The party post (finally!)

Sigh.......this is a bit outdated but since blogger was so nice enough to save it, here it is.

Had planned on a two topic post, but with pictures I'll spare everyone a novel length segment and do a two-parter.

So as the first deal - the party recap :

Went well - was a complete zoo for awhile and we, of course, overbought on food and drinks but all in all I can't complain. I didn't get to sit and chat with a couple of friends I haven't seen in awhile with all that was going on / with their kids they had to leave early. Until the girls went to bed it didn't feel like I really got to sit back and relax, but kind of what I expected. The girls got lots of new clothes and Allie epecially, being ever the social butterfly, enjoyed all the extra people around. They did fine with their cupcakes and went to bed without much complaint - the only night I have ever had Audrey come over and say "ba-ba, nigh nigh" (bottle, night night) - she was so tired............ I think Allie would have stayed up awhile later had we let her.

I guess if I want pictures, I should designate someone to just take a lot and then go through them later. I haven't gotten around to getting everyone's copies, nor did I take very many either. Something to remember I guess if we do the same sort of party next year (haha and buy less food too) Of course the majority are of the girls :)

Allie happy to be at the food table (that girl eats anything!)

Audrey - spent most of the time with grandpa - that's her thing now.

Allie and her toys

Hubby seems happier with the shirt than Allie

Allie and me......

Already hitting on the boys........

One of the better Audrey pics - she actually was a lot happier once she ditched the tutu.

Slight baby drama......

I could post about their party or how tomorrow we officially have one year old girls but I think for the meantime I'll take a third option - the recap of this evening.

We were late leaving work which translated into some very vocally frustrated babies on the car ride home. No toy, music station, or such was working so ugh - those are the worst. In-stereo crying for the last half of the trip. So after that and getting through dinner, hubby and I were a bit stressed. Did the whole bedtime routine, put them in their cribs, hubby left to go get some baby food, and I tried to sit down for a second.

Well, a few minutes later, major yelling and screaming from their room - by the sound of it I figured someone had either fallen out of the crib or was stuck in the rail. Of course I rush in and find both girls standing up at the edge of their cribs facing one another. Audrey is hysterical while Allie is just mildy upset. It took me a couple seconds to figure out Audrey is so upset because she's tossed her little lovey dog out of the crib. After putting it back, she settles down and Allie, seeing that the show is over, sits back down.

Guess I'm buying a few backup dogs tonight.

But for fun, I'll end on a couple pics of the birthday girls.

Allie

Audrey

Friday Night Leftovers 3-19

• We're one day away from the big bash. Of course today is already sunny and nice (forecasted high of 67) while we have rain and maybe it'll get to 47 tomorrow - awesome............... (inherent sarcasm is just so hard to imply sometimes in writing, isn't it?) Someone please stall that system - not sure how - but please!
• I'm starting to think I'm crazy for setting up a haircut and possible highlight a day before I'm supposed to see a lot of people, but really don't want to put it off any longer. Going to go very conservative however (boo...... I know, no fun)
• Went out to dinner for the anniversary and of course we said no presents so I got hubby a card and he got me a gift. They just don't listen do they? :)
• Besides the party, most of my weekend will be spent watching basketball (and the complete ruin of my bracket most likely) First day had some really good games though.
• I think I'll try to motivate myself and get back on an exercise routine (finally) for the next month which also then means going through the closet and tossing stuff that I'm just never really going to wear again. Hubby loves to point out the various items in my closet that still have tags. Yeah, yeah.

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A "quickie" post

Happy St. Patrick's Day!

Small little post because a. I'm tired and going to bed soon, and b. don't really have any new, fun pictures or such to share. Their "somewhat soon to be official" aunt Lori bought them St. Patrick's day shirts that looked really cute but I didn't have my camera on hand.

Hmmm, let's see......four years ago today we were at our rehearsal dinner. Our anniversary is being a bit overshadowed by the big birthday approaching. There's still a decent amount to due before the party, yet it amuses me how much effort one can put into a single day event. (Half a day to be more precise) I even fit in getting a haircut which has been long overdue - the extent of which I'm actually too embarrassed to point out.

Again, if I ever used to worry about the girls not being mobile, silly me. It's hard enough to keep track of them now........can't wait until we have full on walkers. Allie's already trying to throw herself out of the crib. She also has a very interesting crawl - she prances more than anything. Audrey is more your streamlined sports car - very quick. It's almost comical to watch the two of them go after the same object - kind of a real life hare and tortoise race. Hopefully I can get that on video at some point.

So tomorrow we're going out to dinner for the anniversary, Friday is my niece's birthday party, and the girls party on Saturday. Think I'm going to absolutely nothing on Sunday.

Friday Night Leftovers 3-12

• Allie's pretty much over her cold; Audrey's getting there. But I have odd children. The healthy one usually insists on having her nose cleaned out or temp taken when we're doing the same for the other. They both love the humidifier and getting medicine. I can't complain though as all we've had are runny noses, coughing, and fairly clingy babies
• You would think with all the whining and meowing our cat does as of late, she'd lose her little kitty voice. Seriously. Not sure when we'll have time to find her a kitty friend, but she's really driving us nuts.
• Maybe it's just me but why is it that the longer the to-do list becomes, the less motivation in general you have. (Easy conclusion that the "no caffiene" plan is going horribly)
• No matter how much I want to get back into exercising in the morning or getting tons of stuff done at night once the girls go to bed, being tired / sleep always wins out. This is getting old.
• I'm all for spring and the warmer temps, thunderstorms, flowers, etc.............. except for the very annoying Japanese lady beetles - they somehow manage to still get into the house in the fall and once it starts to warm up, try to find a way out. Usually they met their demise via the handy dyson. (I have no problem with bugs - just stay out of my house and I'll leave you alone.)
• Next week's leftovers should be highly amusing - either I'll be on cloud nine and way ahead on the party plans, or, well, we're in trouble and looking at a very long night. Not to mention if the week goes as planned we have our anniversary Thursday night and hoping to go out for dinner, my older niece's birthday party Friday night, and then the "big" event on Saturday. Again, I seriously did not mean it if I ever said I was bored.

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Never say you're bored.............

Karma's a fickle thing, isn't it? I can't even remember what hubby and I used to do with the free time we had years ago. Even the phrase "years ago" makes me feel old but that's the truth. We started dating in 1999. I just randomly bring that up as both of us would probably forget the fact our marriage anniversary is next week amidst trying to plan a birthday party for twins.

Okay back to the boredom subject. I see now, for whenever I thought I was bored or just had nothing to do, yup, game over on that one. We figured to have one baby and go from there. Ease into the parenting role right? Not so much. I''m figuring my inability to sleep is halfway due to just not being able to turn my brain off - constantly going over what must be done at work, at the house, the girls, etc................. Then again, one baby or not, are you ever 100% prepared for becoming a parent? Earlier tonight Audrey, now stuck with the cold her sister had, threw up all over hubby. I'm sure he was just thrilled but he worked to calm her down, get her changed and ready for bed even before worrying about the fact he was covered in regurgitated gerber tomato puffs.

Not sure exactly what's fueling my motivation, but I want to have a really fun, full of people party for their birthday. Waiting until the final two weeks to put a bathroom in the basement and clean every inch of the house now seems a slighly bad decision. Procrasitination is not a good thing! Duh................I knew that, didn't I? Of course that also meant the girls finally got sick (Augh!! We were two weeks from having a year of sick-free babies!) Odd enough, Allie was a very happy sick baby. True she just had a small cold that lasted a few days, but didn't seem to bother her much at all. Somehow I'm going to get everything done. I may be a walking zombie by next Saturday, but it'll happen. Obviously this is why coffee was inventd. (Yes for those who know I'm trying to cut the caffiene, we may have to resume that after the party.)

Enough rambling............ nevermind learning to walk, read ,what have you. This week's accomplishment - ask Audrey what does a tiger say and you'll get the best "roar" an 11 month old can come up with.

Friday Leftovers 3-5

• Still sick. Either I'm getting old, the past year has taken a huge toll on my immune system, or who knows, but I don't remember ever having a little, petty sinus infection cause me so much trouble. At least the girls again stayed healthy. Knock on wood with 19 days to go, but so far we have had an entire year of no sick babies whatsoever.
• Birthday party plans are as in full motion as they ever will be. This includes hubby putting in a bathroom in the basement (good enough - we'll start finishing the whole thing later) and trying to throw out / donate / sell as much stuff as I can that we've deemed "no longer needed."
• I was all excited to think the girls have started saying "mama." This came to a quick end however when it became apparent they're trying to say "mum-mum." Apparently food and snacks are much higher on the totem pole.
• Tomorrow just "might" get into the 50's so we have a tentative plan to get outdoors. For fun, I'll have to post a pic of them in their stroller now versus last year. I guess being around them I just don't see the major changes and growth until you do a side-by-side.
• Even babies can multi-task. Last night while taking off her diaper, Audrey also decided to open their bottom dresser drawer and empty every blanket and folded up crib sheet she could find. Allie thankfully has not mastered the "take off the diaper" concept.
• I'm probably going to forget by the time two weeks roll around that it's our anniversary. Didn't quite think back then we'd also have twins about the same time- whoops! The latter part of March has become quite packed: St. Patrick's day, our anniversary, oldest neice's birthday, my to-be sister-in-law's birthday, the twins' birthday......... (and that's all within one week)
• Again loving auto-post. :) Just need auto "mr. linky" (unless that's already possible and I'm just not aware...........

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