Hmmm so took a year off from blogging....

So I really doesn't feel like its been a year since I wrote my last blog.  The past year has been crazy busy, half the time I don't know what day it is.  We did have a great year, but busy year though.

Emma started and finished Grade 3 this year.  Her teacher invited me into the class room once a week to run a afternoon of art with the kids.  I really ended up loving it!  It was great to spend time in Emma's class and have fun introducing the kids to art in various ways.  They were so into it and had so much fun.  It hit me that I do love teaching kids...so I was toying with the idea of going back to school to become a teacher, but when I thought more about it I'm not sure that 4 plus years of schooling is where I want to be while I have little kids growing up.  But I feel like I have to do something besides be a Mom to keep myself busy....and maybe bring in a little money would be nice too.  So I have been thinking about opening my own art workshops for kids out of my basement.  There is nothing like that in our little town...so maybe it would be something I would really enjoy and I would make a little pocket money to boot.  I am aiming for September to get it up and running...so we'll see what comes of it.

Lets see....the boys have been growing and growing like little weeds.  And Emma...holy cow...she is almost as tall as me!

Emma
She turned 9 this year.  And is almost 5 feet tall...or probably is 5 feet tall now.  She has grown so much and is well.....starting to hit the whole puberty stage...argh...it's tough to watch because she is my baby and ONLY 9!!!! 

She had a rough start to grade 3, with all her close friends being in another class.  But in the long run it worked out better because she had to be assertive and she became more of a leader in her peer group and with the younger kids in class.  School work came a bit easier to her this year so it really helped to.

Em also started in gymnastics this year which she ended up really loving it.  I was so proud to see her in her finale show at the end of the year.  When did my little girl grow up so much!?

I also took her to her first concert this year...Lady Gaga.  I wasn't sure how she would deal with it... and she was a little shy at first, but then she loosened up and enjoyed herself.  I think she was in awe of all the costumes and set designs.  But at the end of the night while we were going to bed she turns to me and says "Mom, this was the best night ever!"  Totally made my night right there!!

She also had a health scare earlier this year but everything turned out totally fine and is going great!

Nate

He turned 2 a few weeks ago!  He's growing super fast.  He's almost 36 pounds and is a super hulk.  He is super funny and loves to make people laugh.  He is also a super cuddly mommy's boy. (which I love!!!!) He's really sensitive too and takes his time to do things but has his own way to do things.  Things that Nate likes are Mickey Mouse Clubhouse, trains, reading, dogs, diggers and the trampoline.  And when he loves something begs for me to sing Happy Birthday over and over again!  His favorite foods lately are meat...which he says in a very forceful way or cheezies.

Hudson
He is also growing up but not in size...he's still a little guy, but he's super quick!  You give him an inch and he will RUN a mile!  His speech has come so far within the last few months and is saying three words, that you can understand, which apparently is ahead of where he is supposed to be.  Right now is all about "Hudson do it!" and throws a fit if you do it for him.  He is always up to something and gets into trouble by the minute these days.  But he loves to laugh and thinks everything is super funny...especially farts.  He's not as cuddly as he used to be...I think it's because he is becoming more independant now.  He also has a very special bond with Emma.

Matt and I are doing okay...barely having enough time to do anything let alone do regular twin stuff.  We have been looking forward to summer to get away for some camping and having our best friends come visit in August.  Matt has been working hard and tyring to get things done around the yard.  The deck is the next project...which could take a bit.

I have been ok...struggling with weight as usual.  And recently I was sent to a gynecologist because I have been showing signs...well I have been showing signs of hormone issues for many many years.  But its been getting worse lately.  So after a long medical history and blood work I was diagnosed with polycystic ovarian syndrome.  Which would explain a lot of my weight problems and how much I struggle with it and about the hormone issue I have had for years...finally I have an answer.  But that doesn't make it easier about loosing weight.  I am on medication to help with weight loss, but so far it doesn't seem to be doing any good.  I am trying not to get frustrated, but it's very hard.

First Birthday Pics

We're still here!

Okay so it's been since January that I wrote on here. I say it all the time but honestly I don't know where the time goes. So much has happened that I can't write it all here. But the boys are 13 months now. Their first birthday was amazing. I will try Nd remember to post some pictures. That are both doing really good. Nate is 27 pounds now and commando crawling. Almost up on his hands and knees but not quite. He has learned to pull himself up to standing everywhere including his crib but hasn't learned to get back down. So mostly he is standing in his crib crying cause he can't get back down.
Hudson is doing great as well. He's 21 pounds and is a super fast crawler and into everything. We really have to keep an eye on him as he is never in the same place for long!  His favorite thing is to play in the dogs water. He's pretty much always smiling and baby talking up a storm. He's trying to copy me in saying things. Saying Gaga is pretty funny for some reason. And Ka-Ka is cracker I think.  He also is a bit of a dancer. When he hears music he's moving and shaking.

Anyways I don't have much more time so I am going to try and post some pictures. I hope to post again soon!
Take care all.

Hudson and Nate being little goofs

Nate all ready for a summer day

Look at that heartbreaker

Hudson on his actual birthday eating his cupcake

Nate eating his cupcake and plotting world domination!

Nate getting a bath

Hudson in the bath

Hudson and Grandma

Sorry I haven't had the time!

Hello all!  I just realized that I haven't written a blog entry since September!!!  Holy cow where does the time go????  I know I have had some time to myself, but I have either spent is napping, cleaning or just vegging out staring at the TV. 

Anyways things have been going great here!  The boys are almost 7 months now, which is just crazy.  So really they are just 5 months now (adjusted age).  So much has happened with them!  Lets see...I'll start with Nate.

NATE
Well lets see...He is almost 20 pounds now!!  He is pretty much sitting up by himself, although he will sometimes fall over, so I have to be close to him.  His personality is coming through.  He's an observer...the strong and silent type.  He likes to just watch what's going on around him before he gets comfortable.  He loves to smile and I have only heard him laugh once, my Mom got him to do a full on belly laugh at Christmas.  He does what we like to call the Hulk stomp!  When he's lying on the floor he stomps his feet and looks like a baby Hulk.  The one person who can make him smile anytime??  It's Emma.  He adores her!!  He is starting to like his baths, but he's getting so big that he need a bath seat now cause Matt has a hard time holding him in the tub.  He's a great eater!  Tried hummus the other day and liked it!  Loves peaches, bananas and trying whatever is on Mom's plate..which I totally encourage.  I was eating ziti the other day and I gave him a noodle to suck on and he loved it.  (here's hoping it stays that way!)  Oh yes and he groans while he is trying to fall asleep...it's too cute.  His favorite toy is a tool bench that my parents got him for Christmas.  In a week and a half he's figured out how to work everything on it.

HUDSON
He is probably about 16-17 pounds now.  He rolled over on Christmas Eve and has done it a few times but now has stopped again.  He's doing great on tummy time!  Loves to kick his legs like he could just crawl away any second!  He's a little card!  Always has a huge smile on his face and loves to laugh and especially loves tickles!  He's no where near sitting up on his own...I have to help him with that.  He still has a lot of muscle weakness...but he's already come to far in just a few weeks...he'll get there soon.  He loves to stand and giggle at the dogs and cats and of course Emma....he also adores Emma.  He also loves to sing....at the top of his lungs!!!  This screeching singing...and then he looks around to see who's watching.  Mommy's little show off!! lol  He's a bit more picky on the food...banana's seem to be his fav...especially in this lil holder that he can suck on the banana pieces.  He still isn't a big eater.  His favorite toy is the baby playmat he loves to sing at the hanging toys and chew on them, kick them all that sort of baby stuff.  He also loves his Elli...a stuffed Elephant that he sucks on all the time.

We all had a great Christmas this year.  Although Matt's Dad had a health scare but has been doing a lot better now after some time in the Kelowna hospital.  We were all pretty stressed out, worrying about him.  But it's good to have him home again. 

We started a biggest loser contest 2 weeks ago.  Myself, Matt, my Mom and Aunt are all doing it.  It's been going well...each person has agreed to put in 100.00 and the winner take all.  It's a lot of planning with the meals, but it's been fun.  We've really supported one another and shared recipes.  So the next 6 months should be interesting!! 

Anyways that's about it for now....we're freezing up here....although -10 is better than -38!!!  Here a few pictures to show how much they are changing right now!  Take care all!!

Busy Busy Busy!

Another week down...we were pretty busy last week so I didn't get some time to write a blog.

Not last Saturday but the Saturday before we went to the Fall Fair!  We decided to go early in the morning so that we'd be home by noon.  We were all excited to see if Emma won any ribbons for the contests she entered.  I can't remember if I mentioned which ones, so here they are.

1. Cake decorating
2. Cookie decorating
3. Something made from a recycled material
4. A collection
5. A coloring picture

Sooooo...she won First Place for her cake, and 2nd place for her recycled material (she made a wallet out of a juice carton.  She was pretty proud and so are we!!! 
While we were there we discovered quite quickly that we attract a lot of attention.  In  about 10 minutes that we were there, we got stopped at least 9 times by people wanting to see the twins and ask a ton of  questions.  And believe me I don't mind stopping and chatting and sharing the amazing story about them and about half of the people had heard about these little miracles!! 

So we went on looking at all the booths and again getting stopped over and over again.  The same questions...how old are they, how much do they weigh, what are their names, are you getting much sleep, how does Emma like being a big sister.  We soon realized that we should of put up post it notes with all the info, cause our voices were pretty sore soon after. 
On the good side, even though we got stopped a lot and Emma was getting annoyed at all the questions lol...everyone was so sweet and supportive and caring.  Anyways...we ended up leaving at 4:00 pm!!!!!!!!!!!!  We were there from 10:30 to 4:00 pm!!!!!!!!  And the majority of that time was spent socializing.  By the time we got home, hadn't had lunch, we're totally thirsty cause it was so very hot that day...we were totally exhausted.  But I got my kettle corn, cotton candy and Watkins White Vanilla!!  So I was happy!! lol

Matt's Grandparents came up for a visit that weekend too.  So they are the kids Great Grandparents.  This would be their 10th and 11th grandchildren!  They loved meeting them!  Oh and I did get two games of spite and malice in with Grandpa!!

Let's see...well last Thursday we took a long truck ride to Kamloops for Nate's ultrasound and the boys pediatrician appointment.  We were up at 5 am and out the door at 6:30 and at the hospital right at 9:05am!!  We threw the boys into the stroller, screaming and all and booked it to the ultrasound department.  And I must say we attracted some attention lol...and I had to do a avoidance move to a sweet little old lady who attempted to block my path to the ultrasound department. 

Anyways Nate had the ultrasound, which we found out later that it came back normal!!  We don't have to retest!!  So we are super happy about that.  Later on we went to our Pediatrician's appointment...and I have to also mention...our Pediatrician...HOLY HANNA - he's a McDreamy!!!  Young south African doc...accent and all!!  Yep....LOVE Dr. Van Dyk!!!  He was great with the boys, took his time and went through everything.  Let's see for Hudson - He still has a small hydrocle (fluid in his testicle), umbilical hernia, and he has Reflux.  Which explains why he throws his head back and spits up a lot.  So now he has to be on a medication for it.  But other than that he's good!  As for Nate - he is good too, hydrocle, hernia, might have small reflux but not something we should medicate.  But he thinks his vocal cords haven't fully developed.  Which would explain the grunting and honking he does...sometimes he sounds like a goose or a badly playing clarinet!  He will grow out of it, but it will take time.

So other than that, they are good and we'll have to see him again in December. 

We have had a bit of bad luck this week...well it's been a continuation on previous bad luck...our fridge was broken, the outdoor wood furnace was broken, washer wasn't working and septic tank needed to be flushed out.  Honestly!  We need to win just a little lotto would be nice!!  Anyways, fridge got fixed, washer got fixed and it  was still under warranty, wood furnace can be fixed,  but Matt has to crawl in there and scrub all the kreasoke off.  And then the septic tank got flushed. 

Tonight, my work gave us a baby shower.  It was so much fun!  Finally we got to do some normal baby things that you do when you have a baby.  It was so great to see everyone and have them meet the babies.  We played some games, baby scrabble, Price is Right (where we had to guess the prices of some baby items), and my all time favorite FAMILY FEUD!!!  Now for those of you that don't know, Bonnie and I (she was the one who organized this shower) she and I would ALWAYS play Family Feud on my IPhone on our breaks.  I do miss it!!!!!  So when she did a mock Family Feud, I honestly squealing with delight I was so happy!!!  And my team won!! WOO HOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!  We laughed so hard, it was great!!
We ended up getting some great gifts!!  Very cute outfits, lots of diapers, formula, beautiful quilts, gift cards and more!  It was just wonderful!  

Well now I'm super tired, and need to get some sleep before the boys wake again!  Hmmmm lets be honest...I'm going to sit on the couch and watch out PVR'd shows....Survivor, Criminal Minds, CSI lol

What a week

So let me tell ya it's been quite a week!  Lets see last weekend we had a photo shoot with our family, inlaws and brother in law's family.  It went well and I can't wait to see the pictures!  Suprisingly the kids all behaved and we excited to go and play on the playground after!  The funniest thing that happend while we were sitting down to have photos taken out of the corner of my eye I see my nephew Lucas take a run at is Dad, Brian and hit him square in the gotcha!!!  I am sure those pictures turned out great with me looking shocked then laughing my ass off!

That night they all came over and made us a great Lasagna dinner!  With left overs for another day, which was a big help too!

Emma started school on Tuesday...GRADE 2!!!  I can hardley believe it!  Her teacher is Mr. Dunk and she is in a split 2/3 class.  She was super nervous when we got there, but once she saw her friends and found out she is sharing a locker with her best friend Amy, she felt better.  Once she was done I asked her what she thought of Grade 2 and her teacher...her response was 'Mom, Mr. Dunk talks really fast and it was all in French, I didn't understand a word he said!'  We had a laugh about it, and I told her that she wasn't the only one I am sure.  The next day I asked her how it went and she said she understood a little bit more today...so I am sure before you know it she will be speaking in full french too.  Yesterday she even raised her hand and answered a question that only she knew the answer to (what is the french name of owl)  She NEVER did that in Grade 1!!  So proud of her!!!

I haven't had the best of weeks this week.  The boys have been trying my patience.  On the hottest day (Wednesday) they wouldn't stop crying.  Once one had stopped the other started and that went on all day.  I was alone for most of the day so that didn't help either.  By 6pm I had had enough.  I  was done and fully lost it.  Matt told me to go for a walk or nap something...but I needed to get away.  So I went upstairs, closed the door and it took me a while to stop shaking and crying, but about after 45 minutes I did calm down and fell asleep.  I was able to focus on them again but I was fully scared about feeling like that.  So the next day I went out for coffee with a good friend after dropping Emma off at school and I had some caffine and a good cry.  Made me feel better anyways.

Other than that, Emma was busy doing her entries for the Fall Fair this weekend.  Her entries were something made out of recycled material (juice carton wallet), a collection (her shell collection), a drawing, 3 decorated cookies and a decorated cake.  Can't wait to see how she did this weekend.  She is so proud of what she did. 

Some time  this weekend we will be going to the Fall Fair, our first outing with the boys!!  Well first outing without it being a doctors appointment! 

Oh also I wanted to add that everyone has just been so amazingly good to us.  We have amazing friends here in town.  And I'm just so grateful for those words of encouragement in passing at school.

So up next for this coming week - Fall Fair, Matt's Grandparents visiting, school fundraiser - driving a Ford around for a minimun of 5 minutes, trying to get weeks of laundry put away, putting up plaques in our kitchen, orgainizing Emma's toys, ultrasound and doctors appointment in Kamloops next week, and of course making sure Em is on time to school and homework done, lunches made, dinner's made, baths, showers, dishes, bottles, general cleaning, diapers, the list goes on!!!

Their Growing!

Hello all!

 

Ok so I'm trying something new.  I have been sending updates through email with pictures of the boys to family and friends.  But now that I have this fancy dancy camera the quality of the pictures are so good, that when I send them through email most if  not all the emails come back saying that the size of the email  is to great.   SOOOOOOO....I am going to just post on here and email the link to people so they can read updates and see pictures about us and the boys. 

Well things are going well here! We have been home for 2 weeks now and are sort of settling into a routine! Although we are super tired and nothing is getting done or at least we have a ton of half done things around the house.

The boys are great, and growing fast! Yesterday they got their immunizations and Nate weighs 8 lbs and Hudson weighs 7 lbs 13 oz. They did well with their shots and of course got to meet everyone at my work and Matt's work!!

Emma is starting school in a few days, so things are going to change again, but she is excited to be going back!

Other than that not much to report, except our fridge is sort of broken and here's hoping it isn't going to cost a lot to repair! And we are just trucking along.

 

 

 

We  went for our first walk with the boys the other day, of course on a super hot day!!  Saw some neighbours and of course they all wanted to meet the babes!  They look so tiny in their stroller!!

This weekend my brother in law and family are coming up for a visit. And Em is excited to see her cousins! We are going to be having a family photo session on Sunday so we're looking forward to it.

Anyways the boys are starting to wake, so I gotta go.

Take care all!!

Nicki