Birthday cake x 2

Chayce and Chandler

WE MADE IT!!  

WE survived the first year of twins and it was WONDERFUL!!

 They got a fun blow up ball pit.  They dove right in and loved it!

 Gotta love that static hair!

 Birthday Cake time!  

Chocolate of course, not the prettiest but it was so good.  I made the Pioneer Woman's Chocolate Sheet cake recipe, definitively one of my favorites!

Silly Sisters

Chayce was very careful and not sure about diving in.

 Chandler scooped up a huge piece and shoved it in his mouth. So funny and so perfect for their personalities.

 After a bath it was time to open presents from Grandma.  Nicholas had a hard time thinking that these presents were not for him.

Look at those curls!  I love it.  

What a great day and a great year.  

Happy Birthday Little Buddies!

Happy 1st Birthday Buddies!!!

 I can't believe that a year has come and gone!  

Chayce and Chandler are ONE Year old today!

 They are "big" boys now.  Drinking out of sippy

 cups instead of bottles and are done with formula! We now go through one gallon of whole milk every 24 hours.

 They love to tackle and wrestle their big brothers and their big brothers like it too!

 Chayce taking a step

 They are happy happy little guys!

 Rub a Dub Dub...Three Boys in a Tub

*Chayce is the more quiet reseved kid, tends to watch and observe.

*Chandler is all giggles, loves to be chased and is easier to smile.

*Chayce is standing on his own and has taken one almost two steps.

*Chandler is content to crawl really fast.

*They both LOVE pasta and Oatmeal with applesauce or bananas.

We originally moved them out of our closet and into Nicholas room but they were waking up at 3:30 every morning.  So we moved them back into my closet (sigh) and now they sleep in till 9:00.  (Little stinkers)

*Church is getting much more difficult.  They want to crawl around and are no longer content to sit in their car seats. 

*They are so busy! Whatever they do they do it fast and furious.  

Now as for me I am 

*Exhausted

*Happy

*Overwhelmed

*Close to Tears

*Frustrated with my house

*Concerned with my future and my ability to raise 9 Smart, Hard Working, Loving, Honest, Testimony bearing, Mission serving, Kind kids.

*Grateful

*In LOVE with my kids

*LOVE being a mom

Living Large and Loosing it!!

 What were you doing one year ago today?

I was looking large (70 pounds heavier), lovely and ready to be a 

mommy to twin boys which would make our kid total NINE!

Chayce and Chandler were going to arrive the next day, I was unsure of their future, their health, their looks, their personalities.  I was unsure of my ability to be a mother to two babies (actually three Nicholas was 1 year and 2 weeks), nine children and a spouse to the most wonderful husband and father. I was worried about my health, my first c-section and the recovery.

I was so huge, so excited, so nervous, so grateful, 

so scared, so unprepared and so happy.