End of Day Recap

Here it is.  Halloween night.  The girls did not get to get dressed up, nor go trick-or-treating.
I am sure they will get over it by tomorrow!  Happy Halloween all!

I am so bored..What time do we go trick-or-treating?

Ya...I am bored too.

Still waiting...This is getting rediculous.

Can we go now?  I got my candy bucket!

Seriously lets go!

ok mom...joking is over...Its now or never!

What do you mean we are not going...

We arent going?  But I have my shoe all ready to put on...Mom???

Well, off to other things I guess...but dang now we are stuck!

No, I am not sure I am going to forget this...I am so dissapointed.

it was all a joke right!!  You are funny mom!

Happy Halloween!

Halloween - what a difference a year makes!

Halloween 2011 Ana and Emily

Halloween 2012 Ana and Emily

Granny and Halloween

While Ann was here watching the girls while Ben, his dad and I went to Washington she wanted to get halloween pictures with the girls.  She bought them little Halloween outfits that were so darn cute, and she had a matching Granny shirt too.  They were so cute. 

Here are a few pictures.  Our girls will probably not do anything for Halloween this year...:(  I am not crafty enough to make any costumes, and I am having a hard time justifying the expense to buy outfits.  So they will probably just wear the outfits that Ann brought them and not go trick-or-treating.  Do 1 year olds really need to go trick-or-treating anyway? :) 

Who knows what we will do, it is still in the air at this point. 

Granny...Where is the candy? (Ana)

Emily - "Can I be a clown for Halloween?"

Emily - "I dont have any Candy either...this is a scam!" (Granny..."yup, but I am going to keep smiling until you forget about the candy!")

Candy Forgotten!

Halloween girls ("Mom...are we done taking pictures yet?)

Jack-o-lanterns

Here are the fruits of my parents labor!  We picked a couple of pumpkins out of their garden when we stayed the night there.  Can you tell who is the artistic one in my family?

Ben's

Melanie's

Orange and Pink

I have had these little outfits (that I mixed and matched as well as possible) that we got for the girls birthday when it was hot outside, but they just now fit them, so I had to modify them a little bit to make them cold proof!   These girls are just too cute!

Ana playing with her Leapfrog

Ana playing with Tupperware

Ana - notice how one ponytail is lopsided...this happens after naptime...it is super cute

Ana smiling

Emily in her flower power outfit

Emily playing with her arm band

Emily with her arm band off handing me her toy.  With her poor mosquito bite by her eye

Sisters who love each other

These girls are now starting to really notice each other.  They have played along side each other for so long without really noticing that they had a play mate.  Lately they are definitely noticing each other! 
They are so darling sometimes and other times they are so naughty! 
I can only think back to my sister and I when we were young girls.  We were such good friends and playmates; and we got into so much trouble!
I was fixing dinner the other day and so the girls were in the playroom by themselves and one of the times I snuck a peek to make sure they were ok, they were huddled in between the two rocking chairs helping each other build towers with the large Lego blocks we have.  I so badly wanted to go get my camera and film it since it seems I only have my camera out when they are fighting, but I could not tear myself away from watching them.
I am sure I will have more of these so precious moments to be able to record. 
I love these two girls more than I can stand sometimes!  My heart is just bursting with the joy of knowing that they are mine.  I pray everyday that they will feel the love that I have for them and that they will always know that no matter what I love them... Even when I have to put them in time out for hitting their sister. :)

Ana rocking out to some songs

Still rocking out!  This girl has some moves (Ana)

Ana posing



The Destructocons

Emily is patting the couch saying "here butch..." or in her words..."rrr utccch"

MOOOMMMM...I was here first...

Unhappy truce!  "Fine I will let her sit here for a minute, but then she has to get off!"

Hide and Seek

The girls are learning so quickly it is hard for me to keep them occupied!
Their newest thing is to hide and seek.  They do it with everything.  Toys, themselves, whatever. 
They hide it, put their arms and hands up in a shrug and say (in their own language) "where is it?"
It sounds more like "urs it?" in a high pitch little girl voice...that is so freaking cute!  They even have the inflection of a question in it. 

So we have been playing hide and seek... A...LOT...

youtube - Hide and Seek

Mirror Mirror

I caught Ana admiring her reflection in the mirror the same day we took the Halloween pictures.  She is such a doll. 
Since she is a twin, this was even more precious to me. 

Bugbites

These poor girls.  They have had a rough start to living in Texas when it comes to bugs.  Ana has been bit by something on her left hand which even months later still has her knuckle swollen, and recently she got bit by a fire ant. 

Emily seems to have that sweet smell that attracts mosquitoes.  She had 8 bites in 2 days.  This was even with me spraying her down with bug spray.  She actually seemed to get them at night while she was in her crib, so I made a spritz with Lavender oil to spray on her at night after her bath to try to keep the buggies away.  She actually had a really rough night 3 nights in a row.  One night I finally gave her some Benedryl because she couldn't sleep because she itched all over so badly.  The other nights I just put Lavender Oil on each one, and that was enough to take away the itch.  I feel so bad!

 

 

 

Ana - FireAnt

 

Emily 2 of her 8 See how swollen they are :(  (one on her wrist and one by her elbow)

2 more

2 more right by one another.  This part of her wrist was so swollen I about cried for her.

Three videos in one

I uploaded all of these videos seperatly, but somehow when I published them they all became one...So here is Ana groving out to her Leapfrog, Emily playing with her toy gumball machine, and Emily and Ana admiring one of the statues in Pop's yard!

Enjoy
Three in one youtube

My past life

I know that there are friends that read my blog that did not know me a few years ago, and so who dont know that I have blogged for many years...
Here is the link to my old blog just in case anyone is interested...


http://beforefamily.blogspot.com/

Blankie Ghost

Ana's Blankie ghost movie

Blankie

This was just like me 30 some years ago!

Emily carrying her "blankie" around

Ana "carrying" her blankie over her head.  She ran into a few doors...:)

Cuties with hats

Aunt Rosemary sent us these hats and it was a perfect day to put them on to go for a walk.  Then I couldn't help but take some pictures.

Ana practicing walking

Ana



Emily with her little cheek wound where she fell the other day.

Emily - "you takin a picture of me?"

Because I couldn't help it!

Here are some more pictures because I cant help but taking more pictures these girls are super cute!

Ana wanted to put stuff in her hair today!

Emily walking well all by herself

Emily wanted to play with "hair stuff" too!

Ana practicing walking with Granny