Easter 2011

Happy Easter!!!!

I hope you all had a wonderful Easter! We had lots of surprises waiting for us Easter morning. Thanks to all the Easter bunnies who stopped (sent stuff) by this year!

They were very excited to see what the Easter Bunny left.

They each got a church outfit and a play outfit.

Taevin enjoying the Easter egg hunt.

Aniela showing off her loot.

Areya was so excited to get her kite.

After finding all the eggs that tricky bunny left and way to much candy we talked about the reason we really celebrate Easter and then got ready for church. The kids looked so good in their Easter outfits!!

After church we had dinner and an egg hunt with 2 families from church. It was lots of fun (and yummy food) spending time with them. Thanks guys for sharing Easter with us.

Pinkalicious

A friend of mine found a great deal on tickets to Pinkalicious the musical in Chicago. So we made it a mommy daughter date and headed to town.

Here's all five girls enjoying the train ride to Chicago.

Areya, Zoe M., Aniela, Avery M. and Hayden W.

After the train ride we stopped and had lunch then walked just over a mile to the theater. The girls did great.

The musical was cute and the girls loved it!

Us after the show.

On our mile walk back we stopped at got some supper yummy popcorn. Then headed back home on the train. The girls had so much fun spending time with friends and getting in a little mommy time too.

Thanks Carli and Melissa for the fun outing. We'll have to do it again some time.

Aniela's 4!

Happy 4th Birthday Aniela!!!

My sweet little angle born at 7 lbs 8 oz the day before Easter. She has brought so much joy and laughter to our lives and we love her more then any thing.

Aniela had a great day. She went to preschool in the morning and had a great time with her friends. After her sister got home we open presents and had cake and ice cream.

And then it was time for the big revel:

She got a Dora convertible.

They spent the rest of the day light driving up and down the driveway.

BBQ Pizza

Here is the super yummy BBQ pizza we made. It was super easy too.

All I did was marinade chicken in Sweet Baby Ray's BBQ sauce for about 24 hours. Then put it in the crock pot for about 2 hours. Shredded the chicken and then put it back in the sauce on low for about 20 mins.

Next I minced garlic and onion and fried it with a little butter and salt.

We used pre made pizza dough sprinkled with mozzarella cheese, added the cooked onion/garlic, then topped it with the BBQ chicken. Cook and enjoy!!!

Taevin 10 months

We reached a lot of mile stones with Taevin this month. Woo Hoo!!

* He learned to clap

* He can get from sitting to prone without falling

* He started waving bye bye

* He started drinking from a sippy cup and feeding himself

* He can say ma ma & da da

* He blows kisses

* He'll pass the ball back and forth

and

* He started Crawling!!!

Here's the video to prove it!

Taevin got his Doc Band this month. This band will help to correct his flat head misshaped head. He will have to have it on 23 hours a day for about 6 months. Isn't he so cute in it!

After a week in his band he got a red spot that won't go away, he won't be back in the band until it does. Since the spot has not faded after a week I took him to the doctor to see what was wrong. She was not sure what it could be. Her guesses were cradle cap or a fungal infection. They did a swap to test for the fungal infection. We should get the result in 2 to 3 weeks. (Not really that helpful)

Here it is. It's a red bump with little flakes of skin.

Taevin is has reached 15 lbs 12 oz. He continues to see the Physical Therapist once a week. The Developmental and Speech Therapists every other week.

He had a hearing check which came back normal. He also saw the ENT. They are still watching his loud breathing and his weak cry. They want to look down his throat but he needs to be sedated for it so they want to wait until his next surgery. As of right now neither of these things are a big concern.

St. Patrick's Day hair

We tried clovers for St.Patrick's Day.

Here's how they turned out.

Areya

Aniela

Matching

Here they are all dressed up and matching.

Aren't they so cute!!!!

March 2011

Projects

Here are a few fun projects I did over the past few weeks.

I got together with Lacey and Carli to make little boy ties. They were pretty easy to make and turned out really cute.

Here is the link: http://veryhomemade.blogspot.com/2010/02/okay-so-heres-tutorial-on-how-to-make.html

I was inspired by Taevin's tie and decided to make the girls matching flower clips for their hair.

Here is the link for the flowers: http://www.gracelaced.com/2010/01/04/posy-pin-tutorial/

Then I made these tie onesies. Inspired by my friend Kelley A who made one for Taevin when he was born. Here is the link: http://thecottagehome.blogspot.com/2011/03/twin-boy-and-girl-onesie-tutorial.html

Lastly I made theses dresses. I just got the material at the store sewed the sides together and added ribbons for the straps. Super easy!

Taevin's 9 month

I'm a little behind on posting but here are a few pictures and his stats at 9 months.

His stats at 9 months are:

Height: 27 " (10th percentile)

Weight: 15 lbs 4 oz (2nd percentile)

Head: 44cm (10th percentile)

Enjoying bath time with his sisters.

Sitting up and playing so well.

Doing breathing treatment for boarder line pneumonia.

Poor baby was so sick :(

Snow Cave 2011

The weather got warm and so before all the snow melted away we decided to make a snow cave. Matt did most the work and made it plenty big enough for us to sit up and lay down in. It was pretty cool!

Thanks Uncle Matt it was lots of fun!!!

Valentine's 2011

For Valentine's Day I made hearts in both mine and Areya's hair. I did Aniela's too but didn't get a picture before she pulled it out.

They were pretty easy to do and didn't take that long either.

Look alike

I found Damian's baby picture the other and was amazed how much Taevin really does look like his daddy.

Damian (age unknown)

Taevin 9 months

Just for fun here is one of me to compare it to.

Liz about 6 months

January 2011 Pictures

My happy boy!!

8 Months old

Areya's snowman.

Aniela having a indoor snowball fight during preschool.

Taevin holding his bottle while asleep.

Good luck getting it away from him.

Sledding the Deja way.

Damian pulling the girls behind his tractor.

We got these lolly pops on clearance for 10 cents.

It was so funny to watch Taevin try to figure it out.

Taevin found my Kindle.

Congenital Heart Defect Awareness Week

Most people are unaware that Congenital Heart Defects (CHDs)

are the most common birth defect in America, affecting

approximately one in one hundred, or 40,000 newborns each

year. CHDs are responsible for one third of all birth defect-

related deaths and sadly 20 percent of children who make it

through birth will not survive past their first birthday.

A few pictures from New Years 2011

For New Year's we just hung out at home, played games and ate junk food. It's was nice spending time as a family.