Box=Fun

I finally unpacked this box from my room. It only took me what, 5 months. Anyway, every time we have an empty box the girls must play in it. I was thinking for Christmas I should just dig out all our moving boxes from the garage and make a big fort in the living room. It won't happen but fun idea. There were a couple days last week (the days these were taken on) the girls were actually playing together really well. It was so nice. Now they are back to screaming at each other and wanting attention from me. It was nice while it lasted. I hope there will be more days like this.

Happy Birthday Kyrsten!

Kyrsten turned 1 yesterday! She had a fun filled day, well a few non fun parts like going to the doctor, but the rest of it was good. What better way to start off your birthday than with a chocolate muffin. She dug right in and wasn't so happy when I tried to take some away to give to Hayley:) I was a mean mom and scheduled Kyrsten's 1 year doctor appointment on her Birthday. Kyrsten absolutely does not like the nurse or doctor even looking at her and she really did not like the shots. The nurse and doctor said "she is a strong girl" a few times. I did get her stats which will make you laugh. Kyrsten weighed in at 24lbs 13oz- which is the 94%. Her height was in the 81% and her head circumference was in the 97%. That is our Kiki! You can tell she loves food by her cupcake pictures. Anyway in the afternoon we went out to lunch and to a park to fed the ducks. Well, Hayley fed the ducks and the little one's watched. Kyrsten was more interested in eating the grass. What a surprise:) For dinner Jeff grilled up some Mickey Mouse hamburgers. No I did not shape those myself- Sorry no Suzie homemaker here. Kyrsten absolutely loved her chocolate cupcake. Once again-store bought. I had lots of good thoughts/intentions to make her a cute cake, but in the end putting the cupcakes in the cart was easier than getting all the ingredients. Maybe next year! Back to Kiki- she ate the whole cupcake and boy was she a mess. We even found leftover chocolate up her nose. Lastly- presents. Kyrsten didn't understand really what to do so Hayley basically opened all her presents for her and played with all of them for her too. I'm sure she had to check them out to make sure they were good toys. That is about it. Today Kyrsten was not the happiest camper. We are guessing this is due to too much chocolate and those shots I made her get on her birthday! Hopefully she will be back to herself tomorrow! Happy Birthday Kyrsten!

Our Brunette

I had the camera out and the girls were looking cute, so I had to take some pictures. I got a little trigger happy so there a lots of pictures. It is hard to stop when Kyrsten kept smiling. Kyrsten is doing good. She loves to eat as you probably can tell. She has decided she does not want baby food and gobbles up any regular food we give her. She has out eaten Hayley at quite a few meals! The clothes she is wearing in these pics, Hayley barely grew out of. Technically Hayley could still wear them. Soon they will be in exactly the same size. That is just crazy. Kiki is kind of going through a clingy phase right-those phases are always a fun time. Our favorite thing Kyrsten does is play peekaboo with her hands and she comes close to saying peekaboo in our own baby way. It makes me smile every time. I need to get it on video. Kyrsten also loves to play chase (crawling as fast as she can) and wrestle with Jeff and Hayley. It is so fun to see her interact more and more. Kyrsten is also learning to throw tantrums when she doesn't get her way. We know where she learned that from(Not me- Hayley). I can't believe she will be one at the end of the month. Time flies!!!

Sisters???

Yes, they are sisters, but they don't have too much in common other than that! We are constantly amazed at how different our girls our. We sure love them though!!! Oh and blogging using this computer is so different than the Mac (refer to next blog) it is GREAT- I will even become more obsessed with it. Just what I need:)

Kyrsten and the Chair

I was secretly hoping the chair would have the same sleeping effect on Kyrsten, but she was loving the one and one attention so no such luck. She did love sitting in the chair watching Baby Einstien. She tried out every pose before finding the comfy couch potato pose in the end.She also wanted to show off all her rolls!




Feeling silly!













Try these poses next time you are wathcing TV!


















Just Right!

On the move

Krysten finally started crawling. Her favorite thing to crawl to is Hayley's dirty shoes and anything she shouldn't have of course.

Where's Kiki?

It is fun to see Kyrsten start interacting and playing with us. She is pretty good at peekaboo- now she just needs to learn how to say it.

Way to go Kyrsten!

Kyrsten is now on the move. This last week she started crawling. At first it was an unconvential craw,l which has now turned into the normal crawl. She is getting faster and faster each day. Along with that she is picking up and trying to eat everything that is in her path. I guess I better be a better housewife and keep my floor clean. Kiki also just learned to sit up from lying down. This new development has completely thrown off her nap schedule. When we put her down she now will just sit up and bawl in the corner of her crib, somehow forgetting how to lay back down. She is very good at screaming in her crib when she doesn't want to nap and then being happy as can be when you get her out. She doesn't have us wrapped around her finger:) It is fun watching Kyrsten grow and learn new things. These pics don't show her crawling but just how cute she is, or how cute we think she is. I will post videos of her soon.

Cutie in a box

Just reading a book in a box and being cute. Life is Great!

Kyrsten Waving

Kyrsten is just learning to wave. This is her best yet. Sorry for the bad lighting and quality. I need to adjust the size on my camera. Future videos should be better. Kiki also slept on her stomach for the first time last night. She is finally starting to roll over more. Maybe crawling is in the near future???

Got Milk?

Got Milk- or formula? Kyrsten started holding her own bottle
so now Hayley has to lay down and have her milk too.

Super Kiki

Kiki is practing her super hero flying moves.
Don't let the big tummy fool you, she really
is super baby or at least super cute baby.
Since she refuses to roll around
or crawl we thought she should practice flying:)

Cute Kitty

Kiki playing with Hayley's dress up stuff. She left these ears on for quite a while. She makes one cute kitty.

Lookout Mtn.

Here we are on the top of Lookout Mountain in Golden, CO. Jeff's brother Jason and his wife, Brandi, came to visit us for the weekend. We had a great time with them. We dragged them around CO for two days. One of our stops was Lookout Mtn. It is a windy and steep drive up the mtn. but it has a beautiful view. Jeff has actually biked up the mountain, he is crazy. It made me nervous driving up it! As you can tell, Hayley was not that happy about taking pictures.

Jason and Hayley are showing off their matching boo-boo's. Poor things!

Happy Mother's Day!

Had to get a picture of my girls on mother's day. I wish all the women I know a Happy Mother's Day!

Just Being Cute

Had a take a picture of Kiki being cute in her saucer. She is starting to actually play in it which is great for me. She is a good baby! Look at those cheeks:)

Celery Anyone?

Kyrsten really enjoys chewing- just about on anything! As you can see here, she was enjoying a piece of celery. It eventually had to be taken away, but she loved it for the time being.

Sisters

Only if it wasn't first thing in the morning,
these would be some perfect pictures of
loving sisters!

Hayley was actually the one who wanted
me to take some pictures of her and Kiki.

I wish they were this cute and
nice to each other all the time!

Easter Morning

So, Hayley was some what excited to get Easter gifts, but she saw the chocolate eggs first and had to get a start on those before she could look at what else she got.
Kiki didn't get any chocolate, so she opted for eating her next favorite treat- cardboard. I don't know why, but she loves it.

Easter

We had a nice Easter get together with our friends. We found out 2 year olds are not the best egg dyers, but it was fun anyway. We had to have the hunt in the house because it was snowy that weekend, the kids didn't seem to mind as long as they got the candy eggs!