Thursday, October 2, 2008
The best is yet to come . . .
Today is our 4th anniversary. If you've been reading this blog a while you'll know not to expect a sentimental, sappy post. :-) My favorite wedding picture can be found here. My 2nd favorite picture can be found below. It was a fun day . . . it rained and we had one kick ass party (except for the fact that the effing DJ didn't bring "Big Poppa" . . . a fact that Tony C. will NEVER let me live down!). Good times. We left for an almost 2 week trip to Tahiti a few days later and it was so.much.fun. Even more good times. Ahhh. . . what I'd give to be that tan again.
Wednesday, October 1, 2008
Check your boobs!
Seriously . . . October is National Breast Cancer Awareness Month. There are some very, very special people in our lives who are or have been affected by this disease. We love them very dearly and care about them and all of YOU! So ladies (and guys!) please be sure to take care of yourselves!! THINK PINK and please check out this website and this website for more info.
Tuesday, September 30, 2008
Chomp!
Just a quick update. B & K are (finally!!) cutting some teeth. Kendyll has two really sharp spots on her bottom gums and Bennett has one (so far). I'm sure they will be popping through over the next few days. Good news is that it doesn't seem to faze them much. Fingers crossed that it stays this way.
Here are a few new pictures from yesterday (perhaps their last without teeth!):
Here are a few new pictures from yesterday (perhaps their last without teeth!):
In this one Bennett says "yes, people . . . Mom has dressed us coordinating AGAIN!"
Sunday, September 28, 2008
Sunday Ramblings
Hmm, let's see . . . I feel like I've been really lax on keeping everyone updated. That damn Ike just blew everything off whack!
Bennett & Kendyll are growing up so fast (duh, I know). Bennett is super flexible and now has found joy in not only sticking all of his fingers in his mouth, but he can also get his feet in his mouth. He is super, super smiley all.the.time and all you have to do is look at him to get him to giggle these days. Kendyll is still Miss Serious (esp. when the camera comes out), but she also has her smiley / giggling moments, too. She is still our strong, I mean STRONG, girl. I swear she is going to crawl & walk before she can sit independently. Seriously, I try to get her to sit on her own and she is too busy looking around and trying to figure out how she can get from point A to point B. She won't even sit in the Bumbo anymore . .. she rocks herself back & forth so hard that she has almost tipped herself over in that thing. Uh oh. She also refuses to sit in general . . . she has preferred to "stand" when you hold her since about 4m and now she doesn't even like to sit while you try to burp her. As Nana Debbie likes to say -- she should have been born in May like Tim & me because we are both stubborn Tauruses.
B & K are both super good at eating and now prefer to eat their solid foods more than their formula. I'm trying not to freak out about this too much. It has caused us to adjust their schedule a bit and so far it has been working out well -- they eat their formula every four hours and we try to squeeze the solids in after naps. They have become super super great nappers since we updated our childcare situation in August and that has led to the change in the schedule as well. They are also sleeping well at night from 8p - 8a and we are extremely grateful for this!!
As for food, they've had oatmeal, carrots, sweat potatoes, regular potatoes, yams, corn, green beans, peas, brown rice, apples, bananas, peaches, pears, blueberries, pineapple, cherries and "harvest vegetables" (which I think may have included pumpkin). There really isn't anything they've flat out rejected and it has been a good mix of homemade puree baby food and store bought stuff.
They are into rolling and Bennett says "muuum" and "da" a lot. Kendyll just likes to squeal -- a lot. They both respond to every bite of food with a heartfelt "mmmmmmm". They really like to watch each other (and Tabasco) and we think they had their first "jealous" moment the other day when Bennett had a meltdown watching Kendyll playing with a toy that we think he wanted. We've also had our first of many incidents of Kendyll beating the crap out of Bennett (she was banging his head with one of their teethers and then started pulling his shirt. Tim had to separate them!). It is only a matter of time before Bennett becomes bigger than her and starts pulling her hair (when she gets some), or biting, or some other form of torture, I'm sure.
Tim is heading out to Chicago (again) tomorrow and will be back on Friday. My project in his absence is to organize our basement (because i need to have "projects" to keep occupied when I'm alone & the kids are in bed). We recently decided to forgo our gym membership because with Tim's travel schedule and the fact that we could no longer go together in the morning meant that we didn't really get to visit it often. So we decided not to renew and we purchased some weights and a bench to put in the basement. Now I just need to find the motivation to get my butt in gear and get serious about my diet (and find a way to fit in cardio . . . esp. since we won't be able to go for our evening walks with Tabasco much longer . . . it is getting dark earlier and earlier). I have two nice holiday parties to go to for Tim's work in Dec. and I thought the idea of being around a lot of stay at home but still have nannies and super skinny rich wives would motivate me to diet so I can purchase a couple of knock-out outfits, but that hasn't done the trick (as I shove a pumpkin cookie with cream cheese icing in my face). Ugh. PLEASE leave a comment if you have any suggestions!!
Ok, enough ramblings. Just one more thing -- Bennett & Kendyll wish to send our condolences to our Purdue fans Vicki & Tony C. GO IRISH!!! :-)
Bennett & Kendyll are growing up so fast (duh, I know). Bennett is super flexible and now has found joy in not only sticking all of his fingers in his mouth, but he can also get his feet in his mouth. He is super, super smiley all.the.time and all you have to do is look at him to get him to giggle these days. Kendyll is still Miss Serious (esp. when the camera comes out), but she also has her smiley / giggling moments, too. She is still our strong, I mean STRONG, girl. I swear she is going to crawl & walk before she can sit independently. Seriously, I try to get her to sit on her own and she is too busy looking around and trying to figure out how she can get from point A to point B. She won't even sit in the Bumbo anymore . .. she rocks herself back & forth so hard that she has almost tipped herself over in that thing. Uh oh. She also refuses to sit in general . . . she has preferred to "stand" when you hold her since about 4m and now she doesn't even like to sit while you try to burp her. As Nana Debbie likes to say -- she should have been born in May like Tim & me because we are both stubborn Tauruses.
B & K are both super good at eating and now prefer to eat their solid foods more than their formula. I'm trying not to freak out about this too much. It has caused us to adjust their schedule a bit and so far it has been working out well -- they eat their formula every four hours and we try to squeeze the solids in after naps. They have become super super great nappers since we updated our childcare situation in August and that has led to the change in the schedule as well. They are also sleeping well at night from 8p - 8a and we are extremely grateful for this!!
As for food, they've had oatmeal, carrots, sweat potatoes, regular potatoes, yams, corn, green beans, peas, brown rice, apples, bananas, peaches, pears, blueberries, pineapple, cherries and "harvest vegetables" (which I think may have included pumpkin). There really isn't anything they've flat out rejected and it has been a good mix of homemade puree baby food and store bought stuff.
They are into rolling and Bennett says "muuum" and "da" a lot. Kendyll just likes to squeal -- a lot. They both respond to every bite of food with a heartfelt "mmmmmmm". They really like to watch each other (and Tabasco) and we think they had their first "jealous" moment the other day when Bennett had a meltdown watching Kendyll playing with a toy that we think he wanted. We've also had our first of many incidents of Kendyll beating the crap out of Bennett (she was banging his head with one of their teethers and then started pulling his shirt. Tim had to separate them!). It is only a matter of time before Bennett becomes bigger than her and starts pulling her hair (when she gets some), or biting, or some other form of torture, I'm sure.
Tim is heading out to Chicago (again) tomorrow and will be back on Friday. My project in his absence is to organize our basement (because i need to have "projects" to keep occupied when I'm alone & the kids are in bed). We recently decided to forgo our gym membership because with Tim's travel schedule and the fact that we could no longer go together in the morning meant that we didn't really get to visit it often. So we decided not to renew and we purchased some weights and a bench to put in the basement. Now I just need to find the motivation to get my butt in gear and get serious about my diet (and find a way to fit in cardio . . . esp. since we won't be able to go for our evening walks with Tabasco much longer . . . it is getting dark earlier and earlier). I have two nice holiday parties to go to for Tim's work in Dec. and I thought the idea of being around a lot of stay at home but still have nannies and super skinny rich wives would motivate me to diet so I can purchase a couple of knock-out outfits, but that hasn't done the trick (as I shove a pumpkin cookie with cream cheese icing in my face). Ugh. PLEASE leave a comment if you have any suggestions!!
Ok, enough ramblings. Just one more thing -- Bennett & Kendyll wish to send our condolences to our Purdue fans Vicki & Tony C. GO IRISH!!! :-)
Friday, September 26, 2008
TGIF (and a Happy Birthday!)!!!
Woo-hoo -- Friday! Tim is home. He's switched airlines this trip and had much better luck getting there & back. He made notice of the fact that I haven't blogged much or put new updates out here. Sorry . . . work has been very busy, I'm been working hard in the evening tagging all of my stuff for the up-coming Twins Sale for my local twins club AND B & K are still adjusting to their new schedule (which I promise to write about soon). With this new routine / schedule means that I don't really get much time to spend with them between feeding them dinner / walking the dog / baths / bottle / bedtime. But I'll try to snap some new pictures and updates this weekend.
On another note, we'd like to wish our friend Mandy a very happy 30th birthday!!! She was totally surprised by her party last weekend (yay!) and we were so glad we could spend the whole day hanging out with her, Chad and the rest of the gang on Saturday.
thanks to Erin for the picture! :-)
Monday, September 22, 2008
Let there be light!!
We are home. The power is back on, the house is still standing and our garage door works. Everything was totally back to normal today. Tim leaves for Chicago tomorrow morning and will be back on Friday (bonus: he goes again next week M - F). B & K are trying out a new schedule this week . . . I'll let you know how it goes later this week (day 1: success so far).
Here are a few pictures from B & K's final few days at "refugee camp" (as Nana & Papa lovingly called it). They had a nice stay this weekend and got to see Tim's grandma on Saturday.
We partied it up like rockstars (or people without kids) while B & K stayed back in Canton . . . we went out for a nice, yummy steak dinner on Friday and went tailgating for the OSU game on Saturday. We also attended a surprise party for our friend Mandy. Good times.
Thursday, September 18, 2008
Seven Months Old!!!! (part deux)
I had every intention of typing up all that B & K can do in honor of their 7mo birthday (rolling, eating toes, saying "mum" and "mmm", eating fruits & veggies -- homemade -- and all other kinds of goodies). But instead we are still refugees from stupid Ike and I don't really have the time (more on that below). So I promise to update with milestones and all that jazz soon.
Here are some 7 months pictures, a little late (oh and these matching outfits are thanks to Grandma & Grandpa Z).
We are still at Tim's parents house. Everyone has had a fun time seeing B & K, but we all really miss our own beds. We have been told we'll be lucky if we get our power back on by next Monday at midnight. Um, yeah, that's not good. Unfortunately, Tim leaves for Chicago next Tuesday for two weeks and we have a little bit of repairs to do around the house before he leaves (we had to break into our detached garage to get our cars out and now the door is a little messed up). So Tim & I are going to head home on Friday and B & K are going to spend the weekend with Nana & Papa. They seem to be enjoying their time here thus far. Photo evidence below.
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