NICU Grad party

This was our fourth year attending the NICU party at St. Al's. As always it was SO wonderful to see all of the Dr.'s and nurses who helped our twins out when they had a rough start in life. They mean so much to Kyle and I, and will always have a special place in our hearts. They comforted us during some pretty scary times. It is amazing that they all still remember us too. I am sure they see a ton of people each year. We saw the Dr. and ultrasound tech's who took care of Kylie and Carson while they were in my tummy, she also stopped by to see us in the hospital when we had Lexy. We saw the Dr. who took care of them while they were in the NICU. He was so awesome. He stopped by to see me each day that I was in the hospital waiting for the twins to be delivered. He explained to us every detail of what to expect when they arrived. It was so reassuring to talk with him each day. And this is a picture of Kyle and Carson with nurse Amber. She was our favorite, and we loved when it was her shift. The twins were always dressed in the cutest outfits and their bedding was made up soo perfectly when she was watching over them. She liked to snuggle with them (especially Carson). She rocked them during the night, when I was not able to be there to do it. I will always be grateful to her and the other nurses for the love that they showed to our family. The memories are crystal clear!! Lexi enjoyed hanging out with daddy and watching the kids decorate their cookies
Everything was so sanitary! They had everyone wash their hands, and wear gloves to decorate their cookies.............where are Carson's gloves?

And where are Kylie's? They would not keep them on! We did disinfect the bottles when they finished.

This was their favorite activity of all. They fished for little toys. We all had a great time and it is so fun to get them all dressed up in their costumes each year. I think these people have some of the most rewarding jobs. We look forward to seeing them for many years to come =0)

special delivery & Chucka Cheese

Last week my nana sent the kids a package in the mail, and of course it made their day! Here they are with their gifts....................

Lexi got an adorable outfit, halloween bib, and some shoes and jeans from Julie

Here is Carson with his toy story bag and figurines....as you can see, he was pretty proud of his presentAnd Kylie with her princess bag, and several disney princesses.......she now knows them all by name!

Thanks again to Nana and Julie for thinking of us, and making our day extra exciting! We love you so much.

That evening we promised to take Kylie and Carson to Chucka cheese (that is what they call it =0) ). This is where we go to celebrate potty training. My parents took them once when Kylie was completely trained. Now it was Carson's turn. He has been potty trained for a while now (except for night time), but he has been going all night for several weeks now, with no accidents. It was definitely time to celebrate and reward them for their awesome accomplishments!!! We are so proud of them, and so relieved to be done with diapers........with the exception of little Lexi of course!

The big cheese himself even came out to say hello, and Carson ended up under the table. It was pretty funny!

Here he is on the rocket ship.And Kylie loved riding in the horse race. And Lexi enjoyed herself too. Her and my dad hung out together and watched the scary creatures while we went over to play with Carson and Kylie. I still can't understand why they make those things look so scary! I can barely stand to look at them. I don't blame Carson one bit for going under the table, I kind of wanted to join him!! ha.ha

Alexis Brielle at eight months!

I guess the saying is true......."time flies when you are having fun". We have loved every second of Lexi's time here with us so far! She continues to be a really sweet baby. She is just a happy spirited little princess. She loves to smile. She awakes from her naps and instantly has a big smile on her face. I don't think babies come much easier than her. She does get a little grumpy when she is sleepy, and does not want to go to sleep.
I went to help my dad with a few things today and decided to have a little photo shoot at his house. He helped with the props ( he tried to put a green skeleton into the picture) I took the picture, then politely removed the skeleton! ha. We had fun, she cooperated and of course smiled for every picture.
this one was my dad's idea........to put the wreath around her. It looked really cute, but she started eating our prop! She has some leaf in her mouth in this one. Alexis loves to play peek-a-boo, weighs over twenty pounds (some twelve month clothes are snug on her), has slept through the night for the past two weeks, she loves to smile and laugh, looks beautiful in purple, sits up really well on her own (she has for over a month now), likes to hold toys in her hands and roll her wrists around......it is really cute, loves to snuggle ( and so do we), likes to eat =0), likes to play with her siblings and gets lots of kisses from them while she sleeps, she likes music and kicks her legs around when she hears it, she is just wonderful and we are in love with her!
It is so exciting to watch her grow, and learn new things each day! We are so proud of her accomplishments.

You know you are crazy when.............

It is raining, and freezing cold, and you are sitting outside with some plastic over yourself to watch a football game! It is pretty fun to be crazy though............. Especially when you have buddies to be crazy with!!
Here are Melissa and I, before we looked like wet dogs(at least we didn't smell like them)!! It would have been worth the frozen fingers and toes, if our boys played a good game. They still won, but I think the weather must have gotten to them as well. Even our hot chocolate was cold by the time Kyle and David got it to us.
Earlier in the day, we took the kids to the homecoming parade. It was really fun, and of course the kids loved the candy. Best of all there was no rain on our parade.ha.ha.
Kylie and Carson really liked playing with Aiden. They were super excited for several days before he came over. Good thing he will be back in a few weeks. He is a really sweet little boy.
I love to see my munchkins loving on eachother, instead of fighting over things! I should blow up this picture, and frame it!!

We did have to hide their candy, but we let them have a few pieces each day. Another fun bronco weekend. Thanks again to my dad for babysitting,to Erica for watching Lexi, and to David and Melissa for hanging out with us. You are probably getting tired of us, and regretting purchasing season tickets together! Oh well, too late, you are stuck with us for a couple more months=0)

Girls just wanna have fun!

So this is the trip that Kyle and my friends had been planning for me, for over a month before I knew. It was wonderful, and I hope I get the same thing next year. We had so much fun together, and I miss my girlfriends way too much! Here is a picture of Audrey with my little Lexi. Audrey and I met, because I was friends with her little sister (Amy......who is my age). Audrey use to make fun of us and tease us, and it is pretty funny that we became friends. Now, I couldn't imagine my life without her! This is Sandra. Her and I met at our Freshman orientation in High school. Both of our last names started with a G. Thank goodness, because we were pretty much friends from that day on. I really needed her in high school, and still do today! Besides our last names starting with a G......we have a lot in common. We both LOVE makeup, I normally have her do mine when we get together. She could easily work at a MAC store!

Amy and I have been friends since about the third grade. She is a wonderful person. She is one of those people who would do just about anything to help someone out. She is funny, sweet, and very caring. She is pretty inside and out!Amy and Audrey's mom popped in to say hello, and brought me a little birthday gift. She is a very strong lady, and she did a fabulous job raising these two girls. Monique is Amy's daughter. We were all glad she joined us for our girls party! She loved playing with Lexi.
Amy made these beautiful drinks, and a virgin one.......just for me and Monique. Yummy!!
Audrey made us some delicious cheese and chocolate fondue...delicious! Next time Alex, remember to use your fondue fork!! j/k
We were all too full from the fondue to eat this cake that Audrey had bought for Amy and I ( her birthday is exactly one week after mine) so we ate it for breakfast! That is what I call a good start! he.he.
pajama party!!!! Just like the old days, only this time we didn't stay up near as late.
And finally, I was able to meet Sandra's newest little family member Ryland. I love his name, and I love him even more. He is a cutie! I wish I could have snuggled with him a little more.
Thank you to Kyle and my awesome friends for an amazing birthday. This one will be hard to top, but I am sure you can do it! j/k. It is probably good that I don't visit too often, becuse it still feels kind of like home to me over there. Probably because, that is where my some of my girls live. I did have to fight my tears when I left my kids to get on the plane, and then when I had to leave my friends to get on the plane. I guess I just can't win! You guys are the greatest. I love and admire you so much. I am so grateful for your friendship, and I value it sooo much! It is great to meet new friends, but nothing can compare to the old ones!!!

Airplanes and the Dentist

Wednesday was my birthday, and it was also Kylie's first dentist appt. It worked out great, because Kyle had the day off, so we all went . She did really good. I was nervous that she would be scared. The hygienist asked her if she wanted to have sparkly white princess teeth, and from that point on, Kylie probably would have let her do whatever she wanted in her mouth!he.he. She explained everything perfectly, and the best part was that she has no sugar bugs! Carson is next. He is a little more timid about trying new things (Kylie was for a while, and they have switched now). I don't think the princess talk will work either. She will have to get more creative! We went to dinner at P.F. Chang's, and the kids were able to try out chopsticks for the first time. They actually did really well!

Kyle made me a really cute cake. It was very yummy too!

After dinner we walked across the street, and there was a band, booths, a balloon lady, and some people dancing very funny to the band. It was entertaining to watch them. he.he

My parents gave me some wonderful presents. Oh yeah......... it is a new purse!

These cute plant chairs were my favorite from them. I had my eye on them at a store by their house for a while now!
Then Kyle gave me some big surprises........this magazine was from Kylie, some candy from Carson, and they all went with this ......................

I thought "what in the world am I going to do with this toy", then I saw a roll of cash inside of it, and a piece of paper. The paper was a southwest airplane ticket to California for today! He arranged with my friends for us to be able to spend the weekend together. I feel funny about leaving him and the kids......I get a little bit of separation anxiety........but I am thrilled to see my girls!!!!! Lexi is coming too, since they haven't met her yet, and she is free! I thought it was super creative to put it in this airplane. So cute.

Thank you Kyle, for putting so much thought into my birthday, and for making it extra special. You are the best! I have been missing my friends lately. They have had this planned for over a month, and I had no clue! Good work =) That is not easy to do, since I am pretty snoopy!

A super sweet Saturday!

And a very busy one too! We went to Kyle's work party in the morning, which was a ton of fun. The kids had a blast. They liked the little jump houses.......even though they were afraid of them at first. The food was yummy, and the weather was great. I even won a gift card in the raffle. Alexis loved eating her pickle
Carson attempted to go in the spider man house, but went back to the smaller ones! Kylie had a beautiful butterfly painted on her face

she even picked out the colors herselfThen we were privileged to see David and Melissa again........this time we were able to watch the game in person!

Lexi had to have been the cutest miniature fan in the stadium! Kyle also talked his co-workers into coming with us. Hopefully they will come again, they are a lot of fun.

we saw these three men dressed up in the coolest BSU Elvis outfits, and asked them for a picture. The funniest part was that we actually use to go to church with one of them! The cheerleaders then came over and crashed our picture. Kyle obviously didn't mind to much, since he had his arm around one of them! he.he. That is just fine, because I was able to give the players a five on their way out from the locker room=) and Buster Bronco got a little friendly with my sister-in-law! What a crazy night! We are already looking forward to attending the homecoming game in a few weeks. And last but not least Boise did win 40 to nothing!