Tuesday twin tidbit

German turned 30 on Saturday! He wanted me to make him milanesa for his birthday dinner and the same carrot pumpkin cake that I made for the girl's birthday. It was yummy! We invited German's cousin David and his wife Julie over to celebrate. He also got to watch Argentina play a World Cup qualifying match and they won 4-0. He was pretty happy. And he didn't catch any of the sickness us girls have had the last couple of weeks. Lucky guy--poor little Lucy had an allergic reaction to amoxicillin and broke out in a bad rash for a couple of days. I still have a stuffy nose, but we are all doing much better.

We sure love dad!

Here are some pics of the birthday boy before and after his half marathon last week.

I also wanted to post this pic of our good ol' Wyview friends the Couch's who came to visit us a couple of weeks ago. We got to meet their cute little four month old Colin. Thanks for coming over!

Tuesday twin tidbit

My hubby never ceases to amaze me. German ran the Moab Half Marathon on Saturday and I am so proud of him. The weather was beautiful and I wish we could have stayed longer. As I was waiting at the finish line I started tearing up a little wishing I was running it as well (a combination of hormones and the fact that I feel fat and miss running). German finished 421 overall out of almost 3300 runners with a time of 1:44:38. I can't wait until we can run some more races together. He's the coolest! I still miss having him home all day, especially now that I am sick, but we are surviving. The house is a mess and the girls and I usually stay in our PJ's all day, but we are surviving. The girls did okay on the trip, but they were sick and I was starting to get sick, so we were all a little miserable. Thankfully my mom drove from Grand Junction to help me out while German ran. Thanks mom!

I'll post some pics as soon as I find the cable for my camera--why do those things always get lost!?!?!

Tuesday twin tidbit

Today is my birthday! This morning the girls let me sleep in until 8am and last night German bought me some beautiful sunflowers and this morning left me a sweet card. Have I mentioned before how much I love him??? My birthday wish is for someone to come completely clean and organize every room of my house. Oh well...I'll settle for some cuddles from my girlies. I sure love their smiles and the way they smell.

Audrey took another little tumble out of her crib, so on Saturday we converted her bed and she has been doing well the last three nights. At first she liked getting in and out, but now she stays in during naps and only got up the first morning at 6:15am to play with her toys. Luckily, I put her back in her bed and she went back to sleep and hasn't done it again. The girls also dropped their morning nap and now sleep two hours in the afternoon. I actually get to take a good long nap now and I love it!
This picture is from Sunday. These are Audrey's first ponytails, I tried to do some on Lucy, but her hair is too curly and she was too squirmy. They look so grown up and I think they look so stinkin' cute! I sure love these two monkeys!

Tuesday twin tidbit

Today we went Imagination Place for a free music and singing class for kids ages 0-5. It was so much fun, a bit exhausting, but fun. There are a bunch of free activities and classes going on all month because apparently March is National Sing With Your Child Month! It was really interesting to see how shy and observant Audrey was in such a big group. She would not leave my side and wanted to be on my lap. But Lucy was running around the whole time dancing and exploring everything, she barely even noticed if I was around.

Here's Lucy dancing in the middle of the circle with the egg shakers.


And Audrey right by my side...

More pics of our little monkeys...

The Climber

Audrey has climbed out of her crib a couple times after her nap during the day, but she really doesn't do it much. This morning I heard her crying a little at 6:15am. I went in and was shocked to see her standing outside her crib reaching in. I put her back in and she feel back asleep for another hour or so. I went back to bed too, but I couldn't sleep. It was still dark in her room--what if she had fallen and broken a bone or worse. The pedia said if she does it continually then I should convert the crib to a toddler bed. She's not even 16 months, I am not ready to put her in a big girl bed yet...so sad. I'm considering one of those crib tents. Any advice?

Tuesday twin tidbit

I'm an auntie!!! My sister Amy had beautiful Madeline Paris yesterday at 8:34am. She weighed 8 lbs 6 oz and measured 21 inches long, which incidentally is the same as my sister's birth stats. It was so much fun to see and hold a little newborn again. I can't believe the girls used to be that small! Because of some health risks my poor sister was unable to get an epidural, so she found out a few hours before that she would have to go through it all natural. She said it was insanely painful, but she did it and Maddie is so cute! The girls are excited to have their new cousin and were blowing her kisses and calling her "bee" for baby.

Auntie Sara with Maddie

I love those cheeks!

The happy cousins can't wait until Maddie can play with them outside!