My babies will be 2 in a few days!!

My oh my how the time has flown!! No big party plans, just a few friends and family, Elmo party stuff, balloons, a few presents and of course CAKE!! Pics to come next week but until then here are a few from the last few days.

Recently

We have had a busy summer! My girls are growing up. The twins are 23 months old today!! I just can't believe it! They are talking more everyday and say some of the funniest things. They still only have 10 and 11 teeth but both of them are cutting one now that I hope and pray breaks the skin soon. Man have they been irritable this week! I will be so glad when they finally get all of their teeth. I think they have been teething since birth and at the rate they are going will still be teething 2 more years from now. Finally life seems to be getting just a little bit easier with twins. They are so funny now we laugh at them all of the time. They think they are so grown up and want to be and do just what their big sis does.

I usually explain each photo but blogger has all kinds of code up instead of the actual pics and I can't see them so I will just generalize. The one of Bri is the day she came home from summer camp and she is modeling all of her fellow campers signatures on her arms including "Johnny" the cute guy that played in the band!!
Maggie snuggling with her favorite blanket(thank you Aunt Jennifer)! Bri has been dressing them up again and I called them my homegirls!! The twins rocking their baby dolls. Watching Hannah Montana in 3D. That's all I can remember.

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Our 2 week vacation!

We had a blast!!! We came home tanned and tired but happy! We camped for 12 days at Jellystone Park just outside of Gatlinburg. My sister Amy and her kids and my Mom came up and stayed for 4 days the first week. The kids had a ball together and I really enjoyed my Mom and my Sister's company and HELP! Ha! Ha! Then it was just our family for about 5 days. Chet and I took the kids to Amy's house for a couple of days. Chet and I enjoyed one full day and two nights kidless!!!! It was so nice and peaceful but we did miss the kids. Thursday we packed up camp and went to stay at Amy's w/the kids thru the 4th. We had a big family barbecue, swam, played, and watched the fireworks that night. Saturday morning we said our goodbyes and drove home. What a great vacation!!!
Here is the proof!

Vacation 2008

O.K. sounds like I have too much music going on. The slideshow from the last camping trip automatically starts playing music when you open my blog. So w/out taking it off completely I'm not sure how to rememdy it it. Click on the thumbnail above and it opens a new window. So close out my blog window then if you want to hear the music for the new montage. Sorry for the confusion.

Memorial Day Weekend Camping Trip

If you have the time look back at last years camping trip. Wow!! My babes have grown!! Enjoy the slideshow!

Brianna's busy week

We are wrapping up the end of the year activities and have been running like crazy. Bri is preparing for a dance recital in June. We had professional photos made last Sat. and here are some snapshots that I took.

Thursday night she had her American Heritage Girl badge and advancement ceremony. She completed all of her requirements to advance to the next level. We got lucky and got enough friends to come that someone could take the girls out and entertain them and someone else took pics for us. It was nice to give Brianna all of the attention once again. She so deserves to feel special and have the spotlight on her every now and then. She's a great kid and never complains about her baby sisters getting most of the attention.

Mommy and Daddy love you Bri and we are very proud of you.

Who's Who??

We put them in the wrong cribs last night!!!!!!! Holy Cow we have never done that!! I went to get them up this morning and I thought they played a trick on me by somehow climbing out of their cribs and into the other one!!!!!!

Last week and weekend, zoo, aquarium, etc..

These first few pics are the zoo last Monday. It was a gorgeous day and then the week went downhill from there! Bri took her friend Allison w/us.

A picnic on the back deck. Less mess for Mom to clean up inside!

My bathing beauties!!

We went to Cincinnati on Friday for the weekend. I met up w/some of my Mommy friends from a board that I post on and we spent the day at the aquarium.

Sister Love