of phone numbers of places that get rid of those things for you.
Update on the stains on the carpet: Apparently our renter put down a RED persian rug and water spilled on it and the dye bled onto the carpet. Well the carpet people told her they would TRY to get it out but could not guarantee anything and they tried and it did not work. YEAH for me since I wont have to go up there and clean the carpets (I still have to vacuum and clean up the stuff from Jims painting) but other than that we are good. Now we are pricing wood flooring to see what that is going to cost. In doing so today I was told by a couple places I called that we need to do a Vinyl plank flooring which looks awesome and looks like real wood has a long warranty and is waterproof. If something happens to a board you can pop it out and replace it easily so that may be the way to go. They said especially for a rental property when you know it isnt going to get the best care. The renter is still arguing about her deposit and the carpet cleaners have told her 2 times they cant do anything she isnt getting her money back etc.. plus he told Jim her story keeps changing.

OMG

2008-08-04T20:04:00.003-05:00

Here is my OMG (OH my GOSH) for the day, so I am at the paint store getting trim for the rental and there is this lady in there. I had the babies in the stroller and they were very good just playing and babbling, anyways the lady asked me what their age difference was. So I thought about how I wanted to answer that quickly, I thought about saying they are 3 minutes apart which is the truth. Then I thought maybe I should tell her they one is 5 months the other is 7 months (I just incubated one of them longer). Maybe she thought one was mine and I was babysitting the other, I don't know but really why would you ask that (that isn't the 1st time someone has asked me). I politley told her they were twins and they are 8 months old, then she asked are they both girls or boys (he was wearing blue she pink) and even if they weren't he looks like a boy and she a girl. At least after telling her that she didn't ask if they were identical (now I know the response for that one) and it is they are identical from waist up. One of my fellow MOMS (Mothers of Multiples) told me thats how she handles that question and people generally get the idea.

The babies did not nap well, we went to the fitness center then came home and napped for maybe 45 minutes then they woke up to eat and we had to go to the rental to meet the termite inspector, then I had to go get paint for the trim and a screen at national. Oh yeah I forgot to go to Sams and get Jim's allergey medication (sorry). Some positive news, a neighbor is going to buy the fridge from the rental so we made 100.00 whoo hoo!! Cathy I did get your message about the carpet stuff, I can't find it here I appreciate the call if I had more time to dink around with it I so would I am going to try the rug dr on Saturday and go from there :). Hopefully since the rug dr is hot steam I can set it on the stain and it will pull it up who knows its worth a try.

Jim priced bamboo today at Sams and we could do the living room and hallway for 1000.00 but we would have to install it ourselves. I havent told Jim yet but I think you can call National or any of those places that contract that out and they can give you numbers of people that would do it and probably cheap since the housing market isn't great and they may need the work, we shall see. He is painting there right now I just got done pulling up my impatients (which I thought I would have time to water this year)I think next year I am planting Dianthyis (sp) or petunias that don't require alot of tlc.

No pictures today since we were sooo busy I had the babies bathed and in bed by 6:15 Jim was kind of bummed out since he had a meeting that ran late and didnt get home until 6, but they need their sleep just like mommy does. I was talking to Jill today and she said Madison started kindergarten (yr round starts a week early) and she got nap time I said to Jill gee I wish I had nap time.. Oh well its all worth it!!!

Maybe pics tomorrow we shall see how we do, we have nothing going on just walking in the morning with Carla and then I think we are going to stay close to the house since we have done a lot of driving this past weekend.

Rental House and Missouri

2008-08-03T20:22:00.008-05:00

Auntie Lynn is playing with us and I love my sister
Dunning, Jim and Mikel were all putting there lips together and making gross noises :)
Lynn had him laughing about something

At pizza Hut Carson is wanting to know where his daddy went
Her famous look
Playing with great grandparents
Elmer and Carson
Dunning saw himself in the mirror

Who does this?? If it had been cleaned up right away it may have came out the fact that is in the center of the room doesnt help if it were on a side it could be covered up with a tv or chair but its the 1st thing you see when you walk in the room thats why I am upset.
Just had to take these just in case we have to proceed further with her

So our renter moved out on Friday so Jim and I went up there on Saturday to check it out. Now she paid Merry Maids to come in and clean they didn't clean baseboards or cobwebs and the kitchen floor was filthy (however they did clean the bathrooms so I didn't have to do that). She also paid a carpet cleaning place to come out and clean the carpets (since she said she had a couple stains)which I thought SWEET no work for me :) I guess Jim and I thought we would just have to paint a few walls and be done. OH NO!!!! Jim has to repaint the WHOLE HOUSE!!

Plus he has to touch up trim I dont know how the trim got all knicked up and dirty (like smudges that I cant clean off) nailpolish or something on one of them. Here is the worst part, there are like 5 red spots on the carpet (well now they are pink) but they are there. I tried scrubbing last night and today with no luck you can still see them and no one is going to rent it for the price we want with the carpet looking like that my stomach is in knots about it.

I know its a rental and expect wear and tear but not like this, and in the past I have had spots on the carpet but have gotten them out. She also smoked in the house so I have to rent a rug doctor now and see if I can try working on these stains again and maybe it will lift the smokey smell out. She did leave the fridge so maybe we can sell that and make a quick 100 bucks!! Jim was there until 4:30 am painting and has 3 rooms and the laundry room left he went and taped today so he can paint this week. SHE DOES NOT GET HER DEPOSIT BACK and JIM WILL HAVE TO TELL HER!! Now we are debating the laminate flooring there, then we will have to say no pets because it will get scratched but it would be so much easier to clean then carpet. I think the wood would be good for resale since we will always have competition and we need to be better than that.

Mikel, Lynn, Jim and I and the babies went to see Jim;s grandpa today in Purdy. We met them at pizza hut in Cassville (very very busy) and then went to their house for awhile. Carson almost crawled today he was up on all fours and would move one leg but couldnt figure out what to do with the other one so he would fall over. Well I just needed to vent since my stomach is upset because of Carpet and I get to go up on Sat and clean it so Jim can stay home with the babies no more burning the midnight oil like we used to do (Jim still can but I cant).

Playing

2008-07-30T12:31:00.002-05:00

I can hold my bottle by myself
Grandma is going to give me a bath

Now we are going to start grabbing toys from eachother

Happy 8 Month Birthday/Jim's Job

2008-07-29T15:21:00.004-05:00

My babies are 8 months today!! Boy how time flies :)
We did alot, we went to Kohls with grandma she found a good deal I did not (there clearance racks were pretty much cleaned out). It was the same way at Belk until my mom found a cute dress hanging on the 75% + an additional 40% off rack and it was my size. I don't have any summer dresses all skirts and I wore alot of skirts to church when I was pregnant so I am sick of them plus I need to go through and get rid of some that no longer fit or I don't like anymore. I have been wearing capri pants or slacks to church and its too hot.
The dress was 17.00 and its polka dot (don't worry Lynn it isn't like yours) I thought it was and almost didn't get it but I then remembered yours has black for the top part this one is just all polka dot so don't be mad I really didn't mean to copy it was just a good deal. I also found a pair of sandals with a 3/4 in heel (since I don't wear heels) and they havy tiny polka dots on them so I will be able to wear them with other stuff too and they were 12.00.

After the babies had a melt down (which I don't blame them being strapped in the car seat then stroller would start to make me mad too). We went to the Rogers historical museum (didn't know it existed) and took the free tour (again babies weren't to happy) oh well they got over it fast. Then I ran into Sams and Neighborhood market while my mom sat in the car with the babies.
Now we are working on a nap Carson is sleeping fine Kelsey is not (what else is new) she has been teething lately and has not been sleeping well.
Its official Jim accepted a job as a senior planner I don't know what team he is working on but he will be in charge of layouts and planning stuff . We are going to Abuelos tonight for dinner to celebrate (my mom offered to babysit) maybe we wont go to Abuelos but we are going somewhere.

Atari

2008-07-25T09:59:00.002-05:00

More pictures of Atari have finally been updated :) he is getting so big. Mer I love the little jean shorts on him they are so huge its funny.
I will post more later, the babies are trying to go down for a nap and I am waiting to make sure they are asleep before I start the laundry.

Bobby's visit

2008-07-23T12:56:00.007-05:00

So Bobby was upstairs watching a movie and I ran into the office to send an email and I left the bag with teething tablets, orajel etc in it on the floor. Kelsey likes to play with the bag so I heard her throwing it around in her hands so I really didnt think anything of it (since I thought I had SEALED THE BAG). When I came back in this is what I found the container to the teething tablets open and them scattered all over the floor there were none in her mouth however. She must have been hurting for them (Bobby and I just laughed hysterically). I was going to use the powder for the babies mouths as well now I wont be able to (the powder is from the ones that got crushed somewhere along the way).

Dunning and Carson talking and playing Kelsey and Bobby watching
Bobby and Kelsey (in her tennis dress that Paula got her) Dunning and Carson last night just talking to eachother Dunning looked right at the camera!

Bobby left today those that don't know he (my brother) was in town for 2 weeks he came back with us from MN. I am sad to see him leave as he was a great help but I know he wanted to get home and get his braces and see my parents. I told him next year when he comes it will be better since the babies won't require so much picking up etc.. and we can take a couple road trips like to Silver Dollar City and to see Jims parents in Mayflower and go to the water park. We did things when Bobby was here but we stayed close to the house, and ran a couple errands Jim and Bobby did go canoeing one day and he had fun.

Tomorrow is library day again :) this time without Bobby uh! So now I have to bring the stroller in thats okay I will need to get back to my routine.

Lynn, Mikel and Dunning came over yesterday sine they were showing their house and Lynn was going out for the evening for dinner so Mikel came over after work to eat and take Dunning home.

Kelsey still hasn't got her teeth in yet like Carson has, however she has gotten a bad diaper rash because of teething (I want them to break through now she is in pain and has her fingers in her mouth all the time). I put a lot of ointment yesterday and last night I put on the prescription cream Nystatin on it and some stuff called Lantiseptic (which is a skin protectant) this stuff works better then the butt paste did she is so much better today.

This is the first time she has gone to town in the jumperoo she was doing this for like 45 minutes yesterday of course she was squealing at the same time too.

Library Day and Other happenings

2008-07-17T19:36:00.004-05:00

Carson at the library (he was so content listening to Miss Sue Ann) its amazing to see how much they have changed in their attention spans since we originally started going to the library
Miss Kelsey she was so so, she wanted to stand the whole time this is the only time she really wanted to sit
All of the cousins and Isabella, Kelsey was crying so Isabella had her hand out trying to calm her down :) Kelsey is so flexible.

OOOO I am stuck can I get out!! of course I can Mommy I just like to see the view under the sofa maybe I will dust for you while I am down here (hee hee).
MMMM I am teething and these feel good on my gums and I can chew them with the 2 teeth I have
If I could just get the orajel or teething tablets I would be in a better mood

I am down 5lbs so I have 5 more to go to get to my pre pregnancy weight!! WHOO HOO!!!

I think alot of it has to do with the walking (Carla and I usually walk every morning, unless its raining) but she starts school on the 14th of August so I will be needing a new partner Jana??? Maybe we will go later since Jana will be taking the girls to school in the morning. Also I have been going to tone and tighten religiously 3 times a week (except last week we were on vacation, some days I skip because I have too many things going on that week).

Carson almost started to what looks like a crawl last night on the bed he had is butt in the air and was on his hands and knees and was pushing his butt up and down and started moving his legs almost like doing what we used to call burpees in gym class (he was moving like a frog) so maybe he will start crawling soon :).

Criss Cross Applesauce

2008-07-14T10:37:00.006-05:00

I haven't mentioned but we put the coffee table in our living room up in the attic so now the babies have all the room they want to roll around and play. It has been a lot easier because now we can get down on the floor with them and spread out and they aren't bumping their heads on the table. They do still go on the wood floor but they have more carpet now. He is doing so well sitting up, Kelsey is behind him throwing a tantrum I didnt want to move her so I just took the picture. Kelsey has no desire to sit up, she does but not as long as he does and you have to really work with her. Its funny his teeth have broken through before hers, he is sitting before her it will be interesting to see what else will happen. They say boys take longer to potty train so I wonder if they will play the switch a roo on me then. They say with twins that they will switch personalities and stuff as they get older.

I just realized I never posted a picture of the babies in their walking stroller so here they are when we went walking (I think I took this after because they were both asleep) and it was very hot. They love the stroller since they can sit side by side and babble and look around.

I have no idea where I got Criss Cross Applesauce from but the babies love it, when they are laying on the ground I cross their legs back and forth like scissors and we sing criss cross applesauce. It kind of calms them down, Bobby said he learned criss cross applesauce when he was in Kindergarten when the teachers wanted you to sit cross legged on the floor (or as some of us remember the term Indian Style) I know that word is not PC but that is the only way I knew how to describe it.

So last night Carson was on the bed waiting for his bath of course I was there watching him so he wouldn't roll off since he is a roly poly head. We always turn on one of the music channels on the tv when they get their bath while they wait (so we can keep them entertained), and I dont know if it was the beat of the song that came on but Carson started doing a Booty Shake. He would lay there and push up his butt really fast, then he rolled over and did it on his belly. At first I wasn't really paying attention because he always moves and scoots backwards but this was more than a scoot then it was hilarious. Jim went and grabbed the video camera and got more of it on video I just got a quick clip but the clip is enough to get the idea I should have recorded it longer but I had to help Jim get Kelsey Belsey out of the bath tub. I will have to get the sim card out of the video camera or hook it up to here and download that video as well. (Jim can do that since I dont know how the camera works :) ). Ignore the full diaper it was bath time and I didn't want to take the diaper off until he was ready to get into the tub no need to explain further you get the idea.

Friday

2008-07-12T14:12:00.003-05:00

Happy Birthday to me!! I am oficially 30 so of course there was a big party for me last night. Jim and Lynn ( mostly Lynn) threw me a surprise party at PF CHANGS and then we went to Eddie Haskels. Lynn has the pictures on her camera so when she sends them to me I will put them on here. I had a great time and was sure surprised! However I woke up this morning with a flu bug or food poisioning (sp) I could not keep any food down at all. I already didn't feel great as I seem to have a cold and yesterday my muscles kind of ached off and on so maybe this was brewing who knows. Hopefully it has passed as Jim took care of the babies all day yesterday (ON MY BIRTHDAY) I love him for that and pretty much today he and Bobby have been helping out with them majorly. Click on the link below for pictures of the PARTY!!!!! WAY TO GO LYNN
http://www.kodakgallery.com/I.jsp?c=4d6r23d3.5rlgp4br&x=0&h=1&y=-yliq8v&localeid=en_US

Happy birthday AMY! For those that do not know I have a cousin that has the same birthday as me only she is 7 yrs older thats NEAT!!!

Trip to Minnesota

2008-07-09T20:13:00.003-05:00

Jim and Atari (I think he was hungry here, he wasn't to happy)
Daddy and Kelsey
My cousin Amy with Atari (he looks bigger here)
Amy and Kelsey (She got her to go to sleep, she may have to fly down here and help me, little girl fights it alot).
Carson barley keeping his eyes open

Uncle Mitch and Atari
Carson and Daddy (I think Kelsey was sleeping in Atari's crib), Carson liked getting his picture taken
Atari he is long like Kelsey was

My step mom and Carson

The trip went great I should have some pictures up by the weekend, we are all very tired and I have laundry and other things to do to get caught back up around the house.
The babies are WAY OFF their schedules so putting them down to bed tonight was a challenge we gave them their bath at 6 and were down by 6:30 they were quiet but I don't think they were asleep. By the time 7-7:30 rolled around they were up again :) so I finally had to let them cry it out and I think they finally fell asleep as I type this, I know it will take a couple days. Maybe by tomorrow we will start getting back to normal again :)

Happy 4th of July

2008-07-04T10:49:00.002-05:00

We are doing absolutley nothing today well I shouldn't say nothing. I am getting all of the laundry done so we can pack for our trip tomorrow. I have all of the babies stuff laid out so it just needs to be put in a suitcase (I really don't have that much left, I just don't want to do it).
Its nice having Jim here today I can catch up on getting the house cleaned up so at least we can come home to no food but a clean house :) I haven't bought groceries this week b/c I didn't want to waste any food while we are gone. I don't want that gross smell permiating (sp) my fridge from old veggies and stuff.

We are going to sit outside in our driveway tonight (after babies go to bed) at watch fireworks (if its not raining).

Library

2008-07-03T11:00:00.003-05:00

This was yesterday normally she likes to reach for toys when I put her in the bumbo with the toy bin next to her, now she just makes funny faces
He kept pushing her hands away from the basketball hoop he didn't want her playing with his toy

See he was listening to the story you can kind of see Isabella as well!! She is doing a good job on her tummy
At the library not sure about this face I think she was a little tired :)

Today was library day Carson did so well sitting up by himself! There were a lot of kids there today (more than usual) maybe because its a holiday week and some of the daddy's were there with the mommy's and babies (I assume because they were on vacation from work).
We ran to the associate store afterwards to see if they had any good deals (I went on Monday but its one of those things where you need to go everyday because they are always putting stuff out) they have a lot of Christmas decorations but thats it. I thought maybe I could find some baby orajel or some cleaning products but nothing. Jim always seems to find stuff when he goes (maybe it happens to be a fluke) who knows.
We came home and had bottles and now they are sleeping, we shall see how long that lasts. I am going to try teething tablets today and see if that will extend the nap longer (since they have only been sleeping about 20 min now and I can hear some restling around in there).