Tuesday, February 18, 2014

9 months old!

My sweet Valentine's turned 9 months old this month.  I can hardly believe it!





Michael is getting in to EVERYTHING. Literally.  He goes crazy in his walker.  He can now climb OUT of his walker and can almost climb BACK in to his walker.  He's a wild one, that kid.  He is such an explorer.  He wants to know how everything works.  He tries and tries and tries again to get whatever he wants and never gives up.  I love that about him.  So determined. I can future conversations about his determination and strong will and just being so proud of him.  I love him so much.  Michael weighs 21lb 4oz and is 29 1/4in long.




Madison is such a fiesty little one.  I LOVE it.  She lets her presence be known. She smiles at everything.  She doesn't crawl and get around quite like her brother- she's more of an observer.  She watches and watches and then sneaks up on you and does it.  She walks around in her walker like a ballerina.  I can see future evenings where we dance around the kitchen, smiling and laughing.  I love her so much.  Most newsworthy news.... she started saying "dada".  My heart melts every time she says it.  I know her daddy is smiling in heaven. Madison weighs 23lb 2oz and is 28in long.



Celebrating M&M is such a blessing and yet makes me miss their daddy so much.  This is the time where they are getting fun and exciting and learning new things and it would be incredibly awesome to share this with Mike.  I'm sure he is watching from above but oh what I wouldn't give for one of his great big hugs where he tells me how happy he is and how much he loves me.  I miss him so much. 

Sunday, February 2, 2014

Road Trip Success

M&M took our first road trip alone this weekend.  We drove to my parents for the weekend to celebrate my best friend and her new home for a housewarming party.  After several comments have been made to me in the last few weeks that I felt were implying I was incapable of making this trip alone (I'm still grumpy, but I digress...), I'm super happy with how our trip went. We took a pre-trip picture and think we look pretty good if I do say so myself!



Preparing was quite the adventure.  I started making a list about a week and a half before hand.  Rule #1... make sure you make a list for momma too, not just kids.  I'm the only one that forgot anything! Let me also say, that packing for not one but TWO babies was just crazytown.  2 pack n plays, 2 booster seats, 2 walkers, clothes for 2, food for 2... I could keep going.  It was a ton of stuff!  Here was our Tahoe packed to the brim:



It was absolutely worth it, though.  I so needed this trip out of town to spend time with my friends and family.  A ton of people came over to see M&M at my mom's house and they were spoiled rotten.  Plus, I got a good ol' night out with my BFF.  That's just good for the soul.  Overall, I'm just feeling extremely blessed right now. Thank you Jesus for continuing to bless me as I go through some of the most difficult days in my life.