CHRISTmas! and the play room

I just want to say. I promise the twirly birds actually were excited, however, their true emotion was not depicted in the photos.


Princess B aka "Cupcake" just woke up and she is SOOO tired!

Princess A... aka "Lilly pop" didn't really care to have her picture taken (note the adorable pj's)

Surprise! Santa Came!.... The table and chairs are new and the easel is actually from grandma and grandpa.

New shoes from DADDY!

mini VERA BRADLEY purses from mommy :) ( I know...a little over the top, I just can't help it, they are the only two I will ever have so that is my excuse to spoil them :)

Cabbage Patch!....( and this is where my photos get fuzzy)

And Backpacks!!! They were a huge hit!

So much fun! Next year will even be more exciting!

And more of the play room ... Can I just say that I LOVE having a room just for toys! It has made life so much easier! What did I ever do with all of these toys in their tiny room...oh thats right ... they were in the living room! I have a LIVING ROOM again!!!

The table has also been fabulous!

We have hardwoods underneath the carpet, I would like to rip the carpet up and refinish the hardwoods. The hubs is against this and just wants to replace the carpet. Thoughts? What would u do?!

short and sweet.

Did you know that I live with Sleeping Beauty?......



The girls LOVE their babies... and they always have to have diapers... yup that gets costly!

Pretty princess "B" needs a hair cut ;)

My Family on Thanksgiving. I feel like it is so rare that the 4 of us are actually all together...sad isn't it?

As Christmas approaches it leaves me reflecting on the last year... which I will discuss on my other blog....

On another note... I have decided to give the girls BOTH worlds of Christmas.I was pondering not doing Santa Clause because I want the girls to understand the TRUE meaning of CHRISTmas. But I then decided that I should include Santa because ...in all reality it is a short time in their life and I feel like it is a part of childhood that they are intitled to, the memories... the traditions that other children have, I didn't want them to be resentful...for not having the traditional memories ( silly thinking I KNOW!) I know too many people that have told me that they are "burnt out on CHurch" because it was "crammed down their throat as a child." That is the last thing I want my kids to say about God and Church!

Sooooo.... We started Elf on the Shelf tonight.
She has a skirt... and her name is Ruby. I named her, I tried to have the girls name her but they didn't get it. So I said "ruby" and they said "ra-bee" :) Let the FUN begin!!!

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life as we know it

We are two.... which means we now get mad at mommy......

We eat like big girls

and we dance... by ourselves.

and .....We don't stand still.

Our life has been so busy the past few months. I feel over whelmed. I can't catch up or take a breather because time...life... everything... is too fast. I have had many thoughts about blog post for both blogs but with the lack of time...and brain power... I haven't done them so here is a quick ... mess of a recap...

We went to Denver for a wedding reception. A quick weekend trip...(exhausting)
We did manage to go to the aquarium and the girls LOVED it. (fyi: pics are in random order)

The aquarium restaurant had AWESOME sea food... and I usually don't like seafood!

Don't mind me... my bushy hair takes over my poor childs head and i think my eyes look like they could close at any second and never open again...

We loved the turtles and the nemo fish...which I accidently just deleted the picture and Iam too tired to reload it...

Pinterest has turned me into a cook!
I decided that the girls have WAY too much pink in their closet (and I hadn't even put away laundry yet in this picture so this isn't even half of it!)

We have been to "Poppy's" to visit and ofcourse eat at The Dinky Diner.... sigh.... I do love going back to the small town .simple. quiet life....

they pretty much run the show while they are there.... one of the waitress spoils them rotten!

Halloween came and went... which I think is a good thing... we were really scared of this "monkey"

So scared that we were asking about it when we went back here for Thanksgiving dinner!

They are so grown up... look at these little pony tails! (first official)

pretty cute lil ballerinas

finally got their birthday present put together and it was a hit!

We are slightly obsessed with Cows... especially "poppy's cows"

We are fans of luggage carts and Kitty cats and "Owoools"I hope that someday they start to look like they belong to me... because so far... the blonde hair and blue eyed babes only look like their daddy.

Until next time.... hopefully I will update the other blog soon too!

fall yall

Look how big my mums are!!!

probably one of your last porch picnics for the season

I wanted to show off these darling outfits!

We are officially in toddler beds... and they are reading to Chole' :)

Miss LILLYPOP

My Sweet cupcake trying to fill my shoes...

Bathtime sillyness

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random busyness

This picture is from the IA state fair this summer. ahh I love it... and couldn't remember if I posted fair pics... if not I will be posting more. Miss Lillian had to hold my hand.. so sweet.


This picture was before chuch on one of the only cold Sunday's we have had.. i love the outfits and the bows!

They are looking at the WALLE box.. Have you seen that movie? so cute and so true for our futures.

The Orchard last Sunday... they had a lot of fun.

They love cows but did not want to feed his one, he was so cute and perfect and CLEAN!

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Picking out pumpkins!

The end for now. We have been SO busy. Changing sitters, having a birthday, cleaning and clearing house, playing and planning. Hope for more pictures to come..

I am going to be out of town for 3 days and 2 nights this week for a business trip.. I am a little nervous. B will do great because he is a great dad but Iam worried about me. I haven't been away from them a single night since they came home from the NICU. I have seen them every single day of their entire life so the 3 days will feel like an ETERNITY! AHHH!!

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