Some Cute pics..

This National geographic daddy has just makes me SLEEPY!
Me Too! Me too! I will just fall asleep anywhere these days. Give me some milk and a comfoy chair and i'm out like a light!

Pauls Xmas Party at Pappasitos! The girls LOVED eating the tortillas!
Some guys that work with Paul!
Samantha meeting Eduardos baby girl. She's 6 months...and talking about cheating...the girls got SOOO MAD and were screaming when Paul picked her up to hold her! It was HILARIOUS!
See mommy...we ARE PART MONKEY! Of course with the assistance of our big sis that pulls up something for us to climb on to climb up on the chair! Thanks Big sis Hannah! :)
Hannah the morning of her vomit episode...Poor Sick Baby!

Samantha's not going to be too happy about this one...she's running to the bathtub after dinner! It's the cutest thing ever...they eat and i strip them down as paul runs the water and awaits the naked babies!

Sar

My House is being invaded by munchkins

Help, Help!!! My girls are destroying my house. They have decided it's fun to pull out everything is every drawer they can reach and then drag it through the house! Paul and I had decided it was easier to move anything dangerous(like chemicals and knives) out of reach of all children instead of putting kiddie locks on everything b/c we didn't want to destroy the beautiful cabinets we have in the kitchen. Plus on top of that there are really alot more pull out drawers than cabinet drawers.

So mainly this has caused my house to literally look like a tornado went through. My dilemma is, should i go through and pick things up right away OR just wait till the end of the day and do one big cleaning. Either way i really need some OT pay for this...LOL!!! Really, i have needed OT pay since Julia left...but i just failed to ask for it. So, Paul if you are reading this...i'd like OT in payment as SLEEP TIME. LOL!

On another note. the girls are doing GREAT on milk! They are on 3 oz milk/3oz formula...and then i give them just plain milk with each meal. They love it and drink it like it's going out of style. They love their sippy cups too...but still haven't gotten the concept that they aren't for play. They will sometimes take a drink and spit it out because they think it's funny. I can't believe we're still on the same $33.00 can of formula i opened up last week! HALLELUIA! Talking about saving some money. I even feel so rich i'm even buying the GOOD MILK...Organic! I'm sure in a week or two i'll go to the regular stuff...but for now i feel like my pockets are getting heavy from saving SOO much money on formula! GOD BLESS the cows that are providing us with milk! LOL!!!!!!

Think that's it for now..Hannah's doing fine tonight so i'm going to put her back in her bed. Sure hope she stays as i don't want to have t sleep on the couch another night...i miss my own bed!

O yeah and help me coutdown the last few days before my girls turn ONE! I can't believe it...i'm going to celebrate for THEM and for ME! For me because i've made it a full year with two children to care for...two children to feed, two children to love...all at the same time. I've feel like i've accomplished more in this one year than i've accomplished in the last 30 years of my life! I just can't wait to see what the next year holds for all of us...school, talking, going on a real vacation with our beautiful family, trying to get back to a normal life...or what a normal life is for a parent of multiples.

SO, back to my countdown...NINE DAY..till we can fully feed them milk, turn their car seats, around, call them toddlers, etc.

I realize i haven't posted any pics lately, i have a ton in my camera and will try to put some up in the next day or two.

Dr. Visit

Well we went to the Dr. this morning and everything is ok. Hannah has some antibiotics to take and i made an appt for a urologist for Hannah. You wouldn't believe it but i can't get an appt till Jan 14th! Go figure! Anyway, hopefully the antibiotics will kick in soon...although this morning she didn't have any problems peeing. UGH! It's always like this. One day she has horrible pain...the next nothing...my moms intuition says:"Just go to the dr., it's not gone for good"...so with that i did! We also took her urine to Memorial Hospital...so we'll have the results, as before, by the end of the day. Then they'll see if it grows any bacteria and we'll get those results back in just a few days. The sad part is the first results they have in seconds...but it takes all day to get them back to the dr. I think they literally dipstick the urine and have some kind of results instantaneously! UGH! How annoying.

As for the vomit. Obviously she does NOT have a virus(knock on some wood) because she slept all night with me on the couch on her sweet little puking pallet(a ton of beach towels so if she puked it wouldn't get all over and easy to clean up). She woke up this morning bright and early and refreshed ready for a day of fighting with her sibs.

On another note, i baked peach cobblers ALL DAY yesterday. We're going to give them to our neighbors each with a pint of vanilla ice cream. Unfortunately they didn't come out as good as expected(the recipe calls for one whole thing of butter per 8 x 8 pan). It's really kinda buttery...but i'm still going to give them out as i worked on them all day and had no idea they'd be a bit on the buttery side. Hopefully some of the butter will dissolve and they will enjoy them.

Before I was a MOM!

This is cute...i received it in an email earlier! I love it...ENJOY!

"Before I Was a MOM"-Author Unknown

Before I was a Mom I made and ate hot meals. I had unstained clothing. I had quiet conversations on the phone.
Before I was a Mom I slept as late as I wanted. And never worried about how late I got into bed. I brushed my hair and teeth everyday.
Before I was a Mom I cleaned my house each day. I never tripped over toys or forgot words to lullabies.
Before I was a Mom I didn't worry about whether or not my plants were poisonous. I never thought about immunizations.
Before I was a Mom I had never been puked on, pooped on, spit on, or pinched by tiny fingers. Before I was a Mom I had complete control of my mind, my thoughts, my body and all my feelings. I slept all night.
Before I was a Mom I never held down a screaming child so that doctors could do tests or give shots. I never looked into teary eyes and cried. I never got gloriously happy over a simple grin. I never sat up late hours at night watching a baby sleep.
Before I was a Mom I never held a sleeping baby just because I didn't want to put it down.I never felt my heart break into a million pieces when I couldn't stop the hurt.I never knew that something so small could affect my life so much. I never knew that I could love someone so much.I never knew I could love being a Mom.
Before I was a Mom I didn't know the feeling of having my heart outside my body. I didn't know how special it could feel to feed a hungry baby. I didn't know that bond between a Mother and her child.I didn't know that something so small could make me feel so important.
Before I was a Mom I had never gotten up in the middle of the night every 10 minutesto make sure that all was okay.I had never known the warmth, the joy, the love, the heartache or the satisfaction of being a Mom.
I didn't know I was capable of feeling so much... ...before I was Mom.

Hannah

Hannah is going better but not great. She's over the puking for the time being but her UTI is horrible. She can't really pee because she's scared and i have to coax her with anything to go sit on the potty but then she won't go. I made a dr. appt for tomorrow morning to go to the dr. and have a urine sample taken and then we'll make a appt to go see a urologist. I'm guessing but not sure...it'll probably entail an ultrasound or something...to see why she keeps getting these UTI's. We're going to sleep on the couch tonight just to make sure she doesn't puke anymore. I'm so sad because i didn't get to see my friend Jaymie's new baby boy as i had planned(just in case hannah does have a virus) & we didn't get to go to lunch with my parents for my dad's bday...but what are you going to do?

Today was also very entertaining for me. The girls always have something new going on around here. It was really funny because i had these really warm hats and i put one on Sarah's head and Sam would go after her. She was just really feisty today. So they chased and chased and finally i stopped them b/c i was scared they were going to get hurt chasing each other. THEN, Sam decided to really try to get Sugar. Well POOR SUGAR does NOT like the girls...esp b/c she's so furry they chase her and pull her hair. Anyway, to make a long story short....Sam was running so fast attacking poor sugar that sugar finally bite her a couple of times...that still didn't stop her. We had to finally distract her to stop the madness. It was really really funny!

Think that's it for now...i'll update again after we get back from the dr. tomorrow morning.

Vomit and a sick little girl

Well we've done so well lately i knew all good things would come to a sreeching hault. My story in a nutshell goes something like this: get home last night from Pauls party, put everyone to bed. Hannah and i went to sleep upstairs in her new room. She hated it and got up a couple of times last night whining and wanting some water. I KNEW i shouldn't give her any because every time she drinks water in the middle of the night Vomit happens. Anyway, so i gave her water...no biggie...made her go back to sleep. THEN, she was whining and whining and wanted to go downstairs. SO, we went downstairs to sleep on the couch. She ran straight into the kitchen and grabbed her chocolate milk that is meant for the morning. She chugged the whole thing despite me telling her NO over and over in my sleep as i heard her sip it. THEN, she went back to bed. About 520a i heard what sounded like a river running...O DEAR NO! So to make a long story short she puked everywhere and now from what she's saying i think on top of the puking she's got ANOTHER UTI! I'm going to call the dr. this morning and get her started on some meds and then go take her for a urine culture tomorrow morning. Then we'll probably end up at a urologist(Hannah's been prone to UTI's for a while now).

I do recall now, when she was a baby and being checked out that the dr. said something about some part of her baby girl parts being inverted instead of the other way...but i swear he said that it would fix itself. The dr. she used to go to was a fruit cake and ended up resigning...so who knows. Anyway maybe that has something to do with all the UTI's. I guess we shall see soon.

6 Wonderful Years together and 3 babies later!

Happy 6 Year "Dating" anniversary to My Hubby & I! Happy 5 years since we got engaged! I have to say I couldn't have married anyone better for me. He is the love of my life. We go together like peas and carrotts(but honestly, do those really go together...LOL). Anyway, we are really meant for each other. We have so much in common...we both are early morning people, neither of us can keep our eyes open after 8p, we both love computer stuff(even though i'm not as good as he is at it), we both love watching t.v., we both love the outdoors, etc. Last night for the occasion, we had a sitter(Samantha, our sweet little neighbor) and we went to Ruth Kris Steak House. We had a great time and enjoyed some nice quiet time. It was a bit entertaining...there was one girl on one side of us talking really loud and everyonce in a while we'd hear some story. FUNNY! Then the party of 15ish on the other side looked like they had just rolled in from the CUN-TRY!(sorry ya'll, i don't mean to make fun of people but it was quite entertaining). When they walked in i swear i thought i was going to choke from the smell of rotten smoke and cheap cologne. FUNNY FUNNY! In other news...we are excitedly awaiting Pauls whole family which will be down here next Thursday! It's going to be so much fun. Hannah keeps talking about how excited she is to finally meet her cousin Isabella!

Something cute i received on email today!

One of my MOM's sent me this...way to cute. I can vouch for a lot of these. This is to Santa from a Mommy! Dear Santa, I've been a good mom all year. I've fed, cleaned and cuddled mychildren on demand, visited the doctor's office more than my doctor and soldsixty-two cases of candy bars to raise money to plant a shade tree onthe school playground. I was hoping you could spread my list out overseveral Christmases, since I had to write this letter with my son's redcrayon, on the back of a receipt in the laundry room between cycles, and who knows when I'll find anymore free time in the next 18 years. Here are my Christmas wishes: I'd like a pair of legs that don't ache (in any color, except purple,which I already have) and arms that don't hurt or flap in the breeze,but are strong enough to pull my screaming child out of the candy aislein the grocery store. I'd also like a waist, since I lost mine some where in the seventhmonth of my last pregnancy. If you're hauling big ticket items this year I'd like fingerprintresistant windows and a radio that only plays adult music, a television thatdoesn't broadcast any programs containing talking animals, and a refrigerator with a secretcompartment behind the crisper where I can hide to talk on the phone. On the practical side, I could use a talking doll that says, "Yes,Mommy" to boost my parental confidence, along with two kids who don't fight and three pairs of jeans that will zip all the way up without, the use of power tools. I could also use a recording of Tibetan monks chanting "Don't eat inthe living room" and "Take your hands off your brother," because my voiceseems to be just out ofmy children's hearing range and can only be heard by the dog. If it's too late to find any of these products, I'd settle for enoughtime to brush my teeth and comb my hair in the same morning, or theluxury of eating foodwarmer than room temperature without it being served in a Styrofoamcontainer. If you don't mind, I could also use a few Christmas miracles tobrighten the holiday season. Would it be too much trouble to declare ketchup a vegetable? It will clear my conscience immensely. It would be helpful if you could coerce my children to help around the house without demanding payment as if they were the bosses of an organized crime family. Well, Santa, the buzzer on the dryer is calling and my son saw my feet under the laundry room door. I think he wants his crayon back. Have a safe trip and remember to leave your wet boots by the door and come in and dry off so you don't catchcold. Help yourself to cookies on the table but don't eat too many or leavecrumbs on the carpet. You promised me last year you would lose someweight with me so nextyear you and I could be a cute size two blonde...ok, some requests go too far, but none the less... Yours Always, Melissa P.S. One more thing...you can cancel all my requests if you can keep mychildren, healthy, safe and of course, young enough to always believein Santa. *Santa has asked that this gets passed on to all the mommies you know* On another note. The girls did the funniest thing today. I sat in the recliner and for about 30 minutes they chased each other around the chair laughing and giggling. Then, if one fell and started crawling...the other would get down on the floor and start crawling too. I wish i had had my video camera but i didn't. I know if i had gotten up to get it they would have stopped...so i didn't. Instead, i just sat here and enjoyed the first of many many days and YEARS of my twins playing together like the precious little babies they are...soo cute! Also, i took the girls with me to take Hannah to school today. GOSH, i really have NO IDEA how i'm going to manage every Tue & Thur. taking all 3 to school. I'd love any suggestions anyone may have? Right now i get one out of the car...carry her around to the other side and hold both at once...then what do i do with Hannah? Luckily today, her bf Maddy came in with her Grammy at the same time...so Hannah held Maddy's hand and her grandma had picked up one of the girls...i ended up taking her and carrying both in whild Maddy's grammy walked in with H & M! It's ok to do this...but what do i do when Maddy's not at school? UGH! Other than that Paul & I are celebrating our "Engagement & Dating Anniversary" tomorrow night. We have a sitter and we're going to go to Americas for dinner. I'm SOOO excited since we haven't been there in a few years. The last time we had planned to go was for my bday 2 years ago but i was prego and still so sick we had to cancel.

Christmas Cards

Well, i finally got ALL the christmas cards done today! I've been working on them furiously to get them done asap! I also got the birthday invites out today! AHHH...I feel so much better now! Now, it's time to plan the actual party! YIKES! WAY to much to do with christmas right around the corner! I can't believe i'm not only planning for xmas...but planning a birthday party too! UGH!

Anyway i'll post the actual xmas card in a few days after everyone gets the ones in the mail. It was really the only good pic we had taken at portrait innovations! It's soo hard to keep everyone happy and smiling in a photo.

Happy Tuesday/Wednesday Eve!

I can't believe next week my whole family is going to be at our house celebrating together! This is the VERY FIRST TIME We'll really get to hang out with my sister in law. Roland got married May 06 and we haven't seen him since because this past year everyone was either prego or getting ready to have babies. This will be fun and and i'm so excited to finally get to meet and really hang out with terra!

AND WE HAVE MILK!!!

MILK....MILK....WONDERFUL DELICIOUS MILK! The girls had their VERY FIRST BOTTLE OF MILK JUST WHILE AGO! They drank it like nothing. NOW i have to watch and make sure there are no allergic reactions. Here are a few pics to document the JOYOUS OCCASION! "Oh the money i'll be saving mommy & daddy SOON!" This is Delicious...i even hold my own bottle and drink with this YUMMY milk! YUM....But boy my mom has no idea how bad it's going to stink when i spit up and puke NOW! Fast asleep after a bottle of 6ounces formula and 1 ounce cold organic milk! Fast asleep dreaming about MORE MILK!!! $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$

Milk is on the Menu!

Well the time has come...or close enough that we are going to go ahead and start weaning the kidos off of formula! I'm so excited! I'm going to start today with 1 ounce of milk and 6 ounces of formula...then in maybe 4-5 days we'll go to 2 ounces of milk and 5 ounces of formula! Please wish us luck that they aren't allergic to milk and love it unlike my sweet big girl Hannah. I'm sure they will love it...as anything has got to be better than that nasty formula! We'll see.

On another note...my girls are totally turning into monkeys. They climb on everything. For instance today i caught one of them climbing on a diaper box to try to get into her crib. NO, it's not what you think...they don't actually like going to bed or sleeping in their cribs. BUT they LOVE to pretend like they are jail birds...look through the slats and shake the crib like they want out...or in for that matter. It's REALLY funny!

"Sarah is a baby...she can't stick up for herself and knock me off the box"

"Hey mom, check out our new game""HA HA...look at me now...i knew there was room for two as long as mom buys the big box of diapers"

I'm also attaching a pic of one of the cheapest forms of entertainment we have in our house. If you guessesd that they are wearing Jack in the box happy meal buckets..you are correct. Who would have thought they would walk around wearing them on their heads like hats...when they don't even like hats! Soo funny and cute!

"Shake your hands in the air...and wave them around like you don't care"

This weekend we went to Camerons 4th birthday party at build a bear. Hannah had a blast. I have a ton of pics but i'm only going to put a few of my favorites up. Hannah had so much fun hanging out with Cameron and Allison & Riley. They were all so good at the mall...so well behaved too. The mall was packed but luckily we got there early so it wasn't so bad until we were leaving! This was Hannah's 3rd party in two months...and we've skipped 2 or 3 because we've had other obligations...i can't imagine what it's going to be like chauffering around 3 kidso to different bday parties all year long!

Can you get any cute than this?? Hannah holding Hands with Cameron and Cameron's other girl friend McKayla
Stacy & Birthday Boy Cameron


All lined up at the build a bear showing off their new fancy prizes

Hannah Loves Camerons Grandma....Camerons Identical twin sisters...Allison & Riley...they look like little dolls they are so precious!

Birthday boy blowing out 4 Candles!

Lastly, as i was typing this(maybe 5 minutes of typing) the girls we getting into MORE trouble! Calgon...take me away! I have an idea of what kind of day i'm in for today!

Seriously...this was not a set up. They really do know how to drag that ride on toy over to the chair and climb up. We will be moving the chair to the sponge area as soon as dad gets home from work.

Bad bad Sarah & Samantha. Samantha taking a break sitting in the box of toys...Hannah decided to do the same...what a precious big girl!

Mothers Day Out!

Today, i'm taking the twins to visit St. Rose MDO program. They start the second week in January...i'm soo nervous! I'm not nervous for me...i'm nervous for the people that will be taking care of them(Ms. Anna & Ms. Caroline)! I don't think their are any sets of twins right now in the program, and i feel it's going to be rough for them. Some things i'm worried about.. 1. they always cry at the same time...or one will get the other going. Then you have two sobbing babies. 2. They both are starving all the time(i know this isn't a bad thing at all b/c i'm been on the other side of the tracks with Hannah) BUT...when they get hungry they get really mad if you don't feed them. 3. The take two naps a day...at school they only take one right after lunch! 4. I feed them alot during the day.(our schedule goes something like this: 6a-6oz bottle, 8a-breakfast/two pancackes or a pancake & cinnamon roll), 10a-6oz bottle, 12p-lunch(green beans & pasta w/crackers and cheese), 2p-6oz bottle, 5p-6oz bottle-usually by 4p i have to give them some crackers or animal cookies to hold them over, 545p-dinner(a veggie & starch & whatever else i may think of) 730p-6oz bottle. That seems like alot...and i feel like it is. But it's a blessing since Hannah hated to eat and we had to have a silent room with no one moving around for her to eat a bottle or she had to be sleeping everytime i fed her otherwise she was too distracted. 5. They don't sit at a baby table with chairs to eat...at school they sit at a table with chairs(no high chair) to eat...and they have to feed themselves(which they are pretty good at so far). 6. They will have to lay down on a mat and nap..YIKES! They are used to laying down in their beds...this is going to be a challenge. 7. They don't like shoes much...but they have to wear shoes to school. I guess i could go on and on...but i'm sure everyone gets the idea. Now, i started this earlier...and i'm back from St. Rose now. Our little trip went really well. The girls had a good time and everyone was so excited to see them. I must look really pitiful with 2 kidos(one on each arm walking in the door) because everyone was trying to help me...opening the door...trying to help carry the babies out to the car, etc. It was really funny and since i'm really independent and hate to ask for help..i said no thank you to everyone. I know it's rude...but i have to learn to do these thing myself b/c sooner or later i won't have someone to help!

Some pics from this weekend!

My babies first visit with Santa & Mrs. Clause! Samantha on left...didn't like Mrs. Clause at all!
Sarah was ok...Hannah was fine for the first year! It was soo sweet. She even went and said bye as we were leaving!


Sarah after we got home. She fell asleep in the middle of the floor on top of a pillow. She LOVES pillows but she can't have one till she's 2!
Soo SWEET & precious!

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Moms of Multiples Socials

For the first year i made it to both socials with my moms of multiples friends. It was so much fun but such a long day/evening! We started out Sat morning loading up the kidos to take to the chiildrens social. The girls had a blast showing off their walking skills to the other kidos. Hannah had a blast talking to santa and telling her all the neat stuff she wanted this year. Then we made some Reindeer food for Sanata reindeer for xmas eve since Santa will get milk and cookies the moms thought the reindeer should have some food too! Hannah did sooo well with Santa! She went right up to him and even said bye when we were leaving. Samantha did good too...she sat on Santa other leg. Sarah didn't like mrs. clause a lick. She was crying and really upset to be sitting on this foreign ladies lap! :) Either way, we got some pics with sanata and mrs. clause and hopefully next year will be better! After that Hannah and i went to jcpennys to look for some cute bedding for her new bedroom set. No such luck...we have to order it on line and either pay shipping or have it shipped to the pennys close to us and go pick it up. UGH! I guess we'll probably just go to target to get something different b/c i don't have the patience to wait for weeks to get the darn bedding! After that we came home and made a carrott cake for the adult social. Hannah just loves helping me cook...so she really had fun and go to help with everything except for touching the eggs! After that Paul stayed with the kiddos and i was off to the adult social. I had a blast. I saw one of my good friends Stacy and hung out with her and a few other ladies that have twins/trips that are the same age as the girls. We had a blast and the white elephant gift exchange was soo entertaining. There were a few gifts that have been regifted over and over again. Everyone was trying to keep the alcohol and starbucks gift cards going...i luckily took a bottle of "house wine" which was on it's last trade...so i got to keep it! YAHOO! All in all, the food was great, the conversation was great and it was just really nice to have a night away to hang out with some people that have gone through or are going through the same things as us having multiple children to raise at the same time. I was shocked to know that one of the ladies that was at the same table as me that had triplets...actually had NO help and was doing it all by herself since the babies were a week old. WOW...what a supermom she IS!!! I was almost embarassed to say i had help the first 6 months...but i also had a 2 year old to chase around at the same time! Next weekend we are going to my friend Stacys sons 4th bday party. He's having it at buildabear which should be lots of fun. Hannah and i will go while paul watches the girls again! Then the following weekend is pauls xmas party and then the following week pauls family will be here....lots of exciting things going on these days! That's all for now...Happy Sunday!

Our Christmas Photos!

Here are a couple of the "action" pics we had taken at Portrait Innovations! LOL!...
This one is my sweet angel escaping out of my arms...not wanting to sit up straight! Bad Hannah! HA HA!! This one is deer in headlights...neither of the twins smiled the entire session!
Escaping as quick as their little feet would take them!
Sarah was the first to escape...
Ahh...one nice pic of all 3 sitting down...not smiling but at least sitting! :)

Well, after Hannah pitched a fit and i bribed her with anything and everything i could...we got a couple of good pics. None of all 3 looking at the camera smiling...but what are you gonna do? That's life with 3 kidos! Right? While we were waiting for our pics we decided to make our way over the james avery b/c i wanted to but Hannah a bracelet for xmas. SO, we were in there paying etc. when a lady walked in with 2 little boys. TWINS, who were just getting ready to turn 2. I saw my life in a year...and boy it was frightening! Those two cute little boys were ALL OVER THE PLACE! YIKES! Paul kept saying...that's going to be you in a year! I know i know...o dear what have i gotten myself into! LOL!!! Anyway on another note...i'm going to attach some pics from our xmas pics.

A busy weekend ahead!

Everytime i turned around Sam was leaning over looking at something...HMM... And then i look at her and she has puke all over her face! yuck! Perhaps becuase she was looking down so long she got a bit of motion sickness...LOL!
I tried and tried to get all 3 looking at the same time...just didn't work! Darn!!!

First of all i'd like to ask for prayers for that poor little girl that was murdered by her mother and step father in Galveston. It's soo sad and i just can't seem to understand why these people do this. Why don't these people just go drop their kids off somewhere if they don't want them. Their are TONS of people out there that would love to have a child and can't that would love a baby of their own. I can't believe the news is just reporting...she is also pregnant again! WHAT IN THE WORLD! I just don't believe it. I guess the good part is that that poor little girl will never really know her mother and hopefully she'll be shielded on what happened and someone great will be able to enjoy that poor baby! I'm just speechless about the whole thing and my heart goes out for that grandmother who was taking care of baby grace before her mother came down to houston/galveston and met this freak of nature/child murder! On a happier note..we have alot to do this weekend and i'm excited! We are going to do family portraits today. Then Sat we are going to see Santa at my Moms of Multiples childrens social(funny right...childrens social?!). Sat night i'm going to the Adult MOMS social which will be fun. Then sunday we're decorating for xmas(that is, if it doesn't rain)! YAHOO! This year will be fun fun fun...because now that the girls are walking we can just let them play and run around in the front yard while we decorate the front of the house! O, it's so nice that they are walking!!! On another note...we just received the choo choo wagon(http://www.step2.com/product.cfm?product_id=1244) today! We already took the girls out for a walk today! They love it(even though Sam puked in her choo choo..YEP they are STILL SPITTING UP SOME!!). We love it too because you can strap them down since Sarah has always tried to jump out when we'd take her for a walk in the ATW with the bumpos inside of it. It's also nice because we don't have to worry about how hannah is going to get around on our walk...sometimes she'll want to ride her bike and half way through decide she'd done and we're stuck pulling it or dragging it. UGH! Today i'm venturing out for the FIRST TIME EVER WITH THREE KIDDOS ALL BY MYSELF! Please wish me some luck... I bought Hannah some shoes the other day for our famiy portraits today(size 7, and they looked really big) and they are way way to small for her. SO, i have to go up to target to get her some black patent leather shoes for today. YIKES! I've told her like 10xs over and over she better behave and not act up and we're just walking in, getting shoes and walking out! O dear i hope she's good! Think that's it for now...i'll load some of the family pics today and some pics of the choo choo wagon ride too! Happy Friday! THANK YOU SO MUCH TO PAPA & MAMA BENCH for buying the choo choo wagon for the girls...they LOVE IT SO MUCH!