what have we been up to.....

...well let's fill you in! here is a small recap of what we have been up to!!
~ may '09...auntie graduates from st. mary's high school, and nic and i finish yet another year teaching in Lex (what fun!)
~ june '09...help adam and jill celebrate their wedding day, and see the zac brown band in concert!! a GREAT time!
~july '09...celebrate 5 wonderful years of marriage and spend the 4th of july with some fabulous friends! visit the henry doorly zoo with the family and get the exciting news that uncle anthony is getting married (in hawaii no less), krystal we LOVE you! leave for an exciting trip to st. louis to see baby Bella and her mommy and daddy!
~august '09...return very exhausted from a terrific st. louis trip, and prepare to begin another school year with the start of another season of football practice! auntie moves to kearney (closer than she has been to us in a LONG time!) uncle max marries maggi and we are so excited to have the addition of another girl in the family! spend a weekend in norfolk with family sitting by the lake, relaxing and actually enjoying the water! :o)
~september '09...attend many lex football games and try to slow time down....my babies are getting too big!!
~october '09...nic and i head to lincoln for our annual football game with jeremy and niki, and this year we were were accompanied by zach and charla as well! :o) what a great weekend! our little ones aren't so little anymore....october 26th they turn 18 months old!! :( time is going too fast!!
~november '09...celebrate thanksgiving in lincoln with lots of cousins, aunts and uncles!!

....and this brings us to december...WOW!! not much to report as of now....enjoying a snow day for the 1st time in 4 years and catching up on some much needed blog updating!! YAY!!! :o)
can't believe all that has happened in the last 7 months!! we are looking forward to spending the holidays with family and friends!! and hope that all of you have a great holiday season and safe travels!! i have decided that my (before) new years resolution will be to update this thing more often!! we will have to see how i do on this one....i am usually not very good as keeping those! :o)

coming soon....

new updates from our family will be coming soon...I promise!! :o) lots to tell and tons of new pictures to show you! be watching!

happy 1st birthday

Rowan wasn't too sure about the whole deal.....

...but Reese LOVED it!! :0)

What a milestone a 1st birthday is and we were so blessed to have been able to spend it with so many friends and family! We ventured to Omaha on Friday afternoon to attend Jamie and Nicky's wedding. What a great time that was being able to finally welcome her to the family! :o) On Saturday we had a great birthday party for Reese and Rowan that was enjoyed by several members of our family and even some friends! Although they won't remember it, there were lots of pictures taken for us to look at in the years to come. It was exciting to see how they both reacted to being able to eat their cupcakes without mommy there making sure they weren't making too big of a mess! There were so many gifts that we had trouble fitting them all in the car on Sunday for our next venture....Norfolk. Dalton was being confirmed on Sunday morning, so we loaded everything in the car (and by "we" I mean Nic) and headed to Norfolk in time for church at 11:00. After confirmation we were able to enjoy lunch with more family....and even a few more gifts! WHEW!! It is a good thing that birthday's only come once a year! :0) The weekend might have been a blur, but it was a great time and one that we won't soon forget!! Thanks to everyone who helped us celebrate the first year of our beautiful baby girls' lives! What a blessing this past year has been and we are looking forward with wide eyes at what the years to come will bring! Love to all! :0)

a weekend at home

This past weekend we stayed home!! Not something to write home about for most, but for us...it is quite a big deal. We like to be on the go and usually would welcome the chance to travel to see family and friends, but considering that we can't remember the last time we stayed home we decided it was necessary...and I must admit, it was really nice. Our weekend didn't consist of much, but we were able to spend some time with friends (about a block away) on Saturday night and enjoyed supper and some March madness with them.

As the weeks go by the girls are getting more and more independent in their eating...they would much rather do it themselves! In fact, at Carol's they eat what the big kids eat, with in reason of course, and as much as mommy doesn't really like all of this growing up supper on Sunday was chicken nuggets and bananas! YUMMY!! :) They can do it all by themselves!

new friends and a new trick!

Jack and Nelli have been discovered!! With the sun shining as of late our living room curtains have been open more often and thus have created a new friendship...the girls think the puppies are pretty neat! Thank goodness there is a large glass door separating them or those giggles and points might turn to screams and tears. It will definitely be interesting to see what summer brings in the way of an actual friendship between the four of them, but for now it was pretty stinking cute to see their faces while they watched the puppies through the window. :)

Rowan has also decided that she is more of the daredevil...mommy thought she might do a somersault recently. Her latest "trick" is to do a tripod (as daddy likes to call her). It is quite cute, and as long as she stays upright she thinks it kinda fun too. Mommy hopes that she takes at least a few steps before we move into gymnastics! :)

less than a month to go...

So, our babies are quickly approaching their 1st Birthday...I can't believe how fast time flies!! Early on in March we were able to take advantage of some nicer weather and ventured outside to play in the front yard and watch daddy take down the Christmas lights (yep, our Christmas lights were up until the middle of March, ridiculous I know).

They have also found a new toy...daddy's computer! So much fun...lots of buttons to push and if we hit the right ones all sorts of fun things start to happen.

just a post

So many things happen each day in our house that wouldn't mean much to anyone but us...and that might be the best part about being a mom!! Work is no fun and life gets stressful, but regardless, seeing those little girls smile when I walk into Carol's house is by far the best part of my day and I look more forward to that than anything else ever! Since their arrival there have been many tears and even more laughs...not a moment would I trade for anything in the world! Mommy loves you both! :)

spring break came and went

So, even though I don't have new photos to post we did get out of the house and made a few visits to family over the long weekend. We started our break by heading to Norfolk where we were able to spend a few days with my Dad, Rachelle, Dalton and Garrett. :) It had been a long time since the girls had seen them so it was nice to be able spend time with that side of the family. Then on Friday we headed to Nic's parents to spend the weekend with them. Again, it was nice to see them, as both Mark and Max made it back as well. We did miss Maggi though, so hopefully we get to see her soon! :) I also know that my Mom, Kenny and Britt are missing "their" babies so we will be heading that direction in about 2 weeks. After the weekend of traveling Nic and I have both decided that we can't wait until the girls can be in bigger car seats so that they are more comfortable and can look at something other than their toes. :( Poor girlies!

a fairly uneventful week....finally!!

So, I believe that we have finally come to the end of our sickness!! YAY!!! Our week was fairly uneventful, but maybe it is better that way?!? Reese, Rowan and I were able to make it to our last of Nic's 9th grade basketball games on Monday. It was nice to be able to take them out of the house again and be around other people. As always, they enjoyed it very much! :)

Rowan is oh, so close to taking those first steps away from whatever object she might be holding on to and Reese is now on the move as well. Both of them can make it, on all fours, from one end of the house to the other before I even know they are missing! They both very much love the chase. :)

They have also decided this week that they would rather feed themselves than be fed...this is quite difficult considering they eat liquified veggies and fruit, and mommy doesn't think that they should be living off of puffs, crackers, and cheerios. So.....we are experimenting with new foods, which has turned out to be quite entertaining. I have decided that they too love daddy's cooking!! :)

sickness, teeth and no sleep....OH MY!

So, I think we have made it through our bout with RSV....FINALLY!! It started with Rowan about two weeks ago, and eventually made it's way to Reese. SO....with breathing treatments four times a day, then antibiotics for ear infections, we soon discovered that Rowan, while over her RSV, was getting FOUR new teeth!! Needless to say it has been a sleepless last few weeks!! While this has been stressful, the new things they do each day are so exciting to see and make the stressful times VERY worthwhile. Reese is working on getting a grasp on everything in her reach and pulling herself up, and Rowan pulls herself up to all things reachable and is on the verge of letting go and taking off!! Thanks goodness we will go mobile one at a time! :)

9 months old!! :)

So, we reached the 9 month mark Monday January 26, 2009.  YAY!! :) They are getting so big, and are even more fun to play with now.  We had our 9 month well-baby check yesterday and Rowan is proving that even though she is the younger one, she will forever be the "big" sister...she weighed in at 19 lbs 4 oz, and Reese was at 17 lbs 12 oz. They also had their 9 months pictures taken and now I am anxiously waiting to see how they turned out!! I think they should be pretty cute....all 3 outfits! :)

First timer :)

Ok, so I don't really know what I am doing but....everyone is else, so I better too! :)