Slip-n-slide down the hill

I bought a cheap slip-n-slide a couple of weeks ago. We set it up and sent the kiddos down it, the babies had my help. Keagan had a blast. It was on a hill so he had fun sliding right down. The babies didn't like it at all.

Seven Months and counting

Updates on Carter and Morgan

Other interesting news... Morgan still doesn't move all that much, she will roll over but doesn't like to be on her tummy for very long. Carter started getting up on his hands and knees tonight. With us going on vacation and then their dr going on vacation it is going to be a couple more weeks till they go to the dr. I will post their stats when I get them.

Not to much longer and they won't be able to swing but for now don't they look oh so comfy.

They are growing up so fast.

Happy 7 month birthday, Carter and Morgan. Just cracks me up when people say, "They look identical." I am so sorry but no they don't!!!

Morgan got her first tooth exactly two weeks after Carter. Her second one was in within a couple days also.

You can't see them very well but Carter got his first tooth on June 6 with the second following a couple days later.

Isn't she beautiful? She is Daddy's little girl through and through. She has him wrapped around her little finger.

Both of these beautiful children that I carried for 37 weeks have decided that their first word needed to be Dada. This sucks...with two of them all I ever hear is dadadadadadada!!! My luck their next word is probably going to be some version of Keagan instead of mama. Carter is about the same as Morgan when it comes to food. He will eat anything and I can't say that I have found something that he won't eat. He wants to be eating what grownups eat. He just watches the food. This one will on occasion decide to spit his food at you so beware. I always knew that she would be a good eater and she is not proving me wrong. She loves everything. I would have a hard time telling you a favorite thing or something that she doesn't like. She will eat it if you put it in her mouth. We are starting to eat chunkier foods. She occasionally gags on new foods but she also gags on her fingers and that doesn't stop her from sucking on them.

Minnesota 2010

Our annual trip to Minnesota was a little bit different this year. Usually my sister-in-law and her family usually go with us, but this year they were not able too. So there was just 7 of us that packed up the boats and cars and hightailed it down the highway to the state with 10,000 lakes. This state is by far one of my favorite places to go, and my wonderful husband would move us there in a heartbeat if I would let him.

Now let me tell you, when you have two babies that you need to pack for your car becomes a little full. Or really full in our case. By the time we had everything loaded for the trip you couldn't see out of the back of the tahoe. We did move some of the stuff into my in laws suburban so Craig could at least see. The boat was also packed to the gills...this happens when you need to take two of everything. Two bouncy seats, an exersaucer and a jumperoo. We didn't take the baby swings and the babies missed them but they wouldn't fit in the car nor in the cabin.

So hear is a run down of the trip...

Friday June 4 @ 7:30 am we leave Jill and Steve's house. We make it about half way across Illinois before needing to stop for the babies. Thankfully Keagan rode with J and S so that he wouldn't have to listen to crying babies. We arrive after a couple more stops in Owatonna, MN at our hotel. We have the best dinner and take a stroll through a Cabela's store. Amazingly enough the babies go to bed in our hotel room fairly easy. The next morning we get up and get going, just as we are getting into the cities (Minneapolis, St. Paul) we have a tire on the boat blow, Craig says it was all of the extra baby stuff. So short pit stop on the side of the road of a major interstate to change the tire. We finally make it to the resort and get everything unpacked.

Sunday Morgan wakes up puking and with a really high fever. The puking stopped but the fever lasted a couple of days.

Tuesday Steve starts running a fever and felling bad. In the meantime Craig is the boat captain.

Jill and I took turns going fishing or watching the kids. The weather was ok, kind of cool and rainy but we had a good time fishing. Helps when you have good rain gear. Steve is still stuck inside with his fever. After 4 days I called my wonderful boss and he called Steve in a Zpack. After two more days and no improvement he went to the Rapidcare clinic, he had pneumonia. Needless to say he didn't have the greatest of vacations.

The fishing was so so. Craig did manage to catch an almost 9 lb northern pike and an almost 6 lb bass, and couple 5 lb walleyes but we struggled to find them. We did catch a lot of crappies and bluegills. Craig won the fishing contest the first week in all but one category, which Jill won.

We took all of the kids out one day for a couple of hours. Morgan just slept and if you can believe it Carter was fussy unless you held him. He hated his life vest. Next year is bound to be a little easier.

Keagan had a little girlfriend up there. The resort owners have a 3 year old granddaughter named Kiara. Keagan had a great time jumping on the trampoline and playing in the lake with her. Carter got his two lower front teeth while we were there.

Jill and I had a great time going to our quilt stores. Its amazing the selection of fabrics that we find up there. Found some good stuff now I just need to find time to work on it.

The last couple of days were really windy so we packed up early and headed out on Friday instead of waiting till Saturday. We stayed at the same hotel and got home Saturday afternoon. Its so good to be back but I am ready to go back.

Another milestone for Morgan

She finally rolled over from her back to her belly. Yeah for her. She is getting pretty good at standing also. My predictions are... missy Morgan is going to walk sooner than Carter and Carter is going to be my crawler. We shall see soon. They are also working their way through the 1 st foods. So far we are doing pretty good. They have different tastes that is for sure. Morgan loves peas but doesn't really care for sweet potatoes. Carter on the other hand really likes the sweet potatoes. They both dislike the baby food peaches. Keagan on the other hand has taken a liking to baby pears. Carter has learned how to spit and loves to spray you with baby food. You got to love it. Three more weeks and we are off to Minnesota. Can't wait to be there.

Mama's Day Miracles

I am very blessed to have the mother that I do and the mother-in-law that I do. My mom and I have always been really close. I can remember how my friends in high school could never understand why I would want to hang out with my mom or go shopping(we always had the best time shopping, picking out really ugly clothes for each other and then laughing hysterically), but we always had such a great time. We still have a great time when we go out though those times are few and far between, usually we have a child or three with us. My mom-in-law (mil) is literally my second mom. She has been a part of my life since I was six years old. She used to babysit my brother and me before and after school and all summer long. We are really close also. They are both two of the best friends that I have.
I don't think that a person really appreciates their mom until you have a child. I know that Craig and I would not be where we are now if we didn't have the support of our moms and dads. They are amazing parents and go well out of their ways to help us with whatever we need. I could go on and on about everything that they do but I won't bore all of you with the details. Just know that I am lucky to have the two greatest moms in the world. I hope that I am a great mom just like them.

Five months and some

I am a bad mommy. I forgot to take their pictures on their 5 month birthday. It was a bad week with sick babies and a dead camera. I have more pictures to post but my other camera just died and won't let me upload pictures. Will post more later.

Call me crazy but I don't think that they look that much alike.

I realize that I am totally biased but I think these two are the cutest kiddos ever, along with Keagan.

Mothers of Multiples

Tonight was a rough one for me, I will admit. For those of you that know me, you would probably say that I have taken having two babies at once in stride. Don't get me wrong, I think that most mothers of multiples do but, I try not to let things faze me when it comes to taking care of them. I can usually get things done but tonight I needed another pair of arms. I think that if God is going to bless you with more than one baby he also needs to bless you with an extra set of arms to come out only when you really need them, LIKE TONIGHT!!
I have two sick babies... I don't know what would be worse, having one get sick then the other get sick or have them both get sick at the same time. So far they have both been getting sick at the same time. They just have colds, Carter's nose is like a faucet and Morgan's is running a little but she is mostly wheezy. About 6:30 they were both ready for jammies and bottles. I got them changed and made their bottles. Craig and Keagan were heading out to go look for mushrooms since there was a break in the rain and they had been cooped all day. Craig asked me if I needed any help and I told him no since I didn't think that tonight would be any different than a million other nights that I have fed them by myself while Craig has been busy with Keagan. So I get us all situated on the couch and Morgan will NOT calm down. She doesn't get upset that ofter but tonight was one of those nights that she was UPSET. I start to feed them and she is eating, coughing, gagging, crying, wiggling all over the place, did I mention crying. Finally after about half her bottle I try burping her and she lets out a burp from down deep and coughs up a bunch of crap, yuck. Then she is crying uncontrollably, so I try feeding her and she is gagging and coughing and crying. I put Carter down and try calling Craig, he doesn't have his phone. Where are my extra arms when I need them!!!!!!!! Carter is needing to finish his bottle and go to bed but now he won't eat and Morgan is crying and I finally put Carter in bed and he is just screaming....this horrible circle goes on for about 30 minutes until Craig comes back in and can help me. He gets Carter and settles him down and I try and console Morgan. I start Morgan's breathing treatment and she is ok while it goes on but as soon as its finished she starts crying again. She wants to eat but she would eat a little, cry and then burp and cough stuff up. After about 3 minutes she burps form way down deep and proceeds to PUKE everything back up all over me. Great!!!! Poor girl has it coming out her mouth and nose, she is crying because I am sure that its burning and now I am covered in baby puke. I get us changed and finally everyone to bed. Now I am going to go read the paper and then go to bed cause I have to work tomorrow. The one Monday that I really need to be home with my kids is the one I have to work cause someone is on vacation. Thank goodness for my wonderful husband.