Video of TJ and Olivia playing before Church

I was able to take some video of them this morning as well. It took me a little while (actually, a LOONG while) to figure out how to edit the video so it was small enough of a file to upload. It looks like I figured it out:)

As you can see, TJ and Oilvia have not yet mastered the word "cup"...oh well! Enjoy!!!

Playing before Church

As promised, I am back to blogging about my beautiful babies! We had a pretty uneventful weekend. Terry FINALLY got back in town so after a wonderful week with grandma, we just relaxed around the house. (Long story short...Terry went to Vegas for a coaches convention and on his way back ended up sleeping in DC at Dulles airport b/c his connecting flight got cancelled). Here is a pic of the kids with their "GMa".


My aunt Belyndia came by last night and we were able to unload some of our old baby equipment...her best friend's grandson is coming in town and she was in need of some 'baby stuff'. Even though there is only one baby we kept asking if she needed two walkers instead one, two jumpers and a double stroller. Can you tell we are eager to get rid of our baby stuff?!

Anyway, as we were getting ready for church this morning I left them in their rooms playing and this is what I found when I came back for them. If TJ plays basketball later in life, I'm sure he will enjoy this picture. I think he might like his basketball, what do you think?!?!



(For the record, this is not what my children wore to church. Sometimes they just insist on putting their shoes on for no particular reason.)

We enjoyed an excellent service this morning (and the volunteers in the toddler room enjoyed TJ and Olivia) and now the kids are fast asleep.

Enjoy!!!

Moment of Silence

I will probably be blogging about the twins later on this weekend. But right now I am just not in the mood. I would like to observe a moment of silence for "Will" who got prematurely eliminated from So You Think You Can Dance last night. I think Debbie Allen should demand a recount.



Happy Friday!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Pictures from this week...

Here are some fun moments from this past week...including our first trip to the pool this morning.

Enjoy!

The Real World...Palm Bay

How fitting that on the day that three of my favorite reality shows came on back to back (So You Think You Can Dance, Project Runway and Run's House), that my day would be fitting for my own reality show. I really felt like someone would have been pretty entertained if they were watching me get through my day.

First off, I have not had my cell phone since Sunday. My parents kept the kids over the weekend so we could get some DEEEP cleaning done. (It was VERY productive, by the way...we shampooed the carpet, de-cluttered and cleaned/organized the kitchen cabinets so they were 'TJ and Olivia-proofed'). When we picked the kids up on Sunday evening, I left my cell phone in one of their cars...and that is the car that my dad drove up to his office in Jacksonville. Jacksonville is a little less than 3 hours from my house here in Palm Bay. I was just thinking today how I haven't really missed not having a cell phone...

Well I get in my car after work to go pick up the kids and my tire pressure light was on!! Arrrrrgh! I was able to make it to the school on time despite the pouring down rain as we are definitely in our rainy season here in Florida. When I got to the school I called Terry and told him the situation and let him know which way I was going home so if I wasn't there in an hour he could come looking for us...two 18 months olds, a rain storm and a flat tire would have not been a good combination. I took an alternate way home to avoid the interstate just in case I got a flat tire...and of course it took me 20 extra minutes...which is exactly why that is not my route of choice to get home.

About halfway home I noticed that there was a mosquito in the car. So, here I am stuck in traffic fanning my kids that are in the backseat with some of their artwork that they made that day so they wouldn't get bitten by a mosquito and get the west nile virus. While am fanning like a mad woman, TJ and Olivia are laughing hysterically! They were laughing as if I was actually trying to entertain them! Go figure.

We got home safely and I proceeded to take Olivia's braids out because apparently she decided to dump the whole sandbox in her hair today at school. I must have washed her hair 5 or 6 times because I kept feeling grains of sand. I had to drain the bathtub 3 times because of all of the sand on the bottom of the tub.

As we were all watching So You Think You Can Dance in the family room after dinner and baths, we suddenly heard a 'velcro' type of sound. We looked on the floor and realized that Olivia was sitting on the floor playing with her diaper that she had apparently sat right in front of us and pulled off! She is REALLY into dressing herself, but has recently started pulling her pampers off. She was sitting right on our newly shampooed floor with a bare behind! You should have seen our faces. I scooped her up SO QUICK and ran to the changing table to get a diaper back on her. After it was all over we thought about how much of a mess it would have been if she would have had a "poopy pamper" on . .

So anyway, that was my day. We ended up having a fantastic evening together as a family and everyone (except me) is now asleep. I think I'll do the same...

Happy Dance!!!!!

I just had to document this day in history. The day where my children fed themselves a meal. An entire meal of food! We had rotisserie chicken, sweet potatoes and mixed veggies. The food, although I picked several pieces of peas and carrots off of the ground, for the most part made it to their mouths! I'm just such a proud momma right now, I just don't know what to do. I did a 'happy dance' in the kitchen the entire time. Thanks BCC Montessori!!!!!!

And then on top of all of this cuteness, they gave each other the sweetest kiss after their bath today. Olivia was dry and dressed and was waiting for me to finish with TJ. She made her way through all of the dirty clothes thrown all over the bathroom floor and proceeded to give TJ a kiss. It really was too much. They really seem to love each other:)

Annnnnd I think I smell something. Gotta run and change someone's pamper now...





False alarm...just a little gas. Gotta love that soy milk. Anyway, here are a few more shots from the past week...
Olivia (and her runaway braid) showing some leg...
Olivia putting TJ's dirty t-shirt on. She's really into dressing herself...
TJ and his daddy having fun on the couch.

That's all I've got for tonight!

My babies are not babies anymore...

Terry and I discuss every day how fast TJ and Olivia are growing! One morning before school when we were scrambling to get all of their school 'stuff' together we looked up and discovered that they had both climbed into the kitchen chairs and were just waiting like normal people!



This following video solidified that point. I had just given them their baths and was cleaning up all of the bath 'stuff' (putting their clothes in the hamper, taking the pampers out, etc). When I came back, this is what they were doing to occupy themselves.


Too cute!

Happy 4th of July!!!!!

Random thoughts...

1. I think my new favorite show is Celebrity Family Feud. The most recent Family Feud (before this particular version) was one of the only shows that I would make a point of watching during my maternity leave and now it is on PRIME TIME! Al Roker does a fantastic job of hosting and you get to see the families (real and on TV) of the celebrities that we all know and love. That's all I have to say about that.

2. I am sick. I think it is some secret initiation of all parents who put their children in daycare. Olivia, who has never really gotten sick before, came home within the first 4 days of school with a runny nose and of course TJ did as well as he catches EVERYTHING. That is fine…I keep telling myself that it is good for their immune system. HOWEVER COMMA…I really was not expecting to get sick as my immune system is fine. Always has been. I don't really ever get sick…nor am I a medicine taker. On Saturday it just hit me all of a sudden. I had this amazing pressure in my head…a really bad headache…and a really sore throat. Luckily we all were in DeBary at my parents so I didn't leave Terry alone to fend for himself with the kiddos…I was literally in bed from Saturday afternoon to Monday afternoon (except to drag myself in and out of the shower). I had to miss their 18 month checkup (which I will get to later) AND a day of work because of this "mysterious daycare virus". It is now Wednesday afternoon and I am still suffering, however I have made wonderful friends with "Tylenol Sinus Congestion and Pain SEVERE". Now my voice sounds really deep and my body is trying to recover from several days of not eating anything except for a banana and a handful of grapes. NOT FUN. Despite this I had to pick the kids up yesterday and take care of them by myself until Terry got home at 10:30-ish from the gym. It was rough, but I said a prayer before I picked up the kids and asked God to get me through those couple of hours until Terry got home. My mother (who had come on Monday night to help out) cooked an amazing dinner before she left that afternoon and had it waiting for me and the kids so when I got home I really didn’t' have to do much of anything except heat the food up and feed them, give them their baths and get them to bed. My prayers were answered:) I did get a little sick feeling, but it was only b/c I am not used to taking medicine so I had let the meds wear off:( But as soon as I reloaded I was fine!

3. So they had their 18th month checkup on Monday. They are both in the 100th %-ile for height (I've always said they were giants), however TJ is only in the 50th %-ile for weight. The doctor apparently asked Terry about his diet to make sure we weren't depriving him of any key nutrients that would be causing him not to gain weight like he 'should' be. Now let's all pause…and think about his grandfather and father. I wish I could have been there with a picture of my dad (6'8", barely 240, maybe) and of course Terry (6'6", barely 230) …aka "the poster boys for tall and skinny"…and asked him if he REALLY thought the boy stood a chance in that category. I am THROUGH stressing about every single concern the doctor brings up…it's called GENETICS folks!

Okay, off of my soapbox. I think that's all that's on my mind right now.