Wisdom Bites

Well, turns out my infected wisdom tooth is well, hurting and i have turned to soup again. This all brings back memories of the last infected wisdom tooth i had that they pulled which i could feel, and hear each little disconnection of the tooth from my jaw bone and flesh, like a ripping noise slowly as they used the "elevator" which *click*click* would slowly raise the tooth up out of my mouth. *shivvverrrr* well again i will have to do that, but this time i decided take them all, take the last 3!! Worse though, i would rather take the pain and the aweful noises than have to be put under, i really would like to avoid that! unfortunetly the surgeon i am going to wants to knock me out, and from what i hear he is a cranky old man who is also the anestesieologist, RRRR. Well ,that is that, i am getting them out, i am leaving tonight so my mom can drive me there and stay since i am not aloud to drive or be alone for 24 hours after, i will eventually be brought back home, where i can look at my dear youngens but cannot hold them or anything since i will be so dizzy, drousy, and out of it. Hopefully thursday i will be able to since Kendall has class all day, i am planning on missing mine since it is suggested. I have to miss work so that is alot of money i am out of, so hopefully Friday i will feel a little better and can work some hours at the Foundation house, if not monday will be here in no time, by then i will be working hard on a reaction paper in my Death and Dying Psychology class, and studying for a test for my Cognitive Development class, whoohoo! :D I don't mind the paper part, i love writing, and the book is awesome, if you ever want a good book to read, i suggest Tuesday's with Morrie by Mitch Albom. Ok enough of me for now.

Look! I have Feet!

Although the babes have seen their feet, and Aidan often holds his foot up so he can observe it, Layla is the first one to be able to grab her foot on purpose and continously. She then proceeds to stare at her feet as she holds them, very cute, they are growing so fast, soon they will be sitting on their own and crawling away from me! AWWW! :D I think the kids missed each other, last night when they were laying on the blanket, Layla kept turning toward Aidan and would just laugh and laugh, Aidan just looked at her with a big toothless grin! Aww Reunited! :D

Grandpa and Nana!

Aidan had a lot of fun hanging out with his grandparents, he was good from what i hear for the most part, except Sunday morning he was fussy, but we all wondered if he just had a bad tummy ache, and gas. Lovely huh? Anyway here are some pictures of his weekend (looks a lot more fun than mine working!) I also finally bought a nice playpen to take on trips when we travel, since it easily folds up, and also has a changing table, music, and a mobile with it. I splurged a little bit on it, got a little more pricey one, but it is REAL nice and roomy since their are 2 little bodies that will share it! But heck i already paid it off by what i made just Saturday so its alright, and Aidan slept pretty good in it!

Test Your Skills~

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Chicago

Here is a picture from Chicago from when Kendall and I drove there a couple years ago. :D

Grunting and High Pitches Noises

Every morning, Kendall and i hear over the monitor, 1 of 3 different noises...1. Aidan and Layla talking to eachother 2. Whimpering or Layla's "pbbbhhhh" noise 3. Baby Farts. This is a picture of Layla and Aidan first thing yesterday morning, they don't seem to entertained by getting their picture taken, usually they are smiley, i think the camera annoyed them b ut i had to get them in their cute little eskimo outfits!
Lately, Aidan has discovered a new little noise,(brings back memories of Layla's content Pterodactyl scream, thankgoodness she stopped doing!) his little happy noise is a high pitched scream, not quite as loud as Layla's, and then he grunts a couple times after, then continues right back with the scream.

This afternoon Aidan gets to head home with me to see Nana and Grandpa while i work, i am hoping to get in a 20-25 hours Saturday and Sunday, but it just depends how much work there is for me to do, he hired another person to finish things so i may just be making doors and draws for her to finish, so id much rather do that then finish...soooo boring haha! Layla gets to hang out with Kendall all weekend, Gary and Nikki will be gone alot of it.

Cleanup and Reading

Today Ms. Laylabear helped me cleanup around the house, here i am taking a break from vaccuuming, you can tell she looks REAL interested, haha eating her carrier. She is developing quite the little attitude, adorable right now, she also is a very giggly girl!
Tonight Kendall brought out a couple of books to read to Layla and Aidan, they both are watching the pages, and yess Aidan is falling asleep, he hasn't taken a real long nap today so he is drousy. Layla was making noises and watching though! I really like walking in on special moments Kendall has with these two, Nikki and I will walk in from work, and Kendall is singing/dancing with the babies with music playing, such as Eric Claptons "Layla" for of course Layla, and then he sings Lynard Skynards "Simple Man" to Aidan. Very awesome!

On another note, the developmental lady visited us again today, unfortunetly i was working this time, so next time ill just take off work. Anyway, Kendall filled me in, she said we are doing a great job with Aidan and he is developing good, our next milestone? Sitting on his own! She was also impressed on how quiet our house was, and also how nicely behaved the twins are, she said most houses she visits are chaotic, and us being college students she expected us to be alittle more noisy, awww, were a good family!! She says his neck looks real good, but it seems he is just use to holding his head to that side, it is hard to hold his head when he sleeps, because we cant be there all night, and blankets proping it he moves, so we will have to work on holding it a lot more during the day just so he gets use to holding it right! As for this weekend, Aidan gets to take a trip with me hopefully to work, he will hang out with Grandpa and Nana while i work, hopefully i can get in a good 20+ hours Saturday and Sunday, because it is a good paying job! :D

Pushups!

Drool Baby!

Layla and Aidan have been really pushing up off the floor as you can see from this picture, Layla has mastered it, and they both can roll from their tummies to their backs pretty well. You can also see in this picture of sweet baby girl, that she still is a drooling queen, she soaks a few bibs a day! :D Both Babes are eating their cereals well, and sleep good throughout the night, we definitly enjoy that! They are growing so incredibly fast, I am hoping to get together with my friend who's little boy is 2 weeks younger than Layla and Aidan sometime this month, it would be neat to let them, well stare at eachother haha! Oh and one last thing, YAY FOR INDY MAKING IT TO THE SUPERBOWL! OH YEAAAAAA! :D

Flickr

Check out my new Flickr account ---> the link is on the side, i will keep postings of more pictures there that i dont post on here for all ya'll who aren't sick of seeing Layla and Aidan doing every little thing :D

5 Months 1 Week Oh Man!

It is really hard to believe that the kids have already passed 5 months and on their way to toward the 6 months mark! They are now getting cereal twice a day, breakfest and dinner, and a bottle between, we are starting to branch off from rice cereal, with oatmeal and mixed grains. They don't seem to mind these, soon we can get the ones with fruit added, im sure they will enjoy that! Aidan does this cute thing, where when he is in his bouncy chair, he kicks to keep it rocking, well now he will be asleep, and kick every so often to get the chair rocking, does sleep kicking lead to sleep walking? Lets hope not! Layla and Aidan have grown so much these past few months its hard to keep up with what they have done and mastered! It is so hard to keep up with clothes, i have them all seperated and everything, it is just them being able to wear all their neat clothes before they grow out of them, so today i decided to change them 2-3 times a day, a sleep outfit, a morning out fit and then an evening one, haha, i know call me crazy, but i enjoy seeing them in all of the adorable outfits we have for them! Plus it keeps us all busy, and they do not like just hanging out, they need their entertainment, if it is a dozen toys to throw from their saucer seats, or me dancing with spongebob to the spongebob squarepants theme song, either way they have to always be doing something! :D Keeping me busy, although i start working at nights again, and ill keep my hours during the days also, to keep up with the rent increase, so i wont have as much time with 12 hours of classes, 20+ hours of work a week, and then endless homework.

Savings Are Great!!

Just a quick note of happiness, i saved over 350$ by (no not switching to geico) buying my books online at half.com and abebooks.com. Kendall mentioned he saved close to 600$. That is even with us getting speedy shipping! Just a word to those of you who are in college still, ALWAYS check these websites first, campus bookstores are outrageous, and you end up selling your books back there for less than a quarter of what you paid in the beginning, thats IF they even take them back! OH and if you do not like to sell books back online, most the time you can still sell those books back to your campus bookstore for your own convenience, often time they give you more then you spent, which makes you feel pretty good since they didn't get the chance to rip you off in the first place!!

Note: Layla and Aidan enjoying the snug carseat covers, sure keeps them warm with the freezing weather here!

Who's In My Crib!

Here is Layla and Aidan looking at eachother before bedtime a couple weeks ago when we all visited my parents. Some news...Aidan is finally rolling over from his tummy to back, i think it took him a little longer to master this because of his torticollis bothering him, other good news is Aidan's rash/dry skin is really starting to clear up now from the prescription ointment, and also after the 2nd recommended lotion by our doctor, this one doesn't seem to irritate his skin.

Sad Times

This past week, my family was hit by some sad news about my Grandma, she had passed away, and it was pretty sudden thing for us, and has been a hard time. There are so many wonderful memories I have of my Grandma and Grandpa, and their farm. Being so far away, I am still glad my parents still were able to get us kids across the country to Indiana to visit them on a yearly basis. After the news, I made the decision of going back east with the rest of my family to be there for the funeral, and support of the rest of my extended family. On Friday morning Karen, Amber, and I flew out of Denver (mom got caught by the weather and unfortunately could not make it in time for our flight). My dad and brother drove and left early Thursday morning in order to get there as soon as possible. Being able to spend a lot of time with my immediate family, however, also my extended family, we all realized that it had been too long since the whole family had been together, and I mean ALL of us minus a handful were there, that is a lot considering my grandparents had 6 children, who produced together 21 grandkids, bringing 20 great-grandkids. It was hard to leave Kendall, and my precious babes behind, but being there, I realized their demands at this age would have brought on A LOT more stress. This weekend I was able to catch up with my Aunts, Uncles, cousins, and cousins once removed (cousins children). Although it took very sad circumstances to bring us all together once again, I believe my Grandma was smiling down seeing our huge family getting along together and celebrating her great life, and reminiscing about all of the priceless memories we had shared at the farm house. Another thing I would like to say, is their is a hunt club near my grandparents house, and they over the years have been awesome in hosting our family in their lodges and bunk houses over the years, and we hope to continue to get together there, since my Grandma was the main link to our family, keeping us updated on each other and us all coming together there.

Stranded!!

This weekend, what started as just a trip to Denver on Thursday night to see Kendall's brother Keith, and then my sister Amber's family also on Friday-Sunday where we were supposed to meet the rest of my family for our post-poned Christmas. Well, it didnt work out that way at all! Early Friday morning it began to snow, snow, and more snow, ooh about 14+ inches, which gives Denver 3 fridays in a row of snowstorms! Well, our car was stuck in Keiths driveway, and we watched many other cars, including 4wheel drive get stuck out front anyway, so we decided to wait it out another day. Kendall and Keith shoveled for many hours to get us out Saturday morning, but ooooh the rest of the family couldn't make it due to the road closures from wind and blowing snow. Being in Denver, we still headed to Amber's to see her, Adrianna and Greg. We left Sunday around 1, the roads were finally open into Laramie so we headed home. Or we thought, halfway there I8O closed, 287 from Ft. Collins to Wyoming closed, 210(back road) was also closed, and eventually 34 near Wheatland closed, that leaving us No options in getting back. We waited 3 hours in Cheyenne, an hour of that at our friends house, and then just driving around and watching the flashing gates in hopes that they openened(along with MANY other motorists and semi's.) No such luck, so we decided to make the extra hour to my parents house to stay the night, and oh man was there WIND! With 55MPH wind, with gusts up past 80MPH, we counted about 9 semi's that had blown over, and there was probably about a dozen other trailors abandoned along the road. we made it back, to then drive through a sandstorm on my parents road, which had 0 visibility and we struggled to stay on the road, and then FINALLY a place to sleep, parents to see, and babies to feed! Oh wait, we got back to Cheyenne in hopes that the roads would be opened again this morning, nope, just from Laramie to Cheyenne, but not westbound, we ended up taking a back highway which is SUPPOSED to be truck free, well not today, there were many trucks that drove very very slow, so that took us another hour for a 40 minute trip! AWW were FINALLY really home and classes have started. That is my 20 minute story of our 24 hour trip that is usually 3 hours. The picture below is the triple parked semi's and cars from the closed road on for about 5 miles, not to mention the hundreds of trucks /vehicles parked at the truck stops, rest area's, and side roads waiting.

Family Visits!

Here are some pictures of the kids enjoying family. Chloe(Ambers weiner dog) really enjoys babys and was curious the whole time. Layla's cousin Adrianna (2) enjoyed the babies there, here they are playing together. Due to road closures we decided just to drive an extra 70 miles to see my parents, Aidan and Layla enjoy their time with their Nana and Grandpa, as seen by thse pictures.

Just Mom and Me

The physical therapist/developmental lady came today as i mentioned earlier. She said Aidan's neck is improving, and she is glad of the progress. She again checked a few other developmental milestones with different toys, such as if he reaches, and how well he can hold his head up on his belly and turn it side to side. It's a little harder for him since his neck is still stiff, but he is doing well. She will be back in 2 weeks again to check on him, and says to keep up the good work, and that we are good parents. :) Always nice to hear, they are growing so fast! That cereal is really making them take off, hehe. Here is Aidan showing off his khaki's and button down shirt, he is looking pretty sharp! Layla is doing great also, she is becoming quite the chatterbox, every morning we will wake up to her talking over the monitor to Aidan, today they both were just talking back in forth, pretty cute! She laughs alot now, and thinks me feeding her cereal is pretty funny sometimes. :D All for now!

Layla Elf

Here is a website my dad emailed me, its pretty cute i think, it's Layla as an elf, guess it must be her secret life during the Christmas seasons. http://www.elfyourself.com/?userid=c524ae20cef3dde0017fcc7G06121514 . Aidan has an appointment with the Physical therepist/Developmental lady this afternoon, so i will try and update how that went, his torticollis is getting much better, slowly but surely, i think alot of it now is just a habit on his part to hold his head that way. See in the two pictures, the one is back from September, his neck is pretty bad, then the recent one is yesterday...barely a tilt. I guess it is pretty common for a twin to get this since they are packed so tightly in the womb, my neice actually had this too. I am supposed to drive back home today and work building cabinets again, however, everyroad home is closed due to the blowing snow, drifts, and ice, so it is not looking too good. The money would be very nice, luckily however Kendall and I tied for second and third overall this year in the football pool we were in through my dad's work(its a yearly thing for me) so that money will help out until payday. Now i just hope that the roads open up by Friday, since we are FINALLY going to try and have our families Christmas in Denver since it was canceled over Christmas due to my neice Adrianna's RSV, and that is something we didn't want to expose the kids to.

Resemblance???

Cindy at 5 months.
Aidan at 4 months