Past Birthdays

Look at these chubby monkeys! I wish I could have one last kiss on those chubby cheeks. Oh how I love sweet baby rolls. It is so hard to believe my babies are turning 3 in a little over a month. Oh where oh where did the time go? Molly and Luke's 1st birthday party was pretty low key, since we were still on preemie house arrest. We had Grandparents and Amanda (NICU nurse) & Bryan over for a prince and princess themed party. They both tore into their cake and had the time of their lives. You can view their 1st birthday pictures at the bottom of this page.

The twins 2nd Birthday party was a Yo Gabba Gabba theme party with all family invited. They had an absolute ball. Now it is time to plan their 3rd Birthday. Well to be honest, I have been thinking/planning it for a while. What to do, where to have it and when?!?!? I have decided to have it at a inside bounce house place. I know that is a crazy place for a germ crazy lady to pick, but it's not about me. Right? I think the kids will have a blast! They love running, climbing, and jumping! It should be a great time for all. Mom will do her best to leave the germ-x and wet-ones at home.

I love this boy!

Please excuse the no makeup, but I had to share this picture of me and my baby boy! Oh how I love him! He can drive me crazy, but I take one look at times like this and the frustration fades away. My heart melts. I am not sure if it is the terrible three's or what, but here lately I feel like all I am doing is getting on to this kid. I hate it! I hoping something clicks real soon.

Pictures for 3rd Birthday Invitation

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I need to get the twins 3rd Birthday invitations ordered, so I had to do another photo shoot. Not that I mind...I love pictures! These were taken in our backyard. The kids had a blast, so it was pretty easy to get some good shots. Hope everyone is having a wonderful weekend! Enjoy!

1st week of my ME challenge - Updated

As stated in this post.. I was inspired by Dolli-Mama to challenge myself to some much needed ME time in 2011. The first thing that came to mind was I needed to make more time for my marriage. Todd and I spend very little time alone, since having the twins. I really miss that time. We were married for 11 years before we had Molly and Luke, so as little as 3 years ago we spent all our free time together. After we had the kids we both we just look at each other and say "What in the world did we do with all our extra time?" Oh we knew.....we went to dinners, movies, weekend car trips, shopping......you know everything that was so easy to do before kids. I have come to the conclusion that if we would not have had all those years together......maybe just maybe the last 3 years would not have been so good on our marriage. Meaning the lack of OUR time has been very few and far between, so a lot of marriages may not have survived. I feel in my heart that we love each other dearly & would do anything/&everything for each other! We will celebrate our 14th anniversary in 2 months. I am going to work on planning something very special. Please feel free to give me any ideas, maybe just maybe I could book a hotel for a night?!?!? Could I leave my kids for 24 hours? I don't know, but my marriage is worth the challenge.

For the first week of Amber's challenge Todd and I are going to dinner tonight! My Mom is picking up Molly and Luke at 3 this afternoon. I know they will have a ball too! I will give you all know the details later! Have a great weekend! I hope you all are thinking of your next ME pleasure! :-)

Update: Todd and I had sushi for dinner! It was really nice being just the 2 of us! We enjoyed talking with each without any distractions. Being able to enjoy a meal without worrying what Molly and Luke was doing is really nice. We then stopped at the store on the way home, so I could purchase 2 gossip magines! I haven't bought one of those in ages! I am really into this challenge...can't wait until my next date!

Back to work I go......

I am lucky to have enjoyed 11 days off over the holidays to spend with my family, but all good things have to come to a end. Tomorrow is my last day off. Last year I wrote this post . Everything still stands as I wrote in that post. I still wish I could be a SAHM. I still feel very blessed that my Mom watches Molly and Luke on the days Todd is at the fire station. That does make it easier to return to work. I know Heather over at Life as we know it with Two Twinkies & a Tater Tot is having the same emotions as me tonight. If only it was easier to win the lottery! ;-) Thank goodness I love my job and co-workers!!! It makes all the difference. I hope everyone has a great first week of 2011! Don't forget about all the resolutions you made and want to keep! :-)