tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30947351750288757142011-12-16T05:30:26.085-05:00Karahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00816620050338604127noreply@blogger.comBlogger1771100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3094735175028875714.post-80393657359425837312011-10-28T10:07:00.000-04:002011-10-28T10:07:09.328-04:00

How to come back after an almost 3 month absence? Just drop a bunch of pictures or make one marathon post? I can't decide, I'll figure it out at the end, so here we go.  School started for Scott again in the middle of August, we quickly adjusted to the new routine and he's been getting little projects finished before winter.  Keller is going through a personality change. One minutes he's the

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We've spent a lot of time this summer just laying around the house or playing outside. Scott and I have never been fond of big vacations, even when we were little. I remember begging my parents to let me stay at the hotel and miss a morning of sightseeing during one vacation to the grand canyon. (They planned to ride a burrow down into the Grand Canyon, I had no idea what a burrow was and was

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Keller finally got to go with Daddy to Wal-Mart to spend his birthday money from Kris and Dave. We talked for a little bit about what he wanted to buy, a new Lightning McQueen, Daddy Cookies (Oreos), Thomas, and candy were all discussed. He left the store with a huge dragon from How To Train Your Dragon.     Victor and Scarlett were very interested too.  See Keller and Victor holding containers

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 This is simply a post about Keller full of memories and sayings I don't want to forget.  It is so amazing to look back and see what my little boy has come from. This tiny scrawny little thing that needed help eating and keeping warm. His chest was smaller than Scott's hand. One year later shoving cake in his mouth. Two years later a big brother but still carrying around 'Koko'.  Now

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The fourth of July weekend is always hectic, even more so when you throw a birthday party right in the middle. Our weekend officially started Thursday evening with a free trip to the Arts and Crafts Fair, Friday was full of truck shopping and dinner with friends, Saturday involved visits with family and the first trip to the carnival for our kids, Sunday we celebrated Keller's birthday and Monday

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These are pictures from Easter that were taken with Scott's camera. Its taken me this long to pull them off his memory card.   The Greathouse grandchildren.Needless to say: Getting 7 kids to smile and look the same way is nearly impossible.  Keller and Samuel and Isaiah. 9 months difference between Keller and that set of twins.  All the Greathouse grand-boys. And, Mommy and Scarlett. 

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 We had a wonderful Memorial Day weekend, we sold all our baby items, no more high chair, no infant car seat and a lot less baby boy clothes. Victor and Scarlett both fell and got some major scrapes, Keller learned how to ride a big boy bike, and I got slightly depressed about my babies growing up. We also survived 95 degree weather with no air conditioning! Here's Victor in our new baby pool.

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I have many more photos on facebook, so these are some repeats and some new ones. We are enjoying the new house so much. Scott had spring break and wasn't able to get any house work done like planned, because of my interesting/difficult work schedule, he did get to spend a lot of one on three time with the kids. Victor is now very attached to Scott. We had a fun Easter weekend and I've had two

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Almost two months ago Scott and I made a quick day trip to the Amish Country to scour furniture stores looking for the best way to spend our income tax return. (When you get two kids in one year, its a nice return.) We already had an idea of what we wanted, because we're like minded and feel the need to discuss big purchases extensively, I also like to research before I buy. After visiting 5 or 6

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Moving day was actually last Saturday, April 9th. Exactly one year, one month, and one day after we broke ground for our house. We had an exhausting day of cleaning, moving and furious unpacking. At the end of the day I was so tired and confused about where everything was in the house. I still get confused and I'm still rearranging everything in the kitchen. We have all the necessities in our

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But I've got some pictures of the house. We didn't make our deadline of completing the house by the one year mark, and I honestly thought Scott would be more disappointed, so I decided to be extra disappointed for him. How generous of me, yes?  So, we're still in our teeny tiny little house, and the walls are quite literally closing in on me! The house is getting smaller and smaller, because I've

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If you look back and read this post, you'll remember that on Monday, March 8th we broke ground for our house. Before that day, this is what our 'house' looked like. Just a field with a storage building.  A year later, that field looks like this,  A pretty green house with a finished deck (unfinished porch railing) and a muddy yard. But inside is a warm beautiful home with a finished first

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I had every intention of completing a post last night, but things got crazy at our house. Keller pushed Victor down, Keller hit Scarlett in the head, Scarlett and Victor both got super cranky, so everyone received a 30 minute nap/timeout.  We had a fantastic time celebrating Victor and Scarlett's birthday. We had all kinds of soup, sandwiches, fruit and of course cake and ice cream. Victor and

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These pictures are from when Scott and I tried to get one  year pictures of the twins. It didn't work out very well. I need to put duct tape on their diapers to get them to sit still nowadays.  Anyways, I think in my last post I mentioned I was teaching Keller to sing the song 'Head, Shoulders, Knees and Toes'. For some reason this was a really fun song for me when I was little that and a song

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I just wanted to write down some of the funny things Keller has said.... I tried to teach Keller the song "Head, shoulders, knees and toes" Me: Keller you wanna learn a song? Keller: Yes Me: Ok, it goes like this "Head, should, knees and toes" And you do the motions, so repeat after me, Head... Keller: Head Me: Shoulders Keller: Eyes Me: no shoulders Keller: Nose Me: No, it goes Head shoulders,

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I've been thinking a lot lately how life is very cyclical, not just because I find myself turning into my parents, but how (just this past weekend) I listen to my elders remark about the cost of bread and a car and know that one day I'll marvel at the fact that I used to get bread for $2.50 a loaf and bought a new car for under $30,000. One day I'm going to watch my kids turn into me.  Sunday

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 If you'll remember, Keller was 16 months when he got his first haircut! Victor is not yet a year old and he had his first haircut last night. I cut a big chunk and saved it in a plastic bag and shoved it in some shelf thinking "I'm gonna hate myself when I have to move all this stuff." So we all headed down to our favorite stylist and we basically took over her salon. If you've got a family of

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Saturday afternoon Victor and Keller were good little boys who took their afternoon naps. Scarlett took her only nap of the day in one hour. So we traveled out to the new house and I finally remembered my camera.  Scarlett immediately took to playing in the living room floor with new toys.  This is our desk area in our kitchen. You can see the corner of our island and the two tall cabinets will

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And I'm just now getting around to posting pictures from this weekend!   I guess thats what you get when I selfishly use my lunch hour to read (and eat my lunch).  Do you see this mess on their faces? Who knew you could get that messy with half of a chocolate chip cookie! Maybe it was still warm from the oven, but wow. All while I was on the phone with my Mom for all of 5 minutes. Then we took

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Can you believe I spent 34 hours away from these super cute faces? Here Victor and Scarlett are eating spaghetti, they love it! Keller and I hitched a ride with my parents down to North Carolina to visit my sister and brand new niece. We had such a blast and I throughly enjoyed not changing a diaper for 2 days! And only being responsible for one child was such a breeze, I always felt this nagging

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No I don't have a more interesting title, simply because I had a plain jane enjoyable weekend. Yes there were moments when I was tearing my hair out because I was on the floor surrounded by toys and had three children climbing on top of me, but there were also moments where three adorable angelic children grinned up at me and said 'Hi Mommy' 'Mama!' and 'Unhhh, DaDa!' Victor has now added Mama to

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What a wonderful Christmas we had. The kids and I are sick, but we have had so much fun playing with all the new toys the past couple of days, its been great. I'll share a few photos, but I've put all of them in my google web album. Click this link or the slideshow to the right. Scarlett before going to Scott's choir concert. Scott's parents helped me take the kids to Scott's concert, I'm so 

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and I don't have many pictures to make up for the absence. We've had quite an interesting few weeks, complete with school closings, a Mommy sick with the stomach flu and lots of baking wrapping and cuddling on the couch. A little bit of work has been completed on the house. We have our granite counter tops which makes me ready to move in! I'm so glad cooking has become more interesting for me

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We had a wonderful Thanksgiving full of eating and sorting through Black Friday ads! Friday we bundled everyone up and braved the crowds for some amazing deals. Victor and Scarlett are really into waving now and they charmed about half the patrons of a Chick-fil-A on Friday.  Victor still crawls over Scarlett, sometimes crawling on top of her or holding onto her legs so she can't go anywhere.

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Victor sure has. This poor child, we laugh and tease him so much. But he's just so cute, always so hungry, always has a smile to spare (unless you've just taken away the piece of dust/dirt/mud/bug/paper/rock/unknown food particle/unmentionable waste product he was eating) He is so much fun and such a delight. He is always extremely happy or extremely unhappy, only stoic or dazed after a good meal

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   Victor is 'cruising'. He pulls up, holds onto anything semi sturdy and gets where ever he wants to go. He falls a lot so he's been wearing his new size 5 shoes! Scarlett scoots around in her size 2 shoes. She hasn't pulled up on her own yet, but I'm sure its just a matter of time. She's already scooting around the floor, she does better on wood floor. This morning I took the picture below.

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Thats a Halloween trick for you! I posted all the Halloween pictures on Google web albums, here. There were too many half bad/half good pictures to make an adequate blog post. So here's how I've been giving baths lately. Monday night was spaghetti night. Bath night usually coincides with spaghetti night, its just easier.   I usually try to bathe just Victor and Scarlett, but Keller usually hops

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Happy 8 month birthday to Victor and Scarlett. Victor pulled to a standing position and has his first tooth poking through.  Scarlett has two teeth, and is grabbing for her toys, trying to crawl. She's more content to let the action come to her, which happens frequently. She loves her brothers, except when they love her too much.  What a horrible picture of both of them... The flash was set on

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Victor and Scarlett are starting to play together. Its so much fun to watch. Occasionally Victor will take Scarlett's toys, or pull on her earrings, or hold her head down to kiss her, but they usually have fun. I love the look in Scarlett's eyes when she looks at her brothers, you can just see all the unspoken joy, delight and love. So beautiful. Too bad they move so much that I can't get them

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I do what I can when I can. This is my mantra for taking photos of the kids. I love getting professional photos done, but I can't stand the thought of paying $300 for 10 photos that may or may not be good. The last experience we had getting family pictures was very pleasant, but that was once out of 4 or 5 times and I'm not into taking expensive risks like that. Especially when Scott has a pretty

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I made chocolate chip cookies Sunday and let Victor and Scarlett share one. They are both getting better at feeding themselves, sometimes Scarlett doesn't even want to eat from a spoon. Victor will eat anything that gets even remotely close to his mouth.Victor immediately grabs for anything you set on his tray. Scarlett takes a while to warm up.

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Lots of changes have happened since you last looked at our house. Lets take a trip down memory lane. First there was a backyard with a run down storage building.Then there was a poured concrete basement.Then there was a first floorThen a second floor and roof.Now all the siding is finished and the front porch is almost complete. We'll put up handrail and finish the posts with stacked stone. We

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My sister got married this past weekend on the beach in North Carolina. I got two days off work and Scott and I relaxed for maybe two hours the entire time. I, like usual, stressed out too much and everything went smoothly. The eight hour drive down took us ten hours, but we survived, and the drive home was only nine hours.The babies did so well with sleeping and napping in pack n plays, that was

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for the high chair! Scarlett really appreciates it. Now dinner time is a fast paced event at our house.Sometimes I can't spoon food fast enough!

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Get ready for a picture overload because the babies have been extra fun this week. Over the weekend we were all sick, runny noses, stomach aches all the good stuff.Both babies were super tired Saturday and ended up napping a lot. Scarlett couldn't quite finish her bottle before falling asleep. She's been holding her own bottle, and this is how I found her after putting Victor to bed (he fell

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I tried. I really tried to take pictures of all three kids, unfortunately Keller has fallen into that uncooperative age some people like to call the Terrible Twos. And he's developed this annoying habit of saying cheese, in all honesty it helps Judah smile, which is were he learned it from with our encouragement. Keller just doesn't say cheese and smile, he says cheese and makes a scrunched face.

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Here's the stats:Victor: 19.25lbs (75th%) 27in (75th%) Head - 75th%Scarlett: 15.4lbs (25-50th%) 26in(50th%) Head - 5th% (She started out below the chart on her head)The twins are healthy and got three shots! They cry much longer than Keller did, maybe they encourage each other. Life is moving fast as always. I can't believe its been 6 months. I honestly look back and think who was that person

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School has started and Scott is getting used to his new schedule and new principle at the middle school. The mornings are getting chilly and the twins turned 6 months on August 22. Its hard to believe six months has gone by so fast. Victor is trying his hardest to crawl. Both twins love sitting, standing, laying on their bellies and playing with toys. Victor grabs anything he can reach and covers

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Poor Scarlett, its not her fault Victor likes to grab everything, including her body parts. She'll eventually toughen up, hopefully. Look at that innocent face! 'I'm not doing anything wrong Mom! I'm just trying to play.'Scarlett is teething, and its really bothering her. She's difficult to entertain and get to sleep. Victor just laughs, smiles, plays, sleeps and eats anything close to his mouth.

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Scott and Keller had a 'Daddy and me' Day this week. They visited my office. I think Keller was surprised to see me there, and he kept asking about my car. He knew he came in Daddy's car, but he didn't know where my car was. So cute. Then I let him color and play with my 'stickers' (post-its). Maybe I'll save this picture and maybe one day he'll be working in an office just like this. Hopefully

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You think this face would beat up on his little sister?Of course!In his defense, he loves to roll and Scarlett just happens to be in the wrong place at the wrong time. Don't worry though, after the picture below was taken we went to Mawmaw Greathouse's for dinner where he was attacked by Keller, Isaiah and Samuel all at once. He loved every minute of their 'attention'.

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This week I was super busy, but Scott got some visitors while he was at home with the kids. They brought Keller a Mr. Potato Head. So for the first hour he called it 'Head' Then he at least got the potato part. Now its 'Tata Head' He's got the tongue in his mouth. After bath time this week I dressed Victor and Scarlett up to take their pictures. Scott thinks they look like an old couple. I see

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Last night I spent some time with the camera. It only took about 10 minutes before Scarlett was too hungry and Victor was too sleepy to continue, but I got some good pictures. Victor is happily eating anything near his mouth. He has tried pears, carrots, bananas and applesauce. (He's also tried whipped topping, icing, ice cream, and the crust of my pizza last night.) I've let Scarlett try pears,

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In light of all the Mel Gibson drama, Keller has decided he would make a great William Wallace if ever there is a sequel. Maybe he'd be better fit for a prequel, 'William Wallace and His Wars in the Sandbox'. Honestly, I caught him when he had about half his costume on. I could have stopped him, but I was in the middle of dinner. The thought ran through my head 'I can either stop now, clean him

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Here is my baby on the first day of his life. He started 8 weeks early at 4lbs 11 oz. and 18.5 inches long. His weight was below the 5th percentile and his length was in the 10-25th percentile. His preemie sleepers were still a little baggy. Now here is my baby, 2 years old, 30.2 pounds and 36 inches tall. Thats the 75th percentile for weight and 90th percentile for height. He wears some 3T

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Well what can I say? Its been a busy week. Scott and I enjoyed our anniversary on Wednesday. We celebrated three years, three children and 1 and a half houses. But lets back track. I had a lovely four day weekend. We visited the Art and Craft Fair on Friday. The weather was beautiful and taking the time off was well worth it. I love going to the fair, when I was little we would go while we were

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Well we had our 4 month check up for the twins this week. Here are the stats:Victorweight: 15 lbs 4 oz. 25th - 50th percentilelength: 25 in. 25th - 50th percentileHead: 45cm 75th percentileScarlettweight: 12 lbs 7.5 oz. 10th - 25th percentilelength: 23 in. 5th - 10th percentileHead: 38cm low the 5th percentileYes

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Picasa is a wonderful photo shop program made by the lovely people at Google. I don't need to go on about how I love Google too. So here are some pictures of Scarlett. I took these Sunday afternoon when both boys were asleep and Scarlett woke up fussy. She was cranky and when I put this tutu on her she started grinning and giggling. So we had some fun and then I edited most of these and they look

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Scarlett rolled over Friday evening. (belly to back) Now its her favorite thing to do before she goes to sleep, but she cries until I flip her over again because she doesn't like to sleep on her back. Did you hear orange lipstick is in for the summer? Well apparently Keller thinks so. This is what happens when Keller wants to color and Mommy tries to make bottles and clean the kitchen. I was a

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Posting from my iPhone.

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Boy am I excited about the weekend we just had! Not that it was extremely exciting to normal eyes, or that we did anything extraordinary. Scott, with the help of his parents, got a lot done on our house. We now have the living room, den and Scarlett's bedroom are mostly finished with drywall. A few minor places in Scarlett's room were left unfinished to keep air flowing, which is greatly needed I

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Keller helped me make some cupcakes for Daddy. He picked the cake and the color of icing. Except he thinks the icing is called cake, even though we had a whole lesson about what goes into cake (cake mix, eggs, water and oil of course) and how we changed the icing from white to blue. Blah blah blah, all he wanted to do was eat cake! I barely got a picture before he stuffed his face. So cute.This

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And I don't have a picture to show you. What a bad mother I am, or perhaps what a good mother I am. Spending more time interacting instead of behind a camera lens. At least thats how I choose to think of it for now.One evening this week the babies slept all evening and Keller and I played outside. Actually, he played and I took his picture. (Now is when its ok for me to not interact with him and

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Scott and I had a day off from work, thanks to state elections.... Did you vote? We spent part of our day in Parkersburg getting professional pictures taken. We got some great poses and actually had a really great time. Taking professional pictures always stresses me out.But our pictures tuned out great.This is our favorite picture, but for some reason I can't turn it around just tilt your

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Ever post Victor and Scarlett's weights and lengths from their 2 month visit? I don't think so. Victor:11lbs 6oz 25 - 50 percentile22.5 in 10 - 25 percentileHead: 75th percentileScarlett9lbs 8oz. 5 - 10 percentile22 in 10 - 25 percentileHead: off curve (She has a tiny head but its growing so the doctor isn't worried Big brother got everything in the head/hair

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Its been two months since that exciting, painful, confusing and miraculous morning when Victor and Scarlett were born. This little girl will only smile for her MawMaw Greathouse. She coos for me and usually likes to be held by me. Sometimes, the only way I get anything done in an evening is to carry her in my Moby wrap. This little boy likes to hold his head up. He likes to squirm while he's on

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I'm on my second week back at work and it feels great to be at work. I miss the kids and its a daily challenge to juggle work, kids and a home, but I think thats why I like it.I made chocolate chip cookies this Saturday. As I was putting another pan full in the oven I heard 'mmm, mmm, mmmmm' Keller stole a cookie off the counter top! He's getting so tall we are constantly finding new hiding

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We had a fun Easter weekend. After church on Sunday we went to the Egg Hunt where Keller picked up eggs and had a great time. Keller picked up an egg and ran off shaking the egg. This little boy kept putting his eggs in Keller's basket.Victor was so tired he couldn't hold his head up. This is the best family picture we got, Keller was too hungry to sit still for a picture. Our house has siding!

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to go back to work. Monday is my first day back. Its been since January 28th that I was at work. It will be hard to leave Keller since we've been spending so much time together. And it will be hard to leave Victor and Scarlett, but I know they won't really care. As long as they get fed and changed, and Scarlett gets to lay on her belly they are happy.I spent some time yesterday while Keller was

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We almost have two roofs over our heads, aren't we blessed? The second floor went up Tuesday and Wednesday. The trusses were finished today. We have a large window in our dinning room, this is the view we get.And a french door will lead out onto a deck that over looks this wooded area. Everything would look a lot prettier if there were leaves on the trees, or even a light dusting of snow.

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Lots of firsts have happened this week at our house. Victor and Scarlett are wearing the first outfits I bought for them. (Before we knew for sure Scarlett was a girl.)Keller packed his first back pack and headed to Mamaw and Papaw Wilt's for an overnight visit. Not the first time he stayed over night, but it was the first planned visit. And he just looked cute (and so old!) wearing the

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Remember we brought the twins home during a snowstorm on February 26th. This left snow drifts of up to 10 inches in our yard. A week after all the snow came Scott and his father were able to move a storage building that was in the place of our future house. Its hard to believe the ground was dry enough to get a tractor to pull the building away, but everything worked out wonderfully.Monday, March

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Finally a few minutes to post some pictures. Me at 35 weeks. I woke up that morning with a feeling of determination and finality. I thought that Sunday was the day. I was wrong. Monday evening holding Scarlett for the first time. This was about 10 hours post surgery.Holding Victor for the first time. Don't worry the only way I could tell them apart at this point was the amount of hair (Victor had

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Every day I think 'I can't believe I made it this far!' I thank God every day for the extra time I've been given with these babies. God is truly helping me enjoy being pregnant, but also pointing out the benefits I'll enjoy whenever I'm not pregnant. I'm not talking about the new babies we'll love and cherish (which of course we will), I'm talking about being able to jump out of bed in the

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I made it past 33 weeks, and getting closer to 34 weeks! I had my doctor's appointment yesterday and Scott had school cancelled so he was able to go with me. We found out a lot of good information and got a ton of questions answered. Scott is ready to have these babies any day, I'm willing to wait as long as I can. The picture below is Victor and Scarlett's heads together. Victor has the bigger

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We've had quite the eventful week here at our house. Last Wednesday night I started having contractions, so Scott and I dutifully traveled to the hospital trying to laugh and not think about all the possible outcomes. I was admitted and swabbed and poked and prodded and eventually sent to a hospital room with fluid and antibiotics. At 6 am Thursday morning I was contracting every two or three

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What is interesting Keller so much? Dental floss, thats what Keller's favorite toy is at the moment. He finds dental floss in the bathroom drawer and before we can stop him, he takes off running.

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I just spent a full morning at the doctors office, and (I know its not normal for a doctor's office) I hardly had to wait on the doctor. I had an ultrasound first to look at the babies' heart rates. Both are normal and Scarlett is head up now. It looks like things are getting cramped in there. And of course we got a beautiful picture of Victor with his arm beside his face, and of course Scarlett

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Scott put Keller in his bed last night and stayed in his room to be on the computer. All of a sudden he noticed Keller was standing right beside him, no longer in his crib!!! So of course we made him get back in and I grabbed the camera to take pictures of him climbing out. (Because thats what good mothers do, take pictures of their kids doing dangerous things) So at 8 o'clock at night we changed

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Thats the weight of a newborn baby, or the weights of Scarlett and Victor! Victor weighs 3lbs 7oz. and Scarlett weighs 3lbs 2 oz. They are measuring a couple weeks ahead, but I'll take a bigger baby any day (even though I might think differently if I make it to 36 weeks). Scarlett is right behind her brother in growth, she'll be the smaller one, but not by much. She was also more difficult to get

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Someone tell me where my chubby little baby went? Now I have a tall toddler with visible ribs! Well, we had a wonderful Christmas, Keller got plenty of toys and he's happy to have the Christmas tree down so his toys can occupy the living room now. One of his favorite things to do in the evenings is hide behind the cushions on our furniture. He likes to hide his toys under the couch too, we can't

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Keller dances whenever he hears music. Usually he alternates his arms in the air and he 'snaps' his fingers. All arm movement and nothing else for my white boy. Occasionally he will sway to slow songs. Its crazy that he can actually recognize the tempo and sound of the music! For the past 13 weeks I've forced Scott to watch 'So You Think You Can Dance' with me in the evenings. Keller has really

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All that turkey and pumpkin from Thanksgiving went to good use, Victor and Scarlett have grown really well in the past month. Victor is 1 lb 12 oz., and Scarlett is 1 lb 10 oz. Scarlett may be the smaller of the two, but she is much more active. Since she is so active, the ultrasound technician had troubles getting a good picture of her, and a good heartbeat reading. So, Victor is below, you can

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Here's our pretty Christmas tree with its leaning star. "No Mom, I won't sit still so you can take my picture for a Christmas card."We decorated the tree Saturday evening. He doesn't bother the tree because its a Blue Spruce, very prickly. Occasionally he'll play with the ornaments, but all the breakable ones are too high. We have a remote that turns the tree on and off, its his new favorite toy.

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Scott and I had a great break for Thanksgiving. My sisters came in from NC and we also celebrated Christmas early. Now Keller thinks every present under the tree should be opened. We went to two Thanksgiving dinners and got lots of shopping done. Keller even stayed awake while we shopped at 5 am on Black Friday. Keller loves to go 'Bye Bye' and now every time we change clothes he thinks we're

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There have been ongoing debates regarding Keller's hair. Some people think we need to cut it, some people disagree. We decided to cut his hair this past Friday. He tends to stick his hands in his hair and pull when eating. Then his hair is all greasy/sticky depending upon what we're eating. His hair is only long in the back, he had a good start to a mullet. So we went to a friend who is a

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When I was little, the only way I would eat most food would be adding ketchup or ranch dressing. Last week, Scott had a parent-teacher conference so he worked very late and Keller and I treated ourselves to Happy Meals. Normally I give him his chicken nuggets and a few french fries, but this time I introduced ketchup and 'dipping.' He is now perfect at dipping, he dunks his entire hand and always

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Scott and I visited the doctor's office this morning to have an anatomy scan. They checked organs, the heart, the brain, the bones, she even showed us some nostrils. All that to tell us, our babies are healthy, kicking and punching each other, and weigh 11 ounces.Here is a side/profile view of Victor.And here is a front view of Scarlett! We found out Baby B is a girl, like we'd been hoping all

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You're not supposed to eat the pumpkin seeds Keller. He tried. Our finished pumpkin Our fireman standing near the pumpkin. And thats the most he would wear the hat for the evening. We had a great time trick or treating last night with Keller. We visited some friends and family then walked to a couple houses in Ravenswood. Somehow Keller still ended up with half a bucket of candy despite only

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Alright, the picture on the top is me 16 weeks pregnant with Keller. The picture on the bottom is me 16 weeks and 2 days pregnant with the twins. I just so happened to be looking through old pictures and realized I was wearing the same shirt at 16 weeks so it would be a good time to compare.

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We had a long weekend, nice and relaxing. I started taking iron pills and taking naps when I can so I've been feeling a lot less tired. Of course there is still the occasional mood swing to deal with, but you'll have to talk to Scott about that. Keller added climbing on kitchen chairs and out of his high chair to his growing list of ways to get hurt or in trouble. We started working with utensils

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This Sunday I started my 15th week of pregnancy and Keller started his 15th month of life.Here is Keller sitting on a rocking chair we bought him from the Amish Country. We left Ripley on a Friday evening, spent the night in Millersburg, Ohio in a hotel and spent Saturday shopping. We all had a great time. Keller really enjoyed the big bath tub in our room and eating breakfast and showing off to

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The ultrasound showed baby A laying along the left side of my belly and Baby B laying along the right side. They are both 3 oz each, and measuring a few days ahead, so they are just a little big bigger than normal. I'm fine with that. Baby A is clearly a BOY! And Baby B is a little unsure. The ultrasound tech said 'I think its a girl, but I can't be sure, so don't buy anything yet.' But Scott and

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And I just realized I never took pictures of Keller in August, at least with my camera. I'll have to confiscate Scott's fancy camera to steal some pictures, if I can figure it out.Well, I've been feeling much better lately, I think I've hit the 2nd trimester early. I am no longer very tired and no longer sick. All good signs to me. I also keep forgetting to ask Scott to take pictures of my belly.

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Scott and I are expecting again. We found out about a month ago and tried to keep it a secret for a while. We are terrible at keeping secrets. I had my first doctor's appointment today and found out we're not expe!cting just one baby, but TWO babies!We're all still in shock. Poor Keller is just going to think babies come in double. (Since Samuel and Isaiah are the only babies he's around) I am

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We had a visit from Granny (and Scott's Aunt and Cousin's son Camden who happened to be visiting Granny) This is Camden playing the piano.Camden is about two months older than Keller and is just a little bit bigger, they were somewhat interested in each other. As they crawled past each other, they would stare a little. Of course, Keller is interested in Camden's hair. I can just see Keller

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Well Blogger is having some troubles uploading pictures of Keller from this weekend. We laid around, read books, slept late, played outside, and had a great time. Keller fell off the couch and climbed everywhere possible. Check our google web photo albums I'll post pictures there.UPDATE: 7-17-09 Added some pictures. Scott got a new camera this week so I'm sure even more pictures will be taken.

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Check-up!30 in. 50th percentile22 lbs 50th percentileKeller's head is in the 75th percentileI love this picture. For about two weeks Keller made this hilarious face where he would stretch his mouth into an 'O' shape and raise his eyebrows. We tried to get this on camera, but every time we whip out a camera the little booger smiles. He added a tougue to 'his face' and now all we get is the toungue

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After eating outside, we moved everything back inside to avoid the rain. Keller is opening presents and he was more interested in his first present than anything else.Eating cakeWe had a great party, I'm glad all our immediate family got to come. Even though it rained, it was a pretty great day. Keller loves his new toys. He got lots of Little People, a tricycle, a dump truck to ride on, a piano,

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We're getting ready to celebrate Keller's 1st birthday. We're having the immediate family over for an evening meal on the 4th of July. Hamburgers and hot dogs will be a little less sophisticated than the Olive Garden I ate in my hospital bed while I watched fireworks just one year ago. This whole week I've been thinking 'just a year ago he was still in my belly.' 'Just a year ago we were laughing

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What a horrible mother I am, giving my kid chocolate milk as a bribe to drink out of a cup!!! Well our pediatrician said no more bottle after a year. Not that I listen to whatever she says, it just makes my life easier when I do. So far Keller has had troubles drinking out of sippy cups, except the cheap kind from the Dollar Store. So now instead of a bottle three times a day he gets a tiny bit

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We had a nice weekend at home. Daddy took my picture outside, I sat in the grass and played and then stood by a tree and sat in the flowers. I cried when Mommy took me off the swing. Daddy is almost done with school, then we'll spend the summer together. Except for this weekend, he's going on a trip. That means Mommy and I will be all by ourselves for a whole weekend, I think we'll be getting

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Its June already! Only one more month and my baby will be a year old. Let me back track first. A couple weekends ago Scott and I attended an auction in Mineral Wells. A company was selling construction materials and we wanted to get some good deals for the house we will be building soon. We ended up with an entry door, kitchen sink, pedestal sink, vanity/sink/mirror set for the master bath,

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After my bath last night, Mommy and Daddy took me to get ice cream. Daddy let me taste his ice cream cone and I had a little trouble because it was in a cone. Daddy finished his ice cream and I was sad, until I realized Mommy was eating ice cream too. Just 3 more weeks until Daddy and I get to play all day together. I hate saying goodbye to him in the mornings. 

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Hey Guys! Daddy and I went to Wal-Mart this past Saturday, I love that place! People talk to me and I get to look at all kinds of neat stuff. Anyways Daddy and I picked out some stuff for Mommy.We planted some flowers in three big pots. I picked the pots and Daddy picked the flowers. Then Daddy took everything home and planted the flowers while Mommy and I went to Mamaw and Papaw Wilts house to

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We had a great weekend! Kelvin and Kay took Keller to Parkersburg Friday to spoil him, and Scott and I got to have dinner and see a movie. We stayed in Ripley because I was anxious to get back to Keller. Saturday Keller and I drove to Spencer to join Scott and his middle school choir at SMS. They were having a Saturday dress rehearsal, Scott and I bought everyone pizza, and the girls loved

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Its time I write up our vacation to North Carolina. Its been too long and I'm gonna start forgeting every tiny detail...We left Ripley early, a little before 8am. The past few days Keller had been going to sleep after I leave for work, this way Scott can sleep extra and Keller can get in his morning nap. We thought he might continue this way. Of course, your kids NEVER do what you expect. Keller

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Hey Everyone, we had a great Easter weekend. We colored Easter eggs with both sets of grandparents. Keller got his Easter basket Sunday morning, and he loved it. He's now got some Little People, Hot Wheels, animal crackers and one bunny that sings. These are Keller's newest cousins: Samuel and Isiah.Thanks for checking in. Check picasa for more pictures. 

Karahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00816620050338604127noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3094735175028875714.post-57050458587317760602009-04-06T08:41:00.006-04:002009-04-06T08:55:57.372-04:00

What happened to this baby? This itty bitty baby here Here: this is what happened to my baby... He's a little boy with a personality a mind of his own. 

Karahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00816620050338604127noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3094735175028875714.post-80632606827669196372009-04-04T13:25:00.002-04:002009-04-04T13:34:56.579-04:00

Hey guys, I've been away for a while, that 'cuz I have two new cousins!!! They are smaller than me! Finally I'm the big guy around the house. My cousins, Isiah and Samuel were born March 28th, and I got to see them before they were an hour old. Of course they were behind glass and I couldn't touch them, but I sure banged on the glass just trying to say hi. The first time I saw Isiah I grabbed for

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