Beautiful Ballerina!

Kylie is now a little ballerina. She is not exactly what I would call graceful quite yet, but she is trying hard and really listens to her teacher. She has only been to two classes so far, so she is doing great! It is adorable to watch the girls practice. Their teacher is wonderful, and has so much patience with them. I am so proud of her hard efforts in class, and can't wait to see her first recital next month. We ordered her costume and she is very anxious to get it. It is beautiful!!!
Mel.......I know this brings back a lot of memories of the good ol' days of pink cadillac! he.he. We had so much fun being dance buddies. We one time had a performance at a festival in our hometown. Our dance teacher was away, and there were three of us girls doing the dance. Mel and I forgot our routine, so we started making it up as we went. The other girl had to stop and cause a scene, because she remembered the steps and looked at us like we were crazy ( I think we were a little)! We kept on doing our best and made it through. It was hilarious! Now my little princess is making her own fun memories. I hope she makes as good of buddies as I did!

Here she is at her second classThis is first position She is proudly wearing her cinderella tights!

And here she is at her first class

me and my kiddo's

and this is Kylie. We had gone to McDonald's for a happy meal. When we got home.....she looked like this! There was a little stamp as the toy, and she apparently thought it was makeup in the car (it was dark out). It was pretty funny!

Kylie and Carson dressed up for church in their coordinating pink outfits. Lexi was sporting purple that day.

Pearly Whites

Carson had his first dentist appt. today! He did super! I was very, very proud of him. It was a little scary to bring all the kids with me alone, but Kylie was a huge helper. She sat in the chair with Carson the entire time and was his moral support. He had his hand on her leg for the majority of the time. It was really cute. They both got to wear these cool glasses, and he picked out a cars toothbrush. He also picked a motorcycle for his prize (they had great toys), and he got some cookies on the way out. They are smart at that office, they give us sugar on our way out to ensure that we will be back again=0) he.he. The best part of all was that he had no sugar bugs! Way to go buddy......keep up the good work. He eats candy like crazy, so I was a little worried, I would have been incredibly embarrassed too, since I used to work in the dental field! I guess our daily brushes are working well.

Back in Business! (picture overload)

We finally made it through our illness, and have a lot of fun things to share. The weekend before we all got the nasty bug, Kyle's parents came to visit. We went to the pumpkin patch with them. The hay ride was a little scary. My bail of hay was loose, and it felt like I was going to fall backwards at any minute. Thankfully Lexi and I were saved from that potentially embarassing and painful moment!
The kids were allowed to pick any pumpkin that they wanted, but they had to be able to carry it. (those were the rules of the patch, not ours!) There were not any little ones, so we bought some on our way out.

Here is a tired daddy with his little princess
Carson gave Lexi a lot of love on the hayride

Here is grandma Belnap with the girls. We went with them to see a horse competition.

Carson loved hanging out with his grandpa and watching the tractor that smoothed out the dirt.

Here is Kylie reading to Lexi, while we all were sick. She was a great helper!

My grandma came to visit for a couple weeks. Thankfully we were all better, a few days into her visit. We took her to the cheesecake factory........yummy! We had a great time with her. She is so up to date with things. She knows how to use computers, cell phones, and she even ordered a stun gun while she was here. Look out all pontential intruders.....she said she knows exactly where she wants to aim that thing! he.he. She is funny and we love her! The kids are missing her. She played ring around the rosies with them, and London bridges. They think she is a pretty cool lady.

The kids also got to build their first bear.......or turkey( that is what Carson chose)

It even makes a gobble noise!

Halloween cards with McDonald's gift cards from nanaAlexis kept getting buckets placed on her head. She didn't seem to mind too much.

We made some spooky food. The kids enjoyed helping

Those eyeballs were pretty tasty!

Pumpking carving........we let Kyle do all the dirty work! Carson could not stand touching the slime.

but he loved using the carver

On Halloween we got extra dressed up in our colors, and went to the game( once again with our awesome bronco buddies). My mom and grandma watched the munchkins for us.....thanks again.

Aiden was buster bronco, and his outfit was too cute....especially from behind!

Carson, Kylie and Lexi complimented him, with their football and cheerleader costumes. Our neighborhood was very festive.

What a fun holiday. We all had a great day. Next year we will be better stocked with candy to pass out. I totally under-estimated! This was by far, the cutest bunch of broncos I have ever seen!!

sick of being sick!

So I think we got the nasty pig flu! Yuck! We have been feeling pretty awful this week. Lexi started having symptoms last Friday. Then Saturday night Kylie started feeling warm and looking really tired. Sunday morning Carson and Kylie were really sick. They had high fevers of 104 at some points! Lexi's fever did not last for very long, but she still has a cough. Kyle and I got it on Monday. There is not anything much worse than feeling horrible and trying to take care of kids who also feel horrible! I know my kids are not feeling well, when they are laying down during the day rather than playing.....very unusual behavior! We all now feel like we just have a cold. So I think we are almost over this nasty bug! We are all tired of being stuck in the house and are ready to feel back to normal. To top it all off, even the dog has had issues (she is blind, and has some back problems)! This has been a crazy week, with not much sleep!

Kyle brought home these adorable humidifiers for the kids. That really cheered them up! What a cool daddy, he did such a great job finding these!
They are so cute. Someone was really thinking when they made these things!

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.