Christmas 2009

This year was a great Christmas! It was so neat to see Rand become so excited about Santa's arrival! For at least two weeks before Christmas he asked us every night if Santa was coming. He knew exactly what he wanted: a video game call Spongebob truth or square! So waking up Christmas morning he was so happy to see that Santa brought exactly what he asked for! He also got an eye clops mini projector and a RC monster truck! 2 new outfits, a ton of jammies, a digital camera, a ton of books with follow along CDs and a CD player!! He was so excited and has loved listening to books! Dustin and I got spoiled with new phones (which we got a few weeks early!), I got a new book and a Wii fit plus! Dustin got a new headset for the Xbox, a charging station for his Xbox controllers, and Shaun White snowboarding game. Santa also brought a Wii for the whole family to enjoy! Also we have been enjoying one of our presents for almost 4 months- a flat screen TV!! Thanks Mom!!!
Here are some pics from Christmas morning. After opening presents we stayed home (first time in 8 years!!), Gramma and Gina came over to open more presents and have some yummy food! It was a great day!!!

Long time, No see!!

With the holidays I have been so busy!! A lot has happened, we had a GREAT Christmas! But first here is a slide show of some random fun pictures and some new Family Pictures!! Following the drama of the last time we tried to take family pictures I made sure my camera was set on the right setting and Tonya agreed to take more!! They turned out so cute!! I bought us all new shirts and it was so fun!! Thanks again Tonya!!

Santa!

Every year we have a tradition. Santa comes to Gramma's work to see all the kids and grand kids. This is the third year we have taken Rand and the first time he actually sat on Santa's lap and did not cry!! He told Santa what he wants for Christmas!! It was so wonderful to see how much he has grown and changed. He is so excited for Christmas this year. Every day he wakes up asking if Santa is coming today! I love that boy!!!
What a big boy!! I am so PROUD of him!!


Here are some pictures from waiting for Santa and the babies chilling at home!

It is Christmas Time!!!

After the Twins blessing on Sunday we came home and relaxed for a little while and then set up the Christmas Tree! Rand had so much fun helping with all the candy canes and decorations!! Every year he gets older and Christmas gets more and more fun!!! Tonya made the twins and Rand new stockings so since we don't have a mantle to hang stockings on, we chose to hang them above one of our living room windows! Thanks again Tonya!!

Blessing Day!

On Sunday December 6 we blessed Jonathan and Aviendha! It was so special. Avie wore a dress made by her Aunt Tonya and was blessed by her grandpa! Aviendha cried through out her blessing and cried the loudest when she was blessed with "patience an understanding"! I guess it was her way of saying that she is not a patient baby! Jonathan wore a suit that Gramma bought him! He looked so handsome! He was blessed by his great grandfather! It was Grandpa Medley's first time blessing a great grand child! Jonathan was quiet and happy all thru church. He was smiling at everyone and just having fun!
After blessing them here in Clarkston we went to Logan to have lunch! We had chili, chicken and beef, and corn chowder, baked potatoes, broccoli and cheese sauce and all sorts of yummy food! For desert we had ice cream and cookies! It was so much fun visiting and sharing the babies with every one!! They were loving being held and played with!!

Family Photo Shoot!

Last week I decided that it would be fun to get all dressed up and have my sister in law take some family pictures of us! It was a blast and we got some good pictures! The babies wore their blessing outfits and it was so fun dressing them up! I do have to say I have some gorgeous children!!
The sad thing is that I got home and was editing the pictures and realized my camera settings were not right. Instead of my camera being set at the highest megapixel of 10 it was set at .3 megapixels!! This means that all the awesome pictures Tonya took for me will not print any bigger than wallet size!!! So here they are for everyone to enjoy online and we will have to take some more! More fun!!

Smiles!

I am so excited the twins are starting to smile more and more every day! Here is a slideshow of some Avie and Jona smiles. Also there are some pics of Rand feeding Jona a bottle of juice and Avie doing tummy time-which consists of her crying and then falling asleep!

THREE MONTHS ALREADY!!

I can not believe how the last three months have flown by. I look at the strong beautiful babies I have and I am amazed at their presence. They are wonderful babies filling our lives with joy! Granted these last three months have been difficult- a lot of tears (from babies and mommy!!), a LOT of diapers and even more spit ups!!! But I can honestly say how grateful I am to be the mother of three awesome children!
I love how smiley my little princess is! She has grins for everyone and everything!! She wakes up in the middle of the night just to grin at Mommy and Daddy so we will pick her up and cuddle her!! When she cries she still quivers her jaw in the cutest way!
Jonathan is the most serious little man. He smiles but in rare special moments and mostly when we are not looking!! Tonight I was talking to him and saying "Hi Jona Boo" and he just looked at me with his serious face, almost glaring at me! Then I said "Hi Jonathan" and he broke out in the cutest smile that just completely lit up his whole face!! He is such a sweetheart and a deep thinker!!
I think it is so funny, Aviendha is a total Daddy's girl. Just last night she was fussing and would not settle down and eat. I called Dustin and held the phone to her ear and just the sound of Daddy's voice made her calm down and eat and sleep!! Jonathan is Mommy's boy. His gorgeous eyes follow wherever I go and he is the most content when snuggled on my chest!

Mr Serious!!
Sleeping Beauty!!!

Fun photo shoot!

The last couple of days I decided to take some photos of the kids, just for fun! We had some silly moments of Rand cuddling his stuffed animals, cuddling the babes and generally just being Rand!! The babies are doing great getting bigger and bigger! Last week we had their two month check up and Avie weighed 9 pounds 11 ounces and Jona weighed 9 pounds 5.5 ounces. They are both smiling at us more and more every day! Avie smiles just a little more than our Mr. Serious Jona! However they both LOVE patty cake!! As can be seen in the video of Avie!!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY GRAMMA!!!

Today is Gramma's birthday!! So I just wanted to take a moment and say:



HAPPY BIRTHDAY GRAMMA!!
You really are the most amazing Gramma in the world! Thank you SO MUCH for all that you do for us!! We love you tons!!!!!

Story time, surprise visits and a dress!!

Every night before Rand goes to sleep we read him a story or two. He loves it and has many favorite stories. Recently we decided to share this with the twins. So here are some pics of Mommy reading to all three kids!!




A couple days ago we got a surprise visitor! Grandpa came out to see how we were doing and to hold the babies!! It was a great visit and fun to just chat with my Pa!!




I loved seeing him hold both babies!! He has been telling my brothers, sisters and I for years that one of us were going to have twins. And just when he decided it wasn't gonna happen, seeing how all but me were done having children, here they are!!



On Sunday we went to our friends Rick and Rayshe'l's baby blessing for their son Hyrum. Here is Avie all dressed up in a pretty dress!

Halloween Fun!

This year we decided to stay home and make a "spooky" dinner and take Rand trick or treating around Clarkston. It was so much fun, he had a blast going to people's homes and even had fun handing out candy to the trick or treaters that came to our door.
I did a photo shoot of Rand and the twins in their Halloween outfits! It was fun and I have to admit I have adorable children!
For dinner I made a snake and fried spiders, the snake was a pizza filled baked sandwich thing and the spiders were jalapeno poppers and onion rings!! It was super yummy and fun! Rand did not want to eat the snake at first because "It looks real!" but once he tried it he determined it didn't taste real!! He really enjoyed the spider legs!!

Pumpkin Carving!

Last night Dustin and I decided that since he was leaving this weekend we would carve pumpkins!! We got Rand's and the Twin's pumpkins done! For Rand's he chose a picture of Max and a Wild Thing! He loves the book Where the Wild Things Are and everytime a preview for the movie comes on he gets so excited!! It was a pretty complex carving-It took a couple hours!! Dustin did a great job!! For the twin's pumpkin we decided to do the moon from Good Night Moon!! I cut the top off that one and cleaned it out and then Dustin carved it!!
Rand was so funny-he would not reach in the pumpkin to pull out the gunk-the pic of him with a handfull took a TON of coaxing to get!! He was making us laugh by saying EWWW! and it is slimy!!!
After I got the Twin's pumpkin all cleaned out we decided we needed a photo shoot! So we filled the pumpkin with blankets and wrapped up the babes and placed them in the pumpkin for pics!! It was a blast!!

Loving our babes!

We are completely in love with our new babies! Every smile or grunt just makes us laugh. It has been so much fun caring and loving them and most of all watching them grow and change every day. Last Friday we had our last weight check! Yeah!! Jonathan weighed 7 pounds and 15 ounces and Aviendha weighed 8 pounds 8.5 ounces. They both had a 7.5 ounce increase!! They are getting so big and just more adorable every day! Here are some cute pics of the babes!

And here is an adorable pic of our Rand all worn out after a long day of helping mommy and daddy with the babies!!

Busy times!!

The last couple weeks have been crazy! Feedings, naps, diaper changes and weight checks!! The babies are doing fantastic! As of Friday Avie weighed 8 pounds one ounce and Jona weighed 7 pounds and 7.5 ounces. They are having growth spurts this week so are eating and eating and eating!! Which means that Mom and Dad are getting no sleep!!! Oh the joys of taking care of babies!
Here are some random pics from the last couple weeks. We have tummy time, big bro feeding, and even Avie holding the bottle all by herself!!