Birthdays

We recently celebrated the twins 3rd Birthday. Amazing that it has already been three years. It seems like a lifetime ago since they entered our world and yet it seems like only yesterday.

In trying to get just one picture of the two kids together I decided that it is almost impossible to get a great picture of all of my kids together. On this day they were in very silly moods and it was hopeless. But you can certainly see their personalities.

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Big Kid Beds

This was a big weekend for us.  We celebrated the twin's third birthday on Saturday with family.  Part of their birthday surprise was new bedroom furniture - in the form of big kid beds.  A big THANKS to Grandpa Green for buying the bed spreads.  As well as Auntie Barb and Aunt Renee for getting the kids the curtains, hippo and alligator. When G-man opened up his alligator he went around and had him "chomp" on everyone in the room. Everything has been a hit.

Here are my precious angels sleeping for the first time in their beds. I am thankful that the first few nights have been easy. Hopefully the next 6,570 nights are the same!


Now if only I could get the binkies away from them. Originally the plan was to take those away this weekend as well. Then we decided one big change was enough. So the back up plan is to get rid of them in a couple of weeks - unless I can convince our dog Lily to get a hold of them before that. ;o)

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Birthday Party for Miss K

Oh the joy of 1st Birthdays!  Avary and I had the honor to attend a party for a friend's daughter.  Little Miss K also had a small dedication service before having the chance to indulge in her cake. The words and prayers spoken were lovely and heartfelt.

In typical Kansas City weather fashion, who knew at the start of the day that it would end up so beautiful.  Earlier in the week we were flirting with 90+ degree temps and the weather men could not agree to whether or not it would rain today.  Well as luck would have it here, it did rain all morning and into the afternoon.  But by 5pm, when the party started, we had temps in the upper 70's (that's right I said 70's) and no rain!

We had a great time and wish the family the very best!  If you are interested you can view a few more pictures here.

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More Birthday Fun

He hated the hat ~ I was lucky to get a picture

They weren't too sure about all of us singing to them

~ Yummy cake ~

Silly Grandpa Bob

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Outside Pictures

What kind of Mom~Photography Lover would I be if I didn't drag the kids outside for a little photo session.  Of course this session consisted of my 3 kids, their grandparents, an Aunt and 3 nephews.  A little craziness and silliness never hurt anyone ~ just makes it a little tougher to get my 3 to sit still and actually look at the camera.  

Thankfully I have a new (9 months old) digital slr that helps capture the kids quickly.  The picture below was taken just seconds after the one above.  Even though it is out of focus, I like it  as it shows how quickly our life changes on a daily basis. 

Here are a few more from the picture session outside...

Grandma with baby Elijah

Tune in on Tuesday when I'll post more pictures of the kids eating cake.

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Happy Birthday!

Two years ago today, I woke up and realized that I might be in labor.  Less than 12 hours later these two bundles of joy came into the world ~ 5 1/2 weeks early!  They weighed in at 5lbs 4 oz and 5lbs 14oz.  Not bad for preemies.  Three days later we came home as a family of 5 and it hasn't been the same since.

So today when most of the country is celebrating Mothers or graduating from high school, I am celebrating our little miracles.  We know how lucky we are to have gone through 2 IVF cycles and come out the other side with 3 beautiful children.  We know that the odds were against us, but this time the odds fell in our favor.  Our double blessing of twins has paid us quadruple what we could have ever imagined.  I am one of the lucky ones and for that I will gladly give every Mother's Day for these two.  

Happy 2nd Birthday!!  We love you to the moon and back again!  Enjoy the photo montage below - it's a look back on how tiny they were and how far they have come.

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Omaha - The Pictures

Enjoy the other pictures and have a great Sunday.

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