Life...

So as you can probably tell from my absence of blogging...life has kinda gotten away from me! with the twins now crawling, I rarely have an opportunity to sit down...or eat..or blog! :) However, life has gotten way more fun in the process! On top of the demands of having 2 babies, we are in the middle of a huge transition. For those of you who haven't yet heard the news, we are MOVING TO ST.LOUIS!! We are headed to seminary full time this fall = lots to be done in preparation for a major transition with 2 one year olds! What an adventure! So...my house isn't always clean, sometimes we eat canned soup for dinner...our living room is cluttered with toys...some days the kids don't get baths...and life is fun :) Demanding, but fun. I've learned to lower all the expectations I have on myself and seek to do more enjoying...

Happy Easter!

Church wide Easter Egg hunt!




Church:




Our good friend Isabelle :)

We took our "zoo" to the New Orleans Zoo!

The zoo was so much fun! The babies did great! The top pics are of our "dinner disaster"- 9 children including 4 babies, 6 adults, no high chairs, no kids menu, and in the center of the French quarter in New Orleans on a Friday night= CHAOS!

Jessica's face explains it all! :)

First Publix trip-spent $35, saved $91!

My first shopping trip to Publix! I must admit, this was one of the most thrilling days of my week ! ;)
What's in the buggy?

10 cans green giant green beans
2 valley fresh steamers (frozen veggies)
14 Cans Progresso soup
2 Can't Believe it's not butter tubs
4 jars of Ragu pasta sauce
2 Oscar Mayer lunch meat packages
2 blocks of Kraft cheese
1 package hot tea
1 coffee filters
3 Egg Beaters cartons
1 tortillas
Bananas
3 small tomatoes
2 packages strawberries
1 galloon milk (free WYB 4 boxers Post cereal)
4 boxes Honey Bunches of Oates Cereal
1 head of lettuce (free w/ Brunos coupon)

Total: $35.36 (+ 4.37 in tax) Store coupons: 28.93
Vendor coupons: 9.10
Special price savings: 52.80

Total Savings : 90. 83

Approximately .67 cents per item!!!
Hours spend couponing/driving aross bay/shopping divided by how much saved= $12-$15 hour= I just got a job :)

Aiden and Abigail- months 2-4

"Blow-outs...

Most babies will have the occasional "blow-outs" or "poop belt" or whatever you may call it. My babies, however, are quite unique both in the volume of spit up that errupts from them hourly and by the explosive diapers they have. The prescription formula they are on- Elecare- is extremely constipating so they also take myrilax and milk of magnesia four times a day. It's really hard to find a happy medium- we are either constipated (& screaming in pain) or explosive! We chose explosive diapers but happy babies!:)



Ben's stomach sometimes absolutly cannot handle it-he gags and hands them off to me- interesting as men are called to war but cannot handle a poopy diaper...?


Aiden is very proud of himself and playing in the mess he created




Abigail, not to be shown up, has her own "blow-out". Literally, we unsnapped the diaper, and she let it rip- all the way across the room!

Maternity

Ok, so I've just gotten around to doing something with my maternity pictures. But the twins were quite a surprise when they came at 35 weeks! These were taken at 30 weeks. I LOVED being pregnant- all except for the last month or so of bedrest..:) P.S. Anyone know how to turn the pics in slide? when i copied them they were straight??

June 09

I absolutely LOOOOVE being a mom! The kids bring so much joy to our lives! What a sweet blessing from the Lord to give us these precious gifts!

Another miracle

"I have sought you and you have answered me..." I am happy to report there is no infection in my bone = no surgery! This is just one of many miracles the Lord has performed in our lives since we've had the twins. When the Dr. removed my toenail for my infection, he took an xray that cleary showed a hole in my bone. He said if it was just a hole it wouldn't have to be dealt with immediately. But if there was infection there that had been pushed down into my bone, we would have to do surgury immediately (an overwhelming thought for the mother of two special needs 5 month olds!). When we got the MRI results, the hole wasn't even there anymore! Dr. Carl said he couldn't explain it! The Lord graciously healed my foot and I am so thankful. It was such a sweet reminder from a loving father that He is still with us, will not forsake us, and really will not give us more than we could handle! Secondly, Abigail's MRI on her neck came back normal! God has been so good to us in giving us these twins and in answering so many requests. He wanted to bring me to a point of utter desperation for Him and HIm alone, and it is such a sweet place to rest. I find myself yearning for my time in the Word with Him... Thank you so much to all who have prayed- the Lord is reviving my heart again.
"In Christ alone, my hope is found. He is my light my strength, my song. This cornerstone, this solidground. Firm through the fiercest drought and storm. What heights of love, what depths of peace, when fears are stilled, when strivings cease. My comforter, my all in all, Here in the love of christ I stand. "

Cute pics

Best friends

Just chillin'




Abigail is such a ham! Loves to have her pic taken!


Found my thumb!


After a procedure- snuggling w/ dad


My daddy's crazy!


Aiden just told Abigail a big secret...


sooo cute!






They didn't enjoy the pic time as much as mommy:)