I'm WAY behind....our Thanksgiving fun!

My goodness, our life has been crazy since Thanksgiving and I have totally forgotten to do a Thanksgiving post (my sister, Hannah, reminded me). We had a great Thanksgiving break...much different than having infants last year! I loved watching Bailey and Griffin interact with family and eat some good food themselves! :) They were so happy the entire time, which made it even greater! I have tons of pictures, so I'll just go from there...

Starting out the break by attempting to take some pictures...

This sweet girl loves some leaves!

I'm such a good mom to let my child chew on a pine cone, but I loved his blue eyes in this one!

Bailey ready for church!

Griffin looking handsome!

When we got to my Nana's in Nashville, AR, we climbed trees!

Griffin was in heaven!

Little Miss prancing around!

I love this sweet boy so much!

Bailey is LOVING books, and is constantly bringing them to anyone who will read...Poppy is a good reader!

All of the boys playing some ping pong!

Bailey watching the ping pong action!

 

My cousin, Beth Ann, with our sweet babies...man how things have changed! :)

Poppy and Griffin playing on our favorite stairs!

Griffin loves cars!

My Nana is the sweetest and loves getting in the floor to play with B & G...yes, she's very impressive!

Nana and Bailey...I LOVE this picture!

After Nashville, we headed to El Dorado to hang out with my parents for a few days!

Griffin and Daddy "played" a little football!

Bebe and Griffin getting the mail!

 Christmas Card Photo Shoot #1,758 (maybe not that many, but it seemed like it!)

Melt my heart!

I love his curious look!

For anyone who knows my Mom, they know she is a clean freak...so imagine my surprise when I hear hysterical giggling and walk in to find that she has given them a bowl of noodles and they are throwing them everywhere! They had a ball!

Working hard to make a mess!

She really can be sweet sometimes! :)

Making some sugar cookies!

Bailey felt the need to share!

Aunt Hannah and Bailey having a pep talk!

This one is way out of order, but I just thought it was sweet! 

We had a great Thanksgiving and I can't believe that I haven't blogged about it! I am always thankful for the opportunity to spend time with all of our family! Now it's almost time for Christmas and I'm ready for some more quality family time! :)

Griffin and Bailey Go on a Road Trip!

As I talked about in my last post, on Halloween night, Jacob started feeling pretty bad. By the time we got home from our church's Fall Festival, he had 103 temperature. When you mix that with "being sick" all night and not being able to swallow the next morning, you know it's never good! We made him stay in the bedroom so I could keep B & G away from him....he did watch us play and have bath time on the monitor so he didn't feel completely removed! :) On Thursday morning, he headed to the doctor, who informed him that he had strep throat. I have a huge fear that one of us is going to get something and we will never get rid of it, so B, G, and I had a sleepover at our friends house so that we would be out of our germy house! :) We also decided that it'd be good for Bailey and Griffin to head to my parents house for the weekend so that I could disinfect our house and to give Jacob time to get over this! I felt bad to send them without me, but I don't think they were on bit upset!

They have a love for going up stairs, but our house doesn't have any. When you don't have stairs, but you love them, what does their Poppy do??? He builds them a set of stairs!! Spoiled rotten! :)

Griffin having a blast and checking out the stairs!

Poppy (or Boppy) helping Bailey join the fun!

She's not sure what to think!

Griffin runs EVERYWHERE! This little boy never slows down!

Such good helpers!

What's more fun that riding in the wheel barrow?

Tough guy!

This one just makes me laugh!

I love that little smirk!

Bailey loves giving kisses...Griffin doesn't always love receiving them!

Bailey's so impressed with her "big brothers" muscles!

Thought this one needed a little black and white!

After playing hard outside, it was time to read a book with Bebe!

They had a great time and I'm so grateful to my parents for offering to take them for the weekend. On Sunday, after all laundry was done, all sheets were cleaned, my husband was healthy, the house was cleaned, their closets were cleaned out, etc., I felt my sanity slowly coming back! Being a mom of twin one year olds is very rewarding, but extremely emotionally and mentally draining at times! I think this weekend made me realize that it's okay to "take a break" when needed to regain control over life...and I'm glad my babies had so much fun while I took that break! :)

Halloween!

This Halloween was a little tiring, but it sure was fun to watch Bailey and Griffin in their cute costumes! Jacob wasn't feeling good...and Griffin wasn't in the mood for pictures, but we survived! We went to our church's Fall Festival this year, and only stayed about an hour, but had a great time!

Our little piglet...she was SO proud of herself! She didn't try to take her hat off even once!

This cute little cow, on the other hand, did not want his cow hat on! He also didn't want to pose for Mommy to take any pictures!

Our farm family...it's the best we could get!

Mommy and her little pig!

She got the hang of this really quickly!

Griffin was mesmerized by some cool light up toys!

Checking it all out!

On to the games...if it involves a ball, Griffin is all about it!

He figured out really fast where the candy was!

The other little candy thief...she kept going for the Pixie Sticks...I've got to train her better! haha

Bailey was deciding if she wanted to play the apple game...and she never let go of that candy bucket!

Friends...Griffin, Bailey, Jackson, Tucker, and Carter

Bobbing for apples!

Right after this game, Daddy said that he didn't feel good, so we headed home! When we got home, he had 103 fever, was up all night sick, and then ended up with strep throat! What an adventurous week it was!!

Happy Halloween 2012!