Day 47

February 16 Wednesday

Colton has started getting up on all 4s! He rocks back and forth, but doesnt go anywhere yet!

Day 46

Tuesday February 15
We had a great Valentine's Day! Aaron bought me my favorite flowers (Tulips!) bought the twins their favorite, balloons! And got us all some cupcakes from the Cupcakery!

Day 45

Monday February 14. Happy Valentine's Day!

Day 44

Sunday February 13
Colton has 2 teeth growing in. He woke up around 11:30pm tonight, and ONLY wanted to be held. Sitting up. He didnt want to nurse, he didnt want to lay down, he wanted to lay on me while I was SITTING up! Poor guy was up screaming every 45 minutes for the rest of the night. We were both miserable!

Day 43

UNLV Basketball Game.

Day 42

Friday February 11
Monday the girls have their Valentine's Day party at school. We decided to pass out little treat bags. Claire is passing out notebooks, candy, and a Hello Kitty card/sticker. Carlie is passing out Silly bands, candy, and a card! Lots of work!

Day 41

Thursday February 10
Another sick day for the twins. They have had constant fevers and coughs for a couple of days. We havent been able to get them feeling better! I think I'll take them both in to the Dr to figure out what is going on!
*update* Claire has a double ear infection.

Day 40

Wednesday February 9
The twins stayed home from school sick today. I wanted them to relax for the day. I also wanted to make sure the girls were reading during the day. Here is Claire reading Carlie a story.

Day 39

Tuesday February 8th.
Today was the 100th Day of Kindergarten! Claire and Carlie had to glue 100 things to a poster board for school. Carlie glued 100 pennies, and Claire glued 100 marshmallows! They have been learning how to count to 100 all month in school, and in class they did a couple different projects with the number 100!

Day 38

Monday February 7
This stuff is awesome! My cups were so foggy and had tons of water spots, but after ONE wash in the dishwasher with this stuff, they were perfectly clear!

Day 37

Sunday February 6
I left Colton alone for just a minute, and came back to find him like this! He rolled over in his bouncy seat! He is going to be escaping any time now!

Day 36

Saturday February 5
Carlie likes to tuck in her favorite animal of the day. Today it happened to be one of her littlest pet shop animals.

Day 35

Day 34

Day 33

Day 32

Day 31

Day 30

Day 29

Day 28

Day 27

Day 26

Wednesday January 26
Carlie picked out this sleep mask at Target the other day, and sleeps with it on everynight! I think its too cute!

Day 25

Tuesday January 25

This isnt a very clear picture, but one of our favorite things to do is tak to my sister Keri (that lives in Washingtong) on FaceTime. I got to see her wedding invitations, shoes for her dress, and engagement pictures. She got to talk to the twins, and see Colton boy! So fun! 

Day 24

Monday January 24.
Carlie likes to line up her horses all in a row. She does this with just about any 'collection' that we have!

Day 23

Claire lost her 2nd tooth! She was eating some pretzels and her tooth was just kinda hanging in there again! I was  driving, and I asked Aaron to just pull it out. He wouldnt do it! So I had to pull over, grab a napkin and pull it out, again!

Day 22

Colton boy is 6 months old today!!

Day 21

Heres our cat Zippy. he can be found laying in this sunny spot mid morning. everyday!

Day 20

 We usually have pizza once a week. Pizza Hut is RIGHT down the street from us, and their large pizza is only $10! Totally easy on those nights that are just super crazy!

Day 19

This is what homework in the afternoons looks like!

Day 18

Tuesday January 18. I fed Colton green beans for the first time tonight! He ate almost the entire jar. With only a few bites left he started to gag, so I figured he was done! he's growing up so fast!

Day 17

After I gave Colton a bath this morning I gave him a Mohawk! It was super cute!

Day 16

Sunday after church I took a little snooze on the couch, while the girls watched some movies on NetFlix. They know how to navigate the website, and find something they want to watch. They love it!

Day 15

This is what preparing our talks for Sunday looked like!

Day 14

Friday January 14
On my way home from work, right before I turn into our neighborhood, I call Aaron and have him send one of the girls to open the garage for me. Most afternoons I'll find both the girls in the door way waiting for me to get home! I love seeing these 2 faces after being at work for a few hours!

Day 13

Thursday January 13
Colton is finally big enough to play in the jumper! He loves being upright and being able to see whats going on all around him! He will play in here for about 20 minutes before he starts to get bored. Its just enough time for me to get a few things done around the house!

Day 12

Wednesday January 12
Claire and Carlie are Students of the Week this week, and their teacher sends home Ted.E.Bear, and they are supposed to document some events with Ted. This is them watching the Rebel game.

Day 11

Tuesday January 11

I took this picture on my way home from work. The sky was full of so many colors!

Day 10

Monday January 10th
Claire and Carlie were chosen for Student of the Week this week! They had to decorate these posters over the weekend, and bring them back to school today. I think they turned out really cute!

Day 9

January 9th Sunday

Claire finally lost her first tooth! This morning Claire hit her mouth on something, and her bottom teeth were bleeding, so I grabbed a papertowel to soak up the blood. I realized her tooth was just hanging there by a thread and decided to just pull it out! She was so excited!

Day 8

January 8th Saturday

Aaron and I went to the UNLV/TCU basketball game. We even got to leave Colton home! It was an exciting game, and we won, which is always a plus!

Day 7

Friday January 7th.
I found all of these lovelies in Carlies backpack today. She had planned on taking them to school. They were in 4 different pockets! Silly girl!

Day 6

Thursday January 6th I put the twins in a time out, because they could NOT stop fighting. I put them in 2 corners, and made them write sight words! I went and finished blow drying my hair, and went back to check on the girls, and found Claire like this! Poor girl fell asleep. I figured out about an hour later that she had a fever of 102. No wonder she had been cranky all morning!

Day 5

January 5th.
Colton started playing with his tongue! He sticks it out and moves it all around. Its super cute! And, it makes Claire and Carlie laugh, which he loves!

Day 4

Tuesday January 4th. I took Colton in for a well check.
He weighs 16.5lbs in the 75th%. Is 27.5 inches and in the 90th %. His head is 44.5cm? in the 75th %. He's a chubby kid! Colton also got 2 shots. He whined after the 1st one, cried after the 2nd shot, only until I picked him up (so maybe 10seconds?) then he stared down the nurse that gave him his shots. And that was it! He's healthy, and happy, and I love him!

Day 3

Monday January 3rd.
It snowed (very little!) at our house! the snow fell for about an hour, but it didnt really stick to the ground. Claire and Carlie loved it anyway. Carlie was SO excited to be able to catch a snowflake on her tongue! She has been talking about doing that ever since it started to get cold!

Day 2

January 2, 2011
Everytime we leave the "yellow house" I try to take a picture of the house. Its a bit different this year! Paul added a garage, and apartment!

Day 1

January 1, 2011
While up in Parowan, we went sledding on a hill in Cedar. Claire and Carlie loved it! They are finally old enough to really get excited about fun things! They went down the hill on their back, on their tummies, head first, and even went on a little jump! They had so much fun!

Dec 30th

(I was just testing to see if I could send pictures from my phone! and it worked)

Tonight I needed to clean up the kitchen and Colton wanted to be held. Claire offered to hold Colton for me! Colton was happy, Claire was happy, and I was happy! She is such a good helper.

Its a new year!

And that means im going to realllly try to do this picture a day thing! Lets hope I can stick to it this year!

SLACKER

Yea. Thats me. I havent taken a picture in almost 15 days. I feel stupid! I really wanted to do this, but I just stink at staying committed! Maybe I'll start back up, and just have a 2 week gap of nothing ... or not. Im not sure.

Jan 14th

Finally! We got some snow! Carlie made this snowman all by herself! Aaron helped her put the middle and top on, but she rolled the snow all by herself! Claire and Carlie made 2 other snowmen too!

Jan 13th

Since there wasnt much snow on the ground we took the girls for a little ride up to Beaver, to get some "Sqeaky Cheese". They thought the cheese was so awesome because it sqeaks when it touches your teeth! (thats how they explained it!)

Jan 12th

We went to a bounce house place in Cedar City. The girls were able to get some energy out since there wasnt much snow on the ground in Parowan. They had so much fun!

Jan 11th

Claire wears part of her Halloween costume at least 3 times a week still! She loves prancing around the house acting like a butterfly fairy!

Jan 10th

I made Chicken Divan for dinner Sunday night, and it was SO DANG GOOD. It was the best Chicken Divan I have ever tasted!

Jan 9th

*picture to follow* (cant find the usb port to camera)
We had the girls car seats in the house for a day, and Claire brought hers into the family room, and made it into a reclining seat, so she could watch TV.

Jan 8th

Claire and Carlie LOVE my parents. Just about everyday the girls ask if we are going to Papas house, or if Grandma and Papa are coming over. Friday we went over to my parents house just to hang out for the evening. The girls painted, played with blocks, and just enjoyed hanging out with my parents. I love the relationship that the twins have with my parents. Im so thankful that my parents live so close, and that they make the twins a priority in their busy lives. Thanks mom and dad!

Jan 7th

We took a little field trip out to the Bonnie Springs Petting Zoo in Red Rock. We got to see lots of rabbits, guinea pigs, deer, ducks, emo's, sheep, turtles and donkies. Claire loved to stick her hand in some of the animals cages and try to pet them! Carlie was a little more timid!