Camera problems

I have several posts ready to go minus the pictures because my STUPID camera will not connect to either of my computers. Grrr....

Stay tuned...

Meanwhile here is a picture of them in their super cute summer pjs fresh from bed.

Easter

Weellll...better late than never right?

We went down to my parents for Easter and had a great time. All my nephews hunted the eggs.

Zachary checking out his loot

Where was Miss Abby? Zonked out with Daddy

Olivia took advantage of being the only baby around.

She loved playing with all the eggs.

After Abby woke up, we headed back outside to get some pictures.

Olivia was fine with posing just not smiling.

Abby was hilarious! Her prissy side came out in full swing. She did NOT want to sit on the rock.

The grass was worse. She made the funniest faces as she rung her little hands.

After we rescued Abby, Olivia's outdoorsy side came out as she just lay right down in the grass.

Look at my little country bumpkin

I did get some good pictures of Abby in between her fussing.

Here is her new favorite thing to do
Such a lady...

And then...

EWWW!!!!!

Brag About Friday, er...Sat-...ummm, Sunday!

We are car shopping and have been so busy! I think we will be getting a Town and Country since the dealerships are closing down and the deals are crazy good. Like seriously great. Even though I hate the idea of driving a minivan, I know that it will be the best for us.

Onto the big brag...

BABY BIRDS!!

Chirping, fluffy, cute baby birds; five of them!

Can I hear an Awww!?

I lurve them...almost as much as the mama.

Woah!

This post is kinda all over the place...


I cannot believe it has already been almost a week since I last updated! I also cannot believe how busy I am on a daily basis. The girls are SO much fun now. I find myself in the floor playing with them so much lately. I am also constantly saying, "Be nice!" and "No bite!" and "No, that's Olivia's/Abby's toy right now" and "Stop pushing your sister down!" Oy! These girls will be close friends I know, but they get so upset now when the other just looks at a toy they have. They both have this scream they do. It is kinda funny, but I am sure it will get old quick.

They both want me all the time. All.the.time. In my lap getting love, preferrably without that other baby who steals time from HER mama! My my my...there is plenty of slobbery kisses going around here.
Abby is doing full-out fits; flat on the floor, head planted in her hands, crying like her little heart is broken. Oh my! I have to get a video of that and share because it is hilarious! But also...might get old quick.

They are asleep now and have been sleeping better during the day. We switched their milk at night to water. I thought there would be an all-out revolt at this but surprisingly they are unphased. Which tells us that just the bottle itself has become their pacifier at night. So we will work toward breaking them of this. We also changed their PJs to summer ones and they are sleeping better. Olivia got up twice last night and Abby only once. The night before they both only got up once!! Whoo-hoo! Now why am I still so tired?

Again, I need to get a video of Abby walking. She walks everywhere now with many falls, but she is so proud of herself!

I am predicting Olivia will be walking within a few weeks herself

I have realized some things. This season of being a mom to twin babies is already going by SO fast. I will enjoy this season. I will not worry about things that are not getting done.
Will my flower bed be neglected? Yep!
Will we go on a dream vacation this year? Nope!
Will I get my house decorated? Prob not!

Can I just say how hard it is to get a picture of them together now??

So many promised postings...maybe I will get to them...maybe I will just go play peek a boo with my two girls...

Brag About Friday

Anybody have anything to brag about?? We sure do!

Someone is WALKING!!

We have yet to get a really good video of her walking yet. She takes about 3-4 steps right now. She always gets so excited when we try to get it on video and claps instead of walking. Olivia claps right along with us.

I also got a really cute video of them playing with a bowl.
Sorry it is so dark.




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The clash of the ages

Zachary wanted to read in peace

Can that even happen in our house??
(check out that look he is shooting Abby)

He tried everything

But soon realized...

It was just better to share the love

Note: Once again these pics are from early April. I should have just kept them for Way Back When-esday, sheesh!

Brag About Friday

I would love to have some of you join in with me today for Brag About Friday. Just leave a comment telling me your brag. You can also go blog about it and leave me a comment with your blog link so I can come celebrate with you. If I get enough participation, I'll put up a Mr. Linky. I know Heather at 3 Under 3 has a great bragging post I will pretend she put up just for me ;-)

This is a bit of a long one but so worth it...

A few weeks ago I was having one of THOSE days. You know, the days when you have to walk away from your children for the safety of all involved. This was before the whole crying it out thing. The girls were fighting their naps with a passion and I was SO done!

I used to rock them to sleep in the recliner with one of each side and me sitting in front of it and singing and rocking them. It worked so well. Well, they had just started this whole make Mommy crazy thing where they would mess with each other to the point of making each other cry. That day after they had messed up the whole recliner thing, I was already short on patience. I rocked Olivia to sleep and laid her in her crib, then I rocked Abby to sleep. The moment I laid Abby in her crib, Olivia woke up. She had only slept for maybe 15 mins. So I took her into our room and rocked her back to sleep. While I rocked her I just cried and cried because I was SO tired and frustrated and really needing them to just give me a break already! I was also praying and asking the Lord for strength through this time. I remember telling him that I so wanted to say, "I just can't DO this!", but I knew that with him I could get through it. After Olivia was asleep I laid down with her in my bed. I knew she would stay asleep for a little longer. I prayed again asking for just a little time for a nap, please, please. I just needed a little bit of a rest. I heaved a huge sigh, closed my eyes...and Abby woke up.

Yeah...it was not good, people.

I left Olivia in our bed and went in to sit with Abby. She was so not going back to sleep and was just climbing and clawing all over me. All this time, Gary and I were texting. I was giving him a blow by blow :-) He could tell that I was about to lose it and asked if I needed him to come home.

Ya'll, I SO needed him to come home, but dang it! I didn't want to need him to come home. I mean, wasn't I capable of caring for my own two children, for pete's sake?? That was me at my lowest, I think; so needing help, but not wanting to ask for help. I had already asked the Lord for help and that hadn't gone according to plan. And plus, I thought of all those MOMs out there who do it every day with no help. I just felt so incapable as a mom. But, finally, I knew I needed help for the sake of the girls, because I was out of patience.

So he came home.

He walked in the door and said, "Go...go to a movie...go shopping...just go...you have the day off."

Umm...could you hear the angels singing? Cuz I sure could. They were singing loud and clear "Hallelujah!" I just started crying and saying thank you thank you thank you. And then I jumped up and was out of the house in 5 minutes. I had to get out of there before he changed his mind!

I got a pedicure and went shopping at...wait for it...a MALL! I was in desperate need for some clothes that fit and weren't t-shirts so I headed to the mall. And, oh my, it was heavenly. Possitively heavenly.

I came home refreshed and ready to get back to it.


This day did so much for my heart. It was so much more than a day off. It was a healing alone time with my own thoughts. Gary knew just what I needed and just how he could step in and do it. He is truly the love of my life. The Lord did answer my prayer with a better plan than I had, because let me tell you, retail therapy is better than a quick rest any day. I have bragged about Gary before and I know I will again. I so thank God for sending me this wonderful man.

Under Construction

My header is too long for my template and for my blogher ads, so I am in the process of working it over now. It's a slow process since I grab any time I can here and there. Hang in there with me
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Also, I will be doing a Brag About Friday post tomorrow and I would love to have some of you participate with me. Do you have something worth bragging about? Want to celebrate it with me? Join me tomorrow. You can put it in your comments or do a post about it on your own blog. See you then...

Makes My Monday

I am SO not a bird person. I just don't enjoy them at all really.

Unless...

She builds her nest in my hanging flowers for the 3rd year in a row.

See her? There she is...

They began building their nest a few days after I put it up. We have 4 eggs inside that wonderfully formed nest. Mama sits inside and watches us come and go hardly ever flying away unless someone gets too close or moves too fast. Daddy bird is always close by watching over them.

This year I am going to try and water the flowers from the other side of the container with a long spouted watering can. The nest sits above the lowest vines/branches of the flowers so it will not get wet.

I don't know enough about these birds to know if it is the same bird that has come back for three years. I'd like to think so. Ignorance is bliss and all that...

::sigh::

I love her


Play along with Cheryl over at Twinfatuation

Couponing at different stores

Let's get back into this, shall we?

I am totally passing the buck here to a couple of other bloggers...

Money Saving Mama is a great site for money saving tips and she gives a great Couponing 101 at CVS. Plus she updates the deals on a weekly basis on her blog complete with links to coupons and where you can find them in the weekly inserts. She also posts Wal-mart and Walgreens and some others.

AND Common Sense with Money has Walgreen deals for this week.

I haven't sat down with my ads this week yet. I am planning a post about how my couponing has changed over the past 6 months. Stay tuned...

Behind

So behind it is not even funny!

~Easter has passed

~My blogversary has passed

~Zachary's birthday has passed

~Has my 300th post passed yet?? Hmm...put that on my list of things to go and check

All without posts.

::sigh::

Someday...someday...I will catch up.

Meanwhile, Olivia and Abby both has coughs and fevers and the sniffles. And both are still on antibiotics from strep. So I know it is viral.

We have had several schools and school districts closed around the Metroplex because of the swine flu. I am watching closely but convinced it is just a bad cold.

Until next time...