Amelia's 2nd & Adalyn's 1st Ear Infection

The girls and I spent Valentine's Day at prompt care. Amelia is on her second ear infection and Adalyn on her first.



They only had to get out of the stroller for their weight check which was 17 and 18 pounds!


Hopefully we have happier, healthier girls soon!


Jodi

Happy Belated Valentine's Day

 

We enjoyed our Valentine's Day a day early this year with dinner out at the Olive Garden. The girls LOVE the breadsticks. Jayden loves the mini pizza. After we got home, he worked on his Valetine cards.

 

 Jayden scored some Toy Story toys and was THRILLED!!!

The girls got new swimsuits!!

 

We then enjoyed a nice trip to prompt care.

Random

Just some random pictures of the kids.

 

 The girls love playing in this toy box of Jayden's.

 Jayden got a Buzz Lightyear for Valentine's Day and is in love. He also is in love with puzzles and has mastered 48 piece puzzles.

The girls have survived 5 weeks of basketball games and will enjoy one more next weekend!

Basketball--

Basketball continues to be one of Jayden's favorite things to do. He had so much fun the last two weeks playing basketball. The kids on the other teams are so much older, so it has been a bit more difficult, but he is having fun and that is all that really matters.

 

 

 He continues to score a bag of M&M's after each game. Lucky boy.

 He also scored a new pair of shoes this last week from his Grandma. He is measuring at an 8.5 XW. He is very proud of his new shoes and actually tells everyone about them.

We have one more week of basketball left and then it is on to soccer and t-ball. 

Haircut for J

Genius. Sports and haircuts. The perfect place for a rambunctious three year old sport freak to get his haircut. He watched basketball. Talked with the lady who was wearing a referee jersey and didn't even cry. I call it is success times a million.






"Seriously Mom, you don't have to take my picture."


Looks like we found our new place for Jayden's haircut. He even got a ticket to send a friend for free. Anyone need it?

~Jodi

Cuties

Gosh darn they are cute. Amelia loves her baby.


Adalyn loves crawling on furniture.


~Jodi

Chuck E. Cheese

Jayden and I joined Reagan and Adan out for a night at Chuck E. Cheese. We had so much fun! We played a lot of basketball.






A few games of soccer and bowling too.



Enjoyed some pizza and stocked up on tickets!

~Jodi

Jayden Basketball: Week 2

Jayden continues to *love* basketball. He is getting better at listening, not crying and even dribbling. It is seriously a comedy show watching his team. The coaches are patient and work really well with all of the kids. Even if all of them are rolling around on the ground.

 Week 2 Jayden had a pretty big audience. His Great Grandma and Grandpa Acree as well as his Nana were up for a visit from Mt. Carmel. Poppy, GMA, Mollie and Madeline came as well. Of course, our little family was there too.

 Jayden got to play A LOT. There were other kids crying and other kids who did not want to play, so Jayden took their place since they wouldn't go out on the court.

 He dribbled the ball, ran with the ball, stole the ball, wouldn't pass the ball.........

 attempted a shot at the basket.....no good!

 He ran his little heart out!

 Then it was his lucky break! He ran/dribbled down the court and lucky for him SLAM DUNK!

 After jumping up and down as you saw in the video, he ran slightly past center court.

 He stopped. He bowed. "Thank you, thank you!" he said to everyone cheering!

 It was hysterical. I wish I would have kept the video ON!!!

After, we enjoyed lunch with out out of town family and the kids received their Valentine's Day gifts.

Thanks to everyone who came and watched Jayden, watched his video and to those who are helping him. He is loving going to the gym each week with his Dad and practicing at basketball school. I have really seen him shining since this started. I think it is exactly what we needed for our midwinter break.

It is funny that the kid who cried when I dropped him off at a babysitters house is the same kid who just can't get enough of the crowd at a basketball game. He sure is a character!

Little Builder

We know he comes by his building skills quite naturally but a tower of cinnamon rolls?!? Really?!?


A freshly opened 30 pack of cinnamon rolls stuffed into a single green bowl. Guess that's his way of showing us who owns them. Moreover, someone has claimed these as his breakfast for the remainder of the week!



He was proud of his tower and I expect nothing less from him. Creative kid. Proud of his work. Problem solver on how NOT to share with his sisters or his momma.

Well played, Jayden. Well played.

~Jodi

Jayden's Basket

Jayden made a basket today with help from his coach. He was sooo happy!!!

http://m.youtube.com/#/watch?v=Wk5B8azH51k&feature=youtube_gdata_player&desktop_uri=%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DWk5B8azH51k%26feature%3Dyoutube_gdata_player


Jodi

Jayden is 3.5 years old!

We are half way to FOUR! Woo hoo! Tonight we enjoyed dinner out and a trip to the mall for some new shoes. Jayden's foot has grown a full size since school started, so new shoes were a must!
Happy 3.5 year old birthday, Jayden! We love you!!

Amelia's Homecoming

Saturday marked Amelia's homecoming from the hospital!





Boy has she grown the past year!!








Actually--they both have grown like crazy!!






We have officially survived one year of twins. This next one is going to be WILD!!

~Jodi

Adalyn & Amelia's 1st Birthday Video

Adalyn & Amelia's video is finally posted on YouTube.

 

You can find it by clicking here.

 

 

What a crazy year it was. Thinking this year is going to be even crazier if that is possible!

Jayden's 1st Basketball Game

The next five weeks are going to be busy with basketball games. Luckily a friend of mine gave me the heads up on a bitty basketball league in our area and I signed Jayden up to participate.

 

 They started the game with wearing sweat bands to signify who guards who.

 His shirt (a size 8!!) was waaaay to big. Grandma has some sewing to do this week before our next game. The poor guy had to wear a hair tie around the back of it to keep it from going to his knees.

He has a little boy on his team with the last name Colonius. How funny is that?!?

 He really understood to go after the ball......

Each time he was in, you could find him where the ball was......

He didn't quite understand that you need to pass the ball

 or the shoot the ball.

He did score a pack of M&M's from his Poppy at the end of the game. Lucky guy.

Overall, he had a blast. We got a good laugh and we will be back at it next weekend!