The Joy of the Creamy

Ashton is such a sweet big brother to his little sisters. He willingly shared his creamy with them the other day. They were pretty happy to slobber all over it.

Ashton feeding Loryn a lick of his creamy while Kristen patiently waits her turn. The twins seem to take turns a lot better than other babies their age. I think it is because they have had to take turns all their life.
Kristen taking her licking the creamy.

The babies will be one year old on February 13th. I can't believe it has been a whole year since they were born. They are really starting to have some personality now.

Snow Fort

On Sunday my family came over for dinner. James came with the idea of making a snow fort since we have received so much snow. We had six inches that morning plus about 4-6 inches on the ground.

Playing in the Snow

Hunter getting James with a snowball. Never mind the shovel full of snow James has.

James seems to have the advantage!

Ashton couldn't run away fast enough to avoid the mother of all snowballs right on the back. Luckily he had several layers of snow clothes on. The kids had a great time playing with James, Paula, and Joy.

They spent a lot of time packing snow into the plastic garbage can James brought specifically for fort making. (Paula, James, Ashton, Joy, Allison)

Bombs Away!

Putting the fort to use.

Walking

The babies are walking. Loryn has been walking a little longer than Kristen, but Kristen is catching up fast. They look like little old women who need walkers as they teeter around the house. When they want to get somewhere fast though, they still crawl.

Loryn coming after me while Kristen looks on. Trying to take their pictures is getting harder since they start coming toward me as soon as they see the facinating camera. Someone needs to invent an invisible camera.

Catching Up

I haven't kept up with my blog very well this last month. Stomach flu, pink eye, and really bad colds hit our family. But things are looking brighter again since the babies slept through the night last night. (Mostly through the night--Loryn still ended up in our bed. I am not sure when or how, but I must have gotten her and brought her to bed with us.)

At the beginning of January I helped Catherine install her hardwood floor. It was a ton of work, but very fullfilling. It is so "pwity"!!!

April, Catherine and Nielson posing on the beautiful new hardwood floor we just installed. It is so exciting to see it come together. Catherine and Rachael are happy because the scary carpet is gone.

Catherine and Rachael posing with the stacks of boards waiting to be installed. Girl Power!In October or something, Catherine and I tiled her shower. To make a long story short it took FOREVER but looks Awesome now. It was a first time tiling experience for both of us, and we might even try it again. But next time--BIGGER TILES.

Surviving Stomach Flu

Sorry it has been a while since I updated. I have been a little busy. You see we have been battling Stomach Flu around here. Both babies have had it for a week now. Supposedly it lasts between 7-10 days so we should be seeing some progress soon. I sure hope so because my hands are kind of raw from all the washing they have had to do.

While taking care of these kids, I have had a lot of time to contemplate this not so glamorous job and how a lot of things were not in the original job description. I have since revised my job description to better reflect my daily chores. I am now the Primary Poop Management Facilitator. If you have ever dealt with babies with stomach flu you will understand the full impact of this title.

Hopefully I will have a better update soon.

Presidential Baby Photos

Yesterday Catherine and I saw this on the MSN.com home page. I don't usually click on things I see there, but this one looked so funny I couldn't help myself. We had a good laugh.

http://www.slate.com/id/2181495/

Basically a father in New Hampshire set out to get his little baby photographed with every presidential candidate. Be sure to click on the slide show and read his comments with each picture.

New Christmas posts

Today I put a bunch more posts on from our Christmas trip. Enjoy! Feel free to comment or make suggestions.