While Mom's away...

...the kids will cuddle up with Dad and watch TV together???  What the heck?!  I came home on Sunday afternoon after being gone a few hours and this is what I found.  I'm with these little guys 24/7 and they NEVER both cuddle up with me and do ANYTHING.  Andrew was just sitting' pretty with his babies in his lap. ...

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Finally! Relief from the noise!

Andrew and I have been using the fleece swaddle blanket to wrap around Smith's legs for warmth at night since birth.  Well, we finally decided he was old enough to have an actual blanket in his bed to keep him warm.  Last night, we went to check on him before we went to bed and this is what we found...It's almost like he's saying "Geez, I'm so glad they finally gave me something to muffle that dumb sound machine they turn on every night...

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Things you might not know...

Today at Stroller Strides, we had several new girls in class, so the instructor asked us to go around and say one thing about ourselves others wouldn't know.  Well...girl number one had a hidden tattoo and girl number two has 3 kidneys!  How do you follow that?  I immediately started racking my brain.  Ugg...since I'm chatty Cathy and blog all the time, most people know all my business!  I have very few secrets.  When...

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Where in the world?

My parents have a map of the world at their house where they track the places they've been with straight pins.  I've wanted to do the same for some time now and was even more inspired when my friend Aubrey did the same with her kids, so today we did it.We're those super crazy people who love, love, love to travel and gasp...travel with our kids as well.  So now, we have an official map with colored straight pins marking where we've been. ...

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A summery winter day

Since today felt like summer and not winter, Erika, Manda and I decided to head to the park after we picked the big kids up from pre-school. I woke him up from his nap to go get K and head to the park.  He was all smiles. On our way to the park, we all stopped at Sonic for drinks.  What's so cute about this picture is that the girls' drinks were in different spots, so they got their drinks and went to sit next to each other. ...

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Be mine

 Yesterday, Kensington received a Valentine's Day card in the mail from Lovie and Papa Jay that plays the theme to Beauty and the Beast.  Needless to say, it's now her favorite toy and we've heard the song 1,345,456 times. Watching cartoons with her card. Playing "school" with her card.   Giving her rocking horse a kiss.I love my little Valentin...

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Life embraced

After 20 months and 3 days, I finally got my braces off yesterday :).  I remember standing in my kitchen when Dr. Adams called me to tell me the plan: braces on, tonsils out, myofunctional therapy every Tuesday, and 60 minutes of myofunctional homework a day.  I cried.  At the time, I had a 7 month old and it all seemed so overwhelming.  Andrew and my mom kept saying that it would be worth it and that I'd regret it if I...

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12 months

 Thanks to my sweet friend Jeni for referring her photographer (and BFF) Paige Walker.  Contact Paige at paigewalker1113@yahoo.com.  My sweet, sweet boy at 12 months.  I love you Smith!&nb...

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Day 4, Day 4, Day 4, Day 4. Day 4

Day 4 of being snowed/iced in.  This is C-R-A-Z-Y!  This is the first time schools have been closed 4 days in a row.  I mean, this is seriously nuts!  I have used all of my mommy tricks over the last 3 days.  We've made crafts, played with Play-doh, done puzzles, colored pictures, sang song after song, worked on our letters...I'm exhausted.  Today, I gave up and gave Kensington her Valentine's Day gift early...a...

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And he's off!

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Kensington says it best...

Since it was 15 degrees today and we were iced and snowed in, I thought I'd  give you tidbits from our day:1. Andrew made us all whole wheat chocolate chip pancakes for breakfast (yummy!).2. We set up Kensington's tent in our bedroom for hours of fun.3. I painted K's toenails pink.4. We watched Charlie Brownie (that's what she says).5. Smith walked the furthest thus far (an estimated 10 feet per Andrew).6. I told Smith to stop biting the carpet...

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