Overheard at Our House

The post in which I borrow the topic from my friend Allison.

I remember a year ago reading kidisms from my friend's kids and wondering when (if) Addie would ever be old enough to be that funny!

well...she may not be funny to anyone else; but we think some of the things that come out of her mouth are down right hilarious.

If anything, this will be a record for us of things we loved to hear her say!

In the past few months, she's started laughing at things on tv (that we of course never let her watch!) and even laughing at herself. If we laugh at something she does, we are guaranteed to see it repeated...over-and-over-and-over again followed by hilarious belly laughter from her.

WAR BIRD (i.e. War Eagle)

(at 5:45am) Is it early or late? (because she gets told most mornings that "it's too early" to be up!) I don't want to wake YOU GUYS up too early. (where on the earth is this child from?)

at dinner: Is it good Mommy? (yes, Addie, it's very good.) Want to ask me if it's good Addie?

(Audrey Kate screaming at the top of her lungs) MOMMY, AUDREY KATE'S CRYING!!!! (knowing she did something-"what did you do to her?") As ecstatic and proud as she can be, I BIT HER TOE!


at 7am: Mommy, I need a breakfast bar. (no Addie, I think you've already had one).
walking into the bathroom with Daddy. Daddy, Mommy says I need a breakfast bar!?!?!?

I'm having a sam handwich!

I'd like a ham wad-up (roll-up). 
 

(Who is Jesus' mommy and daddy?) Mary and Jovus

(picking up her Bible) Once upon a time there was a caterpillar that lived in a tree. And people were smiling. And there were animals. 

Watch me run super fast!

Waking up from her nap. Mommy? Ohhhhh, Mommy? 

I'm doing some serious sticks here. 

I'd like more slimeade (limeade slush!)

I had sprinklers on my donut. Sprinklers live outside.

Cwap! Cwap Daddy! (What?) Daddy cwap! Making clapping motions.

(Me attempting to take a few pictures of her: If you let me take just a few pictures, I'll take you to see the spider web) Walking away from me. I can see the spider web myself. (so much for that bribe!) 

(Counting) ...13, 14, 15, 17, 18, 19, twelveteen!

(Pushing the chair up to the counter to watch Daddy cook) DADDY, GET OUT OF MY WAY! (Addie, that's not how you talk to me. Try again.) In the sweetest little voice, Daddy get of my way please!

(in the Firehouse Subs bathroom with blue chemicals in the potty) Mommy, I do not want to go teetee in that blue potty!


I can't get in the water to get the shell. (Why?) Because the water will splash me and get my swimsuit wet.

I want golf! (huh?) I want golf! (what's that?) I want to color with golf! (oh...chalk!)

(Having attempted to fold her little sister up in her play mat, refused to pick up her letters, and refusing to stop screech crying, I told her to go to her room) I can't! (Taking her hand, well then I'll help you. After informing her that I would not come talk to her until she quit screaming and crying...this was her response) ...at the TOP of her LUNGS. I'M NOT SCREAMING AND CRYING. (oh really...?)

Jesus loves the little children.

All the children of the world.

They are precious in His sight.

Jesus loves the little children of the world.

Wordless Wednesday

Psalm 126:2

Our mouths were filled with laughter, our tongues with songs of joy. Then it was said among the nations, "The LORD has done great things for them."

I Heart Faces: {Chalk}

Since chalk seems to be a favorite past-time of Addie's, I just knew I could get a great picture of her playing with chalk for the I ♥ Faces theme this week.

Not so much.

What we don't have are tears, yelling, and great gnashing of teeth.

What we do have is chalk and the face of my most favorite 2 year old.

What I simply can't seem to capture right now are Addie's eyes.

So most of my pictures have a tendency to look like this!

Nothing fabulously creative, but it's a picture none-the-less. And I have more (without chalk but with eyes) to share from the beach really soon!

Make sure to head on over to the I ♥ Faces site and check out the other wonderful faces!

Loving Outside

With all the house issues that have come up recently, we've had to put reviving our backyard to include a playset (or as Addie calls it, a playground) on hold. So...when it's not 104 degrees outside with humid air you could cut with a knife, we're typically on our front porch or in the driveway playing away. Sometimes both little girls are asleep, and other times one or the other is out there with us.

But this day, it was just us.

Bubbles have always been a favorite, but chalk (otherwise known as golf) is Addie's newest past time.

More on that later though.

I'm pretty sure her favorite past time doesnt involve bubbles. Doesn't require chalk. And makes me realize that I don't need to buy her another toy...ever.

What could be so entertaining you ask?

Why...

Sticks, rocks and berries, of course!

Not to worry. When asked about the berries, she is quick to say that squirrels eat berries, not me. And as far as I know, that's been the case!

I really think she could collect sticks all day. Put them in piles. Stack them up. Line them up. Make a train from them. Sort them. and do it all over again!

...or just use one to beat this amazing plant that my aunt and mom put in for us. No other plant has ever survived in that location, but this one has thrived.

That is until Addie gets a hold of it!



Fun times.

Wordless Wednesday: Addie and Fuzz

8:45pm

(no, I didn't turn a light on...just a flash!)

You See...

being a twin means...

...you always have someone to talk to...

...even if you put them to sleep.

Being a twin means there's...

always someone to zone out with...

and gaze off into the sunset...

and be serious with.

Being a twin means...

you always have someone to look at your mother like she's crazy with...

Being a twin means...

you always have a hand to hold...

(this picture was taken a full 3 weeks prior to the others...what a difference 3 weeks makes!)

 

...and a shoulder to lean on.

Greater love has no one than this, that he lay down his life for his friends.

John 15:13

If one falls down, his friend can help him up.

Ecclesiastes 4:10

4 Months

I don't know why it's taken me so long to write this post. Well, maybe I do; but I've at least had the pictures ready since the beginning of September!

4 months. 

Four months.

1/3 of a year.

So much change!

 

Consistent naps are slowly but surely developing. 

Night time joyfully looks more like sleep-ful nights instead of sleepless ones! 

Love their hands, 

love to kick their little legs, 

love to drum their little tummies with their excited arms. 

Heads held high on strong little necks, 

backs arch stiffly, 

feet stand firmly, 

legs bounce rhythmically.

Sweet priceless smiles, 

little tiny giggles, 

screeching squeals.

Clicking tongues,

raspberry noises.

Adore their big sister!

2 months *** 4 months

Anne Perry continues to watch and observe others.
Gets this awful red ring in the folds of her neck.
Loves playing with toys in her bouncy seat.
Passionate about not staying in her poppy diapers!

weight: 15 lbs 6 oz/90th%ile (from 11 lbs 10 oz/75th%ile at 2 months)

length: 25.125/75th%ile (from 23.5 inches/90th%ile at 2 months)

head circumference: 42.4 cm/75th%ile (from 39.4 cm/50th%ile at 2 months)






Audrey Kate almost immediately smiles and talks to people.
Gives a warning burp before soaking anything and everything around her.
Had her toe bitten...by one-sister-who-will-remain-nameless.
Is completely fascinated with her hands and great at holding toys!

weight: 14 lbs 9 oz/75th%ile (from 11 lbs 12 oz/75th%ile at 2 month)
length: 24.875 inches/75th%ile (from 23.25 inches/90th%ile at 2 months)
head circumference: 41.4 cm/50-75th%ile (from 38.5 cm/25-50th%ile at 2 months)

And lest you think we actually managed to capture both girls smiling at exactly the same time...I present to you the first of many head transplanted pictures! ;)

Precious

priceless

prayed for

angels!

Favoring Features Friday

It's always interesting to me who people say our girls favor.

With Addie, everyone said she initially looked like Paul. Now I hear more often than not that she's a pretty good mix of us both. As for me, I could always see features from both of us, although I certainly agreed that she favored Paul.

There's no denying that the twins are fraternal. Except when they sleep, they look different as night and day! But I think Paul and I have come to a mutual conclusion, being their parents and all.

Audrey Kate is a little Paul, and Anne Perry favors me.

Really though, it seems to depend on the age and picture we happen to be looking at. 

But I'm guessing everyone will have their own opinion ;)

Anne Perry *** Addie *** Audrey Kate

As their mama though, I think they're all pretty perfect in every way! ;) 

Say Huh?

Having twins seems to make you a magnet for rather unusual comments. I've avoided mentioning most of these comments here in an attempt not to sound cynical. Most people are just trying to make conversation. But today kinda did it for me.

Sometimes I answer or reply. Other times I just smile and keep going. 

You've got your hands full.  

You must be really busy.

You must be super mom. {no, I'm just certifiably crazy} 

Are they twins? {?}

Double the trouble. {Nope. Double the blessing.}

Are they fraternal or maternal? i.e. Are they fraternal or identical?

Are those twins? I'd kill myself... {oh my!}

Better you than me. {clearly}

Did you plan this? Expect it? Use drugs? Are they natural? Do twins run in your family? {Ummm}

Are they from two different families?

Which one's better, fusses more, sleeps more, cries more, talks more...?

Do they cry at the same time? {not when I can help it!}

Are they twins...?

Again, there isn't anything wrong with most of those comments/questions. Some are asking for a little TMI, others are offering a little TMI. But overall. Ok. 

So yesterday...

I simply had to go to the grocery store. Lots of BOGO deals, monthly cooking with Mandy this weekend, good coupons.

AND...not a lick of milk, cheese, ham, good fruit, or juice in the house!

So I took all 3 girls to Pub1ix.

Addie in the green car cart. 

AK in the basket in her car seat. 

Anne Perry in the Baby Bjorn on me.

Pulling cart #2

List organized by section in hand. Coupons cut. Snacks. Drink.

Oh...and 2 year old in panties.

Bribe: 

If you speak kindly to people who talk to you (or just don't yell NO!) and obey Mommy while we shop, you can have a cookie (the little free kind).

If you still have dry panties when we're ready to leave, you can have a BIG cookie.

Every one of our three girls were angels (yes, i too was shocked and amazed!). I could not have asked for them to be sweeter. AP fell asleep on me. AK drifted off in her car seat. Addie managed to only gently say No to one person but then actually talked to the lady and told her about her sisters. She maybe had a 3.5 second cry because she got her hand/arm/thumb stuck in the steering wheel of the green car cart.

We were almost done. Headed back to get ham and cookies with dry panties!

I was carefully maneuvering through the main front aisle that had all sorts of signs and stuff in it, staying on the right hand side, pushing one cart and pulling the other. Two ladies behind me waited for me to get on the right side and swerved to the left to pass me. (I really wasnt going that slow thank.you.very.much!)

Of course, we all got stopped by someone in front of them. So I actually had to stop and wait for the two ladies trying to pass me. As the second lady passed me...

She looked from me. To the full cart behind me. To Addie. To AK in the other cart. To AP. Back to me. I smiled nicely.

And she says to me...

I think I'd wait until Daddy got home.

And turns and walks away. 

That was it. The only impression I will ever have of this woman.

I smiled. Paused another second.

And thought: not a single one of my children is crying. I'm not in your way, in fact, you're in my way now and I was patiently waiting for you to hurry up. I have almost successfully made it out of the store pushing a cart with 2 children, carrying a child, pulling another cart...with a 2 year old with dry panties all in under an hour.

And you're telling me I should wait until Daddy gets home?

Oh well. Addie and I shared a BIG cookie on the way home! :)

A gentle answer turns away wrath, but a harsh word stirs up anger. Proverbs 15:1

Wordful Wednesday: Labor Day

(this is one of our friend's little boys, Carson, who's a little over 2 months older than our little girls)

Princess Conductor

One of Addie's favorite PBS shows is Word World. Yes, we do try to limit her TV viewing; but it's very helpful to have programs on tivo that I can quickly flip to when I'm nursing the little girls. It allows for a calmer feeding time!

Every creature in this show is a word, and the characters frequently have to build a word that includes certain sounds. There is an episode in which Sheep builds the word: "princess". Poof, she's in a beautiful princess dress. Of course, what's a princess without a crown? So...once again it's time to build a word: "crown."

In this same episode (there are two short stories split by a musical break), duck knocks all the letter "w"s off the word "water", sucking the river dry on the hottest summer day.

So why did I give you all of that information? Because Addie refers to this episode as "Princess W".

And I present to you, our Princess Conductor.

And while i loved these...

 

This was my favorite picture of the day:

*Word World pictures courtesy of PBS

Sweet Joy

I suppose the most joyful moment in our personal journey with infertility has been the birth of our three precious angels.

But because of our experience, I have had the distinct privilege of walking this road with several other sweet women. The ups and downs. The waiting and hoping. The wondering and wishing. And many, many, many prayers! While most of them are still in the beginning stages of treatment, my sweet friend Maggie just recently welcomed her twins into their lives.

It's like reliving it over and over. And it brings back such sweet memories of bringing our girls home!

So without further ado, I must introduce you to a "pair of parsleys", two of the most beautiful miracle blessings on this earth!

Make sure to visit Maggie and Ben's blog and leave them some love (a comment!)! They are two amazing parents!

Everything becomes perfect in HIS time...!

God is good all the time! All the time God is good!

Where'd You Go...?

                                             

                                  Miserable

                                           pAinful

                                       nauSeous

                                         hoT

                                 exhaustIng

                                         anTibiotic

                                      healIng

                                         reSt

Thankful for a precious husband and mama to take care of me and the girls. Lots of house stuff going on this week. Praying for discernment and wisdom!

"May your unfailing love rest upon us, O Lord, even as we put our hope in you."

Psalm 33:22

Flashback Friday: Thankful

I decided I'd wait to post until

I missed it

I started writing new posts in my bl@ckberry again

I remembered how much I enjoyed it

I was, as a friend said, less "over" everything:

OVER whelmed

OVER housed

OVER it

And here I am, missing it and wanting to share

The house is bad and getting worse.

One baby step forward

Two giant steps back.

What did me in?

We found out our AC unit, installed a mere 2 years ago, was installed without a permit and has major code violations that could harm our family, not to mention our house.

Mama bear kicked in.

I am thankful for

a house to have problems with

a family to love and be loved by

a general contractor who knows what he's talking about,

and the fact that i can write in phrases and end 4 thoughts with prepositions and not lose points for it.

Flashback Friday:

1 Month

4 Months

Yeah...pretty much 

melts 

my 

heart

♥