Sunday night report

We've had a really nice weekend. Tim flew back in from Chicago Thursday night just in time for me to head out to attend my local twins club meeting. Fellow twin mommies April & Alicia and I also were able to sneak in an adult beverage after the meeting -- fun times.

Friday the temperature gauge in my car read -11 on my way into work and I was further greeted by the fact that the heat in our office building stopped working overnight and they were working to get it fixed (Tim's office had the same issue). Lovely. We survived and stayed in Friday night.

Saturday was a fun filled day of shopping and then hanging out with our friends Alicia & Bryan and their twin boys Will & Sam. We were all marveling over the fact that our four will be turning 1 soon (W & S are 10 days older than B&K). Amazing. They all played well together and enjoyed an evening of "baby crack" watching while us adults devoured a DEE-LICOUS meal prepared by Tim.
(Kendyll, Will, Bennett, Sam in this photo)


Today I've spent the day tagging stuff for the upcoming twins sale in Feb. and counting down the seconds until the Steelers game tonight. B & K have been busy playing all day.


May I ask a favor of those of you who say prayers? This may seem a little random, but you might recall my post in October wishing my friend Jennifer a happy birthday. Unfortunately she is very close to losing her extremely long battle with cancer. She is within her last days (maybe even hours) of life in this world and I'd like to ask that you please keep her & her family in your thoughts. It breaks my heart what everyone has been through and I wish I could be there in person to offer support . . . I figure this request is the next best thing. Thanks.

Happy Birthday, Mindy!!

A very happy birthday to my dear friend and former college roommate, Mindy!!! It is fitting that we received almost 6 inches of snow here today -- she LOVES snow (and I'm sure she probably has more where she lives). :)

11 Months Old!!!

Guess what today is?!? Yep, B & K's birthday!! Here is their official 11 Month b-day pic and some individual shots:

Of course there are some outtakes . . . Tabasco wanted to get into the picture:

Kendyll's like "where did Tabasco go??":

And then Bennett pooped (I'm sure he's going to thank me for this later . . . see how red his face is?? At least he stays happy through it):

And Kendyll says "pee-uuuu":

Like their shirts? Check out Savvy Sarah's website: http://www.savvysarahdesigns.blogspot.com/ She has a TON of super cute, hand made items! And she's working on a wicked awesome get-up for B & K's first birthday . . . stay tuned!

One Year Later . . .

Last night I was thinking back to this time last year . . . the holidays were over, I had missed my baby shower and I was living life as a hermit from my couch. It was a year ago today that I started this blog. Remember that first post? I never in a million years expected to keep up with it as long as I have. But I've found it to be therapeutic -- as well as a GREAT reminder . . . have I touched B&K's baby books since I was on bedrest?!? Um, a big fat "NO!" My hope is to be able to look back through this site to fill in the pages. :-)

Thanks for reading, thanks for visiting and thanks for all of your comments & support! I'm not going anywhere . . . I just wanted to commemorate this day.

note: NO, I haven't forgotten about the videos. I'm working my friend Marie's suggestion and trying to get them up through You Tube . . . but it may not be until next week. Sorry!

Happy Belated Birthday!!!!

ACK -- oh my goodness!! After my hiatus last week it occurred to me that I neglected to publish this post!! I SWEAR I had it all ready to go (set to publish/post on the correct date), but for some reason it was saved as a draft, not published!!! So an extremely belated HAPPY BIRTHDAY to my dad, Grandpa Z!!! I won’t tell you how “young” he was last Friday, but we know he wasn’t feeling well (thanks to all of us sickies) and I feel horrible that this didn’t go out! Here are a few pics of B&K with Grandpa! :)

New Year - New Look

My cousin Julia came to visit us last night and she looked SO cute! New haircut, new life back in school and super cute clothes as always. I wanted to go out and color my hair and wax my brows and get a new do, too. But alas, that will all have to wait for me . . . so instead I've spruced up the blog a bit. :) What do ya think?

And NO, I didn't forget about the videos. Yet again blogger has been trying to upload them for over TWO hours!! I may try to find another way to upload them. So stay tuned!!

I don't like Mondays

Sorry, I couldn't think of a catchy title and that is the last song I heard (playing on a commercial, no less!).

We're all still here. Sorry for the lack of posts. Actually, I have been trying to get a freaking cute video or two loaded all.night.long, but blogger just doesn't want to cooperate. So you'll have to do with words and a few pictures (and I'll try again another night . . . I also have updating the header on my agenda . . . Tim is traveling this week, so I hope to get that accomplished one night after B&K go to bed).

We're all *almost* over this absolutely nasty virus. The babies are pretty much back to normal -- back on their schedule and back to sleeping & eating better. Tim & I are almost better, too. I felt so bad for Tim having to fly today, but thankfully he made it without his head exploding. Now just about everyone else who saw us or spent part of Xmas with us has a some form or another of this crud. Not fun!

Let's see. . . what's new with B&K.

• Kendyll is finally cutting another tooth (she'll be at 3 compared to Bennett's 8). Actually, I think she may be working on a tooth explosion, but I've taken to calling her "Snaggletooth" because the new one popping in is a random one on the top side (not her top front teeth, but next to that). Sexy.
• Bennett has started to watch Kendyll like a hawk when they are eating. Normally if they are eating something that needs to be fed by a spoon, one baby gets a bite, then the other. Well he watches her (and whomever is feeding him) so closely just to make sure she is getting the same thing as him (or to make sure she doesn't choke . . . I'm not quite sure) -- the look of intent / concern is priceless.
• The super cute video includes the two of them "playing" together, which consists of Kendyll stealing a toy from Bennett and then him stealing it back and then repeat. It also includes her pulling his shirt and him laughing at her. They are really starting to interact more and it is super cute (I promise to try to get the video up here later this week).
• Kendyll is still crawling backward, but she is getting better at getting up on all fours and rocking so it is only a matter o time before she figures it out. We have started the baby proofing process. Lovely.
• Bennett loves to sing and loves to listen to other people sing. The other night Tim was flipping channels and stopped on this lady singing Celtic tunes (or something random like that). Bennett stopped what he was doing and watched her so intently -- and at one point she raised her hand during her tune and he did the same thing. Funniest.thing.ever -- it was probably a totally random coincidence, but the timing was HILARIOUS!
• Kendyll has started to clap and Bennett will wave. Both still LOVE to shake their head no (K especially when B is crying).
• They are both really interacting with Tabasco more. TB will lay next to B&K on the floor and the babies will pet his fur. They also follow him around the room and B will crack up at him for no apparent reason. I have a video of this, too (I swear!).
• Speaking of B cracking up, last week when they were at the pedi for their ear infections there was this little boy (I'll say 8ish) who was playing with a toy and counting to 10 in Spanish over and over and over and over and over again. Every so often he'd stop his counting to let out this croupy cough. Bennett thought the cough was hilarious. I felt a little sorry for my kid cracking up & making fun of this other kids cough, but it was so cute!
• We were guessing weights last night and I did an unofficial weight on our scale at home (by weighing myself and then holding a baby). They are both at 19lbs. I'm guessing they will be close to 20 by their 12 mo appointment.

I'll leave you with a few pictures of B & K (and Tabasco) doing one of the their favorite things -- watching "Baby Einstein" holding their new remotes (thanks Grandma & Grandpa Z) in their Pottery Barn Kids chairs (thanks Nana & Papa). I think Tabasco wants one of these chairs, too!

And here are B&K in their "Baby's First New Years" bibs on NYD.