Hannah's 3rd Birthday!!!

What a great birthday party Hannah had today! She had such a great day and received soo many nice presents. We just had my family over and our neighbor Charlie across the street came over too. He is a very sweet older man who's a widow and kinda like hannah's 3rd grandpa! She yells hello to him all the time and when i bake a cake i always take some over to him! Anyway i think her favorite present was...the motorized barbie Jeep! Surprise! Between Hannah and Allison they rode most of the day except for when we were eating lunch! She also received a scooter, a training wheel bike and this huge tent system that takes up our whole living room!

Here are a few pics of the girls as well as a couple of my friend Megan and her girls Charley and Maddy. Megan came over yesterday to visit and her girls had such a good time with the babies. There was no fighting over who was going to hold who...there were enough babies to pass around! Luckily my girls were in a good mood...they just loved having someone to hold them for a while.

In the high Chairs Sarah is on the left and Sam is on the right. We just got new high chairs because they are really growing out of the bumpos. These keep them in and i don't worry about anyone falling on the floor!


In the crib Sarah is also on the left and Sam on the right...They were having a good day that day too!

Tomorrow is Hannah's bday party and i've decided she's getting a 4 wheeler barbie jeep! I think she's going to LOVE it! I sure hope so! I'll add more pics tomorrow after her family party!

A Bad week for us!

We've had a pretty stressful week with the girls so far. First and foremost both girls are getting up at night crying...i'm assuming because their teeth are coming in...YUCK! I've been feeding them tylenol and baby orajel all day everyday! I know this too shall pass...o but i didn't miss this after Hannah made it through this stage! :)

Second of all the girls are in fact sick. Their noses have been running and running and running. Poor babies...i feel so bad for them. Luckily they are troopers just like Hannah was and it doesn't really seem to bother them and the only sign i have of a cold is snot all over their faces.

Third of all I was holding Sam today and Paul noticed that her toe looked bloody. We took her to a bright light to check it out and sure enough somehow her middle toe nail got ripped off...completly! Poor Poor Baby! I feel so bad and cringe just thinking about it. I have no idea when or how it happened...

Lastly, we're planning Hannah's 3rd bday party...it's going to be very low key this year. We didnt' invite anyone other than family and Amy and her family. Amy won't be coming because they are in FL this year...so really it's just Mom. Dad, My sisters and their husbands and one of Hannah's favorite cousins Allison! We're going to blow up the big jumper and put up the pool and grill hamburgers and hot dogs. Should be fun and low key.

O yeah one more bit of info...our bathroom is still NOT done! Pauls shower door came in...but they totally measured mine wrong(we have double showers) and so they have to go back and recut and temper the glass again...after waiting FOUR WEEKS...or maybe even more! I'm furious and so annoyed and my patience is running low. How could this happen!???? So we'll see how long it takes for the SECOND TIME! UGH!

A few more pics...i'm finally learning how to load pics onto the computer

All the girls are growing up so fast. Here are a few pics of The Twins with Hannah & cousin Allison...They were totally acting like big girls holding the babies! It was soo cute!

I thought Sarah was going to take a dive onto the floor here. Hannah had to hold on tight! :)

Sarah just loves taking baths. I took the bathtub thing that hooks over the tub and put it in the sink...saving a bunch of money on water here since we fill up the sink v/s the bath! That's what you have to do when you have to bathe two babies, etc. :>) Next thing you know i'm going to be using the same dirty water for the second bath of the day! JUST KIDDING!

A few more pics...

These aren't the best pics...but see below because my nieces trip down to houston with my in laws is on here now. The girls had a great time...we went to Kemah, Nasa, the childrens museum, Schlitterbahn, the beach for a few minutes & The Aquarium downtown! What a great time we had...i think i had the best time of all...i got a bit of a break from the girls for a few days! What a TREAT for ME!
Enjoy the pics!
Happy Friday the 13th!
~Brenda~

Here are some Great Pics of my Nieces!

SAMANTHA

Has another tooth coming in too. The top right side...while Sarah is getting in her left side. They are right about even now on teeth!


On another note: We're having Hannah's bday party on July 28th. We're just going to have family this year. I just don't have time to put together a party for any amount of people this year. Esp since i don't have any help anymore. I can't believe my little girl is going to be THREE! She's such a big girl now. I can't even remember back when she wasn't talking or walking!

Lastly, i've started selling all the girls stuff on ebay. I've put on about 7 items and most have bids on them...i'm excited about making room in the house and making some money. Plus Once i get the closet upstairs cleaned out we can move some furniture around and maybe get Hannah some BIG GIRL furniture and let her sleep in one of the bedrooms upstairs! We'll see!

Sarah

Has another tooth coming in i can see. All you can see is a tiny dot coming out of the top left tooth...it's so cute. I don't think it'll take long for it to come in...the last tooth came in really really fast. We'll see.

I checked Sam's teeth and still no top teeth for her.

I wonder if we're in for another rough weekend...didn't the bottom front teeth come in on a weekend too??? I think they did.

The girls are interacting

Well today after i figured out the girls were able to sit up completly unassisted, I put them next to each other and threw a whole bunch of toys in front of them. Watching them play was the cutest thing ever! They would totally check out what each other had and take the toys away from each other. They totally were watching each other and trying to eat each others hands...play with each others toys. They are already not very good at sharing...but it's so cute. They would bump heads and smile at each other. I can't wait to show them off to everyone. What a blessing out two sweet babies are to us. They are healthy and beautiful and everything a mother and father could want times two, no actually times three!

Sarah & Samantha are sitting up!

Well the girls are finally strong enough to sit up on their own. They still fly backwards every once in a while...but are getting much stronger day by day. It's amazing b/c last week i didn't think they were close to sitting up. Now i can prop them up in the double boppy i have and they sit. Once i a while they will fly forward and slide on to their belly....but definitely sturdy and steady for a couple of minutes! OH how i can't wait for them to just sit there, not move, but not have to lay on their back. They were so cute earlier. I had them on the carpet in their room and they were all sitting up playing with toys! SOO cute. I'll post a pic later.

6 month checkup!

Sarah and Sam did great at their 6 month check up.

First and most importantly both twins have grown a LOT in the past 2 months.

Here are the stats:
Sarah is 26 inches long, head circum is 17 and weight is 15.
She is in the 30% for weight, 40% for height & 75% for head

Sam is26 inches tall, head circum is 17 and weight is 16lbs
She is in the 50% for weight, 40% for height and 75% for head.

It's amazing how much they've grown in 2 months. The dr. had to remeasure just to check her assistant to make sure the measurements were right. They were right plus or minus a tiny bit. She said they are right on track and growing just as they should. She was surprised that they could switch hands with toys...they've been doing that for about 2 weeks. They are also turning from their belly to their back...totally weird and opposite from what Hannah did...but in a good way. Melodys' babies are also doing the same so i was never concerned. I just don't remember Hannah every doing it.

Well the girls are finally resting after a long day at the dr. Hannah used to just sleep and sleep after we got back from the dr...not so for the twins. They were up and playing and wanting to eat when we got home....perhaps b/c i skipped their breakfast cereal this morning to get them ready in time.

When they got their shots Sam screamed for a bit...Sarah on the other hand yelped for a sec of two and was ok. She's totally like Hannah. Hannah did the exact same thing when she was a baby and had to get shots.

On another note...i can't believe Hannah's bday is so close. This year we're going to skip the Big party ruckus and just have family and a couple of kids over. I think Hannah will have more fun with just a couple of people over and i don't want the girls to freak out with a ton of people over at out house anyway. This year the theme of her party is teletubbies...she absolutely LOVES the guys. We watch them every morning on PBS at 630a.

Think that's it for now...Happy 4th to everyone!
Brenda

Some more personality differences

Sarah & Samantha are so different personality wise.

Sarah loves to move. I can lay her down on the ground and she'll push with her feet all the way from one side of the gymni to the other...on her back with her feet. She can totally roll from her back to her belly and back but normally just stays on her belly once she rolls.

Samantha likes to stay put. I don't think i've seen her move at all. You lay her on her back and she just lays there and plays with whatever is above her. She's just not interested. I did sit her up and put pillows all around her and she sat there for a good 5 minutes with just the support of the pillows.

I have a feeling Sarah is going to be an adventourous baby just like Hannah while Sam is going to just follow along.

What a great week!

Paul & I had such a nice week hanging with our nieces and my in laws/pauls parents. On our last outing yesterday we went to schliterbahn in galveston and to show the girls the beach.

The trip to schliterbahn was awesome! Paul and i both agreed that Hannah has NEVER had so much fun in her life. She wasn't scared of the water at all. We began by riding the lazy river which was a ton of fun. Hannah sat on the double float between Paul and I with a life jacket on. Since it wasn't really packed yet the lazy river was a bit empty and when you rode it the waves were extremely high...I was almost nervous b/c it started to look like a huge wave was going to hit us and the people in front of us flew out of their rafts. It wasn't bad and no one tipped over and boy, did we have a ton of fun. Schliterbahn is definitely very kid friendly...more so than even the childrens museum.

All in all we had a great week. Brooke and Nicole are such sweet girls and we hope to see them again next summer since they live so far away and it's really hard to get together with everyone.

I'll attach some pics after paul loads the camera again!

My Nieces

My nieces Brooke & Nicole are in town with my in laws. We've had such a great week soo far! We went to the childrens museum and the aquarium yesterday. Then today we went to NASA & to Kemah to eat today. Tomorrow our plan is to go to Galveston. Let's pray for some good weather! I'll post some pics after the girls leave. They have grown up soo much in the past year...they are such sweeties. Hannah has really formed a bond with Brooke....they get along soo good. Hannah just follows Brooke around like Brooke is her big sister...it's soo cute. I'll write more later...we're just having such a great week. The twins are hanging with Grandma & Grandpa all week and having a blast.

All is quiet at the Myers house!

Well we've finally made it! I truly see the light at the end of the tunnel! For the first time ever all my girls slept in the SAME bedroom last night! Who would have imgained this could ever happen! I'm soo excited and proud! It's the sweetest thing ever! Well we've made it over one big hump...i think life will start to get back to as normal as can be expected for having 3 babies under 3!

Paul just loaded the pics off the camera

Here are a few more pics.

Enjoy!
Brenda

Can you tell who is who?

Here are a couple of pics since it's been a while since i've added any. The girls are just growing so quickly!

Sarah is 14.10lbs

Sam is 15.7

They are staying right around a lb a part.

Now the big question...who is who? Do you think they are identical? I was thinking for a while...there is no way they are identical...when i look at these pics i believe they are definitely identical!

Enjoy the pics....i'll post more soon!

Brenda

The Twins, My Birthday & A Car Wreck!

What a week it has been for me. I had the absolute worst birthday i have ever had! I don't know where to begin. I guess first to the BEST & Most exciting news! We finally decided to let the girls cry it out at night and put them in their room! TWO Nights and going strong. The first night was REALLY BAD! Between the two they cried straight from 2-5a! What a bad morning it was for me. On top of that It was my bday morning...and i was exhausted mentally and physically! The second night(last night) was like living in HEAVEN! Sam got up a few times but just whimpered and went back to bed...Sarah my little sleeper slept from 8p-630a! WHAT A GREAT NIGHT! Anyway that was the best part of our week!

Now on to the Wreck! Julia has planned to take Hannah and meet all her friends at the zoo. Anyway to make a long story short...and i don't even know whos telling the truth about the wreck...Julia slammed into the back of her friends car with my car. She must have hit pretty bad becuase it caused 1500 worth of damage to my car...so now we are out alot of money that we didn't need to spend becuase of Julia's not watching where she was going! What a MESS! We have to pay for my car, her friends car,etc.. Luckily and most importantly Hannah was not hurt! Thank GOD! Anyway to top this wreck off she let her friends host familys kids play in my car and i had pen writing all over my leather seat! I had to scrub it out with on of those magic pen things from mr. clean. It totally took off all the texture and i'm not a happy person about the whole thing! What a mess!!! Needless to say we're not extending with the service as we had originally thought! Once again, what a MESS!!!!!!

Think that's all for now...i'm on my own today and it's going great so far. I really think i can just do it on my own. Paul is scared that he is going to have to deal with a not so Happy person when he gets home from work! I'll let you know how that turns out later! :)

Brenda

I'l loosing my extra set of hands

Well Julia is going on Vacation for TWO WHOLE WEEKS! I just can't imgaine how things are going to run around here. I did find a polish girl we met at the park to help out while she's gone. I'm just not sure how well she works under pressure. I'm actually really really nervous.

I also just can't wait till this bathroom is done and there is no-one working in my house anymore. After that i won't be so stressed out about the girls crying so much. Right now i get all nervous and feel like a bad mom if there's someone working on the house and my girls are crying...plus they usually egg each other on so if one's crying the other starts to cry and gets even louder than the first. SO as soon as everyone is gone i'm going to buy the biggest baddest pair of ear plugs and let them scream to their best ability! LOL! Just kidding.

Other than that i'm on a baking frenzy. I've baked 3 or 4 carrott cakes in the past few weeks and i think i've mastered it(Don't ask me how i have time to bake with three kids under 3 but i find time.) I'm planning on baking another one for the guy that bought our house.

O yeah and on another note: we have a whole family of possums in our backyard! Gracye went crazy the other day and paul piked up the little ramp that goes up to the little playhouse/shed in the backyard and low and behold there was a mom and 4-5 babies underneath. We ended up catching one in our neighbor Charlies, trap. BUT there are still 4 or 5 in the backyard hiding!

By the way S & S both have 2 teeth coming in and they have broken the skin and are visible. I think the two top ones aren't far behind because they are totally getting soliva all over the place!

One last thing...the guys are done tiling the restroom. Tomorrow is paint, then shower doors and trim. I don't think it'll be much longer....i'm so excited and ready to have a pool party with Hannah!

We closed on the other house

Well after months and months of hoping we'd find the perfect person to buy our house...we've finally sold it. We closed Friday and it's officially a done deal now. We are so thankful and relieved that we don't have to worry about the house anymore. What a pain in the keister. Anyway the guy that bought the house is a great guy. Single with two kids but the kids live with their mom except for every other weekend. SO that's why he was ok with the smaller house. He also said over and over again how much he loved the fence, etc.

Not much more to report except for my girlfriend Amy that lives a block over is pregnant again. This is her fourth baby and we are so excited for her. It's going to be soo cool because all our kids are like steps: Tabatha is 5, Ethan is 4, Hannah is going to be 3, Naomi is going to be 2 in Oct and the girls will be 1 in Dec. and then her baby is due Dec 30th, 2007..how cool would it be if she had her baby on the twins birthday a year later?! We are just so happy they live so close and are such great friends. Hannah also went to Ethans bday party this past Friday at McDonalds...she had a great time and Amy did such a great job with the spiderman theme even though i think she's pretty sick and exhausted all the time. O how i don't envy her going through the whole morning/daytime sickness.

Think that's it for now, it's 8:30p and i'm already falling asleep!