THE AMARO TWINS

August…

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Dallas Aquarium with Collin and Graham!

Fountains in Fairview

Safari Park in Plano

Allie’s 3rd Birthday Party

First Day of Preschool!!

Great Wolf Lodge

First Soccer Practice

Team Surge!

July

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Fun in the Sun!! We have had a great and very busy Summer!!!

Sweet Baby Walker’s 1st Birthday

Bye Bye old car hello new…

This was our 1st family car! I have to admit I was a little emotional seeing it go! I loved my Ford Explorer! Boys didn’t understand why we would want to get rid of our car! “But Mommy that’s our car!”

Chevy Traverse (LOVE this car!!))

Daddy’s 31st Birthday!!

Playing with G-Pa

Rhodes 3rd Birthday!!

We had a blast!! A really GREAT birthday party!!!

Birthday Boy!

Last Day at Miss Katie’s and Jeff’s. It was so hard to leave them! They have been with them since they were 18 months old.

Cedar Creek Lake w/ The Arnold’s and the The Young’s! Best weekend of the Summer!!!

Sweet Baby Jake!! LOVE him!!!

Hello ladies…

Going Private!

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I have finally decided to go private so if you want to continue to read our blog then please email me. :) I have a July/August post coming soon! Yay!

kdelynna@yahoo.com

June 2011…

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Dinner with the family and concert on the lawn at Watters Creek.

Jessica’s Wedding in Oklahoma

This was the boys 1st wedding! They did awesome!

More fun in the sun…

Andrew and Lucas 3rd Birthday…

Happy Father’s Day!

Swim Lessons w/ Cis

Movie Night with The Hersley Family

Cars 2…

Allen 4th of July Celebration

Ok…well…here we go! Here’s the “Cliff Notes” on our busy lives since April!

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MAY 2011 Updates…

Papa’s 60th Birthday in Broken Bow!

Fun at Lifetime Fitness Pool

Shaving in the tub!

Memorial Day Fireworks in Allen!

Easter Weekend?!? Oooops :)

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I just realized I had not posted Easter pictures. oops! For Easter we hunted eggs on Saturday at Gigi and Papa’s house and in Rockwall at an Easter event. On Sunday we went to Jason’s Uncle Rolands house. We always have such a great time there.

Easter Egg Hunt at Papa and Gigi’s

Easter Egg Hunt in Rockwall

Easter at Roland’s House

Bike Ride to the Lake 4/29 and Run the Highlands 5k and w/ fam fun! 4/30

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Heather and I took the boys on an 8 mile bike ride to the lake. 8 miles not too bad…until you are pulling (up hills) 65 lbs of little boys behind you! We had soo much fun flying down the hills, seeing the animals, and our picnic at the lake! Best play date ever! Well let me rephrase…most hardcore play date ever!

Run the Highlands 5k…

This was a fun race because of all the fun stuff they had for the kids to do! Pony rides, petting zoo, face painting, balloon animals, bounces houses, Chick Fila, and fire trucks! I wish all my races were like this because the boys would LOVE it!!

So proud of my friend Wendy! She did AWESOME on her 1st 5k!

My running buddy Amanda!

My friends Heather and Kim (Heather’s SIL)

I’m not a good blogger!

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We took the boys to Magic Time Machine for their 3rd birthday with Gigi and Papa! They had a blast getting balloon animals, special fizzy drinks, seeing the different characters, and eating cake! We also went to the Dallas Zoo during the day. I will add those pictures.

Bubbles in the backyard….

Riding their new bikes they got for their birthday!

Warrior Dash

EASTER PICS UP NEXT…..

3 yr Well Visit

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We have started seeing Dr. Chad Smith and LOVE him!! Here are our stats

Connor T
Weight: 30 lbs
Height: 38 in.
BP: 99/66
Pulse: 124

Carter S
Weight: 31 lbs
Height: 37 in.
BP: 99/59
Pulse: 101

3rd Birthday Party!!

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This past Saturday we had the boys 3rd Birthday Party at The Dallas Flight Museum. They all had a blast!! From the bounce house, the airplane with a slide, walk in movie theater with Jay Jay the Jet Plane, to the Flight tower. They all ran around having a great time! Can't believe my sweet little baby boys are now 3 years old! They are so BIG and grown up! I just want to sit and cry when I see how fast they are growing up. Birthday at the Zoo April 1st. I will post pics soon.

Sweet Layla

Adorable Graham

My running buddy Amanda

Shelley and sweey baby Hudson

LOVE this pic of Walker w/ Jordan and Jason!

We were so excited to finally meet him!

Stacie and Me

Wendy and Me

Sweet Owen

Carter pretending to be shy while Allie holds his hand!

LOVE it!

My twin friend Heather

Miss Judy and Layla

Poor Rhodes got stuck

H loves his Mama!

Can't believe you are 3...

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I use to think this day was so far away. It's here. Your three years old this day April 1st. There has been so many amazing things that you have accomplished in these 3 yrs. It blows my mind. I don't want this time to end. I try to remind myself to stop and take in every moment I have with you. I am so blessed to have two of the most amazing boys God could have ever given me.

Happy 3rd Birthday My Sweet Connor and Carter!

Mommy and Daddy love you!!

Connor Timothy

10:50am

3 lbs. 11oz.

You are Mommy's intelligent, quiet, loving, laid back blue eyed "baby angel".

You love to play with cars and motorcycles. You are great at playing on your own. Your favorite movie is Cars. You are becoming more and more independent with getting dressed on your own. You are great at riding your scooter and are quickly learning to ride your bike. You point out big loud trucks and motorcycles where ever we go. You are very good at sharing and always want to make others happy. Your hair was very blond until your recent haircut a couple months ago. It's still a beautiful dirty blond. You eat pretty well but drinking milk and sprite and eating sweets is your thing. You are truly a sweet, loving, and giving little boy.

Carter Stephen

10:52 am

4 lbs. 1.5 oz.

You are Mommy's smart, strong, independent, blue eyed baby boy!

You love doing everything on your own! From getting dressed to serving your own food. You like to do it yourself! You love to help Mommy and Daddy with chores. You like to be the 1st to do everything! Your favorite movie is Finding Nemo and you love love love to swing on your swing set. You love to pretend and are very creative. (snow carrots) ;) You are still a great eater! You love sprite as a special treat. You are very particular about your teeth and making sure we brush and floss. You are truly a sweetheart with a kind and loving heart.

NEW BLOG!!! YEAH!!

2011-03-21T17:45:00.067-05:00

Ok... well let's cut to the chase...I have neglected to update my blog. My only excuse is that we lost the cord for the camera and I was not able to download pictures. I ordered a new cord and it came today so here we go! Time to catch you up on the Amaro's since the middle of January.

Our new thing lately is pretend/creative play.

He prepared all of Woody's food and then reminded him

continuously to eat like a Big Boy! :)

Playing with our good friends Brody and Hudson!

CHEESE

Brody and Connor...so sweet!

Connor taking his buddy for a ride!

Frozen pond near our house during all the ice and snow

1st time to go to the movies! We saw Nomeo and Juliet! They are so excited about Cars 2 coming out this summer!! Connor did great and Carter was ready to go...to the bathroom a 100x's!

HAPPY VALENTINES DAY!!!

Look how HIGH I can reach mommy!!

Look at his little undies sticking out of his shorts. ;)

Mr. Independent...determined to make his own bed.

Beth brought sweet baby Tate to Dallas!

He is precious! Looks like his Daddy!

Beth, Tate, Kami, and me

Silly Boys

Mine and Jason's 7th anniversary at the Winery in Grapevine. We had the whole day and night together. My parents took the boys. It was weird with all the peace and quiet! ;)

Playing with our new friends Rhodes and Drew

Dash Down Greenville 5k

19th out of 462 in my AG

Train ride down for the parade

I love Miss Judy!!

Carter wearing the cute hat Uncle J got him

My running BFF

Love these girls!!

Amy and Kami

Uncle J w/ Connor

The 3 Party boys!

To think there will be a future pic of them all grown up

partying on Greenville on day SCARES me!!

Nah...Stacie and I will be right there with them! ;)

My sweet friend Stacie lookin' hot mama for St. Patty's!

Is this Goose or Maverick?

"Highway to the danger zone"

Sweet Bear! Love this baby soo much!!

Big Boy H! Precious little heartbreaker

Carter and Brody hangin' out

More creative play.

They have been obsessed with making their own "train" lately.

Jumping HIGH at Owens 2nd b-day party at Gymboree

The boys hanging with their buddy Owen

Hudson's 3rd Birthday party!

Connor and Hudson going for a ride

Hot Chocolate Race and Sweet Layla!

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Hot Chocolate Race

I came in 15th out of 85 in my age group!

My FIL even came to see me race!! :) Thanks Louie!!

Carter giving his new buddy a kiss. We love sweet little Layla!

Connor giving her a hug! :)

B-day Party, CHRISTMAS and more!!!

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12/11/10

Collin's 3rd B-day Party

Pump it Up!

The boys had an awesome time at Collin's B-day party!! The slides are pretty steep!

You should be able to tell by the look on my face! :)

North Park Mall to see the Trains and Santa's Story Time

12/13/10

Sweet Brody

(This is my pic of Bear when Stacie left me to go get coffee.

Uh...I had 3-2yr. olds (Hudson, Connor, Carter) and and I was pushing a stoller. WOW...just a little scarey!) :)

The Boys watching the trains

Downtown Grapevine

12/18/10

Hot Chocolate

12/19/10

Christmas Lights

12/21/10

We had so much fun on our hayride around Deerfield with the

Saras family and several other familes. It was the best idea!! New tradition!

Now that's Christmas Lights!!

Christmas with G-Pa and Auntie Laura!

12/23/10

Making cookies for Santa

Christmas with MeMaw

Priceless...

Cookies for Santa

Christmas Eve

12/24/10

Christmas Morning 12/25/10

Good Morning

Our drink fridge my brother got Jason and I! It's awesome!!!

Boys going to see what Papa and Gigi got for them!

Drumroll.........

A BOUNCE HOUSE!! (that's what they called it) :)

Uncle J playing with Connor

Hanging at Papa and Gigi's

More toys from Gigi and Papa

Connor playing with the motorcycle Miss Judy got him

Happy New Year!!

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Happy New Year!!
2011

Boys riding Papa's tractor

1st 5K Race

Super Bowl
1/8/11

My Running BFF!! ;)

My Stepmommy/DJ is the BEST!!

SNOW DAY!!!

1/9/11

Chucky Cheese

Holiday Fun!!

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Gingerbread House

All the boys wanted to do was eat the icing and candy! We had fun!!

Coloring our plates to put Santa's cookies on. The piece of paper goes inside a plastic plate. This was an activity they had for the kids at The Village of Fairview. We took it with us for later. :)

Thursday 12/9

Playing and exchanging gifts with pur friends

Collin and Graham

Allen Train Station and Play Houses

Connor made a train for them to ride on.

BEST picture of the these 4 boys. LOVE it!!!

12/9

Picture with Santa

Hersley Boys and Amaro Boys

12/9

Santa's Village

Carter, Connor, and Collin

Carter trying to get the Snowmans nose

Best pic I could get with my boys!

Carter said, "Daddy take my picture with Sparky!"

He was SUPER excited about Sparky!!

Big Graham Bo

Such a cutie with his red hair!!

My bestie Wendy Q!

The boys showing off their Super Hero capes

The Quenzers gave them for Christmas

12/10

My Work Christmas Party

Busy...fun...busy...fun= Our Weekend

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Saturday morning

We took the boys to see Santa at Bass Pro Shop! They had a great time with all the decorations, fish, and of course Santa. They told him they both wanted a scooter and candy. Check and check! In my mind you can't go to Bass Pro unless you are wearing flannel. So we did! ;)

Big Bear Hug

Saturday afternoon we went to a b-day party

It's Brody's Birthday! We're havin' a party! The boys went to Brody's birthday party yesterday and had a great time. They loved the bounce house and hay ride!! I think it's safe to say that we always have a GREAT time when there's a party at the Saras house!

Sweet Birthday Boy!

Hay ride!

Sunday morning

This super cold Sunday morning we went to support our favorite runner at the White Rock Marathon. My stepmom ran the 1/2 marathon and kicked butt! She has been in training for several months with the Rockwall Running Club. We had posters, air horns, and t-shirts with TEAM DETERMINATOR on them.

I have to say that I was teary eyed and choked up to see her headed for the finish line. She has really inspired me!! Deborah you have done an amazing job and we are all SUPER proud of you. You are definitely The Determinator!

I motivated a whole LOT of runners with this sign!

Jason has many of their reactions on video.

I will download it later. I even had one runner stop to take a picture of me! ;)

I'm no runner... just a motivator ;)

Catch Up!!

2010-11-30T05:05:00.037-06:00

We have not had a computer for a few weeks so I am really behind on my blog. So here's a quick summary of what we've done the past few weeks!

GRAHAM'S 1st B-day Party!!

Sat. Nov. 13th

Paige and I

(love this girl! She is super fun!)

Wendy and the Birthday Boy

Visiting my old school where I taught 1st grade!

Connor, Carter, Hudson, and Maya had a great time!!

The boys with Maya

" Hmmmm....she's kinda cute Mommy!"

Hudson

The Village at Fairview Christmas tree lighting
Fri. Nov. 19th

Decorating the house for Christmas!

Sat. Nov. 27th

The boys got their very own Christmas tree for their room!

They LOVE it!!

LOVE this picture!!

The Heard Museum

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My mom and I took the boys to the Heard Museum today! They had a great time seeing all the trees, bugs, dinosaurs, and animals. They loved watching the Lemur swing and jump around!! Great place to take boys that want to run around and get out some energy!

Digging for dinosaur bones

checking out the bugs!

The boys and MeMaw

Fun w/ Friends!!!

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We love hanging out w/ the Saras boys!! We had a fun playdate last week at Central Market. The boys loved playing together. This is an awesome pic I got of them all saying, "CHEESE!!" Love it!!!

Sweet Brody (Bear)

Love H's hair in this one!!

Halloween Weekend

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Wednesday we carved our pumpkins. Cash kept eating the pumpkin seeds!

Thursday and Friday the boys wore their costumes and I took them out to some of my accounts. We went and greeted many of my social workers, nurses, and a few doctors. They all loved seeing the boys and the boys loved getting all the treats they had for them. We were even asked to come into some therapy sessions for the patients in the facilities. :

We also stopped by to say "Hi" to Uncle J at work. The boys love their Uncle J!! Friday we went to the The Pumpkin Patch. This has become our family tradition. Boys always love the animals and hay ride.

Saturday we took the boys to a Halloween event in Rockwall. They had a great time seeing the police car, fire truck, Elsie the cow, and of course all the candy.

Sunday we painted pumpkins played outside and took a long nap to get ready for trick or treating that night at The Quenzer's. We always have fun every year that we go over there. We made a special stop to see our good friend Kami (Aunt Kami) 1st before we started our trick or treating for the evening. The boys love her and so do I! She made them each their very own bag of Halloween goodies complete with playdoh and all! The boys went nuts over the playdoh! ;) The boys had a great time seeing the chainsaw guy, getting lots of candy and going to the Haunted House. Thanks Miss Wendy for having us over!!!

CARVING PUMPKINS

PUMPKIN PATCH

SUPER CUTE!!!

LOVE THIS BOY!!!

CONNOR DANCING

ROCKWALL HALLOWEEN EVENTS

PAINTING PUMPKINS ON HALLOWEEN

HALLOWEEN AT THE QUENZERS

THE 3 C's
Carter, Connor, Collin

Seeing Miss/Aunt Kami (1st place to tick or treat)

Me and Kami

Wendy and I

(She is Jessica from True Blood) :)

L.O.V.E this man!! He is so stinkin' handsome!!

Trick or Treating

Graham as Mr. Potato Head

Videos

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New swingset and random pics

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The boys got a new swing set/early Christmas present last weekend. Thanks to Jason, my dad, and Louie (FIL) they went and took down the swing set (I found it on craigslists), hauled it back to our house making several trips, and put it back together.

It is really nice and in great shape! The boys are soo in love with what they call "My PARK!!" I hear, "Look Mommy my PARK!" pretty much every time we drive down our ally.

RANDOM PICS

"Mr. Cookie" as they called him at

The Village at Fairview

SIC EM' and WRECK EM'

Daddy and his little Cowboys

THE BOYS C&C love them some A&L

State Fair of Texas 2010

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Here are some pictures from our trip to the fair. The boys had a great time!! This year they actually got to ride several rides. They rode a motorcycle, alligator, whale in water, and a 4-wheeler. Of course they enjoyed getting to feed all the animals. Foods they ate were a funnel cake, blue icee, pickle, chicken nuggets, and a fletchers corn dog. Ugh...my stomach hurts just thinking about it. :)

I had to post this pic because I was SHOCKED at how

different mine and Connor's hair color are. WOW!!!

It's like seriously...who's kid are you??

These boys are the BEST!!!

Love these boys sooo much!!!

Best hubby in the world!!!

BIG TEX!!

So scared they were going to fall in!!

Ha ha look what I'm doing!!

Big boy rides

They were technically to short for this ride but I decided what the heck.

Who needs rules!

Funnel Cake

We are 2 1/2!!!

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Can't believe my big boys are 2 1/2 already! They are doing so much and I don't even know where to start. We have really been working on identifying our letters, counting objects, and building our vocabulary. I usually try to follow along with what they are doing at school. Here's what we have been up to lately.

Carter

I can count to 16.

I potty trained very quickly! (4 days)

I can identify several letters in the alphabet. (A, B, C, K, S, T)

I know all my colors and shapes.

I LOVE to play outside!!!

I can run really FAST!!

I wear a size 7.5 wide shoe

I am wearing 3t shirts and 2t pants

I weigh about 29 lbs. and about 35 inches tall.

I love to be first at everything and do things myself!

I can get dressed and undressed by myself and put my shoes on too! I usually have the shoes on the correct feet too!

I LOVE candy and ring pop suckers!

I don't like taking naps but if I don't I am very cranky!

I love to swing at the park!

My favorite show is still Yo Gabba Gabba. I could watch the episode with Jack Black over and over again!

I love to pretend to make chocolate milk while I am taking a bath.

Connor

I can identify several letters in the alphabet. (A, B, C, K, S, T)

I can also count to 16.

I am potty trained but I sure gave my mommy a hard time and still have accidents on occassion.

I know all my colors and shapes.

My favorite show is Blue's Clues!

I LOVE to play with cars and trucks and watch the wheels move.

I'm pretty good a kicking the soccer ball or dribbling as daddy says.

I wear a 7.5 wide shoe

I wear 3t shirts and 2t pants

I weigh about 28.5 lbs. and 35 inches tall

My hair is still blond but my roots are getting dark. hmmm

I like to do things myself but also like mommy to help me too.

I can put my shoes on all by myself and usually on the right feet. ;)

I can get dressed and undressed myself but also like to have help by mommy and daddy.

I LOVE anything sweet to eat! Just like my mama! ;)

I don't like taking naps...at all!!!!

I love going down the slide at the park!

I love to pretend to make coffee and choclate milk while taking a bath.

I love to dance to music.

Conversations among the Amaro Boys!

Connor: "Hey Carter, do you want a baby sister?"
Carter: "Ya, let's go buy one tomorrow at the store."
Mommy: Oh, we better call daddy and let him know about this!"
Connor: "I want a pink one mommy!"
Mommy: "A pink sister?" "To much Yo Gabba Gabba for you buddy!"

Carter: "Look! There's a little girl!"
Connor: "Is she cute...is she pretty?"

Connor: "I'm going to the store."
Mommy: "What are you going to buy?"
Connor: "Chicken nuggets and a latte!"

Mommy: "Carter, we have to go home first before we go and play at the park."
Carter: "Mommy, what are you saying??"

Carter: "What are you doing Connor?" Wake up!"
Connor: "I'm looking at the trees."

Mommy: "Goodnight boys...I love you...sweet dreams!"
Connor and Carter: "Night mommy...love you...sweet dreams...see you in the morning."
Carter: "Stay in bed. I be a good boy."

Mommy: "Oh, I like that toy where did you get it?"

Connor: "My Papa buy that for me!"

Carter: "NO, Gigi buy that for me!"

Connor: "I love you mommy." "YOU mommy... I love you!"
Mommy: "I love you to buddy!"

Carter: "Look Mommy... all those kids are going to school." "Like ME!"
Mommy: "Yes Carter, they are waiting for the bus to take them to school."
Carter: "Too many big kids."

Connor: "I love my Papa. My Paparazzi."
Mommy: "Clearly you listen to too much Lady Gaga!!"

Connor Dancing

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This is beyond priceless!! Connor is dancing in the car on our way to Florida. Make sure you have your sound up so you can here the music! This is a perfect song for this little Amaro boy!!

Who's Your Friend?

2010-10-02T19:42:00.004-05:00

Heather isn't this sweet!!! They love A&L!!

Pics in Florida by Micha Everett Photography

2010-09-22T17:47:00.019-05:00

We hired a photographer to shoot some family photos on our vacation in Florida. She did a great job!! It was pretty windy that day but we still got some good pictures.

Micha Everett Photography

Long over due pics from Florida Trip

2010-09-11T14:15:00.043-05:00

I have been slow to post this and I'm not real sure why. In August we went with my parents and brother to Destin, Florida for our Summer vacation. We rented a beautiful house near the beach for a week. This vacation was AWESOME!!

There was no oil to be seen but a few showers here and there. The boys were so in love with the beach!! From playing in the water, to digging in the sand, and playing with sand crabs. These 2 were in heaven. They still ask me if we can go to the beach. They just don't understand how far away it is. ;)

I think this will become our traditional annual trip to the beach. Going in August when kids were back in school was ideal. It was not crowded at all!!

One of many pics of just Connor because Mr. Independent AKA Carter didn't want to take a picture. :) At least he is in the background of this one.

Dinner at Hog's Breath Saloon
Headed to the beach for the 1st time

They were super excited to walk in the sand!!

He loves his Uncle Jay!!

Aquarium

Deborah's Parents

The boys loved meeting them for the 1st time!!

Glass Bottom Boat

Carter SUPER excited to drive the boat!!

Connor driving the boat too!

CHEESE

Playing in the sand after dinner

Potty Training Update

2010-09-01T16:41:00.002-05:00

Well... this has been quite the task. Both boys have made some great progress. But clearly the 3 day method is looking like it may be a 3 week method for the Amaro Twins! :)

They are both still having accidents but we are definitely on the right track. Carter still has about 2-3 accidents a day and Connor has about 5 accidents a day.

I am definitely NOT giving up now. We will just keep moving forward! :)

Potty Training Day 2

2010-08-27T18:33:00.006-05:00

Updates on Day 2

Wooowee I am exhausted!! Well... today went great for the most part! It went VERY well for Carter. I would venture out to say that he is pretty much almost potty trained. Connor well... he....had a tough day. He kept having accidents but as the day went on he seem to be getting better. Carter really is an over achiever when it comes to this potty training business.

Here are the stats:

Connor had
= 20 accidents (4 of those he actually went after I caught him)
=2 all by himself

Carter had
= 2 accidents
=17 all by himself!!!

Carter is truly recognizing his body signals and telling me when he needs to go and Connor has this I don't have time for potty training attitude. I am positive he will get there especially with his brother doing so well. Here we go....Day 3 tomorrow! :)

Day 1 of Potty Training

2010-08-27T07:33:00.007-05:00

1st day went pretty good! We spent the day drinking lots of lemonade, water, and juice so that we would have plenty of opportunities to tell me they need to go potty. We played alphabet and shape games, playdoh, made lemonade together, played with moon sand, colored pictures, and practiced writing our names. We tried to keep busy since we were here in the house all day. My mom is here to help me too. She mainly helps me clean up accidents because I really want the boys to take direction from one person. She has been a great help!

Connor had 7 accidents and went to the bathroom 12 times.
Carter had 9 accidents and went to the bathroom 15 times.

I know that doesn't seem like that many times but they drank plenty because I only have 1/2 of the 8 servings of lemonade left.

I kept up with their accidents and runs to the bathroom so I can compare to today and see if we have some improvement. I definitely noticed as the day went on that they were trying so hard to tell me before they had an accident.
Wish us luck...on to day 2!

Potty Training

2010-08-25T18:37:00.002-05:00

We start potty training tomorrow!!! Let me just say this is all them! I am not ready but they are VERY ready!! They talk about it so much. They are so excited so I am too!

Thank you so much to my BFF Wendy Q for your support!!! I'm sure I will be calling you tomorrow for even more support. :)

I bought them some of the cutest BIG boy underwear. It makes me sooo sad to think of them wearing underwear. They are definitely NOT babies anymore! :/

Wish us luck and stay tuned for updates on our progress. My goal is to have them trained by Sunday. {fingers crossed}

We also just got back from our big Florida trip so stay tuned for pics!! :)I will say, I have 2 beach lovin' boys! :)

Big Boy Beds!!

2010-07-25T08:41:00.007-05:00

The boys are officially in big boy beds! They are growing up so fast it makes me want to cry!!We had to go ahead and switch them over because Carter started crawling out and refused to stay in his bed.

Thursday, 22nd they slept on their mattresses on the floor. Friday when Jason came home from work he turned their cribs into toddler beds. There is a lot of playing going on before they actually fall asleep. :)

Carter will not sleep in his big boy bed but he loves to sleep on the floor. I figure he will eventually want to sleep in his bed but I figured at least he is sleeping. Connor sleeps in his bed after he gets in and out about a 100 x's! ;) I was getting so frustrated but I came to the conclusion that the "newness" of having the freedom to get up when they want will eventually not be so "new". We do go in their several times to remind them to get in bed. Night time is much easier than nap time!!

The plan is to change their room to a Big Boy room when we get back from Florida. I found some really cute themes to do for their NEW room. Pottery barn has a Surf theme that is super cute or we may do something with airplanes and cars which they both LOVE. I'm thinking of painting the top half of the room light blue and bottom part navy. No more green and brown! I will updated when we start making changes.

Swimming w/ Friends!

2010-07-24T14:04:00.006-05:00

We went swimming with our good friends Wendy and her sons Collin and Graham this past Friday. The boys had a great time! We did a little swimming and ate lunch. I also practiced swimming with the boys and had them work on putting their face in the water. They did pretty good after a few times. It makes me so nervous but Wendy helped me to be more confident when it comes working with the boys in the water.

Sweet Baby Graham

Jason's 30th B-day, fishing, playing in the rain

2010-07-17T17:50:00.017-05:00

Jason didn't want to do much for his 30th. He said, "It's just another day!" So we went to dinner with my family Friday night and then on his actual b-day Tues. the 13th we went to dinner by ourselves. Here is a pic of C&C welcoming daddy home and saying HAPPY BIRTHDAY!! The loved that it was Daddy's birthday because they got cake! ;)

Fishing w/ Papa and Uncle J

Playing in the Rain!

4th of July

2010-07-17T16:39:00.015-05:00

We went with my family to my Uncle John and Aunt Elaine's house for the 4th of July. All the guys shot some AWESOME fireworks!!! My brother worked VERY hard to make it an awesome show for us all. It was really wonderful!! It was like our own private firework show.

We had a wonderful 4th with family! I don't think the boys went to bed until 12:30am that night. I put them down for a nap at my aunt and uncle's house to make sure that we were able to make it to the fireworks that night. It worked! ;)

My FAV stepmommy in the whole world!! ;)

Carter's 1st dog walking experience. So cute!

My parents, Aunt Sharon(dad's sister), and Uncle C.H.

L.O.V.E this man!!

My Uncle Jerry, Dad, Aunt Sharon (dad's brother and sister)

Carter feeding Connor watermelon

Has no idea Carter loved watermelon this much!

He almost ate all of it himself!!

Carter not doing what I wanted him to do. :)

Sitting w/ Nanny (boys great grandmother)

Fun Weekend w/ Friends!

2010-07-17T15:55:00.017-05:00

Last weekend went to our friends Stacie and Rogers house. We had a BLAST! The boys (H, C,&C) rode on the mule w/ Roger and Jason. They got to see cows, a baby coyote, and drove through mud puddles. Not sure what I was thinking putting them in white shirts! They played in the backyard and Carter found the mud! We took their boat over to the pier and ate dinner while listening to a band play. The boys got to feed these HUGE fish and ducks.

It was so much fun!! We didn't leave until 10pm and the boys didn't get in bed until about 11pm!! They did great staying up that late! They still talk about how much fun they had!!

Brody (Bear)

He was so in love w/ the mule that he would

not get out and was determined to drive!

Carter getting in the mud!

The Boys!!

Eating the yummy snack Aunt Stacie brought for us.

Poor Carter is choking on his life jacket.

Daddy and his boys

Feeding the fish and ducks

The fish were going crazy over the bread!

Carter driving w/ Aunt Stacie

Is Carter ready to be potty trained??!!

2010-07-13T15:55:00.005-05:00

Carter is showing sure signs of wanting to start potty training. We are going to wait until we get back from our vacation. The plan is to use the 3 day (or 4,5,6,7 ...however many days it takes) method starting on Aug. 26th.

He tells me when he has to go and gets really excited when he does. He will run to the bathroom with total excitement! Connor will sometimes follow his lead but he usually decides he is too busy doing what HE wants to do. I have a good feeling Carter will train pretty quickly and hopefully Connor will follow behind and want to do the same.

I have a bunch of cute pics to post but we can't find our camera cord. Stay tuned for those pics as soon as we find the missing cord. :)

Visiting Great Grandma

2010-06-29T18:02:00.022-05:00

We went this past weekend to see the boys Great Grandma(mom's mom) in the hospital. She was diagnosed with stomach cancer recently and I really wanted to make sure that we were able to see her.

We drove to Arkansas this past Thursday leaving at 2pm and arriving at my aunts house at 10pm. Wooooweeee that surely was a fun trip with 2 two year olds! Jason wasn't able to take off work so my dad/Papa went with us. He is the BEST Papa! He has so much love and patience when it comes to the boys. He even had to calm me down a few times. I am so blessed to have such an AMAZING father! Love you Papa!

We stayed at my Aunt Sharon and Uncle C.H.'s house through Sunday morning. We went and saw Granny in the hospital several times on Friday and Saturday. The boys made their Great Granny a picture while we were there visiting. We had to come and go so that the boys wouldn't melt down. During one of our visits we stayed for 2 hours and how we managed to not get kicked out of the hospital is beyond me. ;) I guess I stress and worry to much because everyone (family and nurses) kept saying how well behaved they were. I guess it wasn't as bad as I thought.

It was so exciting for the boys to meet both of their Great Grandmothers. They met Nanny (dad's mom) while we were there too. We went swimming, to dinner, and played/hung out with my cousin Kasey, her son Keaton, and husband Jeremy.

My mom called me today and said that Granny was up walking around and seem to be doing better. We are saying lots of prayers!

The trip home was AWESOME!! The key is to wake them up early and make the drive. Well... at least we learned that before we leave for Florida in August.

Visiting Granny

Memaw is holding Carter. The boys LOVE their MeMaw

I felt like a swim instructor

Papa and his boys

Holding Granny's hand

My cousin Kasey. LOVE her!

She is 21 weeks preggo with a sweet baby girl!

Boys playing with Nanny (dad's mom)

Our attempt at a pic of the boys.

Keaton turns 5 next month

The Boys Best Buddies 2nd B-day Party!!

2010-06-28T19:00:00.014-05:00

The boys went to their buddies Lucas and Andrew's 2nd B-day party on Sat. June 12th. They had a great time with their best buddies. They ate cake, played in the bounce house, and jumped on the trampoline. The boys LOVE to play with L & A!!

So exciting and sad to think that all 4 boys will be playing soccer together next year! They are growing up so fast!! HAPPY B-DAY A & L!! We LOVE you!!

Father's Day!

2010-06-27T20:06:00.007-05:00

We spent Father's Day with daddy cooking out and swimming. I didn't get many pictures but I did get a few of them helping daddy open his gifts. The boys got Jason a photo book from shutterfly with pictures of them and daddy together. Jason is the BEST Daddy!! We LOVE you!!

Family and Friends

2010-06-09T15:23:00.012-05:00

Boys at the spray park near my parents house

1st time to go fishing!! With Papa and...

Uncle Jay

Sportin' their new hats that Papa and Uncle Jay got from Bass Pro.
L.O.V.E this pic of Carter!!
Super cute!!

Connor decided he was done eating dinner and was to impatient to wait for us to get him down so he pushed himself back from the table and this is how we found him!

Out to dinner for our sweet friend Kami's 30th b-day!

Miss Kami came over to see the boys! They LOVE her!
The next day Connor even asked me, "We go play with Miss Kami?"

Catch up!

2010-05-19T15:57:00.033-05:00

We have been super busy lately which means that we have been having a lot of fun with friends and family! I have tons of pictures to share so bare with me!

Dallas World Aquarium

Friday, April 16th

Working in the yard w/ Daddy

Sunday, April 25th

Brotherly L O V E

Playdate w/ twin friends
Wednesday, April 28th

Playing in the backyard

Snow Cones w/ Daddy

Playdate w/ Andrew and Lucas at The Village Express

Wednesday, May 5th

1st time to play in the water for Summer 2010

May 6th

Let Summer 2010 Begin!

May 16th

Playdate w/ their buddy Hudson today at the spray park in their neighborhood! They had so much fun!

Sweet baby Brody

Yummy food!

Such boys! I think our day ended with Stacie finding one of the boys shoes down in the drain! :) L O V E me some little boys!!

What we can do at TWO!

2010-05-12T17:33:00.019-05:00

CONNOR
Now that I am 2 years old I

...can jump
...can speak in complete sentences using 5-6 words
...can identify the colors blue, purple, red, green, pink, yellow, brown, and orange
...can identify a circle, square, star, heart, and triangle
...can sing and say ABC's
...can count to 10
...use good manners like, "Please" "Thank You" "Excuse me" Yes, Mam" "Yes, Sir" "Bless you"
...try to spell my name C O _ _ _ _
...am getting really good at sharing
...am always thinking of others (If I give him something he always ask if I gave Carter one)
...say, "I love you!"
...have to have a kiss from mommy and daddy at bedtime "Mommy kiss!" "Daddy kiss!"
...I use adjectives to describe things like (sweet, hard, soft, cold, warm, big)
...love to go to Starbuck's with mommy so that I can get a "latte" (chocolate milk). Milk is his favorite!!
...can go pee pee and poo poo in the potty
...love to say, "Hi, how are you doing?" to people at the store
...love to be covered up with a blanket at bedtime
...can take off my short/pants
...love to sneak in Mommy and Daddy's bathroom to turn on and play in the water in Mommy's bathtub
...love to tell Mommy everything that I did at school (who I played with and what we did)
...can drink from a cup by myself

CARTER
Now that I am 2 years old I

...can jump
...am getting better at sharing
...can sing and say ABC's
...am practicing skipping
...can drink from a cup by myself without making a mess
...can speak in complete sentences using 4-5 words
...I use adjectives to describe things (soft, hard, big, small, hot, warm, cold, sweet,
...can identify the colors red, green, purple, pink, brown, orange, blue, yellow,
...can count to 10
...love to slide at the park
...can identify a circle, square, triangle, and star
...love to do things by myself! Mr. Independent
...use good manners like "Excuse me" "Thank you" "Please" "Yes Mam" "Yes Sir" "Bless You"
...L O V E's pickles

...also ask for a kiss from mommy and daddy at bedtime

...say, "I love you!"
...say things like, "I like dirt!" He said this to me in the car as we were passing a construction area. Such a boy!! LOVE it!!
...love to tell Mommy what I did at school. "No, no hit _____, not nice!
...L.O.V.E to eat!
...can take off my shoes and pants/shorts when mommy asks me to
...can go pee pee and poo poo in the potty
...love to play outside in the sand and play washers with Daddy
...love to look at pictures