Carry on baggage?

Jerame was getting ready to go on a trip last Sunday and Chloe thought the suitcase was the next best thing! She was playing inside so Jerame zipped her up in it & took her for a little ride. She thought she was pretty special.

We have had a bit of a tough go around here the last few days. Our household has been hit with yet another bug. We did our first 3am visit to the ER this week with Chloe. She woke up with a 106 degree temp and was extremely ill early Wednesday morning. It was terrifying. When I read on the thermometer that her body temp was 106 I just about lost it. The thought seriously crossed my mind to call 911 and then I was like, wait, that is silly :-). I am so glad Jerame was back from his trip and that I was not alone because i'm not too sure what I would have done. 911 would have probably gotten a call from me. lol. Jerame took her in to the ER to get checked out and after doing an exam and running some tests on her it was determined she just has something viral. Thankfully. Yesterday was a rough day and we had another long night last night. She is doing better today but defiantly not 100% yet. Now Jerame is also sick. I am just praying I don't get it because we can't afford for the Momma to get sick. Anyway, I'm sure it will pass soon it's just been a bit miserable.

Festive!

I just love this weather....cold & sunny. It reminds me of the weather in Pullman! I love looking out my window and seeing the sun, it just makes everything look good. I am just thankful we don't have snow. I think I will go bonkers if we get the never ending snow storm again this Christmas. At least the twins are much easier to handle now & I would not be stuck at home for days, weeks on end by myself with 4month old twins. It makes me shiver just remembering how exhausting this time last year was. No thank you!!!! This December will be much more fun ;-)

We are in full swing of the holidays and I am finding that I am really excited for Christmas this year. There is just something about having kids & Christmas! I think it is making me relive the excitement I felt for Christmas as a kid. The twins won't fully understand Christmas this year, but they will still have some fun tearing apart packages and eating the paper I'm sure. Jerame & I were joking around and saying that we should take the toys out of the boxes and wrap both the toy & the box. They will probably think they are equally as interesting! The twins are at such a fun age.

Last weekend we felt like doing something festive as a family so we packed up and headed down to Seattle to take in the holiday sights! We walked around for a bit, got coffee, went for a ride on the carousel, and ate some delicious kettle corn. It was really fun.

The twins had their 15 month check-up last week. The Dr. was very pleased with what she saw and even mentioned again that they are both doing a few things that are a little developmentally a head (they are obviously going to be geniuses). Carter is growing nicely and has stayed along the same growth pattern which is good. He weights 21lbs 10oz and is in the 75-90th percentile for height! Chloe on the other hand had dropped a little bit in her weight gain. To our surprise she is still just under 20lbs. at 19lbs 14oz. Her rate of gain has slowed so we have been instructed to add little extras into her food. Like heavy cream & extra butter :-). The Dr. was not especially concerned, just wants us to help her make every bit of food 'count' that she eats. But all in all they are healthy, strong & growing up too fast!

Carter was not too enthused about riding on the Carousel

under no condition was he getting on the horse so, Jerame

held onto him for the ride and he was ok with that. Funny boy.

Chlo on the other hand was a big fan and loved it!

big girl. She was so serious.

This is what happened when we tried to get her off of the horse.

We got some laughs from onlookers. lol.

Santa pictures

As torturous as they thought this was...it was hilarious for us. I hope they forgive us :-)

Thanksgiving Weekend

We had a wonderful long weekend! Jerame took the week off, technically, the week before the holiday but he ended up on the phone working 99% of his 'vacation'. I felt bad for him, but he is such a wonderful guy and never complains about things like that. It was nice for him to be at home at least though and spend time with the stinkers between his work stuff.

Jerame's Dad got here on Wednesday. We spent the majority of the weekend eating & drinking, which was so much fun as always. We hosted Thanksgiving this year at our house for my Dad, Brother & Jerame's family. We deep fried two 11lb turkey's and they were yummy! Everyone helped out in bringing all the sides which was so fun to taste the different twists on the traditional dishes.

We visited Santa on Friday. Carter thought Santa was very scary and Chloe just looked like she wanted to punch him in the face. Pics coming soon...

Sunday we relaxed as a family and went to eat a special prime rib dinner at my Mom & Jerry's house. We seriously NEVER stopped eating or drinking the entire weekend! Love it.

Thanksgiving morning, playing outside with Daddy

Grandma Jane & Little Princess

SUPERMAN!!!

(Jerame bought him this shirt

because he had one similar when he was a boy)

Dinner time!

Chloe & Uncle Matt

T.E.Q.U.I.L.A

Dinner at my Mom's. Chloe & cousin Dana. They were actually giving eachother kisses eventhough it looks like Chlo is attacking here :-)

Baby Blake

Nana & Chloe

Three Generations

Playing with Daddy

Happy Thanksgiving

We are cooking Thanksgiving dinner at our house this year. I am so excited for the 'twins' to eat their first Thanksgiving meal! Looking forward to deep frying our turkey and spending the day with Family. I am so thankful for my beautiful babies, wonderful husband, my family & friends! I hope everyone has a delicious  & relaxing day today!

My Dad is celebrating his 59th Bday this weekend as well so Matt & I took him out to one of his favorite restaurants, Wild Ginger in Bellevue, for his Bday. I am so happy the eastside is finally getting some decent restaurants. 

Happy Birthday Dad! 

Can you believe the hair on this cute boy?

Both Carter & Chloe's hair keeps getting curlier by the day. 

It is so gorgeous. I would never have imagined we 

would have curly haired babies. 

Not the best pic but, wanted to show how curly his hair is! So freak'in cute. 

Chloe's new holiday shoes. I brought these beauties home 

yesterday and she would NOT take them off of her feet. 

She loves them. Such a little girl. 

little princess

Chloe is the definition of a princess. Like mother like daughter I guess :-). I think it must somehow be genetic. She is developing such a little personality it is just so funny. She is saying lots of words now, mostly Momma, Daddy, Bella & hi. She also has gotten very good at shaking her head NO to most things. I think she says more I just can't understand her. We are going to have our hands full with this little one but I LOVE it. I am just so thankful to have a daughter that will hopefully someday enjoy doing girl stuff with me.

Playing peek-a-boo with the curtain & me

This is a typical sequence of events that happens often during the day:

Carter trying to 'share' the toy with Chloe

Chloe does NOT want to share....

so a tantrum begins

and goes on...

and on...

Veterans Day

My cousin Nicholas Kelly is currently serving his first tour in Iraq with the United States Army. He is a brave young man that is loved by so many. On this Veterans Day, thank you to all the Men, Women & Families that are serving this amazing country. God Bless.

Before his deployment Nick's 5th grade teacher wrote this for him:

'Nick's Prayer'

Heavenly Father, Nick is one of yours. He loves Jesus, his country, his family, his girlfriend and his fellow soldiers. He is a good boy, a brave man, an American hero. Lord, I pray that you keep him safe all the days that he is gone. Grant him the ability to get out of every tight situation, the skill to perform each task he is called to, and the wisdom for how to proceed when things are dicey and uncertain. He will get scared, Lord, and when this happens, please wrap him tight in your cloak of comfort. Let him feel your presence in a tangible way. Give him the courage and skill to do what needs to be done and keep his heart always turned toward you. He will get lonely and miss home, Lord. When he does, comfort him with the thoughts of loved ones who anxiously await his return with reminders that his time so far away is short, and with the realization that he is surrounded by a new kind of family over there, one that he will keep all the days of his life. Lord, thank you for creating Men like Nick. Men who will give of themselves to keep others safe, men of strength, honor and integrity. Thank you, Lord , for being the kind of Father we can turn to with every need -- and thank you, Lord, for keeping Nick safe and bring him home to us.

In Jesus' name I pray, Amen.

Please keep Nick and all the brave soldiers in your prayers!