We love Tonya!

What can I say? Tonya has saved my life when it comes to a life with twins. Shes helped rally me in so many areas that I truly don't know where to start. Thank you for loving me and my family like you do friend!

Saying goodbye

Our dear friends the Ellersicks got a great opportunity to move to Spokane. God opened the doors to many wonderful things along the way to prove His faithfulness. But even knowing His will made this goodbye very hard on my heart for many reasons! First, Hannah is my best friend and the person who just gets me, makes me laugh, and lets me be me. Second, Haylee and Makenna are the sweetest of friends and seeing how this effected them hurts me deeply. And lastly, hannah was pregnant when she left and the thought of not walking through this journey with her, especially after gavin & the twins, breaks my heart. Trusting in the things I cant see and believing His goodness will see these friendships through any distances!

11months...so far behind!

Im 7 months behind...sounds about right! Life is getting busier and busier as these sweet girls get more and more active!

Catch up...so very sick!

So in my 10 month post I said the girls got a terrible case of hand foot and mouth. Where it spread over legs, bottom, feet, face, mouth...it was horrid. Ive never had babies this sick, let alone two at the same time! Here is a pic of the back of Avery's leg and Lex's mouth day one. An event I dont want to ever repeat!! Thank you Jesus for healthy babies!

10 months...please slow down!

There is movement!! Yep thats right alexa is finally crawling! Not just army crawling but up and doing it as well as avery. She just wanted to wait and watch avery work out all the crawling glitches!
*avery weighs 16.6 pds
*alexa weighs 15.15 pds
*avery is going up stairs successfully
*both girls do 'so big'
*both girls are eating most table foods.
*Avery is my messy eater. I can always tell which car seat is hers.
*avery is pulling up on everything and walking along the coffee table and couch
*alexa scootches herself on her bum for short distance travels lol
*avery slept for her first 6 hr stretch!
little did I know that was the beginning of the end. The following day...fever, then rash, then blisters over all extremities, pulling all nighters, screaming, not eating, and then repeat with baby number two! A VERY long 8 days with an extreme case of hand, foot, and mouth disease!

Baseball beauties...

Just a snap shot of how much all my girls love baseball! Although this is much better than the ones of them screaming :) they really are troopers!

9 months!

*Avery is crawling and pulling up onn everything!
*avery can go from a crawl to a sit and back to crawling
*alexa gets up and rocks back and forth. The only thing worth moving for is food. So I line cheerios up and she will scoot and stretch for them lol
*avery likes to explore her world where alexa likes to explore her voice
*both girls can give kisses!
*alexa likes to 'dance' to music
*avery loves to stand up over and over in her crib at bed time to make alexa laugh!
*alexa loves to eat big girl food where avery would rather have a bottle to go
*alexa waves 'bye bye'
*avery can now crawl over to me crying to get me to pick her up
*avery cut her top two teeth
*avery steals everything from her sister!
*alexa can clap!
*avery shakes her head no and thinks its hilarious!
*alexa has signed the word 'more' 2 times.
*avery pants loud and fast to get us to laugh at her, usually while shaking her head vigorously 'no'