Monday, December 31, 2012

Top 12 of '12

After reflecting on the last year we have a lot to be thankful for!
Our top 12 of '12! In no particular order!
1. The birth of our twin girls was a great way to the start of the new year!




2. The homecoming of Adalyn after a 8 day stay at St. John's.




3. The homecoming of Amelia after a 15 day stay at MMC.




4. A pretty healthy year for Jayden!




5. Being a stay at home momma for almost 6 months of the year.




6. A much needed trip to Vegas to see my bestie and spend time with Jayden.




7. Surviving the terrible 2's and making it half way through the terrible 3's!


8. Celebrating all of the "first" holidays with the girls.



9. Enjoying a milestone birthday in Nashville with friends!



10. Enjoying a full year at my "new" school and making new friends.

11. Choosing the best preschool for Jayden after much deliberation between schools.




12. Celebrating five years of marriage. That went fast!




Happy New Year!!
~Jodi

Wednesday, December 26, 2012

iPhone pics Christmas
















~Jodi

Christmas Day

We spent Christmas Eve and Christmas Day in Mt. Carmel this year for the girls' 1st Christmas. They enjoyed opening gifts and so did Jayden (imagine that).
 


 After our adventure of opening gifts at Nana and PawPaw's we headed over to Great Grandma and Granpa Acree's house, where the kids were spoiled once again.


 
 
We hope you enjoyed time with your loved ones as much as we did. We are very blessed!
 


Christmas Eve

On Christmas Eve, we headed out to St. Mary's for a beautiful Christmas Mass. The kids looked adorable in their Christmas outfits and were so well behaved.
 
After, we headed to Uncle Tim and Aunt Kay's house for a quick visit.
 




 The kids were spoiled~as usual~ and so were we!
 
After, we headed to Uncle John and Aunt Kim's house for the Acree Christmas Eve celebration. Eric did sign language to Silent Night and it was very neat.
Santa made his visit around 7. Amelia was up first and didn't seem too scared!

 Then it was Adalyn's turn!
 Jayden was all about Santa because he finally understood that this guy was the one who brings all the gifts!
We enjoyed some food, family, and a fun round of the $5 game.
 
Merry Christmas! 

Merry Christmas 2012

We requested an early delivery at our house this year and the big guy came through!! Jayden, Adalyn and Amelia were blessed with gifts from Santa and a special letter, just as always.
 


 

 Adalyn & Amelia's 1st Christmas

Jayden was thrilled to open all of his gifts and his sisters too!

From our home to yours, we hope you had a blessed holiday season with the ones you love. Merry Christmas!!

Thursday, December 20, 2012

Ad & Am

A few weeks ago, I had a mini photo shoot with the kids. I am not a professional or have no desire to become one, but I like to take some pictures when I can. I finally figured out how to change the settings so I can download pictures without having them count againt my storage on blogger, so here are a few!






Tuesday, December 18, 2012

Elf on the Shelf

Our elf "Woody" was looking for something sweet today!






Silly Elf!!

~Jodi

Monday, December 17, 2012

Christmas Parade

This year we walked in the Christmas parade with Aaron's company, Michael Von Behren Builders. We had a lot of fun!!!




Our little buddy came up with the kids. I'm not sure he recognized us in our hats, but he was happy to be at a parade!


~Jodi

Tuesday, December 11, 2012

Letter to Santa

Jayden enjoyed a trip to the post office this week to mail a letter to Santa.


He decided on a basketball, football, and some cars.

Hope he gets all he wished for and more!!


Jodi

Monday, December 3, 2012

11 Months Old




Sweet girl and sweet pea are exactly ONE month away from turning the big O-N-E!!! Gosh, this has been the fastest year ever!!
1. Adalyn is still the bigger of the two, weighing a pound more and 3/4" longer than Amelia. At their 9 month check, that was a month late, Adalyn weighed 15 lbs 12 oz and Amelia weighed in at 14 lbs 14 oz. They are growing!!! (But still in the 7 & 2 percentiles!)
2. They are wearing all different sizes now! 6-9 fits, 9 fits, and recently I have started to put them in 12 month pajamas because they bottoms of the feet are skid free. Nine months fits the best out of all of them, but 12 months will be coming soon!
3. Ohmygosh. They crawl everywhere. Fast. Very fast. They both have taken steps, but don't have the confidence to fully walk. It is coming and coming soon!
4. Jayden is still fascinating to them even though he isn't the nicest. Sometimes he is so sweet and tells them "Oh, sweetie. Do you need your mommy?" and other times he is down right mean! The girls also love their wubbies. We are back up to 5!
5. The girls are back to eating 6 oz., because they are in love with food! They love mac n' cheese, mashed potatoes, green beans, peas, toast, pancakes, cinnamon rolls, cereal, oatmeal and basically anything I give them.
6. Amelia officially had two teeth break through. You wouldn't know unless you pry her mouth open. They still have a ways to come. Adalyn is still a toothless wonder!
7.  Each time the girls hear the bath water run, they crawl as fast as they can to the tub. You have to watch them because they want to crawl right in! They love the bath!!
8. They are starting to babble more and more each day. Their favorite word has to be dada! When Jayden and I are spelling words, they like to shout with us. It is so funny!
9. Sleeping is back. Each night around 7:15 after they have drank a bottle, I kiss them and put them in bed. Every once in a while you will hear a screech or two from Amelia, but generally they are out within a few minutes. I am pretty lucky at nap time too. Their babysitters may give a different story. They wake up everyday at 5:40, get a bottle and go back to sleep until 7. It is nice to be able to get ready and  out the door in the morning without holding two babies practically the entire time!
10. This weekend the girls will be getting their 1 year pictures taken. I know a month early---but with the holiday, it is just too busy!
We love you sweet babies. This has been the fastest month ever!!!