HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!

 

I can not believe it, my Boys are a year old! Where has this year gone??? All day today I kept thinking about what an adventure we were about to embark on a year ago today. All day I thought about the joy that the boys brought to me instantly the second I saw them. It was with out a doubt, love at first site. Well, honestly love at first sound, I didn't get to see them right away since I had a C-Section but it was pure joy the second I heard their cry. A sound I will never forget. I was scared but so extremely happy. I didn't know what was about to come my way but I knew it was going to be amazing, but hard at times. These two Boys bring me more happiness then I could have every imagined. They complete Matt and I more then they will ever know. We are a family of four, because of them. I love them so much. Happy Birthday Walker and William!

PARTY TIME!!! ...

This weekend we had Walker & William's Birthday Party and I'd like to think that it was a success! Everything came out as I imagined. If you don't happen to know by now, but Pinterest is AMAZING when you need ideas for ANYTHING!!! I got a few ideas for Party decorations and they all came out great!

 

 

Of course the boys are still a little too young to get into the whole opening presents thing, but they do enjoy playing with tissue paper! They were troopers though sitting in Mommy and Daddy's laps as we opened the presents for them and they got a lot of great things including new Texans Jerseys and Aggie Polos to wear on game days. WHOOP!!!

 

 

 

They got the CUTEST little Harley Bikes from Gram and Papa Barone

 

 Walker is ready to ride ...

 

I think William had enough at this point ... (But the only melt down we had at the party)

 

 

Then it was cake time! MY FAVORITE! Now this was the Boys first time to actually have sweets. And by my surprise they didn't really dive into it quite like I was expecting them to! Walker loved the cake part and poked at the icing and then tried a bite of the icing and spit it right out. I'm guessing it was just a little too sweet for his liking (which is okay by me, but I'm sure that will change.) As for William ... Well, if you know William then you know he is an EXTREMELY picky eater. I have worked with kids for quite some time now and I have never met such a young picky eater. He does not like to touch most foods so you have to feed most of it to him and then if we're lucky, he'll actually eat it. He will pick up breads so I knew he would feed the cupcake to himself, I just didn't know how he would feel about touching the icing. When I put the cupcake on his tray, of course he would not touch it. I forced him to touch the icing with his finger and he cried a bit about it. Then I broke off a piece from the bottom of the cupcake and he fought me on the first bite, but once I was able to shove that piece in his mouth he got mad for a second and almost spit it out until he realized that what he had in has mouth, tasted pretty good and quickly changed his mind. It was really funny! But like his brother, he didn't care for the icing either.

 

 

 Emi, Taytum and Stephen have the cupcake eating down!

 

One of my favorite gifts the Boys got, and I think their favorite gift as well, was from their Cousins Stephen, Taytum and Emi. Walker and William love to watch this show off of PBS called Daniel Tiger's Neighborhood. It is a little spinoff cartoon from Mr. Roger's Neighborhood. Well, while my Sister, Alisha was taking her kids shopping for a present to get the Boys, they were looking through the books trying to figure out what to get. Then Taytum spotted a book that she knew would be PERFECT for the Boys. It was a Daniel Tiger Book! And they love that book! I just think it was the sweetest little thing, that Taytum found a book that she just knew Walker and William would love, and she was right! They do love it!

 

 

 

These two Boys are my two most biggest blessings and I am so proud to be their Mommy. Happy Birthday Walker and William! Mommy loves you so much!!!

 

... Now time, slow down!!!



 





Kelcie's a Married Woman! ... Finally!!!

My best friend, Kelcie who has been dating her now Husband :) since we were Seniors in High School, got married over the weekend. I have had the prevlidge to watch their love grow over the past 7 years and it has been such a blessing to experience. Their wedding was a blast and so beautiful and I am so thankful that my Parents watched the boys for us that night so that Matt and I could enjoy our time. Here are a few pictures from that night. 

           The Beautiful Bride and I 

The Past 3 Years ...

Well, it's been 3 years since a blogged last and good NEWS! We do have a patio and it is finished! HA!

I'm thinking it would be fun to start this whole blog thing again, but lets just see how long that lasts.

So let's catch up ...

I'm sure you can imagine a lot has changed in three years. It's no longer just Matt and I now. We are a family of four! After a few years of trying to become a family we were blessed with two at the same time! We tried for a while and prayed a lot to have a baby and God blessed us with two! Life has changed drastically and it is hard at times but I can not imagine our life without them now and we are so happy to have our little guys in our lives.

I had a pretty easy pregnancy. At least I'm thinking it was pretty easy compared to other twin/multiple pregnancies that I hear and read about. I was huge, but I was able to go all the way to 37 weeks! And I was ready to get them out!

On the day of Labor Day 2013, I had the day off and I was able to get a lot of things done around the house. The weird thing was is that our dog, Penny was following me around EVERYWHERE getting on my nerves! She would not leave me alone! I think she had a sense that something BIG was about to happen!

That night (actually early the next morning), I woke up and had to go to the bathroom, and kept having to get up to go ... and then shortly after my contractions started and they did not stop. So Matt drove us to the Hospital at 2:00 in the morning, where they confirmed that yes, I was in labor and these babies were ready to make their arrival. And at 4:00am they were born (just one minute apart).

William (Twin B) & Walker (Twin A)

 

Walker: 5 lbs 15 ounces

William: 5 lbs 11 ounces

 

 

Lets, just say 11 months later ... Time just goes by too fast and we have enjoyed (mostly) every minute. Having a newborn is hard, getting use to their schedules and personality's, but X2, I'm thinking can be a little more difficult (I really have nothing else to compare it to). But Matt and I learned to get a routine and I'd like to think that we've got it down. We're a good team and I'm thankful for him each and everyday. I can not imagine going through this journey without him (thanks sweetie for all you do!)

 

To catch up a little bit, here are some pictures of our little guys growing up through out the past 11 months ...

 

 

Few of our favorite pictures of Walker

 

Few of our favorite pictures of William

 

 

 

And in less than a month, our little guys will turn 1! ... Let's see if I'll be successful this time around with the blog, and I will update you on their Birthday Party!

 

 

Patio in Progress

Yesterday my loving Husband and Father-in-law started work on our future patio. I am so excited and can't wait to see the finished product! They were able to pull up all the grass for the outline of the patio and had capped off all the water sprinklers, where the patio will be covering. Next weekend my parents are going to come for the weekend and start helping us lay down the pavers.

Matthew's Dad is an architect major and he drew up an awesome design of what our patio will look like. It will include a covered area as we walk out of the door, and then to the right of the patio, it will be empty for now, but eventually have a hot tub (maybe) and then further out, centered there will be a spot for a fire place. I can't wait to see how it will all turn out, and I will definatly post pictures! It is going to be so much fun to have company over and hang out and relax outside on the patio!

Here are two pictures. One is a before picture and the other is a picture of what they had accomplished the first day!

Before

After Day 1