Where did my babies go?

and who are these little kids that are now living in my house???? :)

random

a few pics of us just goofing around and a few of J and L on their first day of "school" aka Mother's morning out! They are talking up a storm and into everything... I am really starting to wonder if we are going through some of our "terrible 2s" now... they are an extreme handful, and testing me already. But with these passionate personalities come some very sweet compassionate spirits! I couldn't ask for more! (there are a few other new posts below)

nonna and dadaddy

Nonna and Dadaddy came to visit last week... and man, these kiddos love them, and the feeling is mutual. Glad they made it on a non-sick weekend! haha

Christmas

Christmas was extra fun this year with these toddlers... too much fun! I could not get over how Lucy went straight to the doll nursery and Jack went straight for the basketball goal... I never once said whose presents were whose, and really they were all for them both! I would love to see my princess shoot some hoops and my little man learn how to take care of babies... it will make him a good daddy one day ;) but they were not interested... so funny!

FINALLY!

I have finally figured out how to blog on my ipad... just a test post before I get back into blogging much more regularly. Just a few sweet faces before we can really get started on this thing! My parents are here this weekend, so we are taking it easy today and my mom and dad are babysitting tonight so Cal and I can actually have a date!!! SO excited!

for my memory...

Here are most of the words that J and L are saying at this point... I am sure that there are more... I just can't remember them all... I knew I would be so mad at myself if I didn't record them.

1/11/12

Jack:
ball
duck
quack
baa
moo
OO-OO-OO-OOOOOOH- owl sound
owl
momma
dadda
nananna (banana)
ba-ba (bottle)
nonna
dadaddy
ava- you just started pronouncing the "V"- you used to say awa
hi
hey
bye-bye
ucy- (lucy)
no
uh-oh
1st phrase- "no, nananna"- you wanted a banana instead of the strawberries I was offering. 

Lucy:
ball
duck
owl
quack
oo-oo-oo-ooooooh (owl sound)
momma
dadda
paci
nananna
ju (juice)
nonna
dadaddy
awa (ava)
ba (bath)
yay
hi
hey
bye-bye
ack (jack)
baybay- (baby)
uh-oh
you suprised us the other day and said after breakfast "yeah, I'm all done"

Catching up!

I have a ton to post about! We took a big trip to MS this month and had a blast! It was a hard trip as one would expect, but it was a great time to be around all of our family and friends that Jack and Lucy never get to see. They went to their first Ole Miss football game, went to the square, tons of restaurants, Fighting Bayou (hunting camp), Canton Christmas light show, touring future schools, Ananndale Golf Club, shopping in Jackson, met a ton of new "friends" (i.e. our friends new babies), and did lots and lots of playing with grandparents! They weren't spoiled at all while there (ahem!)

Jack and Lucy started really walking while we were in MS! Lucy started REALLY walking on Nov. 7 and Jack took his first steps from me to Aunt Kiki on Nov. 11! Jack started REALLY walking on Dec. 9.  We got him some "Keds" and buddy he was OFF! I know that I have posted about this before, but I seriously cannot put into words the relief Cal and I felt when we saw him gracefully walking across the floor. I have not ever posted this... but the doctors at the hospital when they were born told me that we would really know that his leg was OK when we saw him walking without any problems... I think that was awful for them to say, because you can imagine as parents, we kept that in the back of our heads for so very long. God made miracles happen in both of them.. and I know that it will never get old just watching them walk all over the house! Such precious miracles!

They are both making all sorts of animal sounds. They love to "hoo" like an owl, "moo" like a cow and "quack" like a duck. They repeat tons of things that we say.. they are just like little sponges! It is simply fabulous to see them both progress so gracefully!

They are both eating us out of house and home, but honestly Jack is eating the most now.. what a change? ha! They do still have 3 bottles a day, but the amount of oz depend on how much food they eat. They love bananas, strawberries, eggs, grilled turkey melts, Cheetos, crackers, hot dogs (they are really vegi dogs;) ), meat loaf, pasta, spaghetti, spinach, green beans, ravioli, etc...

They are both still really good sleepers. They still do 1.5 hours in the morning and 2 in the afternoon, and then still sleep all night and sometimes sleep in until 8:30! lovin it!!! I don't know how they are going to handle mothers day out without that morning nap in January! ahh... we shall see! :)

I am now going to start using this blog again as a journal... the monthly stats are sort of "over", I am thinking we are on a steady 3 meal a day pattern now, that won't ever really change that much again! Sort of sad, honestly, but happy at the same time! :)
They are doing and saying so many fun things and I am going to "try" and record it all here when I have some "free time" (what in the world is that??)ha!

We are gearing up now for a fun Christmas week here at home! I am so excited to start new traditions with our family! Just us! :)