This isn't the best display picture, but since we were in them, I thought we should at least get one picture. Tyler had a haunted house at work that we went to and helped out with. More to come next week.
We've gone from man-to-man coverage ...
to ZONE DEFENSE!!!
Sunday, October 24, 2010
Wednesday, October 20, 2010
I need a break ...
Tyler has been working serious overtime this month. I'm alone with the kids all day every day and it's starting to drive me crazy! At first I thought what I really need is to take a break from them more often, but now I realized I need to take a break WITH them more often. So today we went swimming. We invited our friends (whose dad is deploied) since I figured their mom could also use a break with her kids!
We're going to keep going more often through out the winter.
We're going to keep going more often through out the winter.
Tuesday, October 19, 2010
Gone and Back again
If you've been wondering why I haven't posted for so long, it's not because the girls are any less cute. We've just been BUSY!!!
We were home one week, just to unpack. Then off we went again to California to visit cousins and grandma for the weekend. Now we're home again and I think I might get caught up with things after another week or two if I'm lucky. Whew!
First Hair Cut
It's official. Lily's hair was finally long enough to merrit a trim. A package of fruit snacks and one inch later, her little curls look so much better! I just can't believe how long it took to grow.
My Bed!
Like always, the girls were so happy to see their beds when we got home. Niki goes for the railing everytime I put her in the crib. She loves to climb on anything she can.
Niki's started trying to 'play' like Lily. She especially likes to watch Lily with her dolls and she really likes it when she gets a chance to play with them herself (Lily's quite protective of her babies). I caught her trying to feed a bottle to the baby the other day, it was so cute!!! Of course, she still likes to feed the bottle to herself and chomp on the babies hands and face too.
Grandma's
Thanks Grandma for inviting us for such a fun trip! We really enjoied spending time together. Lily especially loved the "fluffy bed" comforter and taking pictures of everything in the house.
Cousins!
We had a fun few days with the cousins. They loved each other! We went to the farm, the redwoods, and the beach. It didn't matter where we were, they had so much fun laughing and playing together. I wish we could get together more often. Thanks for the fun trip!
First Plane Ride
Niki's first flight was from Killeen to Dallas to San Jose. She really
didn't get it at all, but the buttons on the arm rests, tray tables, and seat belts were cool! I was nervous about juggling both girls by myself, but the extra seat seamed to be enough to keep the occupied. They had fun and everyone ooo-ed and ah-ed over how cute they were.
First Word!!!
I can't believe it. Niki's figured out how to say a word. "Cool" which sounds more like "Ku". At first I just thought she was making it because it's a neat sound, but nope. She uses it correctly, when she loves a toy or sees something she likes or does something new.
She's got some great new tricks too, which I haven't been able to get pictures of. She claps by smacking her fists together against her belly. She signs "terminado" (done) by puting her hands up by her ears. She pulls herself up onto her knees and sometimes to standing on her feet by pulling on anything she gets a hold of (chairs, her crib, boxes). She rocks on her hands and knees and manuvers all over the place. She'll be crawling any day now. She never stops moving. I just can't keep up with her changes!
Dress Up
Lily's imagination has expanded to dressing up. Here's a few I've captured pictures of. She gets them on all by herself and only has to have help if they get turned inside out.
She really loves being a "Bride" with her "Boy" and getting "Married". It all started when she found the white heals in my closet and called them my married shoes. She dances and kisses and sits with her boy while singing "I love him, I love him..." A combination of ideas from our wedding book, Little Mermaid, and Cinderella I guess.
She finally found cowgirl boots on our vacation. I tried to get her the red ones with black flowers, but Lily had to have PINK. As usual. "Howdy Mom" she says.
Lily's Photography
Lily finally figured out how to aim the camera. For every good pictures seen here, she took 5 that were not aimed right on. Her favorite subjects are her baby and Niki of course.
Cake for Tyler
Tyler asked me to decorate a cake for a guy at work. I guess his was better than I thought. I saved myself the time cruch by buying the base cake from Walmart. It went so much faster that I really enjoied it. Perhaps I'll make them more often now that it is so easy.
We were home one week, just to unpack. Then off we went again to California to visit cousins and grandma for the weekend. Now we're home again and I think I might get caught up with things after another week or two if I'm lucky. Whew!
First Hair Cut
It's official. Lily's hair was finally long enough to merrit a trim. A package of fruit snacks and one inch later, her little curls look so much better! I just can't believe how long it took to grow.
My Bed!
Like always, the girls were so happy to see their beds when we got home. Niki goes for the railing everytime I put her in the crib. She loves to climb on anything she can.
Niki's started trying to 'play' like Lily. She especially likes to watch Lily with her dolls and she really likes it when she gets a chance to play with them herself (Lily's quite protective of her babies). I caught her trying to feed a bottle to the baby the other day, it was so cute!!! Of course, she still likes to feed the bottle to herself and chomp on the babies hands and face too.
Grandma's
Thanks Grandma for inviting us for such a fun trip! We really enjoied spending time together. Lily especially loved the "fluffy bed" comforter and taking pictures of everything in the house.
Cousins!
We had a fun few days with the cousins. They loved each other! We went to the farm, the redwoods, and the beach. It didn't matter where we were, they had so much fun laughing and playing together. I wish we could get together more often. Thanks for the fun trip!
First Plane Ride
Niki's first flight was from Killeen to Dallas to San Jose. She really
didn't get it at all, but the buttons on the arm rests, tray tables, and seat belts were cool! I was nervous about juggling both girls by myself, but the extra seat seamed to be enough to keep the occupied. They had fun and everyone ooo-ed and ah-ed over how cute they were.
First Word!!!
I can't believe it. Niki's figured out how to say a word. "Cool" which sounds more like "Ku". At first I just thought she was making it because it's a neat sound, but nope. She uses it correctly, when she loves a toy or sees something she likes or does something new.
She's got some great new tricks too, which I haven't been able to get pictures of. She claps by smacking her fists together against her belly. She signs "terminado" (done) by puting her hands up by her ears. She pulls herself up onto her knees and sometimes to standing on her feet by pulling on anything she gets a hold of (chairs, her crib, boxes). She rocks on her hands and knees and manuvers all over the place. She'll be crawling any day now. She never stops moving. I just can't keep up with her changes!
Dress Up
Lily's imagination has expanded to dressing up. Here's a few I've captured pictures of. She gets them on all by herself and only has to have help if they get turned inside out.
She really loves being a "Bride" with her "Boy" and getting "Married". It all started when she found the white heals in my closet and called them my married shoes. She dances and kisses and sits with her boy while singing "I love him, I love him..." A combination of ideas from our wedding book, Little Mermaid, and Cinderella I guess.
She finally found cowgirl boots on our vacation. I tried to get her the red ones with black flowers, but Lily had to have PINK. As usual. "Howdy Mom" she says.
Lily's Photography
Lily finally figured out how to aim the camera. For every good pictures seen here, she took 5 that were not aimed right on. Her favorite subjects are her baby and Niki of course.
Cake for Tyler
Tyler asked me to decorate a cake for a guy at work. I guess his was better than I thought. I saved myself the time cruch by buying the base cake from Walmart. It went so much faster that I really enjoied it. Perhaps I'll make them more often now that it is so easy.
Tuesday, October 5, 2010
Trip Time Ends
Finally, we've arrived
HOME
We are so relieved to be home again. The girls were so excited to see their beds and their room again. The next morning we looked outside to discover
A Jungle!
Niki spotted it from her high chair during breakfast and couldn't hold still. She wanted to get out there. So out we went and she just laughed delighted for half an hour. Crazy.
Road Trip - Day 2
Carlsbad Caverns
were awesome. Well worth the hour and a half we dragged the girls through the cave. The pictures just don't do it justice.
That night we camped at
Guadalupe National Forest
We got some tent poles so that we could stay in the tent. Niki's first tent experience went pretty well. It was a little colder than we were used to so the girls kept waking up, but were easily calmed back to sleep. We were, however, quite crammed in there. Tyler and I agree it's time for a bigger, family-sized tent. Especially if we need to put anything besides our sleeping bags into it with us.
Road Trip - Night 1 we stayed in
El Paso
What a nice hotel. Too bad we weren't sticking around the next day. The girls loved the mirrors and laughed for a good hour together on the bed. On our way out the next morning, we stoped to overlook the urban sprawl that spans the border. See the HUGE flag in the distance, that's Mexico all right.
Farewell Sierra Vista
And the mountains. We miss living by the mountains.
We finally made it to the border. We drove up to the lookout of the Coronado National Monument and hiked to the tip of the hill where we could see...
MEXICO!
Not much different from Sierra Vista, but Lily though it was exciting.
HOME
We are so relieved to be home again. The girls were so excited to see their beds and their room again. The next morning we looked outside to discover
A Jungle!
Niki spotted it from her high chair during breakfast and couldn't hold still. She wanted to get out there. So out we went and she just laughed delighted for half an hour. Crazy.
Road Trip - Day 2
Carlsbad Caverns
were awesome. Well worth the hour and a half we dragged the girls through the cave. The pictures just don't do it justice.
That night we camped at
Guadalupe National Forest
We got some tent poles so that we could stay in the tent. Niki's first tent experience went pretty well. It was a little colder than we were used to so the girls kept waking up, but were easily calmed back to sleep. We were, however, quite crammed in there. Tyler and I agree it's time for a bigger, family-sized tent. Especially if we need to put anything besides our sleeping bags into it with us.
Road Trip - Night 1 we stayed in
El Paso
What a nice hotel. Too bad we weren't sticking around the next day. The girls loved the mirrors and laughed for a good hour together on the bed. On our way out the next morning, we stoped to overlook the urban sprawl that spans the border. See the HUGE flag in the distance, that's Mexico all right.
Farewell Sierra Vista
And the mountains. We miss living by the mountains.
We finally made it to the border. We drove up to the lookout of the Coronado National Monument and hiked to the tip of the hill where we could see...
MEXICO!
Not much different from Sierra Vista, but Lily though it was exciting.
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