My little talker

Emily loves to talk!! It's kind of hard to hear her in the video cause she wouldn't sit still but she talks almost nonstop. We have put a couple of old cell phones in their toybox & she will pick one up, flip it open, & walk around the house talking away. Um...do you think maybe mom talks too much on the phone? Nah, she's just silly & knows what to do!!

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In Memory

Travis W Michaelis, November 11, 1977-May 25, 2003
May you be forever young!! Love you always!

Weldon J Nef, August 26, ?-May 22, 2008
I miss you always Gramps!

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So this is why I had kids...

He also does dishes, yard work, and throws away his own diapers!! Now if we can just get E to help a little more, LOL!!!!

One reason why I love my boy!!

Short update

I haven't been doing so great at updating the blog lately, it is definitely something that I need to work on! On Saturday, I went to the Boise Mother of Multiples new mom brunch with an old friend from high school, Mandy. We have been communicating back and forth for several months now and just haven't connected so she emailed to see if I wanted to go with her. It was lots of fun, it was great to catch up with Mandy a little bit, I haven't talked to her since we graduated a million years ago, and it was also fun to talk to the other mothers of twins!!!! I think that I am going to join the club this fall when they get going again & maybe Mandy & I can go to some meetings together & stuff. We don't have much going on right now but I am going to post a video that I just love (for obvious reasons)!

Oopsie!

We had a very funny "first" happen & I had to share it even though Ben thinks it wasn't so funny...Ben lets A & E run around without their diapers all the time & yesterday it totally bit him in the butt (though not literally). E was running around & all of a sudden she stopped & we could see these drips between her legs!! Oops, E had peed on the carpet! I was laughing sooo hard, Ben was kind of laughing too but he was trying to catch her and put a diaper on her. I hurried and grabbed some wet paper towels and scrubbed the little spot that existed (while still laughing). We have never had the kids pee on the carpet so it was kind of funny, now we just have to make sure they don't do the other thing...

Happy Mothers Day

I just wanted to wish you all a Happy Mother's Day!! I know I haven't been able to celebrate very many but I love being a mommy (even when the babies are being stinkers & I long for the days of personal space)! Good job to all of you out there that have taken on this blessing and to those who mother without having children of their own.

Fabulessly Frugal Giveaway

At the Fabulessly Frugal site they are having a giveaway for a local Boise photographer!! I would love to have her do my photos, she looks awesome! You should check her out (just click here)!

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Hawaii or bust

One month until we go to Hawaii!! That's right, Hawaii. Ben's sister's husband is currently stationed there so we are going to go over & see them. We had been kicking around the idea for awhile but had almost decided not to go since traveling with the munchkins is such a production. One day we "fell" into some extra money which was just enough to buy plane tickets so we decided, what the heck, let's just do it. We are pretty excited but also a little apprehensive since that will be a long time on the plane with 2 babies. If anyone has any great advice on traveling with 2 16 month olds I would love to hear it!!

Life

I know that I haven't really posted in forever, there's a good reason for that...our lives are really boring!! We really haven't had anything blog worthy happening but I will do my best to come up with something. I was sick for about 2 weeks, it started with the flu which evolved into a cold which didn't want to go away. I am finally mostly better, it's still in my throat & ears a little bit but not enough to keep me down like before. Ben went to Las Vegas last week for 4 days & boy, did we miss him!! I was still not 100% but we muddled through and were all soooo happy when he came home. When he found out he was going we tossed around the idea of going with but then decided what would I do with 2 babies all by myself all day while he was in meetings?! When he came home he said he was glad we didn't go because we probably wouldn't have had any fun. The babies are still getting big, A finally popped another tooth out so he is at 7 & when I finally looked in E's mouth she has 11, 3 of which are molars! I am so lucky because she is such a good teether, she's rarely fussy, nose doesn't run, not really drooly. They are both running around like mad & love to be outside. E has a new thing where she spins around a couple of times, looks at me & giggles then falls down, I'm not sure where she learned it but it's pretty funny. A is my grouchy bear, I don't know what his deal is but he is so crabby almost all the time. I suspect he may be coming down with something but I suppose only time will tell. He is also turning into such a bully, he was hitting me on the head & pulling my hair & then laughing about it when I tried to be stern, I don't know what to do with him. He also likes to throw tantrums, he goes around banging his head into the wall. What a stinker! That is about all going on with us, pretty boring lives, I know.