Gobble Gobble Gobble...

The kids celebrated their 1st Thanksgiving this past week. We went to my inlaws and had lots of food! Ari and Matthew enjoyed their 1st Thanksgiving by eating lots of mashed potatoes, green beans, sweet potatoes ... and even little bits of apple pie (I know I know...mom's naughty!).

I took the kids to see Santa this pas week as well - Matthew wans't too sure after a few minutes - but my curious little Ari...well... she decided to pull his beard! She even came home with beard fuzz in her fingers!

They go for their 9 month check up next week and we're all dying to know how big they have gotten! They are both so heavy, and Matthew is so tall! Ari is still a peanut! She does, however, outnumber Matthew with teeth. She now has 6 teeth (all 4 top and 2 bottom) and Matthew has 2 top and 2 bottom. They both wave bye bye now and they are really starting to know who people are. I will tell you they both love Mommy & Daddy!! They are so lovable and love to laugh and make you laugh as well!

They love taking baths and playing in the water, so after the holidays I'm going to look into signing them up for water babies at the local YMCA. They LOVE playing in the tub. Last night I had them in the tub for 20 minutes and they kept sitting back down as I was trying to take them out!

We went and had our family pictures taken this past weekend as well - I havne't seen the proofs yet, but I think we got some really cute shots!

That's it for now...I'll post more after their doctors apt.

The many faces of Matthew!

Here are the many expressions from Matthew! Very laid back compared to his sister!

what? I didn't do anything...I swear!

Seriously mom...it was Ari...not me!

Matthew eating leaves!

My happy boy!




I think I pooped!


SO happy!!

The many faces of Ari

Here are some of the many faces of Arianna -

Look at my teeth!

Going for a walk

What's UP??

My pretty bow!

You are my sunshine!

Such a ham for the camera!

8 months old...how time flies!

Ari and Matthew will be 8 months old tomorrow - it's kind of sad to think my babies are getting so big so fast! They are doing so well and constantly doing so many new things!

They now spend 3 days a week with David's parents (Mummu and Papa) and they love it! Grizzley gives them kisses when they arrive and he even brings his toys to play with them. The kids chase him all day long and he thinks it is a game!

We celebrated their 1st Halloween on Saturday! We took them to 2 houses on our street and then piled in the car and surprised Mummu and Papa. They haven't had trick-or-treaters in 25 years - so when their doorbell rang they were a little nervous as they didn't have any candy to give out! But low and behold it was the little piggy and horse saying Trick or Treat - smell my feet!

We also went through our 1st daylight savings this weekend - luckily we were able to keep the kids up later - so they ended up sleeping later. Phew...

Arianna is still standing on her own - no steps yet - we're just waiting! She babbles away and bounces. She's our little monkey. It looks like she'll be getting 4 of her top teeth pretty soon - and last week she was teething really bad. The past few days she seems to be ok. She's getting so big and already has thighs of steel! She loves to laugh and we are just so blessed to have a happy girl!

Matthew is still crawling around like crazy - he loves to laugh and lately has been a little skiddish! He loves playing hide n seek and getting into LOTS of mischief! His latest is taking out all of the wine bottles in our wine cabinet in the kitchen. We now have chairs blocking all of the different doorways so they can't go from the living room to the kitchen (unless we are in there). They will just stand at the chair and scream at us and make noises. It's pretty funny! He still loves playing with the Wii remotes, wii games, and anything else he can get his little hands on! He hasn't cut any more teeth yet, but I think his front tooth may be coming soon. Matthew is still very tall and LOVES to eat!

I gave the kids a banana the other day to eat - but they decided to squish it in their hands instead - it made a mess, but they had fun...that's what counts...right?? Last night, I made chicken caccatorie - so I took the sauce, a few small pieces of the shredded chicken and made some alphabet pasta - i blended it all up and they WOOFED down and said...Mmmmmm with every bite! They still love peaches and bananas - but they eat every food - I'm very lucky!

Work is slowing down for me a bit now, so I'll hopefully be able to update more! Until next time...