Happy Birthday!!

Happy Birthday to my other favorite boy! This year has gone by so fast and you and your brother make every day wonderful! Love you, love you, love you!!
Mom

Almost One!!

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Here are some new pictures of the boys. My sister-in-law took them about a week ago, and man they are cute (if I do say so myself!)

A year ago

How fast things change in a year! One year ago today I was admitted into the hospital for my nice long stay to wait for my babies to come. Now, I have two very crazy kids! They are loving practicing walking, and Luke can even walk with only 1 hand to help! Andrew is near-running through the house with those push-toys and Luke's started to stand all by himself!
We laugh every day at how funny they are. The other day, Andrew was testing his limits by banging a table into the wall and looking at me. I said "no" and shook my head and he flat out laughed in my face! (then returned to banging the table into the wall - defiance, great). Lucas thinks he's super-cool and gives us these looks like "are you watching this, because I'm awesome". Seriously, they are funny!
I can't believe it's December and Christmas is around the corner. This year will be a fun one. It's not their first Christmas, but we will actually be able to spend it with our kids, which will be fantastic!!

busy busy

We have been pretty busy lately, so again with the apologies for not updating sooner! We bought a new house and moved 2 weeks ago, so life is finally returning to normal. We are slowly unpacking a few boxes every day, and the babies are getting used to the new digs.
Speaking of babies - they won't be that much longer!! The boys are almost 1 year old! A year ago today, I was at conferences, waddling around the halls, hearing whispers of "oh, she could go any day" and yet, I still had 3 months to go! Yes, I was huge. That was my last week of work last year, and now, it feels like the year just started!
I'll get some more pictures uploaded soon!

Happy Halloween

Here are the babies in their Halloween best. Luke was a bear and Andrew was a puppy. They were seriously cute. My sister-in-law took these pictures, and if you are interested, she's starting a business and has great deals on photo sessions... :)

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At least some pictures...

Ok, so while I'm dealing with technical difficulties (which is to say, my brain) I'll put some photos up of the munchkins. It's tricky these days to take pictures because the boys are crazy and running (crawling) around all over the place. We spend most of our time grabbing them and saving them from tumbling over or into each other.

Here the boys are when their little twin friends (Finn and Annika) came to visit.

The boys can open the drawers in the kitchen.

One of the only times they are confined.

Trying on their UMD hats - Go Bulldogs!!

They really hate hats.

So, that's honestly what I have for the past month... until I can get that video uploaded.

Sorry

I just realized that I have not updated this for an entire month. We have had an incredibly busy month - and it did just fly by... I'll give you a short rundown -

• 2 new jobs keep me pretty busy - balancing paperwork and an entire caseload of new kids is hectic. Fun, but hectic.
• Adam's work has also been extremely hectic. He's been putting in overtime because they are so busy, and in today's time of layoffs, we are very grateful for that!
• The babies are insane.
• Luke crawls, pulls up on furniture and has chewed the paint off his once beautiful crib.
• Andrew crawls, just started to pull up on furniture (as in started yesterday), and is frustrated when he can't do what Luke does.
• I am constantly chasing babies around the house and "resetting" them to a safer place - they do not feel the same way.
• Luke likes to eat dogfood and open drawers and cabinets - awesome.
• Andrew likes to "boogie" constantly, even when it causes him to fall, and he continues to dance laying down.
• They are the cutest things I ever saw.

I will make time this weekend to download pictures from our camera and show you what else they are doing!! Stay tuned...