Do I have something on my face?

Last night, we celebrated Banty's birthday with fajitas, fun, and lots of cake! The kids could not get enough of the cake. I am surprised they went to bed last night!

Kisses...

We really do love each other!

Playing with Mommy

Here are some pictures Aunt Laci took of us playing with our Mommy tonight. Stay tuned for more pictures of the kids with Miss Ellie.

Stir-Crazy

The weather has been horrible here the past week, so that means no outside time for the kids. Today we had enough of staying in, so I bundled the kids up in their jackets and hats that Nana and Papa gave them for Christmas and we took Huckleberry on a walk. They were glad for the fresh air and I enjoyed the 15 minutes of silence! :) Here are some pics of the kids all bundled up.

New Trick

Here is a picture of what I found yesterday when I went to get Tate from his nap. Notice the missing diaper. It had been missing for the whole nap (about 2 hours). You can imagine the mess we had to clean up! New rule: We always sleep in pants! :) Ah, the joys and surprises of parenthood.

Emmy's First Haircut

On Saturday, I went to get Emmy's hair trimmed. Here are some pictures of her in the car she got to sit in. She was great during the haircut, mainly because they gave her a tur-tle to hold. She was so amazed by the turtle she did not even know they were cutting her hair.

18 Months

Tate and Emmy turned 18 months back on Jan 7th, but just went to their check up last week. Here are the stats...

Tate

26 lb. 2 oz.

32.75 inches

30 % percentile for weight and height

Emmy

24 lb. 0 oz.

30.5 inches

40 % percentile for weight and height

They got their last shots for a while (4 years should be the next ones). The Dr. said they are perfectly healthy and developing great.



We are truly blessed! :)

Night-Night

Here is a picture of the kids before they went to bed last night. Daddy was trying to snuggle with them, but Emmy is very protective of her night-night and wanted Daddy off!

Ketchup Anyone???

Tate loves to go to the Mexican food place down from our house to eat beans and rice, but the last few times we have gone he has picked up on the dipping chips thing. He is very interested in the whole process. We let him try the salsa, but it was too spicy for him, so he got mad when we took it away from him. We had the waiter bring us some ketchup in a bowl. Problem solved! He was actually eating ketchup on chips...gross, I know, but here is the picture to prove it. Thank goodness for spray n wash!

After reading this, Uncle B (who works for Frito Lay) informed me that Frito Lay actually makes a ketchup flavored potato chip, but it is only sold in Canada... http://www.taquitos.net/snacks.php?snack_code=369

I guess it is not that strange afterall, but I still think it is gross!!

Bubbles...

Tate and Emmy have found another reason to love taking a bath...BUBBLES! Thanks to Mimi, they can both say bubbles now. Here are some pictures of the kids acting goofy in Mimi's tub.

Christmas pics...A Little Late...

These are some pictures from before Christmas. We just got them back from the picture place. The kids were not really in the mood for pictures that day, so they have serious faces on! :) The last 2 pictures are with Cousin Brody.

Explosion!!!

Banty came to visit us this weekend so that Brad and I could go to Amanda and Dave's wedding. Here are some pictures of a funny story....

1. Banty walked in and found Tate "organizing" the Diet Cokes on the windowsill. Notice Emmy just watching Tate and not touching anything...

2. Banty was just about to walk around and take the cokes away from the kids, but first she took one more picture of the organization process...also, notice the cracker Tate had to put down to play with the Diet Cokes...

3. Well, about that time...Tate dropped a Diet Coke on the floor and it busted everywhere. This is the after picture. Look at Tate's face...like "uh, oh!" and Emmy was hysterical because the Diet Coke was on her pants.

Always an adventure! Thank you Banty for coming this weekend and taking care of and cleaning up after the kids!

More Banty Pictures

Here are some more moments caught on camera from this weekend...

So innocent, aren't they???

Tater in a bow...

Mr. Potato Head's glasses...

Curbside Service

Here are some pictures of Tate giving Emmy a drink in the car. Just like at Sonic! :) He just got the biggest kick out of it. Goofy Children! :)

TuTu Emmy

Last year, Boots gave Emmy a Tutu for Christmas. She loves to play with it, but this morning she insisted we put it on her. Here are a few pictures of our beautiful ballerina.