Harvest 2010

Yesterday was one of my favorite days of the year…yeah yeah yeah…I hear myself. It was the first day of harvest.  It was a perfect day! E started with the rice behind our house.  The weather was perfect and there were amazingly no bugs!  So we all went out and watched E cut.  The babies were so excited to get outside…poor little things they never get to go outside.  When we pulled up to the house from school we could see the tractor and the grain cart in the back yard and I thought Sam was going to hyperventilate.  I couldn’t get him out of the car fast enough.

The pictures above were the past 2 years and the one below is this year.

E and the combine coming across the back yard.

The first cut of 2010.

I know, I know that hat is WAY to small, but it is the one Sam wore his first harvest.

All of us in the backyard enjoying the day.

Back to School

We returned to school last week so I am sure my blogging will slow down!  These are some pics of Sam on the first morning of Wee School behind our house.  His teacher is Mrs. Dallas and she is so sweet.  He did really good and didn’t cry.  Wee school is over at noon so I don’t get to pick him up and that makes me sad…I always want to hear about his day.  C.C. picks him up and takes him to Ms. Melinda’s and he spends the rest of the day there.

He has been telling me all weekend he wants to go to Wee School.

Mrs. Sandra still comes to the house and stays with the babies, I am sure they have been missing us! 

These pics absolutely crack me up…It’s like he is thinking “what are you doing with that camera, I am naked!” “Don’t get my top either!”

Wee School Picnic

Tuesday night was the Wee School picnic.  Sam is going on Tuesday’s and Thursday’s.  Tomorrow is his first day and he seems real excited.  I took a picture of us before we left the house, but I wish I had taken my camera.  It was a great picnic and so many of Sam’s friends were there.  I have my fingers crossed that things go well tomorrow.

Memories with Sam

Someone told me when I got pregnant with the babies, “poor Sam he won’t be able to be a baby”…and that upset me so.  I didn’t want Sam to ever miss out on anything!  So, Mrs. Sandra stayed with the babies some this summer and Sam and I would go out for the day together.  We went on so many “field trips” and had so much fun together.  I am pretty sure he is having a great childhood.

I want to remember…

• How he runs to the babies when they are upset and starts singing Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star
• How he loves to wear his hat and boots ALL THE TIME
• How he is so in tune with others feeling and hugs and kisses all the time
• How he hates being in trouble and hates when anyone is upset with him
• How he has SO MUCH personality and is so much fun
• How he has great manners
• How when he is thinking of something he puts his finger to him mouth and says, hmmm
• How he loves to tell me when things are dangerous
• How big his vocabulary is
• He can say his ABC’s, pick out the S and M from the alphabet, and spell his name and Ford
• He can count to 10
• He know lots of songs:
  • Itsy Bitsy Spider
  • Happy Birthday
  • I Caught a Mosquito
  • Twinkle Twinkle Little Star
  • ABC’s
  • Jesus Loves Me
  • Soul Sister
  • And about half of the Brian Kinder CD

He loves:

• Tractors!!! and any other farm equipment
• Thomas the Train
• Toy Story
• Scooby Doo
• Anything Nick Jr which he calls “his show”
• Coloring
• And anything with his family

HE IS THE BEST BIG BROTHER!!!

I love him so much and I am so proud of him!

Showers in Sheridan

Last weekend I had two showers in Sheridan.  A morning baby shower for my friend Alicia and an evening couples wedding shower for my friend Audra.  This is us trying to get ready for the morning shower.

And this one I just had to add of my sweet girl napping with her little behind stuck up in the air.  This is her favorite position.

Art with Kendall

Kendall spent the day with us a few Saturdays ago and the kids decided to paint.  Even Bax got in on the action.

6 Months

Don’t move we aren’t done yet. Wait, get back here!

I absolutely LOVE watching these two interact.  That has to be the best part of having twins, watching them together.

I CAN NOT BELIEVE MY BABIES ARE 6 MONTHS OLD!!!!!

Having twins is such a blessing and I wonder all the time why God blessed me this way, but whatever his reasons, I am very grateful!  They are so much fun.  Don’t get me wrong it is A LOT of work and I am constantly exhausted.  When you have a very active two year old and 6 month old twins, there is NO rest! They are a hand full and I have only left the three of them with my mom and E’s mom and very few times.  They are just too much for anyone else.  E is in the field and I feel like I am moving constantly.

That said, I wouldn’t change it for anything in the world.  The babies are at a stage where they will just look at you and smile and laugh and you can tell they love you and it makes everything else SO worth it.  I love every second with them.

Both babies are rolling around every where and sitting up for a few seconds.  They are playing with toys and even had their first fight over one.  Baxley was holding one and Sawyer took it, she turned and looked at me and started screaming.  I couldn’t help but laugh.  I know I have a lot more of that ahead of me.  They can find their pacy and put it in their mouth.  They are changing so much right now and I am loving every minute.

Baxley:

• Is my hand full!  She loves to be held and loves having my attention.
• She weighs 15 pounds (28th percentile) and 26 inches (49th percentile)
• She wears size 3 diapers and size 6 month clothes.
• She eats 6oz. every 3 hours.
• She sleeps through the night, but likes to get in bed with me between 5 & 6 most mornings.
• She loves to smile and bounce around.

Sawyer:

• Is still my laid back snuggle buddy.
• He weighs 18 pounds (58th percentile) and 28 inches (87th percentile)
• He wears size 3 diapers and size 9-12 month clothes.
• He eats 7oz. every 3 hours and is eating peas, green beans, and sweet potatoes.
• He sleeps through the night every night.
• He loves to smile and laugh and is so easy going.