18 Months!

The more kids you have the faster time flies by! 

SERIOUSLY

I missed doing a 17 month post completely. At 17 months both twins started walking! Hints the reason I can't find the time to sit down to blog! This was huge news in our lives. Walking is a major milestone for any baby and parent but for MoM's it is really a game changer. 

Out of all the videos I have of first steps this one is my favorite! Miss. C took this from her iPad. She is such a little mommy to the twins. She was as excited for them to walk as I was. She might have changed her mind now that she has to help me chase them down! 

~Rush~

Oh you are still the sweetest little guy. When I ask you to go sit down you go right to your table and have a seat. You are such a little monkey! There is no table to high or ladder you won't climb.

You are ALL about Daddy right now

Your favorite thing is to throw things, mostly over the balcony and usually while mommy or sister is standing under it

You follow directions well. When Nanny Rachel or I ask you to go to the table you run over and sit right down.  Your gross motor skills rock! 

~Nixon~

My tiny little peanut (30th percentile) . You have become so loving lately. Sitting in my lap, giving kisses to your "BoBo" and hauling around as many stuffed animals as you can carry at one time. You defiantly are the mother hen to your siblings. You will feed your brother & wipe his face. You love to wash your sister and brother's hair in the tub.

Your fine motor skills are impressive! You can work an iPad like a teenager! 

You pay attention to whats going on around you and copy mommies actions often. 

You like salad! 

Your singing "let it go" from Frozen the movie

You still have a stubborn streak! This is the ONLY picture of you from our valentines photo shoot because you were having NOTHING to do with taking pictures and you would not let go of Ganny! 

Taking the twins in public places has become quite the challenge. I'm ok as long as they are in the stroller but as with this age group that does not last long. Once they are out of the stroller I simple have to have two adults around. Miss C is a huge help but she is only five and get frustrated with trying to wrangle them. So we are learning to adjust to this new twin challenge. But for every new twin challenge comes a twin perk!

Wrestling 

 

Saturdays with Willie at ACL 

Dear Husband read this

"I'd like to thank all the fans who voted. I'll take it -- people's champ, I love it," he continued. "And I'd like to thank my beautiful wife for teaching me patience and the little things like just putting the dishes in the dish washer. It goes a long way -- fellas, you're welcome!"

-Justin Timberlake

Hey JT get's it. This advice will get you far guys! 

It really is the little things

My other twins

I have fallen behind on my monthly "baby book" style post on the kids. Feeling guilty about that I was getting the 17 month post written and I realized that I had mistaken a picture of my Campbell (5) as Nixon (17 mo)! So I looked up some of Miss C's old pictures and did a little comparison side by side 

 

Can you tell them apart? My Husband can't! Of Course I can! 

I get asked ALL THE TIME if my twins are identical, hmmm no one has a penis, but it looks like I do have some Twinkie pies in my house

#sisters 

Did Christmas kill all the mommy bloggers?

I'v been catching up on some of the original blogs I started reading when I got into this whole blog world a few years ago. These were ladies mostly documenting their lives as moms. Before sponsors & stats became something everyone started caring about. And mostly women I knew in real life. 

I'm felling better about my blogging absence after trolling thru some of my favorite blogs lately. Looks like the holidays equal absence in the mommy bloggers world! 

Cheers ladies for still blogging! 

The blog that inspired me to start a blog!!! 

Adventures in Abelingland

Emily at The Anderson Crew
Little Miss Mamma fresh eggs and laundry And Both Shall Row…plus baby too! Ok this lady did not quit blogging over the holiday but she is one of the first blogs I started reading and still love!  pineapples-n-pickles

Wordless Wednesday: Stalker Dog Edition

#wordlesswedensday #baddog #stalker

Shhhh…remember as far as anyone knows we are a perfectly normal family

Well that secrete is out! Normal we are not! 

When it came time to take 2013 holiday card photos I was on the fence about having Mr. T and I in them but I thought lets take a few with the kids for our personal album even if they won't make the card. Mr. T is not exactly a good sport about photo shoots and I'm not exactly Gisele Bundchen after chasing 3 kids all day.  After 15 min, a lot of sweat (this is christmas in Texas) and a entire container of blueberries Mr. T vowed he was not taking another "fake ass cheesy photo" so I said cool lets capture reality!  

Here are the results… 

 as usual Ryker is just hanging out

Once again BIG thanks to Sarah for capturing us as Our Story Goes On…

Two years running she has beautifully captured my family and I literally mean she was running! Thanks for putting up with my crazy ideas yet again 

Sincerely Sarah Photography

I used to be a good mom

no seriously I was! Hard to believe for those of you who know me now but it's true! 

As a mom of one I:

Blogged ALL THE TIME for 3 years! 

We went to gymboree class

Mondays at the children's museum

Stroller strides MWF

Playgroups (hosted stupid BPA free playgroups)

Moms night out with the play group moms

Threw beyond elaborate parties for my daughter

100+ volunteer hours a year with the Junior League

Preschool room mom

Chair of the teacher appreciation committee 

Safeplace volunteer appreciation party committee  

Went to the gym 3 days a week with a trainer 

As a Mom of 3 I: 

Took maternity leave and never went back from Junior league

Left my daughter in private school in part because of the very forgiving tardy/attendance police

I don't craft or DYI unless you consider wrapping plastic wrap over the balcony to keep the twins from throwing    things over a DYI project

No playgroups or gymboree

Put on an extra 15 pounds

Drink wine from a box

I still do anything the teacher or school director ask but feel guilty because I know I have only done the bare minimum rather than an outstanding job. 

I feel like it's been a good day if everyone is alive and fed. Notice I did not say clean. 

My husband and I almost got divorced ( seriously I'm not just saying that) 

I started shutting down rather than stepping up to challenges 

Do you ever feel like you’ve spent all of your energy going a million miles an hour, taking care of family, jobs, housework, out-of-town guests, etc? Then you find yourself hitting a wall and not knowing how to move on? Come on, ladies, I can’t be the only one! I don’t know if it’s the changing of the seasons or a whole lot of just plain CRAZY! 

Well it's 2014 and I'm making a New Years resolution to get my shit together! That includes this blog! I missed you blog but I'm glad to be back! 

Admitting that I'm out numbered and I need help. 

Admitting I can't do everything I used to and being comfortable saying no. Even if it's mostly to myself.

I have to let go of "normal" and embrace the joys being a MoM brings. Life with 3 kids under 5 is never going to be predictable. Managing 3 personalties is never going to be easy.

 I'm putting a lot of faith in the ol' saying: 

God will not give you more than you can handle

He knows he gave me twins right???

Heres to 2014

a fresh start!